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Volume XCVII, Number 21	University of Southern California	Tuesday, October 2, 1984
Celebrities urge women to vote against Reagan
By Dana Glad
Staff Writer
Four television celebrities urged women Monday to vote against President Reagan because of his strong stand against abortion and his large defense budget as they spoke in Hancock Auditorium.
The celebrities, representatives of the Gender Gap Action Campaign, declared "if anyone can upset (Reagan), women can," before a mostly female audience of about 50 students.
Susan Dey, best known for her roles in the television series "The Partridge Family" and "Emerald Point," said a second term for Reagan would be a "civil rights holocaust."
Dey said she joined the campaign because she had been "depressed about the power that has been misused for four years," adding the gender gap group gave her the belief that "we can retire this man."
The Gender Gap Action Campaign, a political action committee co-chaired by Paul Newman and Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder of Colorado, is a national organization trying to sway women, and especially young women, to vote against Reagan in key states.
Group members did not publicly endorse any other candidate, preferring to concentrate on their anti-Reagan theme.
The gender gap is the difference between men and women in the wav they vote for candidates and on political issues. It is often attributed to Reagan's alleged alienation of women voters.
According to polls, Reagan enjoys less support among women than men, and 8 percent fewer women than men voted for him in the 1980 election. The group, in an attempt to take advantage of the gap, is focusing on women's issues such as peace, the threat of nuclear war, equal rights with men, and the right to abortion.
"If violence wins, we wrill not survive, and survival above all is a woman's issue," said Lila Garrett, a television producer, writer and director.
Garrett outlined issues that distance women from Reagan, citing that deficit spending is increasing the arms race while not making anv difference in the unemployment rate, a fact, she added remains at the same 7 1/2 percent level it had reached when Reagan took office.
To emphasize its stand on abortion, the group played a radio ad, produced by the campaign and narrated by actress Carrie Fisher, that condemns Reagan's stand against abortion even in cases of rape or incest.
"Reagan wants to strip you of your right to a safe and legal abortion for any reason," Fisher said in the ad, "including rape, incest, or to save your own life, even though 80 percent of Americans are for safe and legal abortions.
"You see," the ad continued, "five Supreme Court justices who support abortion are over 75, so the next president is likely to appoint a new majority."
Denise Alexander, formerly of television's "General Hospital," said she had felt "brainwashed" before realizing that "instead of sitting at home and yelling" she should go out and speak about her views.
"We fight against our own freedoms and rights as much as any unenlightened man," added Alexander, who urged women to be-
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Springsteen fans wait hours for tickets
STEVE FULTON DAILY TROJAN
The hecklers during Walter Mondale’s visit to campus sparked controversy nationwide.
No punishment for hecklers
By Angel Blazquez
Staff Writer
Hundreds of Bruce Springsteen fans, most of them university students, began lining up at midnight Sunday in front of Record Retreat in University Village to buy tickets for his upcoming concerts.
The tickets, which were issued on a first-come, first-served basis, went on sale at 10 a.m. Monday at 81 Ticke-tron outlets throughout Southern California for Springsteen's seven-night stand at the Los Angeles I Sports Arena.
Late Monday afternoon, the lines had shortened and employees of Record Retreat said they were expecting a sellout bv closing time that night.
An employee of Teletron, a charge-by-phone outlet, said all seven shows had sold out by 7 p.m. Monday.
By midnight Sunday, about 65 people had already lined up to purchase their tickets. Three Ticketron security employees, hired to control the crowd, arrived around 2:30
University report seeks reprimand and counseling
By Robbie Asghar
Results of a university investigation indicate it is not necessary to severely punish students who heckled Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale during his Sept. 18 speech on campus, a universitv official said Monday.
James Dennis, vice president for student affairs, told reporters in a morning press conference at the university that free speech is "the basic principle upon which the universitv is founded," and said the university would make sure that principle is not violated.
The university will take precautionary measures to avoid future disruptions of visiting speakers, Dennis said.
"You should keep it (the heckling) in proper perspective. That's what w’e're doing," he said. "We consider this an internal matter at the University of Southern California and will treat it as such."
Those guilty of heckling will probably be officially reprimanded and will receive counseling on the importance of allowing a free exchange of ideas, he said.
They will not face suspension or threat of expulsion, Dennis added.
Some students have been identified already, numbering "more than five, less than 50,” he said.
Dennis did not say whether the reprimand would come from a peer review board or an administrative review board.
Dennis also reported on the findings of a review made by Robert Mannes, dean of student life, saying "there was extensive activity bv a limited number of people" at the speech that "was disruptive in character and did prevent a number of persons from hearing the speaker during parts of the speech."
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Republicans held a carefully organized rally during the event, but said there is "no evidence" that the disruption of Mondale's speech was planned.
Dennis attributed the "emotional environment" during the speech to the 45-minute delay in Mondale's arrival, and to the long wait in the 100-degree weather.
The review suggested that from now on, controversial speeches on campus could be scheduled indoors, where crowds can be more easily monitored, Dennis said.
''Successive programs presenting opposing points of view, a debate or questions following a speech would probably be a way to relieve the tension caused by strong disagree-
ment," he said.
Another way to control heckling would be to have more student monitors in the audience to help with crowd control, Dennis said.
The review board suggested the investigation continue "in an attempt to identify additional participants involved in the heckling," he said.
The review concluded by recommending that students found guilty should receive an official reprimand and "educational instruction regarding free speech and common courtesy'," Dennis said.
Although allegations have surfaced that the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity was linked with the heckling, Dennis said no (Continued on page 6)
a.m.and began to organize the crowd.
The 65 people were issued numbers in a random drawing reserving their place in line until 10 a.m., when the store opened. The ticket buyers who arrived after midnight were given the next numbers, so they could also leave with-
out losing their place in line, said Lee Fomalont, owner of Record Retreat.
"This is by far the largest crowd we've ever had for a concert," Fomalont said.
"Ticketron supplied us with three people to make sure everything ran smoothly and nothing phony went on,” Fo-
malont said.
Throughout the day, there were no problems with the crowd, who waited patiently, but there were problems with ticket sales in the morning.
"The main problem was the computers, which were slow because all 81 Ticketron out-(Continued on page 2)
Lines for Bruce Springsteen tickets began forming as early as midnight.