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Christina Gallagher, graduate students in broadcast journalism, film at a camera workshop during a break from the rain Monday.
Would-be rivals aim to be ‘perfect team’
Profie: Stein and Kazanjian join forces to campaign for campuswide class break and 'office hours” on ICQ, IM
This is thefifth of seven profiles on each of the seven slates running for president and vice president The profiles will appear in the order that the candidates will appear on the ballot
By SOPHIA KAZMI
Staff Writer
Originally planning to run against each other in the Student Senate presidential race, Nick Stein
and Peter Kazanjian came together to form what they call “a perfect team .“ The two met through Kazanjian’s campaign manager, and after meeting, the would-be opponents—who agree on everything from boy bands to Senate reforms—decided to run as a ticket for president and vice president “We have similar goals,” Kazanjian said. “We both want to genuinely help the student body.” Aside from both preferring the
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Backstreet Boys over N’SYNC, Stein, a junior majoring in political science, and Kazanjian, a junior majoring in business, also want to see changes in the way Senate is run.
“We want to bring Student
Senate and student rights to the forefront” Stein said. “Student Senate becomes the voice of the students.” The team’s platform is based on the five characteristics of the Trojan: “faithful, ambitious, scholarly, skillful and courageous.”
“All that we wanted to accomplish was able to fit in one of those categories,” Stein said in an interview Sunday.
Under “scholarly," for example, the two would like to implement something they call “virtual office hours," through which professors could be I see ProMe. page 111
The victory by controversial right-winger Ariel Sharon in Israel’s election for prime minister last Tuesday has produced a wide variety of responses at USC, but most people said they hope effort* toward peaca in the disrupted area will continue under Sharon’s leadership.
“Essentially, 1 think the Israeli public was making a choice between two bad candidates,” said Rabbi Jonathan Klein, director of the Hillel Jewish Center. “They voted in disapproval of (outgoing Prime Minister) Barak."
The official count of most votes gave a 25 percent margin of victory to Sharon, a 72-year-old former army general who is blamed by many Palestinians for alleged atrocities in the 1980s.
Klein said this election turned out the lowest number of voters in Israel's history.
Sharon campaigned under the slogan “Only Sharon will bring peace,” then said after his victory l see taael, page 111
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American beauty
USC’s SoCal VoCals win regional quarterfinal of a capella contest
Musk: Group will compete in semifinal at Stanford on first day of Spring Break
By SCOn MARTINDALE
SUff Writer
The SoCal VoCals, USC’s rock a capella group, won first place Feb. 2 in the quarterfinal round of the International Championship of Collegiate A cappella (ICCA), which will allow them to advance to the Western Regional Semifinal at Stanford March 10.
“We are really confident in our set this year," said Bryce Ryness, president of the VoCals and a bass singer ‘We'd really like to repeat our quarterfinals performance and win first place.”
At the quarterfinals, the VoCals beat a capella groups from Azusa
Pacific University, UC Berkeley, the Garemont colleges and UC San Diego, as well as USC’s all-female a cappella group, the Sirens. A cappella groups are those that sing without instrumental accompaniment
“The VoCals strive to be a leader in southern California, setting the standard for college a cappella music." said faculty adviser Ann Lyles, an assistant professor at the School of Dentistry.
The group's winning show included performances of Melissa Etheridge’s “I’m the Only One" and Musical Director Julie Moffitt’s original composition, “Drive Me Crazy.” Moffitt, an alto, is a sophomore majoring in music and psychology.
“Drive Me Crazy' is a very upbeat funky song," said Ryness, a junior majoring in business. “It mom well with the group.’
Lyles believes the VoCals have
great potential, but acknowledges the group will face fierce competition at the semifinals.
“We’ve come a long way," she said. ‘The group is stronger than ever before, but the competition is at an all-time high.”
Judges not only look at musical performance, which includes the difficulty and quality of the arrangement, but also performance on stage, Lyles said.
“You can’t just stand up there anymore," she said. “You have to do a whole show.”
The VoCals rehearse an average of five hours a week, with nightly practices prior to competitions.
“We have a very tight performance and a professional attitude,” Ryness said. “Our confidence allows the audience to relax and be entertained."
The VoCals are celebrating their I see VaCala, page S I
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Dane* with me. SoCal VoCais president Bryce Ryness is surrounded by fellow sixers, including Julie Moffitt and Jade Williams, at a concert last year.
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Sharon inspires hopes and fears
By YVONNE NGAI
Staff Writer