VD check advised for restroom sex participants
By Diane Slezak
Staff Writer
Men using the downstairs restroom in Doheny Library for sexual activity may be warned that they should be tested for venereal disease.
Gil Belval, public health adviser for the Southwest Office of the County Health Department, said he recommended to Addie L. Klotz, director of the Student Health Center, that a warning sign be placed in the restroom.
His decision was made when a patient said he had contracted the disease after having sexual activity there.
The restroom itself is not contaminated, Belval said. Because it has been a location for gay sexual activity in the past, Belval expressed concern that others who have had sexual relations there may also have venereal disease.
“Anyone who has had sex there should come to a health center immediately to have a test done,” Belval said.
Klotz said the health department provided her with a sign that she in turn gave to Arnold F. Shafer, executive director of university facilities. She said she did not know for sure if or when the sign would be placed in the restroom. Shafer was unavailable for comment.
Although Klotz questioned the justification of placing the sign based on one person’s report, she agreed that if the health department felt the sign would be useful, she would go along with it. She said she thought the person involved may have had sexual relations in locations other than the restroom.
“We have a concern for VD with the college-age group in general,” she said. “It’s not really a question of homosexuality or heterosexuality. Anyone who is sexually active should have periodic checkups...It’s a human problem.”
The move stemmed from a crackdown last fall by the Los Angeles Police Department and Campus Security in patrol-ing the restroom. Eight arrests were made in October for engaging in sexual activity in a public place.
Both John Lechner, director of Campus Security, and a spokesman from the Southwest Division of the LAPD said the activity in the library restroom is under control. Lechner said that no arrests have been made this spring.
Sal Licata, a representative from the Gay Students Union, said that the open gay community is active in trying to stamp out venereal disease.
“I think the sign should be put up,”
Licata said. “It’s probably affecting very few people, but you can’t take that risk.”
Licata suspected that the disease may have been spread by someone outside the university who came into the library restroom.
“The GSU members are very unlikely to go there,” he said. “Most of it is outside
activity.”
He said most of the “tea room” gay sexual activity has moved to a new campus location, although he declined to say
where.
Licata said that he objected having the LAPD patrol the restroom. Because of Police Chief Ed Davis’ antihomosexual stand, Licata said, “It’s like having the enemy right there. The LAPD creates an oppression of gay people. Why can’t the Campus Security take care of it?
Spokesmen for both Campus Security and the LAPD said they patrol the restroom every few days to be sure no public sexual activity is being engaged in.
“I think we’re treating the symptom, not the disease,” Licata said ofthe efforts to patrol the area. “Many ofthe people who have sex in the bathroom are those who cannot admit their homosexual feelings to themselves. They can walk out ofthe restroom and still feel straight.”
Daily m Troian
University of Southern California
Volume LXVIII, No. 125
Los Angeles, California
Friday, May 8, 1976
2 students killed, 2 hurt seriously in car accident
By David Black and Cathy Taylor
Two students were killed and two others seriously injured in a predawn crash of a pickup truck near Banning Thursday.
Terry Swilver, a California Highway Patrol state traffic officer from the highway patrol's office in Banning, said the crash killed Theresa Lynn Kincheloe, 22. from Arcadia and a member ofthe Kappa Alpha Theta sorority; and Aleck Nicholas Edwards II. 22, from Lakewood and a member ofthe Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.
The driver, Michael James Haufler, 28, was hospitalized in critical condition in the intensive care unit of the Palm Springs Desert Hospital. He is a teaching assistant employed here. Swilver said Haufler suffered a fractured skull, fractured right elbow and multiple abrasions and lacerations.
In serious condition was Patricia Ann Tucker, 22. of Newport Beach, also a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Her injuries included possible cervical spine damage and head injuries. Swilver said.
The condition of the two patients was unchanged as of early Friday morning.
The accident ocurred about 4:30a.m. when the truck carrying the four veered off Interstate 10. just before the Highway 111 cutoff for Palm Springs, he said.
The eastbound pickup truck ran off into the right lane curb and straddled the curb for 240 feet. The vehicle then swerved back out into the roadway and flipped over, throwing all the passengers out.
Harry Beckam. the highway patrol officer investigating the crash, said 340 feet of skidmarks were measured at the scene.
Swilver said the office may file charges against Haufler for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor, adding, “We found no evidence that anyone else in the vehicle had been drinking.”
As to whether Haufler will be charged, Swilver said, “We’re pending the outcome of the report to the district attorney. Right now, it’s hard to say.”
The investigation is continuing, and a full report on the accident was expected to have been completed today, Swilver said.
The accident happened just west ofthe Verbana Avenue exit off Interstate 10, about seven miles east of Banning.
Miss Kincheloe was described by some of her sorority sisters as an easygoing person who was always happy. She was a senior in history and enjoyed backpacking,waterskiing and horseback riding.
She pledged the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority in 1974 as a junior; she was a transfer student from UC Santa Clara.
Aleck Edwards’ biggest ambition was to become a lawyer, some of his fraternity brothers said. He was a 1975 yell leader for basketball.
Mr. Edwards was involved in theater and production-oriented activities. He directed his fraternity’s number in Songfest ’75.
Mr. Edwards was also president of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity during his sophomore year. During his presidency the membership of the house doubled from 35 to 70. Consequently,
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MIRROR MIRROR—A student reflects on the many unique displays that have been featured this week at the Crafts Faire in Alumni Park. It concludes today. DT photo by Paula Daniels.
More Songfest woes: timing discrepancy and surprise bill
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THERESA KINCHELOE
ALECK EDWARDS II
By Justin Fox
Staff Writer Confrontations in the wake of Songfest may become as heated as any that came before.
The Songfest Committee has found itself with an unexpected bill of $1,000 from the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees, Local 33, which it has not yet figured out.
In addition, a discrepancy of 11 seconds in the logging of the skit, “You Can Be a Row God, Too,” threatened to rob the Graduate Knights of the sweepstakes award. This is now being investigated by the University Judicial Council Blair Westlake, chairman of Songfest ’76, said that the unionized spotlight operators, members of Local 33, are asking for about $4,000 rather than the $3,000 that the Songfest Committee anticipated.
The reason for the extra $1,000 is still a mystery. Westlake said.
“It is not overtime.” he said. “We ran no more than one hour overtime, and we had even made a provision in the initial figure that included overtime. With overtime included we figured that it would cost $3,000. without overtime. $2,500.”
Westlake said that the union members did not even present the committee with a bill, rather just a payroll sheet.
“In order to issue a check, we need a contract or a bill,” he said. “The light operators refused to let us sign a contract.”
So there was no contract, tne conditions arranging for payment were ambiguous, and the fee seems imponderable, Westlake admitted.
“It is a matter that I'll have to go over with the Legal Affairs and Budget Offices,” he said. “David R. Shawaker, assistant treasurer and budget officer of the Budget Office, is helping out now”
i’he 11-second discrepancy in the Graduate Knights’ skit'arose from a faulty tabulation of the real time of the skit. Logged at five minutes and 58 seconds, a tape recording of the Songfest program showed the skit lasting six minutes and nine seconds. Westlake said.
At the time the judges tabulated their scores, none was aware that the skit had overrun its allowed time of six minutes.
It wasn't until after the Graduate Knights had been awarded the sweepstakes award Saturday night that the discrepancy was made known, said Westlake.
“A person who knew what went on approached me,” he said.
The tape recording of the skit later bore this out, he said. The machine is a very accurate one, and in no way could it be off 11 seconds, he said.
Westlake said that he consulted with Robert Mannes, dean of student life; Jim Dennis, director of Campus Life and Recreation; and Parker Jenkins, assistant director; Monday morning about the unreported 11 seconds.
Westlake said that it was Mannes’ suggestion for the Songfest Committee to decide how many points to subtract from the Graduate Knights’ score and, if the committee desired, to have the University Judicial Council investigate the circumstances surrounding the miscalculation.
Westlake said that, acting on Mannes’s suggestion, the Songfest Committee met Tuesday night to determine the number of points to be subtracted from the score of a skit running.over-time. Never during this time was the Graduate Knights’ act mentioned. he said.
By secret ballot, the committee members decided that five points from the overall score would be subtracted rather than five points from each ofthe nine
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