Seventy-Fifth Year of Publication
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Volume CM, Number 45
University of Southern California
1912 — 1986
Tuesday, November 4, 1986
New student directories may not have new info
By Lori Grange
Staff Writer
The soon-to-be-released student directories may contain last year's student information, a dilemma which could cause problems for both students and office administrators, university officials said.
The directories, 6,000 of which will be distributed within 10 days at the Norman Topping Student Center, may reflect information compiled last spring, said Mona Cravens, director of student publications.
"I have no idea how updated the data really is, but I suspect some of the listings are old,'' she said.
Cravens said the problem of receiving updated information is a recurring one and can be attributed to the schedule under which the directory is published.
In mid-September the Office of Registration and Records is asked to provide general biographies of each student which include the student's name, year in school, major, degree objective, phone number and address. Cravens said. Compiling the information usually takes about one week, she said.
But because the registration and records office is still updating their student files from registration, some students' information is left unchanged from the previous year, she said.
Cravens also said she thought that the office might need more personnel to complete the files on time.
"I don't know how much time (registration and records) had to update their files. I don't know if they had time to get students' new addresses or phone numbers by the time we needed the information, but they have been extremely cooperative with the process," she said.
Officials at registration and records could not be reached for comment.
Student Publications cannot postpone publishing the directory until the files are updated because of the advertising involved, Cravens said. The office tries to distribute it “as early as possible before Thanksgiving."
"We can't wait, because pretty soon the advertiser is very unhappy, because he doesn't think he's getting his money's worth. We're squeezed in the middle of getting good information and pleasing our advertisers," she said.
The mixing of old and new information in the past has caused problems for students and university personnel.
Cindy Villasenor, information specialist for the Office of Orientation Programs, said her office receives a significant amount of complaints each year.
"We're the only office on campus to give out student information, and we get it from the directory. People expect correct infor-
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Raider fans trash parking structures; students, staff resort to other spaces
By Hortensia Lopez
Staff Writer
Students and staff who usually park their cars in lot two on Menlo Street were forced to look for parking elsewhere yesterday morning.
Football fans at Sunday's Raiders game "trashed" the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum parking lots, resulting in a mess which took crews all night and most of yesterday morning to clean up, said Rick Ullman, parking general manager at the Coliseum.
"They partied for about eight, nine hours," Ullman said.
Although parking lots three and four were clean by Monday morning, Ullman said crews were "cleaning after the game and all night, and we were not even close to finishing the other lot."
"I called (parking operations) early this morning because we were cleaning all night and still couldn't finish," he said.
Richard McCormick, university parking operations administrator, said the Five Star Co., which recently began managing the parking lots, called his office to say the lot could not be used.
"They thought the lots weren't sufficiently clean and said our staff could use the other lots," McCormick said.
"It's in horrible shape after any football game," McCormick said. "There should have been twice as much (trash) as usual because they had 92,000 people over at the Coliseum. It was a sellout crowd four or five days in advance."
Need corporate sponsors
Senate programs may be cut
By Gary Sutton
Staff Writer
Without corporate sponsorship or financial assistance from local merchants, some Student Senate sponsored programs currently in the works may never be realized.
Programs in jeopardy of being cut are those coordinated by the senate's Environmental and External Affairs Committee, which is in charge of organizing community-related events.
Elizabeth Larco, chairwoman of the committee, said there is a general lack of interest among senate members concerning such programs. She said
By the next senate meeting, a good majority of remaining funds will be allocated to programs deemed popular among most senate members.
members are failing to realize the long-term benefits that result from community-related events.
"The community will do more for the university if the university does more for the community," she said.
Community-related events also help to improve the university's image among local residents, Larco said. "It is a relations tool. It is publicity for us."
The senate has traditionally sponsored a number of annual programs coordinated by the Environmental and External Affairs Committee. Programs scheduled to take place this semester, such as the food drive and toy drive, aren't in any immediate
danger of being eliminated, she said.
However, programs planned for the spring might not receive sufficient funding, mainly because most senate members don't believe student funds should be used for community-related events, Larco said.
Mark Decker, senate vice president, said he disagrees with Larco. He said it is not financially possible for the senate to allocate money for every proposed program.
Decker said community-related events are in jeopardy because there is a lack of money, not a lack of interest.
All programs must fit within the senate's goals and objectives articulated before each academic year, he said. It is the opinion of most senate members that community-related events are not included in the senate's mission statement drawn up last August, he said.
The statement says, "Through its legislative and programming branches, senate provides visible services to the student body (and). . .facilitates student efforts towards improving student life in a fiscally responsible manner." It makes no mention of community responsibility outside of campus.
The senate programming account, which was originally $15,000, now contains just over $9,700, Decker said. This money is used for almost all events sponsored by the senate, he said.
By the next senate meeting, a good majority of remaining funds will be allocated to programs deemed popular among most senate members, he said.
This means little money will be left over for com-munity-related events, thus Larco said she plans to seed corporate and local financial backing to ensure that community programs continue, she said.
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These parking lots near the Coliseum were in as bad shape as the Raiders after Sunday’s game.
McCormick said that the university is responsible for maintenance of the lot on weekdays. But "we have no control after a Raider game. On weekends, (Five Star) is responsible for working on the lot."
When the lot is closed, stu-
dents should go to the parking attendant's booth to be redirected, instead of looking for parking elsewhere, McCormick said.
"Had we known sooner (that the lot was going to be closed), we would have posted a sign," McCormick said.
Bikes to be impounded
Serial number checks will begin
By Arlene Guzman
Staff Writer
Bike Program officers say within the next few weeks they'll begin impounding bicycles that have had their serial numbers tampered with.
Arne Valenti, student supervisor of the bicycle program said 15 bicycles have been recovered since the beginning of the fall semester, bringing the number of bicycles recovered since the "stolen bike detail" program began on a trial basis last May to 25.
Valenti said the program encourages everyone to license their bicycles "even though about 90 percent of the bikes reported stolen have been licensed."
The bicycle program which was initially safety-oriented is now shifting its emphasis to security, he said.
"We figured we should try and do something to help the students if their bicycles are stolen" as well as sell locks and register bicycles, he said.
Valenti said most bicycle thefts are committed by students.
He said if everyone would license their bicycles and report thefts when they occur, the recovery rate could reach 25 percent. However, he said most students do not report their stolen bikes.
"The recovery rate so far, this year is roughly 10 percent," he said.
"We still straighten out bikes for safety, warn people about riding double, reckless riding, handicap parking, and illegal parking in general."
Officers try to be on the look-out for thefts in progress "but they are hard to spot since they usually occur off-campus. But the recovery of stolen bikes has been successful," Valenti said.
Now that officers plan to check bicycles for filed down identification or serial numbers, students should know that not only is it illegal to file the numbers down, its also illegal to have a bike with a filed down number in their possession, he said.
Valenti added that according to the California Penal Code, "If the value exceeds $400 the offense is a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail. . .or in the state prison."