Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Monday
September 9,1996 Vol. CXXIX, No. 7
Headlines
Trojans trounce Illinois, 55-3
Two weeks after losing to Penn State, 24-7, USC came back in grand style. The Troians used big plays, including an 84-yara touchdown reception by Chris Miller, to beat Illinois, 55-3.
Sports, page 16
Sandler, Wayons can't save 'Bullet'
In their new action-comedy, "Bulletproof," Adam Sandler and Damon Wayons make n stab at the familiar buddy picture, but end up making a rather bland film in the end.
Diversions, page 7
Action in Iraq may not be a wise move
In response to the action Clinton nas taken in the Middle East, Editorial Columnist Amer Anabtawi outlines the possible motives behind the move, as well as the possible repercussions.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
Volunteers needed; Internet training
Volunteers are needed to serve as Big Brothers to boys and girls, including those youngsters who are deaf and nearing impaired, throughout Los Angeles County.
The children are ages 7 to 14, and in most cases, they live in families headed by single mothers. Although the mothers of these children do their best to provide encouragement, many could use extra support.
For more information, call the Catholic Big Brothers at (800) 463*4066. If you are deaf or hearing-impaired, call (213) 251-9800 V/TTD.
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UCLA will be offering new courses about the Internet this fall, starting Sept. 21. Topics covered include becomng a Webmaster, learning Java programming, coordinating videoconferencing and finding a job on the World Wide Web.
For more information, call UCLA Extension at (310) 825-4100.
DailyTrojan
Women offer stories of inspiration
By Steve Gribben
Staff Writer
Four USC-affiliated women shared four separate success stories with one common thread— an independent struggle to be somebody, not something—in a forum last Thursday in Annenberg Auditorium.
Superior Court Judge Candace Cooper, television executive Barbara Corday, cancer research scientist Carlotta Glackin and Director of Women's Student Assembly Komisha Owosekun spoke at the "Successful Women, Successful Lives" forum before approximately 50 people.
Candace Cooper, the nation's first black female superior court judge, spoke first on the obstacles and achievements in her life as a woman and a minority.
Exactly thirty years ago, Cooper came to USC as a freshman with a bit of a bad taste in her mouth. She had received her entire elementary and high school education within five miles of the USC campus.
Cooper wanted to go to UCLA but couldn't, because her high school counselor overlooked a class requirement. She decided on USC by default.
Cooper said she came to USC naively optimistic.
"1 realized I was in a world without anyone I could relate to," she said. "There were 125 African American students at USC, including those on athletic scholarship."
In fact, Cooper called her undergraduate career at USC a "very unpleasant time" in her life. She said that the school has changed over the years, and today she is happy to see that "it is much more open and diverse."
Cooper said she enjoyed USC Law School much more; she still had no one to relate to as a black women, but the dependence on others helped her situation.
During nominations for a particular position on Law Review, Cooper said«Bhe was told of anotner student who questioned if she had the "innate intelligence" to handle the position in
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question.
When Cooper graduated, she left for the major law firm of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, which she said "was yet another cultural wasteland for me."
"There were very few women, very few blacks, and very few Jews," she said.
She said she found it very hard to work 14-to-16-hour days, six or seven days a week,
Troy Witt / Daily Troian
Annenberg Auditorium
and then realized she didn't like the job.
"I didn't particularly like lawyering, because I prefer conflict with resolution,' she said. Cooper said she has found the satisfaction of conflict resolution in her current position as a judge.
Barbara Corday, the chair of cinema-television production
(See Women, page 3)
Upcoming Events
Register for Campus Interview Program
September 16 or September 24 Time: TBA
Career Center STU 111
Jobsmarts for Twentysomethings
September 17,1996 Time: 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Annenberg Auditorium (G-21)
Author Bradley Richardson will present information on choosing and finding careers. Free book to first 200 people!
Resumania
September 23 Si 24
Time: Check with your academic unit for location & time.
Before Career Day have your resume checked by recruiters from various industries.
Career Day
September 26,1996 Time: 10 am to 3 pm Trousdale Parkway near Tommy Trojan 100 Company representatives will be on campus to provide career, full-time and internship information,
Career planning options abound for student use
By Karen Santos
Staff Writer
Most students do not know where to start when it comes to planning their careers or simply seeking out internships, but several available resources can prove to be very helpful in this search.
One on-campus resource available to students is the Career Development Center,
offers many helpful exercises on finding ti
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Development Center, advises that students start with a four-step process. The process includes assessing individual strengths and weaknesses, researching possible employers, interviewing professionals in the student's prospective field and seeking out job or internship listings.
The first step helps students to determine which field would be most appropriate to their strengths and weaknesses. The Career Center publishes The Career Guide, which
on resume and cover letter writing. Career Guide is available on paper at the Career Center or online at http://www.usc.edu/go/careers/.
Researching different companies Ls also advantageous since it makes students aware of the choices available to them. Directories in Print provides listings of over 15,000 directories from which a student can obtain the names and descriptions of companies in a wide range of fields, according to the Career Guide.
There are also several sites on the internet offering job listings and tips to aid in finding a job. These include the Student Center at http://www.studentcenter.com and the College Grad Job Hunter at http://www.col-legegrad.com. These electronic services offer mucn of the same information as the Career Center, but their job listings come in from around the country.
Interviewing professionals "personalizes the job search process," Cheney-Rice said. It helps students to get an idea of what it is really like in their prospective fields and to learn from their experiences. He said contacting prospective employers is facilitated by the Trojan Network, a group of about 400 (See Career, page 2)
Who are the people in your neighborhood?
By Sebastian E. Lee
Staff Writer
Editor's note: This series will examine the USC academic community, area residents and the neighborhood lo discover how various groups perceive one another and work toward a harmonious relationship.
The man appears from out of nowhere, his presence signaled only by the clanking sound of glass bottles and aluminum cans rattling against each other in the shopping cart that he pushes in front of him.
As he wearily pushes his cart along in front of nim, as he surveys society humming along
around him at this late hour on 28th Street.
He walks onto the grounds of the next fraternity house and starts to collect more cans and bottles. He pauses for a moment and smiles wistfully.
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USC & the Community
rie man
returns to his cart with this
night's income, and continues meandering to the next party.
Scenes of this nature are repeated day and night on the Row, and all around USC's campus.
From the low-income families that shop for groceries at three
in the morning at the ever-busy 32nd Street Market (when lines are shorter), to the local school kids who dread their daily walks to school, for fear of being mugged, or worse, the differences between the lives of the area residents and Trojans
are evident.
But the university at large is making strides to let the community know that this institution is here to help.
Through its Good Neighbor program, USC has sponsored over 260 community service
First in a news analysis series
programs, with over 7,000 students, alumni, faculty, and staff participating in those events, according to literature distributed by the program. Additionally, the program solicits funds directly from the faculty
These funds are allocated directly to neighborhood programs via grants which must be applied for, said Samuel Mark, assistant vice president of civic and community relations USC donates facilities and management services to negate the cost of administration, and maximize the amount of money that's pumped into the community, Mark said.
(See Community, page 2'