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October 3, 2005
Christian Anthony Padilla died of severe brain damage afterfainting and vomiting.
By JOHN LEGITTINO
Contributing Writer
Christian Anthony Padilla, a first-year USC architecture student, died early Wednesday morning in a Los Angeles hospital after almost a week of health complications. He was 23.
Throughout his life, Padilla’s family said he proved an exception to many rules. They said they will remember him for his enormous dreams, and how unlike many of his peers growing up in mostly Hispanic, urban Los Angeles, Christian let nothing get between him and what he loved.
His main passions were music and architecture.
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to talk to him and bring in things to help Padilla remember his life. His family members put headphones on Padilla, playing music from the family's band.
The music brought tears to Padilla’s eyes, although they never opened. He cried so much his eyes ended up swollen, family members said.
The first member of his family to graduate college, Padilla received his associate’s degree from Santa Monica College in June. Padilla graduated from Los Angeles High School, an institution known for its high dropout rate, his family said.
But according to family members, Christian's proudest moment came when he learned of his admission to the USC School of Architecture, one of the university’s most selective programs.
“Everyone who has ever spoken with him just says he was so respectful,” said Amy Murphy, assistant professor in the School of Architecture. "He was here for all the right reasons and accomplished
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Photos by Thomas Rippe i Daily Trojan
Devastation. Homes in Box Canyon, near the Chatsworth Reservoir, narrowly escaped the Topanga fires. (Below) Captain Schaefer, an information officer with the Los Angeles County Fire Department, points to a map. The pink area is where land was burned.
"I really couldn’t name anything," said Duffy, a senior majoring in communication. “I wanted my house."
The Topanga fires have scorched 24,175 acres of land since starting around 1:50 p.m. Wednesday, according to information posted on the California Department of Forestry Web site.
By comparison, USC's entire University Park campus is 235 acres, according to USC’s Web site, less than one percent of that total.
While fires are somewhat common for the area, Duffy said the
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After Hurricane Katrina, students said it was weird to see their homes threatened.
By JOSHUA SHARP
Contributing Writer
T ulia Duffy only wanted her I house.
I Her mother called at 7 a.m. “'Thursday saying that the family was packing up possessions and preparing to evacuate. She asked her daughter what she wanted from their Westlake Village house.
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Celebration. Students await the blessing of the bread at the USC Hillel Jewish Center. Jewish students will be celebrating Rosh Hashana this week.
Jewish students deal with missing class for holiday
Both the Hillel Jewish Center and Cltabad Jewish Student Center will host celebrations.
By JOANNA WU
Staff Writer
Although the holiday conflicts with midterms for some students, those celebrating the Jewish New Year often return home to spend time with their family or celebrate with their new families at USC.
Both the Hillel Jewish Center and the Chabad Jewish Student Center host events for the holidays.
Sara Engesser. the Ziegler Jewish Campus Service Corps Fellow, or Jewish Campus Service Coordinator at Hillel said the Hillel community becomes family for many students.
Students celebrating Rosh Hashana.
which /narks the beginning of the High Holy Days, will miss Tuesday classes, as well as classes OcL 13 for Yom Kippur. the Day of Atonement.
Most professors have been warned, but some students have been complaining about the difficulty of missing classes with upcoming midterms. Engesser said.
“The school is really accommodating, but I would definitely say it's a problem because sometimes missing class is hard." Engesser said. "You miss a lot of really important information, or Tuesday may be your big class day."
Engesser suggested that students approach their professors ahead of time and plan out what they need to do for assignments, she said.
Students can also go to Rabbi Jonathan Klein, the Allen and Ruth Ziegler Rabbinic director at Hillel. for • see Matttay. page 11
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