Indonesian Trojans get together<\/p>\n
Tantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
\"Wow, you look so different! I would not have recognized you,\" a
\nwoman alumnus of the University of Southern California (USC) said
\nto another woman graduate she had not met for ages.<\/p>\n
The band was playing in the auditorium and the two walked in
\nto mingle with other Indonesian alumni in the reunion on Thursday
\nnight, marking the 125th anniversary of the USC at the Bapindo
\nBuilding auditorium in South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Some 300 members of the University of Southern California
\nIndonesian Alumni (AUSCI) participated.<\/p>\n
\"According to our current list, the USC has about 700 alumni
\nacross Indonesia,\" AUSCI networking chairman Jefry Hakim told The
\nJakarta Post.<\/p>\n
He said that besides celebrating the university's 125th
\nanniversary, the reunion was held to introduce AUSCI's new
\ncommittee for the 2005-2007 period.<\/p>\n
Committee head? and agribusiness, property, and financial
\nservices company Gunung Sewu Group chairman Husodo Angkosubroto
\norganized the reunion.<\/p>\n
Jefry, who is also general manager of Bank Harda
\nInternasional, said that since the alumni association was
\nregistered in 1996, activities had been limited to seminars and
\nreceptions for USC officials.<\/p>\n
\"But now with the new committee, we want to revitalize our
\nalumni organization,\" he said. USC student affairs and enrollment
\nservices vice president Michael L. Jackson was also present at
\nthe festivities, he said.<\/p>\n
The relationship between Indonesia and the USC goes back to
\nthe 1970s, and many Indonesian students have been attracted to
\nthe university because of its reputation as one of the oldest
\nprivate research institutions in the United States.<\/p>\n
Some of its alumni include Lippo group owner Mochtar Riady,
\nWorld Vision Indonesia board chairman Anugerah Pekerti and former
\nBank Bali president Rudy Ramli.<\/p>\n
The USC Trojans are famous for their college football and the
\nteam's rivalry with the University of Notre Dame is widely
\nconsidered the greatest competition of college football in the
\nUnited States.<\/p>\n
\"Sometimes when AUSCI receives a copy of a USC Trojans match
\nwe get together and watch. Many of us are still Trojans fans,\"
\nJefry said.<\/p>",
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