Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 168, NO. 24 | Monday September 28, 2009
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
7 · Lifestyle
10 · Sudoku
12 · Classifieds
16 · Sports
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Room to improve: The Trojans’
27-6 win over the cougars was far
from mistake-free. PAGE 16
Students from the Chinese American Student Association play tug-of-war on McCarthy Quad on Friday as part of the Asian
Pacific American Student Assembly’s Tournament of Champions. In addition to the tug-of-war, students also participated in an
obstacle course race and other events. Awards were given out for overall champion, most spirited and best sportsmanship.
Vicki Yang | Daily Trojan
Culture clash
By liz warden
Daily Trojan
USC’s energy contract with the Los Angeles
Department of Water and Power expires at the end of the
year, and both the university and DWP are looking for
ways to produce more sustainable energy.
USC has been under contract with DWP for 10 years,
according to Matthew Oden, manager of the USC
Sustainability Program, and that contract has prevent-ed
the school from implementing more sustainable
practices.
Once the contract is up, however, the school and DWP
will likely work out a memorandum of understanding
— a non-legally binding list of agreements outlining fu-ture
projects and goals. DWP has been working on such
agreements with many of its larger customers.
“I think that’s a reflection of how rapidly the landscape
in the energy climate world is evolving right now that
DWP doesn’t want to take the risk of getting locked into
10-year contracts,” Oden said.
The switch from contracts to MOUs would also allow
USC to change the way it approaches energy consump-tion.
Under its 10-year contract, USC has been required
to get all of its energy from DWP and been unable to pro-duce
its own energy.
“There’s been a lot of inquiries about why USC doesn’t
have solar [power] on campus, and that’s the answer,”
Oden said. “We haven’t been contractually been allowed
to, and the bottom line of that is that it could be a good
thing.”
Oden said, however, that USC won’t implement the
DWP’s Solar Incentive Program once the MOU is drafted.
USC and DWP
exploring new
energy options
With their contract set to expire, USC and DWP
will likely form a non-legally binding agreement.
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| see nutrition, page 3 |
By mimi honeycutt
Daily Trojan
Students worried about shrink-ing
wallets can breathe a little easier.
Starting Monday, the Undergraduate
Student Government is unveiling
the new Student Savers Club, a dis-count
service that will help USC
students save at many restaurants,
shops and salons across Los Angeles
if they show their USC ID.
USG worked with the Student
Savings Club, a service available
to universities across the country,
to negotiate with local business-es
to compile a list of student dis-counts.
USG will have to pay $1,700
to Student Savings Club every year
they use the service, but the funds
will come out of USG’s budget and
will not cost students additional
money, said Paige Hill, director of
communications for USG.
Hill said USG thinks the program
is worth the price.
“I think it’s really cool,” she said.
“A lot of the places we’re offering
discounts at are something all stu-dents
can use ... stuff that I ate yes-terday
I could have saved money on.
It’s very practical, especially right
now in this economy.”
Local businesses are also excited
about the partnership.
“I think more than anything it’s
going to bring us closer to that whole
student body — get them in here
and familiarize them with the ven-ue
and what we have to offer them,”
said Timothy Whiteman, marketing
manager for ESPN Zone at LA LIVE,
where students can receive a 10 per-cent
discount if they show their IDs.
But other stores said they’re not
expecting the Student Savers Club
to be an economic boom.
“I think the discount will defi-nitely
help,” said Tina Plescia, the
store manager for Lawry’s Carvery.
“But I think just having more pro-motional
ads or something would be
beneficial to the location.”
Other discounts include 10 per-cent
discounts at Kinko’s, Fatburger
and Cold Stone Creamery; a buy one
get one free deal at New Zealand
Natural; and a complimentary
birthday dinner at Zip Fusion.
Students to save at local businesses, courtesy of USG
Student Savers Club will cost
USG $1,700 per year, at no
additional cost to students.
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Student Savers Club
Some of the discounts available through the new
Student Savers Club include:
All you need is
your USC ID card.
29 Cafe: Happy Hour: up to 20
percent off appetizers 4-7 p.m.,
Monday-Friday
California Pizza Kitchen:
free appetizer with purchase of $15
or more
Chano’s: 10 percent discount
Cold Stone Creamery:
10 percent discount
Del Taco: 10 percent discount
ESPN Zone @ LA LIVE:
10 percent discount
Fedex Kinko’s: 10 percent off
copy and print services
Juice Robeks: 10 percent dis-count
Panda Express: buy a two
or three Entree Plate, get an extra
entree item free
Papa John’s Pizza: buy one,
get one free
Pasta Roma: 20 percent
discount or a free appetizer with
order of $10 or more
Subway: 5 percent discount
Tropics Yogurt: 10 percent
discount
Yard House: 50 percent
Amy Schilit | Daily Trojan
By somto ugwueze
Daily Trojan
The University Park Health
Center launched its Nutrition Series
2009 Monday, an effort to set it-self
apart from other nutritional
programs by focusing on specific
healthy food choices for students on
campus,
The series, an attempt to steer
students away from just counting
calories, will be presented to stu-dents
as interactive seminars at var-ious
locations on campus through-out
this semester. Each seminar will
be focused on a separate topic, such
as the best foods for midterms and
finals or food choices for athletes.
According to Patrice Barber, a
registered dietitian at the health
Nutrition
series
launches
Nutrition Series 2009 attempts
to educate students about
making healthy food choices.
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