Annenberg hires science reporter for new program
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ICC Cole's ‘Covering Science' course will talk about how to report on science stories.
By LELANO ORNELAZ
Contributing Writer
The USC Annenberg School for Communication recently hired Los Angeles Times science writer ICC. Cole to put together a graduate journalism degree program for Fall 2006 that focuses on science and technology.
Cole's "Covering Science" class, which begins next semester, will be geared toward journalism majors who want to leam about how to report on science news. She will also teach a science and society course that will be open to all students at the university
“Scientists don't always talk in plain English." Cole said. "So the science writer has to do a certain amount of translation."
Not only will it help journalists understand science, but it will also help students become better journalists since the very nature of science and journalism are the same. Cole said.
“Science really gets into what separates what's total B.S. from what actually has validity." Cole said. "It’s all about finding out what's tnie and finding ways to convey that”
Bringing Cole to the Annenberg School was part of an initiative between the Carnegie Corporation and the John S. and James L Knight Foundation on the Future of Journalism Education, according to a USC press release.
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K.C. Cole, a science writer for the Los Angeles Times, will teach Covering Science,' a course for journalism students and a science and society course that will be open to all students
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Level-one trauma centers save more lives than level-two
USC researchers found patients in level-one trama centers had a higher survival rate.
By CATHERINE LYONS
Contributing Wnter
Doctors and researchers at the USC Keck School of Medicine found a 20 percent higher survival rate for patients with certain critical injuries at level-one trauma centers versus level-two centers.
Level-one trauma centers are ma|or regional academic centers that can perform surgeries 24 hours a day. have a surgical Intensive Care Unit and provide ongoing research and training for surgical residents, according to the American College of Surgeons
Level-two trauma centers provide a high level of trauma care but their standards are less stringent. There are fewer resources and no research facilities
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Intelligent design is debated
Many experts said teaching intelligent design is appropriate only in religion classes.
By JODIE 0XMAN
Contributing Writer
As the debate over teaching theories of intelligent design continues, several experts on science and religion said they think intelligent design is appropriate in religion courses, but should not be taught in science classes.
Other professors and students think that both intelligent design and evolutionary theories should be available to students.
Intelligent design is delined in Michael Park’s book “Biological Anthropology" as “the idea that an intelligent designer played a role in some aspect of the evolution of life on earth, usually the origin of life itself.
Generally, a thinly disguised version of scientific creationism."
Intelligent design proposes that the
world is too complex to have evolved
by Darwin’s view of evolution, said j.
Lawford Anderson, a professor chair in earth sciences.
He said creationism took a spot in the back seat for a while, but now intelligent design has brought it back to the forefront.
There was a big debate about the idea that both the theory of evolution and creationism should be taught in science classes, Anderson said.
He said he welcomes this debate because it helps to bring about discussion on how humans got here.
“Intelligent design is a rebottling of old creationism ideas," said Craig Stanford, a professor in the anthropology and biological sciences departments. “It's a religious explanation for the origins of life."
He said he thinks his perspective is like 99.9 percent of all scientists who do not think that intelligent design should be taught in a science class.
He said he respects religion, but does not want “believers to dress up creationism in a costume so that it isn't recognizable.”
Scientists are not alone. Rabbi Susan Laemmle, the dean of religious life, said she agrees with Stanford’s state-
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“Intelligent design is a rebottling * of old creationism ideas. It’s a religious explanation for the origins of life."
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Meet and greet. USC football coach Pete Carroll meets with Silverado High School students, motivating them to pursue further education.
HYPE aims to show college is possible
Students from Silverado High School toured the campus and met Coach Pete Carroll.
By WHFTNEY JOHNSON
Contributing Writer
Students from Silverado High School, an altemative-education program in Mission Viejo, Calif., visited USC Friday as a part of a year-old USC organization called Helping Young People Excel.
The Silverado students took a tour of the campus, heard from a USC stu-
dent panel, ate lunch in McCarthy Quad and met USC Head Football Coach Pete Carroll in Heritage Hall.
"Mostly, it’s to get them motivated and excited about going to a college, to show them that it’s something they can do," said Marissa Petersen, a psychology major and vice-president of HYPE.
Students are at Silverado for a variety of reasons and from a variety of backgrounds, but all are extremely behind on high school credits. The student body consists of students who have been expelled from their local high schools as a result of disciplinary problems, substance abuse problems or fail-
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