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Volume C, Number 68	University of Southern California	Friday, April 25, 1986
8 arrested at med campus during animal rights rally
JOEL ORDESKY DAILY TROJAN
Eight animal research protesters were arrested Thursday morning on the Medical Sciences Campus.
By Gerhard Taeubel
Staff Writer
Eight animal rights demonstrators were arrested at the Health Sciences Campus Thursday after presenting a university administrator with a list of demands calling for unscheduled access to the university's animal research program and forming a human blockade in front of the Doheny Eye Foundation.
The demonstration by the "April 24 Coalition” was only one in a number of protests at universities nationwide. According to the group's hotline, the demonstrations resulted in the arrests of 129 protestors at eight campuses, including 50 arrests at UCLA.
About 25 picketing demonstrators started their protest at the Health Science Campus at approximately 9:30 a.m., de-
University Center funding being sought
By Aaron Van Curen
City Editor
Three potential donors, each considering gifts near or over SI million, are being courted by the Development Office to fund the planned University Center.
One donor, with whom the university has been negotiating for at least three months, is reported to be considering a $6.5 million gift, more than half the amount needed to fund the center.
Several sources close to and in the administration have said this donor has made a verbal commitment to the donation, but has not signed the papers. An announcement of this donation is expected next fall.
The extended negotiation period with no announcement of agreement had led to speculation that the donation might be in jeopardy, but Jim Appleton, vice president for development, said the donation is intact.
He said the university is also seeking a multi-million dollar grant from a private foundation and is courting another donor, who is considering a seven-figure gift.
The Development Office is also talking with “several other . . . donors of other dimensions," Appleton said.
Appleton said he expected to have full
funding for the building secured by next fall: "There is sufficient progress in seeking private funds and there is every reason to believe we'll be able to begin ground breaking in the fall."
The administration's policy in the past has been to require that all funding for a building be secured before ground breaking, but it appears that the University Center construction will begin next fall, even if onlv partially funded.
"The president believes it is important enough to do some bridge financing," allowing construction to begin on the assumption that funding will be forthcoming, Appleton said.
The call for the center first went up 11 years ago, and the Student Senate has often led the drive for its construction.
The senate has passed annual resolutions calling for the center's construction and last year led a pack of students dribbling basketballs around the campus in a rally supporting construction of the center.
Student Senate President Wally Bobkiewicz said, "The Student Senate will keep prodding the administration."
Bobkiewicz encouraged President James Zumberge to use bridge financing if necessary, but said, "Since the university is embarking on the development
campaign, the money will be there eventually."
The development campaign, scheduled to begin next year, will be called "Leadership for the 21st Century,'' and is planned to bring in $557 million by 1990.
Contributions for the University Center would be part of the campaign's $140 million goal for capital improvements.
All donations made since July 1, 1984 will be counted in the campaign total.
The plans for the center, which will be built on the lot between the McDonald's Swim Stadium and 34th Street, were approved last summer by the University Planning Commission.
The plans are for a 66,000-square-foot facility that includes offices for student organizations, men's and women's locker areas, showers, a jacuzzi, and a multi-use recreation room that has a weight room and eight courts for either racquetball, squash or handball on its first floor.
The second-floor plans are for two gymnasiums, one of which will seat 1,600 spectators.
The street between King Hall and the center will become a mall, and the side of the building facing the swim stadium will be grandstand seating for events at the pool.
manding access to the university vivarium and staging a blockade of the entrances to the Doheny building, said Dexter Thomas, senior officer of security at the Health Sciences Campus.
Sgt. John Vanelli of LAPD's Hollenbeck station said the demonstrators handed Dr. Robert Benedict, assistant vice president of health affairs, with a list of four demands. Benedict attended the protest to meet with the group.
A major demand of the coalition was for unscheduled access to research laboratories by a committee, organized by the animal rights group, to monitor and document experimental procedures and observe the conditions in which research animals are kept. In addition, the group is also seeking the creation of a "right of conscience" program for students refusing to dissect or vivisect research animals, an opening of discussions between the university and animal rights groups to develop plans to end university reliance on animal experimentation, and an end to the use of lost or abandoned pets for research purposes.
After presenting Benedict with the demands, eight demonstrators, ignoring orders to disperse, attempted to enter the Doheny building and "forced themselves into a human chain," Vanelli said. The protestors repeatedly shouted to open the doors, he said.
He said the eight protestors, none of whom attended this university, were arrested and booked for disturbing the peace, but were later released.
"We're very pleased with the arrests," said Margo Tannenbaum, national media coordinator for the April 24 Coalition and president of Last Chance for Animals.
Other demonstrators continued to circle the Health Sciences Campus until approximately 11 a.m., Thomas said.
Some university students were part of the support group, Tannenbaum said.
According to the April 24 Coalition, an umbrella organization for 30 animal rights and welfare groups, protests were staged at 10 U.S. universities — seven of those in California. In addition to this university and UCLA, 10 demonstrators were arrested at UC Irvine, five were arrested at UC San Diego, 22 protesters <Continued on page 24)
Eminent scholar chosen to speak at graduation
By Daphne Nugent
Staff Writer
Dr. David A. Hamburg, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and Chairman of the Board of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, has been chosen to speak at the 1986 Commencement ceremonies. He will also be awarded an honorary degree from the university.
The graduation speaker is chosen by President James Zumberge.
"The Office of the President makes the decision based on recommendations from many areas; from faculty members or from people in administration," said Janet Chaudhuri, assistant provost. "But the ultimate decision is made by the president."
Hamburg was approved by the faculty honorary degrees committee, the university administration, and the board of trustees to receive the honorary degree from the university. He was also highly recommended by the administration at the medical campus.
"He’s a very eminent individual, he's an eminent scholar in many different aspects of academia. He's also an excellent speaker," Chauduri said.
Hamburg, who holds a degree in psychiatry, is a researcher and public policy maker. He has encouraged an interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of human behavior, exploring how genetic and physiological factors affect human behavior.
Hamburg polled members of the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine shortly after he assumed the presidency in 1975, and found that the problem of smoking headed the list of the most serious health issues facing the nation. His findings were _(Continued on page 11)
1985-86: The year in review
By Douglas Lytle
Editor
While the 1985-86 school year lacked a major event like the heckling of Walter Mondale or the afterglow from the 1984 Summer Olympics, the university was touched by many good and bad moments to remember. There were incidents that made us wince out in pain or disgust and positive events that we will uncork and recall fondly in the years ahead.
Of the major events, most will recall the emotion-charged speech by Bishop Desmond Tutu to 8,000 people in Alumni Park, or the poignant lowering of the American flag to half staff following the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.
But how many will remember the small events that touched the lives of the university community — like the late-night closing of Tommy's restaurant because of crowds? Others might remember the administration's turnabout on a university holiday for Martin Luther King Jr. Students will get the holiday;
how many will remember the protest it took to get it? To help you remember, here is a smattering of the major moments that touched our lives this year:
Our fall semester began suspiciously enough with the revelation that there were tiny larvae in our water system, causing many to take showers with their mouths closed and sending many to drink only purified water. Nearly an entire school year later, Physical Plant said the problem had been corrected.
Jon Strauss, the senior vice president for administration, resigned to become president of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. He was replaced by Lyn Hutton, who became the university's first female vice president.
Students finally got a chance to share good times and have a drink in their own pub, Traditions, which opened in October. Traditions has been playing to steady business ever since, although they did have a number of problems with rowdy drinkers.
The football team was, as usual, in the headlines, what with a new recruiting scandal that claimed an assistant coach, Russ Purnell, and several future scholarships. The team also finished with a disappointing 6-5 record, although they finally beat UCLA and returned the Victory Bell to the university after three long years. Football coach Ted Tollner also probably saved his job by pulling out the win over the Bruins, 17-13, and securing a post-season Aloha Bowl game, which the Trojans lost, 24-3.
The planned recreation center took a major step forward with (Continued on page 10)
Last DT
Today's issue is the last Daily Trojan for the Spring semester under the editorship of Douglas Lytle. The DT will resume next fall under the editorship of Aaron Van Curen.