Sun Devils next for No. 3 Trojans
Seth Etherton will make his first start since his 1-0 loss against Stanford last Friday when he and the No. 3 USC baseball team face No. 18 Arizona State at Packard Stadium in Tempe, Ariz.
Sports, page 20
Pretty face behind the alien mask
An interview with Natasha Henstridge, the actress who made her screen debut as the alien creature in "Species," reveals the success of her career as she returns in the sequel as a clone of herself.
Diversions, page 7
Art for art's sake, not for yours
Editorial Columnist Daniel Chantre wonders why artists who use our tax dollars, spent via the NEA, take the government to court when their creations go against what is best for all of us.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
Lockyer to speak, Prop. 227 debate
Bill Lockyer, a former California Senate president and current candidate for attorney general, will be discussing environmental policy in California and his 25 years in the legislature from 11 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. today in Henry Salvatori Center, room 101.
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California businessman Ron Unz and former UC Regent Ralph Carmona will debate Proposition 227, the bilingual education initiative, at 7 p.m. tonight in Seeley G. Mudd, room 124.
For more information, call the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at (213) 740-8964.
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Kathy Knight of the Sierra Club will be speaking at 7 p.m. tonight in Taper Hall of Humanities, room 201. The event will kick off Student Action for the Environment's Earth Month activities.
For more information, e-mail SAFE at uscsafe@usc.edu.
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Take Back the Nighf returns
Campus event remembers victims of sexual violence
By Lisa Weiss
Staff Writer
Various locations around campus became stops on a candle-lit march against sexual violence £>y members of the USC community Wednesday night.
'Take Back the Night," held for a second year at USC, gave participants "an opportunity to protest and seek nealing," said Elizabeth Davenport, director of the Center for Women and Men.
"We wanted to make it inclusive. Sexual violence is not just rape (committed against women).
It can also happen to men," said Courtney Miller, director of the Women's Student Assembly, who organized the event.
The procession started in Fagg Park with musical and spoken-word performances.
"I was molested wnen I was a kid," said hip-
hop performer Skat. "I saw the guy years later working at an AM-PM. 1 know where y'all are coming from."
Recorded wolf-whistles and shouts of "hey baby" greeted participants at the next stop, a new addition this year by Nuestra Alma Latina, an organization founded to increase the graduation rate of Latina students at USC.
"We wanted to tie the event in with our culture, to show people what we have to go through," said Salvina Martinez, the organization's president. a "Accepting this kind of macho behavior could lead to what happened in those pictures," she said, pointing to a trio of paintings by Trudy Davies, a cinema student. The pictures snowed a woman battered, then in a coffin, each with the words, "Hell never do it again."
"A lot of my male relatives, when they see domestic violence on the news, they say 'she was asking for it.' Women in our culture are taught to be submissive. To speak out would be to be a bad
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Annlka Smith recited inspirational poetry at one of the Wednesday night events.
wife," Martinez said.
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(See Night, page 3)
Event honors several holidays
By Judy Lin
Staff Writer
Several campus religious organizations gathered Wednesday evening to celebrate Easter, Passover and Eid-Al-Adha in an interfaith event organized by the Muslim Student Union.
About 35 people attended the event, intended to promote awareness of the three monotheistic religions and their holidays, which happen to coincide this year. This is the first time this event has been held.
"Instead of doing their own things, we're taking advantage of this holiday," said Yasir Akmal, president of the Muslim Student Union. He said the proram's theme is based on sacri-ice and learning about other religions.
Rabbi Susan Laemmle, dean of Religious Life, was one of three guest speakers, and she noted that there are similarities between the three religions.
"We can point to Abraham as the ancestor of all three monotheism religions," Laemmle said. "There are two huge
(See Faith, page 14)
Libraries to ride wave of online trends
By Jonathan Cassidy
Staff Writer
Convinced that the information needs of the USC community can best be met with an array of online services, University Library officials are restructuring for an uncertain digital future.
The Information Services Division hopes that closing the
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Social Work and Education libraries will allow more resources to be devoted to developing and providing online services.
Though creating a virtual library is currently impossible, University Libraries has taken a few baby steps in that direction.
"We think it critical to create new service delivery structures that will enable us to move flexibly and in an agile fashion into an increasingly digital future," said Chris Ferguson, executive director of University Libraries.
"We're not yet ready to let go of paper, the physical library and fixed service points, but it is essential that we begin integrating digital and networked-based models for these resources and services that will keep USC in a position to attract the best students, faculty and administrators into the indefinite future."
The libraries will look to consolidate further, but they have not embarked on a defined program, Ferguson said.
"Everytning's on the table," Ferguson said. "There is no mas-
ter blueprint. Nor do we want one. The days of strategic planning are long gone.
"Anyone who claims that they know enough about all of these international, national and local trends to be able to plan three and five years down tne line, by definition should be suspect."
Though he may not have a blueprint, Ferguson said he wants a framework that would include more computer services, fewer library access points and
(See Libraries, page 18)
Republican speakers address political themes
Christian Coalition director Randy Tate sveaks to political science class about church ana state
By Robin Levine
Staff Writer
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In an open lecture on religion's role in politics Wednesday, Randy Tate, executive director of the Christian Coalition, used examples from history to enforce his argument that people of faith need to get involved in political life.
"We can't ignore the role faith played in Martin Luther King," he said to an audience of about 70 students in Taper Hall.
The discussion, sponsored by the Unruh Institute of Politics, was delivered to Professor Tom Greene's political science class, "Ideology and Political Conflict."
"I don't think you should use
religion as a name for making policy," said Christal Terry, a junior majoring in political science, who believes in the separation of church and state.
Many people sat in on the class for Tate's lecture. William Buttrey, an employee of the Financial and Business Information Systems and a member of America United for the Separation of Church and State, attended because he said he is "a bit of a libertarian." •
"They (the Christian Coalition) try to present themselves as rational, but politics is based on values," Buttrey said. "If someone's values are based on divine
(See Tate, page 2)
CSUDH professor Dave Churchman, candidate for local congressional seat, discusses tax reform
By Karen Santos
Assistant City Editor
A Republican Congressional candidate spoke to a group of students Wednesday about his plans to reform taxes, reduce the size of the federal government and improve leadership for the 29th District, which covers the westside of Los Angeles.
Dave Churchman, a professor of history and conflict management at Cal State University Dominguez Hills, is running against Democratic Congressman Henry Waxman, who has been in office for more than 20 ears and visited campus uesday.
"It might be a quixotic idea (to
run for Congress)," Churchman
said. "It might be foolish taking on Henry Waxman, who won with 70 percent (of the vote). But then again. I've done a lot of foolish things." Churchman was invited by other Republican congressmen to run for Congress.
"(Waxman) has basically a-bandoned the 29th District," Churchman said. "The district is entitled to a representative, not a absentee landlord."
Churchman said he would like to conduct a review of all government agencies and eliminate several programs, such as the Presidential Election Campaign Fund. He would like
(See Churchman, page 2)