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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 175, NO. 33 | Wednesday February 29, 2012 InDEX 3 · Quick Hits 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 12 · Sports Fear and loathing: New play California Dreamin’ examines the Manson murders. Strike out: USC baseball breaks its winning streak with a 2-7 loss to Pepperdine University. sports 12 lifestyle 5 TalkBack weather Rainy hi 59 lo 45 today tomorrow Mostly Sunny hi 57 lo 45 Athletics By Ryan Townsend Daily Trojan Students have reacted favorably to plans to refurbish and add to McDonald’s Swim Stadium, which has not been renovated since it was built for the 1984 Olympics. Athletic Director Pat Haden announced the redesign on Feb. 17 and shortly after, the Athletic Department released preliminary renderings of the project. Construction is scheduled to begin in January 2013 and finish by April 2014. The renovation will cost between $15 million and $18 million, said Ron Orr, senior associate athletic director. At this time, the university has not chosen a contractor for development. The renovation will include new locker rooms for the water polo, swimming and diving teams. There will also be a contemporary sundeck overlooking the pools Proposed swim venue well-received Renovations to the McDonald’s Swim Stadium include new bleachers and locker rooms. | see SWIM, page 2 | By Daniel Rothberg Daily Trojan Two Undergraduate Student Government Senators in-troduced resolutions to create more gender-neutral ac-commodations for transgender students at the USC Senate meeting Tuesday night. The resolutions addressed student concerns on gender-neutral bathrooms and gender-neutral housing. Both resolutions are not final and can be amended be-fore they are voted on at the Senate meeting on March 6. Resolutions communicate to the administration the stu-dent body’s opinion on a particular issue. The first resolution, introduced by Residential Senator Keshav Tyagi, advocates for the conversion of an existing bathroom in the Student Union to a gender-neutral bath-room. Tyagi said the reason for targeting that particu-lar bathroom was because of its proximity to the LGBT Resource Center and the Women’s Center in the building. “We are the Trojan Family and how can we say we are a family if we don’t treat every person here equally or accom-modate every person’s needs,” Tyagi said. Eighty-four percent of 94 respondents to a survey on gender-neutral bathrooms were in favor of creating a gen-der- neutral bathroom in the Student Union. Tyagi, who Senate looks at transgender inclusiveness In a USG survey, 84 percent of respondents favored gender-neutral bathrooms on campus. | see LGBT, page 3 | USG By Jacqueline Mansky Daily Trojan USC was selected as one of 20 universities in the world to build an energy-efficient home for the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2013 Solar Decathlon. Two architecture professors will lead a multidisciplinary team of USC students over the next two years to design and build an innovative and energy-efficient solar home for a single-family dwelling. Alice Kimm, chair of undergraduate studies in the School of Architecture, applied for the start-up grant of $100,000 last fall, which qualified USC to participate. Kimm, in collaboration with Gary Paige, a visiting critic at the USC School of Architecture, will guide the students working on the project. “Our overall goal is to bring an energy-efficient house to the world,” Kimm said. The professors said they would like the house to built on or near campus, ideally Exposition Park, but have not determined where. Final projects are judged on a range of 10 separate performance categories including design, energy efficiency, livability and affordability. The project already is getting its feet on the ground at USC. Solar Decathlon is a topic studio class in the architecture school this semester. Nine undergraduate and four graduate students signed up for the course, which broke up the students into teams to develop six unique design ideas for the competition. At the end of the semester, the students will select the best design and that will serve as the design schematic for the actual competition prototype. Christine Tanguay, a senior majoring in architecture, is one of the students enrolled in the design studio. Tanguay said the class comes with its own unique set of challenges. “We have a set of rules, a budget and many other constraints that are required by the competition beyond the regular California building code,” Tanguay said. The Solar Decathlon competition isn’t limited to architecture students; students from interdisciplinary backgrounds are encouraged to join the team to work on the project. Tanguay said the interdisciplinary element was also a draw. “I was inspired by the fact that the competition will incorporate many schools at USC and we will be required to collaborate on a holistic, sustainable design,” Tanguay said. Kimm envisions Viterbi students working on solar technology, Marshall USC selected for Dept. of Energy Solar Decathlon The School of Architecture has created a class for students competing in the Solar Decathlon. People Photo courtesy of Christine Tanguay Model home · Shahab Rahimi, a senior majoring in architecture, prepares a small model of a study for their entry in the Dept. of Energy’s Solar Decathlon. Razan Al Marzouqi | Daily Trojan Out of uniform Israeli soldiers Lital (left) and Shai (right), who are not allowed to disclose their surnames, discuss the Arab-Israeli conflict and their work in the Israeli army at Israeli Soldiers Speak Out in Taper Hall on Monday. The event was intended to educate attendees about Israel. | see Solar, page 2 | Discuss the role of the economy in the 2012 election in RTCC 450 today at 11:30 a.m. s t u d e n t s TALKBACK
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Full text | Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 175, NO. 33 | Wednesday February 29, 2012 InDEX 3 · Quick Hits 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 12 · Sports Fear and loathing: New play California Dreamin’ examines the Manson murders. Strike out: USC baseball breaks its winning streak with a 2-7 loss to Pepperdine University. sports 12 lifestyle 5 TalkBack weather Rainy hi 59 lo 45 today tomorrow Mostly Sunny hi 57 lo 45 Athletics By Ryan Townsend Daily Trojan Students have reacted favorably to plans to refurbish and add to McDonald’s Swim Stadium, which has not been renovated since it was built for the 1984 Olympics. Athletic Director Pat Haden announced the redesign on Feb. 17 and shortly after, the Athletic Department released preliminary renderings of the project. Construction is scheduled to begin in January 2013 and finish by April 2014. The renovation will cost between $15 million and $18 million, said Ron Orr, senior associate athletic director. At this time, the university has not chosen a contractor for development. The renovation will include new locker rooms for the water polo, swimming and diving teams. There will also be a contemporary sundeck overlooking the pools Proposed swim venue well-received Renovations to the McDonald’s Swim Stadium include new bleachers and locker rooms. | see SWIM, page 2 | By Daniel Rothberg Daily Trojan Two Undergraduate Student Government Senators in-troduced resolutions to create more gender-neutral ac-commodations for transgender students at the USC Senate meeting Tuesday night. The resolutions addressed student concerns on gender-neutral bathrooms and gender-neutral housing. Both resolutions are not final and can be amended be-fore they are voted on at the Senate meeting on March 6. Resolutions communicate to the administration the stu-dent body’s opinion on a particular issue. The first resolution, introduced by Residential Senator Keshav Tyagi, advocates for the conversion of an existing bathroom in the Student Union to a gender-neutral bath-room. Tyagi said the reason for targeting that particu-lar bathroom was because of its proximity to the LGBT Resource Center and the Women’s Center in the building. “We are the Trojan Family and how can we say we are a family if we don’t treat every person here equally or accom-modate every person’s needs,” Tyagi said. Eighty-four percent of 94 respondents to a survey on gender-neutral bathrooms were in favor of creating a gen-der- neutral bathroom in the Student Union. Tyagi, who Senate looks at transgender inclusiveness In a USG survey, 84 percent of respondents favored gender-neutral bathrooms on campus. | see LGBT, page 3 | USG By Jacqueline Mansky Daily Trojan USC was selected as one of 20 universities in the world to build an energy-efficient home for the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2013 Solar Decathlon. Two architecture professors will lead a multidisciplinary team of USC students over the next two years to design and build an innovative and energy-efficient solar home for a single-family dwelling. Alice Kimm, chair of undergraduate studies in the School of Architecture, applied for the start-up grant of $100,000 last fall, which qualified USC to participate. Kimm, in collaboration with Gary Paige, a visiting critic at the USC School of Architecture, will guide the students working on the project. “Our overall goal is to bring an energy-efficient house to the world,” Kimm said. The professors said they would like the house to built on or near campus, ideally Exposition Park, but have not determined where. Final projects are judged on a range of 10 separate performance categories including design, energy efficiency, livability and affordability. The project already is getting its feet on the ground at USC. Solar Decathlon is a topic studio class in the architecture school this semester. Nine undergraduate and four graduate students signed up for the course, which broke up the students into teams to develop six unique design ideas for the competition. At the end of the semester, the students will select the best design and that will serve as the design schematic for the actual competition prototype. Christine Tanguay, a senior majoring in architecture, is one of the students enrolled in the design studio. Tanguay said the class comes with its own unique set of challenges. “We have a set of rules, a budget and many other constraints that are required by the competition beyond the regular California building code,” Tanguay said. The Solar Decathlon competition isn’t limited to architecture students; students from interdisciplinary backgrounds are encouraged to join the team to work on the project. Tanguay said the interdisciplinary element was also a draw. “I was inspired by the fact that the competition will incorporate many schools at USC and we will be required to collaborate on a holistic, sustainable design,” Tanguay said. Kimm envisions Viterbi students working on solar technology, Marshall USC selected for Dept. of Energy Solar Decathlon The School of Architecture has created a class for students competing in the Solar Decathlon. People Photo courtesy of Christine Tanguay Model home · Shahab Rahimi, a senior majoring in architecture, prepares a small model of a study for their entry in the Dept. of Energy’s Solar Decathlon. Razan Al Marzouqi | Daily Trojan Out of uniform Israeli soldiers Lital (left) and Shai (right), who are not allowed to disclose their surnames, discuss the Arab-Israeli conflict and their work in the Israeli army at Israeli Soldiers Speak Out in Taper Hall on Monday. The event was intended to educate attendees about Israel. | see Solar, page 2 | Discuss the role of the economy in the 2012 election in RTCC 450 today at 11:30 a.m. s t u d e n t s TALKBACK |