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Volume XCIX, Number 60	University	of	Southern	California	Wednesday,	December	4,	1985
Bovard audience gets sexy with Dr. Ruth Westheimer
By Stacy Sadowski
Staff Writer
Before an audience of over 400 people. Dr. Ruth Westheimer weaved comfortably yesterday through the often closeted issues of sexual problems and misunderstandings.
Her verbal frankness and informative answers about sex have won her a nomination for the National College Speaker of the Year award given by the National Association for Campus Activities.
"This pleases me very much because students never used to listen to anyone over 30, and I'm 57," Westheimer said.
She addressed topics and questions with an overall view of responsibility, and continually emphasized the importance of contraception.
"Sex is not everything in a relationship. I discuss human sexuality to create awareness. . . .It's important to be sexually literate," Westheimer said.
"The more we talk about it and the more we educate, the less we'll need sex therapists," she said.
Sex education begins at the infant stage, and is dependent on parents to correctly inform their
children, Westheimer said. It is normal for toddlers to masturbate, she said, but they should be taught that sexuality is a private matter in our society.
Throughout her speech, Westheimer dispelled several of the wives tales regarding the effects of masturbation. She said the most common misconception is that hair will grow on your palms, then she paused and joked with the crowd, saying she saw a few people checking their hands.
Her "most important" advice for young adults is to never succumb to pressure. There are several methods of pleasure and lots of willing people, so one should never be forced to do something they consider distasteful.
In her latest book, First Love, she offers advice to adolescents and teen-agers on relationships. Nathan Kravetz, an adjunct professor for the School of Education and a long time friend of Westheimer, co-authored the book.
Although Westheimer speaks openly about sex, she maintains what she said are old-fashioned ideas.
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The most common sexual problems include premature ejaculation, main-taming an erection and reaching an orgasm, Westheimer said.
Dr. Ruth Westheimer at Bovard Auditorium.
By Beth Laski
Staff Writer
Rally to launch recruiting drive
Admissions programs announced
"Take USC Home for the Holidays" and "Clone Yourself" are slogans being used to promote an admissions recruitment program that will be officially launched at a noontime rally today in front of Tommy Trojan.
The Take USC Home program was created in a joint effort by the Student Committee on Admissions and Recruitment, SCoar and the Student Senate to increase the interest of prospective students in coming to the university.
It will work by "asking university students to sign up to pick up packets and take them home to their neighborhood high schools or junior colleges," said Dan Springer, a co-chairman of SCoar.
The students will also "speak with students during the Christmas vacation about their feelings about the university," he said.
At the rally, which will be an informational session about the program, President James Zumberge, Kathryn Forte, director of admissions, and a special guest speaker will speak to encourage spirit, said Chris Ciano, president of SCoar.
The University Board of Trustees will be present at the rally to hear Zumberge's speech, said Nicholas Kunst, a co-chairman of the program.
In addition, the band will play and the song girls and
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Students looking for a place to spend the holidays? Well, not quite. Chris Ciano, president of SCoar, and Wally Bobkiewicz, senate student affairs chairman, dressed up as presents to urge students going home for Christmas to recruit their high-school friends to become Trojans.
yell leaders will perform at the rally.
Sign-ups for student participation in the program will continue throughout the week in front of Tommy Trojan.
The program, which is the first one SCoar has worked on with the Student Senate, is an
attempt "to get university students involved in the recruitment process by having them share their USC experiences with counselors and students from their high schools," Ciano said.
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Saint Francis manager: stop rampaging students
By Aaron Van Curen
City Editor
The managing director of the Westin St. Francis Hotel ir. San Francisco said the damage caused by university students to his hotel's property and reputation during the Bay Area Road Trip weekend on Nov. 9 and 10 was "beyond description" in a Nov. 12 letter to James Dennis, vice president for student affairs.
Robert Wilhelm of the St. Francis said in his letter to Dennis that the damage to the hotel would cost between $8,000 and $10,000 to repair and said, "The disturbance to our guests has caused embarrassment and the loss of goodwill with our customers."
"To say that the group who stayed in our hotel and their visitors were unruly and that their behavior was beyond acceptability, would be an understatement," Wilhelm said in his letter.
"We have never been confronted with a group of college representatives that were as rude . . . Wilhelm said in the letter.
One student was arrested over the weekend for assault and battery to an assistant manager of the St. Francis who was attempting to "clear his room due to unacceptable conduct," the letter said. The St. Francis is pressing charges against the student, said a public relations spokeswoman at the hotel.
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Relief efforts planned for victims in Colombia
By Sean Grady
Staff Writer
As part of a fund-raising effort to help survivors of the Nov. 13 volcanic eruption in Colombia that killed nearly 25,000 people, a collection table will be set up near Tommy Trojan from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today and Thursday.
"This has been a rough year for Latin America, with the earthquake (in Mexico City) and now with the Colombian volcano. We feel that we’re obligated to do something, especially since 25,000 people died," said Andrew Barrera, coordinator of the Colombian Relief Effort.
The effort is sponsored by the Hispanic Assembly, El Centro Chicano and the Peace Center.
Like the Mexico City Disaster Relief Effort, the fund raiser is a nonpolitical humanitarian effort, Barrera said. "We want to catch into the same feeling created by the Live Aid, Band Aid and USA for Africa concerts."
Except for the collection tables, this fund raiser will not be the same as the one held in response to the Mexico City earthquake, Barrera said. While that effort relied mainly upon small individual contributions, this one will also include a jog-a-thon, possibly a dance and
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