Wednesday September 3,1997 Vol. OOOGI, No. 4
Women of Troy win MSU Classic
Junior outside hitter Jennifer Kessy won the Most Valuable Player award in helping the USC women's volleyball team win three consecutive matches en route to the championship over the weekend.
Sports, page 24
Do you have nothing to wear?
If you need some new clothes, and you're feeling the urge to spend some dough, read staff writer Jenny Yazedjian's guide to malls and shopping centers in the Los Angeles area.
Diversions, page 12
A tragic death caused by cash
Reflecting upon Princess Diana's untimely death, editorial columnist Christian Cooper analyzes whether an over-zealous paparazzi or a market, eager for any information, caused the incident.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
Peer advocates, homework lessons
The USC Eating and Self Esteem Coalition is offering students the opportunity to become peer advocates on campus.
The coalition is a task force created for the prevention of eating problems and education and conscious-raising on campus.
For information, call Dr. Traci Tucker at the Student Counseling Services at (213) 740-7711.
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A session entitled "How to Get an 'F on an 'A' Paper" will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Topping Student Center, room 204.
The lecture will examine the acceptable ways for completing papers, homework and exams.
Students will be sharing their experiences on how they made "wrong turns" while completing assignments at USC, while staff members and other students will provide insights on the subject.
Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Dapojan
Senior jumps to death at hotel
By Kamron Barron
City Editor
A member of the fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon committed suicide during the Labor Day weekend in Long Beach.
Tate Crane, a 21-year-old senior majoring in communications, apparently jumped from the 12tn floor of tne Hvatt Regency Hotel in Long Beach at around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, said Bob Taylor, deputy chief of the USC Department of Public Safety.
Witnesses of the suicide first saw Crane "perching outside a 12th floor landing" of the hotel and "swaying back and forth for about five minutes," Taylor said. He said they later saw him jump clear of tne building to the ground, where he died upon impact.
Taylor said the coroner's
report stated that Crane may have been "depressed for some unspecified reason and it was perhaps related to alcohol."
Detective John Boston of the Long Beach Police Department's Homicide Division said he was unaware of any particular reason Crane may have committed suicide, and the only way they may ever know is if someone finds a note that he may have left behind.
"It's very sad when we lose any student," said Michael Jackson, vice president of Student Affairs. "Tate was a fine young man who had lots of friends at USC. He comes from an outstanding family in southern California. Our heart goes out to them because it's important that they know and his friends know that the community will miss his presence."
Crane grew up in Long Beach,
where he attended St. Joseph Catholic School and St. Anthony
High School. >vec athletics,
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!e enjoyed and was involved
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weightlifting, football and volleyball, said Leo Norton, president of Sigma Phi Epsilon, in a statement released Tuesday.
"Tate was extremely passionate in his relationships with people," Norton said in the statement. "No matter what our need, Tate was there for us not only as a brother, but as a friend. Whether it was a partner to work out with, a person to go to the library with, a person to go out on the town with or a friend to talk to, Tate was always there for his friends."
A funeral service will be held for Crane at the St. Bartholomew Church in Long Beach at 11 a.m. Thursday.
Glitches affect e-mail registration
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Tate Crane
By Shant Thomas
Staff Writer
University Computing Services experienced a number of technical difficulties,
including server shutdowns and delays, last
week while attempting to register new e-mail accounts for students ana faculty, UCS officials said.
The difficulties have arisen because of the new schoolwide e-mail system, UCS officials said. An account can been created for any student or faculty member, requiring only that users come in and register their password.
In previous years, e-mail accounts were created solely for engineering students, with the rest of the student body signing up for
accounts after those spots had filled.
UCS director James Pepin said the problems resulted from the influx of requests during the first school week, and that all problems in the system should be eliminated in a few weeks.
"The first semester we tried to do everybody automatically, and there are obvious glitches with that,' Pepin said. "The major thing is getting all the registration programs and services to agree and to eventually work together."
The large quantity of users and the timing of their e-mail activation have been a stumbling block in the proper functioning of the system, Pepin said. UCS had a small, select pool of students to manage in previous years, but now has twice the volume of users
attempting to log on at the same time.
Frequent server shutdowns have some new students questioning the university's ability to handle the volume <>i users
"This whole situation has been completely inconvenient," said Jonathan Bean, a freshman majoring in architecture. "I tried setting up my account even before classes started and it didn't work. This is the easiest and cheapest way 1 can communicate with my family, but it won't work, no matter what I try. All of my friends in Chicago think I'm dead.''
Password registration is one of the most common e-mail problems because of the new approach, students said.
(See E-mail, page 2)
School of Dentistry celebrates 100 years
By Nina Martensson
Staff Writer
The School of Dentistry at USC is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year amid numerous renovation projects and events, said Victoria Newcomer, assistant dean of Public Relations.
It has been 100 years since Henry G. Brainerd, dean of the College of Medicine, founded the College of Dentistry.
Today, the School of Dentistry is one of the leading dental schools in the United States, Newcomer said. It has grown to an enrollment of 525 dental students, 98 dental hygiene students, 60 international students and 79 postdoctoral students, compared to the 18 dental students who attended the school when it first opened.
The school is now located on 34th Street and has been there since 1952, when a new clinic building was constructed. Since then, several additions have been made to the building.
In 1969, the entire dentistry school was housed at one location. The school is still undergoing improvements, including the current renovations.
This year a four-phase plan has been implemented for
remodeling and renovating the School of Dentistry building, Newcomer said.
The first phase, the renovation of the thira floor, is now being completed. The remodeled floor includes new preclinical laboratory facilities for the predoctoral dental and orthodontic departments.
The patient simulators in the dental clinic are "a nice addition," Newcomer said.
Still awaiting completion in phase one is the conversion of the former orthodontic facilities in the basement to a new library and computer facility, whicn will be "an amazing facility," Newcomer said.
Lecture Room C will also be finished Nov. 15 with the installation of audio-visual equipment.
The last part of phase one is the remodeling of the east entrance of the building. It will contain a museum of early dental instruments, skulls and pictures The new entrance will also contain a remodeled waiting room and patient reception area, which, Newcomer said, will open services to more people.
After Nov. 15, phase one will be completed and phase two
(See Dentistry, page 14)
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The School of Dentistry on 34th Street.
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