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Recent television programs have been detrimental to society. See page 4.
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Interviews with Jamaica’s Jimmy Cliff and Israel’s Ofra Haza. See page 9.
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Trojans rout Portland 81-61 to improve its record to 3-0. See page 23.
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Volume CVIt, Number 56
University of Southern California
Tuesday, November 29, 1988
OFF AND RUNNING
MICHAEL KIM / DAILY TROJAN
Notre Dame quarterback Tony Rice heads upfieid with the ball during Saturday’s game. The Fighting Irish defeated the Trojans, 27-10 to retain the nation’s No. 1 ranking. See page 24.
Senate proposal sent to trustees
Student representation, voting rights requested
By Colette Maandig
Staff Writer
The Student Senate has sent a proposal to the Board of Trustees requesting student representatives as voting members on the board, a student senator said Monday.
The board's Student Affairs Committee must approve the proposal before it is sent to the entire board for a vote at their Dec. 7 meeting.
"We've been getting a lot of strong feedback from the administration," said Gantry Wilson, Greek senator and undergraduate speaker. "We have a real strong shot of getting it."
The senate requested one student voting member and one non-voting member on six of the eight Board of Trustees committees.
In addition to representation on committees, the Student Senate hopes to place a student on the Board of Trustees within two years, Wilson said.
"The whole importance is making sure we get a voting student member," he said. 'It's symbolic. It's a chance for students to have input in their $16,000-a-year investments."
(See Trustees, page 6)
Student-supported petition urges university divestment
By Colette Maandig
Staff Writer
Members of the USC Divestment Coalition collected over 1,000 signatures Monday urging the university to divest from corporations that do business in South Africa, group organizers said.
The group protested a meeting of the university's Committee on Investments and Social Responsibility in which South Africa's consul general spoke about USC's investments in that country.
Victor Zajerha, South Africa's consul general, spoke to the committee about reform going on within the country, said Brad Walters, Greek senator and
member of the committee.
But students protested the meeting with the consul general, saying he would urge the Board of Trustees "not to divest," said Roshen Kishun, a representative of the Southern Africa Student Committee.
"This is most outrageous. It's obvious that he will not urge divestment," Kishun said.
But Walters said the committee has met with political scientists and businessmen to "get the full range of the spectrum," to decide the university's policy on divestment.
"What we try to do in all the meetings is ask ourselves what is the best way to affect a corrective change in South Africa," he (See Petitions, page 8)
Pre-registration by telephone called a success
By Lisa Ginther
Staff Writer
Despite some minor prob-touchtone telephone registration has gone smoothly since its initiation Nov. 21, University Registrar Howard Saperston said Monday.
'Touchtone is a success," Saperston said. In three days, "We have done 10 percent of our goal, which is 20,000 preregistrations."
A, total of 2,073 registrations were entered before Thanksgiving break, he said, whereas in-person registrations totaled 19,315 last year.
(See Registration, page 3)
Student raped at gunpoint in dorm
Fourth assault unrelated to prior attacks; Officials believe suspect could be student
By Brad Bowlin
Assistant City Editor
A female resident of Pardee Tower was raped at gunpoint Friday afternoon, University Security reported.
The rape is the fourth reported sexual assault to have occurred in university housing since Oct. 16.
At 3:20 p.m. Friday, the victim answered a knock at her door only to be forced back into her room and raped by a man carrying a blue steel automatic pistol, Sgt. John Lewis of University Security said Monday.
The description of the attacker, an 18- to 20-year-old Asian, 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing about 130 pounds, does not match the description given by the victims of three earlier attacks at university apartments located near Adams Boulevard.
Although the victim called the Pardee front desk minutes after the rapist left her room, no one has reported seeing anyone matching the description around the building at that time, said Chief Steven Ward of University Security.
Los Angeles Police Department officers responded and took the victim to Beverly Hills Medical Center where she was examined and released, Ward said.
Investigators do not know if the attacker is a student, Lewis said, adding that "it is possible, based on age alone, that he is a student."
The rapist was wearing a dark blue jacket and white or light-colored pants, according to a security bulletin distributed among university housing the day of the attack.
Ward said the attack was "frustrating" for security officers who have been working overtime for three weeks in response to earlier attacks at off-campus apartments.
The incident spurred additional security measures at on-campus residential buildings.
Unarmed community service officers regularly patrol North and South Complex buildings from 8 p.m. until 4 a.m., said Lt. George Phipps of University Security. The officers will now walk through the buildings around the clock, he said.
(See Assault, page 7)
Vaccination lines shrink; health officials anticipate another wave of measles
By Karen Denne
Staff Writer
The lines for students to receive measles vaccinations have shrunk from over 600 last Wednesday to 38 Monday, although some health officials are anticipating another wave of the disease to hit campus by the end of the week.
Two more students were diagnosed with measles Monday, bringing the total number of cases to 45 — a lower figure than the one reported last week because several cases were cotinted twice, said Dr. Allan Ebbin, director of the Student Health Center.
"At this point, it's too early to say whether the outbreak has died down," said Paul Frederick, epidemiology analyst at the Los Angeles County Immunization Program.
"The incubation period is two weeks, so the theory is we should have another wave," Frederick said. "A large number of cases should be occurring right about now."
"If you don't immunize, the second (wave) can be larger than the first," Ebbin said.
The chance of quelling the epidemic is likely because most of the students who received vaccinations were between 18 to 20 years old, Ebbin said.
"We may have been able to stem the tide of the epidemic by immunizing that age group," he said. "Even though the health department says we may have another wave, my guess is because so many people showed up and pulled up their sleeves, we may have been able to break the curve of the epidemic. Only time will tell."
Health officials should know by next week whether the epidemic is under control. "We'll just have to wait and see," Frederick said.
As of last Friday 3,600 people had received the vaccination, Ebbin said.
"The health department feels that there will be a second wave. I have no way of knowing whether the 3,600 doses of vac-(See Measles, page 6)