Daily w Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXXII, Number 30	Los	Angeles, California	Tuesday,	November	1,	1977
Troy band injures 16-year-old at Cal
By Peter Bylsma
During Saturday’s USC-Cal pregame show, the retrieval of a Cal band hat left 16-year-old David Shipman with “multiple fractures in the femur of his left leg. which will receive surgery later this week. Shipman is in traction and has possibilities of complications due to clotting and the setting of the bone.” said Robert Briggs, di-recto r of the Ca 1 band.
The hat had been lying on the 30-yard line in Memorial Stadium when Tom Murrin, head cheerleader, ran onto the field and picked it up. “I had no idea the hat was there in the first place until people in the student section yelled for it.” Murrin said. “I ran to get the hat and then tossed it into the band as one would toss a bouquet at a wedding. I did it only as a friendly type of thing — not
maliciously.”
The hat was then thrown around within the band until Shipman retrieved it. “After getting the hat. he tried to grab for a Trojan band helmet, which is where the trouble started.” Murrin said.
Bob Smith. Cal’s drum major, has a different idea of what happened. “Whatever it was, it was unjustified. . .just malicious. . .and unprovoked,“ he said.
“The band wouldn't just jump on the kid without some provocation." Arthur Bartner, USC band director, said. “I spent about half the day with the Berkeley police and the report clearly states that the kid tried to steal a Trojan band helmet.
"The band did not start the incident. It isn’t as one-sided as the people in Berkeley are (continued on page 2)
Gunmen rob custodian in campus parking lot
A university residence hall employee was robbed at gunpoint Monday afternoon in a parking lot adjacent to Men's Residence West.
Two black men. one carrying a .32 caliber revolver, apparently stopped the university custodian and began asking him general questions in the parking lot facing Jefferson Boulevard. Lt. Douglas Van Pelt of Campus Security said.
The shorter of the two men pulled a revolver from the waist band of his pants, shoved it into the throat of the victim and demanded his wallet.
After the victim complied with the demands, the suspects fled north to Jefferson Boulevard and ran down the street until they were out of sight. Van Pelt said.
Total loss in the robbery- was the $80 contained in the wallet, Van Pelt said.
The suspects probably had a car parked near the robbery site for their escape, he said.
The victim, still visibly shaken 30 minutes after the robbery, did not chase the thieves and Campus Security officers were called by Del Weston, complex manager, after the burglary.
The two men involved in the robbery were described by Van Pelt as a "Mutt and Jeff’ pair — one was short at 5 feet 6 inches, with the other taller at 5 feet 10 inches. Both wore dark trousers and brown or black shirts, had moustaches and wore closely-cropped hair, according to the victim's description. Van Pelt said.
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THE HALLOWEEN SPIRIT OF TROY — Otis Page, a senior, impersonates television character Baretta while riding down University Avenue. Page, a member of the football team, tackles opponents as well as Baretta does his criminals.
Meanwhile, Eulalia Parra, g sophomore, contemplates her freshly carved Jack O'Lantern. The rest of the student body got into the Halloween spirit with a dance near Tommy Trojan and the All-University Band Concert in Bovard. DT photos by Mark Kariya.
Senate to discuss retention of two members, examine bylaws revision
By Wendy Zimmerman
Staff Writer
The Student Senate’s decision Wednesday to allow two senators who have moved out of the constituencies from which they were elected to retain their seats, and to examine the necessity of revising the bylaws to cover such cases, has inspired a wide range of reactions.
The senate will review the parliamentary procedures used at the Oct. 26 meeting in the cases of Lisa Boyd and Fay Van Blake and discuss bylaw amendments at 5 p.m. today in Administration Building 152.
John Gossett, who seconded the motion which allowed the women to keep their senate seats, said he personally doesn’t think the commuters have lost a representative and doesn’t think the
Joint Elections Committee should make the decision.
He feels the senate should decide on the qualifications of its own members, but a committee consisting of both senators ?nd nonsenators should be formed to revise the bylaws to clarify the ambiguities in the elections code.
Suzie Nora, the lone dissenter on the motion, said the elections committee should have decided the matter and questioned the senate’s right to decide the issue when the senate had an obvious bias.
Nora said the issue was not put on the agenda far enough ahead of time and because of that members of the two senators’ constituencies didn't get a chance to voice their opinions.
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Wm 1 KEEP CHARLIE CREEPING
How to be your plants’ best friend
By Devra Leib
If your Creeping Charlie isn’t creeping, your Pothos is pathetic, your fern is fading and your cactus is biting the dust, perhaps only a few minutes a week might help straighten out your plant problems.
“Unfortunately, general plant neglect is one of the major causes of plant deaths,” said Mike Ruwan of The Plant Hangout in North Hollywood. “Students are especially guilty of plant neglect due to the irregular pattern in watering their plants,” he added.
Plant neglect aside, Ruwan said that plant sales are up.
He said the three most popular plants in Southern California are the Pothos, Syngonium and Philodendron. Ruwan believes this is due to the relative ease in maintenance and great decorative quality of the plants.
The Syngonium can be recognized easily because of its arrow shaped leaves. Philodendrons have a heart-shaped all-green leaf.
Ruwan said overwatering is the most common problem in plant maintenance.
To avoid ove.watering, he suggests placing a finger about one inch deep into the soil. If the undersoil feels dry, water the plant thoroughly until the water runs out the bottom.
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