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NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
March 28, ltM
Vol. CXXXVI, No. 40
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Making a difference. Students and faculty members march through campus as part of the third annual Take Back the Ni?ht on Wednesday, a candlelit vigil protesting sexual violence that was sponsored by the Center for Women and Men.
Because the night...
ByKODI HIRST
Staff Writer
Around 200 candles lit up USC Wednesday night as students, faculty and staff participated in the third .annual Take Back the Night march, a candlelit vigil protesting sexual violence.
Take Back the Night, a program co-sponsored by the Center for Women and Men and Women’s Student Assembly, is a nationwide program designed to focus on the issue of sexual violence.
Take Back The Night is an opportunity for the campus to engage issues of sexual assault and dating violence as it effects the university community,'’ said Elizabeth Davenport, assis-
Students and faculty join to protest sexual violence during vigil
tant dean for Student Affairs. In addition to educating, Take Back the Night is also created to raise awareness.
“It’s meant to bring USC students together around this issue," said Courtney Malloy, program coordinator for the Center for Women and Men. *lt is a problem and it's a problem for everyone."
The participants gathered at 7 p.m. at Hahn Plaza to begin their march past Von Kleinsmid Center and EVK and then down Figueroa Street to 28th Street The procession then traveled
west to University Parkway and back south, ending at Bovard Auditorium Along the way, the marchers paused at 11 stations where campus groups such as Amnesty International, Gay,
Lesbian, and Bi Association, Campus Cruiser and Hillel Jewish Center gave presentations. Each station dealt with a specific aspect of sexual violence through skits and brief educational
As the march continued, the intensity increased, ending with an open mic where participants shared their experiences or feelings on sexual violence. Students were also encouraged to write their thoughts on the sidewalk with chalk.
"Take Back The Night is an opportunity for those who have remained
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Applications for housing exceed space
Residents: Some returning students to share apartment with extra person next year
By SHARON STELLO
Assistant City Editor
Some university apartments will house an extra person next year, according to a flier that Housing Services distributed Friday to students involved in the Returning Resident Renewal process (R3).
About 700 more students applied for university housing than USC expected, so some apartments in Troy Hall, Troy Hall East, Centennial, Pacific and Regal Trojan will be reconfigured to fit an extra student, said Jeff Urdahl, director of Housing and Residence Halls. Also, Sunset and Windsor apartments will change from graduate to undergraduate housing.
For Centennial and Pacific students who went through the Phase 3 application process this week, which involves moving to a new room in the same complex, slots were unavailable. In Regal Trojan, the only options were a one-bedroom apartment with three people for $420 each per month or a two-bedroom apartment with four people for $380 each per month.
In Troy Hall, adding an extra person is voluntary for residents and would have five people in a two-bedroom apartment for $365 each per month for the three students sharing a room and $415 each per month for the other two students. With four people, the rent is $485 for each person per month.
Reactions to the change
Student leaders from Student Senate and the University’ Residential Student Community are upset with housing's decision and have presented a letter with their suggestions to Housing Services. Student Senate passed a resolution Tuesday night, supporting the group of student leaders who signed the letter after meeting from 10 p.m. Monday to 12:30 a.m. Tuesday to discuss the situation.
The group includes John Cleary, URSC building government coordinator, Carmen Cejudo, URSC vice president for advocacy-elect, Sarah Emerson, housing senator and housing senator-elect, Jamie Johnson, URSC 'ice president for funding-elect, Kristin Price, housing senator-elect, Steve Milam, URSC vice president for funding and URSC president-elect, Lynn Tran, student I see Heostag. page 2 I
Internationally known professor empowers students
Speech: Audience responds favorably to talk by political activist, author Angela Davis
Angela Davis, an internationally known political activist, spoke to around 300 in Bovard Auditorium on Wednesday and signed copies of her books.
Davis is known for her ongoing work to combat all forms of oppression in the US. and abroad. Over the years she has been active as a student, teacher, writer,
scholar and activist/organizer.
Davis’ political activism began when she was a youth in Birmingham, Ala. But it was not until 1969 that she came to national attention after being removed from her teaching position in the Philosophy Department at UCLA as a result of her social activism and her membership in the Communist Party.
In 1970 she was placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List and was the subject of an intense police search that drove her underground and culminated in one of the most famous trials in recent U.S. history. During her 16-month incarceration, a massive international "Free Angela Davis" campaign was organized, leading to her
acquittal in 1972.
Davis is currently a tenured professor in the History of Consciousness Department at UC Santa Cruz.
Audience reaction
"Its really good that there are people involved in the movement and they make it a part of their life and not just a popular thing to do. She's an adviser for youth and their movement.
“We are lucky that we have the benefit of her knowledge, and we have to take advantage of it for our political movements so that we can make things
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Angela Davit gave a lecture and signed books Wednesday.