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The USC baseball team | won the NCAA West Regional at Fresno last weekend, earning its first trip to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., since 1978.
It faces Miami on Friday.
Sports, page 12
Tales of travel embarrassment
Columnist Leif Ueland's European tour was going just dandy until somebody put something in his drink. He survived, but perhaps his advice can save future vacationers from being made turkeys in Turkey.
Viewpoint, page 4
L.A. Shanti needs support volunteers
Lounging in the sun
Jonathan S. Fox / Summer Trojan
Nana Muramoto, a senior in East Asian languages and cultures, and Shinobu Ikoshi, a sophomore In International relations, sketch pictures in Alumni Park.
Donations from campaign help schoolchildren
By Jennifer Hamm
Staff Writer
Utilizing the funds donated last fall by 1,500 USC faculty members, the Good Neighbors Campaign awarded $184,000 in grants to nine educational projects, placing an emphasis on the needs of local schoolchildren.
The projects aim to enrich students in fields from science to sports.
"There is a tremendous opportunity to reach into the community and make a difference in the lives of young people," said Dr. Stephanie Taylor-Dinwiddie, USC project director for two of the programs that received grants.
One of the programs, the After School / Saturday Enrichment Program, involves the five elementary schools closest to USC.
The program received $27,000 and wil' 10-week programs next year in the arts, s, < its and (See Campaigi ige 2)
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Wednesday May 31,1995 Vol. CXXV, No. 3
Omaha is next stop for USC
L.A. Shanti needs volunteers to provide emotional support to people affected by HIV, AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses.
Shanti Emotional Support Volunteers facilitate support groups and provide one-on-one counseling. You don't need any special background, as Shanti provides training.
To register for the next Emotional Support Volunteer training, call by June 23 to (213) 962-8197.
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The University Park Faculty / Staff Clinic is offering allergy physician consultation through June 16 in comm-memoration of National Allergy and Asthma Awareness Month. Consultation is open to all benefits-eligible USC faculty and staff. It is free of charge to USC Network Plan subscribers. Non-subscribers can have consultation done for a $10 fee.
To make an appointment, call 740-3757.
Academy elects faculty members
Hoover project improves neighborhood
Plans include fixing up historic houses, building new shopping center
By Trevor Kaufman
Staff Writer
The Hoover Redevelopment Project is in the midst of on-going developments that will revitalize the community surrounding USC, Project Manager Oscar Jauregui reported at this month's planning subcommittee meeting.
The project was started by the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles in 1966 to preserve the historical and architectural heritage of the area roughly bordered by Adams Boulevard, Vermont Avenue, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and the Harbor Freeway.
"You can expect more of the same work this summer," said Jennifer Jones Barrera,
the assistant project manager.
"We hope the improvements will enable places like the Shrine Auditorium to continue to attract business."
One phase of the project calls for the relocation and rehabilitation of three historical homes on Menlo Avenue south of Adams Boulevard to allow for their conversion to senior housing. Abestos clean-up has recently been completed for the homes and the homeowner in one building is in escrow to purchase a new home outside the Hoover Project, Jauregui said.
Another phase, to build a shopping center on the southeast comer of Adams Boulevard and Vermont Avenue, has won the approval of the Design Review Board and has secured
all necessary permits.
The plan to build a Blue Line branch south on Flower Street to Exposition Boulevard and from Exposition Boulevard west to Vermont Avenue was put on hold because of concerns from Cheviot Hills residents.
The Community Redevelopment Agency has assisted in the building of more than 1,200 residential units in the past, and additional low-income and moderate-income housing construction is a part of future plans.
Other developments the CRA has assisted in the past include the University Hilton Hotel, University Village and the California Afro-American Museum.
Too much unsaid in ‘Little Odessa’
USC alumnus James Gray's feature-length directorial debut is surprisingly realistic, but too stylized for its own good. Tim Roth and Edward Furlong give excellant performances.
Diversions, page 5
USC faculty already elected. ''
"(Zukofsky) is very well renowned," said Lynn Sipe, director of university librarie "I thought it was a well-dc d recognition, and a great lu >r to the university and to him
Schapiro added that mi h awards enhance the reputation of the university.
"One of the ways a urn rsity is evaluated is in ten f the award it receives ! L	ther
awards such as (Georgi tlah's) Nobel Prize bring attention to other deserving faculty he said.
"It really shines a spotlight on USC."
In addition to the election of Zukofsky and Waterman, former philosophy professor Barbara Herman was also elected. She had been nominated prior to leaving USC for a position .it UCLA.
Zukovsky and Waterman join five other university professors in the academy: Richard Easter-lin (economics), Richard Thompson (biology), Jane Goo-dall (anthropology), Stephen Toulmin (Center for Multi-Ethnic and Transnational Studies) and Keiiti Aki (earth sciences).
Recent election honors work and contributions in arts, sciences
By Tom Hogen-Esch
Staff Writer
Two university faculty members have been elected into the Academy of Arts and Sciences, signaling a continuing recognition of USC as a notable academic institution.
Paul Zukofsky, director of the Arnold Schoenberg Institute, and professor Michael Waterman were recognized by the Academy for their “distinguished contribution to science, scholarship, public affairs and the arts."
"My first (reaction) was of complete puzzlement," Zukofsky said. "But the more I hear (about the award) it turns out to be quite an honor."
Zukofsky was named director of the Schoenberg Institute in 1992. He is known world-wide as a violinist and conductor, and has made more than 50 recordings. He is president of Musical
Courtaay ol the USC Chronicle
Academy inductees Paul Zukofsky and Michael Waterman
Observations, Inc., a non-profit company that records 20th century music and publishes musical research.
"I was surprised and pleased to find out I was elected," Waterman said. "It is a real honor to be included in the academy."
Waterman is a professor of mathematics and biological sciences. He is known for his work in DNA and RNA studies, for which he received a Guggen-
heim Fellowship to conduct further research earlier in the spring.
University officials are
Eleased with the recent election, oth for what it does for the reputation of Waterman and Zukofsky and for the university.
"We're elated. Waterman is absolutely one of our best," said Morton Schapiro, dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. "He joins a great team of