First-time novelist,	A foreign look at American problems See Viewpoint, page 4		------- Women’s tennis team hopes to end 3-game losing skid at UCLA See Sports, page 12
professor delivers with first-class book See Performance, page 5			
	I Teenagers’ racist dolls create a stir See News, page 10		
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Volume CVIII, Number 58
University of Southern California
Friday, April 14, 1989
Kelly’s Watchdog
----------Clay Walker: Dally Trojan
Actress Kelly McGillis relaxes Thursday with her dog, Cheyenne, in E.F. Hutton Parte, between takes of a rape prevention film to be used in college orientation programs nationwide. Santa Monica Hospital is producing the film, which will feature interviews with rape victims.
USC scientists look to mimic fusion test
Unlimited supply of clean energy could be created
By Chris Eftychiou
Staff Writer
Scientists at USC will soon begin attempts to duplicate a University of Utah experiment that yielded more energy than was required to generate it, indicating the possibility of fusion at room temperature.
Though many scientists are skeptical, confirmation of this hypothesis could lead to development of a clean and virtually unlimited supply of energy.
University physicists and chemists said Thursday that they have begun searching for the necessary materials, adding that the search for equipment will be easier than reproducing the experiment.
"What you need to do this is very easy to get. But a lot of people have put it together and it didn't work," said Randy Knize,
an assistant physics professor.
The Utah scientists, B. Stanley Pons and Milton Fleischmann, announced the results of their experiment March 23, and though their official results have not been published, Knize said he has reviewed a copy of the report.
'"There are not many details in these papers. They are not very dear," he said. "It could be that maybe they did something wrong."
Knize said he may begin experimenting within the next few weeks.
"There are two interesting parts to this," he said. "First, there's the interesting science aspect that the experiment can produce neutrons.
"Then there's the part where it makes more energy than goes in, which is somewhat hard to believe."
In the process of fusion, lighter atoms join together to produce heavier ones, creating heat energy.
(See Fusion, page 3)
In Brief
From the Associated Pres*
STATE
Drug from Chinese plant kills AIDS-infected celts
SAN FRANCISCO — A drug derived from a Chinese plant root selectively killed AIDS-infected cells and inhibited virus reproduction in healthy cells during test-tube experiments, researchers said Thursday.
The drug, GLQ223, is a highly purified form of the plant protein tricho-santhin, found in a member of the cucumber family.
The research teams came from UC San Francisco and Genelabs Inc., and a scientist from Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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Sports............................................12
WEATHER
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Clearing, high in upper 70s, low in mid-60s Weekend — Low morning clouds, high in 70s, low in 60s
Check first before you study this summer
Many students assume credits will transfer, SAS officials warn
By Tracy Imes
Staff Writer
Students planning to take courses at another institution this summer must have the university's approval before doing so to ensure that their units will transfer.
Sandi Cazenave, university articulations officer, said Thursday that students should plan ahead to avoid problems later.
"We always get students who don't check first and are very surprised and unhappy later," Cazenave said, indicating that only half of the students notify the university.
To ensure that their intended class will transfer, students need to bring a course
description, syllabus or catalog to a counselor at the admissions evaluations window in the lobby of the Student Administrative Services Building.
The counselor will determine if the work will transfer or fulfill any general education requirements, or if any university residency restrictions will affect the planned course work.
If the class is approved for transfer, the student will receive a Continuing Student Transfer Credit form stating how it will transfer. The process is completed when the student returns the completed form along with an official copy of his transcript for the summer course, Cazenave said.
"It is critical that students seek out their advisers, because they can help them understand the requirements," she said.
Bob Vernon, a junior majoring in political science, said he thinks that getting preapproval is a good idea.
"It makes logical sense to check and see if the courses will transfer beforehand," Vernon said.
"USC should be concerned about the quality of the education its students are getting elsewhere. I can't imagine sitting through a course all summer and not having it transfer."
Dave Hunter, a junior majoring in biology, has had trouble getting summer course work transferred.
"I put my paperwork in in December and I haven't gotten word back yet," Hunter said. "They were very vague on the phone when I talked to them, so I'll have to go down and check myself. It took a year for the school to get my advanced placement scores listed on my transcript.
"I think to improve things they should have a list of all of the colleges and universities, not just the community colleges in Southern California, for students to (See Units, page 2>
Commencement garb is mandatory
4,000 graduating seniors get fit to leave USC
By Marta Carman
Staff Writer
"How tall are you?" bookstore employee Tim Wikox asks each senior who comes to the booth outside the Student Union for a cap and gown. Wilcox then measures the circumference of each student's head and, almost instantly, the student has a cap, gown and tassel.
Of the 4,000 seniors who plan to go through Commencement on May 11,
gowns by Thursday, according to Wilcox.
Some students may find themselves wearing a gown that is a foot too short, or a cap that falls over their eyes. These are the students who waited until the last moment to order caps and gowns.
"For the people who order the last week, it's difficult to get a cap and gown because we run out of some sizes/' said Tim Coffey, sales repre-for Collegiate Cap and
Gown. "On the day of the ceremony, the line can go half an hour into the actual ceremony.
"I have no sympathy for these students, because by then we have been out here for a month."
Commencement is a student's moment in the spotlight, and one must have a cap, gown and tassel to participate.
Only a few people order class rings, and about 25 percent order announce (See Graduates, page 10)
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