Facing Addiction The best news about being an addict is the amount of psychological and behavioral research I have done into the nature of this beast. That is why the article (“We Are Addicts,” Winter 2011, p. 20) attracted me. From an early age, I have been unable to control myself in the following areas: computers, sex, drugs, alcohol, chocolate and gambling. I am now 60 and still somewhat engaged in potentially self-destructive behavior. I live responsibly, am married and own a successful business, but the inability to make the correct choice remains a frustrating mystery to me. Dan Aflin ’79 SAN JOSE, CA
Notice Board For a book on a series of paintings known as American Champions, I am seeking information about the following USC athletes from the early 1930s: Randall Bryden, Ken
Carpenter, James Cassin, Philip Cope, Frank Doeg, Alfred Fitch, Joe Gonzales, Lee Guttero, Lemuel “Bud” Houser, Jack Hupp, Estel Johnson, Johnny Kaye, Frank Kurtz, Edward Levin, John McCarthy, Earle Meadows, Al Olson, Charlie Parsons, Norman Paul, Mickey Riley, Russ Saunders, Amby Schindler, Bill Sefton and Frank Wykoff. Contact benemann@law.berkeley. edu or (510) 642-8722. William Benemann BERKELEY, CA
The USC University Archives needs your assistance in preserving the heritage of our university. We collect, preserve and share records having permanent value in documenting the university’s history. Books, manuscripts, USC periodicals and newspapers, posters, photographs, recordings and other archival items are available for research under supervised conditions. Gifts are greatly
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For the Record The feature “Pioneering the New Chinese Cinema” (Spring 2012, p. 18), erroneously identified Zachary Franklin ’07 as a publicity specialist. Franklin is a market strategy manager at YOU On Demand, which provides Hollywood movie content. The feature also misidentified David U. Lee ’97, MBA ’04 as the executive producer of The Spy Next Door; he is the distributor. And it incorrectly stated that an adaptation of the Wachowski brothers’ film Bound by Simon Weining Sun MFA ’02 takes place in 600 A.D. It is set in 1914. For a corrected version of the article, go to tfm.usc.edu/spring-2012/chinese-cinema
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