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Rivalry continues on women's side
Two nights after the men traveled to UCLA, the USC women's basketball team, coming off a conference win over California last weekend, hosts the Bruins at the Lyon Center tonight.
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Lack of research will lead to regret
Fearing the potential for a lai^e percentage of human casualties, Editorial Columnist Hang Long discusses the need for an increase in research before cloning procedures are offered to people.
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Tour guide session, volleyball event
Applications for campus Tour Guides are due at 5 p.m. today in the Admissions Center, located in room 101 of Trojan Hall. All students are invited to apply.
The deadline for IM-REC's coed volleyball tournament is today. The tournament will be held on Jan. 27. A fee of $15 is required for each team.
Applications to Sigma Theta Psi Multicultural Sorority are due by 3 p.m. today. Anyone wanting more information can call Rocio at (213) 734-9884.
C-SPAN2 will be broadcasting a speech by Dr. Kevin Starr at 7:05 p.m. and 10:05 p.m. Saturday. The speech was made at Doheny Memorial Library last fall.
USC not among 'wired' schools
By Rachel Campbell
Staff Writer
USC was omitted from a recent list of the 100 top "wired" campuses in the nation, which ranks the colleges with the best college computer services and internet accessibility.
The reason for the omission is that the university did not receive a survey, said James Pepin, executive director of University Computing Services.
A survey was distributed to
academic computing departments, information technology offices, public affair officials and students from 300 colleges and universities nationwide. For reasons unknown to Pepin, USC was not included in the 300 schools surveyed.
MIT took the top honors as the most "wired" school. Among the state schools ranked in the survey, published on the internet were California at 17, UCLA at 78 and Stanford at 84
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demic computer services include three public user rooms, open 24 hours a day, equipped with approximately 450 computers, according to SCampus.
The main objective of the survey was to find the perfectly wired school where "everyone would own their own computer," according to the article, "America's 100 Most Wired Colleges/' which explains the reasons behind the survey and offers background information on individual colleges that offer
Political science professor honored at farewell event
By Anusha Ramanathan
Staff Writer
Herbert Alexander, a professor of political science and founder and director of the Citizens Research Foundation, was honored Thursday at a retirement reception.
A graduate o£ Yale University, Alexander joined the USC faculty in January 1978. He soon became one of the most well-known and widely published members of his department.
Alexander was honored by colleagues, friends and students of political science at the reception. He was presented with a resolution from the Los Angeles City Council honoring his accomplishments in local, state and national politics.
The political science department presented Alexander with a plaque for his service and contributions, and the California State Senate passed a resolution commending him for his professional and public accomplishments.
Alexander is best known for his contributions in the area of campaign finance and has published many articles on the topic. He was influential in "making campaign finance a itimate, respected part of ideal science studies," said
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Political science professor Herbert Alexander retires after 20 years at USC.
Sheldon Kamieniecki, chair of the department.
"His research and writing has been received through the entire World...he's been a good thing for USC — a good man
and a good person," said Carl Christol, professor of political science.
Jeffrey Schwartz, a former student, said of his mentor, "Herb has left an indelible imprint on my life. He's been a great academic adviser and friend."
In a closing note, Alexander addressed his students, saying, "My work would not have been as well done if it had not been for the work of the student. You, too, can grow up to be a footnote."
He has received several honors for his work, including an Outstanding Research Award from the Golden Key National Honor Society in 1992 and the prestigious Samuel J. Elders-veld Award for Career Achievement from the American Political Science Association in 1996.
Alexander will be retiring to Maryland with his wife, Nancy, in May or June, to be closer to his family of three children and four grandchildren.
Alexander will also be speaking on the topic of campaign finance at an upcoming Conference for the Founding of the Association of Asian Election Authorities. The conference will take place at the Westin Philippines Plaza Hotel in Manila on Feb. 10.
unique computing services.
Tne article described the ultimate situation: "There would be a port for every pillow. Internet access would be free Your e-mail account would be waiting for you and you would be guaranteed a home page, plus unlimited access to the Web and online libraries."
Although no school fit the exact mold, the scores of the survey were based on how dose
(See Wired, page 3)
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By Elizabeth Weaver
Staff Writer
An e-mail from "Bill Gates" promising $1000 to each recipient who returns a message has been circulating through USC students' e-mail accounts for the past few months.
However, replying to the e-mail does not result in $1000, but a derogatory message from the original sender. University computing officials said the e-mail originated from a UCS student account manipulated to appear as a Microsoft address.
Chain letters such as these raise questions about computer security at USC, said UCS and library officials.
The purpose of creating a network community for students is to provide "the freedom to explore-and to learn," said Jerry Campbell, chief information officer and dean of the University Libraries.
"However, along with that kind of freedom, we have to follow the rules of the culture," Campbell added.
Campbell is currendy coordi-(See Fraud, page 2)
Amnesty International chapter to return
By Christine Frey
Staff Writer
The USC chapter of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization, is being revived on campus and looking for students to join.
It was originally founded last school year, but lack of student interest and funds caused it to disband, said Caitlin Goddard, a sophomore majoring in English and philosophy who is spearheading its revival.
In addition to promoting human rights, Goddard said Amnesty International works to free prisoners of conscience — people who are unfairly tried, imprisoned, tortured or killed because of their beliefs.
"It works to uphold a Universal Declaration of Human Rights (which) | works on the basis of freedom and equality in human rights," Goddard said. (We) work on behalf of cases where we think human rights have been violated."
Members of Amnesty International write
to governments that do not uphold the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, requesting that they free or reduce the sentences of their prisoners of conscience. The declaration was adopted by the United Nations in 1948.
(( Amnesty is something that has real value. It teaches you there is something outside your own world.
MARGARET McMORROW freshman, engineering
Amnesty International is represented in almost 200 countries and has more than one million members; however, Goddard said
that not many USC students are familiar with the organization.
"There's still not a lot of awareness," she said. "Amnesty is not really a household word yet. I would really like to get the university involved and raise the consciousness of people."
_ Margaret McMorrow, a freshman majoring in Engineering who was involved with Amnesty International in high school, said it is an important organization to have on campus.
"Amnesty is something that has real value," McMorrow said. "It teaches you there is something outside your own world. The bubble you live in is a lot less protective than you think."
Although Amnesty International is not currently a recognized student organization, Goddard said that she wants to establish it on campus.
Once this is done, Goddard said she hopes
(Set Amnesty, page 3)