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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 166, NO. 19 | Tuesday February 10, 2009 InDEX 2 · News Digest 4 · Opinion 7 · Lifestyle 11 · Sudoku 12 · Classifieds 16 · Sports Rock on: Spirit of Troy performs with Radiohead at the Grammys. PAGE 5 Undefeated: Take a look at the USC men’s water polo team’s historic season. PAGE 16 Lee Draper, president of Draper Consulting Group, Joe Blackstone, president of Blackstone Consulting Group, and Michael Fox, managing principal and market leader for Towers Perrin meet with students at the Los Angeles Community Impact Consulting Panel. Students listened to a panel discussion focused on consulting, then networked with the industry professionals. Professional impressions Amaresh Sundaram Kuppuswamy | Daily Trojan By Holly Villamagna Daily Trojan Many USC students cut calories to lose weight, but researchers and nutritionists agree that this practice might do more harm than good. A new study by researchers at USC, led by pharmacy professor Raj Sohal, has found that caloric restriction negatively impacts the health of normal-sized mice, which could have implications for humans who count calories. “It has been widely assumed that food restriction extends the lifespan of various strains of rats and mice,” said Sohal, a professor at the School of Pharmacy and the study’s primary investigator. The study, published online Jan. 13 in the Journal of Nutrition, compared the effects of food restriction on two strains of mice — one with a lower metabolic rate and one with a higher rate. The strain of mice that had a lower metabolic rate was more likely to become overweight, as mice within this strain tended to continue gaining weight throughout their lives, even after becoming full-grown. Sohal said because of this observation, the strain with a lower metabolic rate could benefit from food restriction. “The basic difference between the two is energy bal-ance,” Sohal said. “The [mice with the lower metabolic rates] eat more than what they burn, so they gain weight. It would predict that caloric restriction would help humans who are overweight.” However, that doesn’t mean overweight humans should start cutting calories, said Patrice Barber, a Study indicates cutting calories bad for health Despite popular beliefs about calories, researchers at USC say restriction is harmful to the body. | see diet, page 6 | By Shweta saraswat Daily Trojan Expanding the hours of the University Park Health Center, cre-ating a paper ticket option for sport-ing events and getting the USCard accepted at local businesses are among the issues Undergraduate Student Government presidential and vice presidential candidates Holden Slusher and Ashlie Chan hope to push if elected. A junior majoring in business, 22-year-old Slusher is currently serv-ing as one of the two USG Greek sen-ators, while 19-year-old Chan serves as one of six residential senators. Both were elected to their present positions in spring of 2008. “We’ve worked together for about one and a half years,” said Slusher, who described his and Chan’s com-bined experience within USG and campus affairs as providing “a great balance in legislative and advocacy experience.” “They are both very different but share the same values,” said co-campaign manager Zoe Weintraub, a freshman majoring in international relations. “I think that really embodies our university.” Among their on-campus plat-form goals, Slusher and Chan said they want to have the health center open longer on weekends. “We had heard of a girl who fell and was slightly injured over the weekend ... and the health center was closed,” Slusher said. “For a minor issue she had to go near Downtown ... and it took four hours for her to get basic treatment.” Increasing the hours of the health center will require extra money, for which Slusher and Chan are willing to allocate USG funds. “We may have to entice the uni-versity [to pay for the extra hours] by fronting some money ourselves,” Chan said, explaining that such a USG candidates Slusher and Chan present platform If elected, the candidates plan to get students more involved in USG’s work around campus. | see USG, page 6 | Gina Armstrong | Daily Trojan Election · Senators Holden Slusher and Ashlie Chan comprise one of the three presidential tickets running in the upcoming USG elections. By jessica poitevien Daily Trojan In its first few months of opera-tion, TaskUs, a business cofounded by recent USC graduate Jaspar Weir, is growing rapidly by offering individuals and small businesses the opportunity to take advantage of the low prices that outsourcing can offer. TaskUs, which is designed to act as a virtual personal assistant, has already gathered a clientele of more than 65 people since it began in November 2008 and can take on a wide variety of assignments from proof-reading websites to event-planning. The online business works by taking the requests of its customers, finding the best and cheapest domestic or foreign ser-vice providers to complete the task, and assigning an adminis-trator to manage each project and Alum finds success in outsourcing Annenberg grad Jaspar Weir’s online company has seen success since its Jan. launch. | see Web, page 6 | H USG ELECTIONS 2009 G Wednesday A profile of presidential candidate Alex Perliter and his running mate, Gregory Shin. Thursday A profile of presidential candidate Owen Caine and his running mate, Maya Babla. Friday A graphic on the candidates running for residential, Greek and commuter senators. Wednesday, Jan. 18 A recap of President Jens Midthun and Vice President Tony Jercinovich’s tenure and their final plans. Check out the Daily Trojan’s continuing coverage of the 2009 Undergraduate Student Government elections.
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Full text | Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 166, NO. 19 | Tuesday February 10, 2009 InDEX 2 · News Digest 4 · Opinion 7 · Lifestyle 11 · Sudoku 12 · Classifieds 16 · Sports Rock on: Spirit of Troy performs with Radiohead at the Grammys. PAGE 5 Undefeated: Take a look at the USC men’s water polo team’s historic season. PAGE 16 Lee Draper, president of Draper Consulting Group, Joe Blackstone, president of Blackstone Consulting Group, and Michael Fox, managing principal and market leader for Towers Perrin meet with students at the Los Angeles Community Impact Consulting Panel. Students listened to a panel discussion focused on consulting, then networked with the industry professionals. Professional impressions Amaresh Sundaram Kuppuswamy | Daily Trojan By Holly Villamagna Daily Trojan Many USC students cut calories to lose weight, but researchers and nutritionists agree that this practice might do more harm than good. A new study by researchers at USC, led by pharmacy professor Raj Sohal, has found that caloric restriction negatively impacts the health of normal-sized mice, which could have implications for humans who count calories. “It has been widely assumed that food restriction extends the lifespan of various strains of rats and mice,” said Sohal, a professor at the School of Pharmacy and the study’s primary investigator. The study, published online Jan. 13 in the Journal of Nutrition, compared the effects of food restriction on two strains of mice — one with a lower metabolic rate and one with a higher rate. The strain of mice that had a lower metabolic rate was more likely to become overweight, as mice within this strain tended to continue gaining weight throughout their lives, even after becoming full-grown. Sohal said because of this observation, the strain with a lower metabolic rate could benefit from food restriction. “The basic difference between the two is energy bal-ance,” Sohal said. “The [mice with the lower metabolic rates] eat more than what they burn, so they gain weight. It would predict that caloric restriction would help humans who are overweight.” However, that doesn’t mean overweight humans should start cutting calories, said Patrice Barber, a Study indicates cutting calories bad for health Despite popular beliefs about calories, researchers at USC say restriction is harmful to the body. | see diet, page 6 | By Shweta saraswat Daily Trojan Expanding the hours of the University Park Health Center, cre-ating a paper ticket option for sport-ing events and getting the USCard accepted at local businesses are among the issues Undergraduate Student Government presidential and vice presidential candidates Holden Slusher and Ashlie Chan hope to push if elected. A junior majoring in business, 22-year-old Slusher is currently serv-ing as one of the two USG Greek sen-ators, while 19-year-old Chan serves as one of six residential senators. Both were elected to their present positions in spring of 2008. “We’ve worked together for about one and a half years,” said Slusher, who described his and Chan’s com-bined experience within USG and campus affairs as providing “a great balance in legislative and advocacy experience.” “They are both very different but share the same values,” said co-campaign manager Zoe Weintraub, a freshman majoring in international relations. “I think that really embodies our university.” Among their on-campus plat-form goals, Slusher and Chan said they want to have the health center open longer on weekends. “We had heard of a girl who fell and was slightly injured over the weekend ... and the health center was closed,” Slusher said. “For a minor issue she had to go near Downtown ... and it took four hours for her to get basic treatment.” Increasing the hours of the health center will require extra money, for which Slusher and Chan are willing to allocate USG funds. “We may have to entice the uni-versity [to pay for the extra hours] by fronting some money ourselves,” Chan said, explaining that such a USG candidates Slusher and Chan present platform If elected, the candidates plan to get students more involved in USG’s work around campus. | see USG, page 6 | Gina Armstrong | Daily Trojan Election · Senators Holden Slusher and Ashlie Chan comprise one of the three presidential tickets running in the upcoming USG elections. By jessica poitevien Daily Trojan In its first few months of opera-tion, TaskUs, a business cofounded by recent USC graduate Jaspar Weir, is growing rapidly by offering individuals and small businesses the opportunity to take advantage of the low prices that outsourcing can offer. TaskUs, which is designed to act as a virtual personal assistant, has already gathered a clientele of more than 65 people since it began in November 2008 and can take on a wide variety of assignments from proof-reading websites to event-planning. The online business works by taking the requests of its customers, finding the best and cheapest domestic or foreign ser-vice providers to complete the task, and assigning an adminis-trator to manage each project and Alum finds success in outsourcing Annenberg grad Jaspar Weir’s online company has seen success since its Jan. launch. | see Web, page 6 | H USG ELECTIONS 2009 G Wednesday A profile of presidential candidate Alex Perliter and his running mate, Gregory Shin. Thursday A profile of presidential candidate Owen Caine and his running mate, Maya Babla. Friday A graphic on the candidates running for residential, Greek and commuter senators. Wednesday, Jan. 18 A recap of President Jens Midthun and Vice President Tony Jercinovich’s tenure and their final plans. Check out the Daily Trojan’s continuing coverage of the 2009 Undergraduate Student Government elections. |