Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Redevelopment will benefit USC area
K*tty Kagan / Daily Trojan
A shopping plaza Is sat to be built soon at Adams and Vermont.
Wednesday March 29,1995 Vol. CXXIV, No. 45
Headlines
Sure, you know the winners...
... but did you really get the full effect of the biggest night for Hollywood? Find out as Gregg Moppert, Keith Caulfield and Abby Albrecht give the low-down on the Monday's Academy Awards gala.
Diversions, page 10
Walbridge’s slam gives Trojans win
Greg Walbridge's grand slam was part of a five run sixth inning that brought No. 19 USC back from a 3-2 deficit against No. 2 Cal State Fullerton and gave the Trojans a 7-4 win.
Sports, page 20
Minimums on toil and trouble
Lawmakers have called for a 90-cent increase in the minimum wage, but Gabriel Roxas argues that such a move is not only unadvisable but would put American workers in an even worse economic plight.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
Violence and TV; fashion on menu
Marsha Kinder, professor of critical studies in the School of Cinema-Television, wull lead a roundtable discussion on "Violence, TV, and Video Games" today at the Faculty Center. Lunch will be served at noon, speaker at 12:30 p.m. The cost for the event is $5, and reservations must be made in advance at (213) 740-6110. eee
Trojan Pride, USC's official spirit organization, is hosting its first Pride and Pizzazz spring fashion show tonight at 7:30 at the Hyatt Regency downtown. The show will feature fashions from Calvin Mein, Mi Place Boutiaue and Nike Town. Models will include many prominent USC student-ath-letes. Proceeds will benefit Troy Camp and Spirits in Action. Cost for tne show is $10 with USC student ID,
$35 without. The reception will start at 6:30 p.m. Call (213) 740-5656 for details.
Supermarket, additional stores are in the works
By Kitty Hollis
Staff Writer
The 1992 Los Angeles riots left South Central L.A. a shell of what it used to be, both physically and economically.
One of the hardest-hit areas was the five-mile section of Vermont Avenue between the Santa Monica Freeway and Manchester Avenue.
Now, almost three years later, this area has been targeted for a massive reconstruction and rehabilitation effort which is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 19%.
Some privately-funded developments around campus falling under the overall redevelopment plan include the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Stake Center on the northwest comer of Vermont Avenue and Jefferson Boulevard, which is scheduled to open in mid-April, and an Alpha Beta supermarket on the southeast comer of Vermont Avenue and Adams Boulevard which is scheduled to be opened at the end of 1995.
"These buildings will be a major asset to the community,"
By Vicky Nave
Staff Writer
There's no excuse for USC students not to practice safe sex, especially with the many birth control options available on campus.
The Student Health Center offers many birth control options for women; additionally, free condoms are easy to come by.
The birth control methods
ennifer Hamm
Writer
Imagine completing courses live on television in your home or office. With the distance learning program, you can.
The distance learning program at USC has been broadcasting classes since 1972 and is now expanding its program with more classes and channels.
The program recently contracted with Cross Country Wireless, a national wireless operator, to provide more channels and thus more classes. With the contract, there will soon be 10 channels instead of the current sue.
Doug Lichvar, director of the distance learning program, emphasized the rapidly growing nature of education via television.
said Alvin Rudisill, university chaplain and former associate vice president for civic and community relations.
Rudisill also said he is very pleased to see the Hispanic community embrace the mosque recently built at Vermont Avenue and Exposition Boulevard.
"I think these efforts can only be positive," said Michael Dear, professor of geography. "The need for community services in this area are long overdue."
"As far as the supermarket is
available range from oral contraceptives (the pill), to the Depo-Provera birth control injection, spermicidal gel and the diaphragm.
Tne first step for students interested in birth control is to come in for a gynecological exam, which is followed by a consultation to decide which method suits that particular individual, said Dr. JoAnna Price,
"No one can keep up with all the advances in electronics," he said.
Lichvar believes education is moving away from the classroom in order to make the locations more convenient.
"I can see the program doubling within the next five years," he said.
While the courses offered through this system are primarily for engineering students, the program hopes to expand to other schools, including busi-
concerned, I believe it will be successful. There is enough demand in this community to support two, and possibly even three supermarkets.
"(However), the future of the church will depend on what it chooses to do for the community."
In addition to these developments, there are plans in the works to build a number of new supermarkets, retail stores, libraries, and a performing arts center.
a gynecologist at the health center.
After an initial appointment and before getting a prescription, students are required to attend a class about safe sex.
The most popular form of birth Control is the pill, which when prescribed at the center costs about $7, depending on the student's insurance plan.
"Birth control and condoms together is the most effective form of birth control," Price said.
For students who don't want
ness, education, pharmacy and medicine.
There are plans to experiment with broadcasting courses to Malaysia. Distance learning will also offer non-credit programming and data processing courses.
Elizabeth Daley, dean of the School of Cinema-Television, said the expansion of the program is still in its formative stages.
'IVe are working to make a stategic plan," she said. "Every-
Development plans are not the only way the area is being targeted for improvement.
A rehabilitation effort, funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, involves a two-year face-lift for the area between Slauson and Vernon avenues.
The plans call for the repair of curbs and sidewalks, and the addition of Arabian-blue light posts, sidewalk planters, trees with flowers, bright awnings and banners and bus shelters decorated with community art.
One of the sites for which many ideas have emerged is the former Pepperdine University administration building at 81st Street. One proposal for the site is to turn it over to the USC Business Expansion Network, which would use the building to offer office space with a reduced overhead to struggling new businesses.
"This would be a good idea if there are enough community services in the area already, and enough new businesses which need this type of service," said Marilyn Ellis, director of public affairs at the School of Urban and Regional Planning.
Ellis also said a "community center, something for young kids, like a day care center,”
to use a method that involves drugs, condoms and spermicide together are very effective, she said. However, when used alone, neither of these methods is as successful.
Condoms also play a major role in the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases.
Price wanted to emphasize that "withdrawal does not work." Simply because a man does not ejaculate inside of a woman does not mean that semen is not present.
(See Pill, page 12)
one is trying to get a strategic initiative."
The quality Cross Country Wireless can provide is superior to that of a cable company because it uses a digital system rather than the analog system cable companies use, Lichvar said.
John Silvester, professor of engineering, teaches a graduate course to 25 in-class students and eight off-campus students. He has been teaching in the distance learning program for 16 years.
"It is a very convenient program," he said. "There is more and more interest because of better availability."
Lloyd Welch, professor of electrical engineering, said he has found through teaching in
(See Learning, page 12)
Center offers many
Free condoms, low-cost birth control, STD testing available at health center
Expansion planned for televised courses
“No one can keep up with all the advances in electronics.”
—DougLichvar
(See Vermont, page 12)
birth control options