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

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Each school and department received a form on which they had several weeks to complete and return their nomina- tions. Although some departments chose not to participate in the nomination and selection process, we received many stu- dents from which to choose. The scholars chosen were: Tony Ash- ley, Accounting; Howard Moore, Me- chanical Engineering; Sharon Dolezal, Psychology; Malvina Caravaggia, Petro- leum Engineering; Steve Padilla, Jour- nalism; and Stephanie Chavez, Public Relations. Malvina Caravaggia is an outstanding student in Petroleum Engineering. She takes her field quite seriously, as she believes that Petroleum Engineering is vital to the solution of the energy crisis. She sees the search for oil and gas as challenging and exciting, and she is looking for- ward to applying her schooling to the field. Mal- vina manages to combine her activities with her scholastics, maintaining a 4.0 in her major. Some of her activities include president of Pi Epsilon Tau, and vice-president of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Malvina has received many honors while at use. A double major in Public Relations and Spanish with a G.P.A. of 3.5, Stephanie Chavez felt her- Daily Trojan experience was most important dur- ing her years at USC. She has held several posi- tions at the DT including Feature Editor during the spring of 1981. Stephanie held the office of president of the Public Relations Student Society of America, was on the Dean ' s List and was a reporter for the L.A. Times during the summer of 1981. during which time she interned for the Southeast and Long Beach Suburban Zone. Ste- phanie also was a Creative Services Assistant for KABC-TV. Steve Padilla is a double major in History and Journalism at USC and currently has a G.P.A. of 3.8. Steve graduated from Alhambra High School in 1977 and although he has had outside interests at USC. such as playing the French horn, his main concern has always been the Daily Trojan. He was the DT editor for the spring of this year and was also DT city editor, feature editor, and editorial writer. Steve has also interned at the LA. Times, was Editor of Camp-us News at East LA. College and has had much experience dealing with editori- alism in Washington. D.C. Academic Profiles 19

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ACADEMICS PROFILES This year each school and department was given the opportunity to nominate two men and two women in the areas of teaching assistants and scholars. These nominations were then compiled and the profiles appearing in the yearbook were selected from these nominations. The choice was based on grade point aver- age, honors, awards, organizations, and extracurricular activities. Realizing that it is not possible to cover all outstanding students, this selection of scholars through school and departmental nomi- nations is an attempt to acknowledge some of the deserving students at the university. Tony Ashley, a senior in Accounting, has re- ceived many awards. A few of his recent awards include the Beta Sigma Gamma Outstanding Stu- dent Award, the State Farm Companies Founda- tion Exceptional Student Fellowship Award, and the American Institute of CPA ' s Accounting Award. In addition, he is USC ' s candidate for the Rhodes Scholarship, and he won the National Business Case Competition. Tony chose Business Administration because America and other coun- tries around the world operate within a capitalistic framework, I feel it is important to understand the business language in order to work within this framework most effectively. There is a high demand for business majors with a mechanical background. For this reason, I would like to combine both business and engineer- ing skills, stated Howard Moore, a senior major- ing in Mechanical Engineermg. With a 3.93 GPA, and a GMAT score in the 96th percentile, Howard is applying to the Stanford Business School. How- ard received a scholarship through Achievement Rewards for College Scientists, was president of use Engineers Honors Program, and was secre- tary, vice-president and president of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity. Howard was also elected to Phi Kappa Phi as a junior, and is a member of Pi Tau Sigma. Sharon Dolezal is a junior majoring in Industrial Psychology based on International Law. She chose this major because she believes Law and Business need the input of the human voice, to which the psychologist is particularly attuned. Sharon has a 4.0 GPA, and is a member of Blackstonians, Alpha Lamda Delta, Mortar Board, Phi Beta Kappa, International Students Association, and the Political Science Association. She has been president of the Undergraduate Psychology Asso- ciation, and is presently the undergraduate repre- sentative to Psychology faculty meetings. Sharon is also a little sister to two fraternities. 18 Academic Profiles

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ACADEMIC PROFILES In order to recognize outstanding students and teacher ' s assistants throughout the University, the El Rodeo sent nomination forms to all schools and departments. For the academic profiles on these pages, grade point average, honors, awards, organizations and out- side activities and achievements were considered in the nomination process. After compiling the nominations, each scholar and T.A. was interviewed. Colleen Clifford and Robert Seidman were chosen as outstanding scholars from the School of Pharmacy. Judged in the top ten in the nation, USC ' s School of Pharmacy is the only one in southern California. It was the first to require a two-year pre-pharmacy course, first to A degree doesn ' t mean much. Experience is making films and s howing films, said Lee Haxall, an M.F.A. candidate in the School of Cinema. Lee transfered to USC after changing her major eight times in two years at the University of Virginia where there was no film department. Her first ex- posure to filmmaking was in high school when she had a friend whose father produced commercials. Her recent production was an animated film, Lament of the Cow, featuring madrigal music of the 1600s. But Lee ' s fimmaking interests aren ' t lim- ited to animation. 1 just want to make films — little films, big films, all types.... Colleen Clifford, a third level pharmacy student, has always been interested in sciences, especially medical science. Because she enjoys dealing with people, she did her undergraduate work in psy- chology at USC. As an outstanding scholar, she is a member of the American Pharmaceutical Associa- tion; Skull and Mortar, a service organization, and Rho Chi, the p harmacy ' s honorary fraternity. Col- leen feels that pharmacy has a great potential to aid the health profession once the image, that of just dispensing drugs, is changed. We need health professionals to tap our knowledge. Bob Rodat, a graduate student in cinema, hails from New Hampshire. He planned to combine his BA in History from Colgate University and his MBA from Harvard, but then he came to USC. It has the best program in film, he said. As an outstanding scholar, he puts much time into his filmmaking interests. He has made many documen- taries, which he deems guerilla-filmmaking. Many have dealt with his favorite music, Bluegrass. Bob spends most of his afternoons in the sound department and feels cinema concentrates too much on the visual, not enough on the sound. Filmmaking is a combination of the visual AND sound. 20 Academic Profiles