House of Freaks lives out musical dream life in L.A. See Performance, page 9	i Ceremony to honor top students See News, page 3		Tell us what team to adopt on road to NCAA Final Four See Sports, page 20
			
	KSCR needs support of senate See Viewpoint, page 4		
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Volume CVIII, Number 41
University of Southern California
Tuesday, March 14, 1989
In Brief
From the Associated Press
WORLD
Salvadoran government admits killing peasants
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The military’s attempt to blame leftist rebels failed, and now it’s admitting that its troops massacred 10 peasants in September. Officials say nine soldiers will stand trial in the case.
U.S. Ambassador William Walker hailed Sunday's announcement as a breakthrough for human rights in a country where right-wing death squads have slaughtered with impunity for so long.
STATE
Doctors fear budget cut, setting mentally ill free
SACRAMENTO — Desperately ill mental patients will be turned out by the thousands into California’s streets and will endanger public safety unless Gov. George Deukmejian ends a partisan budget dispute, psychiatrists said Monday.
Representatives of the California Psychiatric Association deplored threats by Deukmejian to cut up to $225 million from state and local mental hospitals.
NATION
Teamsters, government consent to labor reform
NEW YORK — Teamsters officials reached a tentative labor reform, settlement with federal prosecutors Monday, hours before the start of a trial to oust the union’s allegedly mobster-dominated leadership.
Prosecutors declined to discuss details of the tentative pact, but a lawyer for the Teamsters said they agreed to introduce amendments for election reform at their 1991 convention.
INSIDE
Viewpoint....................................... 4
Komix............................................. 6
Security Roundup........................ 6
Performance....................................9
Sports.......................................... 20
WEATHER
Today —
Fair skies with high in mid-70s Wednesday
Low clouds in morning, high in 70s
Council negates election
Unanimous ruling mandates another senate campaign
By Kevin Davis
Editor
The judicial council unanimously voted late Sunday night to nullify last week's Student Senate election on the grounds that the process was marred by numer-
ous inconsistencies, induding evidence of voter fraud.
With that decision came a mandate for another election — one that must be shortened dramatically for the senate to complete its spring agenda, which includes internal election of officers and allocation of nearly $1 million in university funds, all within about the next six weeks.
"The majority of the judicial council feels there should be another election,"
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A student from 32nd Street School shoots an arrow Monday in the Robin Hood Booth at the Greek Week carnival. The booth was run by Theta XI, Sigma Chi, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Chi Omega.
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said Gage Hutchens, council chairman, announcing the decision. "We feel that the people who students want to win will win again."
Hutchens listed four reasons for the council's ruling: the absence of a check on graduate voters, confusion about a Greek (See Council, page 12)
Greek Week festival raises spirits, money
By Tara Sheehy
Staff Writer
More than 120 excited children from neighborhood schools had their faces painted and played carnival games on the Row on Monday as the 32nd annual Greek Week got underway.
Each of the eight Greek Week teams assembled a booth or game for the daylong carnival.
"The jumping thing so far has been my favorite game," said April Sandifer, a fifth-grade student from 32nd Street School.
"I think they should have a dunking booth,'' she added. "But I don't think I'd want to be dunked!"
Competition kicks off today at 2:30 p.m. with the sponge throw and egg toss. Proceeds from the weeklong contest will go to Athletes and Entertainers for Kids, a national charity committed to brightening the lives of children.
"I think this is for a very good cause," said Kelly Thompson, a fifth-grade classmate of Sandifer.
"We put our money back into educational programs, arts and crafts, cassettes and cassette players," said Yvonne Lewis, director of hospital and community services for the organization.
"We also have programs for the homeless children and a new program called 'Common Ground,' which is to keep children out of gangs. We provide them with what's needed to stay in school," Lewis said.
Though Monday's carnival brightened the day for the children who were there, the university's Greek community hopes to do more by donating up to $20,000 to Athletes and Entertainers for Kids, organizers said.
"We've already given a check of $7,500, which is more than we made during all of last year's festivities," said Greg Friedman, vice chairman of the Greek Week executive committee.
Part of this year's success is the attitude of Greek Week participants and committee members, offi-
(See Week, page 8)
To the left and right, race spawns partisan politics
By Shawn Pogatchnik
Staff Writer
The coalitions had no names, the slates no party headquarters. But last week's Student Senate election may have fallen victim to a rebirth of nasty partisan politics at USC, along conservative-liberal lines that generated fears and heated campaign tactics this campus has not witnessed in years.
Some candidates and senate insiders said Monday the senate judicial council's decision to scrub the election was more of an effort to keep the "wrong" candidates out of office than to right an election marred by confusion, alleged deception and cross-constituency voting.
Semite’s card games. See page 2.
"There's accusations right and left. People are running scared," said Aaron Goldman, senate elections and recruitment chairman, in the wake of Sunday night's ruling. "(Politics) played a big part in it.
"The judicial council had a bigger fear of who was going to win than in any grievances against the senate constitution."
Who was going to win? With the more than 2,000 ballots locked up in the University Security office, that answer will most likely go unanswered.
Candidates affiliated with the Young Americans for Freedom had formed an alliance with other conservative candidates, including former members of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, said Wayne Bowen, the former YAF chairman who is running for a student community seat.
"They were worried about our politics, not our tactics," said Bowen of the judicial council's members and "liberal cronies." Bowen, with YAF Chairman Ken Dubberly and Vice Chairman David Leslie, campaigned on platforms calling for the cutoff of senate funds to minority-in-terest groups like the Gay and Lesbian Assembly for Student Support. Goldman (See Election, page 2)