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

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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

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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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implement a clinical pharmacy curricu- lum, and first to offer the Doctor of Pharmacy degree. More than 95 ' c of all School of Pharmacygraduates pass the California licensing examination on the first attempt. Considered the best in the nation, the School of Cinema was the first to be established. It was the first to win an Oscar and recently received a second Os- car for a student-made film. The school has graduated many Oscar and Emmy- winning alumni. Lee Haxall and Bob Rodat were chosen as outstanding schol- ars in the School of Cinema. As out- standing T.A.s, Dave Bruskin and Cathy Rabin were chosen to represent the ci- nema school. Robert Seidman is extremely involved in his field as a Pharm. D. candidate. I have a ven, ' strong interest in increasing societ ' ' s awareness and use of the clinical pharmacist as a significant member of the health care team, said Robert. He belongs to many organizations including the American Phar- maceutical Association, American Society of Hospi- tal Pharmacists, the American Public Health Asso- ciation and is vice-president of the Professional Affairs Associated Students and chairman of the Pharmacy Student Bodv Communications Commit- tee. He was also featured in manv printed articles and media broadcasts, mcluding The Today Show with Dr. Art Ulene, about the role of the pharma- cist in health care. After his contact with Charlie Chaplin comedies, Dave Bruskin was interested in filmmaking. Dave ' s an MA candidate in Cinema Production and a teacher ' s assistant for Dick Harbor He was presi- dent of Delta Kappa Alpha, the national honorary ' cinema fraternity, and also enjoys composing and conducting his own music. About the School of Cinema, Dave said, It ' s a community ' in itself. Self-belief is important to him in terms of a cinema career. No sane person would spend all that time making films without believing deep down that he was going to make it. But there should always be self-doubt. It ' s that tension that sparks creativity. With a BA and MA in the Radio-TV-Film Depart- ment at Cal State Northridge, Cathy Rabin worked for CBS Records in promotion and merchandising. She ' s now a Ph.D. student in the cinema school and a teacher ' s assistant for Arthur Knight. Cathy enjoysthe academic environment and being at USC, although she has a real problem with the racism, sexism and elitism on this campus. Cathy decided to study cinema despite the argument that it can ' t be serious art because it is exhibited in a place that sells Jujubees and Orange Crush. Cinema has kept me in the dark for quite a number of years now ... I like it that way. 1 Academic Profiles 21