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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 175, NO. 11 | Thursday January 26, 2012 InDEX 2 · Roundup 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 10 · Sudoku 12 · Sports Olé: Fiesta proves to be more than just a children’s marionette show. “File-sharing doesn’t have to be a problem in the first place. What if copyright laws are just outdated?” Searching for answers: USC looks to snap an eight-game losing streak, as it hosts Colorado. sports 12 lifestyle 5 opinion 4 weather Sunny hi 81 lo 52 today tomorrow Sunny hi 76 lo 52 By Annalise Mantz Daily Trojan The Undergraduate Student Government held a forum Wednesday for Lyon Center administrators to field student concerns ranging from problems with broken equipment to a shortage of space for outdoor soccer teams. Mike Kohl, the president of the Recreational Club Council, Justine Gilman, senior associate director of recreational sports at the Lyon Center and Sara Shin, coordinator of intramural sports, comprised the panel. Lyon Center representatives also informed students of the scope of the recent renovations to the gym. Gilman said the university spent more than $2 million replacing lockers, lights and repainting the main gym over winter break. Gilman said these repairs were possible because of the cooperation of university administration, but stressed the importance of voicing concerns to the administration. “Both our president and provost are aware that recreation is a priority and the more they hear from the students that is a priority, the more it will be a priority,” Gilman said. USG representatives who put on the event said they realized the importance of making student concerns heard. “The forum is a great way for students to voice concerns to the administration of the Lyon Center directly,” USG President Monish Tyagi said. “We’ve seen forums be very successful on different issues in the past.” Students in the audience also said it was helpful to have a direct conversation with administrators. Some said they were not aware of the efforts to renovate the Lyon Center. “I was impressed with their efforts to fix their facilities,” USG Senator Pro Tempore Vinnie Prasad said. “It gave us an insight into what goes on behind the scenes at the Lyon Center and Students voice several Lyon Center concerns The university spent more than $2 million to renovating the gym, administrators said. | see Forum, page 2 | recsports By David LowenStein Daily Trojan USC Libraries received a $5-million donation from USC trustee Ronald Sugar and his wife to endow the Valerie and Ronald Sugar Dean’s Chair of the USC Libraries, the university announced Wednesday. The endowment will be used to acquire new literary collections, expand the libraries’ digital archives and the creation of the Dean’s Challenge Grant, which will help fund pilot programs and encourage innovation and creativity. Catherine Quinlan, the dean of USC Libraries, will be installed as the first Valerie and Ronald Sugar Dean’s Chair of USC Libraries. President C. L. Nikias said the donation, the first to endow a chair in USC Libraries history and the largest endowment of a dean’s chair in USC history, will help support USC’s core academic mission. “The USC Libraries are of central importance to the university’s academic mission,” Nikias told USC News. “This historic endowment gift ensures that the USC Libraries will continue to lead the nation — especially in the building of innovative digital collections and resources.” Quinlan said the expanded digital and research collections will help USC’s rise as a leading research institution. “World-class library faculty, staff and research collections are vital contributors to USC’s continuing rise on the global stage,” Quinlan said. “The Sugars’ generosity will help ensure that our libraries are able to support our talented students and transformative faculty at USC. The impact of this gift will be significant, enduring and broadly felt at USC and beyond.” Ronald Sugar, who earned his doctorate in engineering at UCLA in 1971 and is the former chairman and CEO of Northrop Grumman Corp., an aerospace and defence contracting company. He currently chairs the Academic Affairs Committee of the USC Board of Trustees and holds the Judge Widney Professorship in Management and Technology. He also serves on the boards of Apple, Air Lease Corp., Chevron and Amgen. Valerie Sugar graduated from USC with a master’s degree in library sciences and has served on the USC Libraries’ Board of Directors, helping raise awareness of the libraries’ special collections. USC Libraries consists of 23 libraries and information centers. USC Libraries also launched USC Digital Repository, which offers cloud-computing consultation service, last year. This year, USC Libraries also launched an online librarianship master’s degree program. “Great libraries fuel the work that takes place at great research universities,” Valerie Sugar said. “Through our gift, we hope the USC Libraries continue to support a vibrant community of critical thinkers, seekers of knowledge and engaged world citizens for many generations to come.” USC Libraries receives $5-million endowment Dean of USC Libraries Catherine Quinlan will be installed as the first Chair of USC Libraries. Donations Carlo Acenas | Daily Trojan Novel donation · USC Libraries, which consists of 23 buildings, launched a cloud-computing consultation service and an online librarianship master’s degree program. Rachel Bracker | Daily Trojan Foreign affair Siobhan O’Malley, a sophomore majoring in communication, asks Sabrina Chong, the associate director for Annenberg International Programs, about the London and Argentina programs at the Study Abroad Fair on Wednesday. The Office of Overseas Studies held the fair on Trousdale Parkway as part of Study Abroad Week.
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Full text | Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 175, NO. 11 | Thursday January 26, 2012 InDEX 2 · Roundup 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 10 · Sudoku 12 · Sports Olé: Fiesta proves to be more than just a children’s marionette show. “File-sharing doesn’t have to be a problem in the first place. What if copyright laws are just outdated?” Searching for answers: USC looks to snap an eight-game losing streak, as it hosts Colorado. sports 12 lifestyle 5 opinion 4 weather Sunny hi 81 lo 52 today tomorrow Sunny hi 76 lo 52 By Annalise Mantz Daily Trojan The Undergraduate Student Government held a forum Wednesday for Lyon Center administrators to field student concerns ranging from problems with broken equipment to a shortage of space for outdoor soccer teams. Mike Kohl, the president of the Recreational Club Council, Justine Gilman, senior associate director of recreational sports at the Lyon Center and Sara Shin, coordinator of intramural sports, comprised the panel. Lyon Center representatives also informed students of the scope of the recent renovations to the gym. Gilman said the university spent more than $2 million replacing lockers, lights and repainting the main gym over winter break. Gilman said these repairs were possible because of the cooperation of university administration, but stressed the importance of voicing concerns to the administration. “Both our president and provost are aware that recreation is a priority and the more they hear from the students that is a priority, the more it will be a priority,” Gilman said. USG representatives who put on the event said they realized the importance of making student concerns heard. “The forum is a great way for students to voice concerns to the administration of the Lyon Center directly,” USG President Monish Tyagi said. “We’ve seen forums be very successful on different issues in the past.” Students in the audience also said it was helpful to have a direct conversation with administrators. Some said they were not aware of the efforts to renovate the Lyon Center. “I was impressed with their efforts to fix their facilities,” USG Senator Pro Tempore Vinnie Prasad said. “It gave us an insight into what goes on behind the scenes at the Lyon Center and Students voice several Lyon Center concerns The university spent more than $2 million to renovating the gym, administrators said. | see Forum, page 2 | recsports By David LowenStein Daily Trojan USC Libraries received a $5-million donation from USC trustee Ronald Sugar and his wife to endow the Valerie and Ronald Sugar Dean’s Chair of the USC Libraries, the university announced Wednesday. The endowment will be used to acquire new literary collections, expand the libraries’ digital archives and the creation of the Dean’s Challenge Grant, which will help fund pilot programs and encourage innovation and creativity. Catherine Quinlan, the dean of USC Libraries, will be installed as the first Valerie and Ronald Sugar Dean’s Chair of USC Libraries. President C. L. Nikias said the donation, the first to endow a chair in USC Libraries history and the largest endowment of a dean’s chair in USC history, will help support USC’s core academic mission. “The USC Libraries are of central importance to the university’s academic mission,” Nikias told USC News. “This historic endowment gift ensures that the USC Libraries will continue to lead the nation — especially in the building of innovative digital collections and resources.” Quinlan said the expanded digital and research collections will help USC’s rise as a leading research institution. “World-class library faculty, staff and research collections are vital contributors to USC’s continuing rise on the global stage,” Quinlan said. “The Sugars’ generosity will help ensure that our libraries are able to support our talented students and transformative faculty at USC. The impact of this gift will be significant, enduring and broadly felt at USC and beyond.” Ronald Sugar, who earned his doctorate in engineering at UCLA in 1971 and is the former chairman and CEO of Northrop Grumman Corp., an aerospace and defence contracting company. He currently chairs the Academic Affairs Committee of the USC Board of Trustees and holds the Judge Widney Professorship in Management and Technology. He also serves on the boards of Apple, Air Lease Corp., Chevron and Amgen. Valerie Sugar graduated from USC with a master’s degree in library sciences and has served on the USC Libraries’ Board of Directors, helping raise awareness of the libraries’ special collections. USC Libraries consists of 23 libraries and information centers. USC Libraries also launched USC Digital Repository, which offers cloud-computing consultation service, last year. This year, USC Libraries also launched an online librarianship master’s degree program. “Great libraries fuel the work that takes place at great research universities,” Valerie Sugar said. “Through our gift, we hope the USC Libraries continue to support a vibrant community of critical thinkers, seekers of knowledge and engaged world citizens for many generations to come.” USC Libraries receives $5-million endowment Dean of USC Libraries Catherine Quinlan will be installed as the first Chair of USC Libraries. Donations Carlo Acenas | Daily Trojan Novel donation · USC Libraries, which consists of 23 buildings, launched a cloud-computing consultation service and an online librarianship master’s degree program. Rachel Bracker | Daily Trojan Foreign affair Siobhan O’Malley, a sophomore majoring in communication, asks Sabrina Chong, the associate director for Annenberg International Programs, about the London and Argentina programs at the Study Abroad Fair on Wednesday. The Office of Overseas Studies held the fair on Trousdale Parkway as part of Study Abroad Week. |