Stars Cusack, Skye ‘Say Anything* in an unlikely love story
See Performance, page 11
Left, right deal in the same rhetoric
_ See Viewpoint, page 4
Bargains abound in lost and found
See News, page 9
Rodney Peete raps about where he’ll be after Sunday’s draft
See Sports, page 28
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Volume CVIII, Number 62
University of Southern California
Thursday, April 20, 1989
In Brief
From the Associated Press
WORLD
Protesters throw bombs onto U.S. military base
SEOUL, South Korea — Striking workers and radical students fought police in at least 10 cities Wednesday, and protesters in Seoul threw a score of firebombs into a U.S. military base.
Thousands of students hurled firebombs and rocks at police on the anniversary of a student uprising April 19,1960, that brought down the authoritarian government of President Syngman Rhee.
NATION
Battleship’s gun turret explodes, kills 75 sailors
NORFOLK, Va. — A huge gun turret packed with gunpowder exploded in flames on the battleship USS Iowa near Puerto Rico on Wednesday, killing at least 75 sailors in one of the worst naval disasters since the Vietnam War.
The death toll from the accident, which happened during a gunnery exercise, “could go higher, but we don’t know at this point,” said Lt. Cmdr. Steve Burnett.
STATE
Suspect in killing spree found in Mexico; 6 buried
PETALUMA — As six of the seven victims of a bloody killing spree were laid to rest on a quiet, green hillside Wednesday, authorities found and planned to extradite murder suspact Ramon Salcido from his native Mexico.
Law enforcment officials had scoured the state for the 28-year-old winery worker since his wife, two children, mother-in-law, two sisters-in-law and a co-worker were found slashed or shot to death Friday.
INSIDE
Viewpoint....................................... 4 Komix............................................. 6 Security Roundup........................ 6 Performance..................................11
Sports.......................................... 28
WEATHER
Today —
Hazy sunshine with high in mid-70s Friday — Patchy fog with high in upper 70s
Swing Shift
David Milhous / Dalty Trojan
Scott Kanady, a ROTC cadet and junior majoring in music, hangs out in his hammock next to Norris Cinema Theater.
Videos examine racism
Collegiate views of blacks depicted by UCSB projects
By Vivien Lou Chen
Staff Writer
A racially balanced roomful of 57 students and staff members spent the better part of Wednesday watching videos. What they saw was a depiction of college life as seen through the eyes of black students.
The videos, produced at UC Santa Barbara, were shown here to address student concern about racial tensions on and off campus, said the Rev. Diane Kenney of United Ministry.
It was the first time the videos had been shown at a Southern California campus outside of UCSB.
Two campus ministries. United Ministry and American Baptists on Campus, sponsored the five-hour conference, “Racism: The Students' Experience," which began at 11 a.m.
An equal number of students and staff members sat quietly as the videos were shown in a small room at the University Religious Center.
Funded by federal grants and its student services, UCSB began to produce the videos in 1987,
following a black minstrel show on campus that offended many black students, said the Rev. Merle Lehman, the campus minister.
Kenney said plans for Wednesday's conference were initiated last spring when she first called Lehman and Richard Jenkins, director of student services at UCSB, asking them to show the videos here.
Spring is the perfect time to present the videos, she said, because "historically, in the spring, people become more socially concerned."
Racism has been a "component of all institutions and USC is just one of those institutions, Kenney said.
"There have always been difficulties, but now people are crossing racial lines and talking more."
Though 300 letters of invitation were sent three months ago to professors, staff members and student organizations, no faculty members showed up, Kenney said.
She said she was nonetheless "pleased and grateful that that many people took the better part of their day to come."
In response to questions about why the videos focused on just black and white racial differences, Jenkins said all current research (See Racism, page 7) ..... ‘
Servis named first records, registrar dean
By Tara Sheehy
Staff Writer
Kenneth Servis, university marshal, has been named the university's first dean of academic records and registrar, a position he will assume June 1.
While Servis and other university officials verified the offer and his acceptance of the position, the office of Provost Cornelius Pings was unwilling to confirm the appointment.
Servis said he welcomes the challenge of the new position.
"I consider myself a problem solver, and I like to work with big problems," Servis said Wednesday.
The new position, Servis said, will be more academically oriented than the position of registrar, which Howard Saperston will continue to fill.
Servis said his ideas for programs and reports include: a new system for student advisement, periodic reports on students' progress toward a degree and a study of reasons why students change majors.
"All of this still has to be organized," Servis said, "but we're hopefully going to have information personnel."
The provost's office established a search committee to find a dean of admissions and financial aid as well as the new position. Robert Biller will be interim dean of admissions and financial aid until a replacement can be found.
"Our committee received a description of the position from the provost's office and our job was to find the best person qualified," said Peter Clarke, dean of the Annenberg School of Communications and chairman of the search committee.
(See Servis, page 8)
Recycling drive
Earth Day to promote ecological awareness
By Bill Swindell	|
Staff Writer
Though the emphasis will be on recycling, today's Earth Day Environmental Fair will try to raise student interest in ecology, especially in the wake of the Exxon oil-tanker disaster and the ongoing destruction of Amazonian rain forests.
Students, staff and faculty members are encouraged to deposit newspapers and aluminum cans in bins in front of Tommy Trojan. Also, many ecological groups will have booths set up to promote conservationist causes.
"Earth Day started in the '70s as a focal point for environmental causes. It was used to rally all these different efforts," said Dave Crandall, planning committee member of SCRAP, the last three letters of which stand for "recycling awareness process."
Crandall said he would like to bring this annual tradition back to the university.
SCRAP was started this semester, and its members hope the Earth Day festival will boost participation, Crandall said.
'It's exciting for me to see the enthusiasm and commitment of these students. I haven't seen this much within the last five years," said Joseph Kertes, associate dean of the College of Letters,. Arts and Sciences and SCRAP adviser.
Profits from the event will benefit programs for the homeless and future SCRAP programs, Crandall said.
Crandall said he would like to see a recycling pro-similar to the one at Long Beach (See Recycle, page 18)