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Vol. CXXXVI, No. 30
Agency aims to better the USC area
Proposals: CRA finalizing plans for improvements in Figueroa Corridor and near the Shrine
By TARIQ MALIK
Staff Writer
In an ongoing effort to revitalize the community, USC has been working with the Community Redevelopment Agency on projects designed to bring new businesses into the area and improve the physical conditions of the neighborhood surrounding the university.
Officials from the Hoover Redevelopment Project, a local branch of the CRA, are working to finalize proposals for the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s Call for Projects, an annual countywide competition among urban renewal programs for funding. Each year the MTA allocates the funds offered in the Call for Projects for community improvement and evaluates proposals from various redevelopment programs, CRA officials said.
"We’re completing proposals for an Exposition Park traffic plan, the improvement of Vermont Avenue and plans for the Figueroa Corridor," said Jennifer Barrera, assistant manager for the Hoover project "USC and other local entities work with us in these programs to help rid the area of both physical and economic blight"
The CRA is a public agency that aims to rehabilitate business districts and neighborhoods through programs like the Hoover Redevelopment Project. USC has been working with the agency for about 25 years.
“Our intention is to work with the CRA to help the improvement of the neighborhoods near campus," said Bing Cherrie, USC’s executive director of planning and business affairs.
The Hoover Redevelopment Project was established in 1966 after the Watts riots to begin urban renewal programs. "Pepperdine was already moving out of the area, and USC also showed potential for leaving,” said Oscar Jauregui, the project’s current manager. To keep the university in its current location, the CRA started the Hoover project for neighborhood rehabilitation of the area immediately surrounding USC.
The Hoover project paid residents to move from their homes in order to build commercial centers like the hotel and office complex on Figueroa Street adjacent to USC and University Village, as well as the University Way walkway connecting USC and 28th Street The CRA is responsible for finding and replacing the housing for residents who were displaced during redevelopment projects, Jauregui said.
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By JEANNE KLEIN
Staff Writer
After someone used a student’s Social Security number and PIN to drop his classes and render him ineligible for financial aid, university officials are advising students to exercise more prudence with their personal information. Matthew Hein, a freshman majoring in
Spanish, was the victim of this violation on Feb. 5, the last day to add or drop classes, after someone discovered his Social Security and personal identification numbers.
Though his classes and financial aid were reinstated a week later, Hein said the distress he went through during that time was more than any other student should have to go through.
"I want to let everybody know that this is very easy to do,” Hein said. “It is very easy to access somebody’s Social Security number and PIN."
Hein found out about the breach of his privacy after his mother called the cashier’s office Feb. 10 to ask about financial aid information and she was told that all of Hein’s financial aid was gone and that he was only enrolled in one class.
“Once I went to less than half-time status, all my financial aid got sent back,” Hein said.
Since Hein was informed of this information after Feb. 5, he could not easily pick up the phone to add his classes again Hein sought help Feb. 11 from academic review counselor Nancy Mack, one of three counselors who deal with registra-tion-related exceptional requests.
Mack has seen two situations like this occur in the past four years, and describes them as “rare."
Mack looked up Hein’s audit record of touch-tone transactions. The records are kept in order to keep track of whether or not any changes are successful and to help resolve some of these issues, Mack said.
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Women’s soccer team can now practice at McAlister Field
Spoils: Squad will no longer have to share with football players; some think lights still needed for flexibility
By KODI HIRST
Staff Writer
After sharing Howard Jones Field with the football team for the past six years, the women’s varsity soccer team was able to step onto its own field this season.
McAlister Field, located at 30th and Hoover streets, will now serve as the team’s practice field.
The Athletic Department which funded the construction of McAlister Field, had originally
considered putting up lights but was not able to due to zoning restrictions and lack of funds.
“Some work has been done for installing lights in the future," said Steve Lopes, assistant athletic director. "There is no need for lights since the women’s soccer team practices in the afternoons."
Don Ludwig, director of the intramural recreation department, said that lack of residential approval prevented the lights from going up.
Jim Millinder, the women’s soccer coach, said that even without the lights the field has made scheduling practices easier.
“Scheduling training sessions have been more beneficial for the girls," Millinder said. *To install lights would mean increasing the maintenance of the field due to greater use."
The intramural department has also been able to get some use out of the field. All Sunday
flag football games were played on the field as well as some soccer and rugby games. Men’s club soccer has also played three games on the field.
"We used McAlister Field a lot during the fell," said Pharhan Mahbub, president of the men’s soccer club and a senior majoring in engineering.
Mahbub said that lights at McAlister Field would ease practices for the dub team because they could have them later in the day.
"Night practices would have been better for everyone," Mahbub said.
Megan Reppe, co-captain of the women’s soccer team and a senior majoring in communication, said that despite the lack of lights, the field will give the team a “better opportunity” to succeed.
"It shows how we are growing and where we
are going to go," Reppe said.