Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 168, NO. 14 | Monday September 14, 2009
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
5 · Lifestyle
8 · Classifieds
9 · Crossword
12 · Sports
Disney lands: Film
documents Walt Disney’s trip
to South America. PAGE 5
Heroic finish: Matt Barkley leads
the Trojans to victory in the final
minutes of the game. PAGE 12
By Christianna Kyriacou
Daily Trojan
“Are we ready for equality?” Christine Pelosi, daughter
of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, asked same-sex marriage
activists gathered at USC during her keynote address.
About 160 students and community members gath-ered
at USC this weekend for “Campaign Boot Camp.”
The program, titled “Education and Empowerment for
the Grassroots” included seminars and workshops, that
sought to educate attendees about civil rights activism
and political campaigning.
The Campaign Boot Camp ­—
inspired by Pelosi’s book
of the same name — focused specifically on preparing
to continue the fight against Prop 8, the ballot propos-al
banning same-sex marriages in California. The propo-sition
was passed in November 2008, overturning legal-ization
of same-sex marriages by the California Supreme
Court six months earlier.
“I believe in equality for everybody. The more that we
can inspire people to be involved in public service, to be
involved in something better than themselves, the more
that we can get,” Pelosi said in an interview.
The event was organized by the coalition Organizations
United Together West — a coalition of about 40 different
equal rights organizations. OUT West composed an in-teractive
training program with the support of other na-tional
organizations, notably Equality California and the
Courage Campaign.
“I think this has the chance to impact the very near
future, with candidate races and also with the upcoming
USC holds
equal rights
‘boot camp’
Grassroots program treats participants to
seminars, workshops and campaign simulations.
| see lgbt, page 3 |
By kate erickson
Daily Trojan
Thousands of people — includ-ing
a handful of USC students —
gathered Saturday in front of the
Federal Building in Westwood,
brandishing signs reading
“Obamacare is a Nightmare” and
“Nobama!”
An estimated 5,000 Angelenos
attended the two-hour “Tea Party,”
co-organized by local groups such
as the Los Angeles Patriots, to rally
for limited government and protest
proposed health care reform.
Groups nationwide have orga-nized
similar “tea parties,” named
after the original Boston Tea Party,
because they feel the government
has overstepped its boundaries
through increased taxes and regu-lation.
The “Tea Party” was similar to
an event held in Washington, D.C.
on the same day, during which pro-testers
marched from the White
House to Capitol Hill to voice their
opposition to the increase in gov-ernment
oversight, the New York
Times reported.
Attendees at both the
Washington protest and the
Westwood protest voiced concerns
about the recent legislation for
health care reform in Washington.
Micah Zehnder, a senior major-ing
in philosophy, said he attended
the rally with his father to see what
was like. He said he felt the event
could have been more constructive,
because no protesters offered solu-tions
to their complaints.
Dan Schnur, director of the USC
Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics,
said, “Obama’s conservative crit-ics
have decided that a ‘tea party’
is much more likely to catch the at-tention
of the voters. [The name]
evokes American history — it
might interest someone who is not
an ardent follower of politics.”
After bouts of chanting and ral-lying,
the Westwood protestors
were treated to a number of speech-es
espousing the conservative
cause, including one from Thomas
Del Beccaro, vice chairman of the
California Republican Party.
Although the majority of pro-testers
were older, a few USC stu-dents
attended the rally to voice
their concerns about health care
reform, the Federal Reserve and
taxation.
Schnur said the tea party, which
ended at the same time Saturday’s
football game began, probably
wasn’t scheduled with USC stu-dents
in mind.
“In the long run, the way the gov-ernment
spends its money is proba-bly
going to have more effect on our
lives than how Ohio Sate defends
Matt Barkley,” Schnur said. “But I
Protestors gather at West Coast ‘Tea Party’ demonstration
Thousands joined together to
protest health care reform and
higher taxes under Obama.
| see protest, page 2 |
Ben Rolnik | Daily Trojan
Taxing · Sarah Jenevein, president of the USC Objectivist Club, attended
Saturday’s rally to protest issues such as health care and increased taxation.
Matt Barkley, USC’s 19-year-old freshman quarterback (left), led the Trojans to victory in Saturday’s game against Ohio State. Barkley
completed 15 of 31 pass attempts and threw for 195 yards. But more important than his stats, Barkley orchestrated an 86-yard
touchdown drive in the final minutes of the game to lift the Trojans to a 15-10 win. For game coverage see today’s Sports section.
Leah Thompson | Daily Trojan Born to lead
By liz warden
Daily Trojan
Katherine Goar, USC Fisher
Museum’s education and pro-grams
coordinator, has always
had a keen eye for beautiful art-work
and a great enthusiasm for
yoga. It is no surprise, then, that
she has long thought the wide
and soothing space of the Fisher
Museum would be a great place to
lay out a yoga mat.
Now, her vision has come to
fruition.
Beginning this week, the Fisher
Museum will host a free yoga class
every Monday. The class will be
taught in the museum, surround-ed
by the fall 2009 exhibit, Victor
Raphael: Travels and Wanderings,
1979-2009.
“I’ve always been really inspired
by the space of the museum,” Goar
said. “It’s very tranquil...I do yoga
myself and always thought it
would be very nice to do yoga in
here. Once I learned about this
artist, I started planning a class
Yoga to mix
with visual
art at Fisher
Museum will offer weekly yoga
classes in conjunction with its
fall multimedia art exhibit.
| see Yoga, page 3 |