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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 169, NO. 58 | Friday April 16, 2010
InDEX
2 · News Digest
2 · Sudoku
4 · Opinion
5 · Lifestyle
8 · Classifieds
12 · Sports
Jazz hands: Emily Intersimone
prepares for her senior recital
Saturday. PAGE 5
Heating up: Sophomore Matt
Barkley moved to the front of USC’s
quarterback race. PAGE 12
By Brooke Matthews
Daily Trojan
A growing number of local housing owners are us-ing
incentives to entice students to sign leases, and
many cite the economy as the primary reason for the
recent trend.
“It’s a marketing tool that is used to get people in
the door,” said Tommie McCaster, a leasing profes-sional
at University Gateway Apartments. “The econ-omy
is not what it used to be.”
Students who sign a lease with Gateway are being
offered a number of perks. The company is offering
to waive the $500 security deposit and the $30 appli-cation
fee and, until Saturday, is reducing the price
of rent from $1,064 per month to $985 per month.
Students also receive $200 if they refer a friend who
signs a lease.
First Choice Housing, which owns several proper-ties
in the North University Park area, also offers stu-dents
incentives to try to get them through the door.
Currently, First Choice is offering two tickets to a
Lakers game when students lease a unit with three
or more bedrooms. Students who lease a six-bedroom
house get four tickets. Only a limited number of tick-ets
are available, however, and First Choice hopes
this will encourage students to act fast.
“We feel that, in today’s economy, students and
parents need that little lift. I have noticed that pri-or
to the incentives, students were more indecisive,”
said Mehread Koupai, a senior asset manager at First
Around campus,
some apartments
come with perks
Students who lease with First Choice Housing
can get tickets to an upcoming Lakers’ game.
| see Perks, page 3 |
Battle bots
The Bandit-II, a prototype humanoid robot, was tested during the USC Robotics Open House in Tutor Hall on Thursday. The
daylong event gave members of the USC community the chance to see many different robots in action and also highlighted the
work of professors from USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering. The event was part of the first ever National Robotics Week.
Owen Zheng | Daily Trojan
By Nicole Shoohed
Daily Trojan
Swim with Mike, an annual
swim-a-thon that raises money
for the USC Physically Challenged
Athletes Scholarship Fund, cel-ebrates
its 30th anniversary this
weekend.
Swim with Mike originally
started as a way to raise funds to
create scholarships for individu-als
who had suffered serious acci-dents
or illnesses and wanted to
attend USC. Since 1999, however,
Swim with Mike has significantly
expanded nationally, now granting
scholarships to students around
the country.
Initially titled Swim for Mike,
Swim with Mike was established
as a one-time event by teammates
and friends for Mike Nyeholt, a
three-time All-American swimmer
paralyzed from the chest down af-ter
a motorcycle accident in 1981.
The first event was held on
March 7, 1981, and volunteers
Swim with
Mike marks
30th year
The annual swim-a-thon
has been raising money for
scholarships for 30 years.
| see swim, page 3 |
By Ariel Edwards-Levy
Daily Trojan
The national 2010 census is beginning to
wind down, but USC is just beginning its ef-fort
to make sure students are counted.
Census workers arrived on campus
Wednesday, setting up shop at customer ser-vice
centers in USC Housing facilities on and
off campus where they’ll be working 12-hour
shifts until April 20.
USC Housing sent campus-wide e-mails
Monday informing students about the cen-sus
and why it’s important for them to par-ticipate.
Students living in dorms are be-ing
instructed to pick up their forms in the
Customer Service Center lobby and return
them to housing staff. Although some stu-dents
living off campus received their forms
in the mail, others received the forms from
R.A.s on their f loor.
The university and the Census Bureau are
making a special effort to make sure stu-dents
are represented because they are a tra-ditionally
undercounted group, said Sandra
Alvarado, a spokesperson for the Census
Bureau.
“Students are harder to count,” she said,
looking at a map showing return rates for ar-eas
across Los Angeles. USC’s 90007 zip code
had a return rate of 30 percent.
“That’s really low,” Alvarado said. “Right
outside in the neighborhoods is 43 to 46
percent. Nationwide, the current rate is 60
University assisting in effort to make sure everyone counts
The USC area has only achieved a 30 percent
return rate on census forms, but officials are
taking steps to increase participation.
| see census, page 3 |
Larry Lin | Daily Trojan
Making it count · USC Housing is working with the Census Bureau to make sure that as many
students are counted as possible. Students are supposed to fill out the census in Los Angeles.
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| Full text | Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 169, NO. 58 | Friday April 16, 2010 InDEX 2 · News Digest 2 · Sudoku 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 12 · Sports Jazz hands: Emily Intersimone prepares for her senior recital Saturday. PAGE 5 Heating up: Sophomore Matt Barkley moved to the front of USC’s quarterback race. PAGE 12 By Brooke Matthews Daily Trojan A growing number of local housing owners are us-ing incentives to entice students to sign leases, and many cite the economy as the primary reason for the recent trend. “It’s a marketing tool that is used to get people in the door,” said Tommie McCaster, a leasing profes-sional at University Gateway Apartments. “The econ-omy is not what it used to be.” Students who sign a lease with Gateway are being offered a number of perks. The company is offering to waive the $500 security deposit and the $30 appli-cation fee and, until Saturday, is reducing the price of rent from $1,064 per month to $985 per month. Students also receive $200 if they refer a friend who signs a lease. First Choice Housing, which owns several proper-ties in the North University Park area, also offers stu-dents incentives to try to get them through the door. Currently, First Choice is offering two tickets to a Lakers game when students lease a unit with three or more bedrooms. Students who lease a six-bedroom house get four tickets. Only a limited number of tick-ets are available, however, and First Choice hopes this will encourage students to act fast. “We feel that, in today’s economy, students and parents need that little lift. I have noticed that pri-or to the incentives, students were more indecisive,” said Mehread Koupai, a senior asset manager at First Around campus, some apartments come with perks Students who lease with First Choice Housing can get tickets to an upcoming Lakers’ game. | see Perks, page 3 | Battle bots The Bandit-II, a prototype humanoid robot, was tested during the USC Robotics Open House in Tutor Hall on Thursday. The daylong event gave members of the USC community the chance to see many different robots in action and also highlighted the work of professors from USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering. The event was part of the first ever National Robotics Week. Owen Zheng | Daily Trojan By Nicole Shoohed Daily Trojan Swim with Mike, an annual swim-a-thon that raises money for the USC Physically Challenged Athletes Scholarship Fund, cel-ebrates its 30th anniversary this weekend. Swim with Mike originally started as a way to raise funds to create scholarships for individu-als who had suffered serious acci-dents or illnesses and wanted to attend USC. Since 1999, however, Swim with Mike has significantly expanded nationally, now granting scholarships to students around the country. Initially titled Swim for Mike, Swim with Mike was established as a one-time event by teammates and friends for Mike Nyeholt, a three-time All-American swimmer paralyzed from the chest down af-ter a motorcycle accident in 1981. The first event was held on March 7, 1981, and volunteers Swim with Mike marks 30th year The annual swim-a-thon has been raising money for scholarships for 30 years. | see swim, page 3 | By Ariel Edwards-Levy Daily Trojan The national 2010 census is beginning to wind down, but USC is just beginning its ef-fort to make sure students are counted. Census workers arrived on campus Wednesday, setting up shop at customer ser-vice centers in USC Housing facilities on and off campus where they’ll be working 12-hour shifts until April 20. USC Housing sent campus-wide e-mails Monday informing students about the cen-sus and why it’s important for them to par-ticipate. Students living in dorms are be-ing instructed to pick up their forms in the Customer Service Center lobby and return them to housing staff. Although some stu-dents living off campus received their forms in the mail, others received the forms from R.A.s on their f loor. The university and the Census Bureau are making a special effort to make sure stu-dents are represented because they are a tra-ditionally undercounted group, said Sandra Alvarado, a spokesperson for the Census Bureau. “Students are harder to count,” she said, looking at a map showing return rates for ar-eas across Los Angeles. USC’s 90007 zip code had a return rate of 30 percent. “That’s really low,” Alvarado said. “Right outside in the neighborhoods is 43 to 46 percent. Nationwide, the current rate is 60 University assisting in effort to make sure everyone counts The USC area has only achieved a 30 percent return rate on census forms, but officials are taking steps to increase participation. | see census, page 3 | Larry Lin | Daily Trojan Making it count · USC Housing is working with the Census Bureau to make sure that as many students are counted as possible. Students are supposed to fill out the census in Los Angeles. |
