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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 166, NO. 64 | Monday April 27, 2009 InDEX 2 · News Digest 4 · Opinion 7 · Lifestyle 10 · Sudoku 12 · Classifieds 16 · Sports Fish food: A review of L.A. Live’s newest restaurant, Rock’n Fish. PAGE 7 Chosen ones: Eleven former Trojans are headed to the National Football League. PAGE 16 By Nicole Dailo Daily Trojan An elite East Coast club has just taken in some West Coast talent: writer T.C. Boyle of the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and composer Stephen Hartke of the USC Thornton School of Music were elected to the American Academy of Arts & Letters, an honor society of the nation’s most distinguished architects, artists, writers and composers. Founded in 1898, the Academy keeps its membership static at 250, with current members only electing a few new mem-bers upon the deaths of others. Academicians remain members for life, and election to the orga-nization is considered by some to be one of the highest forms of ar-tistic recognition in the United States. Boyle and Hartke are the first USC professors to be appointed to the Academy and will be of-ficially inducted May 20 in New York City. They are two of only nine members elected in 2009. The Academy has honored both professors with awards in the past, but the esteem they re-ceived for their respective ac-complishments was enough to Academy elects USC professors The American Academy of Arts and Letters only elects members when others leave. | see Academy, page 6 | By ALEXANDRA TILSLEY Daily Trojan In a year in which crime made headlines, deaths shook the USC community, and students, parents and others were calling for increased safety measures, Department of Public Safety officials said despite the perception that USC has be-come more dangerous, crime rates on campus and in the area are at record lows. “In all of my 30-some-odd years of doing this on a campus somewhere, I’ve never had such a dramatic set of incidents,” said DPS Chief Carey Drayton. Concern was sparked in September, when two sexual as-saults in two days left students questioning their safety. Less than two weeks later, Bryan Frost, a graduate student in the USC School of Cinematic Arts, was fatally stabbed in an early morning altercation in the North University Park area. Barely more than a month later, USC freshman track star Bryshon Nellum was shot in the leg outside of a nightclub north of campus. USC continued to make headlines in the spring with an of-ficer- involved shooting that barricaded areas around campus and then with a hit-and-run that killed freshman Adrianna Bachan and severely injured freshman Marcus Garfinkle. Now, as a fraternity on The Row faces a sexual assault inves-tigation, the summation of the year’s events have raised con-cerns about safety at USC. “Parents from around the country were calling DPS about DPS: Amount of high-profile crime ‘unusual’ DPS officials say despite this year’s incidents, crime near campus has decreased 25 percent. | see safety, page 3 | By alexander yaseen Daily Trojan Starting this past Friday with a pres-ence on Trousdale, a new student group, KIVA@USC, is ramping up efforts to ed-ucate students about an opportunity to enact real change in the world. The USC group is part of a larger international organization, Kiva, which connects individuals willing to issue in-terest- free loans in amounts as little as $25 to low-income entrepreneurs in de-veloping countries. Known as microfinance, this con-cept utilizes small-scale loans to help alleviate poverty and was started by Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end global poverty. Through the process of microlend-ing, Kiva brings microfinance to the in-dividual- level. “Having already been a big fan of Kiva, I didn’t understand why more peo-ple didn’t know about it,” said Raheem Parpia, founder of KIVA@USC and a junior majoring in international rela-tions. KIVA@USC members lined Trousdale Parkway, offering free pizza in an at-tempt to interest students in hearing about how they can impact the world. “Most USC students care about issues such as global poverty and want to help; they just don’t know how,” Parpia said. KIVA@USC hopes to meet this need by educating students about how they can help. “We have a three-pronged mission,” Parpia said. “We are attempting to raise money to loan ourselves, to encourage others to loan on their own, and to show students that they really can make an impact.” Last month, Jessica Jackley, co-founder of the international Kiva orga-nization, came to campus for an event hosted by the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. At the event, she spoke about her experiences start-ing the company, from facilitating loans from a few friends to those in Africa in the beginning to being featured on Oprah and now loaning more than $70 million around the world. “The whole system is really great be-cause with only a $25 minimum loan, just about anyone can get involved,” said Devi Bajaj, vice president of fund-raising for KIVA@USC and a junior ma-joring in public policy, management, and planning. According to Bajaj, the KIVA@USC Friday event is just the beginning. In the next few weeks, the organization will be having other events. “We’re trying to expose people to this wonderful idea, as it really sells itself,” Parpia said. “With a little bit of money, a USC student can enable a struggling in-dividual in a developing country to ob-tain the resources necessary to pull him or herself up out of poverty.” USC students said they agreed with Parpia’s vision. “I recently made a loan of $50 to Kuko Agbayomi, an entrepreneur in Uganda. The best part is that I can expect to get the full $50 back so that I can make an-other loan to another entrepreneur,” said Cayla Cocanour, a freshman ma-joring in comparative literature who re-cently joined KIVA@USC. Agbayomi has a business making burglar-proof doors and used the loan to buy materials necessary for the fab-rication process. So far, the KIVA@USC club has helped to loan money to more than 50 struggling entrepreneurs like Agbayomi through the combined donations of members and other individuals. “While this all sounds really good, we continue to run into our share of prob-lems,” Parpia said. Students join international microfinancing effort KIVA@USC has used donations to provide loans to more than 50 entrepreneurs in developing nations. Members of U-N-I performed during Gearfest at Bovard Saturday afternoon. The event was hosted by the Black Student Assembly and Somerville Scholars and included a fashion show with top designers such as Versace and Mother of London, and live music performances. Geared up Nathaniel Gonzalez | Daily Trojan Wednesday A look at how crime near USC this year has affected the university and its incoming class. Thursday The impact of this year’s crime and area safety on local community members. Check out the Daily Trojan’s coverage of how this year has affected safety at USC. | see Microlending, page 6 | September 5: A female student was sexually assaulted outside Cardinal Gardens. September 6: A female student was sexually assaulted outside Century Apartments. September 18: Graduate student Bryan Frost was fatally stabbed outside an apartment com-plex near 28th Street and Orchard Avenue. October 31: Freshman track star Bryshon Nellum was shot, allegedly by members of the Fruit Town Brims, in a drive-by shooting out-side a nightclub near campus. March 11: An officer-involved shooting at Budlong and Adams boulevards resulted in the death of one suspect after a four-hour man-hunt forced students to remain indoors. March 29: Freshman Adrianna Bachan was killed and freshman Marcus Garfinkle severely injured in a hit-and-run at the intersection of Jefferson Boulevard and Hoover Street. April 16: Lambda Chi Alpha was searched by LAPD after a USC freshman reported she had been sexually assaulted at the fraternity two days before. UTION-POLICE LINE-DO NOT CROSS A C High Profile Crimes at USC Leon Russo | Daily Trojan Crime & Safety
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Full text | Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 166, NO. 64 | Monday April 27, 2009 InDEX 2 · News Digest 4 · Opinion 7 · Lifestyle 10 · Sudoku 12 · Classifieds 16 · Sports Fish food: A review of L.A. Live’s newest restaurant, Rock’n Fish. PAGE 7 Chosen ones: Eleven former Trojans are headed to the National Football League. PAGE 16 By Nicole Dailo Daily Trojan An elite East Coast club has just taken in some West Coast talent: writer T.C. Boyle of the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and composer Stephen Hartke of the USC Thornton School of Music were elected to the American Academy of Arts & Letters, an honor society of the nation’s most distinguished architects, artists, writers and composers. Founded in 1898, the Academy keeps its membership static at 250, with current members only electing a few new mem-bers upon the deaths of others. Academicians remain members for life, and election to the orga-nization is considered by some to be one of the highest forms of ar-tistic recognition in the United States. Boyle and Hartke are the first USC professors to be appointed to the Academy and will be of-ficially inducted May 20 in New York City. They are two of only nine members elected in 2009. The Academy has honored both professors with awards in the past, but the esteem they re-ceived for their respective ac-complishments was enough to Academy elects USC professors The American Academy of Arts and Letters only elects members when others leave. | see Academy, page 6 | By ALEXANDRA TILSLEY Daily Trojan In a year in which crime made headlines, deaths shook the USC community, and students, parents and others were calling for increased safety measures, Department of Public Safety officials said despite the perception that USC has be-come more dangerous, crime rates on campus and in the area are at record lows. “In all of my 30-some-odd years of doing this on a campus somewhere, I’ve never had such a dramatic set of incidents,” said DPS Chief Carey Drayton. Concern was sparked in September, when two sexual as-saults in two days left students questioning their safety. Less than two weeks later, Bryan Frost, a graduate student in the USC School of Cinematic Arts, was fatally stabbed in an early morning altercation in the North University Park area. Barely more than a month later, USC freshman track star Bryshon Nellum was shot in the leg outside of a nightclub north of campus. USC continued to make headlines in the spring with an of-ficer- involved shooting that barricaded areas around campus and then with a hit-and-run that killed freshman Adrianna Bachan and severely injured freshman Marcus Garfinkle. Now, as a fraternity on The Row faces a sexual assault inves-tigation, the summation of the year’s events have raised con-cerns about safety at USC. “Parents from around the country were calling DPS about DPS: Amount of high-profile crime ‘unusual’ DPS officials say despite this year’s incidents, crime near campus has decreased 25 percent. | see safety, page 3 | By alexander yaseen Daily Trojan Starting this past Friday with a pres-ence on Trousdale, a new student group, KIVA@USC, is ramping up efforts to ed-ucate students about an opportunity to enact real change in the world. The USC group is part of a larger international organization, Kiva, which connects individuals willing to issue in-terest- free loans in amounts as little as $25 to low-income entrepreneurs in de-veloping countries. Known as microfinance, this con-cept utilizes small-scale loans to help alleviate poverty and was started by Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end global poverty. Through the process of microlend-ing, Kiva brings microfinance to the in-dividual- level. “Having already been a big fan of Kiva, I didn’t understand why more peo-ple didn’t know about it,” said Raheem Parpia, founder of KIVA@USC and a junior majoring in international rela-tions. KIVA@USC members lined Trousdale Parkway, offering free pizza in an at-tempt to interest students in hearing about how they can impact the world. “Most USC students care about issues such as global poverty and want to help; they just don’t know how,” Parpia said. KIVA@USC hopes to meet this need by educating students about how they can help. “We have a three-pronged mission,” Parpia said. “We are attempting to raise money to loan ourselves, to encourage others to loan on their own, and to show students that they really can make an impact.” Last month, Jessica Jackley, co-founder of the international Kiva orga-nization, came to campus for an event hosted by the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. At the event, she spoke about her experiences start-ing the company, from facilitating loans from a few friends to those in Africa in the beginning to being featured on Oprah and now loaning more than $70 million around the world. “The whole system is really great be-cause with only a $25 minimum loan, just about anyone can get involved,” said Devi Bajaj, vice president of fund-raising for KIVA@USC and a junior ma-joring in public policy, management, and planning. According to Bajaj, the KIVA@USC Friday event is just the beginning. In the next few weeks, the organization will be having other events. “We’re trying to expose people to this wonderful idea, as it really sells itself,” Parpia said. “With a little bit of money, a USC student can enable a struggling in-dividual in a developing country to ob-tain the resources necessary to pull him or herself up out of poverty.” USC students said they agreed with Parpia’s vision. “I recently made a loan of $50 to Kuko Agbayomi, an entrepreneur in Uganda. The best part is that I can expect to get the full $50 back so that I can make an-other loan to another entrepreneur,” said Cayla Cocanour, a freshman ma-joring in comparative literature who re-cently joined KIVA@USC. Agbayomi has a business making burglar-proof doors and used the loan to buy materials necessary for the fab-rication process. So far, the KIVA@USC club has helped to loan money to more than 50 struggling entrepreneurs like Agbayomi through the combined donations of members and other individuals. “While this all sounds really good, we continue to run into our share of prob-lems,” Parpia said. Students join international microfinancing effort KIVA@USC has used donations to provide loans to more than 50 entrepreneurs in developing nations. Members of U-N-I performed during Gearfest at Bovard Saturday afternoon. The event was hosted by the Black Student Assembly and Somerville Scholars and included a fashion show with top designers such as Versace and Mother of London, and live music performances. Geared up Nathaniel Gonzalez | Daily Trojan Wednesday A look at how crime near USC this year has affected the university and its incoming class. Thursday The impact of this year’s crime and area safety on local community members. Check out the Daily Trojan’s coverage of how this year has affected safety at USC. | see Microlending, page 6 | September 5: A female student was sexually assaulted outside Cardinal Gardens. September 6: A female student was sexually assaulted outside Century Apartments. September 18: Graduate student Bryan Frost was fatally stabbed outside an apartment com-plex near 28th Street and Orchard Avenue. October 31: Freshman track star Bryshon Nellum was shot, allegedly by members of the Fruit Town Brims, in a drive-by shooting out-side a nightclub near campus. March 11: An officer-involved shooting at Budlong and Adams boulevards resulted in the death of one suspect after a four-hour man-hunt forced students to remain indoors. March 29: Freshman Adrianna Bachan was killed and freshman Marcus Garfinkle severely injured in a hit-and-run at the intersection of Jefferson Boulevard and Hoover Street. April 16: Lambda Chi Alpha was searched by LAPD after a USC freshman reported she had been sexually assaulted at the fraternity two days before. UTION-POLICE LINE-DO NOT CROSS A C High Profile Crimes at USC Leon Russo | Daily Trojan Crime & Safety |