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Tuesday. March 9, 2004
Motorcycle strikes bike at Hoover
Two students suffered minors injuries in an accident at the intersection of Jefferson and Hoover streets Monday morning
By SUSAN TAM
Staff Writer
A motorcyclist struck a bicyclist at thr intersection of Jefferson and Hoover streets )ust before 10 a m Monday
Jonathan Choi, a USC student ma|oring in interna tional relations, was riding his motorcycle westbound on JefTerson Street, when he lost control Choi collided with Scott Somers, a sen lor ma)onng in biology, who was riding his bike across Jefferson Street on his way to class
Somers and Choi were transported to California Hospital Medical ( enter and treated for minor in|unes They were released in the afternoon
The front wheel of Somers' bike was completely sheared off from the impact, leaving only the metal frame Choi's motorcycle slid all the way across the intersection toward University Village, Somers said
The intersection was crowded at the time of the accident, and several students witnessed the collision.
"Right as the light changed, everyone started crossing." said Matt Ennis, a junior majoring in music performance who witnessed the accident
“It sounded like (Choi) was accelerating, or at least maintaining speed He blew through the crowd and hit the front tire of the bicycle. He was )ust going straight.” Ennis said.
Choi was on his way to campus to turn in a paper, said Ryan Bentick. a sophomore majoring geology, who wit nessed the accident and helped Choi get up.
Somers said that while waiting for treatment in the emergency room. Choi told Somers that he had hit the jjas instead of the brake by mistake
Phil Rosenberg Watt, a graduate student studying < in ema television production was crossing the street on the way to work when he heard the motorcycle behind him clip the bicyclist, he said.
"If (the accident) had happened half a second later, he would have hit someone else (too)." Ennis said
Some students said the Jefferson and Hoover intersec tion is dangerous for pedestrians because the stoplights do not indicate clearly when cars can turn
“This raises a good example of how cars turn and don't wait for bicyclists or people crossing to fully uoss There should be a separate turning light." Bentick said
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Tenure unequal across genders
"Somehow when you go higjier and higher, there are less and lexs women present.' —■♦— ANNA KKYLOV assistant professor chemistry
Some see gender gap in earning tenure at universities as a cultural phenomenon.
By SAU MAI CHIM
Contributing writer
USC and academia nationwide, has not yet achieved gender equity in the field of science . in part because women in the field face additional pressures in the pursuit of tenure.
Anna Krylov, an assistant professor of chemistry at USC, is one such woman working her way through the tenure system.
She is currently in the process of being evaluated. In order to get tenure, a candidate has to demonstrate excellence in research, raising funding, teaching and services for
community, she said.
“Failing means not achieving excellence. When you fail, you are out of business," she said.
Among the 29 tenure-track faculty in the chemistry department at USC. only three are women. Krylov is one of them.
“Actually this chemistry department (at USC) already has more women than other places. Some have none.' said Amy Barrios, an assistant professor of chemistry.
Barrios came to USC last July and is currently on the tenure track.
After five years of establishing her research and teaching record, she will be evaluated.
If she passes the evaluation, she will get tenure, which means being permanently employed as a chemistry professor.
“Tenure is a form of employment security. It's very hard to fire a tenured faculty unless you do something unethical.' Barrios said
Krylov said there are quite a num ber of female chemistry students at the doctorate level
'Somehow when you go higher and higher, there are less and less women present." she said.
Krylov said she was not being treated differently from men.
She thought the reason for the gender gap is more a cultural problem.
“If you are a man. you have no , choice but to go on. If you are a woman, its quite all right if you just stay home. Sometimes some women just quit when they cannot get higher,' she said.
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Senate on probation
Michael Jackson, vice president of Student Affairs, issued conditions of a yearlong probation on Monday.
By LINDSEY DAVIS
Staff Writer
Michael Jackson, vice president of student affairs, placed Student Senate on a one-year probation Monday night, demanding that Senate elections are cleared up by Thursday night and removing Senate's ability to control the $2-mil-lion programming fee.
At a 5 p.m. meeting with all branches of Senate in Tommy's Place, Jackson said he had never been so disappointed in a group of student lead ers.
"I've just about lost complete trust in the undergraduate student government." he said.
This lack of trust culminated in this year's elections. Jackson said.
“I’ve watched this year deteriorate into back stabbing, conflicts of interest people looking out for themselves and not the students of USC," he said.
Jackson said his policy has always been not to step in on student government operations unless someone was lying, cheating or stealing.
"The last several weeks, it seems to me. folks may be lying and cheating," he said.
Because of this. Jackson mandated four areas that must be improved within Senate, the first of which is elections.
Jackson said he wants a recommendation from the elections commissioners and the co-directors of elections and recruitment by Thursday detailing how the elec tions will be cleaned up.
This means the different groups of Senate must come together and compromise, he said.
The solution may be to let the vote stand or to start all over again with a new election after spring break. Jackson said.
"If you can't reach a compromise, maybe we won't have an elected president and vice president next year." he said.
'Disappointed.' Michael Jackson, vice president of student affairs, talks to Student Senate about recent misconduct and internal conflicts. Jackson discussed his plans to revoke privileges such as the ability to control the student programming fee.
Senate could move on without the president and vice president and just have the legislative branch, he said.
The elections commission is expected to meet Tuesday to draft a proposal for what will happen regarding the elections, said Ali Rubin. Senate codirector of elections and recruitment
The elections commissioners, who are ordinary students and not members of Senate, will make a decision that reflects the students' interests. Rubin said.
But Rubin said the problem with the elections did not result from the actions of elections commissioners and
directors.
“(Jackson) was saying it was the way students behaved, not the way the elections were run." she said.
All three original presidential slates plan on turning in a joint letter to the elections commission by 5 pm Tuesday with recommendations as t»*how to proceed with the elections situation, said Andrew Ritter, a Greek senator and former presidential candidate
The Judicial Council disqualified Ritter on Feb. 29 after violating the Senate code of ethics.
Jessica Marek. Senate chief of staff.
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