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Volume XCIX, Number 12
University of Southern California
Wednesday, September 18, 1985
Beer sales limited at Coliseum events
No suds on tap after third quarter
By Joan Whitney
Staff Writer
With the first home football game coming up this Saturday, fans at the Coliseum may find a big surprise — new alcohol regulations have been imposed.
In an effort to control the conduct of unruly fans during games, the Coliseum is enforcing new rules limiting the
Two uniformed police officers will be stationed at each concession stand to enforce the rules and regulations. Plain-clothes officers will also be present at all events.
Police will pay particular attention to people who look underaged or appear to be inhebriated in order to prevent them from purchasing alcohol,
The purpose of preventing fans from purchasing alcohol during the fourth quarter, Pantell said, is to give the fans a chance to sober up and to keep them off the brink of intoxication before they drive home.
amount of alcohol that may be purchased by the fans.
The sale of beer to fans will now be prohibited after the third quarter at all Coliseum events.
There will also be a two beer-per-purchase limit throughout the stadium to curb alcohol consumption and to prevent people who are over 21 from buying alcohol for minors.
"We are concerned with the people who come into here. We want to make it fun, we want to make it safe," said Linda Pantell, assistant manager of the Coliseum.
Coliseum officials said.
The number of policemen deployed during events at the Coliseum has increased dramatically from the figures last year, officials added.
Pantell said that because "of the excessive rowdiness that we have experienced at all events at the Coliseum," these rules and regulations will be strictly enforced.
"We are going to do whatever we can to create a safe environment. . .we want our fans to be safe driving home,” Pantell said.
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jf Lawsuit denies students cable access for at least three years
By Corii Berg
Staff Writer
As a result of a lawsuit involving the city of Los Angeles and Preferred Communications, university students may not receive cable ; services for at least three years, said Ed Perez, deputy city attorney.
-	Preferred Communications, a cable company owned by Caufman and Broad Co., is suing the City of Los Angeles because the City refused to let it sell its service in the already franchised South Central district.
"Their (Preferred Communications) basis for the lawsuit is that the city is violating their first amendment rights,"said Perez.
"They figure that they should be just like a newspaper,"said Dave Talcott, public utilities engineer at the Department of Telecommunications.
"They figure that they should be able to set up a franchise anywhere they feel would net them a profit," he added.
The case went to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Although the , dty won a couple of points in the case, so did Preferred Communica- ; :;;tions, said Perez. The case has not yet been accepted by the Supreme T-Oliirt
Fair to inform students about crime, safety
By Tommy Li
Staff Writer
University Security and the Student Senate are sponsoring a "Crime Prevention and Safety Fair" in Alumni Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today.
"Be an informed and active citizen in the fight for a safe and secure community" is one message the security officers will be stressing, said Dexter Thomas, senior security officer.
Senior Security Officer Linda Miller is coordinating the event along with Thomas and Lilly Araya, chairwoman of the senate's student affairs research action unit.
Other topics to be discussed at the fair include preventing thefts, auto safety, personal safety, and home safety, said Thomas.
"I'm really excited, because I think students need to become aware of the precautions they should take, and this (fair) is meant to increase their awareness," Arava said.
Booths manned by vendors of office, home, and personal security products will make demonstrations at the fair.
Other tents will provide shelter, and balloons will be (Continued on page 2)
Council seeks model community
Urban problems explored by new board
By Dana Glad
Assistant Gty Editor
The Office of Civic and Community Relations is coordinating efforts to “develop a model community" in this area of Los Angeles within 20 years, said Alvin Rudisill, university chaplain and director of the office.
The office, which was created last spring by President James Zumberge, is working closely with civic and community leaders on several strategies for
bringing businesses into the area, Rudisill, who also serves as the office director, said.
These efforts include a proposal for a Ford Foundation Grant and a Los Angeles City Council plan that was sent to the state and survived the initial selection process, he said.
"The university's attitude is we think we know what a lot of the problems might be, but we need to evaluate them in cooperation with community people,
Rudisill said about 60 people have agreed to serve on the university's Council of Community Related Programs.
"They are all equally important people representing an incredibly diverse range of backgrounds—(civic) government, business organizations, and ethnic leadership groups," he said.
The council will examine the "whole spectrum of urban problems," including housing, job training and education, Rudisill said.
There has already been one formal meeting "to begin to define the whole community situation in terms of what USC is doing," he added.
The Office of Civic and Community Relations is also working to coordinate tasks between the university and the community by analyzing and assimilating data gathered by various other organizations in a process that began last spring, Rudisill said.
The first strategy for gaining funding for the redevelopment project involves a proposal that will be sent next month to the Ford Foundation, which is currently interested in the role urban universities and medical centers can play in the revitalization of their surroundings, the chaplain said.
This is "a critical opportunity for us," Rudisill said.
Ford has received applications from about 20-25 universities with medical center sites in proximity, and expects a spirit of joint venture with the community, Rudisill said.
The foundation does not award a set amount of money, but evaluates the needs of individual proposals, a foundation representative in New York City said.
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