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Sexual assault reported
Perpetrator attempted to assault student in campus bathroom Tuesday morning.
By KRISTIN MAYER
Staff Writer
A male perpetrator attempted to sexually assault a female student in the first floor women’s restroom in Harris Hall at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, said Department of Public Safety Chief Aaron Graves.
The perpetrator grabbed the student from behind and struggled with the victim until another female entered the restroom, Graves said.
The perpetrator fled the scenc and headed south of campus.
The Los Angeles Police Department detained and apprehended a suspect in the Exposition Park area, Graves said.
"Right now we’re still in the early stages of the investigation," said Felicia Hall, the officer in charge of sexual assault investigations and operations for LAPD’s South Bureau.
The suspect does not appear to be a student or campus employee, Hall said.
At the scene
“I was upstairs on the balcony and 1 heard some excessive screaming,”
said Graham Quinn, a sophomore majoring in architecture.
Quinn said that the victim screamed intensely for a, while before he realized the situation was serious.
The victim ran out of the bathroom and told a staff member at the Shop Cafe that she was almost raped, Quinn said.
“By the time we all got out there, he was long gone," said Carla Michel, a sophomore majoring in architecture who was inside the Shop Cafe when she heard screams coming from the restroom across the courtyard. “It’s scary stuff.”
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Witnesses are encourged to call sexual assault mves tigation detectives Jose Chavez and Danny Carreras with any information at (213) 473-4807.
IFC fraternities vote to admit new member
Students study water sanitation
Eight USC students will take part in year-long grant competition to bring water-saving solutions.
By BONNIE SCHINDLER
Contributing Writer
Eight USC students participated in the Southern California World Water Forum Friday to launch a year-long grant competition geared towards addressing global issues, specifically water sanitation.
The water forum, which took place at the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California in Los Angeles, was a kick-off event for a project that is designed to bring water-saving solutions to the table.
“The project is designed to be a college program to encourage innovative and new ideas in developing water-conservation strategies," said LaVona Andrew, public affairs specialist for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
Students involved in the event have until April 2005 to come up with their own ideas, reports or prototypes of either an applied research concept or a water efficient technology or process, said Bemta Lynn Horn, Metropolitan's manager of the Southern California Water Forum.
For its project, the USC team is considering a way to test a water systems contamination levels, although they are still brainstorming, said H.J. Kwon. a graduate student working on the project. For now. they will meet once a week until April.
“Drinking water is the most important factor.” Kwon said. Engineers could easily make mistakes within the water distribution system, causing pollution, he said. "We could be drinking water that is contaminated.” Kwon said.
The students believe the issue is one that needs to be addressed
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Alpha Gamma Omega, a Christian fraternity, has been at USC since 2001.
By ALI GUICHARD
Contributing writer
Fraternity presidents of the Interfraternity Council voted in a 15-0 decision Tuesday night to add the Christian fraternity Alpha Gamma Omega as a member of the council.
AGO gained university recognition two weeks ago. But in order for AGO to be officially in IFC, presidents of member fraternities had to vote on letting the new fraternity into the council.
Three fraternities did not attend and did not vote in the Tuesday decision including: Lambda Chi Alpha,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Theta Chi.
"When the frat was founded at USC in 2001, the founding class was pressed for university recognition — the university told them that because of religious affiliation, it would be a long, challenging process to become an official member of IFC,” said Ryan Bonniwell, a senior majoring in civil engineering and member of AGO. Still,
“the biggest hurdle has been university recognition.”
Paul Constantine, president of IFC, said the organization is open to any fraternity that wants to join.
"We have a lot to offer as far as scholarship and recruitment," he said.
Constantine said he was pleased that the Christian fraternity opted to join.
”lt helps show that we have a diverse group of people that make up the Greek community,” he said.
The process to join has included lots of meetings with Greek and Residential Life, and it has been a continuous process over the last three or four years, Bonniwell said.
“The greatest advantage of (joining) IFC is just being involved in life on The Row and being in the same sort of social network as other fraternities and sororities," he said.
“(Being a part of IFC lets AGO) clarify who we are to people who don’t understand," Bonniwell said.
Tim Callahan, a junior majoring in civil engineering and a member of AGO, said once he understood what IFC was about, he saw the benefits of the fraternity joining.
“Up to this point, we haven’t been able to rush with IFC. We rush the same week, but guys hear (about AGO) through word of mouth." Callahan said.
Aaron Fullerton, a sophomore pledge majoring in screen writing, found out about AGO through www.the-facebook.com and posters displayed around campus.
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“The greatest advantage of (joining) IFC is just being involved in life on The Row and being in the same sort of social network as other fraternities and sororities."
RYAN BONNIWELL member Alpha Gamma Omega
Fact over fiction. Morgan Kleinknecht, a staff member of the office of international services, watches the PBS Frontline documentary "The Choice 2004,"Tuesday night.
Students view presidential candidate documentary
Office of International Services sponsored viewing to show alternate view.
By KIANA BUTLER
Contributing Writer
With only five days until the presidential election a small group of students gathered in the University Religious Center Tuesday night to watch and discuss a PBS documentary that explored how both candidates' pasts have shaped their values and policy decisions.
The event, sponsored by the Office of International Services.
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and practices during the election and go beyond the sound bites and political rhetoric seen on the cam-	♦
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dents are interested in the dynamics	"The Choice
of the election," said Judy Hartwhich,	2004"
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The PBS Frontline documentary,	Bush and
The Choice 2004." focuses on the fam-	Sen. John
ily background, histories, victories and	Kerry.
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INDEX
Paul Spaeth was one of only four in his incoming class in the composition program. 7
Four years later, a deficit has replaced a surplus, period 4
Newi Digest-----2	Sports.........IS
Upcoming.™....2	Classifieds____12
Opinions.-------4	Lifestyle_______7