Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 165, NO. 6 | Wednesday September 3, 2008 DAILY TROJAN
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
7 · Lifestyle
16 · Classifieds
15 · Sudoku
20 · Sports
Fall Flicks: Original ideas
hit or miss in upcoming
autumn releases. PAGE 9
Opening Act: Mark Sanchez
makes his debut against Virginia a
memorable one. PAGE 20
By ashley archibald
Daily Trojan
As students transition to living on a campus un-der
construction, student organizations are jostling
for visibility and competing with one another to
capture the attention of a student body that no lon-ger
converges near Tommy Trojan.
In the wake of the demolition of Commons, space
for advertising events and meeting people has be-come
a precious commodity, forcing student orga-nizations
and even university-based offices to look
outside the box for new outreach methods to keep
students involved in campus life.
Prior to the construction, organizations could
request poster spaces through the USC SCheduling
Office to get the word out on activities or big events.
More important were the meeting rooms on the low-er
level of Commons, where university-sanctioned
groups could gather.
The SCheduling Office has received a deluge of
calls from different student organizations because
space is less abundant, said Lindsey Cross, a junior
majoring in aerospace engineering who coordinates
the office’s outdoor scheduling.
“It gotten a lot busier this year, especially now,”
she said. “When people could first submit requests,
this place was packed because people were freak-ing
out.”
Contrary to popular belief, Cross said, not that
many poster spaces were lost in the demolition of
Commons. In comparison to last year, only a few
bench spaces are gone.
The loss of meeting rooms has been much more
difficult to coordinate than the loss of poster space,
said Sarah Bullock, USC’s scheduling and produc-tion
manager.
“We have some permanent locations for things
like Visions & Voices, and there will be a to-be-an-nounced
number of new banner spaces for student
activities,” she said. “More than advertising is the
meeting space. It’s a balancing act of how to get
space for students and deal with classroom changes
for teachers.”
The office is looking at possible ways to use The
Lot and other outdoor venues to help fill the gap,
Bullock said.
With less space,
groups jostle for
students’ time
As construction disrupts the campus traffic flow,
student groups struggle for peers’ attention.
| see groups, page 13 |
By STEFFI LAU
Daily Trojan
The Republican National Convention con-tinued
in earnest Tuesday night, after be-ing
overshadowed earlier in the week by
Hurricane Gustav and the news that vice
presidential pick Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s
teenage daughter was pregnant.
Members of the USC College Republicans,
gathering on campus last night for their first
meeting of the year, said they plan to cam-paign
for Republican presidential nominee
Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) in the weeks lead-ing
up to the election.
Allison Huff, co-chair of USC College
Republicans, said that while Democratic
nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) might be
popular among college students, she hopes
students at USC will evaluate McCain fairly.
“I feel that it’s more popular right now for
youth to be Obama’s supporters,” Huff said.
“But when you dig really deep into the issues,
McCain really stands out.”
Huff said that she doesn’t feel Obama sup-porters
are as informed.
“I don’t think that a lot of Obama’s sup-porters
know what the change they want is
and how that change can be achieved,” she
said.
The convention, held in St. Paul, Minn.,
featured a lineup Tuesday night that included
Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), First Lady
Laura Bush and President George W. Bush,
who was unable to attend the convention be-cause
of the hurricane but instead spoke via
satellite.
Lieberman’s speech was particularly antic-ipated.
Just eight years ago he was a Democrat
and was chosen as his Party’s vice presiden-tial
nominee. He then ran and won as an
Former Democrat headlines Tuesday’s
speeches, as Republicans try to regain
the spotlight for their convention.
| see RNC, page 14 |
By Kaila anderson
Daily Trojan
Edwin O. Guthman, Pulitzer
Prize-winning journalist, deco-rated
soldier and former USC pro-fessor,
died last Sunday of amyloi-dosis
at his Los Angeles home. He
was 89.
In 1950, Guthman became the
first Seattle Times journalist to
win the Pulitzer. In his award-win-ning
article, he cleared a University
of Washington professor of
Communist charges by proving
that the professor was not in New
York during the Communist train-ing
school sessions.
The state’s Un-American
Activities Committee accused Rader
of associating with the Communist
Party, based on allegations that he
had attended Communist training
school decades before. With Rader
unable to prove his own innocence,
it was Guthman who exonerat-ed
him. Guthman found that the
Committee had hidden documents
in Rader’s defense. In addition, he
used sales receipts to prove that
Rader had been nowhere near New
York during the training school he
had allegedly attended.
“Ed Guthman was an American
hero,” said CNN anchor Kyra
Phillips, a former student of
Guthman’s at USC. “Ed never wa-vered.
He was always loyal and al-ways
honest. He would say, ‘Do
what is right,’ and he truly did that
his whole life.”
Guthman investigated the
International Brotherhood of
Teamsters in the 1950’s, a job
that introduced him to Robert F.
Kennedy. While initially suspi-cious
of the politician, Guthman
grew to respect the Kennedy fam-ily.
He wore a tie clip given to him
by President John F. Kennedy ev-ery
day thereafter. His ties with the
Kennedy family led to his presence
on President Richard Nixon’s “ene-mies
list.”
In 1961, Guthman accepted
Robert Kennedy’s invitation to be
the chief press spokesman for the
Justice Department. For four years,
he worked closely with Kennedy
through many periods of national
strife, including the Cuban Missile
Crisis.
After his tenure with the Justice
Department, Guthman was hired
by the Los Angeles Times, where
he worked for the next 12 years,
Renowned writer Ed Guthman, 89, dies
USC professor was a Pulitzer
Prize-winning journalist,
Robert Kennedy speechwriter.
Photo courtesy of 2008 Republican National Convention and Reflections Photography
Independent · Former Democrat Joseph Lieberman, who just eight years ago was the Democrats’ vice presidential nominee,
spokes at the Republican National Convention Tuesday. Lieberman called on voters to evaluate McCain, not his party.
Photo courtesy of USC Annenberg School for Communication
Wise words · Former USC Annenberg professor Ed Guthman (left)
was a speechwriter for and close confidant of Robert F. Kennedy.
THIS WEEK AT THE
2008 GOP CONVENTION
Check out the Daily
Trojan’s continuing
coverage of the 2008
Republican National
Convention.
Wednesday
GOP vice presidential
nominee and Alaska
Gov. Sarah Palin makes
her first major speech on
thecampaign trail.
Thursday
Sen. John McCain (Ariz.)
officially accepts the
Republican nomination
for president.
College GOP rallies behind McCain-Palin ticket
| see GUTHMAN, page 13 |