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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | VOL. 161, NO. 5 | www.dailytrojan.com WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2007 | see Uvuvuv, page 2 | Steevens Alconcel | Daily Trojan Game on | The newly-constructed Galen Center has been chosen to host the Pac-10 women’s basketball championship starting in the 2008-2009 season. The men’s tournament will be held at the nearby Staples Center. By TOREY VAN OOT Summer Trojan Motor City March began like most class projects, with a coffee-fueled brainstorm session. But, un-like most, the project didn’t end with the grade. After months of planning, fundraising and a 2,400-mile road trip, some members are ready to refuel — with the help of a $5,000 grant. The leadership- and community service-based proj-ect is the recipient of an innovation grant from the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation, which awards funds to projects that demonstrate “proactive creativity that seeks to make a societal impact,” said group member Matt Heins, a senior majoring in international rela-tions. Motor City March — the brainchild of members of an upper-division leadership class co-taught by President Steven B. Sample and distinguished professor Warren Bennis — is a cross-country road trip that aims to bet-ter disadvantaged communities in Detroit, promote awareness about modern-day segregation and create a national philanthropic network for college students. Though the goal is to expand the project to several cities, group member Derek Peters, a former Daily Tro-jan editor, said they initially chose Detroit because it Motor City March founders say they hope to include more universities in the project. Student leadership project receives $5,000 grant to continue trip Center to receive grant for stem cells By CORINNA WU Summer Trojan USC has been selected to share a $6.4 million grant to build and fund new facilities for conducting embryonic stem cell research. The grant comes from Califor-nia Institute for Regenetative Med-icine, an organization created in part by Proposition 71 in late 2004 after Californian voters approved measures providing $3 billion in funding over for stem cell research at California universities and re-search institutions through grants and loans. The shared research laboratory grant will be used to develop and renovate laboratory spaces, pur-chase new equipment for research facilities and cover operational expenses for three years at USC’s Center for Stem Cell and Regenera-tive Medicine and The Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Within the allocated sum, $3.6 million is assigned to USC’s Cen-ter for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine and $2.8 million to the Children’s Hospital. Martin Pera, director of USC’s Center for Stem Cell and Regenera-tive Medicine and professor of cell and neurobiology, wrote in an e-mail that the core laboratory would be housed temporarily on the cen-ter’s floor in the new Harlyne J. Norris Cancer Research Tower. The stem cell research center will eventually be incorporated into the new Broad Institute building on the USC Health Sciences campus, a joint-project with the Children’s Hospital that will include tissue culture workstations and is sched-uled to open in two years. USC’s funds also include $1.3 million for a training course on Current Protocols in Human Em-bryonic Stem Cell Research. California Institute has allocated $6.4 million to USC and UCLA research. QUICK FACT USC has received more than $17 million in grants created by 2004’s Proposition 71 stem cell funding initiative | see grant, page 3 | Conceptual » With the success of Green Day’s 2004 smash hit, American Idiot, the concept album is becoming popular again. And the reason may be political than you think. LIFESTYLE, PAGE 3 Aces abroad » SPORT S, PAGE 12 Mad dentist? » NEWS, PAGE 3 Galen fever | USC to host women’s 2009 Pac-10 tournament By JOSHUA SHARP Summer Trojan A second Los Angeles judge threw out the mur-der charge against a suspended USC student ac-cused of killing her newborn child on Tuesday. Holly Ashcraft, a 22-year-old architecture major who has stood trial for two years, still faces a June 27 hearing for one charge of child abuse. Ashcraft was arrested in October 2005 after a newborn was found in a Dumpster behind the 29th Street Cafe. DNA evidence proved it was her son. Prosecuting Deputy District Attorney Franco Barrata had cited a coroner’s conclusion that the baby was born alive, but defense attorney Mark Geragos had repeatedly challenged that assertion in court. “I’m extremely pleased,” Geragos said of the rul-ing. “Obviously [the Ashcraft family is] delighted, and I’m happy for them.” Judge Samuel Mayerson concluded that he couldn’t “second-guess” Judge David Wesley’s de-cision to dismiss the murder charge and impose a Judge upholds ruling that 22-year-old suspended student cannot be charged with murdering her newborn son. L.A. judge dismisses charge in Ashcraft case | see trial, page 2 | JUNGLE FEVER Lions and tigers and .... me? Oh my! A trip to the zoo turns into a mirror of our lives, writes columnist Kaitlyn Thornton 4 FATHER’S DAY PICKS » Patrick Skelly recommends some DVD treats to toss your dad’s way this Sunday, including a new Sergio Leone anthology that fea-tures some of Clint’s best movies 6 | see march, page 2 | A dental-tool thief strikes twice Thursday night. For this crime and more see DPS’s weekly roundup. Women’s volleyball takes Europe by storm, defeating Slovakian and Swedish national teams to capture second place at the Savaria Cup.
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Full text | Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | VOL. 161, NO. 5 | www.dailytrojan.com WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2007 | see Uvuvuv, page 2 | Steevens Alconcel | Daily Trojan Game on | The newly-constructed Galen Center has been chosen to host the Pac-10 women’s basketball championship starting in the 2008-2009 season. The men’s tournament will be held at the nearby Staples Center. By TOREY VAN OOT Summer Trojan Motor City March began like most class projects, with a coffee-fueled brainstorm session. But, un-like most, the project didn’t end with the grade. After months of planning, fundraising and a 2,400-mile road trip, some members are ready to refuel — with the help of a $5,000 grant. The leadership- and community service-based proj-ect is the recipient of an innovation grant from the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation, which awards funds to projects that demonstrate “proactive creativity that seeks to make a societal impact,” said group member Matt Heins, a senior majoring in international rela-tions. Motor City March — the brainchild of members of an upper-division leadership class co-taught by President Steven B. Sample and distinguished professor Warren Bennis — is a cross-country road trip that aims to bet-ter disadvantaged communities in Detroit, promote awareness about modern-day segregation and create a national philanthropic network for college students. Though the goal is to expand the project to several cities, group member Derek Peters, a former Daily Tro-jan editor, said they initially chose Detroit because it Motor City March founders say they hope to include more universities in the project. Student leadership project receives $5,000 grant to continue trip Center to receive grant for stem cells By CORINNA WU Summer Trojan USC has been selected to share a $6.4 million grant to build and fund new facilities for conducting embryonic stem cell research. The grant comes from Califor-nia Institute for Regenetative Med-icine, an organization created in part by Proposition 71 in late 2004 after Californian voters approved measures providing $3 billion in funding over for stem cell research at California universities and re-search institutions through grants and loans. The shared research laboratory grant will be used to develop and renovate laboratory spaces, pur-chase new equipment for research facilities and cover operational expenses for three years at USC’s Center for Stem Cell and Regenera-tive Medicine and The Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Within the allocated sum, $3.6 million is assigned to USC’s Cen-ter for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine and $2.8 million to the Children’s Hospital. Martin Pera, director of USC’s Center for Stem Cell and Regenera-tive Medicine and professor of cell and neurobiology, wrote in an e-mail that the core laboratory would be housed temporarily on the cen-ter’s floor in the new Harlyne J. Norris Cancer Research Tower. The stem cell research center will eventually be incorporated into the new Broad Institute building on the USC Health Sciences campus, a joint-project with the Children’s Hospital that will include tissue culture workstations and is sched-uled to open in two years. USC’s funds also include $1.3 million for a training course on Current Protocols in Human Em-bryonic Stem Cell Research. California Institute has allocated $6.4 million to USC and UCLA research. QUICK FACT USC has received more than $17 million in grants created by 2004’s Proposition 71 stem cell funding initiative | see grant, page 3 | Conceptual » With the success of Green Day’s 2004 smash hit, American Idiot, the concept album is becoming popular again. And the reason may be political than you think. LIFESTYLE, PAGE 3 Aces abroad » SPORT S, PAGE 12 Mad dentist? » NEWS, PAGE 3 Galen fever | USC to host women’s 2009 Pac-10 tournament By JOSHUA SHARP Summer Trojan A second Los Angeles judge threw out the mur-der charge against a suspended USC student ac-cused of killing her newborn child on Tuesday. Holly Ashcraft, a 22-year-old architecture major who has stood trial for two years, still faces a June 27 hearing for one charge of child abuse. Ashcraft was arrested in October 2005 after a newborn was found in a Dumpster behind the 29th Street Cafe. DNA evidence proved it was her son. Prosecuting Deputy District Attorney Franco Barrata had cited a coroner’s conclusion that the baby was born alive, but defense attorney Mark Geragos had repeatedly challenged that assertion in court. “I’m extremely pleased,” Geragos said of the rul-ing. “Obviously [the Ashcraft family is] delighted, and I’m happy for them.” Judge Samuel Mayerson concluded that he couldn’t “second-guess” Judge David Wesley’s de-cision to dismiss the murder charge and impose a Judge upholds ruling that 22-year-old suspended student cannot be charged with murdering her newborn son. L.A. judge dismisses charge in Ashcraft case | see trial, page 2 | JUNGLE FEVER Lions and tigers and .... me? Oh my! A trip to the zoo turns into a mirror of our lives, writes columnist Kaitlyn Thornton 4 FATHER’S DAY PICKS » Patrick Skelly recommends some DVD treats to toss your dad’s way this Sunday, including a new Sergio Leone anthology that fea-tures some of Clint’s best movies 6 | see march, page 2 | A dental-tool thief strikes twice Thursday night. For this crime and more see DPS’s weekly roundup. Women’s volleyball takes Europe by storm, defeating Slovakian and Swedish national teams to capture second place at the Savaria Cup. |