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Volume CV, Number 4	University of Southern California	Wednesday, June 1, 1988
June 7 elections analysis
Professors examine issues in primaries
By Jennifer Glickman
Staff Writer
New deal awaits commission vote
Members to decide on contract for management of Coliseum
Problems hit KSCR; water floods station
With the presidential election only months away and the California primaries next Tuesday, June 7, university political scientists and other professors are making their predictions about the elections and theorizing about what factors will have an influence on the outcome.
The issues of highest importance in this race are world peace and the U.S. economy, 'said Richard Dekmejian, chairman of the political science department.
World peace is “the greatest of all issues — how to prevent a great power confrontation,” Dekmejian said.
"I don't think the two sides will discuss this in great de-
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tail," he added.
Dekmejian said that the economy is an issue on many levels. "Since Vietnam — the last 20 years — there has been gradual redistribution of in-
come in this country.
"The rich have gotten richer, the poor have gotten poorer, and that old question has to be dealt with."
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a "managing arm” that will oversee operations, staff and daily upkeep of the facilities.
As the managers, MCA-/ Spectacor will also oversee any renovations as approved by the commission. Decision-mak-ing authority will remain with the commission.
Under the recently proposed contract, MCA / Spectacor will pay the commission a $300,000 base fee and turn over to the commission the first $1.2 million of net income.
MCA will then take 30 percent of all net revenues between $1.2 million and $1.7 million, with the percentage rising to 50 percent as net revenues increase to more than $4.2 million.
The commission also voted on May 6 to retain MCA / Spectacor as a private management consultant at a six-month fee of (Continued on page 2)
steroid use
By Gary Caffey
Staff Writer
Drugs and athletics. The combination seemed unthinkable 50 years ago, but it is a common occurrence. Recently, two former USC football players, Dave Ca-digan and Jeff Bregel, engaged in a war of sorts about their use or non-use of anabolic steroids.
At his first New York press conference after being drafted
by the New York Jets, Cadigan admitted to experimenting with steroids after his senior year here at the university. That was verified at the National Football League scouting combine in February, when all potential draftees were tested for all drugs and stimulants.
But in its Sunday, May 1 edition, Newsday — a Long Island-based newspaper :— disputed Cadigan's claims in an extensive
story / interview with a former Trojan lineman Jeff Bregel.
Bregel, a former teammate of Cadigan two years ago who now plays for the San Francisco 49ers, disputed that claim.
"Half the other guys I played with were doing the same damn thing. I know for a fact that Dave was using steroids before his junior and senior seasons," Bregel told Newsday.
"I was right there when he
bought (steroids)," said Bregel, who was banned from the 1986 Florida Citrus Bowl for testing positive for steroids. "We got stuff from the same source. I've seen him buy it, and I've been with him when we both had stuff with us — orals (steroids in tablet form)."
In response to Bregel's allegation, Cadigan told Newsday, "Jeff has been factually proven (Continued on page 8)
By Gene Kang
Staff Writer
DAVE CADIGAN
By Gary Caffey
Staff Writer
"SC53" KSCR, the university's student-operated radio station, had more problems last week which forced it to close temporarily.
Several ceiling tiles fell in the broadcast studio on May 25 due to a freeze-up in the air conditioning unit at the facility in Marks Hall. Water from the unit leaked from the ceiling, causing some water damage to the studio.
"Everything was soaked, completely drenched. There was water everywhere," said Raymond So, KSCR's music director.
Physical Plant was called to the station, and the ceiling along with the air conditioning unit were fixed within two days.
About half a dozen albums were damaged by the leak, along with the disc jockey board used to broadcast shows.
"The station is very usable," said Eric Saakian, a KSCR engineer. "Luckily there was no damage to the amplifier."
During the past week, approximately 10 albums from KSCR's collection have disappeared. "Our guess is that they're disappearing during the evening," So said.
Security has told the station that security officers will increase the patrols around it, he said.
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EASY DOES IT — A construction worker (left) tries to pull a bulldozer out of a ditch in front of the Parking Operations office last Thursday. It was eventually lifted out by another, yet bigger bulldozer.
Members of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission will vote today on a new management contract with the entertainment corporation, MCA / Spectacor.
After seven months of negotiating, the commission and MCA / Spectacor have, as of yet, approved a tentative, five-year management contract — taking one of the biggest steps yet toward a private management deal.
Scott Carmichael, marketing director of the Sports Arena, said the final decision is pending the June 1 meeting, in which the commission will cast the final vote.
Currently, the final contract is being drawn up but will generally involve MCA / Spectacor as
Cadigan, Bregal ‘talk together’ about