Tuesday April 19,1994 Vol. CXXII, No. 61
Weather
Today should be warmer than yesterday, with a high in the 80s and a low in the 50s. There should be a lot of sunshine in the afternoon after morning clouds clear.
Inside
Turn the channel to ESPN, quickly
Today ESPN will broadcast last Friday's baseball game against Arizona State, in which freshman Randy Flores blanked the Sun Devils, 9-0. But will he be able to see himself on TV?
Sports, page 16
Riding out bliss with Pink Floyd
In the second of the band's two weekend Rose Bowl shows, Pink Floyd wowed the crowd with surreal images and stunning lights, which accompanied new songs and fan favorites. Diversions, page 7
The genesis of Generation X
Whether it was watching TV, going to college, using drugs or listening to rock 'n roll, the youth of the '50s broke away from their conservative parents and gave birth to Generation X.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
Business school graduate event
The School of Business Administration will be hosting a reception for all graduating business and accounting majors on Wednesday, April 20, from 4 to 7 p.m. The reception will be held at Pardee Plaza between Hoffman and Bridge halls. Free beer, food and music will be offered, as well as several door prizes.
For more information on this event or information on membership on the Dean's Advisory Board, contact Chip Schweiger, vice president of public relations, in ACC B-3A or call (213) 740-4805.
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Engineers’ canoe cracks under tension of competition
By Victoria Manley
Staff Writer
There's only one campus organization whose members get to fly to Hawaii to test a canoe they make themselves.
The catch? They have to make the canoe out of concrete.
Members of USC's American Society of Civil Engineers, a student chapter of the national organization, had the opportunity to put their canoe to the test over Spring Break.
A group of 24 students — most of them civil engineers — flew to a conference hosted by the University of Hawaii to test the mettle of their concrete canoe. The conference, which included schools from California, Arizona, Hawaii and Nevada, lasted five days and featured more than canoeing.
"1 thought the conference was really well done," said Santanu Das, a /unior majoring in civil engineering. "It was definitely one of the better conferences."
Das, along with junior Jaime Bueno, also a civil engineering major, designed and constructed the concrete canoe. The duo have worked on the project since early January, and had to ship it to Hawaii in a 15-foot crate for the conference, Das said.
(See Canoe, page 3)
Townhomes offered to faculty, staff
By Nik Trendowski
Staff Writer
Faculty and staff looking for information on buying a home got a chance to talk with lenders yesterday and will again today at a "Homebuyers' Workshop" held by Administrative Services at Town and Gown.
Today's event will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., including lunch and a presentation on the McCulloch Townhomes at
noon, said Torie Daves, administrative assistant in charge of marketing for the townhomes.
The townhomes, located two blocks north of campus on Hoover Street, were built as a community for faculty and staff to live in and interact with one another, as well as to be near their campus workplace.
One of the main reasons for the event is to market the four townhomes now available,
Daves said, but it is also intended to give faculty and staff the opportunity to talk with lenders about homebuying and loan prospects in general.
"I think really the immediate need was to provoke interest in the McCulloch Townhomes, and then interest in the community," said Roberta Giolli, who represented the treasurer's office at the forum.
The treasurer's office is also
offering a housing assistance program to faculty and staff, Daves said.
Faculty and staff interested in buying a home may be prequalified for a loan at the forum as they investigate different types of loans, escrow programs and loan broker programs — services that will go loan shopping for clients, Daves said.
After Embassy Residential (See Loan, page 6)
At right, Mickey Mouse greets a child during Saturday's "Swim With Mike." Below, Yell Leaders surround Mike Nyeholt, a USC All-American swimmer and inspiration for the fund-raiser. Proceeds go to USC's Physically Challenged Athletes Scholarship Fund.
Rafaal Burga / Dally Trojan
Modern Michelangelo realizes dream
College-University student pays homage to movies with mural
By Kim Smith
Staff Writer
"Batman," "Star Wars," "Casablanca," "Singin' in the Rain," "Rain Man" and "Monty Python" — what do these movies have in common?
Answer: They are all starring in a mural being painted on the third floor of College-University Residence Hall.
The mural, designed by Constantine Nasr, an undecided freshman, has been in progress since September. It spans two walls of the third floor and will
depict more than 90 movies, both in individual scenes and in collages.
"When we started out ... I didn't think it was going to extend into this big of a project," Nasr said. "This is my Sistine Chapel."
Nasr said that he, along with Jonathan Fox and Jeremy Ze-peta, two other residents, have done the majority of the work on the project, though several other students have contributed.
(See Mural, page 3)
Jonathan Fox / Dally Tro|an
A College-Unl mural will display Images from more than 90 films.