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THURSDAY
February 10, 2000 Vol. CXXXIX, No. 20
Center aids with grad school prep
Career: Counselors will help to decide if higher degrees are a good financial investment
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By JENNY J. IJN
Stuff Writer
The Career Planning and Placement Center offers various resources to assist undergraduate students in applying to graduate and professional schools, which studies have shown increase one's earning power and appeal to employers.
Career counselors help students determine what qualifications and educational background they need to be admitted to graduate or professional programs. Some students muy not lx* suitable for certain graduate programs.
“We also work with students in deciding whether going to graduate school is a good financial investment for them," suid Lisa Eddy, assistant director and career counselor of the Career Planning und Placement Center.
If students do decide to apply for graduate
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Fare hike will add to student travel
A column appearing every 'Ihursday that examines student finance
By JAIVIN KARNANI
Stuff Writer
Spring Break, once again, is upon us. Although students will have to deal with the usual trek of midterms and papers before tuking the plunge into the furthest body of water they can possibly get to, many are already planning where to go and most importantly, how to get there.
Traveling, however, will be a little more costly this year. Rising fuel costs have put a dent in the earnings of many of the nation’s airlines, and with the policy of customers first, that means that travelers will have to pay for it. As of Feb. 1, when one purchases an airline ticket by any method, one will probably be paying a slightly increased price as a
result of a surcharge that most major airlines have added to their fares. Depending on the airline, the surcharge will add from $4 to $20 to the price of one’s round-trip ticket.
Twelve U.S. airlines have now imposed a fuel surcharge for travel on or after Feb. 1, according to Terry Trippler of ltravel.com. Continental Airlines was the first to initiate a $20 charge on round-trip domestic fares to offset fuel costs. Other airlines have followed suit and matched the surcharges, leading industry analysts to believe that the charges will stick.
The following airlines have added a $20 round-trip fuel surcharge: America West, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, TWA, United Airlines and US
Airways. Alaska Airlines is charging $10 per round trip, Hawaiian Airlines is charging $6 per round trip, Midway Airlines is charging $6 per round trip (for business fares) and Southwest Airlines is charging $4 to $8 per round trip.
These fare hikes come after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries decided in March 1999 to reduce their output of oil by 7 percent, or 1.7 million barrels per day. This has caused the price of oil to double in the past 11 months.
The recent cold weather in the Northeast United States has also led to the increase in demand of oil and thus the further increase in prices. Airlines are hit particularly hard by this, since fuel is the airlines’ second-largest cost.
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Community service class coming in '01
Course: Time honor paves way to earn credit for exercising civic responsibility
By LOREN CHIDONI
Assistant City Editor
In an effort to build upon USC’s mission of bridging the gap between the university and the surrounding community, in spring I see Class, page 14 I
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Rally encouraging involvement draws few
Event: SAC members use tables, speakers to try raising campus awareness
By KIMBERLY TABA
Assignment Editor
USC students should become more involved in issues surrounding the campus as groups such as the Student Action Coalition work to raise awareness on campus, said representatives from the student organizations that comprise SAC at a rally held Wednesday in Hahn Plaza.
“What does it mean to be an activist?” said Tom Yee, a junior majoring in biophysics. “For Student Action Coalition, we define activism as progressivism. Action that changes the culture we live in. For us, that means USC. We want to change the culture.”
SAC is an umbrella organization that covers campus activist groups, including
Student Action for the Environment, which was just named in a lawsuit USC trustee Ray Irani filed.
SAFE, the National Organization for Reformation of Marijuana Laws, Amnesty International, the Student Coalition Against Labor Exploitation, the International Relations Undergraduate Association, GBLTA and a No on the Knight Initiative (Prop. 22) coalition had tables set up in Hahn Plaza during the rally.
About 20 people took information from the tables, and about five people were listening to the speakers at any given time.
“We’re all a bunch of groups that are a part of Student Action Coalition,” said Julia Verseman, a sophomore majoring in international relations. “It’s an activist day — we’re tabling for different causes today. We want to get solidarity w ith different groups on campus.”
Representatives from groups such as SCALE, the ACLU, the Organization of Atheist, Freethinker and Humanistic Alliance and the statewide campaign
against the Knight Initiative spoke about their campaigns.
“(The Knight Initiative) is government interference,” said Ruben Gonzales, a representative from the statewide campaign against Prop. 22. “It allows the government to say which relationships are valid and which aren’t.”
SAC, GBLTA and Student Senate are among the student organizations that are against the Knight Initiative, Yee said.
Another issue discussed was USC’s athletic contract with Nike, a company that has used sweatshops to produce its clothing.
“USC has an agreement with Nike that anyone involved with athletics has to wear Nike,” said Milad Ershaghi, a junior majoring in computer engineering and computer science and a member of SCALE. “It’s a good thing because athletes get to wear free clothing and everyone wants to wear them. The problem is that Nike is running sweatshops in Southeast Asia.
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