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Friday September 4,1998 Vol. CXXXV, No. 3
Women of Troy hit the road again
The USC volleyball team will play its second straight tournament this weekend when it goes to die Bay Area for the Power Bar Invitational to play San Francisco and Sam Houston State.
Sports, page 20
From crawling critters to Oprah
Get the lowdown on upcoming fall and winter movies, highlighted with two digitally-animated films about ants, "Beloved," based on Toni Morrison's novel, and "Star Trek 9."
Diversions, page 7
USC is more than a technical school
Editorial Columnist Michael S. Carter expounds upon the virtues of a liberal education, outlining the distinction between skills taught at trade schools, and critical thinking taught at universities.
Viewpoint, page 4
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Spectrum festival, Trojan cuddlers
USC Spectrum will celebrate its second annual World Beat Festival with two free hour-long daily concerts. The performances Degin at noon and 5 p.m. and run from Sept. 8 to 10 in Alumni Park.
Kiunara Taiko, a drum ensemble led by musical director John Y. Mori, will deliver Japanese music and culture at noon Tuesday and the band Nve Eugene De Coque & Jgede will perform at 5 p.m. For more information, call (213) 740-2167.
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Trojan Life Cuddlers will hold an information session at 7 p.m., Wednesday, in Topping 201 for students interested in helping new mothers and holding babies. Applications can be picked up in STU 202 and are due by 5 p.m. on Sept. 14. For more information, contact Paula Shulman at (213) 764-4658.
Lottery to assign car spaces
By Angie Chen
Assistant City Editor
One of the most sought after lotteries on campus was not for money but for a space to park your car.
But parking for off-campus university housing had already been distributed through a series of lotteries which began even before students arrived for the official move-in day and ended on Wednesday night.
"This system is more efficient and lessens worries over parking passes and spaces as opposed to conducting parking applications from scratch," said Brian d'Autremont, director of Transportation Services.
"What we're trying to do is not issue all the passes, but we're trying to do as much ahead of time as we can," d'Autremont said.
While the system is new and just coining into practice this year, it still presents *tt»-dents with the same random opportunity, d'Autremont said. The first lottery, conducted before students moved in, selected a group of students who were issued permits. If a student who won the lottery ana did not own a car or return the registration for a permit in time, their permit was put into a second-round lottery.
Housing, which combined efforts with Transportation Services for the lottery, sent out forms to residents who did not win in the first round of the lottery, Jeff Urdahl said, director of Housing and Residence Halls. After each residence hall conducted its random drawing Wednesday night, bulletins were posted Thursday morning listing the winners of the last available permits.
"Let's say Cardinal Gardens has 50 spaces," d'Autremont said. "Usually, people with cars apply for spaces. We picked
(See Parking, page 6)
Leaving for the 'Tuft' life
Kristine Dillon leaves her
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as associate vice dent of Student Affairs this week for Tufts University
By Nada El Sawy
Assistant City Editor
T/1 ristine Dillon would have celebrated 1^ her 21st anniversary here at USC in JLNkFebruary. But after 20 years as associate vice president of Student Affairs, she said she felt it was time to share her energy somewhere else — at Tufts University.
Dillon has accepted a position as Tufts' managing consultant on a major review and reorganization of student services and programs there in early October. She resigns this week.
With Dillon's experience, she said she
ests and centrate "out-of interests dents.
While Dillon is excited about the new oppor-
experiences at USC will be memorable for her, she said.
"USC has had a big impact on my life both personally and professionally," she said.
Dillon's overriding goal has been to give students a sense of the rich opportunities available to them. As associate vice president of Student Affairs since 1983, Dillon has been involved in Residential and Greek Life, the Career Center, Publications, the Testing Bureau, research on USC student (Sec Dillon, page 6)
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Streetcar races close streets, use campus lots
By Shant Thomas
Assistant City Editor
Labor Day weekend will be a busy one for the USC area as the Ford Los Angeles Street Race takes over the neighborhood starting today.
Figueroa Street and Exposition Boulevard is closed off from 10 a.m. today until 6 a.m. Tuesday to serve as part of the course for the speedy vehicles. The university is accommodating the event's parking for the anticipated crowd of 150,000, officials said. And despite the configurations that may pose inconvenience and traffic, all gate entrances to the campus will remain open except for Gate 1 on Watt Way and Exposition Boulevard.
There is a big misunderstanding as to what will be blocked off and what won't,” said Brian d'Autremont, director of Transportation Services. "The changes made most likely will make driving in the area tedious, but not terribly incon-
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The south side of campus at Exposition Boulevard will serve as part of the route for this weekend's streetcar races.
venient."
Preparations also include extra waste management facilities and extraparking signs that will ease the flow of traffic both to and from university parking structures, including Parking Structure A.
"The university met with the
Los Angeles events coordinators concerning possible disruptions to the community, and tried to mitigate those concerns," said Deputy Chief Bob Taylor of the Department of Public Safety.
As a result of those meetings, there will be an increase in the number of public restrooms and
trash cans in the area to compensate for the large crowds, Taylor said.
"This event is good for the city," Taylor said. "And it's certainly good for the local community in which it's being held."
Drivers will race on a 1.4 mile, six-turn course that will stretch around the California Science Center, Rose Garden, Aerospace Museum and Imax Theater, according to the event web site located at hltpjfwww.lastreet-race.com.
The Ford Los Angeles Street Race marks the first time the event has been held in Los Angeles, let alone near USC.
'This is all very exciting, because USC — including the surrounding area — is an oasis in the middle of a desert," said Laurence Cohen, media relations director for the event. "The university is also going to have a front row seat to all the action."
To leam more about the event end to order tickets, call 1 -800-690-RACE.