Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 166, NO. 16 | Thursday February 5, 2009
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
7 · Lifestyle
10 · Sudoku
12 · Classifieds
16 · Sports
Welcome to ’SC: National signing
day brings a highly touted class of
recruits to campus. PAGE 16
By alexandra tilsley
Daily Trojan
Textbooks are expensive. USC students know this,
and many have complained about high prices over the
years. But some take matters into their own hands.
Thefts at the bookstore were up in 2008, jumping
to 25 incidents from 18 incidents the previous year,
according to DPS crime prevention specialist Wyman
Thomas.
According to Dan Archer, the director of the book-store,
textbooks are the most frequently stolen items.
It is not clear whether this increase in thefts indi-cates
that more people are stealing or that more people
are being caught, said DPS Captain David Carlisle.
Carlisle said security measures at the book-store
include on-site DPS officers as well as cameras
that provide surveillance of all areas of the book-store.
According to Carlisle, there are at least two
DPS officers at the bookstore at all times, and the
security camera footage is constantly monitored by
Community Service Officers, who can contact the
officers on the floor if they notice suspicious activity.
“[The CSO officer] may see a person making
movements indicating that they’re being watched or
trying to conceal something,” Carlisle said. “Or it may
be that someone on the floor sees some suspicious
behavior and radios in to the camera operators.”
Carlisle said that an individual seen shoplifting
is given the opportunity to pay for the merchandise
USC bookstore
sees increasing
theft, DPS says
DPS officials say shoplifters who are caught have
the option of paying for stolen merchandise.
| see thefts, page 6 |
High school students from Los Angeles and Las Vegas listened to top music industry professionals discuss the realities of the music
business and careers in the industry as part of Grammy Career Day. The presentation was held Wednesday at Bovard Auditorium and
was the culmination of an all-day program that included a variety of workshops that focused on various fields in the music industry.
Hitting the high notes Amaresh Sundaram Kuppuswamy | Daily Trojan
By madeline reddington
Daily Trojan
Starting Saturday, a group of
undergraduate design students
from the Roski School of Fine Arts
will teach weekly graphic design
classes to high school students
participating in local non-profit
art program called Ryman Arts.
The project, called the Design
Collaborative, is a partnership
between Roski, Ryman Arts and
the USC chapter of the American
Institute of Graphic Arts and was
made possible by a $10,000 grant
that Roski was awarded by the
National Endowment for the Arts
in November 2008.
“We submitted the grant
proposal in March, and we were
very excited to hear back about it in
November,” said Donna Stein, the
director of development at Roski.
“The project is great for the Ryman
students, and it’s a wonderful op-portunity
for us as well.”
Ryman Arts provides free, out-of-
school arts training to Southern
California high school students,
Roski grant
funds new
art program
Money provides opportunity
for USC students to teach
graphic design to area youth.
| see roski, page 6 |
By callie schweitzer
Daily Trojan
When 7-year-old Jacqueline entered the
USC Neighborhood Mobile Dental Van on
Wednesday morning carrying a bag of Cheetos,
she was eager to select a toothbrush and to be
examined.
The group of first-year USC dental students
standing around her jokingly asked about her
choice of snack.
“When I get [my teeth] cleaned, it’ll get rid of
the bad stuff,” she said.
Jacqueline is one of many elementary school
students at the Dr. Theodore T. Alexander
Science Center School who looks forward to
visits from the USC Mobile Van, where first-year
USC dental students and Dr. Jennifer
Holtzman, who manages the clinic and is an
assistant professor of clinical dentistry at the
USC School of Dentistry, waited.
The Neighborhood Mobile Dental Van
Prevention Program was established in 2003
as a way to provide free oral care such as
dental sealants, which work to prevent cavi-ties
and other forms of tooth decay, and fluo-ride
treatments to children in the area who may
have little or no access to dental care. The van
visits several local schools throughout the year
and is equipped with supplies and three patient
chairs. There are usually four dental students
present in addition to Holtzman, who oversees
the process.
The program also aims to give first-year
dental students a chance to work in the field
— providing screenings, oral health education,
treatments and sealants to the children.
Two first-year students, Darlene Martinez
and Saul Vargas, examine Jacqueline first. The
students work in pairs and switch off between
“operator” and “assistant.” Then Holtzan comes
over, asks them what they found and looks at
Jacqueline’s teeth herself. Holtzan finds five
decaying teeth.
Holtzman gives Jacqueline a pamphlet in
Spanish on sealants to take home to her parents
— and a voucher for free care at the USC School
of Dentistry.
According to Jacqueline, her mom and dad
both work and have no time to take her to the
dentist.
“This is a big problem,” Holtzman said.
“Parents have to make a choice between work
and her health.”
But as Holtzman and the students prepare to
begin their work on Jacqueline, the once-verbal,
bubbly girl who walked through the van’s door
30 minutes ago now looks worried and begins
Dental students provide free oral care to local children
Mobile van visits several local schools
throughout the year to educate children
on oral health and provide free services.
| see dentist, page 6 |
Alejandra Vargas-Johnson | Daily Trojan
Prevention · Local elementary school students listen to and ask questions about a presenta-tion
on taking care of their teeth as part of the USC Neighborhood Mobile Dental Van program.
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