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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 169, NO. 32 | Tuesday March 2, 2010
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
7 · Lifestyle
10 · Sudoku
12 · Classifieds
16 · Sports
Nightclubbing: Niteflip.com
provides students with a guide
to Downtown events. PAGE 7
Old fashioned: Hurling, a sport
with a 2,000 year history, is gaining a
following at USC. PAGE 16
By Alexandra Tilsley
Daily Trojan
Students came together Monday to remember Sandy
Roberts, a USC student who died Saturday night after
a car crash in Kern County, near Bakersfield, Calif.
The School of Cinematic Arts and USC Hillel both
offered services in honor of Roberts, hoping to give
his friends and fellow students a venue to reminisce
and grieve.
Roberts, a sophomore majoring in cinema-television
production, was riding in a car driven by Nicole Deane,
also a sophomore majoring in cinema-television pro-duction,
when the car lost control and veered into on-coming
traffic. Both Deane and Roberts were trans-ported
to Kern Medical Center, where Roberts was
pronounced dead.
In response to requests from Roberts’ friends, USC
Hillel held a memorial service Monday night, inviting
the entire USC community.
Memorial held
for USC student
killed in crash
The student who survived the crash was in stable
condition at the hospital as of Monday night.
| see memorial, page 11 |
By Alexandra Tilsley
Daily Trojan
More than 50 Marshall stu-dents
planning to spend their
spring break meeting with busi-nesses
in Santiago, Chile, were
told late Sunday night — less
than 48 hours after an earth-quake
shook the country’s coast
— that the trip was canceled.
Chile was struck by an
8.8-magnitude earthquake early
Saturday morning, killing more
than 700 people and displacing
more than 2 million residents.
The earthquake’s epicenter was
southwest of Santiago, Chile’s
capital, but the initial earth-quake
and its aftershocks still
caused significant damage.
Santiago fared better than
Concepción, another major city
located farther south, but the
earthquake was powerful enough
to leave many people without
power, gas or water and to close
one of the city’s major bridges
and its only airport.
A group of Marshall freshmen
was slated to visit Santiago over
spring break as part of the school’s
Learning about International
Commerce Program (LINC).
Students in the program take a
two-unit class focused on a spe-cific
country’s culture and busi-nesses
and then visit that coun-try
in March or May.
Though most experts believe
Santiago will recover quickly,
Marshall administrators felt they
needed to make a quick decision
and, because they can’t be sure
the country and its business will
be stable in time for spring break,
Spring break trip to Chile canceled
Marshall students who were
set to travel to Santiago are
waiting to hear the new plans.
| see chile, page 11 |
By tucker reed
Daily Trojan
Few students would disagree that USC’s wireless
Internet service is due for some fine-tuning, but they
might not realize the amount of work and money re-quired
to improve wireless coverage.
In 2006, Information Technology Services began
working to improve its wireless coverage, which had
been in place since 2002. ITS added almost 1,000
wireless Internet access points to the pre-existing
620, increasing coverage roughly 160 percent.
But those improvements have not satisfied USC
students. In fact, every candidate in the recent
Undergraduate Student Government election men-tioned
improving wireless as one of his or her plat-form
points.
“We’ve had enough student feedback to know that
there’s an issue, and I think it’s why you saw can-didates
talking about it in the student government
campaigns,” said John Baldo, director of university
affairs for USG. “I think everyone kind of agrees it is
something we should have. I think ITS is pretty on-board
with making sure we have it.”
Newly elected USG president Chris Cheng said
USG’s focus for next year will shift toward improv-ing
wireless in the residence halls, as many students
have complained about the spotty coverage.
“Before the elections, we had a research period
where we talked to as many students as possible,”
Cheng said. “There really is a high demand for im-provement
in the residence halls, and in the core
academic buildings — Von KleinSmid and Taper
Hall, places where a lot of people have their General
Education courses.”
Kevin Durkin, director of communications for
ITS, said sometimes it is not the number of access
points that creates a weak signal but other types of
interference, such as microwave ovens or the wire
mesh in the walls of buildings.
Cheng stressed that USG is not suggesting that
ITS isn’t doing its job in providing wireless to stu-dents.
“But in places where the wireless is weak and low,
we want to strengthen it,” he said.
Until recently, wireless coverage was inconsis-tent,
even in Leavey Library, a main study spot for
Wireless coverage constantly a concern
Undergraduate Student Government officials
have been pushing to improve wireless access
because of students’ complaints and requests.
| see wireless, page 5 |
By Grace Wong
Daily Trojan
As Undergraduate Student
Government President Holden
Slusher and Vice President Ashlie
Chan begin their last month in of-fice,
they hope to pass on projects
they have started to the new admin-istration
and assist in the transition
to a new administration and loca-tion.
In that time, Slusher and Chan will
put on USG’s Council of Presidents,
hold one last promotional event and
primarily focus on transitioning.
“I just really, really want none of
the projects that [we] started to fall
off the map,” Slusher said. “It’s not
just like a Slusher-Chan thing, and
then they’re done. We do USG proj-ects
because students want it and
that’s what should drive the change.”
Slusher did express some disap-pointment
in being unable to ac-complish
certain projects he had
hoped to. Among others, Slusher
and Chan hoped to extend the hours
at the Lyon Center and also increase
safety in the libraries.
“You get to start a lot of projects,
but you’re lucky if you finish a cou-ple,”
Slusher said.
Slusher, Chan working to
ensure a smooth transition
The outgoing administration
is helping with the move to the
Ronald Tutor Campus Center.
| see Transition, page 3 |
Tim Tran | Daily Trojan
Remembered · About 150 students gathered at USC Hillel on Monday night for a memorial service in honor of Sandy
Roberts, a sophomore majoring in cinema-television production, who died in a car accident in Kern County Saturday night.
Daily Trojan File Photo
Final days · USG President Holden Slusher plans to use his final
weeks in office to focus on making the transition as easy as possible.
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| Full text | Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 169, NO. 32 | Tuesday March 2, 2010 InDEX 2 · News Digest 4 · Opinion 7 · Lifestyle 10 · Sudoku 12 · Classifieds 16 · Sports Nightclubbing: Niteflip.com provides students with a guide to Downtown events. PAGE 7 Old fashioned: Hurling, a sport with a 2,000 year history, is gaining a following at USC. PAGE 16 By Alexandra Tilsley Daily Trojan Students came together Monday to remember Sandy Roberts, a USC student who died Saturday night after a car crash in Kern County, near Bakersfield, Calif. The School of Cinematic Arts and USC Hillel both offered services in honor of Roberts, hoping to give his friends and fellow students a venue to reminisce and grieve. Roberts, a sophomore majoring in cinema-television production, was riding in a car driven by Nicole Deane, also a sophomore majoring in cinema-television pro-duction, when the car lost control and veered into on-coming traffic. Both Deane and Roberts were trans-ported to Kern Medical Center, where Roberts was pronounced dead. In response to requests from Roberts’ friends, USC Hillel held a memorial service Monday night, inviting the entire USC community. Memorial held for USC student killed in crash The student who survived the crash was in stable condition at the hospital as of Monday night. | see memorial, page 11 | By Alexandra Tilsley Daily Trojan More than 50 Marshall stu-dents planning to spend their spring break meeting with busi-nesses in Santiago, Chile, were told late Sunday night — less than 48 hours after an earth-quake shook the country’s coast — that the trip was canceled. Chile was struck by an 8.8-magnitude earthquake early Saturday morning, killing more than 700 people and displacing more than 2 million residents. The earthquake’s epicenter was southwest of Santiago, Chile’s capital, but the initial earth-quake and its aftershocks still caused significant damage. Santiago fared better than Concepción, another major city located farther south, but the earthquake was powerful enough to leave many people without power, gas or water and to close one of the city’s major bridges and its only airport. A group of Marshall freshmen was slated to visit Santiago over spring break as part of the school’s Learning about International Commerce Program (LINC). Students in the program take a two-unit class focused on a spe-cific country’s culture and busi-nesses and then visit that coun-try in March or May. Though most experts believe Santiago will recover quickly, Marshall administrators felt they needed to make a quick decision and, because they can’t be sure the country and its business will be stable in time for spring break, Spring break trip to Chile canceled Marshall students who were set to travel to Santiago are waiting to hear the new plans. | see chile, page 11 | By tucker reed Daily Trojan Few students would disagree that USC’s wireless Internet service is due for some fine-tuning, but they might not realize the amount of work and money re-quired to improve wireless coverage. In 2006, Information Technology Services began working to improve its wireless coverage, which had been in place since 2002. ITS added almost 1,000 wireless Internet access points to the pre-existing 620, increasing coverage roughly 160 percent. But those improvements have not satisfied USC students. In fact, every candidate in the recent Undergraduate Student Government election men-tioned improving wireless as one of his or her plat-form points. “We’ve had enough student feedback to know that there’s an issue, and I think it’s why you saw can-didates talking about it in the student government campaigns,” said John Baldo, director of university affairs for USG. “I think everyone kind of agrees it is something we should have. I think ITS is pretty on-board with making sure we have it.” Newly elected USG president Chris Cheng said USG’s focus for next year will shift toward improv-ing wireless in the residence halls, as many students have complained about the spotty coverage. “Before the elections, we had a research period where we talked to as many students as possible,” Cheng said. “There really is a high demand for im-provement in the residence halls, and in the core academic buildings — Von KleinSmid and Taper Hall, places where a lot of people have their General Education courses.” Kevin Durkin, director of communications for ITS, said sometimes it is not the number of access points that creates a weak signal but other types of interference, such as microwave ovens or the wire mesh in the walls of buildings. Cheng stressed that USG is not suggesting that ITS isn’t doing its job in providing wireless to stu-dents. “But in places where the wireless is weak and low, we want to strengthen it,” he said. Until recently, wireless coverage was inconsis-tent, even in Leavey Library, a main study spot for Wireless coverage constantly a concern Undergraduate Student Government officials have been pushing to improve wireless access because of students’ complaints and requests. | see wireless, page 5 | By Grace Wong Daily Trojan As Undergraduate Student Government President Holden Slusher and Vice President Ashlie Chan begin their last month in of-fice, they hope to pass on projects they have started to the new admin-istration and assist in the transition to a new administration and loca-tion. In that time, Slusher and Chan will put on USG’s Council of Presidents, hold one last promotional event and primarily focus on transitioning. “I just really, really want none of the projects that [we] started to fall off the map,” Slusher said. “It’s not just like a Slusher-Chan thing, and then they’re done. We do USG proj-ects because students want it and that’s what should drive the change.” Slusher did express some disap-pointment in being unable to ac-complish certain projects he had hoped to. Among others, Slusher and Chan hoped to extend the hours at the Lyon Center and also increase safety in the libraries. “You get to start a lot of projects, but you’re lucky if you finish a cou-ple,” Slusher said. Slusher, Chan working to ensure a smooth transition The outgoing administration is helping with the move to the Ronald Tutor Campus Center. | see Transition, page 3 | Tim Tran | Daily Trojan Remembered · About 150 students gathered at USC Hillel on Monday night for a memorial service in honor of Sandy Roberts, a sophomore majoring in cinema-television production, who died in a car accident in Kern County Saturday night. Daily Trojan File Photo Final days · USG President Holden Slusher plans to use his final weeks in office to focus on making the transition as easy as possible. |
