” ........ Student bassoonist	j Law school’s women must speak up See Viewpoint, page 5		I NFL draft Peeters out in 6th round; Detroit picks USC’s QB star See Sports, page 28
seeks fame playing			
obscure instrument See Performance, page 11	| Gutierrez set to tackle dean’s post See News, page 7		
Volume CVIII, Number 65
University of Southern California
Tuesday, April 25, 1989
In Brief
From the Associated Pres*
WORLD
Japan’s prime minister Takeshita will resign
TOKYO — Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita has decided to resign as soon as Parliament passes the budget for fiscal 1989, the mass circulation Mainichi Shimbun newspaper and the Japan Broadcasting Corp. reported Tuesday.
The reports said Takeshita planned to make the announcement after a Cabinet meeting later Tuesday.
NATION
Bush eulogizes dead in USS Iowa tragedy
NORFOLK, Va. — Thousands of grieving friends and relatives of the fallen 47 crewmen from the battleship USS Iowa gathered quietly Monday and heard President Bush praise their loved ones as “brothers in eternity.”
“We join today in mourning for the 47 who perished, and in fact, for the 11 who survived,” the president told a packed memorial service at Norfolk Naval Air Station.
STATE
Animal lights activists demonstrate at Capitol
SACRAMENTO — More than 300 animal rights activists rallied at the Capitol on Monday as part of a week of nationwide demonstrations against laboratory experiments on animals.
In a counterdemonstration, a group of about 20 teachers and students from University of California campuses picketed nearby to defend their work as vital in saving human lives.
INSIDE
Viewpoint....................................... 4
Komix............................................. 6
Security Roundup........................ 6
Performance..................................11
Sports............................................28
WEATHER
Today —
Partly cloudy with high in mid-60s
Wednesday -
Light breezes with high in low 70s
Alumnus donates $4.4 million
Dental school’s top gift to fund learning center
By Tara Sheehy
Staff Writer
The School of Dentistry has received a $4.4 million gift, its largest single contribution ever, from a university alumnus and his wife.
The substantial gift from John Wilson and his wife, Helen, will be divided between the school's library learning center
and its unrestricted funds.
"The Wilsons have made it possible for the School of Dentistry to build a library commensurate with its high standing in the academic community," said university President James Zumberge in a prepared statement.
Officials in the library said they think the money would go toward a learning center for the dental school.
"The money might implement a new learning center, which would include computer application and audiovisual
Matt CobMgh / Daily Trojan
Karen Harris is aided Monday after being hit by a tent pole that toppled over in 30 mph winds.
Wind-blown support pole knocks out law student waiting to rent cap, gown
"She was knocked out cold," said Tim Len-derman, a senior majoring in broadcast journalism, who had been filming inside the tent when it collapsed. "I rushed over to her, where she was lying on her side. I moved her over on her back to make sure she was still breathing."
By Kyra Phillips
Staff Writer
A metal tent support struck a university student in the head and knocked her unconscious as she rented her graduation cap and gown outside the bookstore Monday.
Karen Harris, a law student and employee in the School of Music, may have suffered a concussion and neck injuries when winds of up to 30 mph lifted the metal poles, which supported a canopy covering the cap-and-gown sales area, out of their sockets about 1:35 p.m., said Capt. Gil Mahlmeister of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Harris, 25, blacked out for about five minutes, but her vital signs appeared to be good, Mahlmeister said. She was taken to USC-County Medical Center for examination, but a spokeswoman there could not confirm her condition.
equipment," said Frank Mason, head librarian.
Zumberge's statement confirmed the possibility.
"The library learning center will ensure future dentists a study environment where vast stores of knowledge are at their immediate disposal," he said.
William Crawford Jr., dean of the school, said learning will be enhanced for many years as a result of the gift.
"Thrpugh their extraordinary generos-(See Donation, page 8)
Students fall into fire-drill doldrums
By Jeordan Legon
Staff Writer
The first time Karisa Kelly heard the fire alarms go off at Marks Tower, she was scared.
"I thought it was a really big deal," said Kelly, a sophomore majoring in education. "I thought maybe a floor of the building was burning or something."
But that fire in November turned out to be a small trash-chute fire that burned itself out before firemen arrived, and Kelly's fears were put to rest.
Other trash-chute fires followed, though.
After evacuating the building four times, Keily says she now considers the fires routine.
"Now I'm really mellow when I hear the alarms," Kelly said. "I have even been tempted to stay in my room."
Kelly says there have been eight evacuations this year at Marks Tower because of trash-chute fires, false alarms and a flare that was lit in an elevator.
None of the incidents has caused any damages or injuries, but they have led residents to think twice before evacuating when an alarm goes off.
Webb Tower residents, who have had five evacuations this year, have also begun to question whether to leave their apartments during alarms.
"There have been so many, I wonder whether I should leave (See Fires, page 8)