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Volume CVIII, Number 59
University of Southern California
Monday, April 17, 1989
Tri-Delts, ATOs win Songfest
By Kristine Kennedy
5taff Writer
The team of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and Delta Delta Delta sorority captured Songfest's highest honor Saturday night at the Greek Theater, with a skit portraying a little boy who saves his sister from bedtime monsters.
This year's theme was "Here's to the Heroes/' commemorating 100 years of Trojan athletics. USC heroes of the past made cameo appearances between the musical numbers, along with veteran performers from the 32nd Street School.
Though Songfest's 15 musical acts entertained, some audience members said former USC wide receiver Lynn Swann stole the show with his own song-and-dance routine.
Swann, who served as comaster of ceremonies with Rodney Peete, sang a rendition of "(Sitting) On the Dock of the Bay,” tap danced, and even conducted the Trojan Marching Band at the end of the show.
"I didn't know 48-year-old
(See Songfest, page 12)
Facts of Life
Alan* Tam / Daily Trojan
Kim Fields, who played Tootle in the NBC television series “The Facts of Life,” speaks Friday during a state Democratic Party meeting in Bovard Auditorium.
Housing to add cable TV this fall
Package deal with beefed-up security in USC buildings
By Kevin Cullinane
Staff Writer
All university-owned apartments and residence hall lounges will have cable television service when students move in this fall, a housing official said Friday.
American Cable Systems is surveying apartments now and will install cable lines this summer along with an electronic security system, said Leo Vanhoof, associate housing director.
"Hopefully it will be ready when we open in the fall," Vanhoof said. "It's definitely going in."
This fall's 9.9 percent increase in the cost of housing is blamed on the security system, not on the cable installation, Vanhoof said.
Apartment residents will have the option of buying the cable service and its prime channels, such as HBO and Cinemax, for an additional fee, he said.
Residence hall rooms are not
"cable-ready," but lounges in these buildings will get the basic service, Vanhoof said.
The Row will not be serviced by cable by this fall, he said, but possibly will be later.
Though all students won't be able to get the service, Vanhoof said those who do will enjoy better TV reception.
One student complained that the quality of reception without cable varies with the weather.
"On windy days, I'll only get a few channels," said Mike Ni-gro, a senior majoring in business administration. "I miss 'Jeopardy' when the wind blows our antenna. We have a flimsy antenna."
Vanhoof said problems with reception are caused by interference from nearby skyscrapers.
"The poor reception is from 'ghosting,' " Vanhoof said, which he explained is TV signals that bounce off downtown buildings. "Cable could prevent that."
Years of student complaints helped persuade the university to explore cable TV, he said.
Howie Greenberg, University Residence Student Community vice president for advocacy, said (See Cable, page 2)
In Brief
From the Associated Pros
LOCAL
Relax last weekend? Survey says maybe not
Ninety percent of Americans feel no more energetic at the end of the weekend than they do on Friday, according to a recent survey.
The survey for Hilton Hotels Corp. found that Americans spend 14 hours each weekend doing chores, and women spend more than an hour more than men at such labors.
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Black Student Union elects Blevins president
Sophomore will target organization, recruiting
By Bill Swindell
Staff Writer
Clifton Blevins was elected president of the Black Student Union on Friday, and pinpointed organization and recruitment as two areas where the group is most in need of improvement.
Blevins and Trina Brown, the new vice president, said they hope to boost enrollment through better organization in the 30-member group, which represents the campus's approximately 800 black students.
Blevins and Brown said the group needs better planning of events and recruitment of members.
"We have to improve our structure, filling up some unfilled positions, because then everyone will have something at stake as a unit,” Blevins said.
He expressed an optimism that the BSU can work with the university to meet black students' needs.
"We have to have more of an active role in the administration and let them know where the BSU stands," he said.
The strength of the BSU lies in its members, Blevins said.
"The people are strong, intelligent and enthusiastic," he said. "All they need is to be organized."
Better organization may compensate for low student involvement, Vice President Brown said.
"Membership has declined, and it's a fact that we need more active participa-
tion from people," she said.
Promotion and publicity will play major roles for the organization this fall, as opposed to the word of mouth that members are used to, said Brown, a freshman majoring in public administration.
"We need to let students know that we do exist," she said. "We need to have a table out in front of Tommy Trojan or something."
BSU members will be more vocal about the racism they have perceived on campus, said Blevins, a sophomore majoring in pre-business.
He and Brown dted as examples the drawing of a Confederate flag outside the Kappa Alpha fraternity during Old South Week and the anti-minority tone taken by Young Americans for Freedom during
(See Blacks, page 9)
Ex-student senator in runoff
Alumnus fights for school board seat
By Kristine Kennedy
Staff Writer
Mark Slavkin, a university alumnus and former student senator, is in a runoff for a seat on the Los Angeles County School Board, a race that may prove to be this June's most compelling.
Candidates for school board seats are still in contention after Tuesday's primary with 27-year-old Slavkin, a Democrat, vying in the 2nd District against two-term incumbent Alan Gershman.
Neither captured the needed 50 percent of the vote to avoid a runoff.
"Even though Gershman is a Democrat, he's a lot more conservative, and Slavkin would bring the swing vote, the fourth liberal vote to the board," said Dave Simon, whose term as Student Senate vice president ended two weeks ago.
"I just think it's nice to see USC people advance and get into important political positions,” Simon said.
(See Runoff, page 2)
Mark Slavkin