University of Southern California - El Rodeo Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Academics: A Possible Dream Academics is a word that conjures many images in this day and age. It means legitimate grades for legitimate courses, it means studying for tests, it means quality classes and quality profes- sors. It means the institution itself. All these elements are images and they are goals. They are goals of the student, the professor, the administrator. When out of focus they produce confused results. If the goals are clear and strived for they produce a quality education and an ex- perience that will always be remem- bered. This university has many ele- ments which help to achieve these goals, use is the only university with an insti- tute for the study of hydrocarbons and a human centrifuge. USC had the first department in cinema and T.V. which is now considered the best in the nation. We have the only School of Architecture in the United States with both under- graduate and graduate programs ac- credited. The Ethel Percy Andrus Geron- tology Center is the only major facility of its kind in the West. Our Suicide Pre- vention Center was the first in the coun- try. These few examples demonstrate the university ' s wide range of programs and opportunities. Despite these already outstanding achievements, 1981 is the year of proving our worth. We ' re shap- ing up to attain the goal of academic excellence. Above: LEARNING AT HOME— I Birnkrant resident studied : i -k- ' ■ ... •: if ' ar » . -• ,»- m Above: OBLIVIOUS TO ALL— A resident of Residence West studied in Alumni Park. Left: BASKING IN THE SUN— This student gets a tan while studying. Right: CAUGHT IN THE ACT— A student is interrupted from her studies at Doheny Librarx, Above Left: INTENSE CONVERSATION — Dean Stephen Ostrow, Dean Panos Koulerm( and Professor Paul Zygas confer before convocation.

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Not This Christmas, Mom Hello, Douglas? This is your mother. Your father and I have been wondering how you have been. Are you coming home for Christmas, dear? Are you kidding, Mom? Do you know how many tests I have to study for? I ' ve got a biology final and two . . . Douglas, don ' t talk back to your mother. Aunt Evva and Uncle Luke are coming down for the holidays and we ' re planning a nice dinner. Mom, you don ' t understand. My fin- als are AFTER Christmas, and if I don ' t study DURING Christmas, I ' ll fall behind and flunk my classes. I ' ve also got two English papers due and . . . What school are you going to? USC, Mom. Let me speak to an administrator. Mom, this is the last year this is going to happen. They ' ve revamped the academic year so that next year our fin- als will be BEFORE Christmas. Then I ' ll be able to spend the vacation without studying. Our summer will end earlier. Does this mean that you won ' t be with us on our Labor Day trip to Walla Walla? That ' s right. Mom. Douglas, don ' t talk back to your mother. •T ! v V- -« ssasmt I? Above: PACKING UP — Doug Schulz and Les Lockrem take home books as i as clothes for the Christmas holiday. 12 Opening