Graduate student leads white-hot	| Remembering history’s lessons See Viewpoint, page 5		Swimmers cold
			in imuaa Tinais, finish in 5th place See Sports, page 28
rap duo Maroon See Performance, page 9	Shooting victim still frightened See News, page 7		
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Volume CVIII, Number 50
University of Southern California
Tuesday, April 4, 1989
P.E. degree to be phased out
In Brief
From the Associated Press
WORLD
New program sets immigration record
BANGKOK, Thailand — A record number of Vietnamese refugees and immigrants left for the United States last month under the Orderly Departure Program, the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok said Monday.
The 3,662 refugees numbered 1,401 more than the previous monthly high. Among those were 2,071 Amer-asians, children fathered by U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War, and their relatives, the embassy said.
STATE
Earthquake shakes Northern California
SAN JOSE — An earthquake rumbled through Northern California on Monday to help mark the state’s Earthquake Preparedness Month, breaking glass and dumping items from shelves but causing no injuries or serious damage.
The earthquake registered magnitude 4.4 at UC Berkeley, 4.9 at the U.S. Geological Survey in nearby Menlo Park and 4.5 at the state Office of Emergency Services.
LOCAL
Man chases thieves, killed during pursuit
A good Samaritan who chased a group of men allegedly trying to steal a neighbor’s truck died Monday, a few hours after he was shot during the pursuit, police said.
Darris Garvin, 37, of North Hollywood died early Monday after interrupting suspects attempting to steal a pickup truck that belonged to another tenant of his apartment complex, police said. He was shot in the stomach.
INSIDE
Komix............................................. 3
Security Roundup........................ 3
Viewpoint...................................... 4
Sports ........................................m 28
WEATHER
Today —
Hazy sunshine with high in mid-80s. Wednesday — Fair skies, high may reach 90, low in 60s.
By Jeordan Legon
Staff Writer
Starting this fall, students interested in a physical education degree will have to go elsewhere, following a decision by university officials to phase out the major.
"It was decided that our program was not producing as much as others in the areas of academics and research," said Robert Wiswell, chairman of the physical education program.
The program, originally designed to train physical education teachers, was one of the most respected in the nation 25
years ago, said Bob Girandola, associate professor of exercise science.
But in the past 10 years, enrollment has been low because of a declining need for physical education teachers, Girandola said.
"There are hardly any jobs out there for physical education degree majors," he said. "I hope people will realize the importance of physical education in the future, because a lot of them are lacking physical fitness."
The cost of tuition, relative to the salary that graduates can expect to earn as physical education teachers, also influenced
enrollment, Wiswell said.
In December, as part of the phasing-out process, the name of the physical education department was changed to the exercise science department, Wiswell said.
"As the department has been reduced in size, my job has become easier," he said. "But I am still a physical education person and I hate to have lost something that was a tradition at USC."
Exercise science is a more popular major than physical education, with an enrollment of 210 undergraduates. It was (See P.E., page 7)
Supporting Oscar
MICHAEL KIM / DAILY TROJAN
Geena Davis poses Wednesday with the Oscar she won at the Shrine Auditorium. Davis was named Best Supporting Actress for her role in Lawrence Kasdan’s “The Accidental Tourist”
Judicial council denies appeal to void election
By Bryan Culp
Staff Writer
The judicial council unanimously rejected an ap-peal Monday to nullify the second Student Senate election and hold a third one.
The complaint was filed by Ken Dubberly, president of Young Americans for Freedom, whose bid for a student community seat failed. Dubberly filed the complaint late March 23, before the election results had been released.
The complaint charged that KSCR actively endorsed about 20 candidates within the no-campaigning zone around the voting booth near Tommy Trojan. According to election rules, no campaigning by any parties was allowed in that area.
"This gave other candidates an unfair advantage," Dubberly said.
Dubberly said Hanh Cao, chairwoman of the elections committee, was notified of the infraction but failed to correct it.
"It ended because KSCR was leaving, not because of anything Hanh did," he said.
The council called KSCR's involvement immoral, but not sufficient to invalidate the election.
"To overturn this election there would have had to be more evidence than in the first decision," said Councilman Dave Nichols. "But, as it turned out, there was roughly an eighth as much evidence."
Nichols said a second nullification would only have trivialized the election process.
"Having a second election helped increase student awareness of the senate, but a third one would only hurt," Nichols said. "I felt having another one would make the elections seem Wee a 'Rocky' movie."
Dubberly said he would appeal the decision again to the council.
(See Appeal, page 2)
Alumnus nominated for state Supreme Court
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Trojan alumni would hold four of the seven seats on the California Supreme Court if Joyce Kennard is confirmed to the state's highest court in mid-April as is expected.
Kennard is currently associate justice of the state Court of Appeal, 2nd District.
Pending expected approval by the state Senate, she will join Chief Justice Malcolm Lucas and justices David Eagleson and Marcus Kaufman to be-
come the fourth USC graduate on the
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t a master's degree in public administration and a Juris Doctor degree from the Law Center in 1974.
After graduating, Kennard worked in the criminal division of the Los Angeles attorney general's office until 1979, when she accepted a post as senior research attorney in the state
Court of Appeal.
In 1986, she was appointed to the Los Angeles Municipal Court and the next year was elevated to the San Fernando branch of the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Lucas received his bachelor's from the university and was a 1953 graduate of the Law Center. He was sworn in as associate justice in 1984 and became the court's chief justice in 1987.
Eagleson, a 1950 graduate of the Law Center, has been an associate jus-(See Judge, page 3)