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NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
September 17,1999 Vol. CXXXVIII, No. 13
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Sunshine band. Brian Hirrel, a senior majoring in theater, plays the guitar in Alumni Park on Thursday afternoon.
Members of 3 oldest IR schools meet
Speech: Controversies between theorists and policy makers in the field debated Thursday
By JEANNE KLEIN
Assistant City Editor
In celebration of the USC School of International Relations’ 75th anniversaty, the heads of the three oldest international relations schools in the world met together for the first time Thursday to discuss the gap between international relations theory and practice.
Approximately 80 students filled the Center for International Studies Seminar Room to listen to Jonathan Aronson, director of USC’s School of International Relations; Robert Gallucci, dean of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University; and Steve Smith, pro vice chancellor and former head of the International Politics Department at the University of Wales Aberystwyth.
Gallucci and Smith took turns speaking about the controversies that arise between theorists and policy makers in the field of international relations.
Gallucci said that students should expect a visiting policy officer to be a terrific resource and advantage over professors because of their unique experiences in government.
“They know a lot about the policy execution process,” Gallucci said.
But they might not know the motivations and reasons of why things happen, he said. Some policy makers are incapable of drawing conclusions or they might be bad at finding causes.
“Some academics come into policy and are able to conceptualize,” Gallucci said.
Smith said British views on international relations differ from Gallucci’s American point of view.
“There is no moving in and out of both academics and policy (like there is in the United States),” Smith said. “(In Britain) there is snobbery on both sides. “It is a U.S. phenomenon that the door is open to concepts.”
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Fraternity regains its USC charter
Chapter: Upsilon Sigma Chi, the oldest Greek organization on campus, pins members tonight
By JEANNE KLEIN
Assistant City Editor
What do the names Bovard, Doheny, von KleinSmid, Lyon and Tommy Trojan all have in common? Besides the obvious (all major landmarks on campus), they are all names of past Upsilon Sigma Chi fraternity members.
Well, maybe not the last one. But the Tommy Trojan statue in Hahn Plaza was modeled after a Sigma Chi member.
But if Sigma Chi — USC’s first Greek fraternity, founded in 1889 — is known for having a rich tradition on campus, where has it been?
Seven years ago, the university and the fraternity both agreed that Sigma Chi members were throwing too many parties and becoming too much of a social organization, and its charter was suspended.
Tonight, the fraternity is coming back to the Greek community with the pinning of approximately 45 “new” founding fathers.
“USC is in the process of expanding the Greek community,” said Ken Taylor, director of the Office of Residential and Greek life.
Last October, the expansion sub-committee of the Greek Coordinating Council — which includes students, alumni and administration — sent letters to national fraternity headquarters inviting them to possibly begin charters on campus. Eighteen responded and campus interviews were held in March.
The committee later chose the Sigma Chi international headquarters in Evanston, 111., to begin the process of bringing the fraternity back to campus, Taylor said. Sigma Chi accepted the invitation in June.
“The committee selected Sigma Chi as the best fit to what is needed for the university,” Taylor said.
“With USC’s prestige and its reputation as an academic institution, we felt that we really wanted to be back here,” said Bruce Tria, director of alumni services for the Sigma Chi headquarters. “Students who never had Sigma Chi (on USC’s campus) have heard of its strength.”
A group of 12 students were interested in having Sigma Chi come back even before the headquarters accepted USC’s invitation.
“I wanted Sigma Chi to return because it has more tradition and has played a larger role in the develop-
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Organizations must follow policies when posting fliers
Administration: Rules meant to keep campus free of litter, but some say they are restrictive
By ELISSA K. KONOVE
Staff Writer
Students and organizations looking for a place to post announcements around campus may want to think twice before taping a flier to Tommy Trojan.
All advertising, promotions, and literature distribution on the USC campus is monitored by the Cultural
Arts and Activities department, and USC policy states that posting is allowed only in designated areas, such as kiosks around campus and specified bulletin boards.
Although the policy prohibits posting in certain areas — including all trees and hedges, the ground, buildings, all statues, trash cans, all lamp posts, telephone booths and poles, parking lots (including windshield wipers) and on top of previously posted materials — Cultural Arts and Activities staff typically find postings everywhere.
Department staff are authorized to remove postings around campus that violate the policy, said Enrique Trujillo, Cultural Arts and Activities facilities coordinator.
“It’s hard to monitor everything that goes up, but our staff will walk around and take down things they may see that shouldn’t be up,” Trujillo said.
While certain students and organizations disregard the policy, others take it seriously.
“We post fliers weekly, and we post in the designated areas,” said Curtiss Cobb, treasurer of the USC College Republicans who is majoring in psychology’. ‘They are very strict about the policy and we have always been warned about it.”
As outlined in the SCampus guidebook, the purpose of the university’s posting policy is to “help foster and maintain a campus atmosphere of positive engagement and mutual respect, to allow for maximum promotion of
student events, and to ensure a safe environment of order and cleanliness on campus.”
“I’m not sure how it is at other universities, but our primary goals are to minimize the litter and trash you see around campus on a daily basis and for the beautification of the campus,” Trujillo said. “It is unattractive when fliers are posted in a building corner to corner.
“One group may make 100 copies of one poster and when those are scattered all over in a small area, it is an eyesore,” he added. “There shouldn’t be excessive posting, or advertising, for that matter.”
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"It’s hard to monitor everything that goes up....’’
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Trujillo
facilities coordinator Cultural Arts and Activities