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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 168, NO. 28 | Friday October 2, 2009
InDEX
4 · Opinion
5 · Lifestyle
8 · Classifieds
9 · Crossword
10 · Sudoku
12 · Sports
Freebird: Eagle Rock Music
Festival finds place among
LA music events. PAGE 5
Hardly deflated: There’s still a lot
on the line for both teams in the
USC-Cal game. PAGE 12
By ana cosma
Daily Trojan
Seeking a long-term solution to The Row’s continual
safety and traffic problems, Greek senators are resur-recting
a USG proposal to close 28th Street to traffic.
The project has been discussed before, but now
USG is taking steps to assess interest and has already
started surveying students about the possibility of
a full or partial closure of 28th Street. The senators
have also created a Facebook group, “USG 28th Street
Development,” to better communicate with students
and address individual concerns.
Any proposed changes, however, would have to be
approved by the city and garner strong support from
USC administrators, likely after a study of its viability.
“It poses a lot of great things for the Greek com-munity
and the 28th street neighborhoods,” said USG
Greek Senator Max Ukropina.
The primary motivation behind the project is to
improve the safety, beauty and utility of The Row,
Ukropina said. The senators are considering a propos-al
for a gate system or a guarded kiosk entrance, which
would allow access only to the Department of Public
Safety, Campus Cruiser and emergency vehicles.
Implementing any changes on 28th Street would
have to be spearheaded by the USC administration.
Officials first must decide whether a closure fits with
the university’s overall goals for its campus and the
surrounding areas. Then, USC would bring a fund-ing
proposal to the city, where it would go through a
lengthy permit process. A number of Greek and par-ents’
associations would also be consulted.
According to Ukropina, this process could easily
take up to eight years before the actual change would
happen.
The idea of blocking off one or both sides of The Row
USG suggests
closing The
Row to traffic
Greek Senators are only assessing interest, as the
project would still take several years to complete.
| see row, page 3 |
By kate mather
Daily Trojan
Elyn Saks has a long list of ac-complishments.
The professor and associate
dean at the Gould School of Law
was valedictorian at Vanderbilt
University, has a master in letters
from the University of Oxford, pub-lished
four books and earned her
J.D. from Yale University, where she
edited the Yale Law Review.
Most recently, Saks was named
one of 24 fellows by the MacArthur
Foundation, which awards recipi-ents
$500,000 to pursue their own
creative, intellectual and profes-sional
goals. She is the first USC fac-ulty
member to be recognized by
the organization.
She also has schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia, a mental illness
that varies in severity from per-son
to person, is typically charac-terized
by hallucinations and de-lusions.
Those affected by it often
have difficulty functioning in day-to-
day life.
Saks began to show signs of the
illness while she was a student at
Oxford, but it was not until she was
at Yale — and hospitalized for the
third time — that she was diag-nosed.
“I was devastated,” she said.
A psychiatrist told her she should
take a year off from school to find a
less stressful occupation, suggest-ing
the overachieving Saks take a
job as a cashier.
“It’s like a sentence to a bleak
and painful life,” she said. “People
said, ‘Lower your expectations,’ and
so on, and I just didn’t.”
Saks went on to complete her
studies at Yale and enter the pro-fessional
world, working as an at-torney
in Connecticut and teach-ing
at the University of Bridgeport
School of Law before coming to USC
in 1989.
Here, her colleagues said, Saks
has flourished.
“She’s exemplary,” Gould Dean
Robert Rasmussen said. “She has
nothing but the highest scholarly
standards, she’s always supporting
her colleagues and inspiring each of
us. It’s almost unfathomable what
she’s been able to do. Her story is in-credibly
gripping and moving, and
the fact that she has overcome so
much and been able to succeed is
astonishing.”
Much of that inspiration comes
from the work Saks has done. Saks,
who has focused her career on men-tal
health policy, has played an im-portant
role in the discussions of a
multitude of mental health issues,
including patients’ rights, the legal
aspects of multiple-personality dis-order
and involuntary treatment.
“I like to think the policies I come
up with are not biased because I’m a
disgruntled ex-patient. I do propose
things that wouldn’t have helped
me but would have helped some-one
else,” she said. “When I do my
scholarship, I’m on all sides of the
couch so to speak. I used to repre-sent
people who were psychiatric
patients and I do some consulting
and I teach about mental health law
... and then I have my own experi-ences.
“I like to think I can look at
things from lots of different angles
and that proves my scholarship in-stead
of detracts from it.”
Although Saks might draw some
inspiration from her past experi-ences,
those who work with her —
all of whom know about her diagno-sis
— say she is not defined by them.
“I don’t even think it’s a question
USC professor wins MacArthur award for work in mental health policy
Elyn Saks hopes to help others
become ‘high-functioning’
schizophrenics like herself.
| see saks, page 3 |
Vicki Yang | Daily Trojan
Genius · USC professor Elyn Saks, schizophrenic herself, will use her
MacArthur grant to write a book featuring others with schizophrenia.
By john isom
Daily Trojan
As part of a push to meet high de-mand
for blood at university medical
centers, the USC Blood Donor Center at
the Health Sciences Campus will open
an additional location in the University
Village Monday.
The current center at the Health
Sciences campus has been open
since 1996 and supplies the USC
University Hospital and the USC/Norris
Comprehensive Cancer Center, which
USC purchased in April. The acquisition
has increased the need for blood, and the
USC Blood Donor Center hopes to help
fill this need by opening the UV loca-tion.
“What we really want to do is try to
get the freshest blood possible for the
hospital by having a donor center very
close to campus,” said Maria Muniz,
senior site manager of the USC Blood
Donor Center. “We’re trying to encour-age
USC students to donate blood and
platelets to better serve the hospital that
needs them.”
As of now, the donor center is able to
provide about 70 percent of the blood
the university’s hospital needs, with
New Blood Donor Center to open in the UV
Center will add to the blood supply
at USC’s hospitals, helping them
become 100 percent self-sufficient.
| see blood, page 3 |
Vicki Yang | Daily Trojan
Fresh blood · Beginning Monday, the USC University Hospital and the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center will
have access to more blood and platelets thanks to the opening of a new blood donor center in the University Village.
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| Full text | Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 168, NO. 28 | Friday October 2, 2009 InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 10 · Sudoku 12 · Sports Freebird: Eagle Rock Music Festival finds place among LA music events. PAGE 5 Hardly deflated: There’s still a lot on the line for both teams in the USC-Cal game. PAGE 12 By ana cosma Daily Trojan Seeking a long-term solution to The Row’s continual safety and traffic problems, Greek senators are resur-recting a USG proposal to close 28th Street to traffic. The project has been discussed before, but now USG is taking steps to assess interest and has already started surveying students about the possibility of a full or partial closure of 28th Street. The senators have also created a Facebook group, “USG 28th Street Development,” to better communicate with students and address individual concerns. Any proposed changes, however, would have to be approved by the city and garner strong support from USC administrators, likely after a study of its viability. “It poses a lot of great things for the Greek com-munity and the 28th street neighborhoods,” said USG Greek Senator Max Ukropina. The primary motivation behind the project is to improve the safety, beauty and utility of The Row, Ukropina said. The senators are considering a propos-al for a gate system or a guarded kiosk entrance, which would allow access only to the Department of Public Safety, Campus Cruiser and emergency vehicles. Implementing any changes on 28th Street would have to be spearheaded by the USC administration. Officials first must decide whether a closure fits with the university’s overall goals for its campus and the surrounding areas. Then, USC would bring a fund-ing proposal to the city, where it would go through a lengthy permit process. A number of Greek and par-ents’ associations would also be consulted. According to Ukropina, this process could easily take up to eight years before the actual change would happen. The idea of blocking off one or both sides of The Row USG suggests closing The Row to traffic Greek Senators are only assessing interest, as the project would still take several years to complete. | see row, page 3 | By kate mather Daily Trojan Elyn Saks has a long list of ac-complishments. The professor and associate dean at the Gould School of Law was valedictorian at Vanderbilt University, has a master in letters from the University of Oxford, pub-lished four books and earned her J.D. from Yale University, where she edited the Yale Law Review. Most recently, Saks was named one of 24 fellows by the MacArthur Foundation, which awards recipi-ents $500,000 to pursue their own creative, intellectual and profes-sional goals. She is the first USC fac-ulty member to be recognized by the organization. She also has schizophrenia. Schizophrenia, a mental illness that varies in severity from per-son to person, is typically charac-terized by hallucinations and de-lusions. Those affected by it often have difficulty functioning in day-to- day life. Saks began to show signs of the illness while she was a student at Oxford, but it was not until she was at Yale — and hospitalized for the third time — that she was diag-nosed. “I was devastated,” she said. A psychiatrist told her she should take a year off from school to find a less stressful occupation, suggest-ing the overachieving Saks take a job as a cashier. “It’s like a sentence to a bleak and painful life,” she said. “People said, ‘Lower your expectations,’ and so on, and I just didn’t.” Saks went on to complete her studies at Yale and enter the pro-fessional world, working as an at-torney in Connecticut and teach-ing at the University of Bridgeport School of Law before coming to USC in 1989. Here, her colleagues said, Saks has flourished. “She’s exemplary,” Gould Dean Robert Rasmussen said. “She has nothing but the highest scholarly standards, she’s always supporting her colleagues and inspiring each of us. It’s almost unfathomable what she’s been able to do. Her story is in-credibly gripping and moving, and the fact that she has overcome so much and been able to succeed is astonishing.” Much of that inspiration comes from the work Saks has done. Saks, who has focused her career on men-tal health policy, has played an im-portant role in the discussions of a multitude of mental health issues, including patients’ rights, the legal aspects of multiple-personality dis-order and involuntary treatment. “I like to think the policies I come up with are not biased because I’m a disgruntled ex-patient. I do propose things that wouldn’t have helped me but would have helped some-one else,” she said. “When I do my scholarship, I’m on all sides of the couch so to speak. I used to repre-sent people who were psychiatric patients and I do some consulting and I teach about mental health law ... and then I have my own experi-ences. “I like to think I can look at things from lots of different angles and that proves my scholarship in-stead of detracts from it.” Although Saks might draw some inspiration from her past experi-ences, those who work with her — all of whom know about her diagno-sis — say she is not defined by them. “I don’t even think it’s a question USC professor wins MacArthur award for work in mental health policy Elyn Saks hopes to help others become ‘high-functioning’ schizophrenics like herself. | see saks, page 3 | Vicki Yang | Daily Trojan Genius · USC professor Elyn Saks, schizophrenic herself, will use her MacArthur grant to write a book featuring others with schizophrenia. By john isom Daily Trojan As part of a push to meet high de-mand for blood at university medical centers, the USC Blood Donor Center at the Health Sciences Campus will open an additional location in the University Village Monday. The current center at the Health Sciences campus has been open since 1996 and supplies the USC University Hospital and the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, which USC purchased in April. The acquisition has increased the need for blood, and the USC Blood Donor Center hopes to help fill this need by opening the UV loca-tion. “What we really want to do is try to get the freshest blood possible for the hospital by having a donor center very close to campus,” said Maria Muniz, senior site manager of the USC Blood Donor Center. “We’re trying to encour-age USC students to donate blood and platelets to better serve the hospital that needs them.” As of now, the donor center is able to provide about 70 percent of the blood the university’s hospital needs, with New Blood Donor Center to open in the UV Center will add to the blood supply at USC’s hospitals, helping them become 100 percent self-sufficient. | see blood, page 3 | Vicki Yang | Daily Trojan Fresh blood · Beginning Monday, the USC University Hospital and the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center will have access to more blood and platelets thanks to the opening of a new blood donor center in the University Village. |
