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Volume XCVII, Number 31	University of Southern California	Tuesday, October 16,1984
Partisan crowd cheers Vice President’s speech
By Karen Kucher
Assistant Qty Editor
Thousands of students stood in front of Doheny Library Monday, waving placards and small American flags, watching cheerleaders and listening to country music while waiting for a speech by Vice President George Bush — which, when it came, lasted nine minutes.
Noticeably quieter than last month's speech by Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale, and in much cooler temperatures, the crowd obediently responded with cheers and boos to Bush's comments and even joined in with the country band before the speech in a song called "I'm a Hot Dog Man."
Bush was also preceded on stage by singer Pat Boone and actor Charlton Heston, who, referring to his role as Moses in The Ten Commandments, took credit for the perfect autumn weather.
Spectators began arriving at about 11:15 a.m., in two entrances in front of Doheny Library, a huge American flag draped from its roof. Originally, only students carrying blue tickets were to be allowed in the spectator area, but the rule was not strictly enforced.
"I let in anybody who was a student and wanted to come in," said Mark Decker, vice president of Trojan College Republicans, who worked at one of the entrances.
University Security assigned 10 extra officers to patrol the rally area, about the same number that were assigned to Mondale's speech.
"Today it was a lot quieter, a lot more orderly," said Sgt. Mike Kennedy. But the day did not begin calmly.
"There were three bomb threats from about 1 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday morning," Kennedy said. "Our officers made a normal search of the building (Doheny Library), and looked for people hiding. There was no evidence of devices or explosives.”
Freshman Brian Fairlee said he thought the crowd control at Monday's event was an improvement over the Mondale rally he attended last month.
"There was much better crowd control. There were a lot of authority-type people walking around today," he said.
Fairlee was carrying a Bush-Reagan sign he said he picked up at the rally and was going to keep as a souvenir. He
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Neighbors disturbed by Row parties
By Maria Villarreal
Staff Writer
Every Thursday night the scenario is set for a routine confrontation between the Los Angeles Police Department, the university's Greek community and non-Row residents.
Disturbance of the peace is the issue drawing these three factors together in a knot of confusion. Thursday nights are marked for parties on the Row, parties that attract students who usually celebrate until the next morning. Some neighbors are left with no choice but to remain awake along with them, because of the noise these parties generate.
University Security and the LAPD usually receive several disturbance-of-the-peace complaints against the Row on Thursday nights. Sgt. Michael Kennedy of University Security said at least three of these calls were referred to the LAPD last Thursday. He also said these Row-related calls are usually referred to the LAPD.
However, the police department said it usually refers the cases to University Security.
“Our policy is that when there is a complaint made of this sort, we — because we are cooperating with the school — call and notify University Security," said Sgt. Angello Scotillo, LAPD Southwest division assistant watch commander.
Whether it is University Security or the police who decide to respond to the complaints, some neighbors do not believe the response is satisfactory.
"I have heard from other students who come here to rent my apartment that the people on 28th Street are quite noisy," said a nearby resident who chose to remain anonymous. "The students who rent are usually sorority or fraternity people who want to get away from the noise. They say they need a change."
By Richard Hatem
Staff Writer
The Festival of Sukkot will be celebrated in Founders Park this week, with food, songs, dance and music of the Jewish culture.
"When the Jews reached the promised land after their exodus from Egypt, it was the end of the summer harvest. The Sukkot festival celebrates and commemorates these two things," said Yassa Weisman of the Hebrew Union College.
An important aspect of the celebration is the building of small huts, called "sukkah,” made of palm fronds and bamboo. Sukkot is the plural of sukkah, which is where the festival gets its name.
A hut of this sort has been built in Founders Park between Taper Hall of Humanities and the Bovard Administration building. It will serve as the focal point for the university celebration, sponsored by Hillel Jewish Center and the Israeli
"I have been mad at the police," said Louise Murello, who has occupied a residence on Orchard Street for 25 years.
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student association known as Alliance.
These huts are the structures in which the Jewish people lived during their wanderings.
"Today, the structures are built in commemoration of the exodus. People build them on their patios or next to their homes and they eat inside of them. Some of the verv observant will even sleep in these huts," Weisman said.
The festival lasts seven days. This year it began last Wednesday and will conclude Wednesday evening. On campus, the major celebrations will be held tomorrow' and Wednesday.
The featured events take place Tuesday and representatives from the United Hebrew College will be on hand at the hut today through Wednesday.
Weisman said, "There will be a band playing from noon to 1 p.m. They will play traditional Jewish music and modem Israeli (Continued on page 15)
Jews honor summer harvest with celebration on campus
By Mark Lowe
City Editor
Vice President George Bush, speaking Monday from the steps of Doheny Library, characterized Democrats as belonging to a party that wants to limit opportunity and that "says no to hope."
Bush also attacked Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale, calling him "wedded to the failures of the past," and declaring that "in overwhelming numbers, young people are saying goodbye ... to Mondale and his ship of failure."
The speech — which lasted only nine minutes — was the second at the university by a major candidate in the presidential race in the last month, and was far more well received
by students than Mondale's speech a month earlier.
Anti-Reagan demonstrators did not heckle Bush, and the only interruptions were supportive cheers from flag-waving students at the front of the crowd, or boos when Bush mentioned Mondale or his running mate, Geraldine Ferraro.
Bush avoided specifics, instead reiterating the themes of the Reagan campaign, and appealed to the interests of increasingly conservative college students by emphasizing technology, jobs, personal income and the space program.
"We have regained our technological edge, we've regained it in world competition and America is voting yes to the future, to your
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MIKE MELSON DAILY TROJAN
In sharp contrast to the heckling during Mondale's speech, George Bush was received by a subdued crowd. Above and to the right, George Bush addresses students; to the far right, BSU members demonstrate against the vice president.