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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 166, NO. 39 | Thursday March 12, 2009 InDEX 2 · News Digest 4 · Opinion 7 · Lifestyle 12 · Classifieds 13 · Crossword 16 · Sports Tourney time: Men’s and women’s Pac-10 tournaments are both underwary. PAGE 16 By Holly Villamagna Daily Trojan Legendary physicist Stephen Hawking gave a lecture about his research on black holes to a packed Bovard Auditorium on Tuesday night. Presentations like Hawking’s can help inspire greater interest in science, said Nick Warner, a physics professor who studied under Hawking at the University of Cambridge. Warner invited Hawking to speak at USC. “It’s really about bringing on the new genera-tion of scientists,” Warner said. Hawking reached a diverse group of students. Libby Donnell, a junior majoring in neuroscience and psychology, said she attended the lecture, though she does not have extensive knowledge of physics and chemistry, because she thought the knowledge was important. “I felt the need to gain a better understanding of the matter around me,” she said. Hawking’s lecture focused on black holes, which have been his primary area of research throughout his career. According to Hawking, if space is a sheet of rub-ber, stars and planets are weights placed on that sheet of rubber that bend space. “A black hole is like a bottomless hole in the rub-ber sheet of space time,” he said. When too much matter is packed in a confined space, like a library packed with too many books, it will eventually collapse into a black hole. Once a black hole is created, no particles, not even light, that come too close to it, can avoid being pulled into the hole, Hawking said. Students said Hawking’s analogies and humor helped people of all backgrounds understand what he was describing. “I thought he was a good speaker,” said Morgan Leighton, a sophomore majoring in philosophy. “He was funny, clear and easy to understand.” Hawking published “A Brief History of Time” in 1988, a book describing black holes, the big bang and other topics to the general public, and it be-came a bestseller. “[The book’s] staggering success has redefined the notion of what a popular science book can be,” Warner said in his introduction. Hawking, who suffers from Lou Gehrig’s dis-ease, is almost completely paralyzed. He lost the ability to speak after an emergency tracheotomy in 1985 and has since communicated through a voice synthesizer. Hawking draws huge crowd for black holes lecture Students who attended the event said they enjoyed Steven Hawking’s lecture, which focused on his primary area of research. | see physics, page 6 | By Madeline Reddington Daily Trojan Officials with the Los Angeles City Clerk’s office say they have about 46,000 ballots left to count from the March 3 election, and so far the unofficial results suggest Measure B, a controversial solar en-ergy plan backed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa but opposed by many, is not likely to pass. The proposal would create a program within the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, mandating the installation and maintainence of solar panels across the city to produce at least 400 megawatts of energy by 2014. According to the city clerk’s web-site, 50.3 percent of voters have vot-ed against the measure, with 49.7 voting in favor, and a total of 219,688 votes counted so far. Bernie Mariscal, a public servic-es assistant at the city clerk’s office, said these remaining ballots take a long time to count because workers have to go through each ballot and USC weighs in on results of Measure B Although the result is not yet final, 50.3 percent of counted votes were against the measure. | see measure b, page 6 | Photo Courtsey of Taylor Foust Full house · Stephen Hawking gave a lecture on black holes to a packed Bovard Auditorium Tuesday. A live webcast of the presentation was also streamed online and in two classrooms. By kate mather Daily Trojan A man was shot and killed Wednesday night dur-ing an officer-involved shooting near the intersection of Budlong and Adams boulevards, LAPD said. Four other suspects were apprehended later that night. Lt. John Romero of LAPD Media Relations said two officers from the Southwest Division were conduct-ing an investigation at the intersection when four male Hispanic suspects inside a car were confronted. Another male suspect was standing on a nearby curb, he said. “During the investigation, the driver threatened of-ficers with a handgun, and an officer-involved shooting occurred,” Romero said. After the driver threatened the officers, Romero said at least one officer fired a weapon, but no shots were fired by the suspects. The four people in the car then drove toward Menlo Avenue, and struck an LAPD car before striking a USC tram carrying 10 students, Romero said. No one in the tram was injured. Romero said the driver, who had been shot, remained in the car while three others fled on foot. Andrew J. Smith, acting commanding officer of LAPD Operations South Bureau, said one suspect was caught immediately after the car collided with the tram. The two other suspects were apprehended by approximately 11:50 p.m. — one was found in a tree by helicopter and K-9 units, and the other at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, where he was posing as a member. The final Suspect dead in nearby officer-involved shooting No students were injured or involved, but a USC tram with 10 students aboard was hit in the crime. | see LAPD, page 3 | Eric Wolfe | Daily Trojan Police line · A DPS officer points students away from the blockaded area where an officer-involved shooting ended with one suspect dead and four others in custody. The perimeter imposed by LAPD was narrowed as the search continued.
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Full text | Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 166, NO. 39 | Thursday March 12, 2009 InDEX 2 · News Digest 4 · Opinion 7 · Lifestyle 12 · Classifieds 13 · Crossword 16 · Sports Tourney time: Men’s and women’s Pac-10 tournaments are both underwary. PAGE 16 By Holly Villamagna Daily Trojan Legendary physicist Stephen Hawking gave a lecture about his research on black holes to a packed Bovard Auditorium on Tuesday night. Presentations like Hawking’s can help inspire greater interest in science, said Nick Warner, a physics professor who studied under Hawking at the University of Cambridge. Warner invited Hawking to speak at USC. “It’s really about bringing on the new genera-tion of scientists,” Warner said. Hawking reached a diverse group of students. Libby Donnell, a junior majoring in neuroscience and psychology, said she attended the lecture, though she does not have extensive knowledge of physics and chemistry, because she thought the knowledge was important. “I felt the need to gain a better understanding of the matter around me,” she said. Hawking’s lecture focused on black holes, which have been his primary area of research throughout his career. According to Hawking, if space is a sheet of rub-ber, stars and planets are weights placed on that sheet of rubber that bend space. “A black hole is like a bottomless hole in the rub-ber sheet of space time,” he said. When too much matter is packed in a confined space, like a library packed with too many books, it will eventually collapse into a black hole. Once a black hole is created, no particles, not even light, that come too close to it, can avoid being pulled into the hole, Hawking said. Students said Hawking’s analogies and humor helped people of all backgrounds understand what he was describing. “I thought he was a good speaker,” said Morgan Leighton, a sophomore majoring in philosophy. “He was funny, clear and easy to understand.” Hawking published “A Brief History of Time” in 1988, a book describing black holes, the big bang and other topics to the general public, and it be-came a bestseller. “[The book’s] staggering success has redefined the notion of what a popular science book can be,” Warner said in his introduction. Hawking, who suffers from Lou Gehrig’s dis-ease, is almost completely paralyzed. He lost the ability to speak after an emergency tracheotomy in 1985 and has since communicated through a voice synthesizer. Hawking draws huge crowd for black holes lecture Students who attended the event said they enjoyed Steven Hawking’s lecture, which focused on his primary area of research. | see physics, page 6 | By Madeline Reddington Daily Trojan Officials with the Los Angeles City Clerk’s office say they have about 46,000 ballots left to count from the March 3 election, and so far the unofficial results suggest Measure B, a controversial solar en-ergy plan backed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa but opposed by many, is not likely to pass. The proposal would create a program within the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, mandating the installation and maintainence of solar panels across the city to produce at least 400 megawatts of energy by 2014. According to the city clerk’s web-site, 50.3 percent of voters have vot-ed against the measure, with 49.7 voting in favor, and a total of 219,688 votes counted so far. Bernie Mariscal, a public servic-es assistant at the city clerk’s office, said these remaining ballots take a long time to count because workers have to go through each ballot and USC weighs in on results of Measure B Although the result is not yet final, 50.3 percent of counted votes were against the measure. | see measure b, page 6 | Photo Courtsey of Taylor Foust Full house · Stephen Hawking gave a lecture on black holes to a packed Bovard Auditorium Tuesday. A live webcast of the presentation was also streamed online and in two classrooms. By kate mather Daily Trojan A man was shot and killed Wednesday night dur-ing an officer-involved shooting near the intersection of Budlong and Adams boulevards, LAPD said. Four other suspects were apprehended later that night. Lt. John Romero of LAPD Media Relations said two officers from the Southwest Division were conduct-ing an investigation at the intersection when four male Hispanic suspects inside a car were confronted. Another male suspect was standing on a nearby curb, he said. “During the investigation, the driver threatened of-ficers with a handgun, and an officer-involved shooting occurred,” Romero said. After the driver threatened the officers, Romero said at least one officer fired a weapon, but no shots were fired by the suspects. The four people in the car then drove toward Menlo Avenue, and struck an LAPD car before striking a USC tram carrying 10 students, Romero said. No one in the tram was injured. Romero said the driver, who had been shot, remained in the car while three others fled on foot. Andrew J. Smith, acting commanding officer of LAPD Operations South Bureau, said one suspect was caught immediately after the car collided with the tram. The two other suspects were apprehended by approximately 11:50 p.m. — one was found in a tree by helicopter and K-9 units, and the other at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, where he was posing as a member. The final Suspect dead in nearby officer-involved shooting No students were injured or involved, but a USC tram with 10 students aboard was hit in the crime. | see LAPD, page 3 | Eric Wolfe | Daily Trojan Police line · A DPS officer points students away from the blockaded area where an officer-involved shooting ended with one suspect dead and four others in custody. The perimeter imposed by LAPD was narrowed as the search continued. |