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University of Southern California
Thursday, December 8, 1983
Proposed arena faces scrutiny by university
By Steve De Salvo
Qty Editor
A proposal to construct a $20 million university center that would include a 10,000-seat basketball arena is receiving serious consideration by the university.
The proposal was discussed by the Board of Trustees at its quarterly meeting Wednesday and President James Zumberge said the idea was warmly received.
"Several of the trustees expressed great interest in the project so we're going to take a serious look at it," Zumberge said. "The board did not vote yes or no, I just brought it up for discussion to see what the board had to feel about it."
Construction of a university center, a structure which would provide recreational facilities for students, has long been under consideration by the university. But not until recently did the administration consider including a basketball arena in the project.
Many administrators believe an on-campus arena would greatly boost the university's sagging basketball program.
Poor Attendance
Attendance for the university's basketball games at the Sports Arena has always been poor, often drawing only a few thousand spectators. Some university officials, like head basketball coach Stan Morrison, feel_ an on-campus facility would
Professors interpret international climate
Carmen Chandler
Assistant Qty Editor
In light of the seemingly non-stop international crises involving the United States since the beginning of the semester, four university professors, all experienced in international relations, have offered their perspectives of the situation.
Though Carl Christol, A.J. Langguth, Steven Lamy and Murray Fromson agreed that the events during the past four months were significant, they differed on which was the most important.
When the semester opened, the nation was still feeling the repercussions of the civil war in Chad, the strained relations between the United States and Nicaragua over U.S. activities in Honduras and the assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr., opposition leader to Ferdinand Marcos, president of the Philippines. But its attention quickly turned to the Soviet downing of the Korean jetliner, KAL 007.
By November, Nicaragua was still a prominent issue but it was joined by the crisis in Lebanon and the invasion of Grenada. Added to these events is the walk out by the Soviet Union from the arms talks in Geneva.
Christol, political science professor specializing in international law, said he felt that the crisis in the Middle East was the most critical situation.
"(The second most critical issue) has been the walkout by the Russians from the arms control negotiations, followed by the situation in Grenada and American efforts to visit abroad," Christol said.
The visits abroad are a "matter of trying to keep fences mended," he added.
"The Russians will come back to the negotiating table. I tend to be an optimistic person and I think the Russians will come back."
Christol does not see an immediate danger of nuclear confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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boost student attendance. They reason that students, afraid of the bad neighborhood, are reluctant to walk the two blocks to the Sports Arena.
"Students need a place where they feel secure and comfortable," said Morrison, who is trying to arrange a meeting with Zumberge about the arena.
"They need a place they're familiar with," he added. "The Sports Arena isn't owned by us. You don't see pennants or banners, you don't see cardinal and gold colors. Students don't even run the concessions. A new, on-campus arena would certainly increase attendance at games."
Zumberge said the arena "would not only be a major boost for the basketball program, but it would provide us with a facility for such things as rock concerts, convocations and intramural competition.
"We don't have a large place to put six or seven thousand students inside. So an arena would be a major addition to the campus in many ways," explained Zumberge.
Four proposals
Last month, four schemes for the university center were drawn up. Scheme 1, which has now been virtually dismissed by
administrators, calls for the university center to be built over the pool.
Another proposal, Scheme 2, calls for construction of the university center just north of the new Olympic swimming pool.
Scheme 3 is a larger version of scheme 2 (40 percent larger) and would provide even greater recreational space for students. Schemes 2 and 3 would cost $9.4 million and $13.2 million, respectively.
The fourth proposal, Scheme 4, calls for the construction of a university center and basketball arena in the same facility. This proposal was considered by the Board of Trustees.
While the other three schemes have gone through careful study, Scheme 4, hasn't been examined at all.
Whether it is feasible to build on campus a 10,000- or 12,000-seat basketball arena, one that might approach the size of the Sports Arena, hasn't been studied.
(Wednesday, Bill Lilia, president of the Student Senate, said the senate will endorse Scheme 3, which he said "met the needs of the students best."
He stressed, however, that the senate could conceivably en-
dorse Scheme 4, but only after more studies are conducted on the arena concept.)
Problems unresolved
Zumberge said several problems posed by the arena have yet to be resolved.
"The problem is three-fold," said Zumberge. "Number one, by including an arena, the cost of (a university center) jumps by another $10 million. Instead of eight to 10 million, we're talking eighteen to twenty million. The second problem is that it wouldn't fit next to the swimming pool. We have to find another emptv space — which we just don't have. We have to tear something down, literally.
"The best suggestion so far is putting the arena between the swimming pool and the backside of Heritage Hall. That means we would have to tear down the Institute of Safety and Systems Management and relocate it someplace else."
The third problem, Zumberge said, was that an arena would mean a crowd and, of course, more cars. And parking space is limited at the university.
"There seems to be a considerable body of opinion that we ought (to build an arena) and I (Continued on page 20)
FBI not revealing anything about computer break-in at Powell Hall
By Jeffrey Tylicki	__
Assistant Qty Editor
It may not have the same drama as War Games, but an FBI investigation is under way in connection with a computer break-in at Powell Hall last weekend.
University Security responded to a call Sunday evening from a faculty member who discovered a printout containing personal information about the user and code which showed the user had gained access to U.S.
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Defense Department information.
It was earlier reported by security that no one had been caught. However, Richard Kaplan, interim director of the Engineering Computer Lab, said officials knew who the person was. The person had been monitored for several weeks by the computer lab, a surveillance prompted by a complaint from another student.
"When evidence of computer tampering (involving national security) is found, it is normal procedure for the FBI to make an investigation," Kaplan explained. He added that he believes a suspect was taken into custody.
University officials do not think the male involved is a student at the university, but Kaplan, a professor of aerospace engineering said the intruder must know someone with an account with the computer lab.
"The only way he could have gotten access into the system was from somebody else's code," Kaplan said. "It is very hard to break into the system without a (pass code)."
The FBI has remained tight-lipped about the incident. FBI Agent Jerry DeLap, who took the complaint from university security Sunday, said he referred the case to the Internal Security section of the agency, and was no longer involved. A spokesman for Internal Security said whenever the agency is involved with an investigation, agents cannot confirm or deny any questions relating to the case.
Kaplan explained that the person did not actually get into the computer files of the Depart-
ment of Defense, but into a special national program the university is linked into which involves a new computer language the Defense Department is supporting.
"There's a well-known hole in the system," he said. "The Defense Department has made the access code (widely available) to facilitate approved research. But (the person involved) is not a valid researcher. He had no right for access to the system."
This is not the first break-in incident involving the Engineering Computer Lab. Kaplan said a person was caught last spring while trying to infiltrate the computer at Pacific Telephone.
"This is a relatively secure system," Kaplan said. "We are very sensitive to break-ins to other students' work. We want to give students adequate assurance that their work will not be tampered with."
He added that students are warned not to give out their access codes, but many do not heed these warnings, or use their first names and other easily obtained words as their passwords.
A manager in the lab said the system is set up so that any university student can buy time on the computer system to use for his own studies. Kaplan said about 3,000 students subscribe and have access to the system.
The main computer is housed in Charles Powell Hall of Engineering, but Kaplan said there are several terminals in other buildings on campus, including the Social Science building and Salvatori Hall. There are 100 terminals housed in Powell Hall itself, Kaplan said.