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by Gilien Silsby
O
n a Friday evening, 80
professors and gradu-
ate students with inter-
ests as diverse as Rus-
sian literature, television pro-
duction and linguistics packed a
room at the Davidson Confer-
ence Center.
D i fferences notwithstanding,
the students and professors found
common ground for stimulating
intellectual discussion on an un-
usual topic – Ishi, who was the last
surviving member of the Northern
California Yahi Indian tribe.
Such interdisciplinary gather-
ings take place as often as three
times a month and are just one
piece of the new Humanities
Initiative in the USC
College of Letters,
Arts and Sciences.
The initiative is fun-
ded by a $2 million
grant from the Ah-
manson Foundation.
“THE HUMANITIES
Initiative generates
programs and re-
s e a r c h that enhance
the quality of our lib-
eral arts curriculum
and raise the stature
of the humanities in
the College,” said
Joseph Aoun, dean
of the College. “In
addition to
the seminars
and confer-
ences, the
H u m a n i t i e s
Initiative has
created inter-
d i s c i p l i n a r y
s c h o l a r s h i p s
and advanced seminars in
a number of areas. We are
enormously grateful to the
Ahmanson Foundation
for making these and
other innovations in humanities
by Bob Calverley
THERE ARE OLD FIGHTER PILOTS AND THERE ARE b o l d
fighter pilots, but according to conventional wisdom, there are
no old, bold fighter pilots.
Except for Mike Barr.
T w e n t y - t h ree years in the Air Force flying jet fi g h t e r s ,
including 137 combat missions in Vietnam, and serving as an
i n s t ructor pilot for new pilot trainees makes him happy to be an
old pilot. And the way he runs USC’s Aviation Safety Pr o g r a m
can only be described as bold.
T h e re is no marketing, no degree program, no laboratory,
no plans for distance education, and only one tenured faculty
member on the teaching staf f .
CLASSES ARE SHORT , EXPENSIVE AND FULL. Students –
most experienced pilots themselves – are a challenge to teach,
they already have jobs, and they don’t look for w a rd to the sit-
THE 2000 COLLEGE football sea-
son may have just ended, but Pete
C a rroll is already thinking about
the next one.
“This is a great opportunity for
me, and I’m very excited,” said
C a rroll, who has signed a fi v e - y e a r
contract as USC’s new head foot-
ball coach. “Ther e ’s a great her-
itage at USC, and this school
should be successful. My expecta-
tion level is very high. It’s no secr e t
that the Rose Bowl should always
be the goal for USC, but talk
d o e s n ’t get it done. We need to
get to work right now . ”
Athletic Director Mike Garr e t t
named Carroll to the post last
month. Carroll, who led the New
England Patriots to the NFL play-
o ffs twice in three years, has 26
years of coaching experience,
including 10 years at the college
l e v e l .
“About a dozen high-pr o fil e
coaches expressed interest in this
job,” said Garrett. “Because of
that, it was important for us to be
v e ry thorough and deliberate in
our search.
“I of f e red the job to Pete
C a rroll three years ago, but he
c o u l d n ’t take it. I’m excited that
h e ’s finally here. We’ve r e c ru i t e d
v e ry well the last few years and,
at the same time, our football
team has had great academic suc-
cess. Now, it’s time to have success
on the field. With Pete Carroll, I
believe we will do that.”
CARROLL, 49, W A S the head
c o a c h of the NFL’s New England
Patriots for three seasons (1997-
99) and New Y ork Jets for one
year (1994). He guided the Patriots
into the playoffs in his first two
seasons, winning the AFC Eastern
Division title at 10-6 in 1997 and
advancing to the second round of
the playoffs, then posting a 9-7
regular season mark in 1998. His
overall r e c o rd in New England
was 27-21 in the regular season
(including 8-8 in 1999) and 1-2 in
the playoffs. He owns the fran-
c h i s e ’s second-best winning per-
centage (54.9 per c e n t ) .
After serving as the Jets’
defensive coordinator for four
seasons (1990-93), he became the
continued on page 3
January 8, 2001
Inside
LAR S HANS EN JOINS U SC 2
NE W PERSO NN EL PO LI CI ES 2
C LA SS- ACTION SET TL EMEN T 3
USC IN TH E N EWS 4
C A L E N D A R 6
C h r o n i c l e
Published for the USC Faculty & Staff
V O L U M E 2 0 N U M B E R 1 5
New Football
Coach Sets His
Sights High
Graduate Students, Faculty
Bridge Intellectual Disciplines
A v i a tion Sa fe ty director Mike Barr holds a
model of a jet fi g h t e r. He flew for the Air F o rc e
for 23 years and has been teaching at USC since
1 9 8 5 .I nve s ti g a ting a v i a tion accidents, B a rr said,
“is like [putting together] a thousand-piece
jigsaw puzzle. When you put all the pieces
t o g e t h e r , you will get a pict u r e . ” About half the
w o rl d’s inv e s tigators have been trained at USC.
Mary Dudziak’s new book
links the Cold War to
the civil rights movement
5
Michael S. Waterman helps set
the course for the future of
computational genetics
8
Published for USC Students, Faculty & Staff
http://uscnews.usc.edu
Old Fighter Pilots Don’t Fade
A w a y, They T each Aviation Safety
continued on page 7
A Dec. 7 Humanities Initiative event
at the Davidson Conference Center
f e a t u red a UC San Diego anthr o p o l -
ogy professor who discussed Native
American history and Ishi (above, on
s c re e n ) , t h e last surviving member of
the Nor t h e rn California Yahi Indian
tribe, who died in 1916.
continued on page 7
“The Humanities Initiative
generates programs and research
that ... raise the stature of the
humanities in the College.”
– JOSEPH A OU N
IRENE FER T I K
2 U N I V E R S I TY O F S O U T H E R N C A L I F O R N I A C H R O N I C L E January 8, 2001
E d i t o r
Christine E. Shade
Associate Editor
Melissa Payton
W r i t e r s
Matt Blakeslee Bob Calverley
Alicia Di Rado Zsa Zsa Gershick
Inga Kiderra Brenda Maceo
Jon Nalick Lori Oliwenstein
Gilien Silsby Sharon Stewart
Mary Ellen Stumpfl Jon W e i n e r
Staff Photographer
Irene Fertik
Technical Support
Glenn K. Seki
Executive Director, USC News
Alfred G. Kildow
Vice President, University Public Relations
Martha Harris
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Ross Berkes, International Relations Expert, Dies at 87
Headache Study
Seeks V o l u n t e e r s
C H R O N I C headache suf f e re r s
a re being invited to be part of
a new study looking at multi-
ple approaches to headache
c o n t ro l .
The department of family
medicine at the Keck School
of Medicine of USC is looking
for headache suf f e rers, aged
18 to 65, who have had head-
aches at least once a week for
the past six months.
Study participants will be
split into three gr o u p s .
One group will trace their
headaches using a written
j o u rnal. The second group will
visit a physician once a week
for six weeks, while the third
g roup will visit a Trager practi-
tioner once a week, also for
six weeks. Trager practitioners
use hand and body therapy to
reduce pain.
THE STUDY is being funded
by USC department of family
medicine and the T rager In-
s t i t u t e .
For more information on
becoming a participant of the
C h ronic Headache Study, call
(323) 442-2950. n Ross N. Berkes at the dedication of
the case studies classroom in his
honor in 1996.
by Gilien Silsby
ROSS N. BERKES, a former
director of USC’s School of Inter-
national Relations, died of respi-
ratory failure Nov. 29, at his Los
Angeles home. He was 87.
Berkes was director of the
School of International Relations
from 1949 to 1976. He continued
teaching until 1981, when he was
named professor emeritus. A
decade later, he became a distin-
guished professor emeritus. In
1962, he received the Associates
Award for Excellence in T e a c h-
i n g .
“ D r. Berkes laid the founda-
tion for what has become one of
the leading international relations
programs in the United States,”
said Paul E. Hadley, director of
U S C ’s Emeriti Center and a pro-
fessor emeritus of international
relations. “He personally taught
core undergraduate and graduate
courses for 50 years.”
Among Berkes’ former stu-
dents are high-ranking officers in
the Foreign Service, including
Genta Hawkins Holmes, ambas-
sador to Australia.
Berkes served as a consultant
to the State Department from
1958 to 1962 and director of the
Institute of World Affairs in Santa
Barbara, Calif., from 1977 to 1980.
“As director of USC’s School
of International Relations, Dr.
Berkes built its reputation from
that of a virtually unknown,
parochial institution to one of
national stature,” Totton J.
Anderson, distinguished profes-
sor emeritus of political science,
said in a letter nominating Berkes
for a USC award in the early
1 9 8 0 s .
From 1965 to 1981, Berkes
directed USC’s graduate interna-
tional relations programs in the
United Kingdom and Germany.
He was director of the Institute of
World Affairs annual conferences
in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
In 1996, a case-studies class-
room – where students devise
Changes in
Personnel Policy
ON JAN. 1, numerous chan-
ges in USC’s staff em-
ployment personnel policies
and procedures took effect. A
Dec. 8 campus-wide memo to
employees from Dennis F .
D o u g h e r t y, senior vice presi-
dent, administration, outlined
these changes. Staff and their
supervisors, however, are
asked to use the University
Policies Web site as the offi c i a l
source for university policies,
as it is updated regularly, and
not to rely on printed copies.
Some of the new policies
and procedures affect: Leave
Policies, including requests
for vacation and personal time;
Employee Assistance; Hiring
Policies; and Discipline and
T ermination Procedures. These
policies are outlined in full on
the USC Web site, and em-
ployees are encouraged to
familiarize themselves with
these policies.
FOR COMPLETE i n f o r m a t i o n ,
go to the USC Web site: www.
usc.edu/policies. The Uni-
versity Policies Web site
serves as the official point of
reference for all university
policies, including staff em-
ployment policies and proce-
dures. n and discuss possible solutions to
real-life crises in international
a ffairs – was installed in the Social
Sciences Building and dedicated
to Berkes, who had earned a rep-
utation as a master teacher.
“His quality and rigor were
legendary and his reputation for
i n t e g r i t y, legendary,” said Jona-
than Aronson, director of USC’s
School of International Relations.
Berkes was born Sept. 4,
1913, in Cleveland, Ohio. He
earned his bachelor’s degree from
G e o rge Washington University in
Washington, D.C. He earned a
m a s t e r ’s degree in international
relations and a Ph.D. in political
science from USC in 1939 and
1942, respectively. Berkes earned
a second master’s degree from
Columbia University in 1942.
During World War II, he served
as a U.S. Naval officer from 1943
to 1946.
He is survived by his wife,
Marjorie; son, Robert; and daugh-
t e r, Beverly, all graduates of USC.
A MEMORIAL SERV I C E will be
held on the University Park cam-
pus Friday, Jan. 19, at 2 p.m., at
U S C ’s T own & Gown. In lieu of
flowers, contributions may be
made to the Ross N. Berkes
Scholarship Fund, c/o the School
of International Relations, V o n
KleinSmid Center, Rm. 330,
3518 Trousdale Parkway, Los
Angeles, Ca., 90089-0043. n LARS HANSEN JOINS USC JAN. 8 as executive director of cultural
relations. Hansen was formerly president and CEO of the Theatre League
Alliance of Southern California (Theatre LA) and served for many years
as executive director of The Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of
C a l i f o rn i a .
“Lars has a well-earned reputation in Southern California as an out-
standing arts administrator who is deeply committed to the arts and
who knows how to bring people together in common cause,” said
M a rtha Harris, vice president for University Public Relations at USC and
p resident of USC Radio, home of Classical KUSC. “This is a newly-cr e a t e d
position at USC, and we were looking for someone who combines mar-
keting acumen with experience in the arts community of Southern
C a l i f o rn i a . ”
The Office of USC Cultural Relations was created to increase atten-
dance at public events on campus; to promote the University
Park/Exposition Park community as an attractive, vibrant place to live,
work and visit; and to foster collaborations between the university and
other cultural institutions in Southern California. Hansen will maintain
o ffices both on USC’s University Park campus and in downtown Los
Angeles in the new headquarters of KUSC (to be located in the Manulife
Building at Fifth and Figueroa in late spring 2001).
“I am deeply impressed with USC’s commitment to the arts thr o u g h
its new Arts Initiative and with the extraor d i n a ry quality of its art s
schools,” Hansen said. “No other university in the country has this com-
bination of quality in music, fine arts, ar c h i t e c t u re, theater, cinema and
communications. USC has been shaping the arts in Southern Califor n i a
for 120 years and is clearly positioned to be a major player in the years
ahead. I am thrilled to be part of this development.”
Hansen said that he has been impressed by the high priority given to
the arts by President Steven B. Sample and Provost Lloyd Ar m s t rong Jr.
– and by the way the deans of the arts schools have been working
together to advance the Arts Initiative. In addition, he said, he is looking
f o rw a rd to working closely with the management of Classical KUSC in
developing KUSC’s arts agenda.
J e ff rey C. Brown, chairman of
the board of governors for Theatre
LA, said, “I know it’s a cliché, but it
really is true that Theatre LA’s loss
is USC’s gain. Lars Hansen is a gift-
ed individual. He is a dynamic
leader and a skilled motivator. Our
o rganization was very fortunate to
have him as its president and CEO.
I am confident that our association
with Mr . Hansen will continue for
many years to come and that his
passion for theater and the Theatre
League Alliance will remain stead-
fast. We wish him well in his new
e n d e a v o r. ”
At Theatre LA, Hansen created on-line, day-of-per f o rmance, half-
price ticketing, expanded the League’s membership program to include
180 theaters throughout Southern California, and launched a new ar t s
magazine, LA STAGE.
PRIOR TO THEATRE LA, Hansen served for 12 years as executive dir e c-
tor of The Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California, r e - e s t a b l i s h-
ing the famed institution as a premier historic theater .
Hansen will continue to serve on the board of governors of Theatre
LA and as co-chair of Arts for LA marketing committee, an ad hoc com-
mittee of arts leaders.
His experience as an arts administrator includes work with the Cali-
f o rnia Music Theatr e , the Aman International Music and Dance Company,
the Playwrights Horizons in New York City; the American Music Theater
Festival in Philadelphia and Long Beach Civic Light Opera. He r e c e n t l y
taught a graduate seminar in theater management at USC. n A rts Administrator Lars Hansen Joins USC
as Executive Director of Cultural Relations
Lars Hansen
3 U N I V E R S I T Y O F S O U T H E R N C A L I F O R N I A C H R O N I C L E January 8, 2001
To: All Individuals With Any Type Of
Mobility Disability Whatsoever Who Seek,
Have Sought, Or Will Seek Access To Or
Use Of Any Facility Of The University Of
Southern California.
Y ou are covered by and will be bound by
the settlement of a class action lawsuit involv-
ing physical access barriers at the University
of Southern California. This Notice is to
inform you of facts which affect your legal
r i g h t s .
SUMMARY OF THE LAWSUIT
The complaint on file with the Court,
entitled Hahn v. University of Southern
California, Case No. C99-11996 GHK (AIJx),
alleges on behalf of individuals with any type
of mobility disability or disabilities that the
University of Southern California (the
“University”) is in violation of the Americans
with Disabilities Act and other federal and
state anti-discrimination laws affecting per-
sons with such disabilities. The alleged viola-
tions are claimed to have occurred by the
U n i v e r s i t y ’s failing to provide adequate access
for persons with mobility disabilities to the
U n i v e r s i t y ’s facilities. The allegations are: (1)
that numerous physical access barriers exist
on the University’s campus; and (2) such bar-
riers prevented the named plaintiff Harlan
Hahn, as well as other physically disabled
individuals, from having equal access to vari-
ous University structures and facilities. The
University has denied these allegations. By
entering into a settlement of this action, the
University does not admit or imply that it
engaged in any wrongful action or inaction, or
damaged or injured anyone in any fashion.
This lawsuit has been certified by the
Court as a class action for settlement purpos-
es. The named plaintiff, Harlan Hahn, serves
as class representative, and his counsel are
Disability Rights Advocates, by Sid W o l i n s k y,
and also by David Daar of the law firm, Daar
& Newman. Those lawyers serve as counsel
for the class. The University is represented
by Joel Krischer and Daniel Martens of the
law firm, Latham & W a t k i n s .
DEFINITION OF THE CLASS
Y ou are a member of the class if you are
an individual with any type of mobility dis-
ability whatsoever, and seek, have sought, or
will seek access to or use of any facility at the
University of Southern California.
SUMMARY OF PROPOSED SETTLE-
M E N T
The named plaintiff and the University
have reached a proposed settlement of this
class action lawsuit. The United States
District Court has preliminarily approved that
settlement, although the Court has made no
findings and offers no opinion with respect to
the merits of the settlement. The proposed
settlement provides in substance that:
The University currently maintains an
annual budget specifically for the removal of
physical access barriers on its properties. As of
July 1, 1998, that budget was approximately
$ 2 8 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 .
As part of the settlement, the University
shall increase that budget pursuant to the fol-
lowing schedule:
By July 1, 2000 – increase the annual
barrier removal budget to $350,000.00; then,
by July 1, 2001 – increase that annual barrier
removal budget to $425,000.00; then by July
1, 2002 – increase that annual barrier removal
budget to $500,000.00; then, by July 1, 2003 –
increase that annual barrier removal budget to
$550,000.00; and then, by July 1, 2004 –
increase that annual barrier removal budget to
$600,000.00. Through at least July 1, 2009,
the annual budget shall remain at
$600,000.00, at which time the University
shall assess any physical access barriers that
remain, and may increase or decrease the
budget as appropriate, but shall not imple-
ment a decrease in the budget that would
cause the University’s total barrier removal
e fforts to fall below the following levels.
Beginning in July 2005, and each year follow-
ing, the annual budget the University main-
tains specifically for the removal of physical
access barriers, and the total cost of barrier
removal projects completed outside that bud-
get for the prior year, shall total at least
$1,000,000.00. If the sum is less than
$1,000,000.00, the University shall allocate
and spend the difference for barrier removal
projects the following year, in addition to the
$1,000.000.00 goal for that year. If the sum is
more than $1,000,000.00, the University shall
receive a credit that it may apply in any fol-
lowing year. The University shall carry out
and abide by this protocol and schedule until
at least July 1, 2020. On that date, or as soon
thereafter as reasonably practicable, the
University shall commission ISES (a profes-
sional expert in the field) to conduct a com-
prehensive review and assessment of all
University buildings and facilities at the
U n i v e r s i t y ’s main campus, its Health-
Sciences campus and all other locations
owned or operated by the University within
the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange,
Riverside or V entura. Based on the fi n d i n g s
of that review and assessment, the University
may increase or decrease the budget specifi-
cally identified for the removal of physical
access barriers, but shall not implement a
decrease in that budget that would cause the
U n i v e r s i t y ’ s total barrier removal efforts to fall
below an annual expenditure of $1 million,
under the terms set forth above, until all such
barriers are removed or otherwise remedied.
The University shall create and imple-
ment a procedure whereby it identifies and
records all physical access barriers it removes
as part of any remodeling or renovation pro-
ject or task, or any other similar construction
e fforts, which is completed with funds from
sources other than the annual budget the
University maintains specifically for the
removal of physical access barriers.
The order of priority of the University’s
barrier removal shall generally follow that pro-
vided in the University’s established Barrier
Removal Plan which was prepared by ISES,
an independent, professional corporation spe-
cializing in the assessment and removal of
architectural barriers.
The University shall create an advisory
committee to ensure that it carries out the
barrier removal efforts identified in the settle-
ment agreement in the most advantageous
and appropriate manner. The committee’s
purpose shall be to offer advice and guidance
with respect to the particular barriers to be
removed, and to assist in establishing project
p r i o r i t i e s .
The settlement provides monetary
amounts for the removal and elimination of
such physical access barriers as exist at the
U n i v e r s i t y , as set forth above. No monetary
amount is to be paid to members of the class.
PROCEDURES CONCERNING THE
S E T T L E M E N T
Court Hearing:
On January 29, 2001, at 9:30 a.m., the
Court will hold a hearing at the United States
District Court, Central District of California,
Courtroom 660, located at 255 T emple Street,
Los Angeles, California 90012, to determine
whether the proposed settlement agreement
is fair and reasonable and should be
approved, and to consider the application of
H a h n ’s counsel for attorneys’ fees and costs.
Objections to the Settlement:
If you believe the Court should not
approve the settlement, you may advise the
Court of your objections. In order to be con-
sidered by the Court, your objections must be
in writing, signed and sent via first-class mail
to: Clerk of the United States District Court
for the Central District of California,
Courtroom 660, 255 T emple Street, Los
Angeles, California 90012. A copy should also
be mailed to counsel for the class at one of
the addresses set forth below. Objections will
not be considered by the Court unless post-
marked on or before January 15, 2001.
Your written statement should specify in
detail the factual basis and/or legal grounds
on which you base your objections. Any
materials you submit in support of your
objections must be included with your writ-
ten statement.
If you provide written objections, you
may appear in person at the hearing before
the Court on January 29, 2001, as described
above, to express your views concerning the
settlement. An attorney may also appear at
the hearing on your behalf. If you and/or your
attorney intend to appear at the hearing, you
should so advise the Court in the written
statement of your objections.
Any class member who fails to file a
timely written objection may not appear
before the Court at the hearing to voice
objections relating to the adequacy and/or
fairness of the proposed settlement.
Entry of Judgment
If the settlement is approved by the
Court, the order approving the proposed set-
tlement and a judgment dismissing this
action with prejudice will be entered on or
after January 29, 2001. Y ou should not expect
to receive any further notices concerning the
entry of such order and judgment, or of the
proceedings which occur before such entry.
All class members will be bound by the judg-
ment. The judgment will bar all class mem-
bers from asserting any claims against the
University concerning physical access barri-
ers. Also, pursuant to the terms of the settle-
ment agreement in this matter, all class mem-
bers are deemed to have waived the protec-
tion afforded by California Civil Code Section
1542, which provides: “A general release does
not extend to claims which the creditor does
not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the
time of executing the release, which if known
by him must have materially affected his set-
tlement with the debtor . ”
FURTHER INFORMATION
The nature of this lawsuit and the pro-
posed settlement are summarized in this
Notice. More detailed information concern-
ing the settlement of the Action, including a
complete copy of the settlement agreement,
may be obtained from class counsel at either
of the following addresses:
Disability Rights Advocates, Attn: Sid
W o l i n s k y, Esq., 449 15th Street, Suite 303,
Oakland, CA 94612, (510) 451-8644 or David
D a a r, Esp., Daar & Newman, PLC, 865
South Figueroa St., Suite 2500, Los Angeles,
CA 90017, (213) 892-0999, or by consulting
the public file on the case at the Office of the
Clerk, United States District Court Central
District of California at 255 T emple Street,
Los Angeles, C a l i f o r n i a .
Please Follow The Procedures Set out
Above. Please Do Not Contact The Judge Or
The Clerk Of The Court With Any
Questions About The Settlement. n N O T I C E O F C L A S S ACTION SETTLEMENT
C a rroll Aims High
continued from page 1
t e a m ’s head coach the following
season. His 1994 Jets went 6-10.
Only three other Jets’ head coach-
es won more games in their r o o k-
ie campaign.
C a rroll spent the next two
years (1995-96) as the defensive
c o o rdinator with the San Fran-
cisco 49ers, who won the NFC
W e s t e rn Division title both sea-
sons. The 49ers were 11-5 in the
1995 regular season when they
had the NFL’s top-ranked defense
and then went 12-4 in 1996.
“First of all, Carr o l l ’s an out-
standing teacher with high person-
al values,” said Garrett. “Second,
h e ’s a great communicator , which
goes hand in hand with teaching.
T h i rd, he’s a disciplinarian. Fourth, I
like the way he coaches. His players
g row and overachieve. Here he has
the opportunity to get great play-
ers and succeed.”
C a rroll began his coaching
c a reer as a graduate assistant at
his alma mater, the University of
the Pacific, for three years (1974-
76), working with the wide
receivers and secondary. He then
spent a season each as an assis-
tant in charge of the secondary
at Arkansas (1977), under Lou
1980 Rose Bowl.
In 1982, Carroll served as defen-
sive coordinator and secondary
coach at North Carolina State, and
then r e t u rned to Pacific in 1983 as
the assistant head coach and of f e n-
sive coor d i n a t o r.
He entered the NFL in 1984 as
the defensive back coach of the
B u ffalo Bills, then held a similar
position with the Minnesota Vi-
kings for five seasons (1985-89).
The Vikings advanced to the play-
o ffs his last three years there, get-
ting to the NFC championship
game in 1987. The 1988 team was
11-5 in the regular season, and the
1989 squad won the
NFC Central Division
c rown with a 10-6
mark. His secondary
averaged 25 inter c e p-
tions a season and led
the NFL in passing
defense in 1989.
C a rroll spent the
2000 season as a con-
sultant for pro and col-
lege teams and doing charitable
work for the NFL.
A San Francisco native, Carr o l l
was a two-time (1971-72) All-
P a c i fic Coast Conference free safe-
ty at Pacific and earned his bache-
l o r’s degree in business adminis-
tration in 1973. He earned his sec-
o n d a ry teaching credential and a
m a s t e r’s degree in physical educa-
tion from Pacific in 1976.
C a rroll and his wife, Glena,
who played volleyball at Pacific ,
have three children: Brennan, 21,
Nathan, 13, and Jaime, 18, a fr e s h-
man on the USC women’s volley-
ball team. n Holtz as the Razorbacks won the
1978 Orange Bowl; at Iowa State
(1978) under Earle Bruce (the
Cyclones played in the 1978 Hall
of Fame Bowl); and at Ohio State
(1979) again under Bruce. That
Buckeye squad lost to USC in the
“Carroll’s an outstanding teacher
with high personal values. ... Here
he has the opportunity to get great
players and succeed.” – M IKE GARRE TT
QUICK TAKES
Cornell Leaves USC
to Head BalletMet
q Dennis Cor n e l l, executive
director of University Events, left
USC in December to become
the executive director and chief
operating officer of BalletMet
Columbus in Columbus, Ohio.
BalletMet is an arts or g a n i z a t i o n
that houses a full professional
company of 26 solo-quality
dancers, the fifth largest dance
school in the United States and a
community outreach program that
touches 50,000 elementary and
middle-school children every
y e a r. The ballet company per-
forms six series each year at the
Ohio Theatre or the Capitol
Theatre, as well as a full length
“Nutcracker” and a summer
dance series in the park. The
Spring season includes a gala bal-
let performance with Michael
Feinstein in January, “Giselle”,
“The X-File Messiah” (a new
work) and Gershwin. Cornell
came to USC 10 years ago as the
managing director of the USC
School of Theatre and as an assis-
tant professor. In 1994 he moved
to central administration’s
University Events.
q As part of ongoing construction
of the new R o b e rt Zemeckis
Center for Digital Arts at the USC
School of Cinema-T e l e v i s i o n ,
The William Morris Agency will
fund the facility’s green room
with a gift of $150,000. Earlier
this year, CAA provided funding
to the new high-tech center for
the Creative Artists Agency Re-
c e p t i o n C e n t e r. The Zemeckis
Center will open in its entirety in
Spring 2001. The Zemeckis Cen-
ter is a 35,000-square-foot high-
tech production and postproduc-
tion facility founded by director
and cinema-television alumnus
Robert Zemeckis.
q G. Denman Hammond, a
Keck School of Medicine of USC
professor and founding director
of the USC/Norris Comprehen-
sive Cancer Center, was named
Cancer Fighter of the Y ear by the
Beckstrand Cancer Foundation of
Long Beach. Hammond, associate
vice president for health af f a i r s ,
was honored “for his national
leadership in the research and
treatment of childhood oncology . ”
q Jon Pynoos, director of the Na-
tional Resource Center on Sup-
portive Housing and Home Modi-
fication, was recently appointed
by Gov. Gray Davis to the Cali-
fornia Commission on Aging.
Both groups are charged with
making recommendations to im-
prove the lives of older Cali-
fornians. Pynoos, the UPS Foun-
dation Professor of Gerontology,
has also been elected chair of the
social research, policy and practice
section of the Gerontological
Society of America. n Trojan W o m e n
Meet Their Match
USC women’s volleyball season
ended in a Final Four loss on
Dec. 14 when the Trojan wo-
men met their match in a loss
to W i s c o n s i n ’s Badgers. Janae
H e n ry had 15 kills to lead the
Trojans, and April Ross added
13, but none of the leading hit-
ters came close to their season
p e rcentage. It was the fi r s t
NCAA Final Four appearance in
15 years for the Trojans, and
the USC women’s team ended
the season with an overall re-
c o rd of 29 wins, 3 losses and a
s h a re of the PAC-10 title. n U S C’s new head footb a ll coach P e t e
C a rr o ll (left) is welcomed by Athleti c
Director Mike Garrett at a Heritage Hall
c e r e m o ny in December.
4 U N I V E R S I T Y O F S O U T H E R N C A L I F O R N I A C H R O N I C L E January 8, 2001
q Fall was a busy time for health-
care news. Health-policy expert
Glenn Melnick was one of six
participants in a Sept. 18 L o s
An geles Business Journ a l r o u n d-
table on politics and health-care
ills. “In terms of solving the unin-
sured problem,” Melnick said, “I
d o n ’t think it is feasible to ask a
single state to solve the problem.
It would create such hardship on
businesses and they would vote
with their feet and their jobs and
move out. That is going to
require a national solution. …”
He was featured on K C ET’s
“Life and Times T onight” twice
in October. A Dec. 11 USA T o d a y
story on Southern California’s
new trend-setting hospitals –
with fewer beds, more privacy
and abundant high-tech features
– sought Melnick’s opinion as
well. “California hospitals are
being forced to be among the fi r s t
to think this through,” Melnick
s a i d .
q Neurogenetics was the subject
of an Oct. 27 story on the Web site
B i o M e d Ne t . c o m. Gene therapy
pioneer W. French Anderson,
pharmacologist Jean Shih, oph-
thalmologist Jeannie Chen, neu-
robiologist C h e ryl Craft and epi-
demiologist Brian Henderson a l l
were quoted on the growing
importance of neurogenetic sci-
ence. “It’s a very exciting time for
research,” said Shih.
q Entertainment technologist
James Kor r i s was quoted Nov. 2
in the (Ontario) National P o s t ( f o r-
merly the Financial Post) about
the decision by BMG Enter-
tainment Bertelsmann, a German
media giant, to break with the
rest of the music industry and
embrace Napster. “T o the extent
that downloadable music em-
powers the consumer to cherry-
pick songs, it changes every-
thing,” said Korris.
q Clyde Dent, a research biologist
who has evaluated California’s
tobacco-control program, said anti-
smoking campaigns are impera-
tive. “Y ou need constant pressure
to keep these campaigns alive,”
Dent said in a Nov. 3 Oreg o n i a n
s t o r y. “If you don’t, tobacco use
will rise up again.”
q A Nov. 3 C i ty News Se rv i c e
story noted that USC’s I n t e-
grated Media Systems Center
received a $400,000 grant from
the T oyota USA Foundation to
“ s t u d y, evaluate and develop”
interactive three-dimensional
biological visual aids for high
school biology students.
q An article in the Nov. 7 W a s h -
ington P o s t focused on whether
Medicare should cover routine
body scans. “If you are not going
to approve a technology on the
basis that you haven’t studied it in
every disease, then medicine
would come to a standstill,” said
radiologist Peter Conti.
q A new government study said
travelers returning from certain
foreign countries account for the
majority of typhoid cases in the
United States. “If you’re sort of
roughing it and eating in market-
places, you’re at a higher risk than
if you’re staying in first-class hotels
and eating in first-class restau-
rants,” said infectious disease ex-
pert Francisco Sapico in a Nov. 9
report on the Web site H e a l t h
S c o u t . c o m.
q In a Nov. 9 story on KC O P,
orthopedic surgeon T om V a n g s-
n e s s discussed ways to prepare for
the dangers of the snowboard sea-
son with the use of the USC ski
simulator at USC University Hos-
pital. “These are very difficult and
hard falls,” he said. “The weight
transfer is totally different” than
when skiing.
q A popular steroid may be harm-
ful to athletes as they age: That’s
the verdict of a new study of
androstenedione. “But the ques-
tion is, if you’re taking it for just an
aesthetic reason, why would you
want to increase your risk of any-
thing?” said physical therapist
Bob Wiswell in a Nov. 10 story on
the Web site H e a l t h S c o u t . c o m.
q In a Nov. 10 New Y o rk T i m e s a r t i-
cle, legal scholar E rwin Chemer-
i n s k y commented on the defeat
of L.A. County’ s District Attor-
ney: “I think the single most
important factor was people
thought [Gil] Garcetti had eight
h i g h - p r o file years and he hadn’t
improved the criminal justice sys-
tem in Los Angeles.” A Nov. 14
Los A n geles T i m e s story noted that
the L.A. City Attorney will seek
voter approval to make the Police
Commission presidency a full-
time, paid position. Chemerinsky
said he believes the entire com-
mission should serve as full-time
employees – and not just the pres-
ident. In the Nov. 20 Los A n ge l e s
Ti m e s, he told a columnist that the
Japan T i m e s Runs Faculty + Freshman Op-ed
Civil engineer Najmedin Meshkati and freshman Joseph
Deato collaborated on an Oct. 2
J apan T i m e s op-ed about last year’s
Japanese nuclear accident. The
T i m e s is the country’s largest English
language daily. The pair recom-
mended the establishment of an
independent nuclear - r e g u l a t o r y
safety committee in Japan and said
that human-factors expertise should
be explicitly mentioned in the com-
m i t t e e ’s mandate and membership
requirements. Meshkati also wrote
about aircraft accidents for the
August issue of Rivista T e ch n i ca
d el l’ A N P AC, a publication for Italian
airline pilots.
The Nov. 26 cover of the Los An geles Ti m e s' Southern
California Living section featured the USC School of
A r c h i t e c t u r e ’s efforts to preserve the historic Freeman
House – built in 1924-25 of patterned concrete blocks –
that is perched on a hillside in Hollywood. One of Frank
Lloyd W r i g h t ’s famed experiments in textile-block design,
the house had been deteriorating since construction and
s u ffered significant damage in the 1994 Northridge quake.
Pointing out that the current project is only one of several
restoration phases that would be needed to restore the
house to “pristine condition,” the article quoted Dean
R o b e rt Ti m m e. “The house will look pretty much the
same, but structurally it will be secure,” Timme said.
According to the article, “Timme calls the house ‘one of the
great pieces of architecture in terms of spaces’ as well as the
embodiment of a new concept. ‘He [Wright] foresaw the
Home Depot kind of movement,' says Timme, and the
house was meant to be a solution to the major post-World War I housing crunch. The idea? That anyone
could buy some plain old concrete blocks and build a house. … Should the house be restored as a ‘house
museum,’ absolutely true to the original design, Timme asks, or should the restoration reflect ‘the addi-
tions that over time have become historically significiant? Nothing has been determined. … We may
even do a symposium on this. It will be a restoration in progress.’”
consent decree calling for federal
monitoring of the LAPD was here
to stay. But, he said, “If ... the city
is not complying with a consent
decree, a Bush Justice Depart-
ment is much less likely to vigor-
ously enforce a consent decree
than a Gore Justice Department.”
q Ophthalmologists L a w re n c e
Chong and Jennifer Lim d e s-
cribed Visudyne, a new treatment
for macular degeneration, in a
N o v . 15 article in the Los A n gel e s
Daily Ne w s. “This is something
we haven’t had before,” said
Chong. “It’s a very good thing for
people who need it.”
q In a Nov.18 article in the D e tr o i t
Free Pr e s s, pulmonologist R i c h a rd
B a r b e r s discussed the lung lobar
living-donor transplant operation.
Barbers said that 150 living lobar
transplants have been done since
1993, when surgeon V a u g h n
S t a rn e s first pioneered the proce-
dure. A hundred of those have
been done at USC, the most
recent several weeks ago on a
Michigan woman whose donors
were her husband and her brother.
q It is time to forgive Vietnam for
being victorious against the Uni-
ted States by making good on a
3 0 - y e a r-old American promise to
pay reparations, international
journalism expert A.J. Langguth
wrote in a Nov. 18 New Y o rk Ti m e s
op-ed about President Clinton’s
visit to Vietnam. “Vietnam pre-
vailed in the war, but it was V i e t-
nam, and not the United States,
that saw its land devastated, and
it is the United States that has the
power now to heal the lasting
damage both to Vietnam and to
the relationship of our two coun-
tries. We should give the V i e t-
namese the kind of substantial
aid we once gave to Germany and
Japan.” Langguth’s new b o o k ,
“Our Vietnam: The War 1954-
1975,” was reviewed in the Nov.
26 Los A n geles Ti m e s’ Book
Review section. In the Dec. 2 T h e
E c o n o m i s t the book was touted as
the “most complete and compel-
ling narrative on the war, seam-
lessly synthesizing the writings of
his predecessors with his own re-
s e a r c h . ”
q A new study on estrogen by car-
diologist H o w a rd Hodis was the
focus of a Nov. 20 article in the L o s
A n geles T i m e s. Women who took
estrogen daily “had a signifi c a n t
reduction in the progression of
atherosclerosis, a change that trans-
lates into a reduced risk of future
cardiovascular events such as h e a r t
attacks and stroke,” said Hodis. I n
the Dec. 11 T i m e s , he talked about
research that showed wide varia-
tions in the cholesterol levels of
people who eat similar d i e t s .
“Right now , we use the buckshot
approach and put everybody on
the same therapy,” Hodis said,
noting that “one size doesn’t fit all”
and differences in people’s genet-
ic makeup should be considered.
q A Nov. 29 Los A n ge l e s D a i l y
J o u rn a l s t o r y, “Access to Justice,”
detailed the USC Law School's
Immigration Clinic, which will
open in January. Heading the clin-
ic – the only one of its kind in the
area – will be Niels Fr e n z e n, for-
mer director of the Immigration
Rights Project at Los Angeles’
n o n p r o fit Public Counsel Law
C e n t e r. Franzen will continue to
teach a nonclinical immigration
law class while running the clinic.
“My objective is to handle cases
where students can be involved in
all aspects [of immigration law],
from initiating a meeting to trial,”
Frenzen told the J o u rn a l.
q The San Fernando V alley con-
tradicts traditional descriptions of
the area as a hinterland, M i c h a e l
Dear said in a Nov. 26 New Y o rk
Times article about modern archi-
tecture. “The historical view of
cities has been one of a dense ur-
ban core with less-dense rings pro-
ceeding out from the center , ”
Dear said. “But in contemporary
Los Angeles, it’s flipped, with the
hinterland organizing what’s left of
the center. The fringes – the San
Fernando V alley and beyond –
have become more important
than the center in determining
what the city looks like.” n USC IN THE NEWS For more ITN and Quick Take items, go to http://uscnews.usc.edu/, click on USC T o d a y, then scroll down to About USC people.
Shoring Up and Restoring a Hollywood Legend
5 U N I V E R S I TY O F S O U T H E R N C A L I F O R N I A C H R O N I C L E January 8, 2001
USC IN THE NEWS
Election 2000 Is Over, Finally
THE 2000 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION was over on
Dec. 13 when Vice President Al Gore offered his
concession to President-elect George W. Bush.
Throughout the process, USC constitutional schol-
ars and historians were called upon for their exper-
tise. q L a rry Simon commented on how “special
masters” could be used by the Florida courts to
help sift through ballots (Nov. 28, Los A n ge l e s
T i m e s). q E rwin Chemerinsky was sought out to
comment on the Supreme Court majority that
stayed the vote count in Florida (Dec. 10,
W ashington P o s t and Los A n geles Ti m e s) and on other
post-election dramas (Dec. 6, 7, 11, 12, and 14, L o s
A n geles Ti m e s), (Dec. 11 and 12, Boston Globe), (Dec.
14, A t l a n ta Journal and Constit u t i o n), (Dec. 14, U S A
T o d a y), a multitude of radio broadcasts and in Dec.
7 and Dec. 15 Los An geles T i m e s op-eds. Regarding
whether the Supreme Court put itself in an awk-
ward spot over its equal protection ruling,
Chemerinsky said, “The Rehnquist court almost
never used equal protection jurisprudence except
in striking down affirmative action programs. I can’t
think of a single instance where Scalia or Thomas
has found discrimination against a racial minority or
women or the aged or the disabled to be unconsti-
tutional.” (Dec. 16, Los A n geles Ti m e s). And fin a l l y,
Chemerinsky was one of only a dozen scholars
called upon nationally to comment in the L o s
An geles Ti m e s’ “Decision 2000, Supreme Court
R u l i n g : Right or Wrong?”section on Dec. 21.
q H o w a rd Gilman said the practical political con-
sequences of the Court’s decision might make a
future Scalia chief justiceship questionable (Dec.
14, Washington P o s t). “T rying to promote Scalia after
he played an active role in the court to ensure
B u s h ’s victory, Gilman said, ‘would make … Ford’s
pardon of Nixon look like child’s play in terms of
accusations about a quid pro quo,’ or improper
deal.” That same day, he said the Supreme Court
set a new precedent that states will be sorting out
for years: “They created a brand new equal protec-
tion law for the way votes are counted” ( S t .L o u i s
P o s t - D i s p a t ch). q And all the waiting throughout
this process may have been good for Americans,
said culture expert Laura Shamas (Dec. 15, S t .
P e tersburg Ti m e s). “We want our democracy to be
like fast food, but it’s clearly not. This is character
building. Our democracy is precious to us, so let’s
see it at work.” n Law Scholar Links Civil Rights to Cold War Embarrassment
On world display, the U.S. had to ‘do the right thing.’
by Gilien Silsby
hen law professor
Mary Dudziak be-
gan her research
into school desegre-
gation in the 1950s, her plan was
simply to write an academic paper
on the topic.
But something unexpected
happened along the way.
Dudziak found an even big-
ger story – a story many scholars
believe could change the way
Americans view the Cold W a r
and the civil rights movement.
HER NEWL Y RELEASED b o o k ,
“Cold War Civil Rights: Race and
the Image of American Democ-
racy” (Princeton University Press,
2000) examines how the fi g h t
against communism forced
American leaders – embarrassed
on the world stage by oppression
at home – to support desegrega-
tion. Her work begins with post-
World War II race discrimination
and extends through the passage
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
and Voting Rights Act of 1965.
“When I started my research,
the question I kept coming back
to was “How is Brown v. Board
of Education a McCarthy-
era case?” Dudziak said. “Even
t h o u g h Brown was decided in
1954 during the McCarthy era,
most people think of the Cold
War and civil rights as unrelated.
But they are linked quite
s t r o n g l y.
“Segregation made us look
bad and cast doubt on American
democracy among leaders in
African, Latin American and
Asian nations,” Dudziak said.
ambassador stopped for coffee at
a diner in Maryland. He was
promptly thrown out: The estab-
lishment was “whites only . ”
The State Department Offi c e
of Special Protocol set up a divi-
sion solely to deal with discrimi-
nation against black diplomats.
They soon realized, however,
that abolishing discrimination for
all blacks was the only
a n s w e r. This was one of the
reasons that Secretary of
State Dean Rusk lobbied for
the passage of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, Dudziak
s a i d .
“Foreign affairs is not
the only reason for civil
rights reform during the
1950s and ’60s, but it’s one
of the reasons that Congress
got so interested in social
change,” she added.
D
udziak also claims that
the brutalization of
civil rights demonstra-
tors in Birmingham,
Ala., in 1963 marked a crisis
moment in foreign affairs. “Bir-
mingham was all over the world
press. What was this telling the
world about our democracy as a
model to follow? The civil rights
movement gained an advantage
as the United States sought to
improve its international image,”
Dudziak said.
DUDZIAK SPENT months criss-
c r o s s i n g the country, visiting
libraries and poring over recently
released archival information to
explore the link between civil
rights and the Cold W a r. Schol-
ars, who have lauded Dudziak’s
W
“American presidents and diplo-
mats feared that other nations
would be slow to embrace
democracy if they saw Americans
denying basic rights to their own
c i t i z e n s . ”
AFTER A SEGREGA T E D U . S .
military defeated a racist regime
during World War II, bigotry in
America quickly became a con-
cern among our allies, Dudziak
said. “It also became a chief
source for Soviet propaganda,
which was difficult to refute. It
was an important issue in every
presidential administration from
T ruman to Johnson.”
The connection between civil
rights and the Cold War was
especially evident during
President Kennedy’s administra-
tion, Dudziak said. “Initially he
backburnered civil rights because
he didn’t want it to interfere with
his foreign policy and economic
initiatives. But he eventually had
no choice because it did inter-
f e r e . ”
One case, in particular, caused
an international flap. An ambas-
sador from Chad was driving on
Highway 40 from New York to
Washington, D.C., to meet with
K e n n e d y. Along the way, the
Legal scholar Mary Dudziak stands next to the memorial to slain civil rights
leader Martin Luther King Jr., which is located in front of the USC Law School.
An intr o d u c t o ry quote by King in Dudziak’s new book reads, "Abused and
s c o rned though we may be as a people, our destiny is tied up in the destiny of
America." According to Dudziak, “Civil rights leaders gained an advantage as
the United States sought to improve its international image.”
Dudziak’s book examines how
the fight against communism
forced American leaders ... to
support desegregation.
book as the first to document an
important historical connection,
describe it as “meticulously r e-
searched and beautifully writ-
ten.” The author hopes to reach
readers beyond academia.
“ We are faced with new inter-
national scrutiny of American cul-
ture and politics in our own day , ”
Dudziak said. “Perhaps we can
learn from this earlier episode
when international criticism
helped motivate important re-
forms at home.” n A SCHOLARSHIP FUND to honor the late actor David Dukes
has been established by the USC School of Theatre and Dukes’
w i d o w, writer Carol Muske-Dukes, a professor of English at USC.
David Dukes was a versatile and lauded actor. An L.A. Drama
Critics A w a rd winner as well an as Emmy and Tony nominee, he
moved among stage, screen and television during his 30-year
c a re e r. His filmography includes more than 20 films, but his pri-
m a ry love remained the theater. “Theater is where my career has
come from,” he told the Los Angeles Times in 1995. “Every time
I come back and touch it, it changes me.”
Scheduled to teach special seminars in USC’s School of
C i n e m a - Television and to lead workshops in the theater school,
Dukes, 55, died Oct. 9, while on location in W a s h i n g t o n .
The David Dukes Memorial Scholarship Fund will support an
acting student at USC. T o date, USC’s theater school has collect-
ed $8,000. A fund-raising event – where actors will read some of
Dukes’ most acclaimed roles – is planned for spring 2001.
“David may be gone and his work completed, but his body of
work, his approach to that work and his love for acting will live
on as an excellent and inspiring model for all those young peo-
ple who dream of being an actor,” said School of Theatre Dean
R o b e rt Scales.
Contributors should make checks payable to the USC School
of Theatre and mail to: David Dukes Memorial Scholarship Fund,
c/o USC School of Theatre, Tyler Building, Suite 120, Los Angeles,
Calif., 90089-7711. n Theater Scholarship Honors Actor David Dukes
U N I V E R S I T Y O F S O U T H E R N C A L I F O R N I A C H R O N I C L E January 8, 2001
Calendar for Jan. 8 to Jan. 15
Hitting Highs With Hilliard
From revivals of pre-baroque songs to pre-
mieres by contemporary composers, the a
c a p p e l l aHilliard Ensemble covers the musi-
cal spectrum in its repertoire. W o r l d -
renowned for an improvisational style similar
to a jazz band’s, the vocal chamber quartet
comprises tenor Rogers Covey-Crump, bari-
tone Gordon Jones, countertenor David
James and tenor John Potter.
“The constant re-invention of our music
is one of the ways we can make very old
music live in the present,” Potter has said.
“The music feels different from day to day
as we respond to it in new ways, both as a
group and as individuals.”
The British group was formed in 1974
and has since toured the world over. They
make two USC appearances this January.
First up: a USC Spectrum Chamber
Music Series concert on Saturday, Jan. 13.
Beginning at 7 p.m. in Newman Recital Hall, the Hilliard brings medieval and modern
composers together in one program. “Correspondences: From Five Centuries and Nine
Countries” features music by Dufay, Nussbichler, Dowland, Pousseur, di Lasso,
Sharman, Byrd, Desprez and others.
On Monday, Jan. 15, the ensemble presents an evening of medieval English folk
songs and modern pieces by USC Thornton School of Music professor Stephen Hartke,
winner of the 1998 Masterprize International Composing Competition and former com-
p o s e r-in-residence of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. The Hartke pieces make
their U.S. premieres. The Thornton School concert begins at 8 p.m. in Newman Recital
Hall.
For more information and ticket reservations, call 213-740-2167.
Developers Archive Gallery , Lewis
Hall. Hours: Monday through Friday , 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. 213-740-0355
Through Feb. 13: H.A. Sigg: Recent
Work. Over his 50-year career, Swiss
artist H.A. Sigg has produced abstract
pieces that are both introspective and
outwardly connected to nature. USC
Fisher Gallery, Harris Hall. Hours:
T uesday through Saturday , noon to 5
p.m. Free. 213-740-4561
Through Feb. 16: A l b e rt Contr e r a s :
Abstract Classicist. In the 1960s and
early ‘70s Contreras painted in the mini-
malist geometric traditions of the Los
Angeles abstract classicists. He quit
making art in 1972 when he’d reduced
his image to a dot. He began again in
1997. USC Fisher Gallery , Harris Hall.
Hours: T uesday through Saturday , noon
to 5 p.m. Free. 213-740-4561
Through May 11: M a y n a rd Dixon’s
“Jinks Room” Murals. USC Fisher
G a l l e r y, Harris Hall. Hours: T u e s d a y
through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Free.
2 1 3 - 7 4 0 - 4 5 6 1
S P O RT S
M o n d a y , Jan. 8: S t a rt of Spring
Masters Swim Program. Sign-up for
intermediate and advanced swimmers.
A coach will put together effective indi-
vidualized workouts for working on
endurance, strength, speed and tech-
nique. Times: Monday through
T h u r s d a y , 6 to 7:30 p.m.; and Monday ,
W e d n e s d a y, Friday , noon to 1 p.m. L y o n
C e n t e r. $35 per month. 213-740-5127
T u e s d a y , Jan. 9, 5:15 p.m.: S q u a s h
Challenge. All levels, male and female,
welcome. Racquet check-out available.
Lyon Center. $3 per tournament or $10
per year. 213-740-5127
T u e s d a y , Jan. 9, through Thursday, Jan.
11, 5:30 p.m.: I n t ro d u c t o ry USC
Workout Classes. A test-run of the pro-
gram, open to students, faculty and
s t a ff. Lyon Center. Free. 213-740-5127
W e d n e s d a y , Jan. 10, 5:15 p.m.:
Racquetball Shootout. All levels, male
and female, welcome. Lyon Center. $3
per tournament or $10 per year. 213-
7 4 0 - 5 1 2 7
M o n d a y , Jan. 15, 6 p.m.: B a d m i n t o n
C h a l l e n g e . All levels, male and female,
are welcome to compete. Lyon Center.
$3 per tournament or $10 per year. 213-
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c o n c e rts a year the world over. T wo of these will be at USC’s
own Newman Recital Hall – on Jan. 13 and 15.
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which covers events through Jan. 29, is
noon W e d n e s d a y, Jan. 10.
W O R K S H O P S
T u e s d a y , Jan. 9, noon: Tuesdays at
F i s h e r. A hands-on art workshop for
adults on the basics of abstract painting,
led by artist Christopher Chinn.
Presented in conjunction with the
“H.A. Sigg: Recent Work” exhibition.
Limited to 10 participants. All materials
included. USC Fisher Gallery , Harris
Hall. Free. 213-740-5537
LECTURES & SEMINARS
M o n d a y , Jan. 8, 5:30 p.m.: D e p a rt m e n t
of Art History Lecture Series. “For the
Sake of the Impalable: Joseph Cornell’ s
Autobiographical Dossier,” by Joanna
Roche, University of Colorado at
Colorado Springs. Watt Hall, Rm. 1.
Free. 213-740-4552
W e d n e s d a y , Jan. 10, 11:15 a.m.: U S C
Faculty W o m e n ’s Club. “ M i d l i f e
Changes,” by Leslie Bernstein, profes-
sor of preventive medicine and senior
associate dean for faculty affairs, Keck
School of Medicine of USC. Social
begins at 11:15 a.m., lunch at 11:45 a.m.,
presentation at 12:15 p.m. Joint meeting
with USC Women in Management fol-
lows. Faculty Center. Free program, $15
for lunch. 562-421-6625
T h u r s d a y , Jan. 11, noon: C e l l u l a r
Homeostasis Research Seminar
Series. Opening lecture by 1998 Nobel
laureate in physiology Louis J. Ignarro,
professor of molecular and medical
p h a r m a c o l o g y , UCLA School of
Medicine: “Nitric Oxide as a Unique
Signaling Molecule.” Sponsors: Keck
School of Medicine of USC, depart-
ment of pathology, USC Hepatitis C
Cooperative Research Center, USC
Research Center for Alcoholic Liver
and Pancreatic Diseases, and USC
Research Center for Liver Diseases.
Lunch will be provided. Mayer
Books featured here, or in this
i s s u e ’s articles, may be purchased at
a 20 percent discount at USC’s
P e rtusati Bookstore.
Distant Alliances: Pr o m o t i n g
Education for Girls and
Women in Latin America
edited by Regina Cortina
and Nelly P . Stromquist
R o u t l e d g e F a l m e r , $85
“This book represents a third-
generation examination of gender
in school systems,” writes Nelly P .
Stromquist, professor of interna-
tional development education,
“the first having focused on the
conditions of men and women in
education, the second on class-
room interactions and the experi-
ence of schooling for boys and
g i r l s . ” This third-generation ex-
amination by Stromquist and co-
editor Regina Cortina centers on
policy issues and examines objec-
tives and practices of key stake-
holders, such as governments,
nongovernmental or g a n i z a t i o n s
and international agencies.
Inside Alma Mater
by Carl M. Franklin
Winlock Publishing Co., $12.95
This novel about a small, public
liberal arts college in rustic mid-
America details the struggles of a
distinguished president and his
faculty to deal with real-life prob-
lems, including bigamy and false
allegations of communism, as well
as fraternity hayrides, hijinks and
other student escapades. Author
Carl M. Franklin, a special consul-
tant to the senior vice president of
administration in the USC Law
School, said many may find it a
nostalgic look at college life in
rural America. n Auditorium, Keith Administration
Building, Health Sciences campus.
Free. 323-442-3121
S a t u r d a y , Jan. 13, 2 p.m.: N a t u r a l
H i s t o ry Museum Lecture. A w a r d - w i n-
ning poet, journalist and author Luis J.
Rodriguez discusses his life, his work
and growing up in Los Angeles. Natural
History Museum, 900 Exposition Blvd.,
Exposition Park. Free. 213-763-3534
E X H I B I T S
Opening Jan. 8: R e c o n s t ructing the
Urban Fabric in Huntington Park.
Photographs by architecture students
Pablo Garcia and Maya Konieczny of
everyday life in Huntington Park, focus-
ing on the streetscape; informal com-
mercial activity; how the streets, alleys
and garages are used; and who is on the
street at what time of day. Continues
through March 10. Planners and
7 U N I V E R S I T Y O F S O U T H E R N C A L I F O R N I A C H R O N I C L E January 8, 2001
possible at USC.”
Guiding the Humanities
Initiative is a blueprint to
enhance the arts, history, litera-
ture, language, culture and phi-
losophy – disciplines considered
central to intellectual thought
and exploration.
The initiative was formed two
years ago with an initial $1 mil-
lion grant from the Ahmanson
Foundation. At that time, the
College launched a five-year plan
to strengthen research and devel-
opment in the humanities for
professors and graduate students.
The first two years were so suc-
cessful that the Ahmanson
Foundation contributed another
$1 million to the effort.
IN ADDITION TO the seminars,
the Humanities Initiative spon-
sors endeavors ranging from the
recruitment of top faculty to sup-
port for research projects and trav-
el for graduate students and pro-
fessors. It also has created several
interdisciplinary scholarships.
For example, the Ahmanson
grant made it possible for a grad-
uate student in Slavic languages
and literature to attend an inter-
national conference in Finland,
where she presented a paper.
It also provided support for
two graduate students in compar-
ative literature to attend a
National Endowment for Hu-
manities seminar featuring well-
known literature scholar Judith
B u t l e r.
And the initiative helped woo
philosophy and linguistics profes-
sor James Higginbotham from
Oxford University to USC last
y e a r.
An important piece of the
Humanities Initiative is its series
of seminars and conferences. Key
to their success is that a lar g e
number of students and faculty
may participate, said Sarah Pratt,
dean of LAS academic programs.
“The goal is to link faculty
and students with shared inter-
ests across departmental lines,”
Pratt said. “We try to create a
broad spectrum of offerings. As
my colleague, Greg Thalmann,
in classics has said many times,
‘Interdisciplinary work will be
strong only where the disciplines
that feed into it are strong.’”
More than a dozen events
have already been held, featuring
an array of guests from around
the world. The seminars have
become so popular that they are
scheduled to become weekly
events in spring 2001.
Phil Brocato, a second-year
education doctoral student who
attended five seminars during the
fall semester, praised them:
“They’re great. They give me a
chance to gain a deeper under-
standing of a variety of disciplines
and the discourse associated with
them. Some of the discussion
groups are pretty small, so gradu-
ate students can bring questions to
the table and hear what everyone
has to say. Often they become an
interdisciplinary activity. It creates
a very communal feeling.”
Another aim of the seminars
is to include institutions and
scholars outside of USC. So far,
UCLA, the Huntington Library
and the Getty Center are active
participants.
In November, the director of
the Getty Research Institute,
Thomas Crow, came to discuss
his book, “The Intelligence of
Art.” On another evening, USC
anthropology professor Janet
Hoskins led a forum on post-
colonial narratives in history.
“The Embodied Mind: Meta-
phor Theory and the Human-
ities,” a seminar that included
academics from as far away as
Japan, Oregon and Oklahoma,
drew the largest audience.
“ We’ve brought together
leading scholars who had worked
in the same field for years but
never were in the same room at
one time. There has been an
incredible exchange of
ideas,” said Athena Perrakis,
events coordinator of the
Humanities Initiative Inter-
disciplinary Programs.
And what about Ishi?
For the past 83 years,
I s h i ’s brain has sat in the
Smithsonian Institution in
Washington, D.C., pre-
served for anthropological
s t u d y. In a joint-custody arrange-
ment, it will likely soon return to
the two surviving Native Amer-
ican tribes most closely related to
h i m .
At the recent seminar on Ishi,
Jim Clifford, a professor from UC
San Diego, spoke of the near
destruction of several Native
American tribes in California in
the late 1800s and early 1900s.
The audience sat rapt as
C l i fford described the story of
I s h i ’s life and death, and the con-
troversy surrounding his remains.
The Humanities Initiative
seminars also provide informal,
spontaneous settings in which
students can discuss their re-
search with others they might not
normally meet. At one recent
event, a leading philosopher was
overheard offering to read a USC
graduate student’s dissertation.
“The momentum has really
picked up,” Pratt said. “The in-
tellectual life in the College is
much richer since the Human-
ities Initiative was formed. It has
played a key role in strengthen-
ing the College.” n uations that will demand their
new knowledge.
B a rr teaches people how to
investigate aircraft accidents.
About 80 percent of the air c r a f t
accident investigators in the
United States, and roughly half
the world’s investigators, have
been trained at USC.
USC ESTABLISHED its pr o g r a m
in aviation safety in 1952, after
successfully bidding on a contract
to train Air Force accident investi-
gators. Civilian courses began in
1956, while the Air Force courses
at USC ceased in 1993.
Aviation Safety offers 14 dif-
f e rent courses, ranging in length
f rom two to 10 days, with appr o x-
imately 40 sessions per year.
Several times each year , Barr takes
courses on the road and teaches in
other cities such as New Y o r k ,
T o ronto, Copenhagen and Mexico
C i t y. The USC Aviation Safety
P rogram has become an inter n a-
tional standard by which other
p rograms are judged. A student
completing about 200 hours of
i n s t ruction can receive a cer t i fi-
cate in aviation safety, which, said
B a rr, is considered advanced edu-
cation in aviation safety. But
Aviation Safety will remain a
School of Engineering continuing
education program for working
p rofessionals, and there are no
plans to allow undergraduates to
study for a bachelor’s degree in
the fi e l d .
“A student who has complet-
ed the coursework but who has
no real aviation experience would
not be employable,” Barr ex-
plained.
Students come from national
and international air carriers, air-
craft manufacturers, govern m e n t
air safety agencies (foreign and
domestic), police depar t m e n t s ,
the military and other govern-
ment agencies such as the For e s t
S e rvice and the Border Patr o l .
key people at an operational level
who can make a real dif f e re n c e
about safety in their airlines and
in civil aviation.”
With so many students travel-
ing from across the country or the
world, the courses might seem
ideal candidates for distance edu-
cation, but Barr said the human
contact in class is important.
“Students tells us that 25 to 30
p e rcent of what they learn is fr o m
c ross-talk – that’s talking to each
other at lunch or after class,” he
said.
With students from more than
65 dif f e rent countries, it isn’t hard
to imagine that a European pilot,
a South American air-
t r a ffic contr o l l e r, an
American aircraft engi-
neer and an Asian air-
line-safety executive
might learn a lot fr o m
each other. “Just putting
these people in the
same room is a big part
of the value of our pro-
gram,” Barr said.
While investigating
airplane accidents r e -
q u i res a vast amount of
technical expertise fr o m
many dif f e rent fie l d s ,
B a rr does not view it as an overly
complex endeavor.
“ I t ’s like a thousand-piece jig-
saw puzzle. When you put all the
pieces together, you will get a pic-
t u re,” he said. “This isn’t brain
s u rg e ry.” The smashed and tan-
gled metal, melted plastic, elec-
t ronic r e c o rds and broken bodies
of an airplane crash all tell stories,
he added.
B a rr graduated from the U.S.
Naval Academy at Annapolis in
1962. He first took the accident
investigation course at USC in
1968, becoming an instructor in
aviation safety at USC in 1985,
after retiring from the military. He
was named director of the pro-
gram in 1993.
One of the nation’ s most quot-
ed experts on air disasters, Barr r e c-
ognizes the media fascination with
airplane crashes – and he embraces
it. In fact, one of his pr o g r a m ’s
courses focuses on the proper re-
sponse to air crashes, including
dealing with r e p o rters. Students
practice answering tough ques-
tions from a media pr o f e s s i o n a l
while a video camera r e c o rds them.
“Media often jump to conclu-
sions sooner than they should
after a crash, and they fr e q u e n t l y
quote people who don’t have the
p roper expertise,” Barr said. “We
need the people who know what
they are talking about to tell the
t ruth.” n They usually have several years’
experience in aviation and typical-
ly come to USC after r e c e i v i n g
new responsibility for safety.
I n s t ructors come from the
same set of people, except they
have far more experience.
“ We have two accident investi-
gators from the National T r a ffic
Safety Board who teach accident
investigation. The instructor for
the engine course is from General
Electric. The head photographer
for the Canadian T r a n s p o rt a t i o n
Safety Board teaches ‘Photog-
raphy for Aircraft Accident In-
vestigation,’” said Barr. The lone
t e n u red USC faculty member is
Najmedin Meshkati, associate pro-
fessor of civil and envir o n m e n t a l
engineering, who teaches
“Human Factors in A v i a t i o n
S a f e t y. ”
“The instructors are all techni-
cal experts in their field,” said Barr.
“It takes me about two years to
find a new teacher because there
a re so few people who have this
technical knowledge and who
also can teach.”
Meshkati teaches both under-
graduates and graduates. He said
students of aviation safety are his
toughest to teach because they
a re both extremely pr o f e s s i o n a l
and demanding.
“ You must develop cr e d i b i l i t y
with them, and they can be very
critical in their evaluations,” he
said. “A typical class looks like a
mini-United Nations. These are
Campus to Gather in February for State-of-the-University Event
Mark your calendars now for T u e s d a y, Feb. 27, from 11 a.m. to noon, when USC faculty, students, staf f ,
and alumni will gather in Bovard Auditorium for a special program highlighting the university’s extraordi-
nary progress over the past decade. Replacing the annual Address to the Faculty by President Steven B.
Sample, usually given in January, this event will feature remarks by the president and the chairman of the
board of trustees, John Argue, a video about USC’s successes, and other special presentations. n Aviation Safety
continued from page 1
Humanities
continued from page 1
“A typical class looks like a mini-
United Nations. These are key
people at an operational level who
can make a real difference about
safety in their airlines and in civil
aviation.” – NA JME DIN ME SH KAT I
“The intellectual life in the
College is much richer since the
Humanities Initiative was
formed.” – S ARA H PRA T T
A b ove, the af t e rmath of a DC 8-63 take-off crash at JFK, 1 9 9 3 . The plane was
d e s troye d , but there were no deaths.
8 U N I V E R S I T Y O F S O U T H E R N C A L I F O R N I A C H R O N I C L E January 8, 2001
A Trailblazer Aids in Decoding the Human Genome
Through a marriage of computational genetics, computer science, mathematics and molecular
genetics, Michael S. Waterman and his team help steer biotechnology into a new era.
by Matthew Blakeslee
elera Genomics, the bio-
tech company that
made headlines last year
when it announced it
would beat the federal govern-
m e n t ’s Human Genome Project to
the finish line, has named USC
University Professor Michael S.
W a t e rman as the first fellow of its
newly established Celera Fellow-
ship Pr o g r a m .
W a t e rman, who is the USC
Associates Endowed Professor of
Mathematics and Natural Science
and a professor of mathematics,
biological sciences and computer
science, assisted in the develop-
ment of the Lander - Wa t e rm a n
algorithm that enabled Celera to
make its audacious sprint.
In addition, he is co-developer
of the earlier Smith-W a t e rm a n
algorithm, which remains the gold
s t a n d a rd for gene and pr o t e i n
sequence analysis and is the key-
stone of computational genetics.
“ Wa t e rm a n ’s mark appears
behind many of today’s standard
p ro c e d u res of computational biol-
o g y,” said David Eisenberg, pro-
fessor of molecular biology and
d i rector of the UCLA-Depart m e n t
of Energy Laboratory of Stru c t u r a l
Biology and Molecular Medicine.
“His work has advanced biological
sequence analysis from a collec-
tion of ad hoc pr o c e d u res to a rig-
o rous and mature subject.”
C O M P U T ATIONAL GENETICS, a
m o d e rn synthesis of computer sci-
ence, mathematics and molecular
genetics, is an essential compo-
nent of the new science of
genomics. Many think it will steer
biotechnology into a new era of
medical wonders. By the mid-
1980s the field was mature
enough that govern m e n t - f u n d e d
scientists launched the Human
Genome Project, the landmark 15-
year project to decode and map
the full set of human genes and
DNA (the genome), life’s underly-
ing blueprint.
Genes are sequences of DNA
“letters” that encode instr u c t i o n s
on how to build proteins. Pr o t e i n s ,
C
dean of USC’s College of Letters,
A rts and Sciences, the work of
W a t e rman and his colleagues
places the university at the top
of the pivotal field of computa-
tional biology. “They are tr u e
pioneers,” Aoun said. “They are
trailblazing in a field that is of
utmost importance for human
health and for the growth of
k n o w l e d g e . ”
he Celera Fellowship
P rogram will r e c o g n i z e
p re-eminent scientists
and engineers and of f e r
its honorees the opportunity to do
collaborative r e s e a rch with Ce-
l e r a ’s scientists. W a t e rman said he
will spend a few weeks each year
at Celera’s labs in Rockville, Md.
“This is a chance to work with
what I think is the most exciting
genomics company in the world,”
he said.
NOW WATERMAN AND his co-
workers are working to impr o v e
on their previous exploits. Haixu
Tang is a postdoctoral trainee
working with W a t e rman; another,
Pavel Pevzner , has just moved to
UC-Santa Cruz. T o g e t h e r, they
have been developing algorithms
to sequence whole genomes, à la
the Celera method, but a good
deal faster.
“ I t ’s still quite a problem to get
even bacteria-sized genomes se-
quenced. This will speed that up
e n o rm o u s l y,” W a t e rman said.
And, given the variety of spe-
cies on Earth, said the scientist, the
human genome is just the tip of
the biomedical iceberg. “There is
no shortage whatsoever of ge-
nomes to sequence.” n C o m p u t a tional biologist Mich ael S. W a t e rman works with Haixu T a n g, a mathematics research associate in the College of
L e t t e r s ,A rts and Sciences.
p romising genetics program and
an administration that he said was
remarkably accommodating of his
d e s i re to build it along multidisci-
p l i n a ry lines. Since those early
days, he has gathered ar o u n d
himself a group of r e s e a rc h e r s
who comprise one of the world’s
best centers for computational
g e n e t i c s .
“One of the main things that’s
kept me [at USC] all these years is
that [W a t e rman and his r e s e a rc h
g roup] are not just theor e t i c i a n s , ”
said molecular biology pr o f e s s o r
N o rman Arnheim, who works
in turn, are both the masonry and
the masons of the cell, central to
e v e ry str u c t u re and function of
l i f e .
rom its outset, the Human
Genome Project used a
meticulous, relatively slow
“divide and conquer”
strategy to determine the se-
quence and location of each gene
on the master DNA strand. T h e
L a n d e r- Wa t e rman algorithm a l-
lowed Celera to take the very dif-
f e rent “shotgun” approach, which
amounted to chopping the
genome into millions of
random fragments, then
piecing them back together
by matching up their ends.
Such an approach had
p reviously been successful
in sequencing smaller DNA
fragments but, prior to t h e
L a n d e r- Wa t e rman algo-
rithm, could not be applied
to whole genomes be-
cause the DNA of higher
o rganisms is filled with
repeated short sequences
that seem to have no func-
tion, and other gobbledy-
gook.
( Wa t e rm a n ’s Celera honor is
not without irony: The Lander in
the algorithm is Eric Lander of
M I T ’s Whitehead Institute, who
runs the largest single laboratory
in the gover n m e n t - s p o n s o re d
Human Genome Project and is,
t h e re f o re, a major competitor of
C e l e r a . )
WATERMAN CAME TO USC i n
1982, where he found a small but
with W a t e rman at USC’s Center
for Computational and Experi-
mental Genetics. “They’re r e a l l y
i n t e rested in analyzing data, and
they’ve learned a lot of molecular
b i o l o g y. ”
“I guess I’m one of those
people who don’t see such sharp
boundaries between pure and
applied math,” said W a t e rm a n ,
who brought his mathematical
talents to bear on the study of
DNA sequences in the 1970s,
when its importance was scar c e-
ly suspected even by geneticists.
In the eyes of Joseph Aoun,
“[Waterman and his colleagues]
are true pioneers, and they are
trailblazing in a field that is of
utmost importance for human
health and for the growth of
knowledge.” – JOS EPH AOUN
F
T
A SOLO EXHIBITION of recent work by Ron
Rizk, professor of painting and chair of the stu-
dio program at the USC School of Fine Arts,
will open at L.A.’s Koplin Gallery on Jan. 13
with an artist’s reception from 6 to 8 p.m.
“Ron Rizk’s still-life paintings are mar-
velous in the original sense of the word,” wrote
Ruth W e i s b e rg, dean of the USC School of Fine
Arts, in the exhibition catalogue. “Our eyes are
attracted by the magical presence of strange
and strangely familiar objects while our intel-
lect is engaged in a number of compelling para-
doxes.”
Featuring 18 of Rizk’s trompe l’oeil p i e c e s ,
the exhibition will remain on view through
Feb. 24.
The gallery is at 464 N. Robertson Blvd.
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University of Southern California chronicle, volume 20, number 15 (2001 January 8). Published for the faculty & staff. Published weekly on Mondays, September throught April (except the week of Thanksgiving, two weeks before and after Christmas, and the week of spring break); and biweekly May through June.
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Creator
Fertik, Irene
(photographer)
Core Title
USC chronicle, vol. 20, no. 15 (2001 Jan. 8)
Alternative Title
University of Southern California chronicle, vol. 20, no. 15 (2001 Jan. 8) (
alternate
)
Publisher
KAP 246, 3620 South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA
(original),
Rodgers & McDonald, printer
(original),
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital),
University of Southern California. USC News
(original)
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California
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Los Angeles
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Los Angeles
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University of Southern California
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USA
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Format
8 p. : ill.
(aacr2),
application/pdf
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newspapers
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Language
English
Contributor
Blakeslee, Matthew
(writer),
Calverley, Bob
(writer),
Di Rado, Alicia
(writer),
Gershick, Zsa Zsa
(writer),
Harris, Martha
(university public relations vice president),
Kiderra, Inga
(writer),
Kildow, Alfred G.
(usc news executive director),
Maceo, Brenda
(writer),
Nalick, Jon
(writer),
Oliwenstein, Lori
(writer),
Payton, Melissa
(associate editor),
Seki, Glenn K., technical support
(contributor),
Shade, Christine E.
(editor),
Silsby, Gilien
(writer),
Stewart, Sharon
(writer),
Stumpfl, Mary Ellen
(writer),
Weiner, Jon
(writer)
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https://doi.org/10.25549/uschist-c104-264197
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UC12518811
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8 p. : ill. (aacr2),application/pdf (imt),newspapers (aat)
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USC Libraries Special Collections. USC Archives
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository Email
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USC: University of Southern California Chronicle