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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | VOL. 162, NO. 19 | www.dailytrojan.com MONDAY , SEPTE MBER 24, 2007 Chris Nguyen | Daily Trojan At the park | USC students take it easy in makeshift parks set up in parking spots around campus. The demonstration was part of PARK[ing] Day, a movement aimed at raising awareness about the use of green space in urban planning. By JANNA BRANCOL INI Daily Trojan It’s not unusual to see students on campus loung-ing in the grass, relaxing on park benches, eating chips, playing with pets or tossing around a ball — unless they happen to be doing all of this in a re-served parking space on a paved campus road. This scenario played out all day Friday as USC School of Architecture students laid down sod, chairs, benches and even a kiddie pool, turning park-ing spaces into park spaces as part of Los Angeles’s first annual “PARK[ing] Day” demonstration. The event, which began in San Francisco in 2005 and has since spread to cities across California, is aimed at engaging the public in a dialogue about green spaces in urban environments, organizers said. USC’s demonstration was hosted by the Gradu-ate Architecture Student Association and the Un-dergraduate Architecture Student Council with the goal of getting students to think about how parking spaces fill scarce opportunities for green space in large cities such as Los Angeles. “This is more of an urban design statement to make people think about how much they rely on the car and what a city could look like without it,” said USC architecture students demonstrated the benefits of urban green spaces Friday. Students ‘park it’ for the day | see PARK, page 3 | Campus congestion raises safety concerns By MELODY CHIU Daily Trojan As traffic congestion increases on cam-pus, concerns about the vehicles driven by employees of the university are being thrust into the fast lane. These vehicles — including DPS scooters and service carts used by depart-ments such as Auxiliary Services and TrojanTransportation — combined with pedestrians, bicyclists and other vehicles, are involved in more reported accidents around campus. Ten crashes involving carts and motor-ized scooters were recorded by the DPS since January 2007, DPS Capt. David Carlisle said. Carlisle said he expects the number to continue to rise because of the growing number of transportation modes that contribute to campus congestion. “[DPS] is concerned about the increas-ing amount of congestion … plus there are also motor vehicles on campus, in addition to the electric carts, bikes and skateboards,” he said. Two of the 10 reported crashes oc-curred this semester. In one incidents, a student who was driving a university cart near Waite Phil-lips Hall struck another student, leaving that student with an injured wrist, the DPS crime log reported on Sept. 12. In a second incident, a faculty member told DPS he was nearly hit by a univer-sity employee who was driving a cart at an unsafe speed while he tried to cross the street at Downey and Watt ways, ac-cording to the DPS crime log and inci-dent summary. Some students say that although the carts seem harmless when driven at slow speeds, they become dangerous when their drivers cruise at high speeds or drive recklessly. Chris Whitenhill, a junior majoring in political science, said he often has to slow down on or walk his bike to avoid colliding with the vehicles. He said tak-ing these precautions, however, does not always guarantee him a safe trip to class. “Earlier today, this electric golf cart seemed like it was going to run me over,” Defensive driving courses are required for personnel who use university vehicles. » 16 FINE FORM USC opened Pac-10 play by thrashing WSU 47-14 behind four touchdown passes from John David Booty SCRIPTED Film Editor Matt Brennan asks what allows Jane Austen’s novels make the transition from stage to screen so well 7 » LETTERS | It’s easy to support a troop surge in Iraq when you’re not there, writes a student who was deployed to Iraq. PAGE 4 NEWS | Extreme Home Makeover, USC Greek edition. Check out which frats moved and spiffed up their pads this summer. PAGE 6 | see Traffic, page 5 | LIFESTYLE | Poet’s walk, at 7 + FIG, brings installation art and poetry together in a unique urban setting. PAGE 8 Things You Must Have When Riding Your Bike FA bike light when riding at night. FBicycle registration — required by California law and university regulations. You can register your bike at the Public Safety office. See the Bicycle Policy in University Governance for more information. FWorking brakes — get new pads and adjustments at any bike shop. FHelmet — required by California law for bicyclists under 18 years of age. Highly encouraged for persons over 18. Rules to Keep in Mind When Riding FAlways ride on the right and with the flow of traffic (also required by California law). Ride on the road, not on the sidewalk, when possible. FObey all traffic laws. You must stop at intersections, just like other vehicles. Pedestrians have the right-of-way. FTake extra care when passing parking lot exits and other driveways. Source: USC ’SCampus
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Full text | Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | VOL. 162, NO. 19 | www.dailytrojan.com MONDAY , SEPTE MBER 24, 2007 Chris Nguyen | Daily Trojan At the park | USC students take it easy in makeshift parks set up in parking spots around campus. The demonstration was part of PARK[ing] Day, a movement aimed at raising awareness about the use of green space in urban planning. By JANNA BRANCOL INI Daily Trojan It’s not unusual to see students on campus loung-ing in the grass, relaxing on park benches, eating chips, playing with pets or tossing around a ball — unless they happen to be doing all of this in a re-served parking space on a paved campus road. This scenario played out all day Friday as USC School of Architecture students laid down sod, chairs, benches and even a kiddie pool, turning park-ing spaces into park spaces as part of Los Angeles’s first annual “PARK[ing] Day” demonstration. The event, which began in San Francisco in 2005 and has since spread to cities across California, is aimed at engaging the public in a dialogue about green spaces in urban environments, organizers said. USC’s demonstration was hosted by the Gradu-ate Architecture Student Association and the Un-dergraduate Architecture Student Council with the goal of getting students to think about how parking spaces fill scarce opportunities for green space in large cities such as Los Angeles. “This is more of an urban design statement to make people think about how much they rely on the car and what a city could look like without it,” said USC architecture students demonstrated the benefits of urban green spaces Friday. Students ‘park it’ for the day | see PARK, page 3 | Campus congestion raises safety concerns By MELODY CHIU Daily Trojan As traffic congestion increases on cam-pus, concerns about the vehicles driven by employees of the university are being thrust into the fast lane. These vehicles — including DPS scooters and service carts used by depart-ments such as Auxiliary Services and TrojanTransportation — combined with pedestrians, bicyclists and other vehicles, are involved in more reported accidents around campus. Ten crashes involving carts and motor-ized scooters were recorded by the DPS since January 2007, DPS Capt. David Carlisle said. Carlisle said he expects the number to continue to rise because of the growing number of transportation modes that contribute to campus congestion. “[DPS] is concerned about the increas-ing amount of congestion … plus there are also motor vehicles on campus, in addition to the electric carts, bikes and skateboards,” he said. Two of the 10 reported crashes oc-curred this semester. In one incidents, a student who was driving a university cart near Waite Phil-lips Hall struck another student, leaving that student with an injured wrist, the DPS crime log reported on Sept. 12. In a second incident, a faculty member told DPS he was nearly hit by a univer-sity employee who was driving a cart at an unsafe speed while he tried to cross the street at Downey and Watt ways, ac-cording to the DPS crime log and inci-dent summary. Some students say that although the carts seem harmless when driven at slow speeds, they become dangerous when their drivers cruise at high speeds or drive recklessly. Chris Whitenhill, a junior majoring in political science, said he often has to slow down on or walk his bike to avoid colliding with the vehicles. He said tak-ing these precautions, however, does not always guarantee him a safe trip to class. “Earlier today, this electric golf cart seemed like it was going to run me over,” Defensive driving courses are required for personnel who use university vehicles. » 16 FINE FORM USC opened Pac-10 play by thrashing WSU 47-14 behind four touchdown passes from John David Booty SCRIPTED Film Editor Matt Brennan asks what allows Jane Austen’s novels make the transition from stage to screen so well 7 » LETTERS | It’s easy to support a troop surge in Iraq when you’re not there, writes a student who was deployed to Iraq. PAGE 4 NEWS | Extreme Home Makeover, USC Greek edition. Check out which frats moved and spiffed up their pads this summer. PAGE 6 | see Traffic, page 5 | LIFESTYLE | Poet’s walk, at 7 + FIG, brings installation art and poetry together in a unique urban setting. PAGE 8 Things You Must Have When Riding Your Bike FA bike light when riding at night. FBicycle registration — required by California law and university regulations. You can register your bike at the Public Safety office. See the Bicycle Policy in University Governance for more information. FWorking brakes — get new pads and adjustments at any bike shop. FHelmet — required by California law for bicyclists under 18 years of age. Highly encouraged for persons over 18. Rules to Keep in Mind When Riding FAlways ride on the right and with the flow of traffic (also required by California law). Ride on the road, not on the sidewalk, when possible. FObey all traffic laws. You must stop at intersections, just like other vehicles. Pedestrians have the right-of-way. FTake extra care when passing parking lot exits and other driveways. Source: USC ’SCampus |