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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 171, NO. 9 | Thursday September 2, 2010 InDEX 2 · News Digest 4 · Opinion 7 · Lifestyle 12 · Classifieds 14 · Sudoku 16 · Sports By Suji Pyun Daily Trojan Five cadets took an oath of enlistment Wednesday after-noon, promising to complete the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program and serve as officers in the future. USC’s ROTC program has 35 cadets in total but five de-cided to take this oath this afternoon, Maj. David Jackson said. “The oath is committing to be future army officers,” Jackson said. “After two to four years of training, they will accept the terms that they will be future army leaders.” According to Maj. Robert Medina and Jackson, the ca-dets will graduate and receive an officer’s rank commis-sion. Cadets will learn leadership, become ethical decision makers and train to become physically fit, morally straight and technically competent. Sophomore history major Cadet Michael Lockhart has been in the army reserves for seven years. He joined the ROTC program after working in Iraq as a battalion motor sergeant and served there for 11 months and 16 days while working with vehicles and equipment. “I think I had a really good experience overseas and I’m eager to go back in the future,” Lockhart said. “I love under-standing why things are the way they are and hope to teach history at USC or work in the ROTC or army in the future.” A first-year graduate student at the School of Social Work, Cadet Daniel Lee Burns has wanted to join the army since high school to be part of the social work military pro-gram. ROTC cadets commit to future service Five cadets, some who have already served in Iraq, agreed to serve after their time in ROTC. | see cadets, page 6 | By Rachel Bracker Daily Trojan The Rossier School of Education is training teachers from Crenshaw High School as part of a greater effort to revitalize the school in a sustainable way. Professors work in conjunction with the Greater Crenshaw Educational Partnership, which is part of the Los Angeles Urban League’s larger initiative to improve the area with the help of local institutions and community members. “The whole goal is to create a new model of schooling that will work for urban communities for which current models have not worked very well in the past,” said Sylvia Rousseau, professor of education and GCEP interim executive director. Last year, Rousseau helped Crenshaw separated by into small learning communities that have themes such as social justice or business. Within each community, teachers will apply problem-based learning strategies and learn to integrate multiple strategies in relation to one problem. “[Problem-based learning] focuses on a contemporary problem and uses it as a focal point. For example, if the problem were how to develop more entrepreneurs, then in English and math and social science and science, learning will be related to solving that problem,” said Sandra Kaplan, one of six Rossier professors providing training. Last year, Rossier professors trained two small groups of Crenshaw teachers in areas including literacy, numeracy, assessment and special education. The program plans to increase the number of teachers it trains throughout the year and focus on how to sustain progress in the school. “The real model that you want to move toward is something called the professional development school, which has the continuing presence of faculty helping the school,” Rousseau said. “It’s a collaborative model where the faculty is working with teachers to improve the school.” The collaboration between Rossier professors and Crenshaw teachers is key to creating the best strategies for students, Rossier professors train Crenshaw High teachers Both schools have been collaborating for two years to elevate teaching strategies. | see Rossier, page 6 | Kelvin Kuo | Daily Trojan Proud · Five of the Reserve Officer’s Training Corps cadets pledged an enlistment oath Wednesday on the steps of the Physical Education Building. The oath means the cadets will continue their service with the army after graduation. By CYnthia ruiz Daily Trojan Nearly a year after its opening, the USC Blood Donor Center is con-tinuing its efforts to reach out to stu-dents for more donors. President C.L. Max Nikias has been instrumental in getting the message to potential donors. In a let-ter to the Trojan Family, Nikias stat-ed that students, faculty and staff donating blood can help the univer-sity’s hospitals become more self-sufficient. According to Maria Muniz, man-ager of the blood center, between the mobile donor drives and the two do-nor centers, USC is 75 to 85 percent self-sufficient. She said that the new donor center has helped to support their progress. “Trying to get to 100 percent effi-ciency is an ambitious goal, but now with the donor center it’s becom-ing closer to reality,” Muniz said. “Every month is getting better than the last.” Located in the University Village right across from the main campus, the center opened in an effort to in-crease the blood bank so USC’s hos-pitals can become self-sufficient. Not many students, however, know about the donor center, she said. “Last year we didn’t get enough marketing out there to let the stu-dents know that we’re here,” Muniz said. One way the center reaches out to students is through its mobile blood drives, which occur twice a month on Trousdale Parkway. After the blood drive, a donor is contacted and asked to donate more regularly. “They don’t know that we have a center and it’s our opportunity to grab their attention,” Muniz said. Another goal of the center is to reach a point where mostly USC stu-dents and student organizations are involved. Not only can students help save lives by donating blood, but they also have the opportunity to fulfill community service require-ments for their organizations. “It’s really an effort to see how many organizations we can have represented at the donor center. We’re really tapping into the student base and getting them to be regular donors and spread the word,” Muniz said. Alumna Karen Poon has become one of those regular donors. Poon, who graduated last December with a degree in accounting, donated blood for the fourth time Tuesday. Blood center hopes to involve students In an open letter, President C.L. Max Nikias encourages students to donate more blood. | see blood, page 3 | Tim Tran | Daily Trojan Bleed cardinal · The center, located in the University Village, helps provide the USC hospitals with 85 percent of their donated blood. ONLINE Introducing Soapbox, the newest Daily Trojan blog where readers are invited to sound off on issues affecting the USC community.
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Full text | Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 171, NO. 9 | Thursday September 2, 2010 InDEX 2 · News Digest 4 · Opinion 7 · Lifestyle 12 · Classifieds 14 · Sudoku 16 · Sports By Suji Pyun Daily Trojan Five cadets took an oath of enlistment Wednesday after-noon, promising to complete the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program and serve as officers in the future. USC’s ROTC program has 35 cadets in total but five de-cided to take this oath this afternoon, Maj. David Jackson said. “The oath is committing to be future army officers,” Jackson said. “After two to four years of training, they will accept the terms that they will be future army leaders.” According to Maj. Robert Medina and Jackson, the ca-dets will graduate and receive an officer’s rank commis-sion. Cadets will learn leadership, become ethical decision makers and train to become physically fit, morally straight and technically competent. Sophomore history major Cadet Michael Lockhart has been in the army reserves for seven years. He joined the ROTC program after working in Iraq as a battalion motor sergeant and served there for 11 months and 16 days while working with vehicles and equipment. “I think I had a really good experience overseas and I’m eager to go back in the future,” Lockhart said. “I love under-standing why things are the way they are and hope to teach history at USC or work in the ROTC or army in the future.” A first-year graduate student at the School of Social Work, Cadet Daniel Lee Burns has wanted to join the army since high school to be part of the social work military pro-gram. ROTC cadets commit to future service Five cadets, some who have already served in Iraq, agreed to serve after their time in ROTC. | see cadets, page 6 | By Rachel Bracker Daily Trojan The Rossier School of Education is training teachers from Crenshaw High School as part of a greater effort to revitalize the school in a sustainable way. Professors work in conjunction with the Greater Crenshaw Educational Partnership, which is part of the Los Angeles Urban League’s larger initiative to improve the area with the help of local institutions and community members. “The whole goal is to create a new model of schooling that will work for urban communities for which current models have not worked very well in the past,” said Sylvia Rousseau, professor of education and GCEP interim executive director. Last year, Rousseau helped Crenshaw separated by into small learning communities that have themes such as social justice or business. Within each community, teachers will apply problem-based learning strategies and learn to integrate multiple strategies in relation to one problem. “[Problem-based learning] focuses on a contemporary problem and uses it as a focal point. For example, if the problem were how to develop more entrepreneurs, then in English and math and social science and science, learning will be related to solving that problem,” said Sandra Kaplan, one of six Rossier professors providing training. Last year, Rossier professors trained two small groups of Crenshaw teachers in areas including literacy, numeracy, assessment and special education. The program plans to increase the number of teachers it trains throughout the year and focus on how to sustain progress in the school. “The real model that you want to move toward is something called the professional development school, which has the continuing presence of faculty helping the school,” Rousseau said. “It’s a collaborative model where the faculty is working with teachers to improve the school.” The collaboration between Rossier professors and Crenshaw teachers is key to creating the best strategies for students, Rossier professors train Crenshaw High teachers Both schools have been collaborating for two years to elevate teaching strategies. | see Rossier, page 6 | Kelvin Kuo | Daily Trojan Proud · Five of the Reserve Officer’s Training Corps cadets pledged an enlistment oath Wednesday on the steps of the Physical Education Building. The oath means the cadets will continue their service with the army after graduation. By CYnthia ruiz Daily Trojan Nearly a year after its opening, the USC Blood Donor Center is con-tinuing its efforts to reach out to stu-dents for more donors. President C.L. Max Nikias has been instrumental in getting the message to potential donors. In a let-ter to the Trojan Family, Nikias stat-ed that students, faculty and staff donating blood can help the univer-sity’s hospitals become more self-sufficient. According to Maria Muniz, man-ager of the blood center, between the mobile donor drives and the two do-nor centers, USC is 75 to 85 percent self-sufficient. She said that the new donor center has helped to support their progress. “Trying to get to 100 percent effi-ciency is an ambitious goal, but now with the donor center it’s becom-ing closer to reality,” Muniz said. “Every month is getting better than the last.” Located in the University Village right across from the main campus, the center opened in an effort to in-crease the blood bank so USC’s hos-pitals can become self-sufficient. Not many students, however, know about the donor center, she said. “Last year we didn’t get enough marketing out there to let the stu-dents know that we’re here,” Muniz said. One way the center reaches out to students is through its mobile blood drives, which occur twice a month on Trousdale Parkway. After the blood drive, a donor is contacted and asked to donate more regularly. “They don’t know that we have a center and it’s our opportunity to grab their attention,” Muniz said. Another goal of the center is to reach a point where mostly USC stu-dents and student organizations are involved. Not only can students help save lives by donating blood, but they also have the opportunity to fulfill community service require-ments for their organizations. “It’s really an effort to see how many organizations we can have represented at the donor center. We’re really tapping into the student base and getting them to be regular donors and spread the word,” Muniz said. Alumna Karen Poon has become one of those regular donors. Poon, who graduated last December with a degree in accounting, donated blood for the fourth time Tuesday. Blood center hopes to involve students In an open letter, President C.L. Max Nikias encourages students to donate more blood. | see blood, page 3 | Tim Tran | Daily Trojan Bleed cardinal · The center, located in the University Village, helps provide the USC hospitals with 85 percent of their donated blood. ONLINE Introducing Soapbox, the newest Daily Trojan blog where readers are invited to sound off on issues affecting the USC community. |