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Volume XCVII, Number 46	University of Southern California	Wednesday, November 7, 1984
Plaquebusters fix teeth on wheels
The university’s mobile dental unit, parked in front of the Student Union Building, gives students the chance to receive professional dental care without leaving campus. Students need only approach a uniformed dental representative and ask for an examination.
Law school trains students using Socrates’ method
By Albert Pang
Staff Writer
Professor Jerry Wiley shrugs his shoulder and asks a student to give the definition of “causation." She pauses a moment and says it depends entirely on what occurred, and gives a list of speculations and hypotheses.
"Is that it?" Wiley asks. She pauses for another minute and several hands shoot up. "You're uneasy about something," Wiley adds and moves on with Torts I, a first-year law course based on intense Socratic interchange.
"It's damn intimidating," said Cindy Simovich, a third-year student and vice president of the Student Bar Association.
Socratic discussion, where the professor batters the student
with questions until the student cannot quickly think of an answer, "forces individuals to reason all the different aspects presented in an adversary situation. And it's the best way to train people to be lawyer," Simovich said.
However, criticisms of this 87-year-old case method in teaching law students and of the three-year law school curriculum are not unheard of. Warren Burger, chief justice of the United States, has written that today's law schools are turning out graduates who are more a menace to the society than an asset because of a lack of training in professional responsibility and ethics.
Others have said the case (Continued on page 9)
Reagan wins landslide re-election
Mondale phones president to concede defeat
Walter Mondale conceded his landslide defeat to President Reagan Tuesday night, counseling his supporters against despair and declaring "this fight didn't end tonight, it begins tonight."
'Although I would rather have won, tonight we rejoice in our democracy,’ Mondale said.
Mondale telephoned his congratulations to Reagan, then went before cheering backers at the St. Paul Civic Center with the concession and exhortation to Democrats.
He said he had telephoned congratulations to Reagan a few minutes earlier. "He has won," Mondale said. "We are all Americans. He is our president and we honor him tonight.
"Although I would rather have won, tonight we rejoice in our democracy," Mondale said. "We rejoice in the freedom of a wonderful people and we accept their verdict."
Mondale praised his running mate, Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman nominated for that office. "We didn't win, but we made history and that fight has just begun," he said.
"Let us fight on," Mondale said. "Let us continue to seek an America that is just and fair."
Mondale said he is "at peace with the knowledge that I gave it everything I've got."
From the Associated Press.
Students demolish San Francisco hotels
Republicans struggle to ride victory into gains in Congress
President Reagan swept to runaway re-election over Walter F. Mondale Tuesday night, but Republicans struggled to translate his landslide into significant gains in Congress.
Mondale conceded defeat, telephoned his congratulations to Reagan and told cheering supporters in St. Paul, Minn., "He has won. We are all Americans; he is our president and we honor him tonight."
The GOP was headed for renewed control of the Senate, even if by a reduced margin. Republicans were gaining in the House, but Democrats successfully battled against the Reagan tide in district after district to protect their large majority.
The president's victory was convincing; he and Vice President George Bush came close to the 50-state sweep he sought. Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro won easily in the District of Columbia, and led in three states.
Reagan won 32 states with 309 electoral votes, led in 9 more
with 114. In The Associated Press count, the electoral votes of South Dakota pushed his total past the 270 majoiity mark.
Sen. Paul Laxalt, Reagan's campaign chairman, said, "We've got at least a reasonable
'We've got at least a reasonable chance to have the most historic landslide in all American history.'
— Sen. Paul Laxalt
chance to have the most historic landslide in all American history."
The president got news of his victory in Los Angeles, where he and his wife watched the returns in a Century Plaza Hotel suite equipped with four television sets.
From the Associated Press.
RONALD REAGAN
By Angel Blazquez
Staff Writer
Every year thousands of students migrate to San Francisco for a USC football game and invade the city's hotels. And every year, they cause thousands of dollars of damage to them.
But Mel Osorio, general manager of the El Cortez Hotel, said that last weekend was worse than any other and "this year no one is going to take it."
"They were really obnoxious and really bad. They set off the fire alarm and flooded three floors when they set off the sprinkler system. These things were done on purpose and viciously," Osorio said.
Shirley Drysdale, sales director of the Bellevue Hotel, said "it was worse this year than other years."
Osorio said there was damage
in other hotels, "but where they did the most damage was here. This was too much. I want someone to be responsible for all the damages.
'This week I am going to have a meeting with the Hotel/Motel Association about what happened, and I'm also in the process of writing a letter to USC. The damage is probably going to be around $3,000," Osorio said.
Osorio said besides the damage, there was inconvenience to other guests. "Just imagine when the fire alarm went off; it was panic."
He said a woman in the hotel had heart problems, and her husband "wants to sue."
Osorio said he understood the students came to San Francisco to have fun, but what happened was "unethical and violent."
"I went to UCLA myself, but
you can have fun in a decent manner. I'm very surprised with USC because it is such a respected university," he said.
"One time I had to kick four guys out for being too loud. I told them first to calm down, but they didn't, and I had to call the cops on them," Osorio said. "The way they left the rooms, beer bottles all over the place. It was incredible. There were even cakes on the doors.
"You should have seen them throwing crap through the windows. It was unbelievable," he said.
Doarte Ziegler, resident manager of the Hotel Californian, where many students stayed, said the hotel management is "still speechless."
"We virtually had furniture flying out of rooms. Many of our guests complained that their Do Not Disturb signs were gone. There's an endless list; we're constantly finding some more damage," Ziegler said.
"I'm sure there were a lot of future lawyers and I can't imagine these people throwing things out the window. I don't (Continued on page 10)