Abusive student arrested at Public Enemy concert / 2
Stricter gun laws would make U.S. a better, safer place / 3
Fat ladies sing as USC falls, valiantly, to Stanford / 24
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Volume CVIII, Number 40
University of Southern California
Monday, March 13, 1989
WORLD
Shark fatally mauls surfer as bathers watch in horror
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — A surfer was killed after a shark dragged him from his board while bathers watched in horror at a popular South Australia beach, police said.
Police said the injured surfer died as his friend towed him 200 yards to the beach. The attack came while'the two men surfed off Waitpinga Beach, 50 miles south of here, just before dusk Thursday.
STATE
L.A. schools decree apple a day isn’t best medicine
(AP) — Cafeterias in the Los Angeles Unified School District will stop serving apples today in response to a report finding a cancer risk to children from pesticide residues on the fruit.
The ban includes juice, pies and applesauce, officials said. It followed the release of a report Feb. 28 by the Washington-based National Resources Defense Council, which said the pesticide Daminozide could increase the incidence of cancer in children.
NATION
Easter goodies could kill chocolate-craving pets
DENVER (AP) — Easter baskets filled with chocolates could kill your pet.
Chocolate contains theobromine. Even small amounts can cause vomiting and restlessness in pets, and larger amounts can be lethal, the American Animal Hospital Association journal reported here.
As little as 4 ounces of milk chocolate or a half-ounce of baking chocolate can be lethal for a small dog such as a Chihuahua or toy poodle, according to the journal.
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Security Roundup_______________________ 6
Komix............................................. 8
Sports.......................................... 24
WEATHER
Today —
Gusty westerly winds with high in mid-70s, low in 50s Tuesday — Continued sunny with high in 70s, low near 50
Heads or Tails
ALENA TAM / DAILY TROJAN
Wal Yip Wong (head) and Andy Wu, members of the Chinese Student Association of Cal State San Bernardino, perform a dance In Hahn Plaza on Friday called "Pearl of the Twin Dragons.”
Howard U. ’s complaints hint at USC’s concerns
By Robyn Taylor
For the Daily Trojan
In a protest reminiscent of the '60s, about 1,000 Howard University students stormed their administration building last Monday, prompting newly appointed university trustee and former Bush campaign manager Lee Atwater to resign.
But opposition to Atwater, a man who has historically opposed civil rights legislation, was
only one reason for the six-day protest, said Jason Johnson, a junior at the all-black university.
Howard students, known for their apathy toward university issues, wanted their administration to address financial aid, housing and security issues — the same types of problems that exist at USC, Johnson said.
As a result of the students' persistence and unity, all their de-(See Protest, page 7)
Senate orders vote counting halted in race
Pending judicial council ruling, marred election may be redone
By Kevin Cullinane
Staff Writer
As Student Senate ballots were collected and ready for counting Friday at noon, the judicial council ordered a hold on the election until after a hearing on complaints that the election commission violated at least nine rules.
The results of the hearing, scheduled for Sunday evening, could force a new election.
The complaints were filed by David Wells, an incumbent graduate senator of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and a write-in candidate.
He charged that Aaron Goldman, elections and recruitment chairman, "must be held responsible" for violating the senate constitution and recommended that a new election be held under different leadership.
After reviewing Wells' complaints, the judicial council chairman, Gage Hutchens, ordered that "Aaron Goldman and the election committee be prohibited from tabulating election ballot results."
Wells said it would be best if a new election were held.
"Each (complaint) individually causes problems, but there are nine of them put together," Wells said. "If they don't rehold the election, we're going to have to live with the outcome for a year."
But he said he is willing to compromise.
"We really have to look at the common ground and compromise," Wells said.
Hutchens, who called this year's election the most problematic since 1972, said he heard students complaining throughout the election week.
Because of the high level of student dissatisfaction, Hutchens said he was not surprised by Wells' complaints.
"It was inevitable," he said.
In a letter sent to the judicial council, Wells complained:
e The computerized roster allowed for cross-constituency voting.
e None of the graduate candidates were listed on the ballot.
e The list of graduate candidates was lost.
e Senate bylaws were violated when disqualified candidates were allowed to re-enter the race.
e Instructions for write-in votes for graduate students were confusing.
e LAS graduate students were not notified of the election.
s Bylaws were broken when late-filing candidates were allowed to run.
e A candidate was permitted to post fliers without election stamps.
s A candidate was caught tampering with the voting roster.
(See Election, page 2)
Admissions, financial aid office
Committee pares list to four in search for dean
By Kristine Kennedy
Staff Writer
Provost Cornelius Pings said Friday he is "in steady contact with one candidate" to be dean of admissions, financial aid, registration and records.
Though a search committee was initially considering eight candidates for the post. Pings said only four were submitted to him last month. All four nominees are from outside USC and hold positions in prominent academic institutions. Pings said.
“I have high hopes we'll complete
this in another six weeks," Pings said, though he would not confirm any timetable.
Robert Biller, the interim dean since May, said looking outside the university for a new dean is "absolutely justified."
Neither Pings nor Biller would specify the candidates' names or the institutions they are employed by because, they said, public release could make the nominees uncomfortable at their home institutions.
Biller, who assisted in the search.
said each candidate has impressive qualifications.
He described the favored nominee as "a person with particularly excellent qualities in whom we'd have an extraordinarily high confidence."
"We are looking for someone who knows the national experience thoroughly and can apply it to the unique circumstances at USC," Biller said.
The candidate's qualities should include "experience in admissions and financial aid, leadership skills and the (See Dean, page 9)