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Anti-gay protesters rile students
Non-USC demonstrators condemn the university for supporting gays on campus.
By BLESSING WAUNG
Daily Trojan
A group of students confronted two men shouting anti-gay slogans Friday in front of Tommy Trojan, witnesses said, including a gay couple who kissed in retaliation.
The demonstrators, who were not affiliated with USC, denounced the university for supporting homosexuality on campus, witnesses said. At the time, rainbow flags were up on Trousdale Parkway in anticipation of Gay Pride Week, sponsored by Program Boards GLBTA, which began yesterday.
"They were dissing the university for allowing gay pride week,” said )anet Krupin. a witness and freshman majoring in cinema-tdevfcriofl critical snuitea. “'Jhcv mid they were going to hell and ‘Well see you on judgment day "
The two unidentified men, one of whom wore a sandwich-board sign bearing the message “God Abhors You," were first seen around noon, witnesses said
Lori White, associate vice president of student affairs, said the initial debate was allowed in support of free speech
This is not the first time the visitors have appeared at USC, White said.
“(One of them) started by talking about how the nation was in a tailspin since the ’50s,” Krupin said.
The older man, Krupin said, ignored comments from students surrounding him about homosexuality’s existence during the 1950s.
“Gay students were asking, ’Are you saying that God | see PROTEST page 11 I
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Uninvited campus diners creep on students’ nerves
Moocher | A squirrel climbs on a chair outside of EVK One student says a squirrel once jumped on her lap mid-meal
Squirrels, pigeons and other critters frequent the dining courtyard at EVK.
By AARON BERRY
Daily Troian
When USC named a popular campus dining hall Everybody’s Kitchen, it probably didn’t expect “everybody" to include these sort of patrons.
As spring arrives carrying a promise of good weather, many student:, are expressing concern over the animals approaching patrons at EVK.
"The animals there are gening really strong these days They are all emotionally and physically strong,” said Ahsan Khokhar. a freshman majoring in business administration.
Khokar, a frequent EVK diner, shared an encounter with some uninvited brunch guests Sunday
"1 was enjoying thc weather and a good brunch at EVK I left my food outside, and I came back, and I saw two birds had attacked my french toast,” Khokhar said “My plate was
on the ground, and they were eating the toast. It was sick; it was disturbing. (They were) like vultures on meat."
A woman sitting near Dhruv Madhok, a freshman majoring in business administration, tipped him off that a pigeon had been sitting in his french fries after he left his table to get a drink. Madhok believes this woman saved him from great danger
“I don’t want there to ever be a situation when I leave my food outside not suspecting anything to happen to it and then I come back and get food poising because a pigeon sat on it," he said.
Khokar said that pigeons are a greater nuisance to students than other critters
“(These animals) should just be away from that place. I don’t want feathers in my food or birds gone wild," he said “I have never seen pigeons like this before'
Jessica Mellen. a sophomore majoring in fine arts, remembered a time when she had to move inside to finish her meal after of an aggressive squirrel would not leave her
alone
“I was sitting outside by myself when all of thc sudden I felt something in my lap." Mellen said “I immediate! v jumped up and moved to another table
"I didnt scream, but I was like. Oh my God. ” she said "Within five minutes the squirtel came hack and
jumped into my lap again"
After moving to another table, Mellen noticed the squirrel was heading toward her lap for a third time and decidcd to move inside Katie Sfovon. a freshman majoring in English, remembered a recent upsetting encounter with a rat at
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