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Volume C, Number 63	University of Southern California	Friday, April 18, 1986
Bob Barker is back again
Demonstration to protest university's animal care
By Katherine Dyar
Staff Writer
The Society Against Vivisection will be staging a demonstration Saturday in the Exposition Park Rose Garden to protest the housing conditions for the university's research primates.
The demonstration, in honor of the World Day for Laboratory Animals, April 24, is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. and will be hosted by Bob Barker, spokesman for the Coalition to Save USC Primates.
"We're holding this mainly in support of World Day, which is honored in demonstrations by thousands of people all over the world," said Nanc\' Burnet, vice president of the society.
The reason the university was targeted, Burnet said, was to draw public attention to what her group sees as the "hideous living conditions" of the primates being used in research on campus.
In addition to Barker, Gary Francione, a professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania, will be one of the key speakers.
Francione is a board member of the Animal Legal Defense Fund and, according to Burnet, was one of the animal activists instrumental in bringing about the closing of the Gennarelli Laboratory because of its inflicting severe head injuries on primates in its laboratory research.
Jerrv Owens, the president and founder of HELP, the Human Enforcement by Legal Professionalists, will also be speaking at the demonstration.
Burnet said the Society sent out close to 5,000 fliers to supporters in California but they are only expecting about a thousand people to turn out Saturday.
"We did this kind of spur of the moment," she said.
Joseph Van Der Meulen, vice president of health affairs, was asked to comment on the demonstration but an administrative assistant said Van Der Meulen believed that the less publicity given to the event, the better.
Senior receives service award
By Carol Ann Coates
Managing Editor
When university honors are bestowed on graduating seniors, an overwhelming number go to recognize high GPAs or participation in campus organizations. Other student achievements are often overlooked.
But Thursday afternoon, the 6th annual Extraordinary Community Service Award was presented to Bernardo Garcia for his "outstanding service" to the community surrounding our campus, said Barbara Gardner, director of Urban Affairs and coordinator of the award program, at the award ceremony.
Garcia, a senior majoring in economics, was given the award for his work in the community because the university "considers it an important value," Gardner added.
Wally Bobkiewicz, newly elected Student Senate president and chairman of the award committee, said the commitee was "truly moved by Bernardo's commitment to the university community and especially to his 'boys' " as Garcia calls the members of his basketball team at Horace Mann Junior High, where he is varsity basketball coach.
And his "boys" were on hand to see their coach receive his award through a donation from Norman Fertig, dean of LAS advisement, which paid for a university tram to pick the team up from Mann Thursday afternoon and transport them to Grace Ford Salvatori Hall, where the reception was held.
Along with the honor, Garcia- received a $1,000 check from the endowment of Henry and Grace Ford Salvatori and a resolution from the city of Los Angeles that was presented by Connie Meadows, a representative from councilman Robert Farrell's office.
The resolution went to Garcia because he "gave extensively to the young people of South-Central Los Angeles," and to the two other semi-finalists, seniors Pen Rose Ramsey and Mary Burton, for their work with community schools and residents.
Last years recipient, Caroline Ytom, presented a plaque to Garcia and a nameplate that he mounted on the perpetual community service award plaque which hangs in the lobby of GFS.
But when he accepted his aw’ard, Garcia said his true reward will come in a few years as his boys graduate and go on to college, he hopes, instead of having to face the torment that lack of education and illiteracy bring.
Garcia was the committee's first choice for the award, Bobkiewicz said, not only because he has worked as Mann's football coach, basketball coach and varsity scout leader, but for his unselfish donation of time to his boys.
For example, while other students were in Palm Springs for Spring Break, Garcia took his boys camping for the week, said David Winter, vice principal of Mann.
Garcia built an average sports program into a great one, and the effects of his work at Mann will be felt for a very long time, Winter added.
BRUCE LE DAILY TROJAN
DOG LOOKS ON — This Trojan pup perks up at the sight of ravishing nourishment. We doubt he was offered any, however.
Two arrested, charged with grade tampering
By Gerhard Taeubel
Staff Wrriter
A former university employee and two former students have been implicated in the grade-tampering scandal that shook the campus last year, the Los Angeles District Attorney's office announced Thursday.
Deputy District Attorney Stephen Plafker said Darryl Gillard, a former employee at the university's registration and records office, and Mehrdad Amini, a former student, were booked last March and February, respectively, on charges of illegal computer tampering. A third suspect, Manuel Roberts, also a former student, is still at large.
Gillard is free after posting $20,000 bail. Amini, who allegedly also took part in phony degree sales at the university, failed to post 5100,000 bail after his arrest on Feb. 25 and is still in police custody. He also faces federal charges for cocaine possession.
Prosecutors believe that Gillard, who surrendered to police in late March, was responsible for altering students' grades, and Amini and Roberts were conduits between Gillard and the students who payed to have their grades changed.
In a prepared statement, the district attorney's office said, "The investigation revealed that on seven occasions
Gillard gained access to the university computer system and changed grades for fees ranging from $500 to $2,000."
Forty-two students were investigated by the university for allegedly paying to have their grades altered. Twelve students were expelled, seven students were suspended and 14 students have had their academic records placed on permanent hold.
Forty-two students were investigated by the university for allegedly paying to have their grades altered.
Sylvia Manning, vice provost at the university, said two students have appealed their cases, and two cases have yet to be heard.
Al Albergate, public information officer for the district attorney's office, said Amini, 28, also allegedly had his owrn grades altered on two occasions.
Plafker indicated that information provided by the university aided in making the arrests, but said he would not reveal specific evidence until the case comes to trial.
Kristine Dillon, associate vice president of student affairs, said the university cooperated with police throughout the ongoing investigation, which began in July 1984, but was not aware of any recent aid to the investigation.
"We cooperated fully with the district attorney's office, providing all the information they requested, much of which was subpoenaed," said Manning. She added, however, that she is not familiar with the specific details leading up to the filing of felony charges against the three suspects.
Gillard, 27, was arraigned April 11 on seven count;, of illegal computer access and is set to face a preliminary hearing in Los Angeles Municipal Court on May 12.
Amini's pre-trial hearing is scheduled for May 8. He has been charged with five counts of illegal computer tampering.
Plafker said that police have information regarding Roberts' present location, but declined to provide any further details. The 23-year-old Los Angeles resident is charged with one count of illegal computer access.
The alleged grade tampering took place between May 1983 and May 1984, when both Amini, a Beverly Hills resident, and Roberts were students at the university.
Manning said the university is "very satisfied" with the district attorney's handling of the case.
MOLLY HUNTSMAN DAILY TROJAN
Caroline Ytom, last year’s recipient, presents Bernardo Garcia with the 6th-annual Extraordinary Community Service Award.