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Kevin Langston, Assistant Viet
Emily Streyer, Assistant Vieiq
Jennifer Stanley, Special Projec
USC student
for better e-i
USC's technology
fee has been
put to good use in Our computer syste
the past semester leaves a lot to be
or two, but we still desired.
have a long way
to go. The Windows
N T m a c h 1 n e s a t Students deserve tfa
Thomas Cooper Li- Qwn acc()Untprofl\
brary and Gam- , % J
brell Hall are good a an e'mci^ s)'s^
news because betterthan VM.
they're fast and
current, but many students don't wrappii
know how to use the machines, even use
nor do they have their own pro- use Wet
files. Profiles are personal accounts vices (ai
with set disk space for e-mail, pa- lines su
pers, spreadsheets or other work, cess the
We should be assigned ac- Netscap
counts from our college and be ory and
able to access our accounts from An e:
any lab on campus, including those be Pine
located in buildings outside our that is s
colleges. Our accounts should pro- erful. Al
vide access to e-mail and all oth- the moi
er university resources like uninitia
Netscape, USCAN and Microsoft any stud
applications. Being able to save UNIX (
work to a profile shouldn't replace through
backing up to a diskette, but it thing els
snouia oe a convenience everyone tern,
should have. Part
Such a system will require a but e-rr
small amount of training, but this '90s, an
is preferable to students' having we're ge
Contesting]
ridicules his
This year, Oscar
night controversy hHHH&UhmB
won't come from the Elia Kazan's
dresses that are so Lifetime Achieveme
ridiculous they look Ckrar
like they just came
off Parisian run- M
ways, Lynn Red- rr , ,,
grave's protest of deserves the auztVi'o
Qfcifo nf Tcmoi for his otttstandin
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or an actor's play- contribution to th
ing an American In- cinematic world.
dian accepting Mar
Ion Brando's refused Best Actor world t
Award. In a surprising move, this hind hir
year's Academy of Motion Picture to the "F
Arts and Sciences Lifetime ica was
Achievement Award has been giv- What p<
en to a man of cinematic genius is that i'
and anti-communist beliefs: Elia and Ka2
Kazan. sponsibl
Kazan, who directed the mas- fied aga:
terpieces "On the Waterfront," "A ter all, h
Streetcar Named Desire," "East directinj
of Eden" and "The Gentlemen's Proti
Agreement," also participated in search j
the 1952 McCarthy hearings for stand ag
the House Un-American Activi- recognit
ties Committee. In the (
It was there that he testified HUAC1
against those who were his fellow failure c
Communist party members. While protect f
he did not add any additional in Kazai
names to the list of "blacklisted" he belie1
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s want
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m to learn one system ) ^
for the university f
m and another for
their colleges.
But the biggest
problem is e-mail.
In this decade, erjr
mail doesn't have
, to be as painful as
VM, the archaic ^
system currently 4 Cv T^\d^C
used, which doesn't ^
even support line- J
ig. Most students don't
' their VM accounts. They A"T"1he 71st Annual Academy Aw:
)-based mail, dial-up ser- I after blinding us all with its
ad not all campus phone _L merizing glamour and bre
pport modem use) or ac- taking fashion show, now exists on
sir VM accounts through ?i digital
e, which uses extra mem- analog
other system resources. IM* forms 01
xcellent alternative would ^ .e r c
, a UNIX mail program / m%
imple, efficient and pow- M Say8"ar
though UNIX itself is not % g'ous"?
st user-friendly for the j ry) t
ted, it would be simple for must
lent to access Pine through soundec
and a UNIX machine a bi
NT) without knowing any- CVE?!?*W ABAEV tosau*
;e about the operating sys- ? &ust^n&
jng might be a privilege, 00 Pfter! ^' synthespians!
i , /? What re synthespians? You ve
' ls.a necessity in the the question ^ wrQ^, Ut me as
d we deserve better than executive at Walt Disney Co. to d
'tVng. the explaining: "No more artistic
? agreements. No more demands for
d timillion-dollar contracts or fights
%/l#^11 1 top billing. The movie star of the
century will be a perfectly obedient i
puter program." Hurray, Hollyw
T Pixar Inc., a computer anima
| II II Y production company, is one of the
J neers, which struck gold by playing
artists, Kazan did ^mouse and computer drawing
wholeheartedly co- The producer of the Academy Aw
operate, a move __ 4 -g #
-n/ seen by s?me as an
act of cowardice ^ v^lVI\/l111
and betrayal.
Kazan did what he ven though the first preside:
lrj had to do. primary is nearly nine mo
His affiliation J_!Jaway, the race for the big
? with the Commu- prize in all of politics is on. Any TV \
2 nist Cell in Holly- er can
wood was a thing on CN!
ted Scare" in which Amer- P?^e ^
i63.c
2ople should understand Gary B
t was a trend at the time , preachi
an should not be held re- ^^1111^1 the Ch
le for all those who testi- fljfl ian Cc
inst fellow colleagues. Af- COREY FORD
tion of
le's being awarded for his columnist Hamps
p. not his nolitics. First
esters can revel in their GOP- George W. Bush: The Repubi
for something to take a Party hasn't sought a polihcian for |
gainst. Kazan's moment of ^ntth.saggress'vely since n ho
r ed Ronald Reagan in 1979. This (
ion is not a proper focus. front-runner, however, has quite ?
2nd, the blame tor the ficult task in winning the party's i
learings should lie in the ination.
)f America to completely His moderate stances and pn
reedom of speech and not tion of "compassionate conservat
l for standing up for what will arouse the over-zealous, relig
^ed in. right wing of his party, a problen
?????????? father struggled with. Gov. Bush i:
BBEEnSSESEB ready to be president, despite his
[|| tus. He has only 4 1-2 years of pi
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?pians' wanted
winning "Toy Story," Pixar, in cooper- u :
mes' ation with Disney, came up with "A JNO Hl(
Bug's Life" last year. The bugs seem to j
\y ^ kick gluteus maximus. On March 9, HlOrC CU
an(j PRNewswire reported that the "A Bug's rnr,f-/,r
milo Life" overseas box office passed $150 COllllrtCl
^nu_ million that weekend, bringing the film's
) u s worldwide earnings to more than $310
a n (j million. Not bad, ladies and gentlemen, scenes wearing
j not bad at all! torian costume:
lalo- However, the true victory is the vie- of greenbacks.
Sor- tory over shareholders. According to and more addii
hat Charles Schwab, Pixar's last fiscal year's But the tir
' v e price-to-earning ratio was 279.13. The synthespians a
1 hke P/E ratio provides insight into valua- being a second f
- o n. tion on an easily understood yardstick: Maybe synthes
5 dis- earnings. Even the mass media and en- they so far do
roar! tertainment giant with stance of steel, trouble and mo
ital! Time Warner Inc., is dragging behind adult entertain
with its P/E of 233.65. Digital "Bugs" I guess the Fo
j got are ruthlessly pushing off the pedestal thought of com
k an fossils like "Pink Panther" and "Bugs nt Publishing,
o all Bunny." But let's go back to mystic syn- Vivid Videos wl
dis- thespians. Those guys are huge movie Amendment. T
mul- actors, even though you may never have ness activists in
over been aware of that. In "Titanic," they zy, as they firn
21 st painlessly got hurled into the water just are portrayed i
com- before the notorious sinking monster ry light. If ther
ood! went underwater. No living human, in- don't really kn
ition eluding pro stunts, would want to do the people who i
pio- that; it would have been a way too dan- like that or thos
with gerous trick. In "Shakespeare in Love," who buy hard-c
pad. our friends the synthespians courte- it through cata
ard- Ously agreed to appear as extras in mass discreet envelo]
al hopefuls lacking
ntial service under his belt. And how can con- j~
nths servatism be compassionate? OllXy O
gest Elizabeth Dole: Many around the % I
de\%- country love the prospect of a female CrOWtl L
turn president. Dole might just pull it off, iri fVvi*
N or too. Only one other politician can woo
AN a crowd like her, and he can't rim for a
see third presidential term. Dole has in)
e t h valuable experience in presidential Cab- Bush and Dole
Iking inets and as head of the Red Cross. Dole the conservat
hers has never run for office, though, and unlike those tv
a or may not stand the media blitz that will lead the peopl
auer attack the candidates. His status
ng to Dan Quayle: Despite lacking abili- Vietnam veterj
rist- ty to spell, this former vice president crease his chan
ali- will turn heads this primary season, set. Believe mi
New Bet on it. Of all the Republican candi- (God forbid the
hire, dates. Giiavle has the most exnerience mv vntp fnr thi
, the in public service. He will fight with The Has-Be
lican Bauer, Steve Forbes and Pat Buchanan Steve Forbes z
pres- for the religious vote, but his intelli- their shots at tl
und- gence will also gain a following if he can The voters wor
SOP lose his label as a goof. Watch out for And Bauer's r<
i dif- this man. far, either. Ant
10m- John McCain: Who? I know that's the Democrats
what you're asking. McCain, a maver- A1 Gore: an
jmo- ick Arizona senator, certainly enters ratic Party. Vict
ism" the race as a heavy underdog. He ac- Father of the '
pous tually resembles a statesman, not a have us think) c
i his politician, if that's still possible. a positive road,
s not McCain sponsored moderate, pro- ness of Quayle
sta- gressive bills, including the huge an- Gore, the hi
iblic ti-tobacco legislation and the campaign team, will win 1
finance reform bill. McCain, like party along wii
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member since the organization was Japanese Ameri
founded three years ago. Irish America]
O It is obvious that Mr. Hoppes has Middle Easten
? never attended a SALA event or a meet- So to answe
ing. It is possible Mr. Hoppes has nev- "Yes, I am aw;
) the er even taken the time to read one of groups are ope
r the our fliers or our banners in front of the this really the
1C<1> Russell House. I say this because if he "yes." And whei
ue of bad, he would know SALA is about many Caucask
diversity. cans belong to
How else could one explain that our The answe
leet- president and our secretary are NOT seven African I
tate- Latin American? How else could one members). I w
ause explain that our membership has in- Hoppes and ar
en a eluded Hindus, African Americans, SALA is an org;
QUOTE, UNQUOTE
"The prevailing concept is that
sororities are made of those who
only care about themselves and
partying. This is wrong."
Sony a Duhe, Delta Gamma
advisory team chairwoman
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for lead roles
>re artistic disagreements. No
^mands for multimillion-dollar
ts or fights over top billing.'"
picturesque digital Vic- demand for adult films and videos will
3, saving producers piles fall anytime soon, maybe using synAnd
the list has more thespians can ease the social tension
tions with every movie, about the industry. Secondly, using synae
has come when the thespians will eradicate the job-relatre
not pleased with just ed cases of HIV and other sexually transiddle.
They want to star! mitted diseases for actors. Also, creative
;pians can star in what animators can work on ideal actors with
best: saving producers enhanced dimensions, as makers of
ney. Take, for instance, "Tomb Raider" came up with well-enment
ms an vi eos. dowed digital diva Lara Croft, portrayed
unding Fathers never off ^ rather ski Rhona Milra
ipanies like Larry Fly- A/r , , , ? ,
Metro Global Media or Maybe ?ne Sunny day' when Ho1"
ivicti u vjriuucti lviv/Uid ui 1 1 11 < .1 . ,
len they wrote the First lywood ^ on thc mai?hunt for fT?"
his throws gender-fair- - Puter an a >on specialists, real-life
to a foam-monthed fren- actors 13161,18 not need to aplly
believe that women P'-v at a?- Celebs are ln the instant
n a false and derogate- spotlight of millions of fans eager to
e's someone to blame, I C(Wtheir lifestyles and hear juicy gosow
who's more guilty: sip- So unless computer animators make
make and star in movies synthespians buy villas on islands in
;e millions of consumers the Pacific, sleep in germ-free chamore
skin flicks, ordering bers and have exotic and intense loves,
dogs to be delivered in we can rest assured that we won't let
pes. As I don't think the real-life celebs go.
in primary search
ne other politician can woo a
ike [Elizabeth Dole], and he can't
a third presidential term."
, will have to answer to votes. Like Quayle, he has to watch
ives of his party. But what he says. Of course, past fund raisro,
McCain doesn't mis- ing and his defense of President Cline;
he tells it like it is. ton will hurt. Gore never acknowledged
as a highly decorated the fact that Clinton's behavior was
an will undoubtedly in- wrong, and the Republicans will eat
ices of pulling off an up- him up for it. But he has a lock on the
e, if I were Republican nomination.
; thought), I would cast Bill Bradley: Like McCain, the
s man. former senator enters the race as a subiens:
Lamar Alexander, stantial underdog. The New Jersey Deind
Pat Buchanan lost mocrat doesn't have the money or name
le White House in 1996. recognition of Gore, but he has the fer1't
listen to them again, vor of a progressive and could make it
adical agenda won't go close if Gore slips up somewhere.
1 now for the good guys, Bradley will make a charge at the traditional
liberal vote; he didn't vote for
i enigma to the Democ- Clinton's welfare reform proposal. He
; President Gore (or "The will cover the middle erround with talks
Internet," as he would of saving Social Security. He's got my
?uld lead America down support.
but he shares the goofi- To be honest, though, I don't believe
any of these candidates can lead Amer)eral
in the Clinton-Gore ica into the millennium. I can only ask:
the moderate vote of the Where is Dick Gephardt when you need
th most of the left-wing him?
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icans, Filippinos, French, come out to our meetings or events. If,
as, Italian Americans, however,
lers, etc.? your own stereotypes and prejudices
r Mr. Hoppes, who said, prevent you from coming because you
are that 'legally' these- think you're not invited, that is your
n to all students. But is problem. Our doors are open, and we
case?," the answer is are actively seeking a diverse mem1
he asks: "After all, how bership!
ins and African AmeriSALA?"
Mario I. Ona
r is 18 Caucasians and Public Relations Junior
Americans (out of our 42
ould like to invite Mr.
lyone else who thinks
anization OF Latinos to
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