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Volume XCVII, Number 35	University of Southern California	Monday, October 22, 1984
Rape occurs at Theta Xi house
Non-university suspect seized Friday morning
By Richard Hatem
Staff Writer
A female university student was allegedly raped early Friday morning at the Theta Xi fraternity house during an all-Row party.
Los Angeles police arrested a male suspect, about 20 years old, at the scene and are currently holding him at the Southwest division of the Los Angeles Police Department. The suspect is not a university student, police said.
"The alleged rape occurred at 728 W. 28th St. at approximately 1:30 a.m.," said Carl Levredge, director of University Security.
Though the rape allegedly
happened at the Theta Xi house, the suspect reportedly has no connection with the fraternity, and fraternity members said no arrest took place at the house Friday morning.
Det. Steve Laird of the LAPD said that according to interviews with the suspect and victim, both — whom police declined to name — were present at the all-Row party.
"It was during the drinking spree that the rape took place. Both the suspect and victim were dressed in togas at the time of the arrest and interview. Both admit to being very drunk.
"He denies the rape," said Laird, although the victim, whose name was also not disclosed, identified the suspect as the rapist.
"An investigation has been
held, including an interview of a girlfriend of the victim. The victim is pressing charges and the case will be submitted to the district attorney," Laird said.
E.J. Marks, president of the fraternity, said neither security nor the LAPD has contacted him. He said since the suspect was not a student of the university and therefore not a Theta Xi member, this should not be made into a "Theta Xi issue".
Robert Mannes, dean of Student Life, said, "I knew of the party, but I haven't received any reports from security regarding a rape. I've been busy with other things. A message from security may have been delivered, but I did not see it. Something like that, of course, may have been sent to the Residential Life office."
Women’s enrollment at university falls below nationwide percentage
By Maria Villarreal
Staff Writer
Although women accounted for 52 percent of all college students nationwide during October 1982, the USC population in the fall of 1983 was only 37 percent women, according to a report compiled by the university Budget Office.
A report by the U.S. Census Bureau said that more than half of the increase in the number of college students was among students age 25 and over, and the increase among older women constituted 44 percent of the to-
tal growth in the number of people enrolled in college over the decade.
But at this university, there were 9,011 male undergraduates, compared to 6,530 female undergraduates, enrolled in
1983.	In graduate studies, men outnumbered women again, 9,518 to 4,626.
"There are probably two reasons why the ratio of men to women has remained in favor of men," said Veronica Tincher, associate director of the Budget Office.
"USC has strong and attrac-
tive programs in the science and engineering fields, which have traditionally attracted men," she said. The university, she said, nevertheless encourages women to enroll in engineering and science.
The influx of women into these fields, she said, is "a slow process which takes years."
The second reason, Tincher said, is that most international students at the university are men.
The large number of older female students can be attributed, in part, to the Baby Boom generation, said Judith Treas, chairwoman of the university department of sociology.
'To some extent, because of their great numbers, they've had a harder time finding a niche in the job market. For many people, particularly women, going back to school has been a way of repositioning oneself in, what has been for this generation, a very tight job market," she said.
The National Science Foundation, in a study similar to the Census Bureau's, conducted a survey of graduate schools and found that one-fourth of doctorate degrees in science and engineering were earned by women in 1983. This number was almost double that of doctorate degrees received by women a decade earlier.
In terms of total nationwide college enrollment, the bureau counted 5.5 million women and
5.4	million men. Women outnumbered men by 4.6 million to
4.4	million at the undergraduate level. Graduate male students edged out women. In 1972, among students aged 14 to 34, there were 4.8 million men and
3.5	million women.
"I think we can certainly expect (because of the increase of W'omen in college) that we will see more women move up the corporate ladder, more women in a position of higher responsibility," Treas said.
Mannes dedicates career to serving USC students
By Joann Galardy
Campus Editor
If you ask Robert Mannes to describe his job as dean of Student Life, he'll tell you his job "is to prevent students from having bureaucratic scars as they go through the university."
Mannes often acts as the middle man between the administration, which enforces rules, and the students, who try to work within, and sometimes around, these rules.
Although Mannes says it is sometimes difficult to simultaneously work in the best interest of both students and administrators, he has been quite thoroughly prepared for the job by his extensive career at the university, which began 45 years ago when he registered as a freshman in the School of Engineering.
Since the fall of 1939, his association with the university has. been constant, except for a brief absence during World W ar II.
After completing his undergraduate and graduate work at the university in mechanical engineering, he joined the faculty, teaching full time for 24 years.
In 1970, he took on what he expected to be a temporary as-
signment as dean of Student Life because the committee could not decide on a permanent choice.
Now 14 years later, with his appointment long ago made permanent, Mannes sits behind his desk challenged by the problems, some new, others quite familiar, that students bring to him every day.
"I have no formal administrative responsibility other than trying to resolve a variety of student problems," Mannes says.
However, for someone who has "no formal administrative responsibility," Mannes manages to keep himself quite busy.
Things like authorizing emergency student loans, counseling a student who is unsure about a major, settling a roommate dispute between students and assuring nervous parents that their son or daughter is surviving college life, is all in a day's work for Mannes.
During a day's work, however, Mannes draws on years of experience in advising students and helping them deal with their problems.
"Much of what I do is related to three things,” Mannes (Continued on page 6)
ED BATTDAILY TROJAN
OFFICER RICK MEDLIN AND ACHAT
Canine corps proves its value as German shepherd nabs thief
By Andrew Thomas
Staff Writer
Achat, a purebred German shepherd imported from Germany by University Security, proved his worth last Tuesday night when he helped apprehend a would-be stereo thief.
"I sent the dog, and the dog butted the suspect with his head and held him to the ground," said Officer Rick Medlin, Achat's handler.
Officer Steve Anderson spotted the suspect, Medlin said, and requested canine assistance. It was because of Anderson's "clear, concise directions" that the operation was successful, Medlin said.
After the suspect was in custody, Achat searched for evidence by following the scent of the suspect. He found a pair of wire cutters, enabling charges to be pressed.
Though they have been recently criticized as unnecessary, the university's canine corps, made up of Achat and another German shepherd named Hero, have been useful to security in incidents similar to last Tuesday's.
Though they have been recently criticized as unnecessary, the university's canine corps, made up of Achat and another German shepherd named Hero, have been useful to security in incidents similar to last Tuesday's.
Though the dogs are frequently used for pursuit of suspects, and area and ground searches, "the primary thing we use them for is deterrence," said Officer Steve Sickles, senior dog handler, and the officer in charge of Hero.
Trained in Germany, the two dogs on the security force take all their commands in German. They are trained for "hard surface" tracking and can recover stolen articles or weapons used by suspects. They can also conduct area searches for suspects but are not trained to sniff out narcotics or explosives. Sickles said.
The canine program started at the university in January 1982. The dogs serve as "additional officers" and "reduce the risk to the officer," Sickles said.
But Medlin added, "I would never put my dog in a compromising situation, though."
Since its inception, the program has been successful. The handlers and their dogs have made several arrests and have been used in situations where they "minimize conflict," Sickles said.
He recounted an incident from a couple of years ago where several officers were in pursuit of three female robbery- suspects who were cutting across a yard. The officers let Hero out of the car and he
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