Mothersbaugh takes a hiatus from Devo to create postcards
See Performance, page 9
Bush administration goes to the dogs
_See Viewpoint, page 4
Ex-vice president, trustee dies at 83
. See News, page 7
Baseball team breaks Stanford’s brooms, avoids the big sweep
See Sports, page 20
The Choice of a Regeneration
Matt Cobtoigh / Daily Troian
This week’s campuswide recycling drive will culminate in a big collection on Thursday. Proceeds will go to programs for the homeless and will help fund the next phase of the recycling program.
Student in car abducted, hurt
Jumps at 25 mph out of Audi onto Adams, flees gunman
By Tara Sheehy
Staff Writer
A student, sitting in a friend's car outside a convenience store on Adams Boulevard, was kidnapped at gunpoint Saturday night but was able to escape, police said Monday.
Carolyn Koslen, a junior majoring in cinema, said she was able to jump from the car before they were out of the parking lot, as her abductor struggled to shift gears.
James Polk, a parolee in his early 20s, was arrested and charged with kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon and grand theft auto, said Officer Ted Spicer, watch commander of the Los Angeles Police Department's Southwest division.
Polk faces a minimum sentence of 25 years in prison if convicted, Spicer said.
Koslen was taken to Orthopaedic Hospital, where she was treated for a severe sprain and bruises to her right ankle after jumping from the car, which was moving about 25 mph.
Koslen was on her way to Songfest, at the Greek Theatre, with John Barron, who is not a university student. She was sitting in Barron's black Audi 5000 outside the EZ-Market at 1115 Adams Blvd. shortly before 6 p.m., waiting for Barron to buy a sandwich.
The driver's door was unlocked, the keys in the ignition.
"I left the keys in the ignition so she could listen to the radio," Barron said. "I wasn't even gone a minute."
Koslen said she did not notice that the person entering the car was not Barron, but a 5-foot-ll black man armed with a gun.
(See Abduction, page 8)
trojan
Volume CVIII, Number 60	University of Southern California	Tuesday, April 18, 1989
In Brief
From the Associated Press .
NATION
Committee charges Wright
WASHINGTON — The House ethics committee formally charged1 Speaker Jim Wright on Monday with 69 violations of the chamber’s rules, including what the panel’s chairman called “a scheme to evade” limits on the Texas Democrat’s outside earnings.
The six Democrats and six Republicans voted unanimously.
INSIDE
Viewpoint....................................... 4 Komix............................................. 6 Security Roundup.......-______________ 6 Performance....................................9 Sports.......................................... 20
WEATHER
Today —
Hazy sunshine with high near 80
Low ciouds with high in 70s
Ex-governor
Being a Democrat means sacrifices, party leader says
By Bryan Culp
Staff Writer
Jerry Brown, newly elected state Democratic Party chairman and former California governor, said Friday that student activism and volunteerism will revitalize the Democratic Party.
Speaking to about 150 students and faculty members in Bovard Auditorium, Brown said that belonging to the Democratic Party means caring about the welfare of others rather than dismantling the government.
Brown accused Republicans of doing just that, claiming "the anti-gov-emment era" began when Ronald Reagan endorsed Barry Goldwater for president in 1964.
"There's a lot of problems that don't get taken care of by making money," he said. "The Reagan era is over. They are yesterday. The Democrats are on the cutting edge of what's new."
Brown listed housing, child care, transportation, the environment and alternative sources of energy as issues that government should tackle. He added that he favors government regulation, not letting people do as they please.
Brown talks
"Look at the ozone layer," he said. "Business isn't going to take care of it. Banks can't solve Third World debt. It has to be a collective endeavor."
Brown said Trojan Democrats, the student group that arranged his appearance, can lead "the new Democratic Party,” a reinvigorated political movement that pushes for quality of life issues and isn't afraid of taxes, which he called "the terrible T* word."
Because the university leads California, which is "the lever that moves the country," Trojans should be at the front of this new movement, he asserted.
'It's no fun being a Republican at USC," Brown said. "If you had an ounce of innovation, you'd stand up at the plate and register Democrat."
Sun Lee, president of Trojan Democrats, said Brown's appearance on campus symbolizes a stronger, more visible Democratic presence here.
"A year ago, no major Democrat would have thought of speaking on campus," said Lee, a junior majoring in economics. "(Democratic presidential candidate Michael) Dukakis didn't even think about coming here. Now things are different. Brown has set a precedent for other Democrats."
Though Lee said he was a bit disappointed by the audience size, he said Brown's staff had low expectations and was happily surprised.
(See Brown, puge 3)
Tougher contract
Education Dept.: Drug users may lose Pell Grants
By Shannon Kueny
Staff Writer
The U.S. Department of Education, acting to enforce tougher wording in the Pell Grant contract, will send investigators randomly to college campuses nationwide to try to nab grant recipients who are using illegal drugs.
The wording of the Pell Giant contract was amended last year to state: "I will not engage in the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensation, possession or use of a controlled substance during the period covered by my Pell Grant."
Education Department spokesmen say the investigators will rely on tips to ferret out Pell Grant recipients who are using or dealing drugs. They would not confirm if USC will be one of the campuses targeted.
Currently, 2,790 USC students receive Pell Giants of up to $2,200 per year, according to the financial aid office. Recipients are warned in the contract that if they are convicted of a drug-related crime, their aid will be taken away immediately.
University officials had no definitive reaction to the Education Department's intentions.
"They say things, then put them into practice, but you never know what the results are going to be," said Tom King, director of financial aid.
(See Grant, puge 13) _i_