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Piling It on. Mark Todd jumps into the dogpile as the USC Trojans celebrate their Super Regional victory, defeating Florida International University at Dedeaux Field Saturday. The team now travels to Omaha, Nebraska for the College World Series.
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Trojans advance
to World Series
coach Mike Gillespie. “It has not been an easy road, but we’re thrilled and mightily excited about going.”
The last time USC made consecutive appearances in the College World Series was in the 1973 and 1974 seasons when the team took home national titles both times. It is also the Trojans’ fourth appearance overall in the last seven years. USC won the national title in the 1998 season.
“The team is primarily older and has been there three times,” said USC freshman third baseman Michael Moon. “They've been keeping everyone calm and relaxed. Mentally, we are prepared."
“It’s going to be fun being there again; this is my third time in four years. It doesn’t lose any of the hype getting back there for the third time. I’m going to be like a kid in a candy store," said Currier.
USC is 15-1 in its last 16 games, including sweeps of conference opponents UCLA and Washington State and a series defeat of Oregon State to clinch the Pacific-10 title. The Trojans went 18-6 in conference play.
With Saturday's victory over the Golden Panthers, USC won its 200th postseason game, where it has also posted a 200-70 overall mark.
In the College World Series, the Trojans claim marks for the most wins (73) and are second to Texas in the most number of appearances at Rosenblatt Stadium (21). The Longhorns have made 27 total appearances.
The Bulldogs (47-20) are led by a large number of juniors.
Shortstop Jeff Keppinger leads the team in batting average (.387),
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Baseball: USC succeeds at Super Regionals; sends three players to the major leagues in Tuesday's draft
By TINA HARRISON
Sports Editor
The Trojans (44-17) will make their 21st appearance and second consecutive appearance in the College World Series, held in Omaha, Neb. USC will play its first game Saturday against No. 6 national seed Georgia at 10:30 a.m. at Rosenblatt Stadium. The Trojans will send the No. 2 overall pick in the Major League amateur draft Mark Prior, who was selected by the Chicago Cubs, to the mound.
The Trojans will then play again either Monday in the 12 p.m. winners game or 4 p.m. in the losers game.
When the time comes to tell ,h“ir grandchildren stories of their USC seniors Rik Currier and Seth Davidson will be able to reflect and tell them of the many great events in their monumental college careers.
But above individual records and honors, the most telling record of all lies in the fact that both men have led their team to the College World Series in three of the past four seasons.
“Rik and I have always talked about it," Davidson said following Saturday’s series sweep of Florida International in Super Regionals. “To us, it’s exciting knowing we’ve always had the chance. It’s the best way to end a college career, being there three of four times.”
“We’re excited to be going where we are going.” said USC baseball
Engineering names new Dean
Hospitality Services raises campus prices
Nikias: Multimedia expert and electrical engineering professor to take post July 1
By: L0R1 STUENKEL
Suff Writer
Chrysostomos L. “Max" Nikias, professor of electrical engineering at USC and multimedia expert, will become the new Dean of the School of Engineering. Nikias, who has been at USC since 1981, will step up to his new position on July 1.
“Max is...the perfect choice to lead the school to the next level of excellence," said USC Provost Lloyd Armstrong Jr. “Max has sketched a powerful vision of excellence for the school, a vision filled with daunting challenges and exciting opportunities. He clearly understands the critical role the school can play.”
Nikias has been a professor of electrical engineering systems since 1991, associate dean since 1992 and
director of the school’s renowned Integrated Media Systems Center since it was founded in 19%.
“Now I want to move USC into the top tier of elite engineering schools by raising individual departments," said Nikias. “We can do this with cross-disciplinary research initiatives that will also provide a unique and rich educational experience for our students."
After 17 years of service, the school’s longest-serving dean, Leonard M. Silverman, will step down on June 30. Under Silverman, USC’s School of Engineering has moved up to 11th in recent graduate rankings by U.S. News & World Report
“1 couldn’t be more pleased by the appointment of Max Nikias as my successor," said Silverman. "1 have no doubt that the School of Engineering is in the best possible hands. It will rise to even greater heights under Max's guidance.”
Besides his extensive work in multimedia, Nikias has also done
research work in signal processing, digital communications and military radar and sonar. He holds eight patents and was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 1991 for his research achievements in digital signal processing.
Nikias led the school in its effort to obtain funding for IMSC from the National Science Foundation. “Integrated media technologies promise exciting new possibilities in education. entertainment, the arts, business and manufacturing." said Nikias.
Nikias, a native of Cyprus, graduated from the National Technical University of Athens with a degree in electrical and mechanical engineering in 1977. His master's and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering were earned at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has previously held academic appointments at Northeastern University in Boston and the University of Connecticut in Storrs.
Dining: Electricity, gasoline costs cited in weekend boost of food charges
By KIMBERLY BRITTON
Contributing Writer
Over the weekend. Hospitality Services posted letters near cash registers at Main Street Commons and other dining facilities addressed to customers notifying them of increased prices. Hospitality Services is rolling over additional expenses to their customers as the result of “the recent changes in the electricity, gas. and tobacco tax" of its current vendors.
In the letter. Hospitality Services states that it “has carefully reviewed our pricing structure and have kept prices to a minimum on some of our products."
The changes became effective Saturday June 2 for Main Street Commons. Changes became effective Monday June 4 at all other dining locations typically closed on weekends.
Hospitality Services could not be reached for comment In the letter, however, they state that they “are striving to do our best in maintaining the price structure through vendor negotiations."
The changes are apparent at locations such as Colombo Frozen Refreshments, which currently has no prices for its products posted. At locations like Carl’s Jr. and the Betty Crocker Kitchen, the price adjustments have already been posted on most items.
The single-sheet letters regarding the changes do come as a bit of a surprise to some. Eunis Zordilla. a
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