Wednesday April 15,1998 Vol. CXXXIII, No. 59
Headlines
Van Raaphorst gets the nod — for now
USC football Head Coach Paul Hackett named Mike Van Raaphorst the team's No. 1
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Tuesday, but the battle for the starter's job promises to continue until tne season begins.
Sports, page 24
Are you tired of campus cafeterias? '
We've all heard the horrible things about eating on campus, but a recent informal survey of many students and staff reveals the nit
truth behind USC's habits when eating on campus.
Diversions, page 9
Mama didn't need a little helper
Reflecting on his mother's harrowing experiences in coming to America and providing a life for her family, Editorial Columnist J. Nanda Liljeblad shows his gratitude for all she had to endure.
Viewpoint, page 4
Fashion show, tax filing deadline
Pride and Pizzazz, a fashion show to benefit Spirits in Action, will be held in Town and Gown at 7 p.m. tonight.
Models will include USC athletes and Trojan Dance Force members. Admission is free with USC ID, and general admission is $5.
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Today is the postmark deadline for sending tax forms to the Internal Revenue Service. Students applying for fall financial aid should also submit photocopies of their returns to the Financial Aid Building on 700 Childs Way.
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Team Trojan is a student sports marketing group of the athletic department looking for motivated, creative students. Applications are now available in Heritage Hall, room 203a. Applications are due at 5 p.m. Friday.
For more information, call (213) 740-4170.
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Most building power restored in under two hotyrs after transformer explosion
By David Khajaf,
Colin D. Smith and Antonia Barber
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Suft Writers
A transformer failure next to Mudd Hall of Philosophy darkened the afternoons of many students and staff when it caused a power outage to one-third of the university around 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Students and staff near the transformer heard an explosion and saw smoke rising from it, said Department of Public Safety Deputy Chief Bob Taylor. DPS officers responded within five minutes of the report and investigated the transformer, while also scanning the campus for problems with elevators, stairwells and doors.
Power outages occurred in most of the science buildings on the southwest side of campus near Exposition Boulevard, as well as in the Locker Hydrocarbon Institute, Doheny Lmrary, Leventha! School of Accounting, Bridge Hall, Bovard Auditorium and Student Union, shutting down Carl's jr., but not
the Grill and other Commons services. Most of the buildings had electricity restored by 5:45 p.m., with Bing Theater, the Physical Education Building and the street lights in Associates Park expected to be back on sometime tnis morning, said DPS Lt. Hugh Mears, who was one of the first officers on the scene.
Maintenance crews were able to reroute power to most buildings within two hours through another transformer, but rerouting for Bing and the P.E. building took longer.
Mears said DPS's first concerns were reports of no emergency lighting in the stairwells of the organic chemistry building. Early reports were that some of the labs were without ventilation systems or lighting. All campus buildings are equipped with emergency lighting and diesel-powered generators for fire and emergency alarms, Mears said.
Tram services were not affected, though power was out to several campus parcoa arms and at Parking Structure B behind
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Fluor Tower. Safety and Risk Management sent out approximately 18 workers to survey and assist maintenance workers with general building safety procedures, though they primarily handle chemical spills or reports of hazardous materials.
In Doheny Memorial Library, two students were trapped in an elevator between the third and fourth floors for more than an hour until Facilities and Systems
agement workers pried open tne doors to free them.
"I was thinking there was going to be a big earthquake, or even the end of the world/' said Allyson Branning, a senior majoring in environmental studies and one of the students trapped. "It was
Eitch-dark inside, and there was a ttle lack of oxygen."
Branning made use of the sit-
(See Power, page 3)
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Swim with Mike works for, with handicapped
By Jennifer Prosser
Staff Writer
Water. It's the symbol of life. And there's no better place to celebrate the lives and potential of the physically challenged in the 18th annual Swim with Mike.
The university community will come together Saturday to raise money for the Physically Challenged Athletes Scholarship Fund, which provides financial assistance to disabled students.
In the event, members of the university community swim laps to raise money for the scholarship fund. A wide array of entertainment is planned, including a barbecue, a massage center and a chance to meet Philadelphia Eagles quarterback and USC alumnus Rodney Peete.
Also featured will be USC football players and coaches in a wet T-shirt relay (at 11:30 a.m.) and yell leaders in a day-lonj swimming marathon in
they will try to beat the 3,603 laps they swam last year.
Originally called "Swim for Mike," the event was first held in 1981 to raise money for a specially equipped van for USC athlete Mike Nyeholt, who had been paralyzed from the chest down in a motorcycle accident. The scholarship fund was created to help other athletes overcome their injuries and illnesses and return to school. Since then, it has raised $1.77 million.
But the fund provides emotional as well as financial support to the former athletes.
Stephanie Walsh and her daughter, Jennifer, became involved in the event after Jennifer was diagnosed with cancer.
The two worked on the executive committee, which organizes the actual event, gathers sponsors and carries out fundraising efforts year-round.
"It is a chance for a person
(Sre Swim, page 2)
SCHOLARSHIP INFO
USC's Physically Challenged Athletes Scholarship Fund has given out 30 awards over the past 18 years. What makes a recipient eligible for the scholarships?
The recipient must:
•	have suffered an illness or injury which resulted in a physical disability that substantially limits major life activity
•	have participated in organized high school or college athletics prior to the illness or injury
•	meet admissions requirements of the university
•	maintain a 25 GPA once enrolled in a course of study that leads to a undergraduate or graduate degree
Ron Orr, associate athletic director, said the awards range from $5,000 to a full scholarship that can cover tuition, room and board, books and on-campus transportation.