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LAPD names victim shot near campus
19-year-old male is shot multiple times near 28th and Vermont streets.
By NANCY CHEN
Daily Troian
Los Angeles Police Department homicide detectives are asking anyone with information about the fatal shooting of a former El Camino College football player early Sunday near campus to step forward.
Spurgeon McClendon, 19, was shot repeatedly in the area of 28th and Vermont streets around 1:50 a.m., police said.
He was in the front passenger seat when four suspects in a four-door vehicle of an unknown year and model began following them and fired multiple gunshots, police said.
Police said McClendons friend drove to the area around 29th and Figueroa streets.
The truyid flagged down DPS utUcexs uu luiitinc patrol and Swttein that his friend had heen shirt, according to a DPS crime report They were stopped at Gate 3, according to a DPS crime report
DPS officers then observed McClendon in the passenger seat "covered in blood and with what appeared to be several bullet wounds to his head,” according to the report.
DPS officers notified LAPD and Los Angeles Fire Department McClendon was transferred to California Hospital, where he died from his injuries
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USC hockey mooning sparks an investigation
Student Affairs pledges to take action' against goalie.
By JASON FINKELSTEIN
Daily Troian
It was hardly the ideal way for students to find out USC has a mens hockey team.
USC Vice President of Student Affairs Michael L Jackson pledged to invesdgate and take action in re-spoase to a member of the USC dub hockey team who "mooned" the crowd during a Feb. 17 game against Brigham Young University.
USC goalie Michael “Mickey" Meyer removed his hockey pants, exposing himself to the crowd dunng a tournament game in North Logan Utah according to the Associated Press
Mem was "riding his hockey stick like a horse and slapping his butt." according to a report filed by North Park Officer Mike Stauffer
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Teaching assistant attempts course coup
Doctoral student sends an e-mail to students complaining about exams, lab experiments, urging change.
By VENUS LEE
Daily Trojan
A teaching assistant who attempted to organize a formal protest this month on behalf of 601 biology students has been suspended from his position.
Professors of BISC-220, an introductory cell biology course, said Jeff Wurfel, a doctoral candidate in neuroscience, was suspended Feb. 15 for failing to fulfill his responsibilities to his two lab sections, not for his leadership role in organizing a protest.
Wurfel sent an e-mail citing course complaints and suggestions for curriculum improvement to all of the students of BISC-220. an introductory cell biology course, two weeks ago.
Wurfel. who completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees at USC, said his original method might not have been the best approach.
and he wants to think of other ways to restructure the course.
The course’s tests were insufficient measures of the student knowledge, and the lab sections were elementary and underfunded, he said “Students are afraid to say anything," Wurfel said. “They are worried about their grade in the class and their chances at med school. People just don’t think they have the power, but they do.” Many students said e-mailing was not the most appropriate or effective method of organizing a protest Some also expressed mixed feelings about Wurfd’s criticisms targeting the course’s test format and lab experiments.
“He has some valid points, and I agree with him to a certain extent, but not everyone does," Ted Tso, an undeclared freshman enrolled in thc course, said. “A lot of people are under the impression that he is a crazy T A."
Wurfel said test questions were “trick)'" and did not accurately reflect students' intelligence “I can debate how good of a question it is, but the scores speak for themselves." Wurfel said. “ The fact (that) thev do so bad on the tests and
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that they have to have an artificial curve proves either the test format is not an accurate measure or they are not learning the material."
One of the class’ biolog)’ professors, Bill McClure. said the scores on the first test were distributed along a bell-shaped curve, and the aver age score was the exact same as last year's Wurfel said the test should more closely resemble the MCAT format McClure’s teaching partner. Albert Herrera, disagreed.
“This is an introductory course; not the place to prepare for the MCATs,” he said
Wurfel also complained the lab sections utilized elementary exercises and outdated equipment.
“We do the same experiments I did while I was in middle school and high sch<x)l," Tso said “The labs are low-budget compared to what it should be at USC, but it gets the job done," said Dan Manzoor, an undeclared freshman
Mark Ramirez, a freshman majoring in English. said the labs relate to the course material. "If the labs were more demanding, intense see BIO Dage 11
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