Wednesday October 4,1995 Vol. CXXV1, No. 24
Headlines
TVio cleared to practice
Shawn Walters, Israel Ifeanyi and Errick Herrin were granted permission to participate in practice with tne football team, It is still
unclear whether the threesome will play Saturday.
Sports, page 14
Techno spawns new superstars
Today's techno world goes beyond just music with repetitive beats. New albums from DJ Keoki and Leftfield and a hardcore cyberpunk compilation from Europe show a burgeoning realm.
Diversions, page 8
Welcome back, Pete Wilson
Now that Governor Pete Wilson has dropped out of the presidential race, what does the future hold for him? Editorial columnist Aaron Paquette explores his possible courses of action.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
Volunteer travel on the Internet
Adventurous college students looking for an alternative way to spend school breaks can now obtain international volunteer travel information on the Internet. Listed are service opportunities in 13 countries from Vietnam to Russia through Global Volunteers.
Global Volunteers is a private, non-profit organization offering approximately 90 short-term volunteer programs year-round. Programs vary, ranging from community development projects to tutoring services. The one-, two- and three-week programs are offered during winter and spring breaks as well as during the summer.
The Web site offers access to information including descriptions of each of tne sites where volunteers work, the costs of programs, and comments from volunteers. For more information, access http: //www.globalvlntrs.org.
N e w s p a p ero f the University of Southern California
Committee cultivates debate
By Sheba Roy
Staff Writer
The Affirmative Action Awareness Committee, hosted by several student senators, held its first meeting Friday to instigate and guide debate on affirmative action at USC.
"We wanted to pull people together that are interested in cringing discussion and debate about affirmative action from all different perspectives to the campus," said Cesar Lopez, student senator and academic affairs chair.
The committee was established by Lopez
u.v.
boasts
new
brew
By Esther Ramirios
Staff Writer
A microbrewery and restaurant is under construction at the former site of Snooker's Jazz Bar at University Village and is expected to be completed by late October.
The new Trojan Brewhouse, which will feature a wide range of beer and food, is in the final stages of remodeling, said owner Louis Harsanyi. He expects to open his doors to USC students and the surrounding community as soon as he receives city liquor permits.
The Brewhouse will feature an all-natural beer tap selection of 20 hand-crafted, freshly brewed beers. There will also be international foods served, includinj Irish, Hungarian, Russian am German delicacies.
Harsanyi promises that prices will be moderate at approximately $10 for a meal ana drink.
A three-member team from the Brewhouse has continued talks with the city and police department about the types of actions and programs the brewery will implement in order to keep underage drinkers from purchasing alcohol at the brewery.
Snooker's, the pub that used (See Brewery, page 3)
and fellow senator Michelle Ishida in an effort to introduce a dialogue into the USC community about affirmative action and its impact on both the educational and social climate.
The coalition's goal is to maximize student exposure to the issue by pooling the networking and financial resources available to campus organizations.
The idea is to challenge the politically apathetic student body, Ishida said.
"Students need to get the most out of their $32 programming fee," she said. "We want them to walk away pissed. We want them to say, 'I totally disagreed with what they said
and I'm going back to go to the next event to find out what they have to say.' "
Members of MEChA, Black Student Assembly, 100 Black Men, Asian American Voices, College Republicans and GRUFF (a group of residential administrators) were among the participants in the committee meeting.
The students and staff agreed on the formation of three subcommittees to construct a tri-partite symposia. The first will assemble a panel of university officials which will address the school's policy on affirmative
(See Committee, page 2)
Helmet sacks a sale
Greg Keating / Daily Trojan
Trojan Pride sells T-shirts to Junior Brian Rothmuller to promote the Weekender.
Proposal refines rivalry
By Tara Nakashima
Staff Writer
The long-standing rivalry between USC and UCLA has become a focal point for not only local students, out for city organizations as well.
The New Los Angeles Marketing Partnership, an organization working under the theme "Together We're the Best," is hoping to use the well known rivalry to bring about a
positive image for the city of Los Angeles and to promote its new campaign.
"We think the rivalry is good," said Jenny Connelly, assistant to the director of Nl.AMP. "Between USC and UCLA, there are some interesting statistics."
Connelly said the focus of the organization is to have people look at the two universities individually by participating in the promotion.
"1 think the rivalry should continue," said Mahwash Malik, a senior majoring in international relations. "It builds up competition between the two schools. I think rivalry promotes L.A."
NLAMP was organized to combat any negative opinions about Los Angeles as well as to promote its positive aspects.
While NLAMP sent proposals
(See Rivalry, page 2)
Visage: key to security
By Dana Cohler
Staff Writer
A computer that can recognize a person's face and allow access to confidential information was developed by a computer science and neuroscience expert, Christoph Von der Malsburg, Ph.D, also a graduate professor at USC.
Von der Malsburg, whose interest is in the brain function and the visual system, created the Eidos device, named after the Greek word for "essence or form."
"It's extremely simple," the German scientist said.' The way it works is natural."
When a person "meets" the machine, a camera stores their image in a photo gallery. When the person encounters Eidos again, it compares their image to the memory of photographs.
The device controls building access. Employees working in an office builaing can enter a personal identification number and the computer will scan their image.
Tne first version of the machine took two years to complete. Since then, it has been improved and modified.
The neuroscientist uses his invention for the Germany-based company he founded, ZN-FACE.
The research is funded by the Army Research Lab. Von der Malsburg said that the ARL funds five groups, but after a year it withdraws support from two of the groups. He said this is a highly competitive process, because in March, the ARL will be withdrawing funds from another group.
Currently von der Malburg's oup and one other group
remain out of the original five.
"I am proud tnat neuroscience has had a great impact on technology and the market place," Von der Malsburg said.
Von der Malsburg came to USC in 1988 to teach computer science and neurobiology and recently received a joint appointment in physics.
Prior to that, he studied /sics at the University of
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oettingen in Germany and earned nis Ph.D. in Heidelberg. He also worked at the Max Planck Institute in Goettingen.
Von der Malsburg splits his time between his work as a graduate professor at USC and nis research in Germany. He teaches computer science and is a co-teacher of cognitive computation in the Spring and (ate summer. The rest of the year he spends in Bochum University in German a« an endowed chair.
Simpson
freed
By Elisa Ung
Staff Writer
After much anticipation, O.J. Simpson was found not guilty of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman. The verdict was read shortly after 10 a.m. Tuesday. The jury came to a decision Monday after deliberating for less than six hours.
Shortly after the verdict was announced, the Daily Trojan spoke with USC students to gain their immediate impressions. Reactions were mixed.
See Trojan on the Street about the verdict, on Page 3.