Penn and Teller act offers mix of magic, stunts and comedy
See Performance, page 7
Security needs to silence car alarms
See Viewpoint, page 4
Seniors to weigh ‘real world’ options
See News, page 12
Spikers will take on No. 1 Bruins in Clash of Titans tournament
See Sports, page 20
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Volume CVIII, Number 53
University of Southern California
Friday, April 7, 1989
102 again
Stifling heat has students seeking relief
By Marta Gannan
Staff Writer
Going down in the elevator, four people held cups of frozen yogurt.
At the Grill, the line for yogurt stretched beyond the double doors and out into the 102-degree heat, the second day in a row the mercury reached that high.
Going back up in the elevator, one man who had just visited the Grill said he had made three trips for yogurt that day.
Grill employees said they served the icy treat to about 500 people Thursday, as this week's heat wave continued to drive temperatures past the century mark.
But an end is in sight, according to the National Weather Service. It predicts cooler weather today. How much cooler is unknown, the service said.
The extreme heat is attributed to the combination of high pressure inland and low pressure on the coast, which causes winds to blow from the desert to the ocean.
As the warm desert air comes over the mountains, it warms up even more, causing these dry, hot Santa Ana conditions^ said Bruce Selik, a meteorologist for the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
"This weather condition usually haj>-pens in September and October," Selik (See t^eat, page 14)
In Brief
From the Associated Press
NATION
Bush may use military in Exxon oil cleanup
WASHINGTON — President Bush may order the military to help in the long-term cleanup of the massive oil spill in Alaska, it was disclosed Thursday, as the administration underscored its opposition to a federal takeover of the operation.
INSIDE
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WEATHER
Today —
Hazy sunshine with high in mid-90s Weekend — Cooler, breezy with high in mid-80s
‘It Was So Hot...’
CLAY WALKER / DAILY TROJAN
You could fry an egg on the sidewalk. Trojans looked on as the old adage was tested in Thursday’s blistering heat.
4th Trojan graduate joins California Supreme Court
By Tracy Imes
Staff Writer
A university alumna was sworn in Wednesday as the newest member of the state Supreme Court following a unanimous confirmation by the Judicial Appointments Committee.
Joyce Kennard, 47, was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate in 1974. She received a master's degree in public administration and a juris doctor degree from the Law Center.
Kennard is the first person of Asian
heritage and only the second woman to serve on the court.
She is the fourth Trojan graduate to occupy a seat on the present seven-member court. Other alumni on the court are Chief Justice Malcom Lucas and justices Marcus Kaufman and David Eagleson.
Reaction to Kennard's confirmation has been positive, and she is expected to continue the moderate-conservative stance of the court, said Belinda Whit-(See Court, page 6)
Law schools asked to add minorities
Rally part of nationwide effort to boost diversity
By Tracy Imes
Staff Writer
More than 100 people braved the heat Thursday for a rally on the Law Center steps to show their support for the center's recruitment of minority professors and students.
The "Rally for Diversity in Our Nation's Law Schools" was sponsored by the Committee for Diversified Faculty and Students, whose goal is to increase awareness and promote greater diversity.
Thousands of students from law schools nationwide — including those at Harvard, Yale, Stanford and UC Berkeley — participated in similar events.
The USC rally was organized by Brian Cabrera, a second-year law student and class president, who got the idea from a friend at UC Berkeley's law school.
"They had a lot of problems with their faculty because many of the doors are closed there," Cabrera said. "The lines of communication are open here, so talking about diversity hasn't been a problem."
Cabrera hopes that the event will continue next year and that more students will get involved.
"The rally was designed to increase awareness and to get more people involved," he said. "Once you're in law school you have a tendency to forget about everything other than studying. But we need to promote USC as a place where diversity is encouraged."
Speakers from the Law Center included Judge Robert Thompson, a professor, Robert Saltzman, associate dean, and several students who represented minority organizations.
Minority students need to help themselves and other minorities, Thompson stressed.
"We have a lack of qualified minority students applying, and those who graduate often don't go into teaching, so we have a problem," he said. "We are members of an elite and powerful profession, but it is poorly served if the profession itself discriminates — it loses its eliteness."
Minority students should network to increase their presence.
"The best experience minority students can have to correct injustice is by setting up their own networks," he said.
(See Rally, page 3)