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New neighbors. One of Conquest Housing’s newest buildings, Palisades II, will open its luxury apartments to students beginning August 2002.
Conquest Housing moves into town
Community: New buildings on West Adams Boulevard will not affect the real estate market in the surrounding area
By ROBB FERRIS
Staff Writer
The three new buildings under construction on Adams Boulevard will offer students reasonable rent prices, and it is not likely that the apartments will impact the local community housing market or university housing, officials said.
The buildings, which are owned and operated by Conquest Housing, are part of the first housing development project by Conquest since the
early 1990s and show USC’s expansion into the surrounding area.
The apartments are considered luxury units intended primarily for students and include Ethernet and cable television, said Sarah Pizzaruso, general manager of Conquest
“People are obviously looking for a nice place to live,” Pizzaruso said. “There is considerable demand for nicer apartments.”
The new developments will not likely affect community housing,
said Sister Diane Donahue of the Esperanza Housing Corporation.
“New housing communities are a good addition,” Donahue said. "It is good to see people of mixed economic backgrounds living in the same area, and (the buildings make) the neighborhood looks nice.”
The development of housing complexes is not likely to affect university-owned housing either, said Jeff Urdahl, director of Housing Administration.
“There is demand right now that goes beyond what is available,” Urdahl said. “There is no problem with private companies leasing out I see Housing, page 9 I
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TECHNOLOGY
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Cellular phones take pagers off the market
Economy causes graduate applications to soar
By MELANIE ZAHAROPOULOS
Contributing Writer
The thought of sitting on the side of the road without the ability to get an immediate response was enough for Ann Marie Conti to get a cellular phone.
“1 drive an old car and it’s about 20 miles to school,” said Conti, a junior majoring in health promotion and disease prevention. “If I broke down, a pager wouldn’t help me.”
Like many of her peers, Conti decided to forgo the tiny device that used to simply flash a series of numbers when called, choosing instead the next evolution in paging — pagers integrated with cellular and personal data assistants, otherwise known as PDA. The essential service is still there, but the capabilities have changed dramatically.
“You have to think about what the key elements to a page are,” said A. Michael Noll, a professor of communication and an expert in telecommunication technologies and systems. “They are real-time messages delivered by a system that is text-based and wireless. Twenty years ago, that meant a phone number. In the future that will mean that you can type and respond instantly by text”
Many students are keeping up with current technology. In a survey of 20 students who previously owned a numeric pager, 17 had stopped their service in favor of a cellular phone.
“I got rid of (my pager) when cell phones started getting cheaper,” said Jamie Shore, a freshman majoring in cinema-television critical studies.
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Academics: Changes in market force some students to alter career plans
By RENEE HASLETT
Staff Writer
Max Gutierrez left San Francisco during the fallout of the dot-com industry more than a year ago and is now back in school pursuing a graduate degree.
“My dot-com didn’t go anywhere,” said Gutierrez, a first-year graduate student in cinema-television production. “Everyone who lost their job is applying to get an MBA. If anything, (pursuing a cinema degree) is a bigger gamble, but
it’s a good time to be in school.”
The economy is creating an increase in applications to the nation’s business, law, journalism, education and other graduate programs.
Brian Glaser, a senior majoring in communication, also had to make a change in career plans when the economy changed.
“I wanted to work for the airlines but the economy kind of forces me to go to law school,” he said.
He said he hopes the economy will have recovered by the time he finishes law school.
Law school is a safe place to be right now, said Tony Cheng, a first-year law student.
“It gives you peace of mind” to not have to worry about finding a
job, he said.
However, many firms are cutting back on hiring, said Mark Foster, a first-year law student.
Law school applications have gone up 25 percent since this time last year, said William Hoye, associate dean of USC Law School.
“We will likely have well over 5,000 applicants for a class of 200, which is a welcome challenge, but it is a challenge,” he said.
Applicants to law school are concerned because many students are applying, boosting entrance standards, Hoye said.
While the reasons for the jump in applicants is anyone’s guess, it may be because of two factors, he said — college students are finding
Resumania.
Hundreds of students brought their resumes to be reviewed by experts yesterday for “USC Resume Day,” hosted by the USC Career Planning and Placement Center. Those interested in business and economics waited in the longest lines.
that attractive jobs are not waiting for them, and many who have been in the work force for several years are afraid they may be laid off.
The lack of jobs is a concern to Michael Proppe, a junior majoring in business finance, who said he was thinking about applying to New York University’s master’s in business administration program.
He said although he had heard it is best to work a few years before returning to school for an MBA, he has lately heard of people applying right out of college.
“As director of networking for the' Student Consulting Association, my duty is to ask companies if they are hiring,” Proppe said. “In the past I see Graduate, page 9 !
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