‘Wizard of Oz’ is 50, follows brick road to theater engagement See Performance, page 5	j Former publisher’s case dismissed See News, page 3		Baseball bites turf,
			striKes oux in dio tot College World Series See Sports, page 12
	4 China needs U.S. support for reform See Viewpoint, page 4		
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Volume CVIV, Number 3
University of Southern California
Wednesday, May 31, 1989
Fly by Night
Matt CobMgli / Summer Trojan
Bovard’s tower stands illumlniated in front of the Coliseum as a helicopter passes In the night.
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Doheny is incognito for Disney film shoot
Visitors to Doheny Library last week needed to pinch themselves when they read the “Chandler University, College of Medicine" nameplate that graced the entrance.
Chandler University?
The fictional school is the setting for the movie "Gross Anatomy,” a Walt Disney Studios production starring Matthew Modine (“Married to the Mob”).
The sign will remain in front of Doheny until June 2, when the three-week shoot on campus is scheduled to end.
Directed by Thom Eberhardt, the story is set at a Southern California university.
“USC is very cooperative," said Bill Bowling, the movie's location manager. “They have good people who organize things and they’re good at their jobs. It's a pleasure to work here.”
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Free computer service may cost future users
By C. S. Wyatt
Staff Writer
The high operating costs for a little-known free computer service may lead the university to begin charging students for its use.
The USC Bulletin Board Service allows a student to post messages, send electronic mail, and access and copy free computer programs.
About 950 students use the service, said Susan Biddle-comb, the project's current administrator. But an increase in the number of new users, which sheestimated to be 30 a month, makes it necessary to exercise more control.
"When we have an influx of new users, some people try to take advantage of the free service," Biddlecomb said.
One problem she dted was the illegal placement of software on the system. Software on the system illegally must be removed, and that is a time-consuming task, she said.
The resulting costs may be passed on to users in the form
(See Computer, page 3)
Students send aid to China with love
Americans hail demonstrations for democracy
By Tracy Imes
Staff Writer
To support the demonstrations for democracy by students in China, members of the USC Chinese Students and Scholars Association are raising money for the protesters and using a borrowed fax machine to send them news items.
Members of the group are concerned about friends and family in China's capital city, Beijing, where about 10,000 demonstrators remain in Tian An Men Square.
Ken Li, a graduate student in English, said the USC group is accepting contributions to send to the demonstrators.
Because of a news blackout imposed by the Chinese government, the group has borrowed a fax machine to send clips from American and Chinese-Ameri-can newspapers to the students in Beijing, Li said.
"We are trying to raise money to send to China for food, medicine and materials for the demonstrators in Tian An Men Square," he said. "The money we raise will also cover telephone and fax messages to inform the people about what's going on in the country."
Though the numbers of protesters have dwindled, they have vowed to stay in the square until the National People's Congress meets June 20. They hope to convince the congress to overturn Premier Li Peng's order May 20 that put the country under military control.
Despite Li's order to crush the demonstrations, however, thousands of troops remain camped and inactive on the outskirts of the city.
Monday, in a show of their continued fight, several Beijing
art students erected a 30-foot statue resembling the Statue of Liberty in the square.
J.P. Jang, a graduate student in physics who is originally from Beijing, said demonstrators there want the government to withdraw the troops, nullify martial law and open a sincere dialogue with the students.
"I think the government has lost its credibility and is incompetent," Jang said. "The army won't shoot unarmed students and I'm worried that the government is doing nothing.
"A big country like China caught in a standstill for a long period of time — I don't want to see this affair prolonged. By doing nothing, the government thinks it can wear the students down, but this is not over."
Jang said he has been in contact with his family and isn't worried about them, though his brother has joined the resistance movement.
"Even though most of the media has been cut off, I've been able to communicate with my family by phone," he said.
"My brother joined the movement and is living in the streets to block the troops. According to him, spirts are high. There is nobody in the square except the students, and it was a surprise for everyone how well-orga-nized they are."
While Li said he would like President Bush to take a stronger stance against the Chinese government, he praised the university community for its interest and involvement in the situation.
"I'd like the Bush government to speak out more on the situation," Li said. "They've been reluctant and conservative about speaking against the government because they are afraid it will harm relations with China.
"People here have been very generous. There has been a lot of support here in the USC community."
Project set for August
USC team to lead nation in brain research
By Linda Ornelas
Staff Writer
More than 200 specialists in fields from psychology to computer science will convene in August at the university's new Hedco Neurosciences Building to launch a 10-year, multimillion-dollar research program.
The Decade of the Brain, a national research effort designated by Congress to run from 1989-99, is expected to make significant strides toward combating central nervous system disorders, said William McClure, a neurobiologist at the university.
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In the last seven years, the university's neurosciences department has developed a Neural, -Informational and Behavioral Sciences team (NIBS), which will be part of the national program.
Researchers from the fields of biology, psychology, computer science, electrical engineering and linguistics will conduct their research at the NIBS headquarters, the five-story, 65,000-square-foot neurosciences building, said McClure, who is also administrative director of the NIBS team.
The building, built exclusively for
use by the team, cost about $18 million, and the NIBS team has been given a $l-miIIion-a-year budget for the next 10 years, McClure said.
McClure and Richard Thompson, a university neuroscientist, will direct the project in different capacities. Other participants include Christoph Von Der MaJspurg and Michael Arbit, joint specialists in computer and biological sciences.
Technologically, the program could not have come at a better time, McClure said.
(See NIBS, page 2)