Specialized groups open to all students
Staff photo by Rich Levine
TRIBUTE TO TRAVELER III — University mascot Traveler III and his rider Richard Saukko were the center of attention at Saturday's homecoming game festivities.
One man injured in off-campus shooting
By Wendell Mobley
Staff Writer
Another incident of violence occurred near the university Sunday morning, ending with one man shot in the back and two university students escaping injury.
The incident was labeled by University Security as “attempted murder/attempted robbery.’’
Sgt. Don Weese of the Southwest Division of the Los Angeles Police Department identified the injured victim as Curtis Gutierrez, 20, who is reportedly in stable condition at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center.
Stephanie Holman, 24, Charles Hall, 20, both university students, and Gutierrez were talking on the street corner of Menlo Avenue and 29th Street at approximately 2:25 a.m. following a party, when three black youths, approximately 13, 15 and 18 years of age, approached them, the police sergeant said.
“I thought they were just crossing the street.” Hall recalled.
One of the youths allegedly pointed a shotgun at the three and ordered them to lie down. The two university students reportedly obeyed, but Gutierrez refused.
Weese said Gutierrez, an employee of Bullock’s department store, told the youths he had no money. Gutierrez then reportedly took out his wallet and offered the youths his driver's license, saying it was the only thing of value he had.
“Show him that you mean business . .. shoot him,” one youth allegedly said. Gutierrez then turned around and was hit by a shotgun blast in the lower back, Weese said. The youths reportedly fled from the scene immediately and were last seen driving east on 29th Street in a white, two-door 1965 Chevrolet Impala, the sergeant said.
Officer Carole Steele of University Security said the car was last seen traveling north on Vermont Avenue.
Hall said University Security arrived at the scene “very fast.”
Linda Milliken, a university student who also attended the party, said she attempted to help Gutierrez before security officers arrived at the scene. She said she told a friend to take off his shirt and applied it to the wound to slow the bleeding.
“Campus security was incredible . . . they obviously knew what they were doing,” Milliken said. “They were very' understanding.”
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“You can joke about me being a token . . . but I don’t think the BSU says, 'We’re integrated . . . see, we’ve got a white.’ ”
Adams said the BSU is accessible to anyone interested. “We offer university students an opportunity to get involved not only in black issues . . . but in university issues. We’re just here to make sure black people are treated fairly on campus.” Janet Yamamoto, external assistant director of the Asian-Pacific Student Organization, said this group is also open to anyone interested. She said although the Asian-Pacific organization has no non-oriental members, several such persons have inquired.
Yamamoto said it is a misconception that a person must be Asian to be admitted to the organization. “It’s called APSO because there are Asians in the group,” she explained.
Yamamoto said the people in APSO are no different from average university students. “Many of our members are Asifli-Americans who were born in America,” she said.
Yamamoto said the group provides a variety of services to students: a monthly newspaper called Asian Pacific Lifeline; a chance to obtain more knowledge about Asian-Pacific-related topics; and the potential to make friends with Japa-nese-Americans, Korean-Amer-icans and Chinese-Americans.
Michele Kipke, vice chair of the Gay/Lesbian Student Union, said heterosexuals occasionally attend the organization’s meetings. “They often see how unhappy their gay friends or roommates are and want to help them.”
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By Wendeli Mobley
Staff Writer
Many university student organizations are open to all students although their names may not suggest it.
“There have been those who’ve expressed an interest in working with the Black Student Union (that are not black) but they have been a pretty small percentage," said Darrvl Adams, co-chairman of the Black Student Union.
Adams said the BSU has "at least one” member who is not black. Christy House, who said she joined the organization because she felt black students on campus were not being treated fairly.
“I would rather try to change from the inside than the outside,” she said, explaining that if she tries to help the BSU, it must be from inside the organization.
Computer security to prevent tampering
Infiltration threatens records
By Bill Truman
Staff Writer
The university takes no chances with vital faculty payroll and student grade information in its computer system because it “has in place all of the safeguards necessary for university computers,” said Lee Shrader, director of the university’s Administrative Data Processing.
But questions concerning the possibility of computer infiltration have arisen after a Labor Day arrest revealed that two youths, operating from computers at UCLA, had “conversations” with this university’s computer system.
On Oct. 12, the Daily Bruin reported that two juveniles, who gained access to UCLA’s Boelter Hall computer system, could have erased all student transcripts at this university, at UCLA and in the Los Angeles School District.
However, Shrader said student transcripts are presently kept on hard copy and could not have been invaded by computer. Shrader explained that plans for computer filing of all transcripts have been made, but the process of transferring the records into the computer will not begin for another couple of months.
Reports of the computer infiltration came after the two juveniles, along with two men, were arrested in connection with the theft of a highly classified Pacific Telephone computer manual. Sgt. Art Longo of the University of California Police Department said the manual “would have enabled them to shut down much of the company’s Southern California service.”
The arrest prompted Longo to disclose that the juveniles had been involved in the unauthorized use of UCLA’s computers in May 1980, at which time they reportedly could have deleted transcripts at UCLA, at this university and throughout the entire Los Angeles School District.
Pat McKenna, UCLA’s manager of Data Consulting Services, became suspicious after records of unexplained toll calls on computer lines appeared in April 1980. He was prompted to trace the calls because of possible criminal implications.
Longo said the computer room was staked out, and within two weeks the youths were caught “red-handed” working on the terminals at 11 p.m. on May 1, 1980. The sergeant explained that the officers could not arrest the youths because “the kids were just taking information and we could prove no crime.”
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Staff photo by Rich Levine
CLASS OF’99? — A young Trojan enthusiast practices cheers on campus Saturday.
Staff photo by Rich Levine
SATURDAY IN THE PARK — Homecoming Day proved to be the perfect setting for Dixieland music.