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September 9,1999 Vol. CXXXVIII, No. 7
USC purchases University Village property
Community: Center will continue to operate, though the renewal of leases will be assessed
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Assignment Editor
USC has purchased the University Village shopping center, a move expected to lower the vacancy rate of the center and increase services available to students and the community, university officials said Wednesday.
Negotiations began in May and were completed last week, said Mary
Hayakawa, director of property sales, development and management. Hayawaka declined to state the cost of the shopping center.
There are no plans to tear down the 14.6-acre shopping center, which will continue to house USC offices and retail stores, Hayakawa said.
“We plan to continue to operate the village as a viable retail establishment," she said. “Space on campus is always changing and we will use the space as necessary.”
UV has about a 20 percent vacancy rate and was refinanced in 1998. The mall opened in 1975 and was offered for sale in May.
Several university offices, such as USC’s Travel Store, have leased space on the second floor of UV for years,
Hayakawa said. Administrators will complete a long-term strategic plan in the next few months, she said.
There are 56 leases in the UV, which has about 200,000 square feet of leasable space. Leases will be considered for renewal as they expire, a process expected to begin next year, Hayawaka said.
“They will be negotiated at a fair market value,” she said. “The long term is really for the university administration to determine.
“In the short term, this will be good not only for the staff, faculty and students, but for the community as well because we will maintain (the turnaround) that has already been started.” Managers at Starbucks, which opened last month, have not had any problems,
said Jenny Lang, a shift supervisor.
“A bookstore would be nice so people could read while they drink their coffee,” said Lang, who has worked in Pasadena and Downtown. “This is an area where Starbucks wouldn’t normally have a store, but we’ve still been pretty busy.”
Parking areas are spotted with potholes and need to be improved for better customer service, said Alexander Hernandez, manager of Subway in UV.
“We also need signs that publicize what stores are in here,” he said. “USC students know what they have, but people driving by don’t. I think (the purchase) will make us communicate better with the community and with USC.”
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Dancing In the street. Members of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity perform a step routine in Hahn Plaza on Wednesday. The performance was part of Black Student Welcome Week. More events will continue throughout the week.
Internet site offers students more jobs
Book sales not much profit for professors
Academics: Those who use their own texts in class earn 11 percent per copy, publishers receive more
By EDITH CHAN
Assistant City Editor
More USC professors are authoring books and assigning them to their students than ever before, but publishers, not the professors themselves, are making the most money on college book sales, said Daniel Archer, director of Pertusati Bookstore.
“It has definitely become more visible and more noticeable,” Archer said. “Some of the major core classes and prominent professors are using their books or materials to teach students.”
However, publishing companies own the rights to the book once the writer sells it. Only about 11 percent of the total cost of a book goes to its author, Archer said.
The rest of the money is usually split between the publisher’s administrative costs and overhead from college bookstores.
Authors do not receive royalty payments for used book sales, said Mark Ewalt, manager of the trade-books department at the bookstore.
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Employment in the last year, JobTrak.com has seen a 15.6 percent increase in open positions
By PETER HOWARD KAZANJIAN
Staff Writer
JobTrak.com, the largest online job listing service for college students, has seen a 15.6 percent increase in the past year in the number of job openings that have an average starting salary of more than $34,600.
Officials at the USC Career Planning & Placement Center, who use the site to
place students in jobs and internships offered by alumni, said the more jobs posted on JobTrak.com, the greater the chances of getting Trojans employed.
According to a survey conducted by the Career Planning & Placement Center in April, 38 percent of the 1999 graduating class said they used JobTrak.com.
“Many ’SC alumni have job openings in their respective companies and naturally want to hire Trojans,” said Eileen Kohan, executive director of the center. “Therefore, by going through our web page, students get an advantage that they would not have otherwise.”
Since its establishment in 1987, JobTrak.com has posted jobs from more than 400,000 employers and worked with more than 900 university career centers.
Full- and part-time jobs as well as internships and work-study positions around the country can be found on the site.
“USC students simply need to type in the last six digits of their ID number, the first letter of their first name (capitalized) and the second letter of their first name 0ower-case),” said Janette Brown, the assistant director of the Career Planning & Placement Center. “Then, they can type in their resume, send it to the businesses they’re interested in and even sign up for interview times — all online.”
Kim Weaver, a sophomore majoring in communication, used JobTrak.com last spring to find a job.
She sent out eight different resumes to businesses that she was interested in and after receiving several replies, simply chose I see JobTrak, page 19 I
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