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Volume XCVIIf, Number 31	University	of	Southern	California	Tuesday,	February	26,	1985
Administrators shown frustrations of disabled
By Steve Church
Staff Writer
Yesterday at noon about fifty administrators and students became temporarily handicapped.
In an attempt to show the frustrations of being physically disabled, the Office of Disabled Students invited people to participate in Disa-bilites Awareness Day by becoming handicapped for part of the afternoon.
"Our goal was to sensitize the university as to what it is like to be disabled," said Lynn Bejoian, director of the Office of Disabled Students.
"There is no such thing as an abnormal person," she said. "Everybody has some sort of handicap. If we realize this, then we will be able to deal with the fact that there are others who are different."
But the function also served to point out to administrators like Duane Hickling, physical plant director, and James Dennis, vice president of student affairs, the necessity for changes that will make the campus more accessible to disabled students.
Dennis, who was blindfolded and had to get from Tommy Trojan to his office — with a little help from his friends — said he wanted to show support for disabled students and the people involved in putting the day together.
"For me it was not a new experience; what today was was a dramatization of what the disabled students can face in the course of a routine day," he said.
"I have a commitment to that area, and so I don't think that being blindfolded for fifteen minutes will increase that commitment," Dennis said.
Hickling was put in a wheelchair and accompanied by two students confined to wheelchairs and given a tour of certain spots on campus where students who cannot walk cannot go without help.
After going up a steep ramp that leads to the Physical Education building, Hickling said that students in wheelchairs should have access to any place other students can go into.
"It's not a question of whether they want to (go into a specific building), but that the opportunity to do so should be there," Hickling said.
Duane Hickling, director of physical plant, explored university walkways from a wheelchair Monday as part of a handicapped awareness program.
Row incident investigation will be held
By Charisse Jones
Staff Writer
A disturbance on the Row that brought seven University Security officers and units from three Los Angeles Police divisions to 28th Street early Friday morning has prompted an investigation bv the Peer Review Board.
Cece Freeman, program coordinator for Office of Student Affairs, said the board soon will investigate the assembly of a large crowd on the Row which the LAPD declared unlawful. No date has been set for the review yet, Freeman said.
The fraternity members and university security officers involved will tell their sides of the story to the board, Freeman said.
If any fraternities are found guilty of wrongdoing, the board may place them on probation. Any disciplinary action "depends on the information that comes out" during the investigation, Freeman said.
The disturbance on the Row was a continuation of a dispute between the Kappa Sigma and Alpha Tau Omega fraternities (Continued on page 2)
War, world poverty, arms race discussed at campus conference
By John Kirby
Editorial Director
Edward Ploman, vice rector of the Global Learning Division of the United Nations University in Tokyo, talked about the inefficiency of traditional patterns of learning and political thought in the dosing speech of the "International Development California and the Emerging World Community" conference held last Saturday at this university.
Citing the problem of world poverty, the arms race and the world community's inability to deal with war as due to flaws in traditional ways of viewing problems, Ploman said the concept of "global learning" is geared toward the develop-
ment of a new way to look at learning and education.
"We are looking for new insights into reality and how they can be tranferred into learning, both to learn about global issues and learning as a global process," Ploman said.
Ploman said this implies an integration of various issues. This new way of learning is necessary if the human race is to "cope with global issues."
"What we're really talking about is a restructuring of knowledge," he said.
Currently all societies — whether rich or poor. East or West — are ill prepared to deal with a swift-
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SUZANNE DENEBRIM DAILY TROJAN
Actor Harvey Korman is recognized by Djibral Diallo at an international conference held over the weekend.
Opinions vary on the value of internships
By Catherine Miller
Staff Writer
While internships are touted by career advisers as valuable inroads that may cinch a job for a student after graduation, students have varying opinions on their experiences.
"They're time consuming and you sometimes don't get gratitude for the menial jobs," said Yoko Nakahira, who is currently interning at CBS. "But you have to go out there and do it."
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Nakahira got her internship through the career advisement office at the School of Journalism. The public relations major said Mary Williams, the journalism school's career advisement director, "weeds out internships that could use you."
Nakahira's internship does not pay, but the practical experience and the exposure pay off. "I would have a better chance of working for CBS after graduation," she said.
Although some tasks performed by interns are merely clerical — like xeroxing and running errands — Nakahira said her internships (she has had three) have provided practical experience.
"You learn a lot . . . corporate policy, corporate politics, and — in general — how a network runs," Nakahira said.
Nakahira is currently working with the production assistant in the television programming promotions department at CBS. Her department creates the advertisements for upcoming programs — a complex process that involves getting photo assignments, selecting music and writing copy.
Nakahira checks the finished product, making sure that "the little things go right," she said. Dedication and patience are a must, she added.
Working at a large company may limit the intern's responsibilities because the internship duties may not be defined. If the role is not defined, it's "easy to get used," Nakahira said.
The Associated Press, which offers a 13-week summer internship program, guarantees a job within four months after graduation for interns who earn a recommendation at the end of the program. At that point, the AP also gives the intern a SI,500 bonus.
During the AP internship, the intern is paid an entry-level reporter's salary of S366 per week, and is given "full responsibilities," said Brian Tucker, the assistant bureau chief.
"We have a totally unique internship program geared to bring minorities into the AP," Tucker said. "We pick six black students and six Hispanic students nationwide."
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