Friday
March 11,1994 Vol. CXXII, No. 40
Weather
Those pesky clouds will stick around for another day or two. Expect the afternoon high to be in the 70s and the low to fall to the 50s. There should be some sun this weekend.
USC basketball sweeps Oregon
With eerily similiar scores, USC's men and women teams beat Oregon, 84-75 and 85-74 respectively to cap successful seasons. The men clinched the NIT, the women a Pac-10 title. Sports, page 8
The other side of immigration
Although Latino immigrants are being blamed for many of today's social and economic problems, their contribution to America should be examined in a more objective light.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
United Nations talk in GFS today
International law expert Edwin M. Smith will discus "The United Nations and International Law and Security" today, at 1 p.m., in GFS, Room 106.
The talk is open to the public and free. It is one in a series of spring lectures sponsored by USC's School of Engineering, as part of its annual W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.
Smith is a professor of law at the USC Law Center and a professor of international relations at the USC School of International Relations. For more information, call (213) 740-4710.
Ethnic initiative
begins next year
By Victoria Manley
Staff Writer
In an effort to promote cultural diversity, the university announced yesterday the addition of three new majors focusing on ethnic studies, as well as the launch of a series of activities to honor the Latino community.
Part of the effort will include the commission of a mural for the Topping Student Activities Center and a plaque dedicated to the late civil rights leader, Cesar Chavez, that will be placed in one of USC's parks.
"The USC tradition is as varied as Southern California itself," said James Dennis, vice president of student affairs, in a university press release. "We are proud of our diversity and want to show our pride."
Sponsored by the American Studies Program and soon to be called the Program in American Studies and Ethnicity, three new majors in African-Ameri-
can, Asian-American and Chicano / Latino Studies will be offered next year. The program will also offer minors in these three areas.
According to the press release, Thomas Gustafson, director of the program, said the new offerings "answer the need for USC to offer programs of study that provide understanding of the significance of these and other ethnicities in the development of California, the West and the United States as a whole."
The plans were created by three faculty committees and were approved by provost Lloyd Armstrong, Jr.
"Professor Gustafson and the faculty members who developed this plan have created an aca-demically sound and scholarly program that speaks to the developing needs of our students," Armstrong said.
The Office of Student Affairs (See Additions, page 3)
Keeping fit
Sourabh Sarkar l Dally Trojan
Andrew Maglilo works out regularly at USC's Cromwell Athletic Field by doing laps in his customized wheelchair.
Washington withdraws election bid
USC Student Senator disenchanted by system — other candidates express sympathy with decision
By Victoria Manley
Staff Writer
Karreem Washington, residence hall candidate for Student Senate, withdrew his election bid for Student Senate Tuesday, stating that he felt the priorities of the senate have been lost over time, and that he no longer wanted to be a part of the organization.
Washington, who served as Community Outreach Chair on the senate this year, said he didn't "see the point anymore.”
"I can keep doing what I've been doing without the senate," Washington said. "The
only real need for senate is for money (to run student activities), and I can get that from other sources."
As a member of the Clean Slate, Washington said he became disenchanted with the senate when they had to deal with the extended process of elections. He said he no-longer wanted to be a part of the system that was the root of the problems he and his slate have endured for the past two weeks.
"The elections just attract these power-hungry, greedy people who want to beat everyone else," said Washington, a sophomore majoring in psychology and dra-
ma. "The whole thing is such a joke to me.
"In the spectrum of our entire lives, the effort we put in with the senate elections will be so minute," he said. "I just don't see the point anymore."
Washington's decision, made on the first day of elections, came as a surprise to some candidates.
For others, it was an inconvenience to the election process, said Todd Carper, senate vice president and head of the Elections Committee.
"It was hasty to do something like that in the middle of elections," said Carper, a senior majoring in political science. "I think it was a ridiculous thing to do, and it put a strain on the elections."
(See Withdrew, page 2)
Greek Week loaded with sponsors, events
Committee raises goals and finds new funding for 37th annual benefit
By Allison Vana
Staff Writer
Greeks pounded the pavement this year in an effort to get sponsors for the 37th annual Greek Week, a philanthropic event that will benefit several groups, including Vermont Elementary School. They succeeded in securing 24 sponsors, a huge improvement after a total absence of sponsors last year.
"We found many of our sponsors from companies at which Greeks have worked . . , Our biggest sponsor, though, is the 29th Street Cafe. They helped with ads and t-shirts that we are selling, and they are sponsoring Wednesday's carnival," said Erica Switzer, a sophomore cine-ma-television major who worked on the committee that planned Greek Week.
Greek Week kicks off today
with Songfest, which will be held at 8 p.m. in Bovard Auditorium.
"The idea behind Greek Week is to raise money for philanthropy, while at the same time facilitating relations among all USC Greeks," said Kathy Steward, adviser of Greek Week. "Greek Week is a nationwide event which allows individual chapters to get together and benefit both themselves and charities."
Though the event is held at many universities, the week in which it occurs varies from school to school. At USC, a committee run by Switzer and Cami Mazard, a senior majoring in business, met to decide this year's philanthropic efforts.
"We wanted to help area schools that were damaged by the earthquake. When we researched to find which schools
were damaged, we realized that Vermont School gets the least amount of funding in the Los Angeles Unified School District, and that they are in need of books," Switzer said.
Mazard said that the goal of the committee is to raise $10,000, with at least $2,000 going directly to benefit Vermont School. In addition, 34 of the elementary school's highest achievers will be brought to USC on Wednesday to participate in a carnival.
"The carnival is something unique we are doing this year. It's going to be held in Alumni Park, and is open to the entire school. We hope to unify the Greek system with the rest of the campus this way. We're going to have events like the Velcro wall and sumo wrestling, so it should be a lot of fun," Steward said.
This year's event will also include three African-American
(See Greek, page 2)
Eight groups
will compete for coveted Tommy Trojan Trophy
By Summer Price
Staff Writer
They'll be "Putting It Together^' tonight in Bovard.
No, that's not a vintage 1970s disco dance but the theme of the 41st annual Songfest, a Greek Week event raising money for Troy Camp.
Songfest will be held tonight at 8 p.m. in Bovard Auditorium.
Eight groups will compete for the coveted Tommy Trojan trophy that is passed from winner to winner each year.
Each group is given five minutes to perform a musical parody. Sigma Phi Epsilon (See Songfest, page 2)