Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 171, NO. 16 | Wednesday September 15, 2010
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
5 · Lifestyle
8 · Classifieds
10 · Crossword
12 · Sports
Good deal: Student-run
startup offers discounts on
food around USC. PAGE 5
Forfeited: Reggie Bush gives
back his Heisman Trophy
Tuesday. PAGE 8
Heather Lee | Daily Trojan
Fueling the debate
Evan Gillespie, the regional representative for the Sierra Club in California, speaks at a meeting Tuesday for Beyond Coal, a student
group dedicated to reducing USC’s dependence on coal. The group hopes to work with President C.L. Max Nikias to reach its goals.
By Grace wong
Daily Trojan
A new budget was approved during Tuesday night’s
Undergraduate Student Government Senate meeting,
giving $30,000 to USC’s USG. The funds were provided
by USC Student Affairs.
USG received the money two weeks ago, but the
Allocations Committee met four times to discuss the
changes that would be made to the budget. The new
budget passed by a vote of 11-0 Tuesday, with one mem-ber
abstaining.
The branch of USG that received the most money was
the Discretionary Board, which gives money to student
organizations to fund events on campus.
“The discretionary fund is bigger than some of the
other funding boards because it encompasses a wid-er
range of possible events so there are more students
that can qualify to get funding that way,” USG Senior
Director of Communications Elizabeth Trower said.
The administrative branch of Program Board received
$3,000 to cover basic costs such as paperwork, supplies,
posters and shirts. The Performing Arts Committee of
Program Board received $7,500, which will possibly go
toward another event or bringing in more high-profile
talent to perform at USC.
“They always have really well-attended events,” USG
Speaker Pro Tempore and Greek Senator Mikey Geragos
said. “So we thought students would really appreciate
the money going there.”
Program Board’s Special Events Committee received
$1,850, which will go toward improving the events al-ready
planned.
USG approves
new budget to
allocate funds
The $30,000 from USC Student Affairs will go
toward funding student events and groups.
| see usg, page 2 |
By Tasbeeh Herwees
Daily Trojan
The backgrounds of this year’s
California gubernatorial candidates
will play prominent roles — both
good and bad — in the election, as
discussed by panelists at the first
Students Talk Back session, a week-ly
event hosted by the Jesse M. Unruh
Institute of Politics, on Tuesday
Panelists, including Chief Deputy
Mayor of Los Angeles Jay Carson,
who was formerly a senior adviser
to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
and former President Bill Clinton, and
Matt Klink, executive vice president
of Cerrell Associates, an independent
public relations firm, discussed the
ongoing election campaigns run by
gubernatorial candidates Jerry Brown
and Meg Whitman.
Jonathan Brebner, president of the
USC College Democrats, and Emily
Talk back
discusses
candidates
The luncheon focused on the
race between candidates Jerry
Brown and Meg Whitman.
| see talk back, page 3 |
By Rebecca Buddingh
Daily Trojan
In an effort to focus more on
student interests and campus
events, Trojan Vision Television
will air a new live talk show
beginning Sept. 27.
The Daily SCene will be hosted
by two anchors and will feature
a variety of segments geared
toward the USC student body.
The segments range from
interviews with USC professors
and special guests, music and
movies reviews, ideas for Los
Angeles-based activities and
coverage of entertainment news.
James Creech, a junior
majoring in political science and
cinema-television production
and Trojan Vision’s general
manager, said the idea for a daily
talk show came from Elizabeth
Daley, dean of the USC School
of Cinematic Arts, and Don
Tillman, executive director of
Trojan Vision.
“We really wanted to bring a
new inspiration in programming
to the station,” Creech said.
The show will air from 11 a.m.
to noon, Monday through Friday,
and features two different
anchors each day throughout
the week. In addition, some
programming segments will air
on certain days of the week. The
Daily SCene will broadcast live
from the television kiosk near
Tommy Trojan every Wednesday,
a first for Trojan Vision.
Lipson said she hopes this
presence on campus will help
publicize The Daily SCene and
Trojan Vision as a whole.
Trojan Vision had the capacity
to launch the new show this semester
after receiving record-breaking
enrollment numbers — more
than 100 people in Practicum in
Television Production (CTPR
409). The course, which is
required for some film majors,
allows students to work directly
with Trojan Vision to plan and
produce daily programming.
“We had a lot of resources in
terms of people that wanted to
work for Trojan Vision as well
as gear and equipment that
we wanted to be able to use in
a creative new way,” said Elle
Lipson, a junior majoring in
cinema-television production
and the executive producer of
The Daily SCene.
One way the production team
plans on bolstering support for
Trojan Vision Television to debut new live talkshow
The Daily SCene will
broadcast from the kiosk next
to Tommy Trojan Wednesdays.
| see Show, page 3 |
Shabnam Ferdowsi | Daily Trojan
On air · Polina Diaz, a freshman majoring in screenwriting, works at the
Trojan Vision studio. The station will debut a new show later this month.