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Seventy-Fifth Year of Publication
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1912 — 1986
Volume Cll, Number 58
University of Southern California
Friday, November 21, 1986
Trojan spirit ignites; bonfire fries Bruin mascot
By Joanne Sims
Staff Writer
TOM WOODALL Daily Trojan
Linebacker Marcus Cotton gets into the spirit of Troy Week as he fires up the crowd at last night’s bonfire and rally. Assistant Head Coach Nate Shaw is behind him.
A large crowd of Trojan fans gathered near Tommy Trojan to watch the band, the Song Girls and the burning of the Bruin mascot Thursday, at the annual pep rally for the matchup between the Trojans and cross-town rival UCLA.
The bonfire, the highlight of Troy Week, began at about 7 p.m. The Trojan Marching Band, along with Song Girls and Yell Leaders, began marching down the Row from Del Taco, leading Greeks and other students down University Avenue to Tommy Trojan.
Clad in T-shirts and buttons bought during the week, Trojan fans shouted the So Cal spellout and flashed victory signs while the band played the Fight Song and the Yell Leaders led the large crowd.
Kevin Bogart, yell king, told the crowd, “We've got to get fired up for this game."
“I think its great!" said Berkley Winston, a sophomore majoring in business, when asked what she thought about the rally.
Nate Shaw, tight-end coach and former Trojan all-American cor-nerback, introduced several players who spoke to the eager crowd.
“There is a deep hate within me for the Bruins as a player and a coach," Shaw said.
The crowd began to shout as the stuffed Bruin bear, bound to a stake, caught on fire.
“It's totally hot," said Arne Valenti after seeing the UCLA mascot go up in flames.
Jim Hanzlik, a sophomore majoring in business, said, “Tonight is 'SC spirit at its best."
TOM WOODALL DAILY TROJAN
The Trojan Marching Band lead the night's activities as the drum major, Bim Van Loo, gets into the mood of the night.
AARON BIRENBOIM DAILY TROJAN
Correspondent Nicholas Daniloff gave his account of his arrest by Soviets to a group of journalism students yesterday.
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Drum major struts for band
By Sue Fogarty
Staff Writer
A football game without the "Spirit of Troy" Trojan Marching Band? Never. A game would just not be complete without a half-time spectacle — the music blaring, drums pounding, flags twirling. But we can't forget the leader of it all, controlling the band's every movement — the drum major.
The drum major is chosen by Art Bartner, the band's director, and the band's section and squad leaders, to lead the band through performances as well as to assist members in rehearsals. The chosen leader must exhibit confidence, leadership and showmanship. By utilizing visual, vocal and whistle commands, the drum major "sets the stage" for the band.
This special honor this year belongs to Bim Van Loo, the first sophomore to be chosen for the position. Van Loo played the alto saxo-
phone last year and said that band has always been a big part of his life. He started playing in the sixth grade and first became a drum major his junior year at Greeley Central High School in Greeley, Colo.
"The reputation this band has as being the top band in the nation is one of the reasons I chose to come here," Van Loo said. "It's by far the best in the nation."
After playing his freshman year and getting used to the band's unique style, Van Loo decided to try out for drum major.
"It was one of those little goals that you have. Like a dream that you have and always think about," he said. After he decided to "go for it," he practiced over the summer in preparation.
After being chosen in August, Van Loo said that he wasn't sure how the older band members would respond to his commands. He said it was easy to fit in, however, because they ac-
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Reporter Daniloff speaks about KGB imprisonment
Describes captivity as a 'nightmare'
By Aaron Curtiss
Assistant City Editor
On the one-month anniversary of his release from Soviet custody, Nicholas Daniloff, the U.S. News & World Report correspondent who was arrested in Moscow on trumped-up espionage charges, yesterday gave his account of the month-long "nightmare."
Daniloff was arrested by the KGB on Aug. 30 after he unknowingly accepted a package of secret Soviet documents, less than one week before he was to be transferred to Washington D.C.
"It was like a dream," he said, describing the day he "was arrested by the bullies. . .who jumped out, grabbed me, pinned my arms behind mv back and threw me into the van."
Speaking to a group of journalism students in Annenberg School of Communications, Daniloff said he had accepted the documents from his friend, Misha, on the assumption that they were nothing more than newspaper clippings.
Daniloff said he did not open the package before he was arrested, but if he had, "I would have thrown it away and run as fast as I could to get out of that place."
Later, Daniloff said he realized that his arrest was carefully planned and was inevitable.
In April 1984, the KGB had attempted to frame Daniloff by asking a friend of his, David Goldfarb, to ask Daniloff to carry a package of secret Soviet documents out of the country. Goldfarb, a retired professor of genetic engineering, refused and his visa to leave the Soviet Union was subsequently cancelled.
"It is routine for the KGB to follow journalists and diplomats very closely," Daniloff said. This is done in order to gather incriminating evidence that can be used in the future, he said.
"If you are targeted, there's nothing you can do to avoid arrest," he said. This fact, he said, causes most journalists in Moscow to "suffer paranoia."
Daniloff said he was unaware of breaking any Soviet information laws that would warrant his arrest. He said when he went to get his accreditation, he was told there were laws that limited his access, but he was never told what those laws were.
"They are asking you to respect secret laws/' he said. "The hell with that."
Political analysts have claimed that Daniloff was framed and his arrest was directly linked to the United States' apprehension of accused Soviet spy Gennady Zakharov. Zakharov had been arrested in New York a week before Daniloff's arrest. They have maintained that Daniloff was used as a political bargaining chip to free Zakharov.
Throughout his emotionally wearing daily interrogations, Daniloff said, his captors told him: "We can resolve this one of two ways: to go to trial or to find a political solution."
Although Daniloff said his arrest was designed to "precipitate a little crisis" in order free Zakharov, it also fit into a wider range of Soviet foreign policy, which included inspiration for the Reykjavik, Iceland, summit last month.
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