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Volume CVIII, Number 47
University of Southern California
Wednesday, March 22, 1989
Monday crash
2 victims listed in fair condition at County-USC
By Chris Eftychiou
Staff Writer
Two of three students who were hit by a car as they crossed Jefferson Boulevard were listed Tuesday in fair condition at County-USC Medical Center.
The third student, treated for a broken ankle and released Monday, said he had been almost hit at the same intersection once before.
"It's amazing there aren't more accidents like the one that just happened," said Brian Prock, a senior majoring in architecture. "I think they should build a bridge or a bike path or something."
The accident happened at 2:02 p.m. Monday, a peak hour for the busy intersection. From 2 p.m. to 2:30 Tuesday, about 650 people crossed the intersection, most of them on bicycles.
The Los Angeles Police Department said it has only one previous report of a serious injury accident at the intersection of Jefferson and Hoover Street.
Students who cross the intersection daily say it is dangerous because motorists and pedestrians alike try to race
(See Crash, page 7)
In Brief
From the Associated Press
WORLD
Aquino security officer convicted of 9 killings
MANILA, Philippines — A member of President Corazon Aquino's security force was convicted Tuesday of killing nine people and wounding three others in a drunken shooting spree. He was sentenced to 300 years in prison.
Sgt. Marciano Contaoe received 30 years in prison for each murder count and a 30-year jail term for the three injuries, a military prosecutor said.
The 2,000-member Presidential Security Group is composed of soldiers from the various branches of the Philippine armed forces.
INSIDE
Viewpoint............................... ..... 4
Komix............................................. 6
Security Roundup_______________________ 6
Feature........................................... 9
Sports...._____________________—............ 24
WEATHER
Today —
Fair skies and mild breeze with high in mid-70s Thursday —
More of the same with variable winds, high in upper 70s
MATT COB LEIGH / DAILY TROJAN
A pro-choice supporter (left) argues with Eric White of Maranatha Campus Ministries after the rally Tuesday. He and another anti-abortionlst gave their impromptu views.
SANS rally stresses right to abortions, child care
By Daniela Kuntze
Staff Writer
As Dori and the Boyfriend, a two-person rock group, performed pro-choice songs, the Student Alliance for a Nonsexist Society held a reproductive rights rally Tuesday at noon in front of Tommy Trojan.
The rally featured discussions and speeches about issues such as abortion rights, child care and birth-control resources.
The rally was held to promote, through education, women's issues on the university campus and beyond, said Leanne Smullen, an active SANS member who helped to coordinate the rally.
She said the event was not solely a protest against the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue.
"Certainly, we had the idea of a counterprotest in mind, and it was part of the event," Smullen said. "But our main purpose was simply to stress and support reproductive rights, like birth control or abortion.
"Another reason why we scheduled this event is because March is Women's History Month, and we felt it was appropriate to hold the rally now."
The four speakers at the two-hour event stressed the importance of the rights of women to make their own decisions about abortion.
"Not the church, not the state, but every woman should be the master of her own faith," said speaker Eddie Tabash, a lawyer and debator for California Abortion Rights Action League.
Speaker Deborah Wafer of the Student Health Center talked about methods of contraception as an alternative to abortion. She said it is every woman's responsibility to inform herself about available options.
After the rally ended at 1 p.m., two members of the antiabortion Maranatha Campus Ministries refuted SANS members, saying abortion should be outlawed.
"It's a deception not to understand that (See Rally, page 6)
Key guards shifted to foot patrol
By Tracy Imes
Staff Writer
A reduction in security patrols in off-campus housing last week and a failure to notify residents has sparked student protest.
Residents in Kerckhoff Apartments called University Security on Thursday when they noticed the absence of a private security officer, normally stationed in their garage on 24-hour shifts.
"Last Thursday, in all buildings in the North Complex except Kerckhoff, there was a reduction in the numbers of fixed post guards because they were changed to patrols," Chief Steven Ward said.
''We've reduced the number and moved them out to where the incidents have occurred — the building's periphery and the street area."
Lt. George Phipps, in charge of loss prevention and housing protection, said the Kerckhoff guard was reinstated Friday, but the shifts for all guards have been reduced to eight-hour periods — from 4 p.m. to midnight and midnight to 8 a.m.
A stationary guard is posted at Kerckhoff, while six guards patrol Century Apartments, Cardinal Gardens, Troy Hall and complexes on Adams Boulevard, Portland Avenue and Orchard Street on foot, Phipps said.
Boyd Security is responsible for the garages, and security patrols the buildings.
"Kerckhoff has a guard in a fixed post because of its size, its isolation from other buildings and its history of problems in the past," Phipps said.
Ward admitted a mistake was made by not informing residents of the cutback in security.
"It was bad judgment," Ward said. "We received a lot of calls over the weekend and decided to do an official memo to get out to the residential life staff through the RAs."
None of the resident advisers had received the memo as of Tuesday, calls to the North Complex staff confirmed.
Residents at Kerckhoff were upset because they were not notified of the pending reduction in security.
Eva Ihle, a Kerckhoff resident, described the reasons for student protest.
(See Patrols, page 3)
Increased workstudy wages may help students
By Anh Do
Spurred by drastic changes in the university's financial aid policy, academic departments will help students pay their tuition by creating higher-paying workstudy jobs with more re-
"We want the opportunity
This is the fifth of a seven-part series about financial aid.
the university spends million yearly in wages as-
"Given the constraints that they have, students are just going to have to find ways to hustle some more money," Houser said.
To help the situation, the university is urging academic departments to consider hiring teams of students to take on more responsibilitie of a few individual students, Richard Ide, chairman of the Task Force on Undergraduate Student
a department would have team workers of undergraduates, he said. The idea behind this initiative, (See Aid, page 7)