Wednesday March 9, 1994 Vol. CXXII, No. 38
Weather
Expect a clearer sky than yesterday. The afternoon should be sunny with a high in the lower 70s and a low in the 50s. The rest of the week should look much like today.
Lisa Leslie trying to go out in style
With just a handful of games left in her career, Lisa Leslie is aiming for USC's first national championship since 1984, and player of the year honors for herself.
Sports, page 20
Coffeehouses — a European touch
Following the lead of our companions across the ocean, L.A. offers many quaint and even hip places to buy steaming cups of java. Join us on a tour of the samplings.
Diversions, page 9
Legalizing drugs has its benefits
Legalization of drugs could save lives and money. Doctors could dispense uncontaminated drugs along with advice to help addicts quit. Overcrowded prisons could be relieved, too.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
USCgopher will be demonstrated
There will be another seminar in the series "Uses of the Internet " on Thursday, March 10, from noon to 1 p.m. in King Hall, Room 200A.
The seminar will focus on using the USCgopher
Erogram to connect to li-raries such as the University of California's Melvyl system and the Library of Congress.
RSVPs will be taken in advance, but are not required. Call Rick Lacy at (213) 740-8823 for more information or questions or e-mail him at lacyC»i usc.edu.
Democracy at work
Ken Okada Dally Tro|an
Students cast their ballots in front of Tommy Trojan as part of yesterday's Student Senate elections. This polling place and four others will also be open today.
Convocation recognizes USC’s best
By Shanti Paladugu
Staff Writer
Happy and honored. That's how the students who received awards at the Thirteenth Annual Academic Honors Convocation unanimously said they felt after the ceremony.
Professors and teaching assistants were also recognized at the two-hour event held at Bovard Auditorium yesterday afternoon. Students received awards for highest GPA, creativity and intellectual achievement.
The sole recipient of the Emma Josephine Bradley Bovard Award, Sharon Ng, hopes to pursue her Ph.D. in electrical engineering.
The award is given to a graduating senior woman student who has attained the highest undergraduate scholarship average of all female students at the university.
, Ng, a senior majoring in electrical engineering, said she was surprised when she discovered her department nominated her.
"I never even knew about it. I found out when
(See Honors, page 7)
Omega retreat focuses on diversity
Greeks encouraged to be university role models, to confront negative stereotypes of its chapters
By Lisa Heimlich
Managing Editor
It's not just the Row anymore.
This year's Order of Omega retreat, held last weekend at the Mandalay Beach Resort in Oxnard, focused on issues of diversity and unity within the different Greek chapters here at USC.
Though the annual retreat's theme was "Leadership . . . When the Heat Is On," the tone quickly changed to one of confronting stereotypes about Greek chapters on the
Row and members of the African-American and Asian-American fraternities and sororities.
The weekend featured motivational speakers, workshop sessions and panels dedicated to exploring leadership roles within the Greek system and the university.
President Steven Sample kicked off the retreat with a speech encouraging Greeks to take a more active role in bettering the university and the community.
He said Greeks have the unique opportu-
nity to serve as role models for the rest of USC with their high academic standards, leadership values and philanthropy events.
Kent Gardner, executive director of Order of Omega and the associate vice president of Student Affairs at the University of Texas at Arlington, also attended the retreat, which is the largest event produced by an Order of Omega chapter in the United States.
In his remarks to the leaders attending the retreat, which also included student senators and representatives from various African-American and Asian-American sororities, Gardner asked the Greeks whether their chapters looked like their campus, that is, representing the diverse people and (Sep Omega, page 14)
International students require new coverage
Injury last year prompts mandate of summer plan
By Victoria Manley
Staff Writer
International students must now comply with a university decision requiring them to buy university health insurance to cover the summer months — something they previously did not have to do.
The requirement was established in case of injury or illness occurring over the months that school is out of session, according to the University Health Center.
"We are trying to make sure that (the international students) always have some sort of insurance," said Charles Gatua, the insurance coordinator at the health center. "If anything happens to them, the school is responsible."
In the past, international stu-
dents were only required to be covered with university insurance for the school year. Last fall, however, the school had to pay for treatment costs of an international student who hurt herself during the summer when she wasn't covered with insurance in America.
It was then that the Student Health Advisory Board decided to make year-round insurance for international students mandatory.
"If an international student gets hurt during the summer, an insurance company won't cover the costs of follow-up treatment in the fall," Gatua said. "With the new requirement, students will be insured all year long."
While international students understood the logic behind this new requirement, they are concerned about the larger cost they will have to pay. The extended coverage through the summer months will add $200 to the spring insurance premium.
(See Insurance, page 3)
SENATE POLLING BOOTHS	
Location	Today
Lyon Center	8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Tommy Trojan	8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Chi Omega Lawn	8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
(28th St. & University Ave.)	
EVK Lobby	8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Parking Structure A	8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Two student films win Kodak awards
By Allison Vana
St.ilt Writer
Former USC film graduate student Sharon Rennert and current graduate student Martin Curland will be among the recipients of the 15th annual College Television Awards, to be held Sunday at the Beverly Hilton hotel.
The awards recognize col-
lege students nationwide in six different film categories. Two winners are chosen in each category, and regional winners are selected as well, Rennert took first place in the documentary category for her work titled "Setting Boundaries," in which she documented the progress of (See Awards, page 2)