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By Jennifer Arrache
Staff Writer
The area on the north side of Kaprielian H.ill has become a junkyard for a campus department, and while many professors whose office buildings overlook the area are indifferent to the growing pile of debris, others are upset over the eyesore.
The basement of Kaprielian houses USC's Earthquake Research Laboratory, which is
(See Trash, page 2)
Trojans top the All-Stars, 112-97
The USC men's basketball team ended its brief exhibition season with a 112-97 win over the Slam and Jam Dunk All-Stars Monday at the Lyon Center. The Trojans open the season on Nov. 30.
Sports, page 16
Screech along with Ben Weasel
I3en Weasel speaks with staff writer Todd Martens about the reunion of his band,
Screeching Weasel. The punk band broke up a few years ago but have since gotten back together for a new album.
Diversions, page 8
A bitter battle over bruin bashing
As Trojans reignite the annual "bruin bashing" during Troy Week, editorial writers Matt Hutaff and Benjamin Acker go head-to-head on whether our rivalry with UCLA is truly worthy or just plain wrong.
Viewpoint, page 4
Education lecture, band debut
The Education Graduate Student Organization will host "Education in Palestine and the Peace Process,"a lecture by Dr. Farauk El-Farra, a professor of education at Al-Azhar University in Palestine, today at 5:30 p.m. in WPH 403.
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The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band will make its Los Angeles debut performing "Jewish soul music" when it opens the University of Judaism's International Festival of the Performing Arts today at 8 p.m. at Gindi Auditorium, 15600 Mulholland Dr. For reservations and information, call (310) 476-9777, ext. 201 or 203.
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"What is Dyslexia?,'' a panel of professionals who will discuss learning disabilities, will be held today at 7 p.m. at Kaiser Permanente in Woodland Hills.
For more information, call (818) 506-8866.
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November 19,1996 Vol. CXXIX, No. 57
Pulse, Too replaces print center
By Stacy Matros
Staff Writer
Pertusati	University
Bookstore and Pulse Copy and Technology Center have teamed up to create Pulse, Too, a multipurpose student service center set to open the first week of December in Leavey Library.
Pulse, Too will take the place of what once was the Leavey Library Printing Center, located in the Information Commons on the bottom floor of Leavey Library.
"This is a good example of the library's recognition that printing services are not the primary concern of the library by taking on a specialized partner like Pulse," said Chris Ferguson, director of Leavey Library,
The change came about when administrators realized that the overhead of the printing center could be better spent.
"The printing center is costly to run; the revenue spent does not come close to the amount spent to run it," said Daniel Archer, associate director of the university bookstore.
The estimated $30,000 saved by the takeover will ultimately provide more funds to be distributed throughout the library system, which will create student jobs in the understaffed libraries, Ferguson said.
According to the administration, the cost of printing per page will be lowered from 10 cents per page to a possible five cents per page.
The bookstore is also working
on new ideas to make book purchasing easier for students.
University Computing Services is also helping with the computer technology, possibly providing scanners to make course readers available on the World Wide Web.
"Course readers in paper form will still be available to students but at a cheaper price because of the high-speed scanners that will be in place when Pulse, Too opens," Archer said. Possible goals outlined by bookstore representatives include combining book prices with the registration cost for classes. The cost of registration would entitle students to the course texts and a list of web sites to obtain course readers.
(Sec Pulse, page 11)
Troy Week kicks off with rally, bruin tossing
Troy Witt / Daily Trojan
Yell lesder Rob Rollo drags the bruin bear across campus.
By Evelyn Lau
Staff Writer
The Spirit of Troy was heightened Monday as Trojans tossed and suspended the bruin bear from the fourth floor of the Student Union at the Troy Week kickoff rally. Below, bruin maids swept Hahn Plaza clean.
Troy Week began Monday in celebration of the Troian Spirit preceding the USC-UCLA football game on Saturday. Pride-boosting events throughout the week include the Life-O-Matic Tour and fashion show sponsored by Mademoiselle, the Nike ruin-the-bruin toss, a Red Cross "Blood Bowl," KIIS-FM's Megacruiser, the USC Olympic Athletes Forum and the traditional Bonfire Rally Thursday night.
The Trojan Pride directors
meet with the UCL.A band and athletic directors every year to go over the week's events for both universities, said Traci Nakagawa, president of Trojan Pride.
The purpose of this annual meeting is to "make it fun rather than vindictive," Nakagawa said.
This week's events are "built around champions and around the traditions of USC," said Joaquin Siques, Troy Week director.
The activities scheduled are designed to excite students before the week culminates with the football game. Lisa Leslie, Olympic basketball gold medalist and former USC basketball team member, will set the bruin ablaze at the Bonfire Rally, followed with a concert featuring (See Troy Week, page 2)
Cause still unknown after early morning fire destroys house on Orchard Avenue
By Angela Sanders and Antonia Barber
Staff Writers
An alumnus died and three students were injured in an early-morning fire at their Orchard Avenue residence Monday.
The cause of the fire, which may be electrical wiring, is still under investigation by the Los Angeles Fire Department Arson Unit, said Brian Humphrey, spokesperson for the LAFD.
Firefighters from 10 companies responded to a call at approximately 6:45 a.m., Humphrey said. Damage to the house was extensive. "The firefighters arrived on the scene to discover the wood frame was well involved," said Chief Raymond Olsen of Battalion One, the unit that arrived first on the scene within three minutes of the call. "Since the building was built near the turn of the century, it burned very quickly."
lt took 50 firefighters nearly a half hour to extinguish the flames, Olsen said. They "opened up the roof to get the hot gases out," he said, describing the intensity of the fire.
The remains of a body, later identified as Darrin Dunigan, a public administration aluninus and university staff member, were found on the second floor. Dunigan, 26, was also taking graduate business courses and lived in the house with nine other USC students.
(See Fire, page 3)
Troy Witt / Dally Trojan
Flames engulfed this tum-of-the-century wooden house around 6:30 a.m. Monday, resulting in the death of an alumnus, who was also an employee.