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Volume XCVII, Number 52
University of Southern California
Thursday, November 15, 1984
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Student racers compete for slot in Turbo race at Daytona Beach
By James Jones
Staff Writer
About 200 students who managed to make their way to the parking lot of the Shrine Auditorium over the last few days found an opportunity to live out a real fantasy to be racecar drivers.
Students there were allowed to play with a high-performance racing car on a slalom driving course and compete for a slot in the Daytona Beach Raceway in Florida, where they would race against the top student drivers from 80 universities across the nation.
The top prize is a S5,000 scholarship and use of a Dodge Turbo for a year. Runners-up get a
$3,000 and a $2,000 scholarship for second and third places, as well as use of the car for a year.
The car is a 1985 Dodge Daytona Turbo. The course, as described by one frustrated student, was an insanity of turns, cones and time. Students drive the car, with the tranmis-sion locked into first gear, wearing a crash helmet and seat belts, around a figure-8 track marked out by orange cones.
Students are given a trial lap to get accustomed to the course. Then, with the wave of a green flag their next lap is pitted against the clock. Knocking over a cone adds an extra second to the finish time. The record for "cone-killing" was 23 cones.
The two-day event was sponsored by Dodge, Goodyear Tires, Eastern Airlines and Student Community, a campus organization.
Bemie Grazer, representative for the National Collegiate Driving Championships, said over
40.000	students competed nationally last year.
"This year we expect over
100.000	students to compete," he said.
Everyone who competes in Daytona receives a plaque for being the top of his school, as well as a racing jacket and cap.
This is the third year that the event has been held here for USC students.
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‘Dr. Hug’ speaks, writes about love
By Albert Pang
Staff Writer
Most people believe they don't have to worry about a firm relationship, said Leo Buscaglia, the famed "Dr. Hug." They see someone, like him and immediately go with him.
But when the relationship falls to pieces, Buscaglia said at his South Pasadena office, they wonder what's wrong and why thev can't maintain it.
In a new book, Loving Each Other, Buscaglia studies human relationships through actual cases and "people who are sincerely dedicated to participate and deal with all relationships."
Buscaglia, a former university professor, spent four years compiling questionnaires he had sent out to hundreds of people who had written to him. The responses, he said, were astounding because people gave out
Howard University in D.C. now exchange destination
By Maria Villarreal
Staff Writer
University students interested in exchange programs with other universities now have the option of attending Howard University in Washington, D.C. for one or two semesters.
The exchange program became a reality this fall after two years of germination, said Jeff Currv, assistant director of Black Student Services. Pamela Porter, director of Black Student Services, was responsible for the idea, Curry said.
"Howard has a number of professional schools, and it is noted for the rigorous training its students receive," Curry said. "It is one of the pre-eminent black universities in the country."
Howard University houses 17 schools, provides over 75 undergraduate programs and offers 50 graduate and professional programs. The population of Howard reaches 11,000, and represents 90 countries.
'7ust the area in which Howard is located has much to offer," Curry said. "Students will be in the middle of international and national hubbub."
Howard University, originally named Howard Theological Semi-
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what they thought was the most essential quality in keeping the relationship alive.
He said people usually try to rescue their failing relationships instead of sitting down and analyzing them. His motivation was to leam from others who have had successful relationships for 30 or 40 years.
These people, he said, have learned something. They've maintained the relationship because they were growing and they've found the quality that keeps relationships alive.
Though Loving Each Other has become his fifth book on the New York Times bestseller list, the energetic orator said he does not find his career as a successful writer and a popular speaker any different from the davs he taught at the university, where he said he "was sincere about teaching and loved his students."
"I think if people that had been my students 20 years ago at 'SC were to come and see me now, they'd find there are many ways that I've grown because of the experience I've had. I'm dedicated to the process of growth and change, but there's a basic man there. It's the same," Buscaglia said.
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Proposed rail linking Long Beach-downtown won’t run by university
By Stephen Lawson
Assistant News Editor
The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission is prepanng its staff recommendation for alternatives to a planned light rail line from downtown to Long Beach for release Friday, but it has already rejected a proposal to bring the line past the university.
The proposal, based on a plan devised by a graduate class in urban and regional planning, was recommended to the LACTC by the Community Redevelopment Agency last September and supported in a Student Senate resolution last November.
But Erica Goebel of the LACTC said the commission voted Dec. 7, 1983 not to include the proposal in the general environmental impact report for the rail plan. She said the LACTC wanted additional information and commitments, which the agency was unable to provide in time for the report's release in May.
The LACTC's objection to the plan, she said, was that it would cause too great a delay on the line.
David Massie, last year's graduate vice president of the Student Senate, disputed Goebel. "The study we did in class showed that it would (only) take approximately five to eight minutes longer."
Massie helped devise the class' plan and promoted it to the mayor, city council, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and many city leaders.
The recommended modification called for tracks to be laid west on Slauson Avenue and north on Figueroa Street, rather than up Wilmington Boulevard to Washington Boulevard. Proponents said several advantages to the modification would outweigh the added travel time and costs on the rail line.
Beside adding to the economic development of the area by providing more job opportunities, they argued, the modification would make the university more accessible to the community and allow optimal use of parking in the central city.
Parking lots in the Coliseum, which are vacant during the weekend, could be used by commuters, and downtown parking not used on weekends could be used by weekend visitors to the Expositon Park area.
In its resolution supporting the proposal, the Student Senate said over 900 university students have permanent residences in Long Beach and that university students have difficulty traveling downtown for internships and entertainment.
The LACTC asked the agency for cost and ridership estimates consistent with its methodology, a plan approved by the city and com-
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Getting blown away
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LEE-ANNE LEONG DAILY TROJAN
This unsuspecting student, trapped in the Breath Savers kissing booth, is forced to pucker up for all she’s worth in order to escape.