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By KAELYN FORDE ECKENRODE
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A USC student was released on bail after Los Angeles Police Department officers arrested him on battery charges for allegedly beating his girlfriend in Troy Hall early Saturday morning.
■Police arrested Michael Cary Hill, 21, majoring in biological sciences, after he allegedly choked and beat his girlfriend,
who is also a USC student.
Witnesses called the Department of Public Safety and Resident Adviser Chris Palmer after they reported seeing Hill abusing the woman.
Elizabeth England, a junior majoring in theater, said Hill repeatedly held and choked the woman as she tried to run away.
“I was in the hallway making a phone call,” England said. “I heard them strug-
gling. He was holding her to keep her from running away. When he saw that they weren’t alone, he let her go.”
“She ran upstairs to the third floor, and he followed her. That’s when I heard her scream several times.”
England said she and four other women followed them upstairs after hearing the victim’s screams.
“I could hear her telling him to get
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Showing support in student’s time of need	
	
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Support | USC students, friends and family come together Sunday at nearby Roger Williams Baptist Church to pray for Chase Edler, a junior majoring in business administration. Edler is in critical condition after a skateboarding accident last week.
Friends, family members come out to support student in critical condition after skateboarding accident.
By CATHERINE LYONS
Daily Trojan
More than 150 USC students attended a worship service Sunday night at nearby Roger Williams Baptist Church for a USC student who remains in critical condition after a skateboarding accident last Thursday.
Friends and family members showed their support for Chase Edler, a junior majoring in business administration, at the service hosted by Campus Crusade for
Christ, a Christian organization with which he was involved.
Since the service, Edler’s condition has improved significantly, said Ryan Juenger, a senior majoring in business administration.
“The pressure in his brain dropped a lot, and it’s almost down to normal," Juenger said. "He’s still in a coma, but the doctors are beginning the process of taking him out of the coma. Then they will check his progress, run some tests and repeat the process.”
Many of Edler’s friends attribute his improvements and survival to prayer.
“He’s already defied death twice and gone past what medicine can do,” said Doug Mack, a senior majoring in business administration and one of Edler’s roommates. “There’s already been two miracles; it’s in God’s hands.”
Mack was with Edler when the accident occurred, and he updated the congregation with the most recent information on Edler’s condition. He encouraged the students to keep Edler in their thoughts and prayers and keep hoping for his full recovery.
Eric Haug, a junior majoring in business administration and one of Edler’s closest friends from childhood and a second roommate, said there are friends and missionaries praying for him in Nicaragua, Haiti, Mexico and Ethiopia, where one village is fasting.
The church service ended with students gathered in groups praying and singing.
“It’s amazing how many people are praying for this guy,” said Beau Wirick, the worship leader for the organization and a junior majoring in business administration.
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More UCLA tickets available for students
Ticket Office has about 700 seats remaining for the UCLA football game in Pasadena.
By VENUS LEE
DailyTrojan
With less than three weeks to go before the USC-UCLA football game, the USC Ticket Office reopened ticket sales to students Monday.
About 1,200 tickets were made available to students on a first-come, first-serve basis starting at 9 a.m. Monday. By the end of the day, about 700 seats were still available, said Debra Duncan, director of the Ticket Office.
The Ticket Office sent a second round of lottery notification e-mails to 600 students who had not won tickets in the first lot-
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