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More than 15 religious and cultural USC groups joined together Thursday to celebrate their faiths.
By JODIE 0XMAN
Contributing Writer
The Office of Religious Life and the Interfaith Council held their Sixth Annual Multi-Faith Celebration Thursday evening in Upstairs Commons.
The event, "From Atheist to Zen: A Celebration of USC's Spiritual Diversity," brought together more than 15 religious and cultural groups to express their beliefs and show fellow students how they like to pray.
But not all of the groups were praying. The students representing Secular Alliance sang the “Secular Blues,” singing, "I got the Secular Blues/ And that’s okay with me/ 'Cause every single Sunday/1 get to sleep in 'till 3!”
Performances included various forms of worship, from creating a giant circle and casting a magical spell with the Pagans and Wiccans at USC to watching a traditional, classical dance by two members of the Hindu Student Organization.
We are here to celebrate the diversity of spiritual experience,
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Religious movement. Kavita Ramakrishnan, a sophomore majoring in health promotion studies, dances Bharatnatyam at the Sixth Annual Multi-Faith Celebration at Upstairs Commons.
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Group gives to others to show love of God
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—♦— Freshman members of Campus Crusade for Christ organized lunch dates to show love to other students and faculty.
The sophomore class is offering to do other people's chores.
The activities are part of ‘Jesus Loves USC" week.
Members of the fellowship hope the weeklong activities will have a lasting impact.
By JOANNA WU
Staff Writer
“How can we better show this campus the love of Christ?” Greg Triplett asked Ihe members of Campus Crusade for Christ a Christian‘campus fellowship.
The members responded with “Jesus Loves USC” week, during which students would tangibly show love to other students and faculty on campus.
Members of the group classed by their year in school organized ways to show love to the campus through conversations, taking out the trash or vacuuming, free coffee and tea. or free lunches and dinners. “Jesus Love* USC week will run until Monday, but Tnplet t. the director of Campus Crusade, said he
hopes that their actions would cause change and impact people beyond this week.
“One of our desires was that this idea would be much bigger than just a week." Triplett said.
The freshman class has been organizing lunch dates, said Ron Sasaki, a freshman majoring in petroleum engineering. After the freshmen gather together to talk and pray, the students are encouraged to take people out for lunch, whether it be a friend or a person sitting alone on campus, Sasaki said.
"It's been awesome," Sasaki said, as he described going out to lunch with a classmate from his Writing 140 class. The group hopes to establish relationships and to show people they care, he said.
The sophomore class is offering to do other people's chores.
“We try not to disturb people, but we just go down the halls and if there are doors open, we just ask. ‘Would you
like your room vacuumed?’ or 'Would you like us to take out your trash?”’ said Marina Brenden. a sophomore majoring in English. “The purpose behind it is that we have experienced God’s love in really incredible ways in our lives and we want to share that love with other people."
Some have asked why they’re doing it or if there’s a catch. Brenden said, but everybody has been kind and apprecia tive.
The senior class offered students free coffee and tea on Tuesday and Thursday on Trousdale Parkway Even though it was raining Thursday, that didn't stop them from going out there at 8 a.m_ said Megan Mumey. a senior majonng in political science.
"We just want to show (USC students and faculty) that we love them unconditionally and we just wanted to make their day a little better without asking for anything in return or without
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Senators seek more fee control
The fee makes up $1.92 million of the $2 million Student Senate annual budget.
By JOANNA LIN
Staff Writer
In an effort to meet growing funding needs, Student Senate passed a resolution Tuesday to remove the University-imposed limit on the Student Programming Fee.
The programming fee accounts for $1.92 million of Senate’s budget, which is just over $2 million, and costs each student $64 per semester.
“The fee was created by students and is controlled by administrators. We feel it is our job to place it in our control,” said Brian Braunlich, an author of the resolution and a residential senator.
Last year, the Board of Trustees placed a 4.9 percent limit on how much Senate could raise the fee, which was created in 1967.
The limit was intended to keep USC competitive in
the same market, an other private institutions that have
student programming fees, said Mike Orazi, Student Senate treasurer.
In its resolution, Senate cited that "the student programming fee at USC is smaller than that at eight out of 10 comparable schools with required programming fees, according to information supplied by the Harvard Undergraduate Council."	,
And the 4.9 percent cap has caused financial hardship, Orazi said, making it "hard, if not impossible, to meet those student demands."
Senate met with Student Affairs Thursday to discuss the removal of the cap, which Senate President Jessica Lall said was the “biggest point of contention between the two.
While Student Affairs did not agree to completely remove the cap, which can change each year depending on inflation, Vice President of Student Affairs Michael L. Jackson said he was willing to work with Senate for greater flexibility to meet Senate's funding requests, Orazi said.
The Student Programming Fee Control Board, an advisory committee that was established last year to evaluate student funding needs, will meet within the next month to determine how much money is needed to meet students' increasing funding needs.
After the control board makes its recommendations, Senate and Student Affairs will meet again to reach an agreement, Orazi said.
Currently. Senate is circulating a petition for a Senate-controlled programming fee limit and it hopes
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