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Vol. CLIII, No. 60
Thematic Option offers new minor
Interdisciplinary humanities and society minor expands on themes of core TO classes.
By ANNA JEWETT
Staff Writer
The Thematic Option program now offers a new interdisciplinary minor, titled the humanities and society minor, composed of a broad range of electives that taken together cultivate an in-depth understanding of culture and society within the humanities.
Beginning this semester, students can take a variety of traditional liberal arts courses without being locked into any one department, said Robin Romans, director of Thematic Option.
While the humanities and society minor was designed with TO students in mind, it is open to all interested students, he said.
In sum it requires a total of 26 units. However, many TO students will be able to complete it with fewer units since CORK 102 is included in the total as a prerequisite.
“Students have been asking for a program like this," Romans said.
For many honors students, thematic option classes are completed during the sophomore year.
"Students want to keep the intellectual community going," Romans said. “This can be done through the (humanities and society) minor."
Romans also said that for the university the humanities and society minor was something different. In the past, USC has not offered
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The football season might be nearing its end, but basketball is just beginning. 16
College is more than a 24/7 drinking extravaganza. 4
News Digest..2	Sport*...—18
Upcoming_____2	Classifieds —12
Opinions-----4	Lifestyle—---7
WEATHER
Today: Mostly sunny. High of 74, low of 51.
Tomorrow: High 74, low50.
DPS
unveils new theft program
Department of Public Safety will work with LAPD to prevent crime during winter break.
By KRISTIN MAYER
Staff Writer
The Department of Public Safety and the LosAngeles Police Department launched Operation Group Initiative For Theft-Prevention today, a program that will flood the USC community with informative notices on preventing car and residential burglary theft over the winter recess.
From Dec. 18 to Jan. 11 last year, 15 residential burglaries, 41 auto burglaries and 10 stolen vehicles were reported, said Lt. Gloria Graham, head of the DPS crime prevention unit
This is a real problem and this is how (DPS and LAPD will) tackle it together," Graham said.
DPS and LAPD aim to reduce these numbers by 25 percent this year through Operation GIFT., Graham said.
“It's a risk we're taking," Graham said. “We decided to put ourselves out there and make a difference."
DPS will spearhead the program in partnership with LAPD.
“In a nutshell, what they are trying to do is promote awareness," said
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Senate debates student fees
Senate has little control over the student programming fee, but might opt to increase it in the future.
By JAMES R. KOREN
Staff Writer
Senators, directors and other Student Senate members voiced their concerns Tuesday night about the student programming fee, spe cifically the amount of control Senate has over it, the possibility of increasing it and the idea of using programming money for projects such as improving the Lyon Center.
Each semester, every undergraduate student pays a fee of $59. which funds Student Senate and Program Board.
Senate has little control over the disbursement of the fee, how ever, and is not even certain of the
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All star. Rapper Snoop Dogg pumps up the football team as they warm up for Tuesday afternoon's practice.
Snoop surprises team
Rapper Snoop Dogg was at football practice Tuesday, filming for a MTV show.
By MEGAN H. CHAN
Staff Writer
With his mind on football and football on his mind, hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg surprised the No. 1 USC Trojan football team Tuesday evening and joined in on its practice.
Clad from head to toe in a cardinal warm-up suit and number 213, the Long Beach rapper and long-time Trojan fan traded in his cardinal-and-gold-laced white All-Star shoes for a pair of cleats and ran drills with the offense and defense.
“I came to coach and ended up bging a player," Snoop said in an intervijw with the Daily Trojan. “I turned into a player's coach and a coach’s player."
Filming a segment for ‘Stand In,” an MTV celebrity surprise show, which has included former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry teaching an American foreign policy class, Snoop walked into the team's pre-practice meeting and joined in on a rap with USC corner-
back Eric Wright.
Visibly enthused by the rapper’s presence on the field, the team shouted his name as they jogged away from their stretching exercises, where Snoop overlooked the team with USC offensive coordinator Norm Chow.
Snoop, who named former USC
tailbacks Marcus Allen and Charles White as his all-time favorites said he was particularly excited to see players from his hometown, such as running back Hershel Dennis and safety Darnell Bing.
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Trading spaces. Snoop Doogg walks to practice with coach Pete Carroll.