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Fundraiser. Student group teams with School of Fine Arts to sell works to raise money for relief fund
By JOHN TAN
Contributing Writer
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the students organizing Art for America have a message of support for the nation.
Selling student-produced art along Trousdale Parkway, Students of Fine Arts Association launched a fundraiser for the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund Tuesday.
The joint effort between the School of Fine Arts and SoFA allowed students to speak out about the Sept. 11 attacks, said Ian Dale, a junior majoring in fine arts.
Art for America provided “an outlet for students to address their feelings through art, and at the same time raise money to benefit the many victims of the tragedy," he said.
Organizers hope to sell more than 160 art pieces to raise $1,000.
The works include sculptures, paintings and drawings ranging from interpretive American flags and small pendants to images of firemen and nudes.
“We’ve also got some funny, offbeat drawings that are kind of hard to describe," Dale said. “We encouraged students to draw whatever they felt like.”
American flag designs and peace signs are displayed on many of the pieces. Another prominent motif is the firefighter in uniform, crouching in a dramatic position or saving people. Artists also added many messages of support for those involved in the rescue efforts.
Costs of the artwork range between $1 for a small peace sign to $40 for a large flag, said Virginia Dan, a junior l see Art. page 11I
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Lecture: United States now involved with United Nations because of national interest, world support, spokeswoman says
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By ROBB FERRIS
Staff Writer
United States resistance to the United Nations can only hurt its political interests, U.N. Information Centre Director Catherine O’Neill said during a seminar Tuesday.
The United Nations has become a global focal point in the way the world responds to terrorism between its humanitarian efforts and its political role in the post-crisis situation.
Secretary General Kofi Annan and the U.N. general assembly were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last week.
“One of the things that many people failed to mention initially was that the attacks on SepL 11 were not just an attack on the United States,"
O’Neill said to a packed classroom in the Social Sciences building. “People from 80 different countries died in those attacks.”
The response to the attacks and the war on terrorism needs to be multinational, O’Neill said.
The United States is moving ahead in its multilateral approach, O'Neill said, adding that most Americans support cooperation among nations. But there continue to be a select group of “hardliners” who insist on resisting American involvement in the U.N.
“Something like 70 percent of Americans say the U.S. should work with other nations and do support involvement in the U.N," she said.
But, members of Congress have consistently said that U.N. involvement undermines American self-sovereignty.
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"One of the things that many people failed to mention initially was tluU the attacks on SepL 11 were not just an attack on the United States.'
CATHERINE O’NEILL United Nations spokeswoman
Supporting the arts. Jessie Wong, a sophomore majoring in business, looks through the artwork being sold at the Art for America fundraiser on Trousdale Parkway Tuesday afternoon.
White powder discovered in purse not anthrax, DPS says
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Incident Several incidents fearing danger reported to campus police in the wake of last month’s attacks
Medical school aims for top marks
By SIMONE K0ZUHAR0V
Contributing Writer
The white powder a student found in her purse tested negative for anthrax Tuesday, Department of Public Safety officials said.
When she found the powder Monday, she immediately called Torrance Police DepartmenL The police department DPS, FBI and a Hazardous Materials team responded, said DPS Deputy Chief Bob Taylor.
The student said she was alarmed when a stranger was in her chemistry laboratory Sunday.
It was later determined that the stranger in the lab was another student, who the lab assistant knew.
The incident is not the only one
of its kind. DPS has received numerous other calls warning about suspicious items or substances on campus since last month’s attacks.
A bomb squad responded to a report of a suspicious package near the Alpha Delta Pi sorority house on 28th Street last week.
“Every instance has been negative," Taylor said.
While there is no immediate concern, DPS is taking several precautions, including analyzing various buildings on campus. DPS has made several recommendations for these buildings, such as restricted access and security cameras.
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Academics: Administrators plan to build new facilities, recruit more researchers
By SARAH REA
Contributing Writer
Armed with a $110 million granL USC’s Keck School of Medicine officials plan to increase faculty and build state-of-the-art facilities in order to break into the ranks of the top 10 U.S. medical schools.
The Keck School already ranks among the top 50 U.S. medical schools, coming in at 43 for research in the 2002 edition of U.S. News and World Report's Best Graduate Schools guide.
Administrators will focus much of the plans for their ambitious goal on improving research, a primary criteria for rankings.
The core of the project principally involves building 585,000 square
feet of research space and recruiting 135 new research faculty, said Ron Kaufman, senior associate dean for administration.
Top priorities will also include improving the infrastructure for faculty to develop current research, and providing the resources to assist faculty not involved in research.
USC’s medical school, which was renamed in 1999 after a $110 million grant from the W.M. Keck foundation, has a track record that provides an excellent hope for the future of its research, and a spot in the top 10.
“Over the past decade we have grown from being a local medical school of the Los Angeles County area to being a medical school with private practices," Kaufman said, pointing to the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital.
Faculty also take pride in the social services provided by members of the medical school, particularly
the Los Angeles County-USC hospital located on the Health Sciences Campus in East Los Angeles.
“Our patient care continues to do very well in the private sector while we maintain our long term commitment to help the county take care of the poor of Los Angeles," said Stephen Ryan, dean of the Keck School.
The new plans for the Medical School will not supplant the hospital, Kaufman said, but the development of research and private institutes is actually “an expansion on the existing mission of the medical school.” The school’s success will make it easier to move to the top bracket, officials said.
“It's very ambitious to want to be a top 10 medical school,” Ryan said. “But we believe we have a great opportunity because we have such a secure foundation ...Our current faculty and students are of the highest quality."
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