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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 165, NO. 20 | Wednesday September 24, 2008 InDEX 2 · News Digest 4 · Opinion 7 · Lifestyle 12 · Classifieds 14 · Crossword 16 · Sports Passing Over: USC prepares for top offense without one of its defenders. PAGE 16 By Ariel edwards-levy Daily Trojan With the economy experiencing an almost unprecedented level of instability, panic and anxiety are fueling cutbacks and buyouts at many of America’s corporations and small businesses — the very businesses where USC’s seniors hope to find jobs next year. “Usually in the fall, all the stu-dents are pretty excited about re-cruitment,” said Julia Plotts, an assistant professor of clinical fi-nance and business economics at the Marshall School of Business, and the faculty adviser to the Trojan Investing Society. “This year is different. Students are stressed and concerned.” Investment banking firms, which are among the first com-panies to recruit in the fall, have been hit the hardest by the market slump. Merrill Lynch, which was just bought by Bank of America, has canceled its on-campus re-cruitment, said Eileen Kohan, executive director of the Career Planning & Placement Center. Even those firms doing well are expected to hire laid-off work-ers from other companies rather than students entering the work-force, Plotts said. Jason Lee, a senior majoring in business administration, said he expected to know in the next two weeks if he would find an invest-ment banking job. If he does not receive any job offers, he will be-gin looking elsewhere. “I probably wouldn’t have ap-plied for any other jobs because I For seniors, Wall Street a scary scene Several students had found jobs with Lehman Brothers, but were left in the cold as it imploded. | see carer, page 14 | By Kate mather Daily Trojan Undergraduate Student Government members are waiting to hear back from city officials after learning that a study of the Hoover and 28th Street crosswalk has been completed. USG President Jens Midthun said he was informed of the completion almost a week ago and was waiting to hear the city’s final decision re-garding the traffic light USG has re-quested for the intersection. Midthun said he expected to hear from the city any day. “Hopefully they took our ad-vice,” he said. “We’re hoping they say yes.” Midthun met three weeks ago with city officials and university ad-ministrators about the intersection, where the discussion focused on the construction of a full stoplight. The study will include the city’s plan of action for the intersection, and Midthun said if a stoplight is approved, USG will focus on mak-ing it a reality as quickly as possi-ble. “They’ve [expedited] the process for us, but normally the timeline is very long,” Midthun said. “A lot of times funding is the issue, so we’d work to speed up that process by asking for university help.” Two people have been injured while crossing the intersection in the last month. On Aug. 25, a stu-dent was struck while riding her bi-cycle. Three weeks later, on Sept. 14, a non-USC student visiting friends for the weekend was also injured. USG waits on crosswalk safety study City officials have yet to reveal the findings of their study on the 28th and Hoover crosswalk. By Steffi lau Daily Trojan As students walked to class Tuesday morning, the USC chapter of CalPIRG and Power Vote orga-nizers kicked off a month-long ini-tiative to gain student support for environmental protection. The USC campaign is part of a nationwide initiative by Power Vote, an initiative by the Energy Action Coalition, to gain a voter bloc of a million young people who pledge to make environmental is-sues a top priority in this year’s presidential election. “Young people are more educat-ed about clean energy and already strongly support it,” said Emily Carroll, the California coordinator of Power Vote. “So it’s really just a matter of getting them to pledge.” Power Vote is hitting 300 cam-puses nationwide, including eight in California, and has collected 150,000 votes so far, Carroll said. At USC, CalPIRG and Power Vote are teaming up to reach a goal of 4,000 pledges from USC by the end of October. By 2 p.m. Tuesday, volunteers were wrapping up the kickoff, hav-ing received 150 pledges, short of their goal of 250 pledges for the day. “Some students are very aware of environmental issues, but there’s also a lot of apathy on campus,” said Shana Rappaport, CalPIRG di-rector of campus climate change and a senior majoring in communi-cation. “I think it’s a problem with how global warming is presented as this big daunting problem that they don’t feel they have capacity to change.” Carroll said her goal is to enlist the support of 1 million young peo-ple nationwide so that the voting bloc can use its broad coalition to steer the discussion of environmen-tal issues. “Having a youth voter bloc of 1 million is very powerful,” she said. “That can make or break anyone’s election.” Although Power Vote is a non-partisan group, the organization wants to ensure that the elected president remains committed to the environment. As part of its platform, Power Vote promotes investment in mil-lions of green jobs to improve the environment and the economy. Another key issue, Rappaport said, is the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, a international trea-ty by the United Nations in which countries agree to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Though the United States is signed on to the Kyoto Protocol, not ratifying it means it is not bound to the treaty, making Campus environmental groups seek support from students Power Vote and USC CalPIRG have seen a dramatic spike in environmental interest. | see vote, page 14 | Jonathan Wong | Daily Trojan Freewheelin’ · Organizers from USC CalPIRG and Power Vote can-vas along Trousdale in hopes of enlisting support for the environment. By Holly Villamagna Daily Trojan The University Park Health Center is seeking to avoid many of the setbacks traditionally associ-ated with medical care — among them, long lines and mountains of paperwork — and pushing to make doctor’s visits more efficient by us-ing a new paperless system for stu-dent health records. USC has joined UCLA, UC Davis and Stanford University in allow-ing students to access their health records online. Students can now make primary care and men’s and women’s health appointments up to three weeks in advance on my-shr. com. The Health Center has upload-ed many of the forms students are required to fill out before they see their doctor on the website so pa-tients can print and fill them out before they arrive at the Health Center. This makes it easier for clinicians to see their patients on time, said Dr. Lawrence Neinstein, executive director of the University Park Health Center. The site also has a messaging function that reminds students of their upcoming appointments. The system also allows them to Health Center goes digital, but not without kinks Health Center has switched to an online storage system for patient health records. | see records, page 14 | Alexandra Tapley | Daily Trojan Job scare · Many students, especially those enrolled at the Marshall School of Business, are reeling in the wake of last week’s Wall Street meltdown, which destroyed thousands of jobs and left banks in shambles. Topics: Daily Trojan co-sponsors an election debate at 1 p.m. Ahmanson Hall Room 238.
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Full text | Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 165, NO. 20 | Wednesday September 24, 2008 InDEX 2 · News Digest 4 · Opinion 7 · Lifestyle 12 · Classifieds 14 · Crossword 16 · Sports Passing Over: USC prepares for top offense without one of its defenders. PAGE 16 By Ariel edwards-levy Daily Trojan With the economy experiencing an almost unprecedented level of instability, panic and anxiety are fueling cutbacks and buyouts at many of America’s corporations and small businesses — the very businesses where USC’s seniors hope to find jobs next year. “Usually in the fall, all the stu-dents are pretty excited about re-cruitment,” said Julia Plotts, an assistant professor of clinical fi-nance and business economics at the Marshall School of Business, and the faculty adviser to the Trojan Investing Society. “This year is different. Students are stressed and concerned.” Investment banking firms, which are among the first com-panies to recruit in the fall, have been hit the hardest by the market slump. Merrill Lynch, which was just bought by Bank of America, has canceled its on-campus re-cruitment, said Eileen Kohan, executive director of the Career Planning & Placement Center. Even those firms doing well are expected to hire laid-off work-ers from other companies rather than students entering the work-force, Plotts said. Jason Lee, a senior majoring in business administration, said he expected to know in the next two weeks if he would find an invest-ment banking job. If he does not receive any job offers, he will be-gin looking elsewhere. “I probably wouldn’t have ap-plied for any other jobs because I For seniors, Wall Street a scary scene Several students had found jobs with Lehman Brothers, but were left in the cold as it imploded. | see carer, page 14 | By Kate mather Daily Trojan Undergraduate Student Government members are waiting to hear back from city officials after learning that a study of the Hoover and 28th Street crosswalk has been completed. USG President Jens Midthun said he was informed of the completion almost a week ago and was waiting to hear the city’s final decision re-garding the traffic light USG has re-quested for the intersection. Midthun said he expected to hear from the city any day. “Hopefully they took our ad-vice,” he said. “We’re hoping they say yes.” Midthun met three weeks ago with city officials and university ad-ministrators about the intersection, where the discussion focused on the construction of a full stoplight. The study will include the city’s plan of action for the intersection, and Midthun said if a stoplight is approved, USG will focus on mak-ing it a reality as quickly as possi-ble. “They’ve [expedited] the process for us, but normally the timeline is very long,” Midthun said. “A lot of times funding is the issue, so we’d work to speed up that process by asking for university help.” Two people have been injured while crossing the intersection in the last month. On Aug. 25, a stu-dent was struck while riding her bi-cycle. Three weeks later, on Sept. 14, a non-USC student visiting friends for the weekend was also injured. USG waits on crosswalk safety study City officials have yet to reveal the findings of their study on the 28th and Hoover crosswalk. By Steffi lau Daily Trojan As students walked to class Tuesday morning, the USC chapter of CalPIRG and Power Vote orga-nizers kicked off a month-long ini-tiative to gain student support for environmental protection. The USC campaign is part of a nationwide initiative by Power Vote, an initiative by the Energy Action Coalition, to gain a voter bloc of a million young people who pledge to make environmental is-sues a top priority in this year’s presidential election. “Young people are more educat-ed about clean energy and already strongly support it,” said Emily Carroll, the California coordinator of Power Vote. “So it’s really just a matter of getting them to pledge.” Power Vote is hitting 300 cam-puses nationwide, including eight in California, and has collected 150,000 votes so far, Carroll said. At USC, CalPIRG and Power Vote are teaming up to reach a goal of 4,000 pledges from USC by the end of October. By 2 p.m. Tuesday, volunteers were wrapping up the kickoff, hav-ing received 150 pledges, short of their goal of 250 pledges for the day. “Some students are very aware of environmental issues, but there’s also a lot of apathy on campus,” said Shana Rappaport, CalPIRG di-rector of campus climate change and a senior majoring in communi-cation. “I think it’s a problem with how global warming is presented as this big daunting problem that they don’t feel they have capacity to change.” Carroll said her goal is to enlist the support of 1 million young peo-ple nationwide so that the voting bloc can use its broad coalition to steer the discussion of environmen-tal issues. “Having a youth voter bloc of 1 million is very powerful,” she said. “That can make or break anyone’s election.” Although Power Vote is a non-partisan group, the organization wants to ensure that the elected president remains committed to the environment. As part of its platform, Power Vote promotes investment in mil-lions of green jobs to improve the environment and the economy. Another key issue, Rappaport said, is the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, a international trea-ty by the United Nations in which countries agree to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Though the United States is signed on to the Kyoto Protocol, not ratifying it means it is not bound to the treaty, making Campus environmental groups seek support from students Power Vote and USC CalPIRG have seen a dramatic spike in environmental interest. | see vote, page 14 | Jonathan Wong | Daily Trojan Freewheelin’ · Organizers from USC CalPIRG and Power Vote can-vas along Trousdale in hopes of enlisting support for the environment. By Holly Villamagna Daily Trojan The University Park Health Center is seeking to avoid many of the setbacks traditionally associ-ated with medical care — among them, long lines and mountains of paperwork — and pushing to make doctor’s visits more efficient by us-ing a new paperless system for stu-dent health records. USC has joined UCLA, UC Davis and Stanford University in allow-ing students to access their health records online. Students can now make primary care and men’s and women’s health appointments up to three weeks in advance on my-shr. com. The Health Center has upload-ed many of the forms students are required to fill out before they see their doctor on the website so pa-tients can print and fill them out before they arrive at the Health Center. This makes it easier for clinicians to see their patients on time, said Dr. Lawrence Neinstein, executive director of the University Park Health Center. The site also has a messaging function that reminds students of their upcoming appointments. The system also allows them to Health Center goes digital, but not without kinks Health Center has switched to an online storage system for patient health records. | see records, page 14 | Alexandra Tapley | Daily Trojan Job scare · Many students, especially those enrolled at the Marshall School of Business, are reeling in the wake of last week’s Wall Street meltdown, which destroyed thousands of jobs and left banks in shambles. Topics: Daily Trojan co-sponsors an election debate at 1 p.m. Ahmanson Hall Room 238. |