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NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
WEDNESDAY
February IS, 2000 Vol. CXXXIX, No. 24
Senate adds a Minority Affairs head
Meeting: Position will include representing members of any underrepresented group
By MEREDITH COOPER
Student Senate Writer
Student Senate voted unanimously to iidd u director of Minority Affuirs to its staff for next year ut Tuesday night's meeting.
“As creator of the Minority Students Concerns Committee, I did a lot of research over the summer and last semester with u group of students,” said Dana Purker, commuter senator and a junior majoring in public policy and management. "We feel it is a position that is really needed.”
The job will entail representing students who are a minority of uny kind, including race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, physical, learning or mental disability, age, religion or veteran status.
The director will be an advocate for these students to the administration, the faculty and the student Ixxly.
The Minority Affairs director will serve us un appointed, voting member of the executive cabinet of Senate and will be expected to attend a number of different minority groups’ meetings.
Other business
Two students were appointed to the Judicial Council to replace two who ure overseus for the semester.
Viet Trun, u senior majoring in public policy and munugement und former Senate speaker pro tempore, said he knows the Senate constitution front to buck.
“I hope to bring my experience from Inst yeur, und puss on more to next year’s Judiciul Council,” Tran said.
Dawn Alley, a sophomore majoring in public policy und munugement, was also appointed. She and Tran will take over for Mark Loewen and Ido Dotan, who are studying abroad this semester and will take back their positions in the full.
PlimC” ^PeN'nS success for student groups includes active
recruitment and having strong people at the helm
Flying free.
Brandon Litman skydives Saturday at Lake Elsinore, where the USC Skydiving Club goes almost every weekend. The club Is one of about 300 that USC recognizes.
Photo courtitty ol Btmulon Lilmaii
Organizations: Number stands at about 300 despite new ones formed
By IAIA GRINO
Staff Writer
Every year anywhere from 30 to 60 new student organizations form, but the number of clubs ouch yeur stays consistently at around 300, suid Duvid Crandall, director of student activities. So what happens to all these new clubs?
The reasons for their disappearance vary, ranging from problems in the organization's leadership to luck of funds, but the mnin reason is usually due to the members.
"(Clubs) most frequently disappear when there's not enough interest in students for perpetuating them,” Crandall said.
Another reason why clubs might cease
to exist is that they outlive their usefulness or meaningful ness.
The need for them in the minds and hearts of students no longer exists,” Crandall said.
This is especially true of clubs that are founded to address a current issue, such as the apartheid government in Africa, he said.
The actual process of applying for the university’s recognition, which gives organizations access to funding and scheduling privileges, among others, is not that difficult, and few clubs get rejected. Crandall said that in the 12 or so years he oversaw the recognition process, only two clubs were rejected.
It is the amount of work that it takes to get to that point that may intimidate students.
“You have to get a pool of people who are willing to be dedicated and to give more time than the usual time commitment (required in older clubs),” said David Church, a junior majoring in business administration and who recently
restarted the Student Consulting Association. “Established clubs have momentum,” he said. In new clubs, it is the new members “who have to get the ball rolling.”
Yet this is exactly what might appeal to students. Joining a new organization affords students a unique opportunity to become part of a group’s power structure, some said.
“If you join something new your impression is made on it,” said Lamar Harris, an undeclared freshman. “Your say counts.”
Christina Hsu, a freshman majoring in education, mirrors this lentiment.
“If you’re not in (a leadership position), you don’t get your opinions heard (in an older club),” she said. “It’s not as easy to get involved."
On the other hund, some students prefer the stability of an already established organization.
“It seems more reliable if it’s been around for a while,” said Justin I see Cluba, page 13 I
Campaign 2000: the presidential tickets
Alec Coughlin
By MEREDITH COOPER
Student Senate Writer
Sarah Emerson and Alec Coughlin’s main gouls for USC ure to bring the student body together. They ure running for Student Senate president and vice president, respectively.
Emerson, a junior majoring in international relations and economics, has served as residential senator for two years. She is also a tour guide and a member of the International Relations Undergraduate Association and Emeritus Student Mentor Program.
Emerson’s achievements in her two years as a residential senator have been mostly asking the big questions, she said. She learned about USC housing and is currently working on creating an office dedicated to helping students find non-university housing.
I see Emerson, page 111
By MEREDITH COOPER
Student Senate Writer
Dana Parker and J. Stephen Pollock hope to increase the bond between Student Senate and the student body and bring USC students together if they are elected to president and vice president of the Student Senate.
Part of their goal to bring students together is to hold a conference or put together a retreut for presidents of clubs on campus. This will help students learn from both problems and positive aspects of everyone’s leadership experiences.
“We want to network the student organizations," said Pollock, a junior majoring in business administration. “We hope to get the presidents together to talk about common problems so they can learn from each other to make I see Parker, page U I
Dana Parker
J. Stephen Pollock
Students create free clinic for homeless
By FRANCESCA CIMINO
Assistant City Editor
Walking on fine lines, jumping through hoops and waiting breathlessly like a human cannonball for a rapid boost forward sounds more like a circus act than the establishment of a free homeless clinic. But with a glimmer of a vision and the courage and energy of dynamic ringleaders, two motivated medical students have taken on the daunting task of creating USC’s first free clinic.
“It’s a good project,” said Dr. Ricardo Hahn, chairman of the family medicine department at the Keck School of Medicine. ‘There are very few places that offer unconditional access for
I see Health, page 111
A column appearing Wednesday that features issues concerning student health
	
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