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Wednesday January 28,1998 Vol. CXXXffl, No. 13
Headlines
Baseball ready for anniversary season
As the Trojan baseball team celebrates the 50th anniversary of its first-ever national championship team, it heads into the 1998 season with high hopes after returning six starters from last year.
Sports, page 16
Seeing the jungle through the trees
Goldie's latest album, Satunizretum, attempts to shatter boundaries of jungle music, but only creates an album that will rank as one of music's grandest and noblest failures!
Diversions, page 7
Best judges in this case not on bench
The Microsoft Corporation will soon square off against the federal judiciary, causing Editorial Columnist J. Nanda Liljeblad to wonder why consumers do not have a voice in the proceedings.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
Dance marathon, career breakfast
Registration and information sessions for the Dance Marathon will be held at 6 and 7 p.m. today in Taper Hall of Humanities, room 201. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.
For more information, contact Kathy Steward at (213) 740-5307.
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The Black Business Students' Association will be hosting its Annual Career Fair Breakfast Reception. The reception will be from 8 to 10 a.m. Thursday in Upstairs Cafe.
For more information, call (213)740-4811.
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Career Day will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday on Trousdale Parkway. More than 150 companies will be represented. Students are advised to wear professional dress and bring several copies of their resume.
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Playwright David Hwang discusses East-West culture, gender relations
By Lisa Weiss
Assistant City Editor
Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang presented scenes from three of nis plays Tuesday at Bing Theatre.
The event, sponsored by Spectrum and the School of Tneatre, featured the Asian-American playwright's work with intertwining themes of race, assimilation and relations between women and men. In "FOB," directed by Brent Blair, Steve — a Chinese immigrant "fresh off the boat" from Hong Kong t- faces his Americanized cousin, her boyfriend and their perceptions of their country of origin.
In "Bondage," also directed by Blair, two actors in leather gear and masks assume various racial roles in what Hwang described as a "romantic comedy about two people trying to connect and being vulnerable."
The last scene was from Hwang's most famous play,
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"M. Butterfly." Students from Cal Poly in Pomona, directed by Christine Menzies, performed the pivotal scene, in which a French diplomat dis-
(See Hwang, page 3)
Anita Hill talk focuses on life, survival, continuation, new book
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student resumes
By Jenny Goldberg-Aden
Staff Writer
Experts and students gathered for the annual R^sumania to exchange ideas and advice Tuesday. The Career Center sponsored the r£sum£ workshop in order to help students for Thursday's Career Day.
"I do a lot of recruiting on campus," said Terri Dubin, an Intel Corp. representative and one of the professionals who
worked with students on improving their r£sum£s. "Most of the people I interview are engineers."
The Career Center asked several companies to volunteer their services. The representatives came to help students with their resumes before they met potential employers, said Jeanie Jang, assistant director of the Career Development Center.
(See Jobs, page 3)
By Christina Almeida
Staff Writer
Anita Hill discussed her new book, chronicling her experiences with sexual harassment, to a responsive audience Tuesday evening at Bovard Auditorium.
In her address, sponsored by the USC Program Board, Hill recalled moments of the 1991 Clarence Thomas hearings, detailing how she survived the public spotlight. She called for more attention and action regarding sexual harassment, especially in the workplace.
"I am a reminder of those hearings, and I am OK with that," Hill said. "We can't just leave it at that. We have to move forward, particularly regarding sexual harassment. It is not a struggle that will be won overnight, but it is worth fighting for."
Students who were at the event had various reasons for attending.
"I'm interested in the part of her that is scholar and activist," said Steve Horn, a graduate student in political science. "Sometimes you wonder if you can be both, and she has been pushed into it and has succeeded."
"Having Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court wasn't right and I wanted her point of view of how the legal system worked for her," said Abigail Tapang, a sophomore majoring in political science.
Hill directly discussed the hearing that made her a national figure and its effect on the political world.
"These hearings have a political legacy and a legal legacy/' she said. "And, the strongest is
the social legacy it has left. People started to talk about sexual harassment. Now women in particular can talk about their experiences and not bear shame."
She also referred to her book, "Speaking Truth to Power," that she waited six years to write because she felt that she needed sufficient time and distance from the hearing to be able to have an accurate reflection.
"I wrote it to talk about survival, commitments and ideals. Being able to tell the truth about your experiences empowers you."
Some members of the audience had already read Hill's book and said they were motivated to hear her accounts.
"If anything, after reading her book, after studying the Thomas-Hill hearings and now after hearing her speak, 1 think even more of Anita Hill as a great, strong person of our era, as a woman of color and as a woman in general," said Melinda Shapiro, a sophomore majoring in political science.
"I feel it's wonderful that she is not bitter about the 1991 hearings," Tapang said. "I think she is a strong, articulate woman who has grown much from the controversies Her insight and analysis about sex, gender, and race are very accurate."
In retrospect, Hill said that she has accepted everything that has happened to her and has learned form her experiences.
"It hasn't always been fun. It hasn't always been interesting. It hasn't always been glamourous, but, in the end, I am left feeling like I have and will continue to make a contribution,” she said.
Senate election candidates announced
By Ben Berkowitz
Assistant City Editor
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Four tickets declared their candidacy Tuesday for the positions of student body president and vice president.
The four groups are: Kyetay Beckner, a junior majoring in music, whose running mate is Lynn Tran, a junior majoring in public relations; Jonathan Bialon, a junior majoring in general studies, running with Christopher O'Connor, a junior majoring in business administration; Roldan Herrera, a junior majoring in political science, whose running mate is Dana Berg, a senior majoring in computer engineering and computer science; and Imran Imam, a sophomore majoring in psychobiology, who is running with Speed, a sopnomore majoring in gen-
Alexis eral studies.
"We just thought it was a really good opportunity for us to improve the senate that's already in place," Bialon said.
"I realized that I just wasn't really happy with the status quo...I thought that tneir resources were being wasted,' Beckner said.
Herrera and Imam could not be reached for comment Tuesday night.
Elections are scheduled for Feb. 25 and 26. The new president and vice president will take office sometime in late March or April.
This year's elections are one month earlier
than last year's. The senate voted last semester to make the change in order to give the new members more transition time.
Also on Tuesday, eight people declared their intent to run for housing/student community senate seats. They are Ryan Gaytan, a freshman majoring in business; Courtland Owens, a sophomore majoring in business; Han Nguyen, a sophomore majoring in biomedical engineering and political science; Hillel Aron, a freshman majoring in cinema-television production; Burke Thomas Grantham, a freshman majoring in cinema-television production; Rosita Medina, a sophomore majoring in public policy and management; Gina Turley, a junior majoring in business and international relations; ana
Greek seats, elections commissioner Irfan Elahi has extended the deadline for Greek candidates to next Tuesday, Feb. 3.
"They didn't know anything about what was going on," Elahi said.
He plans to go to fraternity and sorority Monday night dinners next week and give out information on running for senate.
Ekmekjian is the only student senator who is running for re-election. Medina is current-
(See Elections, page 3)
Elizabeth Tran, a freshman majoring in English and economics.
Five people declared candidacy for commuter seats. They are Pedram Ben-Cohen, a sophomore majoring in business; Anita Deukmajian, a freshman majoring in broadcast journalism; Sam Tabibian, a junior majoring in sociology; Viet Tran, a sophomore majoring in public policy and management; and Taline Ekmekjian, a junior majoring in political science and gender studies.
Only one person, Austin Ewell, a sophomore majoring in international relations, declared candidacy for a Greek senate seat. In light of the lack of people running for
Jan. 28, noon: mandatory candidate meeting in Topping Student Center, room 203
Jan. 28,1101 a.m.: candidates who are members of tbe campus media must suspend their affiliation Jan. 28,12:03 a.m.: candidates may discuss candidacy
Feb. 6: deadline to submit position papers, candidate questionnaire, office, and campaign budget plan Feb. 6,5 p.m.: deadline for slate registration and approving names on ballot Feb. 11, midnight campaign period starts
Feb. 11, noon: Greek debate Feb. 12, noon: commuter debate Feb. 17, noon: volunteer registration
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