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Official ribbon-cutting for Cafe '84
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James Dennis, vice president for student affairs (left), President James Zumoerge, and Mike Singer, Student Senate president, were all smiles at the opening of the dining facility in the Frank L. King Hall of Olympic Champions.
Volume XCVIII, Number 29
trojan
University of Southern California	Friday
Security, Domino’s to confer
about ban on pizza delivery
By Richard Hatem
Staff Writer
The recent ban of Domino's Pizza delivery cars on campus has resulted in a meeting scheduled for early next week between the pizza company's management and University Security, and has also prompted strong student reactions and concern from the Student Senate.
Late Wednesday afternoon, Carl Levredge, director of security and parking operations, set up the meeting with Rick Swisher, area manager of Domino's, to "discuss the problems we've been having.”
The meeting should result in a decision that will either repeal the ban on delivery cars or further set the restriction in stone, Levredge said.
On Tuesday, Levredge issued a memo to the management of Domino's Pizza saying that the deliverymen can no longer drive onto campus. The decision, Levredge said, was based on continuous problems with Domino's employees who speed and drive recklessly on campus.
Levredge commented that Domino's is the only pizza delivery service in the area that has had any problem with security, and the ban is in no way connected to the opening of Cafe Eighty-Four, which will provide pizza delivery beginning next fall.
"Mr. Swisher has been very cooperative,'' Levredge said. "I was glad to see that. We're seeking a workable solution."
Tammy Murray, franchise area supervisor for Domino's , said "I think what happened was the driver that got pulled over probably mouthed off to the officer and that complicated things. If he had just been quiet, things wouldn't have turned out like they did.
"We do not feel that it's necessary to speed to deliver the pizza within 30 minutes," she said, "and we think that the first person to lose his job has set an example for the rest.
"We would like to guarantee security that anyone breaking traffic rules on campus would be terminated."
Mike Singer, Student Senate president, said no immediate action would be taken by the senate and added that he would like to speak with University Security regarding details of the decision.
"They ought to consider a temporary ban — a permanent ban is ridiculous," Singer said. "Now students will have to walk out to the periphery of the campus and that can be a dangerous thing. We don't want to hurt students in an attempt to penalize Domino's."
One day after the decision was made public, student reaction to the initial de-(Continued on page 2)
Student questions UV's judging of essay contest
By Catherine Baldwin
Staff Writer
University Village holds contests every year and there is always someone who is dissatisfied with the results, said Sara Bommarito, marketing director of University Village.
This time it is a university student who is complaining about the judging of last week's Valentine's Day essay contest, sponsored by the University Village Merchants Association.
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Cubbyhole thefts recur at bookstore
By Lisa Lapin
Staff Writer
On any given day, dozens of backpacks and briefcases fill the cubbyholes at the front of the bookstore, all left there by their owners who are complying with a policy designed to limit shoplifting.
But at least 11 people had their belongings taken from the shelves this year, and became victims of crime under a system that aims to protect the bookstore from thieves.
Since September, there have been about 11 reported thefts from the cubicles at the front of the bookstore, said Nancy Iwata, loss prevention supervisor.
Many thefts, however, may go unreported because "a lot of people don't know that there is loss prevention in the bookstore," Iwata said.
It is a bookstore policy that all hand-carried bags be left outside the main bookstore, because "someone can easily stick a pen or a book inside," Iwata said.
However, the bookstore has no protection for the bags left on the shelves.
"There isn't a constant watch, no 24-hour security," Iwata said. "We have other things to do, but when the loss prevention people are free they are in that area."
In order to curb shoplifting and reduce the number of loss prevention personnel, the bookstore purchased a $27,000 security system from 3-M last January.
No statistics on its effectiveness are yet available, but 3-M estimates that it will reduce shoplifting by about 85 percent, said Jack Arnold, director of the Trojan Bookstore. "We have noticed that it is indeed working," he said.
The bookstore sets aside 1.8 percent of its total sales to account for shoplifting costs, based on a national average, said Arnold, who added he could not provide an exact figure for the bookstore's annual shoplifting losses.
Despite the 3-M system, bookstore officials still feel there is a need for customers to leave hand-carried baggage in the cubicles, which have been in use for over 10 years.
If people are uncomfortable with leaving their belongings in the cubicles, Iwata suggests that they leave them with a cashier. "We often get people who don't want to leave a computer or calculator, so we try to be accommodating," she said.
Occassionally, someone will be adamant about keeping his bag, in which case security will search the person on his way out. "We will do whatever we can to alleviate the situation," Iwata said.
Often, backpacks are taken by mistake. "People are in a hurry, buying a blue book or something, and just grab a
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ZINCAOAILY TROJAN
This traditional Chinese dragon helped usher in the Year of the Ox on campus Thursday.