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
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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.
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