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Volume XCV, Number 70
University of Southern California
Thursday, April 26, 1984
Student claims security beat and traumatized him
By David Jefferson
Assistant City Editor
A 19-year^old university student has claimed that four University Security officers assaulted him outside his apartment at 2638 Portland St. on March 24, said Joseph Posner, the student's attorney.
Posner said his client, Dan Escamilla, was in his apartment having an argument with his roommate, who eventually called security. Escamilla met the officers outside his apartment building, and they reportedly attacked him when he asked what was going on, Posner said.
"Apparently, he was beaten over the head a number of times . . . with some sort of hard, hand-held object . . . and a steel boot or nightstick," Posner said.
He added that Escamilla said officers allegedly twisted his arm behind his back and used a bar-arm chokehold to restrain him.
"Mr. Escamilla eventually ended up in the hospital, where he was treated for head trauma," Posner said. Posner added he did not know the extent of the injuries, but that there is a possibility the student may have suffered permanent physiological damage.
Posner said Escamilla is currently seeing a neurologist for injuries he allegedly suffered.
He said he does not know whether Escamilla, who formerly worked for security as a student escort, provoked the alleged attack, but added that his client was never arrested.
A suit has not been filed against the university or any of the officers, Posner said, but he added legal action might be taken following further investigation of the case.
"Mr. Escamilla was unarmed," Posner said. "He was wearing jeans and a T-shirt,, and there were no bulges in his clothing to indicate a concealed weapon." Posner added he believes security officers frisked the student before they allegedly started attacking him.
The security members involved are Senior Officer Steve Sickles and officers Robert Friar, Marilyn Preston and Terry Riley, Posner said.
Lt. Art Blair of security said University Security could not comment on the incident because it is a standard policy not to discuss cases under investigation that involve the university or its employees.
Escamilla also refused to discuss the incident, on the advice of Posner, but added that he would like his storv relayed by Posner.
Representatives of candidates discuss Democratic policies
By Robbie Asghar
City Writer
Representatives for the three Democratic presidential candidates criticized President Reagan's foreign and economic policies Wednesday, and insisted their respective candidates were best suited to defeat him in the November elections.
The representatives, speaking to a crowd of about 20 in a round-table discussion, said their candidates agreed in principle on most issues, but that fine differences in philosophy and personal qualifications were what made each stand out. There were few of the heated charges that the candidates have hurled at each other during televised debates.
The discussion was sponsored by the university's student
Freshmen writing profits from IR grant
By Carol Terakawa
Feature Writer
How I spent my summer vacation" may not be the topic for a freshman wTiting assignment this fall. Rather, the paper may focus on the relationship the United States has with a country students may have vacationed in.
This is due in part to a grant funded by the United States Department of Education. The grant will provide the freshman writing program and two language courses with materials having an international relations focus.
The university's International Relations Center for Public Education in International Affairs, which is part of the School of International Relations, was one of aproximately 30 out of 450 schools to receive the grant.
The university's two-year grant is S43,000 each year.
Because the universitv' already has a graduate study center, this grant will give the university an undergraduate center in the School of International Relations.
"What we are going to be doing is taking a set of basic education courses — freshman writing courses and two foreign language courses — and develop materials, lesson plans and an intercultural focus," said Steven Lamy, director of the center and assistant professor of international relations.
The center's program will also include a French language and a Slavic language course, in addition to freshman writing.
"What we should be doing in our math and writing courses is
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integrating relevant content,
which helps students to become more effective citizens," Lamy said. "Certainly one of the key areas of effective citizenship is understanding the world around you."
The grant states that "an important goal of any international studies undergraduate program in this country should be to prepare students for an international environment, in which the United States is not the prime force in international political and economic affairs, but is one of the most influential and significant actors."
Many students go through the university and never receive any exposure to international or intercultural affairs. Lamy said this program provides other avenues for the international relations department to provide students with the cultures that make up the world and the issues that define the international system.
This program will take advantage of the resources around the university and its community.
"Let's take advantage of the fact this university has the largest percentage of foreign students in any university in the country," Lamy said. "Let's prepare our students by taking advantage of the issues that are going on in the world.
"This is a cooperative program, we want to help the freshman writing program people out and we want them to help us (the International Relations Center for Public Education in International Affairs)."
The center, which will be located in Lamy's office, VKC 328, will provide freshman writing instructors with the material they can use in their course.
"Hopefully the instructors will make a choice to focus on the semesters' theme," Lamy said.
The freshman writing instructors are not restricted to focus on the center's material for the entire semester — other material
is also available from the department.
For the first year (1984-85), the center will focus on regional and intercultural study themes. They will include The Pacific Rim Region-Asia, North America, Latin America and Oceania, The East-W'est Division: U.S.
and Western Europe, the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe, and the Crisis Region: Central America and Sub-Saharan Africa.
"In the first year, we'll be utilizing experts from the university and providing the (Continued on page 8)
groups for Hart, Jackson, and Mondale.
Makani Themba, administrative assistant to the statewide campaign coordinator for Jesse Jackson, called Jackson the only choice in the June 5 Democratic primary in California.
Wally Knox, former California manager for Alan Cranston's presidential campaign, said his primary reason for supporting Walter Mondale is based on one word — "And that one word is leadership."
Former Los Angeles City Councilman Robert Ronka reiterated Gary Hart's belief that he is the most electable candidate, saying, "The key is who can beat Ronald Reagan."
Themba said Jackson is the most qualified contender because of his emphasis on issues such as the nuclear freeze, poverty, education and women's rights.
She also stressed that the civil rights leader's campaign is not a novelty. "He's not a symbolic candidate," she said, adding that Jackson has thoroughly researched relevant issiies.
The military is too dominant, as it would be in time of war, Themba said. She added that economic reform must be linked to significant cuts in the defense (Continued on page 10)
Institute leads the world in teaching dynamic field
Still unknown on campus
By James Lee
Investigations W'riter
A tornado sweeps through a town, leaving devastation in its wake. Emergency services break down and systems foul up, endangering the safety of thousands. Where can someone gain experience about safety and systems management?
The Institute for Safety and Systems Management at this university is one place. In fact, this little-known program is producing graduates that are in demand the world over in fields ranging from the military to professional football.
In a recent interview, John Grimaldi, executive director for the institute, and Jerry Detwiler, associate executive director and an associate professor of safety, gave a revealing look into this little-known program.
Grimaldi has been with the institute since 1977, while Detwiler came to the university as a student in 1953 and became a teaching assistant for the institute in 1958.
"There was an emerging field of interest in high technology applications. Employers were asking, 'Why don't you offer a master's in safety and systems management?' Well, the university developed one," Grimaldi said.
"The program grew rapidly in 10 years. Ten years is just a blip on a watch."
Grimaldi said the program, founded in 1952, began as the result of earlier successes.
The institute offers four master's degrees and one bachelor's in systems management, safety, industrial hygiene and occupational safety and health. The degrees take two years to complete.
Grimaldi said the program evolved from
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The Institute for Safety and Systems Management is housed behind these doors. Although it is known the world over, few people may know where these doors are located on campus.
emerging technological developments. An example he dted was the Air Force's decision to go from piston engines to turbine ones.
He said early system managers tried to understand the interaction between a pilot and his
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