Volume Cll, Number 16
Seventy-Fifth Year of Publication
trojan
University of Southern California
1912 — 1986
Tuesday, September 23, 1986
Watt Hall center receives donation from two trustees
By Arlene Guzman
Staff Writer
A $2.5 million addition to the School of Architecture in Watt Hall has received half of the funding necessary for construction to begin.
Two university trustees have given $1.25 million to build a graduate center for the school on the fourth floor of Watt Hall.
Trustee Raymond Watt had earlier pledged $1 million for the facility, and his donation has been supplmented by a $250,000 gift from Gin Wong, a trustee since 1983, and founder and president of the Los Angeles architectural firm of Gin Wong and Associates.
Wong's gift fully funds a conference center for the facility, said Birgitta Granberg, director of development for architecture.
"The main use of the conference room is for important speakers that are coming to the graduate school for a seminar," Granberg said.
"The center will provide the school at last with its own setting for major academic and professional conferences and workshops. It will give us a perfect forum for addressing the leading-edge problems in the field of architecture," Dean Robert Harris said in a USC News Service report.
"It is hard to tell when the project will start because it is only half-funded. We hope to start by next fall, but we really don't know," she said.
Wong's "strong support is deeply gratifying because it comes from one of our most illustrious alumni who has already been most generous to the school and its intern fellowship program," Harris said in announcing the commitment.
Wong, a graduate from the School of Architecture in 1950, and a member of the planning committee of the Board of Trustees, also serves as a member of the school's Dean's Advisory Council.
Ed Zschau attacks Cranston at rally
Candidate cites poor leadership
By Gary Sutton
Staff Writer
Rep. Ed Zschau, R-Los Altos, seeking to win Democrat Alan Cranston's U.S. Senate seat, verbally attacked Cranston's lack of leadership and his failure to protect free enterprise and promote entrepreneurial spirit during a campaign speech yesterday at Founder's Park.
The entrepreneur and former Stanford University professor was making his second university appearance in three weeks.
According to Zschau, Cranston also has failed to create jobs and is the leader in government overspending.
Zschau said he and Cranston have different opinions on how to build a strong country. Zschau said he believes the preservation of traditional conservative economics, allowing greater freedom to the individual coupled with little government intervention, is the way to a stronger nation.
Zschau told students his positions on what he considers to be the nation's major issues. He favors more spending on education, more attention toward civil rights, stronger measures on crime — including the dealth penalty for terrorists — an escalation in the war on drugs, and a crackdown on illegal immigration.
Zschau accused Cranston of being a leader in preventing the passage of stricter laws dealing with drug abusers and other criminals, as well as tougher legislation on illegal immigration.
The audience reacted favorably during the question-and-answer session when Zschau said he supports President Reagan's position on drug-testing for those with occupations in which people's lives are on the line. There was also a very positive response toward his pro-choice stance on abortion.
However, Zschau's support of the Nicaraguan freedom fighters, known as contras, caused some controversy. Zschau said that because the Sandanista government has proven to be repressive, has continuously subverted neighboring countries and has launched a huge military buildup, U.S. intervention of some sort is a necessity.
MICHAEL KIM / DAILY TROJAN
Republican Senate candidate Ed Zschau attacked Democrat Alan Cranston’s leadership during a speech yesterday.
Although Zschau has been criticized in Cranston's television ads for flip-flopping on major issues, he said his opponent has misrepresented his voting record. He said his position on major issues has never changed, but legislation has changed.
Zschau said the contest between him and Cranston "is the most important race in the country this year." He also said that President Reagan told him two weeks ago that it could decide which party controls the Senate. But with 45 days left in the campaign, Zschau is trailing Cranston in the polls by an estimated eight percentage points.
The congressman, who was the obvious favorite of most of the audience, stressed his concern for the future economic well-being of today's college students.
"I think (Zschau) is a very sharp individual and important for California's future as well as the future of the country," said David Kelman, a senior majoring in political science.
Student files complaint after incident on the Row Friday
Security accused of excessive force
By Rose Anne Rodriguez
Assistant Qty Editor
A student who allegedly harassed a police dog Friday morning, has filed a harassment complaint of his own with University Security.
Ian MacLeod, a junior studying business, said that security officers used excessive force on him early Friday morning when he encountered a police dog as he walked toward his parked car on 28th Street.
MacLeod said he left the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority house around 1:30 a.m. where he had been visiting a friend after coming home from work. He walked to his car by way of the street because "the sidewalks were filled with people who were partying on the Row," he said.
"I was dressed in a suit. I had just gotten off of work from the Bonaventure. I was walking tightly along the cars parked on the
New Zealand band digs L.A. scene; eager to feel the American rhythm
By Rajiv Khatau
Staff Writer
The sounds on the streets of Los Angeles were the main attraction of New Zealand's Queen City Big Band when they arrived for a Southern California tour. The New Zealanders, who performed at Hancock Auditorium on Sept. 15, said they were anxious to feel the American rhythm.
With a standard stage-band lineup, the Queen City Big Band's accent is on jazz. The band also has a vocal group that adds "wider appeal" to the music, said Bemie Allen, the group's musical director.
Along with traditional jazz, the band's music ranges from the big band repertoire to modem composition. Native New Zealand Maori music has also been included in the ensemble's show.
Allen believes the show to be "very visual" because the band has added "choreographed Manhattan-Transfer type" of material.
The band's primary purpose in coming to the United States is to experience the American lifestyle. Due to a lack of American experience.
many band members had difficulty interpreting jazz, Allen said.
"There is a tendency in foreign countries outside the U.S. to see the United States as in the TV programs . . . and these (television) stereotypes just aren't true," Allen said.
To improve the musical quality and the New Zealander's impression of America, Allen decided -that a first-hand visit to Los Angeles would help the musicians.
"A lot of American music is the result of people and the way they think and the cultural diversity this country has," Allen said. "But many of these things are foreign to New Zealanders. You can do so much from (listening to) records, but there comes a time when you've got to go over (to the United States) and walk the streets, hear the sounds — feel the noise of the people."
Though the New Zealanders appreciate their country's "beautiful landscape and wide range of scenery and climate," Allen emphasized that New Zealanders do not have access to many tems that are common in the United States.
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street. There were about five security cars parked there also."
At that point, MacLeod said, he heard a dog barking and he swore at the dog to quiet it, not knowing it was a security K-9 unit.
He says a security officer then used choke hold and a billy club on him while placing him in handcuffs, MacLeod said.
MacLeod said that he did not resist the officer and was not arrested but did suffer bruises and other minor injuries.
He went to the Student Health Center later that morning.
"Security just took down my name and driver's license number. They didn't even arrest me," MacLeod said.
They asked him if he had had anything to drink, and he said he had not.
Security has referred the case to the Peer Review Board.
MacLeod filed a complaint with security the same morning.
"The complaint was filed and is currently under investigation," said Steve Ward, chief of security. He said he could not comment further about the incident, pending the outcome of the investigation.
MacLeod said he also plans to take legal action against the university.
"They said that if I knew there was a K-9 unit, why did I lurch out. I didn't do anything besides yell at the dog. It was dark and I couldn't see that there was an actual police dog there," he said.
"One of the other officers asked the officer who was holding me if 1 had been pounding on the car. He said no. They knew that I hadn't done anything to aggravate this," MacLeod said.
MacLeod said he told the officers that he was not aware of the unit, but "by that time they had already made up their minds."
"The streets were crowded that night. I could tell that there was a lot of tension. Security just wanted someone to take it out on, and it wound up being on me."
Inside this issue:
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Performance takes a peek at the Emmy Awards and also reviews Whitney Houston’s concert