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The university must explain the drop in admission applications — page 4.
performance
Let’s not forget what watching TV is all about
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sports
The men’s volleyball team sweeps Pepperdine in three games — page 16.
Battle lines drawn by senators vying for executive office
By Kathleen Berry
Staff Writer
Student senators began nominating each other for their own “in-house" elections of executive officers Wednesday night, signaling the start of a weeklong battle of platforms — pitting senator against senator for the power of the presidency.
The president, vice president, graduate and undergraduate speakers and the director of the graduate Program Board will be voted into office by the senators on Wednesday, March 23 during the senate's regular 5:30 p.m. meeting.
This week marks the beginning of extensive lobbying efforts aimed at newly elected members. Current senators say they have already been approached by competing candidates and in past elections, the lobbying has taken its toll on senators.
“There's a lot of lobbying for votes, and I got caught up in that last year when I was a new senator," said Tara Brigham, a current senator who is running for undergraduate speaker. "I'm really sensitive to that."
“It's a tough position to be in for people who are new," said Dave Wells, a graduate senator who is running for graduate speaker.
As of Wednesday, three sena-(Continued on page 3)
In-house senate elections President Phil Clement — Stu-Q Alison Smith — Stu-Q Jacques Bouvier — C Vice-president
David Simon — Grad Gina Brown — G James Ainsworth — RH J. P. Singh — LAS
Undergraduate speaker
Gantry Wilson — G Tara Brigham — RH
Graduate speaker
David Wells — LAS John Geranios — Grad
Graduate Program Board
Daniel Salzer
KeyrC = CommuterG = Greek;
Grad = Graduate;LAS = Graduate of Letters, Arts and Sciences;
RH = Residence Ha!is;Stu-Q = Student Community
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KRISHNA, KRISHNA — Bhatka Milan Struyk and Jogai Nitai Oasa, two of several Hare Krlshnas on campus Thursday to hand out books and and pamphlets while preaching the word of Krishna.
Volume CIV, Number 47	University	of	Southern	California	Friday,	March	18,	1988
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Youth is no handicap, aspiring brokers told
By Shannon Rafferty
Staff Writer
Although brokerage firms often adopt hiring practices of “unintentional age discrimination," they generally look for people who can be trained easily and can obtain clients rapidly, a vice president of Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. told a crowd of future stockbrokers Thursday.
Melvin Reiter, vice president of investments at Dean Witter's Beverly Hills office, delivered his positive message to about 40 students at a meeting of the Hong Kong Student Association in Topping Student Center.
While acknowledging that people in sales average 30 years of age, Reiter assured the youthful audience that managers do hire eager and competent indi-
viduals, regardless of age.
"All you have to do is convince the manager you can do the job," he said.
Reiter indicated that the most common entry-level position for students is sales assistant. From there, they can become stockbrokers after they've proven they can handle the job, he said.
He warned that students, as new employees, need to establish "ground rules" for how long they want to work as a sales assistant, or they may get "disenchanted and leave."
Reiter said that if young employees can be promoted past the sales assistant position, being a good broker involves keeping in touch with as many clients as possible.
"Ninety percent of a broker's (Continued on page 6)
Jackson aide demands fair treatment of Palestinians in Shultz’s peace plan
By Chris Eftychiou
5an writer
A Middle East adviser of presidential candidate Jesse Jackson told a small audience in Taper Hall of Humanities on Thursday that Palestinian interests in Israel aren't being considered fairly in the United States.
James Zogby, who is also executive director of the Arab-American Institute, harshly criticized the Middle East peace plan that U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz offeree^. The plan met with harsh criticism last week from the Israeli leadership and the Palestine Liberation Organization.
“Clearly the Shultz approach and the Reagan approach are inadequate," Zogby said. "It is not a peace plan. It is not even a piece of a peace plan. Shultz invited the wrong people. That's why they didn't come."
Zogby said Palestinians should be included in any summit. When Shultz offered the U.S. plan in Israel earlier this month, Palestinian interests were indirectly represented by Jordanian officials — an inadequate provision, he said.
He charged that Shultz disqualified himself as a mediator by siding with the Israelis. "The Reagan and Shultz plan is defective and flawed from the
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JIMMY LEE / DAILY TROJAN
Mel Reiter (center), vice president of investments at Dean Witter, talks about how college students can break into the stock brokerage business as Hong Kong Student Association members Ian Cheung, the group’s chief executive officer, and Calvin Chen, president, listen.