Newspaper of the University of Southern California
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Summer blockbuster "Forrest Gump" receives a whopping 13 nominations, while "Bullets over Broadway," "Pulp Fiction," and "The Shawshank Redemption" each pull seven.
Diversions, page 10
Big volleyball match tonight
How big? How about No. 1 and No. 2? How about No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 USC? How about No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 USC, tonight at the Lyon Center at 7:30 p.m.? How about that?
Sports, page 20
A juxtaposition of justice forms
Affirmative action walks a tortured line between establishing equality of opportunity and infringing upon American freedoms. Suman Elizabeth Shealey and Brandon Gray offer critiques.
Viewpoint, page 4
Andy Puptui / Dally Tro|an
Part of the dental clinic mural depicts dragons at a tea party.
Art lightens dental visits
By Andy Pupius
Staff Writer
Jun Falkenstein decided the youths who visited the School of Dentistry's pediatric dentistry clinic should have a happy atmosphere to come to.
So Falkenstein, who was a cinema student at USC and now writes comics, decided to paint a mural in the clinic. She has many friends in the dental school.
The mural includes animals so as not to run into questions of political correctness, Falkenstein said.
Race and media topic of lecture
Syndicated columnist Hodding Carter will discuss "Race, Class and the American Media" when he delivers the 15th Annual Otis Chandler Lecture, hosted by the School of Journalism, Annenberg School for Communication. The lecture will take place today at 6 p.m. in Annenberg G-21. A public reception begins at 5 p.m.
Carter's appearance was originally scheduled for last November, but was postponed due to illness.
For more information, call (213) 740-3914.
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Meet Norma Saldivar, guest director of the Feb. 23-27 production "A Flea in Her Ear," at the Theatre Thursday Lunch at the Faculty Center from noon to 1 p.m. She and School of Theatre faculty and staff will join the audience for an informal lunchtime discussion.
Wednesday February 15,1995 Vol. CXXIV, No. 23
Academy releases Oscar nominations
Cadet dismissed after coming out
Student productions win multiple awards
By Anisa Abeytia
Staff Writer
USC student productions have won honors from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 1994 College Television Awards.
Students took honors in the comedy, news / sports / public affairs and music categories. USC students competed both regionally and nationally. The regional competion included colleges and universities from the area south of Santa Barbara and Hawaii.
Gregg D. Rossen, who re-
ceived a master's degree in production from the School of Cinema-Television, took first place in the national and regional competition in the entertainment division for comedy for his thesis project, "The Grail Guy."
The 26-minute film is about a trip taken by King Arthur in search of his sword, Excalibur.
Rossen will receive $1000 from the academy and $2000 worth of film from Kodak for his national award. For the regional prize, he will receive $200.
Executive producers and (See Awards, page 3)
Student who ‘told’ finds ROTC no longer interested
By Sara K. Goo
Staff Writer
While the issue of gays in the military has captured national attention, some students in the university's ROTC program have experienced it firsthand after disclosing their homosexuality.
Officials from the Army, Air Force, and Navy ROTC programs on campus said they could not comment on the issue and referred all questions to the student affairs headquarters in Montgomery, Ala.
Although the exact number of students discharged from the ROTC program at USC is unknown, Stanley Harris, university psychologist and co-chairman of a student affairs advisement group, said he knew of "a few" students who had confronted the issue.
"I do know of students who have lost their ROTC scholarship and disenrolled (because they admitted homosexuality)," he said.
Harris said students who do disclose their homosexuality must prove that they are not engaging in homosexual activity, or disenroll in the ROTC.
Harris counsels students confronting their own sexuality and also serves as an advisor to the Gay, Lesbian, Bi Assembly.
One freshman, a former Navy ROTC cadet majoring in political science, said he came out as a homosexual to his commanding officers because of personal situations. As a result, he was let go from the program.
"I just got tired of playing the game," he said. "It was just time."
The student said he told his commanding officers about his homosexuality and then they proceeded to fill out the proper paperwork. He described the event of leaving the ROTC program as "fairly unemotional."
Although the student said he decided to come out about his sexuality for personal reasons, he described the ROTC program as constrictive.
"It was kind of like being in a really big fraternity house," the student said, because there
(See ROTC, page 14)
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Prospective Marines In preparation for Officer Candidate School.
Housing looks at price cut
Push from competition, decreasing occupancy
By Sara K. Goo
Staff Writer
In response to decreasing occupancy and market competition, university housing offidals are currently investigating a small price reduction in university housing for the fall semester. The change would mostly affect off-campus facilities.
Although official prices for each facility are not expected to be released until the end of the month, Jeff Urdahl, director of housing and residence halls, said the price reduction was also an effort to satisfy student residents.
"In truth, students have been stating that the prices have been too high," Urdahl said,
"If we bring the prices down, we hope to see an increase in occupancy to offset that reduction."
As of Jan. 13, university housing had an overall occupancy of 87 percent, an average of 97 percent on-campus and 82 percent off-campus.
In response to plummeting off-campus occupancy, some facilities, such as La Sor-bonne, Sierra Apartments, Hillview, and Greek Honors House were closed to consolidate vacancies. The buildings are now used for special conferences or overnight guest accomodations. Former residents of the second floor of Bimkrant Residential College, which was damaged by fire in November, now live in La Sorbonne.
However, a combination of advice from students, housing staff and people outside (See Housing, page 14)
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Webb Tower Is among university housing.