USC routs Cal State Northridge
Forward Isabelle Harvey, who was contemplating red-shirting the rest of the season, scored a goal and added an assist in a 4-1 triumph over the Matadors Wednesday afternoon.
Sports, page 16
Taking a different kind of U-Turn
Oliver Stone's "U-Turn" is a dark trip into a very unusual small town. Film Eaitor Scott Foundas reviews the film, which features intense performances from Sean renn and Jennifer Lopez.
Diversions, page 8
Learning diverse lessons early on
Diversity, a core concept of modern American society, begins much earlier than kindergarten, states Editorial Columnist Benjamin Acker, who uses personal experiences to further his point.
Viewpoint, page 4
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Ethics of war,
USC symphony
An ex-Navy Seal will discuss "The Ethics of War'' at 7 p.m. tonight at VKC, room 160.
The event is sponsored by Grace on Campus Bible study.
For more information, contact Tim at (818) 994-0737. t • •
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Henryk Gorecki, Friday, Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. in Bovard Auditorium
Admission is $5 for two. For more information, contact the USC School of Music at (213) 740-6935.
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Writer Terry Wolverton will be reading from a selection of new fiction and poetry for "Women at Work," the Night Readings series at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery in Barnsdall Art Park 4800 Hollywood Blvd.
Reading is $1.50 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3. For more information, call (213) 485-4581.
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Commuters voice ideas, concerns
By Sharon Yegiaian
Staff Writer
The commuter senators of Student Senate hosted the Commuter Advocacy Workshop Wednesday night at Topping Student Center as part of the fall semester program's effort to raise awareness of problems existing with the commuter population at USC.
In an attempt to increase direct interaction with commuters, this year's commuter senators, headed by Taline Ekmekjian, said they are launching the Commuter Advocacy Program (CAP), a series of workshops that will provide commuters at USC with an opportunity to meet their senators and also express any concerns that they might have.
This first session drew about 10 commuters, in addition to several speakers and observers.
"You are not paying less money for tuition, and you should have the same quality of experience," Ekmekjian said. "Our program's aim is to be to commuters what URSC (University Residence Student Community) is to students who live on campus."
The cooperation by campus departments to help the senators in their effort was evident as several departments sent representatives to the forum, including Transportation Services, Dining Services, Student Activities, Security Affairs and Lyon Center, as well as representatives from Hospitality Services and the USC Health and Counseling Center.
Brian d'Autremont, director of Transportation Services, talked about the recent concerns that have been raised regarding the new parking permit policies enacted by Transportation Services.
David Thomas / Dally Troian
Brian d'Autremont and other officials met with students to discuss commuting issues.
He said the reason for the permit format change to stickers was an attempt to lower the number of thefts of hanging parking permits. These permits were stolen and resold to other students, which caused a lot of problems for Transportation Services, d'Autremont said. However, he noted there
has already been a significant decline in thefts since the enforcement of the new system.
Regarding other issues that concern commuting students nnd their I
(See Commuter, page 2)
Food Share reaches out to community
By Christine Frey
Staff Writer
Food Share USC, a new | on campus, is planning to facilitate the collection of leftover food from campus eateries and donate it to local charity agencies.
The organization, which has more than 30 members, plans to act as a mediator between the Los Angles Regional Food Bank, which will be collecting the food, and EVK, Cafe '84, Commons, Town and Gown and Seaver Cafeteria, on both the University Park and Health Sciences campuses.
Once the food is collected, it will go to area organizations such as Sunshine Mission — a women's and family shelter — and St. Mark's Lutheran
Church, said project advisor Rev. Diane Kenney of the United Ministries.
Todd Thaxton, the student who spearheaded tne idea, approached botn the USC Volunteer Center and the United Ministries on campus with the idea of donating leftover campus food last spring.
Thaxton, then a senior majoring in film, had
been volunteering at Ocean Park Community Center in Santa Monica, an agency that provides lunches for the homeless and
This program will connect USC students directly with the community.
TODD THAXTON Food Share founder
hungry. After making a documentary about the food rescue rogram there, he thought that might be interested in doing something similar.
Thaxton said many USC administrators were very enthusiastic about the idea.
"This program will connect USC students directly with the community," Thaxton said.
Before Food Share USC was established, leftovers that could not be remade into soup were thrown away, said Jerry McKnight, a senior
manager with Hospitality Services.
"We try to keep the amount of leftovers to a minimum," McKnight said.
Once the new project goes into effect, McKnight said LAFB will be contacted to pick up any leftovers and then transport them to local-area agencies.
Campus food ts prepared according to computer-generated projection numbers, so leftovers can be kept to a minimum, McKnight said.
Also donated will be the food left over from catered events, which McKnight said will be the group's primary source of food donation.
LaTanya Fowler, product donation specialist at LAFB, said
(See Share, page 3)
Students, museum unite for visitor project
By Angela Sperber
Staff Writer
When visitors enter the new California Science Center in Exposition Park, they will be able to take an interactive tour of the facility, using a monitor and a three-dimensional mouse designed by USC architecture students.
Two students have been working in collaboration with the museum for the past year to create three-dimensional, interactive computer models of the museum as well as current and upcoming exhibits,
The 600,000-square-foot California Science Center, open to the public in February 1998, will replace the former California Museum of Science and Industry buildings in the park. The interactive programs for the museum were designed by students in Architecture 407, an advanced computer class, last fall. The students became involved with the museum early last year while
researching ideas for the annual project.
Class instructors Karen Kensek and Douglas Noble, and consultant Tim Eilers were approached by the museum's aerospace curator, Kenneth Phillips, and offered a project called "The Building That Teaches."
The students took the idea and adapted it to better suit their needs in the class. They were given rough sketches and drawings of the future exhibits as a basis for their computer images.
Dividing the workload among the students in the class, students finished the exhibits at the end of the fall semester, but the pieces were not yet put together.
"I think the greatest challenge is to balance between the smoothness of user interface and the level of details we employ," said Calvin Kam, a junior majoring in architecture and civil engineering.
A primary objective for the project is to find a way to make the model as smooth yet detailed as possible, Kam said.
Kam and Tommy Chan, a senior majoring in architecture, continued working on the pmject through the summer, smoothing out rough edges.
"(Chan and Kam) like it because it's a real project,'' Kensek said.
With the guidance of their professors, the student organizers hold weekly meetings with the museum to discuss their pmgress.
"The detail and realism of their work surprised the museum curators and pleased Zimmer, Gunsul, Frasca Partners, the architecture firm that designed the museum building, " wrote Kensek in her extended abstract.
"We think the USC students are doing a great job and it's a fantastic partnership," said Andrew Dunn, audio visual project supervisor of the museum. Dunn serves as a liaison between the students and the muse-
um.
(Ser Museum, page 3)
Thursday October 2,1997 Vol. CXXXII, No. 24
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