—.............. Director examines	| AIDS activists look to students / 2		Trojans hope to avenge
racial inequality in			last year’s playoff loss
apartheid plays / 7	| Security officers do their best / 5		against Fresno St. /16
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Volume CVIII, Number 21
University of Southern California
Friday, February 10, 1989
Sign o’ the Clime
CLAY WALKER / DAILY TROJAN
Wesley Harris, a freshman majoring in psychology, inspects a snowman of unknown origin left Thursday at Bovard Administration Building. Snow is not in the forecast today, wtth an expected high near 60.
In Brief
NATION
President Bush offers ‘common sense’ budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush, in his first speech to Congress, proposed a $1.16 trillion “common sense” budget Thursday.
The plan, which features a one-year freeze on scores of programs, is an overhaul of the budget submitted by former President Reagan.
STATE Dancing watermelons may enter chorus line
(AP) — Watermelons may join dancing raisins in the chorus line if growers and buyers vote for taxes to promote what they call a misunderstood fruit.
“We would like to do a better job of promoting and advertising our product,” said Buddy Leger, a sponsor of the idea.
INSIDE
Viewpoint....................................... 4
Komix............................................. 6
Security Roundup........................ 6
Performance.................................. 7
Sports.......................................... 16
WEATHER
Today —
Mostly cloudy with 30 % chance of rain, high in upper 50s, low in 40s Saturday —
Continued cloudy with decreasing rain, warming to mid-60s
Student Senate postpones vote on seat redistribution
By Bryan Culp
Staff Writer
Student Senate members, citing confusion and concerns about upcoming elections, tabled a proposed amendment Wednesday designed to redistribute six of the 16 graduate seats, senate officials said.
"There was a lot of confusion on the issue,” said John Geranios, chairman of the committee that proposed the amendment. "A lot of senators didn't understand what was going on. Too much
happened too quickly.''
Phil Clement, senate president, said the amendment will be tabled until after senate elections, scheduled for the week of March 6.
Senators were worried about explaining major constitutional changes to the student body right before elections, Clement said.
The amendment was based on the idea of diversity and fair representation according to numbers, Geranios said.
(See Proposal, page 6)
LAS to undergo reorganization
Some administrators of college may lose positions in overhaul
By Chris Eftychiou
Staff Writer
Administrative restructuring in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences that will increase attention to student services may be implemented as early as next week, officials said Thursday.
The restructuring may involve dismissing some current administrators from their positions, said William Spitzer, dean of LAS.
“I'm in the process of talking about the restructuring with people who may be involved/'
Spitzer said. "It's simply a matter of trying to reorganize what we have. I'll make my final decisions by next Wednesday."
He would not specify how many or which positions would be affected.
An eight-member committee was established by Spitzer in September to examine methods for improving student services, which has suffered from a lack of central control.
The committee recently suggested that changes be made to address student needs better, said David Eg-genschwiler, committee chairman.
"There was a feeling that many student services had developed individually and needed coordination," Eg-genschwiler said.
Student services examined by the committee included advisement, urban programs and the Joint Educational Project, a community outreach program run by student volunteers, whose activities include counseling at area schools and visiting retirement homes.
(See LAS, page 2)
Wiliam Spitzer
New bookstore should open in June
Will offer flower shop and video rental store
By Tracy Imes
Staff Writer
Students and staff members are eagerly awaiting the June opening of the new university bookstore, which will include a convenience store, video rental, a men's and women's clothing department, dry cleaners and a flower shop.
Construction of the $7 million project started in December 1987 and is expected to be completed next month, said Richard Stupin, associate director of new construction.
The building process is right on schedule, Stupin said.
The four-story bookstore is expected to open for business in June and will offer 35,000 square feet of retail space — four times more than the existing facility, said Robert Sewell, acting assistant director of retail operations for university bookstores.
Juliane Heeres, division manager for general merchandise, said, "We've done extensive marketing research among students and faculty and staff members to identify their needs."
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Workers are putting the finishing touches on the inside of the new bookstore.
A clothing department in the new store will go beyond items bearing a university logo, Heeres said.
"We'll have a small area of ready-to-wear apparel," she said. "We're still determining the brands we'll carry."
It will also have t*vo dressing rooms, she said.
The convenience store and video rental shop will remain open after the bookstore closes. Sewell said the shops are tenta-(See New, page 3)