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Real Men cook out on campus for Father s Day
Fundraiser Charity event brings culinary talent together at Town and Gown; organizers call the celebration a success
By KIMBERLY BRITTON
Staff Writer
In the afternoon on Sunday June 17th, Real Men Cook for Chanty was held at Town and Gown and Crocker Plaza. Hosted by the USC Black Alumni Association, the event was a “culinary fundraising celebration" that allowed guests to sample various foods served by “real men" from the community.
Zabrina Horton of the USC Office of Black Alumni Programs said they were planning for about 2,000 people, but many more attended.
Horton reported that there were nearly 3,000 people who attended [Sundays celebrationj," Horton said.
“Everyone was very pleased and satisfied with the food and especially the variety of food that was offered,"
Horton said.
It is estimated that the event raised close to $10,000. The money will go to USC Black Alumni Association Scholarships for African American males who are studying for degrees in medicine and health promotion as well as toward fighting prostate cancer.
Dr. John Seard, a urologist who completed his residency at the Los Angeles County Hospital said the most important thing for men to know about prostate cancer is that “early screening and awareness save lives." Seard said that men should be screened with both a Digital Rectum Exam (DRE) and a Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) test
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As an African American, a Christian and because the event supports awareness for a disease within my specialty,
I feel that itismy responsibility to give back to the community.' —♦— JOHN SEARD urologist,• participant
Not for tale. Cheryl Rogers of Los Angeles peers out from among the traditional African dolls she came to sell at the Juneteenth celebration in Founders Park on Saturday. The celebration commemorates the emancipation of slaves in Texas.
Juneteenth celebrates heritage
Event Weekend activities mark anniversary of recognized end of slavery
By MASON POOLE
Photo Editor
The USC Black Staff and Faculty Caucus celebrated an important anniversary on Saturday—an anniversary of freedom.
The Juneteenth celebration held in Founders Park marks the date that Texas General Gordon Granger declared all slaves free.
For two years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation into law, slavery persisted in Texas.
It was 165 years ago on June
19th when Granger and his army declared, “The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a proclamation from the executive of the United States all slaves are free."
Slaves across Texas' sugar and cotton plantations rejoiced, and thus the Juneteenth celebration tradition was established.
The celebration continues to this day, making juneteenth the oldest celebration of the end of slavery in the United States.
USC faculty, students and visitors gathered to enjoy food, music and dancing to commemorate the nationally celebrated holiday.
Troops from the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry Associations, known as “Buffalo Soldiers." were on the scene, and they brought original
weapons for display.
The Buffalo Soldiers reminded celebrants of the important role African Americans played in American history.
Although Juneteenth is a time of remembrance, there was no shortage of fun and laughter as brave guests sang Marvin Gaye songs on a karaoke machine.
Vendors also sold traditional African arts and crafts and many types of food were available for tasting.
No matter what the activity, it is obvious that the juneteenths motto and often repeated saying, "Freedom is always worth celebrating." was applicable at Saturday's celebration.
“Freedom is always worth celebrating" —♦— JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION MOTTO
Attorneys prepare defense for accused USC student
New date to be set for Parkside
Constniction: Progress continues, and housing stresses that residence hall will be ready to accommodate
of the demolished Parkside Buildings
By GERALDINE ESCAL0NA
SufT Writer
A hearing is scheduled for July 6 in the trial of Wilbert McCoy, a USC undergraduate who has stood accused of rape since mid-December. The defense plans to ask the judge to appoint a DNA expert, a fingerprint expert, a population genetics expert and a canine expert, who will all prepare evidence for the jury trial, which is set for a later date. The defense will also try to appeal the charges against their client
The defense hopes to use questionable prosecution evidence to overturn the charges against McCoy.
One such piece of evidence
which will be used by the defense is the testimony of the prosecutions expert witness Christine Sanders, who, during a preliminary hearing said that the DNA from the crime scene and that of McCoy s were comparable even though, when asked to verify how she arrived at the results, was not able to do so.
The supervisor at the museum where McCoy was a work study employee is a possible witness for the jury trial. She could testify that McCoy told her prior to the rape that he had lost his backpack, which was found at the parking structure where the rape took place.
McCoys attorney Stephen
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By MORGAN DOREMUS
Contributing Writer
The Parkside International Residence College may miss its completion date of August 10.
Jeff Urdahl, Director of Housing and Residence Halls, says that discussions are being held about the schedule for the completion of the project However, Urdahl is confident that the new residence hall will be able to accommodate incoming freshman for the fall semester.
"A new deadline for the project will be set by next week.” he said.
The new, internationally themed residence hall will stand in the place
A and B and will consist of four- to eight-person suites which will accommodate 400students.
Urdahl says that the project is within its budget of $34 million and everyone involved is eager to complete the project and get it occupied.
In the second phase of the project. Parkside Apartment buildings C through G will be replaced and eventually the new Parkside International Residential College will house from 1,000 to 1,200 students.
Originally this phase of the construction was hoped to be completed by 2001 However. Urdahl says that estimates on the time it will take to
finish this next phase are premature.
Doheny reopening
Doheny Memorial Library has been undergoing a Seismic Retrofit and Preservation Project since its closure on December 15,1999.
The project has been completed ahead of schedule and plans are for the library to reopen for the Fall semester. The summer will be used to move collections back into the stacks and personnel back into their offices.
During the retrofit several steel reinforced concrete walls within the library were installed making the building safer in an earthquake. In addition, the fire protection system was also upgraded. This work was done with a minimum amount of
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