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Volume XCII, Number 57	University of Southern California	Tuesday, November 30, 1S82
Senator calls for campaign reforms
By George Aguilar
Assistant City Editor
Denouncing the negative campaigning that dominated the November elections. Sen. Paul Sarbanes. D—Md.. told students Monday that rules governing independent political action committees need to be reformed.
In addition. Sarbanes argued, the tone of future campaigns will become harsher if PACs such as the National Conservative Political Action Committee, are allowed to spend unlimited sums of money in politics.
Sarbanes, recently re-elected to a second term, made those observations to students from combined political science classes at the Von KleinSmid Center.
"These committees have a pernicious influence on our politics,” the liberal Democrat said. “They practice the politics of manipulation."
Sarbanes’ complaint stems from NCPAC’s concerted effort to defeat him in his re-election bid.
The committee, which spends enormous sums of money to defeat candidates who do not share the conservative political philosophy, spent nearly $700,000 in its attempt to beat Sarbanes with Republican Larry Hogan. NCPAC, however, ran into problems with its attacks and Sarbanes was able to win with 63 percent of the votes.
“They obviously created a counter reaction,” Sarbanes said, adding that it helped his fund-raising efforts.
Sarbanes proposed solutions to the problem. These independent PACs, regardless of political ideology should be outlawed, he said, adding that special interest PACs, such as labor and business, would not be included in the ban.
These PACs would be forced to join a campaign of a legitimate candidate, rather than assume an outside presence. Sarbanes said these committees would follow the same contribution limits of S5.000 that other PACs follow.
“They should be aligned with a candidate or a party. Right now, they are outside the political framework of accountability,” Sarbanes said.
Sarbanes used some examples of his recent campaign to illustrate the destructiveness of negative campaigning.
Sarbanes, a vocal critic of the Reagan administration, said NCPAC produced television commercials that told viewers, “Paul Sarbanes voted for forced busing, but sends his sons to private schools. Paul Sarbanes is too liberal for Maryland.”
Sarbanes maintains that he voted to restrict and limit the power of the federal government to bus school children and he sent his sons to a private school only after sending them to a public grade school.
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Fire seriously damages SAS; most records intact
International Week events begin
By Carmen Chandler
Staff Writer
University students will have the opportunity to share the culture and food of foreign countries this week in an event that is the first attempt to coordinate the various traditions of almost every international representation on campus.
International Week, sponsored by the International Students Assembly, began Monday and will continue until the end of the week. It is the first time all the international events are held in one week.
“It’s something we hold every year but it was separated, so we decided to bring it all together.” said Sharif Ossayran. president of the International Students Assembly.
“This week is the first,” he continued. "It’s
never been like this. We are hoping it will become a tradition.”
Ossayran added that the International Students Assembly decided to hold all the events in one week in order to attract more people.
International Week began with the opening of an art show that displayed the works of four student artists from England, Lebanon, the Virgin Islands and Australia. The works will be exhibited for the rest of the week in the Student Activities Center.
The lie Ayan Ensemble, a group that presents the music and dance of Africa, performed Monday. at noon in E.F. Hutton Park.
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By Casey Wian
Editor
A fire of "suspicious" origin that raged through parts of the Student Administrative Services building late Sunday night caused up to S500.000 in overall damage but left virtually all vital student records intact.
The specific cause of the fire is currently under investigation by arson detectives, a fire department spokesman said.
"The Los Angeles Fire Department did a phenomenal job of putting out the fire and salvaging university property and records,” said Anthony Lazzaro. vice president for business affairs.
University officials estimated damage to office equipment and furniture at Si00,000 and structural damages at S300.000 but said these figures could go higher.
The blaze began shortly before 10 p.m. on the second floor of the building. Fire department officials received a
call at 10:05 p.m. and responded with 15 companies. Mike Mitchell. LAFD division commander said.
The fire was under control within a half-hour, but not before it had spread to the third floor of the 54-year-old former women's dormitory.
Three offices on the second floor and one office on the third floor were destroyed while others on all three floors sustained varying degrees of smoke and water damage.
“Some student payroll and personnel records . . . were destroyed. but computer backup exists in another location,” Lazzaro said.
The SAS building contains admissions, financial aid and student transcript records, and as a result, the fire could have caused much more damage than it did. Although most of the records located in SAS have been transferred to computers, personnel are still in the process of verifying those records. If more had been de-
John Wayne family donates bust, $50,000 scholarship to university
By Michael Molinski
Staff Wnter
A bust of John Wayne has been given to the university by the Wayne family along with a gift of S50.000, which will be put toward the John Wayne Memorial Scholarship fund.
The scholarship, which has been awarded since 1980. is given by the Trojan Football Alumni Club. Each year it awards one graduating football player with a graduate school scholarship.
The bust will be displayed in Heritage Hall in commemoration of Wayne, a former university student and football player, said Tim Tessalone, assistant sports information director.
Wayne, who attended the university in 1925 and 1926. was then known by his original name, Marion Morrison. He had his sights set on law school and was a tackle on the football team. He left the university in pursuit of an acting career after being injured in the early part of the 1926 football season. In 1968. the university awarded an honorary bachelor’s degree to Wayne.
The bust was unveiled at Saturday's football game by the former football player's son, Michael Wayne, and by Richard Perry, athletic director of the university. It was sculpted by Milton Nicholson.
The John Wayne Memorial Scholarship is awarded only to
football players who choose to pursue studies in graduate school instead of a career in professional football. Joe Aga-pay, scholarship chairman, said. They must also show academic excellence.
Two years ago. the Trojan Football Alumni Club requested the family's permission to use John Wayne's name for the scholarship because of its “significant commercial value,” Agapay said. The family donated $1,000 per year to the fund for the past two years.
In the past, the scholarship has been funded by the Trojan Football Alumni Annual Golf Tournament. The amount of
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stroyed, that process would have been severely hampered, said Rick Silverman, student liaison officer of financial aid operations.
While on the scene, firemen covered office equipment, files and furniture with tarpaulins to prevent possible smoke and water damage.
“Everyone was surprised,” said Edward Wall, dean of admission and financial aid. “We were so impressed with the fire department's speed. It (covering the equipment) appeared to be routine.”
Two injuries occurred during the fire. John Lewis, a University Security officer, stepped in a five-gallon container of a Class “A” corrosive substance, a security spokesman said.
The spokesman said the container was one of approximately 20 that were on the roof of SAS. University officials were unsure why the containers were being stored there, but it is believed that construction was in process on the roof.
Lewis was taken to California Hospital and was treated for minor chemical burns.
Also, a fireman suffered from smoke inhalation and possible heat exposure.
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Photo by David Phillips
FIRE DAMAGE — A charred desk and dnnking fountain are all that remains of this second floor hallway in Student Administrative Services. Four offices and some payroll records were destroyed in the Sunday night blaze.