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Students stage sweatshop, urge change
SCALE’S Thursday performance encouraged students
to be the catalysts for change in sweatshop labor.
By ARIN MIKAILIAN
Contributing Writer
Members of the Student Coalition Against Labor Exploitation put on a play in front of Tommy Trojan on Thursday in hopes of spreading awareness of the sweatshop factory conditions.
“Sweatshop Theatre” modeled some of the working conditions that SCALE believes exist in factories that currently are under contract with USC, such as Nike and Russell Athletic.
A factory owner yelling at workers toiling away at their sewing machines, denying them pay for overtime and a corporate representative trying to cover up such conditions by claiming that “what people can’t see can’t hurt them,” were just a few of the dramatizations portrayed. Despite the fact that sweatshops are
not a new issue, some students viewing the play were outraged that the university still uses them to manufacture their gear.
“I think it’s ridiculous,” said Laura Gutierrez, a senior majoring in history and American studies. “The university cares about the community, but they continue to use sweatshop labor.”
The play also mocked the Fair Labor Association, a factory-moni-toring organization with which the university is affiliated.
An inspector from the FLA was depicted as corrupt and willing to deceive Americans overseas. Then SCALE stepped in and urged fellow students to join and participate.
“Factory owners will be hesitant to change unless the brand names put pressure on them,” said Teresa Cheng, a member of SCALE and a I see SCALE, page 2 I
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Raising awareness. Members of the Student Coalition Against Labor Exploitation perform in front of Tommy Trojan Thursday.
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More citations for students
USC Hospital petitions for suit arbitration
USC seeks to cut Tenet Healthcare from the University Hospital, attain ownership.
By MAXIMILUAN DEL REY
Staff Writer
Another fold has entered the ongoing saga between USC and Tenet Healthcare over the ownership of USC University Hospital. Tenet Healthcare filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court Oct. 3 to compel arbitration in the dispute.
USC sued Tenet in the same court on Aug. 22, seeking to divorce Tenet from USCUH and attain ownership of the hospital. USC claims Tenet’s failure to develop the hospital violates the terms of a lease that was set to expire in 2063.
In Tenet’s Oct. 3 filing, lawyers submitted a June 28 report in which President Steven B. Sample told Tenet that USC wished to sever ties with the health care corporation. Sample offered Tenet the chance to maintain its lease if it abided by a laundry list of demands, including millions of dollars in investments by Tenet and a provision that Tenet would submit its budget to a USC-selected committee for approval. USC sued for ownership about two months later. USC and Tenet officials declined to comment
The sale of Norris Cancer Hospital to Tenet in 2002 was pursued by USC to “further solidify the negative financial impact of a medical center on the University’s financial status and bond rating,” according to the 2002 statement.
, “(USC) contractually committed itself to use detailed alternative dispute resolution procedures,” stated the petition, filed by Jason D. Russell of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, LLP, on behalf of Tenet
Tenet then known as National Medical Enterprises Hospitals, Inc., signed a lease with USC in 1985 to develop and operate a hospital and related facilities on USC-owned land that would become Richard K. Earner Medical Plaza, located on the Health Sciences Campus. The lease, last revised in 2002, expires in April 2063.
USC claims that Tenet’s operation of USCUH, a 269-bed research and teaching hospital, violated the terms of its lease; USC has a right to terminate the lease with Tenet if “by virtue of governmental or regulatory action (Tenet’s) right to manage and operate (USCUH) is substantially altered or varied,” the complaint stated.
USC will file an opposition statement to the petition Oct 20, said Jonathan Gluck of Alschuler, Grossman, Stein and Kahan, IXP.
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In line. A Department of Public Safety officer directs students walking into the Coliseum at last weekend's game against Washington. DPS officers issued 59 citations over the past two home games this season, seven more than the total number of last season.
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—♦— Last year, DPS officers cited 52 students at USC football games.
In the first two home games for the USC Trojans this year, DPS has cited 59 students.
DPS said security at home football games remains the same as last year.
By THEA CHARD
Staff Writer
Student ejections from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during game days drastically increased this year, with more students being thrown out of the first two games this season by Department of Public Safety officers than the total of all of last year.
At last weekend’s football game against Washington, a total of 41 students were either kicked out or denied
entrance to the Coliseum and issued citations that according to Student Judicial Affairs and Community Standards, could result in a revocation of their Spirit Activities Cards for the remainder of the season.
At the Nebraska game, 18 students were given citations, making the running total for the two home games this year seven more than the entire 2005-2006 season.
“We only had 52 last year total," said DPS Chief Carey Drayton. “This year so far with the two games we have had 59.”
According to university governance policies laid out in SCampus, once a student has been cited, he will receive
written notification and is allotted 10 days to appeal.
SJACS Director Raquel Torres-Retana said the citations are “dealt with on a case-to-case basis,” in which any prior records or university violations a student might have are taken into account
Thirty-two of the 41 citations were written up for possession of alcohol inside a restricted area, according to a DPS report
“If it’s just for alcohol, then it’s a set amount of time, and the student is notified of the start-to-end date,” Torres-Retana said. “There were other situations, but there was also alcohol I see SJACS. page 3 I