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September 21,1998 Vol. CXXXV, No. 12
Trojans survive Beaver attack
The USC football team prevented an Oregon State upset by scoring 20 points in the fourth quarter. Tne win was the third for the Trojans and was the 25th consecutive victory over the Beavers.
Sports, page 12
The manliest movies of all time
What movies have the biggest explosions, the high-estbody count?Or, what is the greatest male movie of all time? Diversions Editor Joseph Boo compiled the best manly films.
Diversions, page 5
Human nature is violent and sexual
Humans, as animals, act on violent and sexual urges, despite society's attempts to repress them. We should embrace these urges as natural and heallhy, Viewpoint Writer Chad Kultgen opines.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
Discover Islam, study in France
The Muslim Students Association is sponsoring a Discover Islam Exhibit from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today in Trojan Square, next to Bovard Auditorium. Posters, videos and free books will be available, and the exhibit continues through Wednesday.
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The Office of Overseas Studies is holding an informational meeting on studying abroad in France from 3 to 5 p.m. today in CAS 120. Past participants and advisers will be available to answer questions.
For more information, call (213) 740-3636.
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The Center for Academic Support is holding a learning enrichment workshop called "Take Control ot Your Academic Life" from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday in Student Union, room 301. The workshop is free to USC students.
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Fraternity battles consequences
Chi Phi members say situation is extreme, university disagrees
By Kyle Buchanan
Staff Writer
Most of the houses on the Row are filled with people these days — one of USC's biggest rush periods ever has just ended, and now there are more pledges in each house than there have been in years. But the house on 720 W. 28th St. stands in stark contrast: it's empty, due to a long and contentious battle between the university and the house's former inhabitant, the Chi Phi fraternity.
"No one really knows where to put blame," said Jeremy Zink, who was president of Chi Phi last semester, when it lost school recognition. "(Chi Phi members) are angry. They want to know why this happened."
The last few Chi Phi members who lin-
f;ered in the USC-owned house moved out ast week. Since then, the members have been trying to piece together exactly what happened to result in their loss of the house — and what they can do to get it back.
The Office for Residential and Greek Life ousted the fraternity because it said Chi Phi violated fire, health and safety codes earlier this year.
"We repeatedly discovered that we would . go in, clean and correct the conditions, and it wouldn't stay (clean)," said Ken Taylor, ORGL assistant vice president.
But Zink, a senior majoring in international relations, said Chi Phi members could not satisfy ORGL. "We did the best we could to make amends and prove ourselves and better ourselves, and it was all for nothing" he said.
■To support his claim, Zink supplied the Daily Trojan with two memos from Beverly Watson, special projects manager Of Housing and Residential Halls, dated last Feb. 6 and 11 The first memo listed several violations of safety and housing codes, including sand-filled rooms and torches still hung from a
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luau-themed party the day before. The second memo alleged Chi Phi had refused to clean up when notified the week before, however, only two of those violations had appeared on the previous memo, while six were new to the second memo exclusively.
The fraternity should not have had to reimburse housing for cleaning up the offenses listed in the second memo, since the fraternity was not made aware of them in the firsljplace, Zink asserted.
"Tnis is a prime example of the inconsistencies that nave been going on with what we've been talking about," he said.
Watson refused to comment for this story.
In March, Housing and Residence Halls sent its complaints about Chi Phi to the Office for Student Conduct, which determined that the rules and standards set for
Chi Phi had been violated and an initial determination was made to remove recognition from the house for three years.
Former Chi Phi president Ray Ayala, a junior majoring in pre-business, acknowledged that the house was messy, but said, "I've been to other houses too, to parties or just stopping by, and our house is no more messier than any of theirs. It wasn't that bad. We were .getting cited for little things, like leaving a toaster on a chair."
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conditions that the housing inspectors cited were the university's responsibility.
disagreed.
"I understand that the fraternity is still concerned, but that is not the way the data
(See Fraternity, page 3)
Campus TV station starts programming
By Jennifer Medina
Staff Writer
USC students can now tune in on their tubes for information and entertainment. Trojan Vision, the student-run campus television station, will premiere tonight with a lineup that includes talk, variety and news shows, along with documentaries and student-produced movies.
The closed-circuit station is only accessible to students living on campus and in some off-campus university-owned housing. The station will air on channel 62 from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday.
This is the second year on air for Trojan Vision, which was created last September to provide students witn hands-on learning experience in television.
We want to show people USC students are capable of producing professional-quality television," said Eve Troeh, promotions director for Trojan Vision and a junior majoring in anthropology and print journalism.
The station is funded from the Annenberg grant through the USC School for Communication.
Remodeled studios, new equipment and additional staff members made for an exciting summer, said Scott Weber, gen-
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Students test equipment at a Trojan Vision taping rehearsal Friday night at the Performing Arts Annex.
eral manager of Trojan Vision more," Weber said.
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Student comedy.
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and a senior majoring in communications.
"Now we're pulling things together and having a great time," Weber said. "Monday is
going to be one of the busiest days of the semester."
Students serve both as paid staff members and volunteers for the station. Currently, there are 16 staff members and more than 100 volunteers, station officials said.
"We've recruited a lot of people, but we're still looking for
Students interested in television are excited to be getting the experience.
"People here are great," said Brett Carducci, a senior majoring in visual anthropology. "They are extremely intelligent, and they are doing this because they want to do it. They love television and film."
The station is the main outlet for students to get experience in television.
"It is an unbelievable oppor-
(See Vision, page 3)
Annenberg School for Communication news magazine.
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Sketch comedy series.
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Documentary series — tonight’s profile on the Spirit of Troy.
8:30 p.m.