Rodney Peete will perform		
for the Detroit Lions this fall		
after signing two-year deal		
See Sports, page 8		
Women’s movement needs to unite
See Viewpoint, page 4
USC students win on ‘Family Feud’
_________________See News, page 2
trojan
Volume CVIV, Number 10	University	of	Southern	California	Wednesday,	July	19,	1989
More than $200,000 in computer equipment, stolen from the university bookstore, was returned Monday. The computers will not be sold, but used In the store’s administrative departments or for display.
Bookstore thief tried to devise own filing system
Student hoped to make impact in computers
By Vivien Lou Chen
Staff Writer
Investigators concluded last week that a former University Bookstore employee stole more than $210,000 in computer equipment from the store because he hoped to make a great breakthrough in the computer world, police said.
Don Jordan, 34, a part-time sales clerk for one year in the store's computer department,
apparently placed discarded sales slips on items he wanted, and took them out of the bookstore as though making a campus delivery, said Officer David Jones of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Jordan, "a computer freak," used the stolen merchandise to create a "personal filing system" in his Pasadena apartment, Jones said. The system was meant, to locate clothing, pharmaceuticals and magazines he had stored in marked boxes, he said.
But "(Jordan) blew the circuit in his apartment so many times (See Theft, page 3)
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CAMPUS		
School of Music holds first used piano sale
If you can carry a tune, you may be interested in the School of Music’s first piano sale at the Performing Arts Annex.
Through an agreement with Owen Piano Company, the school will purchase new pianos every September and sell them by the following July.
The sale will offer about 25 Kawai grand pianos, worth about $45,000 each, and more than 12 Kawai upright pianos, worth about $3,000 to $5,000 each.
The pianos will be sold at costs less than their retail value.
Exact selling prices will be determined by the condition of each piano.
The instruments are used by the school’s faculty members and students throughout the year for practice, recitals and concerts.
A sale for alumni, the student body, faculty and staff will be held July 22 from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Unsold pianos will be offered to the public July 23 during the same hours.
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Last Summer Trojan
This is the last Summer Trojan. Publication of the Daily Trojan will begin Sept. 6.
University closes petition department
Counseling services to be provided by academic advisers
By C. S. Wyatt
Staff Writer
The university's petition department will cease to exist August 15, when the duties of its only remaining counselor will be reassigned to academic advisers, said Ken Servis, dean of Registration and Records.
"There will no longer be an office of petitions, though processing will still be done within Academic Records," Servis said on July 17.
The department currently processes student requests to waive course requirements. Petitions include requests for alternatives to general education courses, undergraduate admission to graduate courses, and enrollment in or withdrawal from classes after deadlines, Servis said. The office also handles requests for grade corrections.
Students file 2,600 academic petitions and 2,400 grade corrections annually, according to department records.
The decision to merge the department with the academic records department, thus eliminating two counseling positions, was made in April, said Servis, who did not join the department until June 1.
"I think it's the right decision," he said. "It's really the academic adviser who knows the student's program and can best advise the student."
The two counselors were allowed to apply to the university for new positions, but were not guaranteed employment, Servis said.
One of the counselors, Alicia Arreguin, was terminated June 30 by the petition department and was hired by the Office of Student Conduct.
'Tm doing both jobs right now," said Florence Hayano, the remaining counselor.
Hayano questioned the decision to eliminate the two positions because there may be too many petitions for academic
advisers to handle.
"I can't understand how this decision was made. The academic advisers are busy, and it's not academic advising I do," Hayano said.
Academic advisers will be trained to assist students with the petition process, Servis said.
After August 15, another two weeks will be needed to complete petitions already started by the department, Hayano said.
"I feel saddened because of all the students in limbo," she said.
The counseling positions are the only ones being eliminated, Servis said.
The director of the department, the administrative assistant and a secretary will be absorbed by Registration and Records, he said.
Students will obtain petitions from their academic advisers, though the actual process will remain unchanged, Servis said.
"The paperwork will be the same," he said. "It will just be filled out in a different place."
No more delays
Bookstore brings one-stop shopping to campus
By Linda Ornelas
The university bookstore officially opened July 17 with the approval erf the Los Angeles fire marshal, who had prohibited the store from opening on schedule.
The new four-story structure houses items ranging from food and clothing to textbooks, books for recreational reading and computers.
"It's great There's no comparison (to the old bookstore)," said Betty Cowin, a financial services employee who was visiting the new store. "It's nice for students because everything is
included in one store. It is one of the best things the university has done in a long time."
The bottom floor, adjacent to the Grill, includes university-emblem clothing, banners, stickers, stuffed animals, pins and cups. It also has nonuniversity clothing, bookbags, greeting cards and jewelry. This floor also includes a convenience store (a hybrid of 7-Eleven and 32nd Street Market), a small flower shop, and a dry-cleaning department.
The main floor (the "tradebook" floor), sells university textbooks rang-
ing from anthropology to cinema, books on tape and books of general interest.
The third floor (the "technical book" floor), features specialized books on areas such as engineering, computer science, law, and physical sciences. Also located on this floor are school supplies, typewriters, and a department called "SOS" (special ordering service), designed to allow people to order books not normally carried in stores.
(See Bookstore, page 3)