Senate volunteer resigns following funding dispute / 2
Duking it out over election of ex-Ku Klux Klansman / 3
Women grind up Oregons, hope for NCAA berth / 20
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Volume CVill, Number 35		University of Southern California		Monday, March 6, 1989
Olympic figure
Ueberroth will address MBA class
By Jordana Bieze
City Editor
Peter Ueberroth, who rescued the 1984 Olympics from financial disaster and pulled major league baseball out of the red, will speak at the satellite commencement ceremony for the graduate School of Business Administration.
Ueberroth, a university trustee, will present about 500 graduates with "a practitioner's view of how to be successful in business," said Jarrett Collins, chairman of the speaker selection committee.
"Students and their families can get some of his collective wisdom based on his successful experience in the business world," said Jack Borsting, dean of the business school.
The satellite ceremony will be held May 12, the day after the campuswide Commencement in Alumni Park.
Normally the two events are held on the same day, but organizers were willing to wait a day for use of "the most attractive outdoor site," said Kenneth Servis, university marshall.
(See Ueberroth, page 12)
In Brief
STATE
Cartoonist will speak at Stanford graduation
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford University has chosen “Doones-bury” cartoonist Garry Trudeau to address its June 18 commencement.
Trudeau, who received a Pulitzer Prize in 1975 for his work, “captured the essence of our time,” said Marlene Wine, a member of the speaker search committee and assistant to Stanford President Donald Kennedy.
Trudeau was chosen Thursday over six other nominees.
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18,861 compete in Marathon
By Jeordan Legon
Staff Writer
Participants in the fourth annual Los Angeles Marathon got off to a false start Sunday when a helium balloon burst and many of the 18,861 runners mistook it for the starting gun.
Event organizers were able to stop the runners in their tracks and reset the official start five minutes later, about 9:10 a.m.
The first runner across the finish line at Exposition Park, with a time of 2:13:02, was Art Boileau of Canada.
Zoya Ivanova of the Soviet Union was the first woman to cross the
line at 2:34:41. Her time beat the course record by almost one minute.
Though Ivanova set a record, many runners said the 70-degree weather slowed their performance.
"It was painful but fun," said Mark Rashba, a graduate student who finished in 350th place. "I'm going home to pass out now. This is my last marathon for a while."
Rashba said he was not competing for the $26,385 grand prize or the new Mercedes Benz that came with it. Like many of the runners, Rashba ran for the personal victory of completing the ordeal.
(See Marathon, page 12)
A glimpse behind the SCenes offers lesson in policy-making
This is the first of a five-part series on USC's student government.
By Bryan Culp
Staff Writer
It's 7 o'clock on a Wednesday night. Do you know where your senator is?
Each week, 32 senators (16 graduate and 16 undergraduate) meet in a conference room adjoining Seaver Science Library. They review the previous week's work and make policy decisions.
Dave Simon, senate vice president, stands in front of the podium and coughs gently. Traditionally, the vice president presides over the meetings. "Let's get started," Simon says. "We
have the longest agenda in the history of mankind."
"And womankind," adds J. P. Singh, one of four senators representing the Graduate School.
Simon asks for questions about the minutes from the previous meeting.
"We need to change one word on the second page," Singh says. "It looks like a typo."
The typing error is corrected. Senators start talking. Simon rests his arms on each side of the podium: "Order, order, please."
The chatter stops and Simon, wearing a grave expression, says he has one brief, important announcement.
(See Senators, page 9)
Six Greeks file falsely in senate race
By Kevin Davis
Editor
At least six candidates in this year's Student Senate election have violated senate election rules by running outside their constituencies, a background check by the Daily Trojan has revealed.
Four of those in violation are vying for seats in the student community constituency, one for a commuter seat and one to represent graduate students in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
The five undergraduate candidates, all listed in this year's Greek Directory and confirmed by at least two other sources as members of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, are in violation of the senate constitution, which reads, "If one is a member of the Greek constituency one must run for and vote for the Greek seat."
But Brad Walters, a member of the Phi Delt house and a senate Greek representative, said late Sunday that the five undergraduate candidates no longer "participate in house activties" and have not payed their dues.
Walters also said Goldman knew the candidates were once involved with the fraternity and ruled that because they weren't "active members" it was permissible for them to run as representatives outside the Greek constituency.
Goldman could not be reached Sunday for comment.
That stipulation, said senate President Phil Clement, applies even to members who are not caught up on their dues.
(See Commission, page 12)
YAF candidates: Gays shouldn’t get senate funds
Kevin Cullinane
Staff Writer
Two candidates running for Student Senate, both ranking members of Young Americans for Freedom, said last week that if elected they would abolish senate funding for the university's homosexual services and organizations, prompting an outcry from the Gay and Lesbian Assembly for Student Support.
Ken Dubberly, vying for student community senator, said Friday that allocating funds to a homosexual organization such as the Gay and Lesbian Assembly for Student Support is unfair, because the campus has no equivalent group for heterosexuals.
"I think it's strange that we fund a homosexual organization and not a heterosexual organization," said Dubberly, YAF chairman and a junior majoring in business.
Dubberly's comments echoed the views of David Leslie, vice chairman of the conservative campus group, who is running for residence hall senator.
Leslie wrote in his platform statement, published in the March issue of SCene magazine, that if elected he will "cease funding of homosexual organizations."
The freshman majoring in international relations did not expand on this statement in print and could not be reached for comment Friday.
(See GLASS, page 13)