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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 175, NO. 17 | Friday February 3, 2012
InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 10 · Sudoku 12 · Sports
Blowin’ up:
Innovative, eclectic
art galleries flourish
throughout Los
Angeles.
Cold loss:
USC Men’s
basketball loses
60-53 against
Washington State.
sports 12
lifestyle 5
opinion 4
weather
Sunny
hi 74
lo 49
today tomorrow
Documentaries
By Conrad Wilton
Daily Trojan
USC’s Norris Cinema Theatre
will screen Education Under Fire,
a documentary produced by USC
alumnus David Hoffman that
discusses the religious persecution
against the Bahá’í people in Iran and
recaps attacks against the Bahá’í
Institute for Higher Education, on
Friday.
Though BIHE is more than 7,000
miles away from USC, Hoffman, the
film’s executive producer and co-creator,
said USC students can help
halt injustice.
“Every USC student should see
this documentary and imagine in
the 21st century a government that
will use weapons against its own
people to deprive them of higher
education just because of their
faith,” said Hoffman, a USC alumnus
of the class of 1976. “Education
is the bedrock of society and a
Norris to
screen film
on religion
Education Under Fire looks
at the Iranian government’s
arrest of Bahá’í teachers.
| see bahá’í, page 2 |
By Rachel BRacker
Daily Trojan
Verna B. Dauterive, a USC trustee, donated $30 mil-lion
to the university to fund a building that will serve
as a center for interdisciplinary social science research
and teaching, President C. L. Max Nikias announced
Thursday.
Verna and Peter Dauterive Hall will be built along
Childs Way at the current location of the University
Club, said Nikias in a statement. The six-story building
will have space for classrooms, laboratories and offices.
“[The building] will become an active resource for
scholars in all social science fields, fostering fresh
connections between the traditional disciplines in the
social sciences and those of business, law, public policy
and other professional studies,” Nikias said in an email to
students. “As the physical link among these disciplines,
the building will become the heart of [students’ and
faculty members’] interdisciplinary collaborations, a
place where our insightful social scientists can study
and work to solve today’s most pressing social problems.”
Verna B. Dauterive, who held a faculty position in the
Rossier School of Education, where she received her mas-ter’s
degree in 1949 and doctoral degree in 1966, made the
$30 million
donated to
build new hall
Alumna Verna B. Dauterive said the building
will honor her late husband Peter W. Dauterive.
| see Donation, page 3 |
Campus
By Alexis Driggs
Daily Trojan
Today, most students know Mirian
Mejia as the friendly, smiling EVK
Restaurant and Grill cashier, but 30 years
ago she found herself making the life-changing
decision to leave everything
she knew in El Salvador to escape a civil
war.
“It’s so hard, but sometimes you have
to decide: What do you want?” Mejia
said. “Your life, your family or to stay [in
El Salvador] and die?”
Mejia and her 11-year-old son left
their family behind to find safety from
what started as a coup d’état in 1979
but resulted in a power struggle that
quickly escalated into a civil war. Lasting
12 years, the civil war killed more than
70,000 people and more than 30,000
disappeared, according to a report
released by the United Nations in 1992.
Mejia and her son found a new home in
Los Angeles, 3,000 miles away. Mejia was
able to keep only limited contact with
her family, who did not have a telephone
of its own, and instead relied on using
phones in the offices of the local phone
company and following a strict time
schedule.
“I had to make appointments with
telephone companies,” Mejia said. “[My
family] had to go there at a specific time,
and I had to call at that time. That’s how
you did it.”
It was 10 years before Mejia became
a U.S. citizen and was able to return to
El Salvador to see her family in person,
and she now goes back to visit for about a
month every summer.
Mejia had already taken some English
classes in El Salvador, but she said her
teachers were all British, so American
English was a completely new dialect she
had to learn. She would spend her days
working in places like hotels and flower
shops and her evenings in school to
improve her English.
About 11 years ago, Mejia began
working for USC Hospitality and is
now a beloved cashier at EVK, always
welcoming students with a smile, a quick
conversation or a word of advice.
“You can see in their faces, ‘What
happened with you? You look different
today,’” Mejia said of her regular
customers. “They say, ‘I have a cold,’ and
I say, ‘Go take a hot tea,’ or something
like that.”
USC worker fled a civil war before working at EVK
The Hospitality worker did not see
her family during the 10 years it
took her to become a U.S. citizen.
People
Ani Kolangian | Daily Trojan
Everybody’s cashier · Mirian Mejia talks to Vanessa Wilkins, a freshman majoring
in print and digital journalism, outside the EVK Restaurant and Grill worker’s station.
Katherine Montgomery | Daily Trojan
Career advice
Documentary filmmaker Andrew Jenks discussed the importance of finding a fulfilling career.
Student Affairs hosted the event Thursday in Bovard Auditorium as part of Career Fest, a
weeklong series of events focused on helping students prepare to secure jobs after graduation.
| see mejia, page 3 |
How much does
anti-gay rhetoric set
back the GOP?
Point/Counterpoint
Sunny
hi 74
lo 49
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| Full text | Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 175, NO. 17 | Friday February 3, 2012 InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 10 · Sudoku 12 · Sports Blowin’ up: Innovative, eclectic art galleries flourish throughout Los Angeles. Cold loss: USC Men’s basketball loses 60-53 against Washington State. sports 12 lifestyle 5 opinion 4 weather Sunny hi 74 lo 49 today tomorrow Documentaries By Conrad Wilton Daily Trojan USC’s Norris Cinema Theatre will screen Education Under Fire, a documentary produced by USC alumnus David Hoffman that discusses the religious persecution against the Bahá’í people in Iran and recaps attacks against the Bahá’í Institute for Higher Education, on Friday. Though BIHE is more than 7,000 miles away from USC, Hoffman, the film’s executive producer and co-creator, said USC students can help halt injustice. “Every USC student should see this documentary and imagine in the 21st century a government that will use weapons against its own people to deprive them of higher education just because of their faith,” said Hoffman, a USC alumnus of the class of 1976. “Education is the bedrock of society and a Norris to screen film on religion Education Under Fire looks at the Iranian government’s arrest of Bahá’í teachers. | see bahá’í, page 2 | By Rachel BRacker Daily Trojan Verna B. Dauterive, a USC trustee, donated $30 mil-lion to the university to fund a building that will serve as a center for interdisciplinary social science research and teaching, President C. L. Max Nikias announced Thursday. Verna and Peter Dauterive Hall will be built along Childs Way at the current location of the University Club, said Nikias in a statement. The six-story building will have space for classrooms, laboratories and offices. “[The building] will become an active resource for scholars in all social science fields, fostering fresh connections between the traditional disciplines in the social sciences and those of business, law, public policy and other professional studies,” Nikias said in an email to students. “As the physical link among these disciplines, the building will become the heart of [students’ and faculty members’] interdisciplinary collaborations, a place where our insightful social scientists can study and work to solve today’s most pressing social problems.” Verna B. Dauterive, who held a faculty position in the Rossier School of Education, where she received her mas-ter’s degree in 1949 and doctoral degree in 1966, made the $30 million donated to build new hall Alumna Verna B. Dauterive said the building will honor her late husband Peter W. Dauterive. | see Donation, page 3 | Campus By Alexis Driggs Daily Trojan Today, most students know Mirian Mejia as the friendly, smiling EVK Restaurant and Grill cashier, but 30 years ago she found herself making the life-changing decision to leave everything she knew in El Salvador to escape a civil war. “It’s so hard, but sometimes you have to decide: What do you want?” Mejia said. “Your life, your family or to stay [in El Salvador] and die?” Mejia and her 11-year-old son left their family behind to find safety from what started as a coup d’état in 1979 but resulted in a power struggle that quickly escalated into a civil war. Lasting 12 years, the civil war killed more than 70,000 people and more than 30,000 disappeared, according to a report released by the United Nations in 1992. Mejia and her son found a new home in Los Angeles, 3,000 miles away. Mejia was able to keep only limited contact with her family, who did not have a telephone of its own, and instead relied on using phones in the offices of the local phone company and following a strict time schedule. “I had to make appointments with telephone companies,” Mejia said. “[My family] had to go there at a specific time, and I had to call at that time. That’s how you did it.” It was 10 years before Mejia became a U.S. citizen and was able to return to El Salvador to see her family in person, and she now goes back to visit for about a month every summer. Mejia had already taken some English classes in El Salvador, but she said her teachers were all British, so American English was a completely new dialect she had to learn. She would spend her days working in places like hotels and flower shops and her evenings in school to improve her English. About 11 years ago, Mejia began working for USC Hospitality and is now a beloved cashier at EVK, always welcoming students with a smile, a quick conversation or a word of advice. “You can see in their faces, ‘What happened with you? You look different today,’” Mejia said of her regular customers. “They say, ‘I have a cold,’ and I say, ‘Go take a hot tea,’ or something like that.” USC worker fled a civil war before working at EVK The Hospitality worker did not see her family during the 10 years it took her to become a U.S. citizen. People Ani Kolangian | Daily Trojan Everybody’s cashier · Mirian Mejia talks to Vanessa Wilkins, a freshman majoring in print and digital journalism, outside the EVK Restaurant and Grill worker’s station. Katherine Montgomery | Daily Trojan Career advice Documentary filmmaker Andrew Jenks discussed the importance of finding a fulfilling career. Student Affairs hosted the event Thursday in Bovard Auditorium as part of Career Fest, a weeklong series of events focused on helping students prepare to secure jobs after graduation. | see mejia, page 3 | How much does anti-gay rhetoric set back the GOP? Point/Counterpoint Sunny hi 74 lo 49 |
