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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | VOL. 162, NO. 12 | www.dailytrojan.com THURSDAY, SEPTE MBER 13, 2007 By RADOMIR AVILA Daily Trojan “Thank you for inviting me to the revolution,” Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said to a crowd of supporters and curious bystanders in front of Tommy Trojan Wednesday afternoon. The gathering, sponsored by Pro-gram Board, attracted students and adults from throughout the Los An-geles area, many of whom were roused to cheer every time the 10-term con-gressman from Texas heralded points on his libertarian agenda. Paul’s fans made up an eclectic set of followers — one woman in tie-dyed pants holding a sign dotted with the peace symbol and the slogan, “End Iraqi Nuclear Holocaust,” stood next to a man whose sign portrayed a bald eagle in front of a waving flag — and less than half the crowd appeared to be USC students. Nearly all Paul’s policies are based in libertarianism, a political ideol-ogy based on individual rights, small government and free markets. While some issues include lower taxes, the dismantling of federal departments and an elimination of spying pro-grams, many of his positions, such as his belief that non-violent drug offenders should be released from prison, break with those of the main-stream Republican base. His most contentious platform is his belief that the United States should imme-diately withdraw all troops from Iraq, a position he has held since the start of the conflict in 2003. “He is a libertarian who has found The Republican presidential candidate addressed a crowd of students and supporters about key campaign issues. 2008 candidate Ron Paul speaks at USC | see 2008, page 12 | Joshua Sy | Daily Trojan Protect and preserve | Donnell Bell, Collection Inventory Assistant, stands with some of the books stored in the Grand Avenue Library located three blocks east of campus. The newly air-conditioned building holds some of USC’s collections. Grand Avenue Library cools down books By JULIA WONG Daily Trojan Sweltering summer heat and decaying books will no longer be characteristic of USC’s Grand Avenue Library, which in-stalled air-conditioning at its off-campus facility earlier this year in an attempt to pre-serve the collections stored there. Grand Avenue Library, located at 3434 Grand Ave., is the holding place for lesser-used research materials that are still impor-tant. It is a huge book repository packed floor to ceiling with old and special collec-tions. The collections were moved into the 81,000-square-foot Grand Avenue location between 2000 and 2001. But the installation of air-conditioning was not initiated until after the university’s Information Technol-ogy Services relocated into the same build-ing earlier this year. “We wanted this for a very long time and this is a huge step forward,” said Marje Schuetze-Coburn, senior associate dean of libraries. Without air-conditioning, Schuetze-Co-burn explained, the fluctuation of tempera-tures within the building would damage print materials and microfilms. “Film will break down, and paper will get brittle over time and disintegrate. Cooling the materials down will slow their destruc-tion,” Schuetze-Coburn said. The introduction of the air-conditioning facility better allows the library to preserve older and more fragile print materials, such as microfilms, government documents and journals. Doctorate and graduate students use the library’s resources the most, but some undergraduates find it useful in heavily research-based studies, said Gene Bickers, professor of physics and associate vice pro-vost for undergraduate programs. “I don’t normally refer undergraduates to the Grand Avenue Library, but this really depends on their field. Students studying literature, archaeology, art history or history will need their primary sources,” Bickers said. Robert Shanklin, a doctoral candidate in philosophy of language and linguistics, takes advantage of the materials stored at the Grand Avenue Library, and said he will visit more often now that comfortable fa-cilities, such as the accompanying reading room, have been completed. “I would be encouraged to go to the Grand Avenue Library now that is has air-conditioning, because it shows the library really cares about materials,” Shanklin said. Shanklin said he researches the ways lan-guage facilitates knowledge and influences thought. He uses sources ranging from an-cient and fragile materials to newer materi- The off-campus library installs air-conditioning to preserve some of USC’s rare collections. | see library, page 3 | By NANCY CHEN Daily Trojan Wendy Lopata wants to make it clear: They are survivors, not victims. Lopata, the assistant director of the USC Center for Women and Men, believes a change in nomenclature is necessary to better address issues of domestic abuse. “It’s important to recognize that people have to en-dure a lot to survive an [abusive] situation, and it’s an affirmation of how hard it is to get where they are,” she said. In recent weeks, two USC female students in separate cases lodged complaints involving former boyfriends with the Department of Public Safety. One student reported her ex-boyfriend, also a stu-dent, after he told two separate people he would harm her, according to a DPS report. Another student called DPS after she discovered her ex-boyfriend, against whom she had a restraining order in another state, standing outside her apartment door. The officers detained the ex-boyfriend, but the student declined to file a charge to have him arrested. He was then released after being escorted from the premises. Both females were referred to the Center for Women and Men for help in getting a restraining order. “Counselors at the Center work with students, both male and female, who fear for their safety, to devise an immediate safety plan, including whom to contact and turn to for support,” Lopata said. The Center for Women and Men offers counseling and help to those being stalked. USC offers resources for abuse victims | see stalking, page 3 | SECOND CHANCE Nebraska quarterback Sam Keller blew a 21-3 lead vs. USC when he played for ASU. Saturday he gets another shot 20 THE WAR AT HOME » » Paul Higgis’ latest effort, ‘In the Valley of Elah,’ examines the moral consequences of war for a soldier’s family 7 Just too much » The VMAs put columnist Stephen Kwok on sensory overload. Opinion, page 4 Ron Paul
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Full text | Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | VOL. 162, NO. 12 | www.dailytrojan.com THURSDAY, SEPTE MBER 13, 2007 By RADOMIR AVILA Daily Trojan “Thank you for inviting me to the revolution,” Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said to a crowd of supporters and curious bystanders in front of Tommy Trojan Wednesday afternoon. The gathering, sponsored by Pro-gram Board, attracted students and adults from throughout the Los An-geles area, many of whom were roused to cheer every time the 10-term con-gressman from Texas heralded points on his libertarian agenda. Paul’s fans made up an eclectic set of followers — one woman in tie-dyed pants holding a sign dotted with the peace symbol and the slogan, “End Iraqi Nuclear Holocaust,” stood next to a man whose sign portrayed a bald eagle in front of a waving flag — and less than half the crowd appeared to be USC students. Nearly all Paul’s policies are based in libertarianism, a political ideol-ogy based on individual rights, small government and free markets. While some issues include lower taxes, the dismantling of federal departments and an elimination of spying pro-grams, many of his positions, such as his belief that non-violent drug offenders should be released from prison, break with those of the main-stream Republican base. His most contentious platform is his belief that the United States should imme-diately withdraw all troops from Iraq, a position he has held since the start of the conflict in 2003. “He is a libertarian who has found The Republican presidential candidate addressed a crowd of students and supporters about key campaign issues. 2008 candidate Ron Paul speaks at USC | see 2008, page 12 | Joshua Sy | Daily Trojan Protect and preserve | Donnell Bell, Collection Inventory Assistant, stands with some of the books stored in the Grand Avenue Library located three blocks east of campus. The newly air-conditioned building holds some of USC’s collections. Grand Avenue Library cools down books By JULIA WONG Daily Trojan Sweltering summer heat and decaying books will no longer be characteristic of USC’s Grand Avenue Library, which in-stalled air-conditioning at its off-campus facility earlier this year in an attempt to pre-serve the collections stored there. Grand Avenue Library, located at 3434 Grand Ave., is the holding place for lesser-used research materials that are still impor-tant. It is a huge book repository packed floor to ceiling with old and special collec-tions. The collections were moved into the 81,000-square-foot Grand Avenue location between 2000 and 2001. But the installation of air-conditioning was not initiated until after the university’s Information Technol-ogy Services relocated into the same build-ing earlier this year. “We wanted this for a very long time and this is a huge step forward,” said Marje Schuetze-Coburn, senior associate dean of libraries. Without air-conditioning, Schuetze-Co-burn explained, the fluctuation of tempera-tures within the building would damage print materials and microfilms. “Film will break down, and paper will get brittle over time and disintegrate. Cooling the materials down will slow their destruc-tion,” Schuetze-Coburn said. The introduction of the air-conditioning facility better allows the library to preserve older and more fragile print materials, such as microfilms, government documents and journals. Doctorate and graduate students use the library’s resources the most, but some undergraduates find it useful in heavily research-based studies, said Gene Bickers, professor of physics and associate vice pro-vost for undergraduate programs. “I don’t normally refer undergraduates to the Grand Avenue Library, but this really depends on their field. Students studying literature, archaeology, art history or history will need their primary sources,” Bickers said. Robert Shanklin, a doctoral candidate in philosophy of language and linguistics, takes advantage of the materials stored at the Grand Avenue Library, and said he will visit more often now that comfortable fa-cilities, such as the accompanying reading room, have been completed. “I would be encouraged to go to the Grand Avenue Library now that is has air-conditioning, because it shows the library really cares about materials,” Shanklin said. Shanklin said he researches the ways lan-guage facilitates knowledge and influences thought. He uses sources ranging from an-cient and fragile materials to newer materi- The off-campus library installs air-conditioning to preserve some of USC’s rare collections. | see library, page 3 | By NANCY CHEN Daily Trojan Wendy Lopata wants to make it clear: They are survivors, not victims. Lopata, the assistant director of the USC Center for Women and Men, believes a change in nomenclature is necessary to better address issues of domestic abuse. “It’s important to recognize that people have to en-dure a lot to survive an [abusive] situation, and it’s an affirmation of how hard it is to get where they are,” she said. In recent weeks, two USC female students in separate cases lodged complaints involving former boyfriends with the Department of Public Safety. One student reported her ex-boyfriend, also a stu-dent, after he told two separate people he would harm her, according to a DPS report. Another student called DPS after she discovered her ex-boyfriend, against whom she had a restraining order in another state, standing outside her apartment door. The officers detained the ex-boyfriend, but the student declined to file a charge to have him arrested. He was then released after being escorted from the premises. Both females were referred to the Center for Women and Men for help in getting a restraining order. “Counselors at the Center work with students, both male and female, who fear for their safety, to devise an immediate safety plan, including whom to contact and turn to for support,” Lopata said. The Center for Women and Men offers counseling and help to those being stalked. USC offers resources for abuse victims | see stalking, page 3 | SECOND CHANCE Nebraska quarterback Sam Keller blew a 21-3 lead vs. USC when he played for ASU. Saturday he gets another shot 20 THE WAR AT HOME » » Paul Higgis’ latest effort, ‘In the Valley of Elah,’ examines the moral consequences of war for a soldier’s family 7 Just too much » The VMAs put columnist Stephen Kwok on sensory overload. Opinion, page 4 Ron Paul |