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Volume CVII, Number 23
University of Southern California
Friday, October 7, 1988
Police describe students’ time in Southwest jail
By John Matthews
Staff Writer
For some 20 university students who will find themselves arrested and taken to the dty's Southwest Station this year, going to jail may be an eye-opening experience.
Students arrested in the USC area are taken to what some call “Southwest Hotel," a facility of the Los Angeles Police Department where they can be held for up to 48 hours and are treated the same as any other suspect, said Lt. Larry Sewell, watch commander at Southwest jail. The jail is located at 1546 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
"If someone thinks they're going to receive special consideration because they go to USC, they're in for a very, very huge surprise," said Lt. Nick Backay, commanding officer of the LAPD's Southwest Detective Division.
Sewell told of an incident involving a “20-year-old cheerleader-type" who was arrested on a traffic warrant.
Sewell described the picture of a "white coed who's got a doctor for a daddy" in the same cell with "10 of the filthiest, scuzziest-looking prostitutes" as "a real culture dash."
"She backed into a comer," Sewell said.
"If you think you're going to sit in the watch command-
Graduate’s study finds harassment high at university
By Chris Eftychiou
Staff Writer
A study of graduate women at the university has found that mere than 20 percent of those surveyed have either experienced or known of sexual harassment on campus.
Of the more than 810 graduate women surveyed, 11 percent described specific inddents of sexual harassment including "subtle messages that women are inferior . . . sexism by professors . . . sexual jokes . . . (and) condescending faculty," the study reported.
In addition, women said they
were "not being taken seriously" and felt there was a "lack of entrance into the 'old boys' network of male graduate students and male faculty."
Nancy Silberman, author of the 1986 Graduate Women Survey, was a graduate student in the department for the Study of Women and Men in Society when the study was completed.
Copies of the report were sent to various administrators and department heads during the summer of 1988, two years after the study was completed.
Of those surveyed, 12.1 percent said they knew of more (See Harass, page 9)
Student senators fight tuition taxing
MICHAEL KIM / DAILY TROJAN
One of the holding cells in the Los Angeles Police Department’s Southwest Station where students arrested In the campus area are taken and treated like all other prisoners.
er's office waiting, you've got another thing coming," he said.
The majority of the students taken to the jail each
year are arrested for traffic warrants.
On weekends, the cells at Southwest Station are packed (See Jail, page 3)
By Sabrina Thomas
Staff Writer
Graduate senators at Wednesday night's Student Senate meeting formed a committee to lobby against a bill that could impose taxes on those receiving tuition remissions.
The bill was debated Thursday in the U.S. Senate.
In a memo to the Student Senate, Michael Halloran, associate vice president for external af-
fairs, said the bill contains a provision giving tax exemptions to students who receive a free education and a stipend in return for undergraduate coursework.
Thus, the bill, which makes technical corrections to the 1986 Tax Reform Act, would require only graduate students to pay taxes on their tuition remissions.
About 6,000 graduate students at the university would be (See Senate, page 7)
New horse, reggae bash highlight homecoming
Traveler IV’ replaces father as team mascot
By Kay Devgan
Staff Writer
Students attending Saturday's football game and homecoming festivities can see Traveler IV, the Arabian gelding who has replaced Traveler III as the university's offidal mascot.
"The horse really inspires the crowds. We have him out there during our defensive charges, and he gets the team going," said Don Ludwig, director of In-tramural-Recreation.
"Traveler is great! He symbolizes everything about USC. You know — he's the Trojan Horse," said Mickey Hovey, a senior in music education. "He's all white, a good guy, a winner — (See Traveler, page 2)
MICHAEL CULROSS JR. / DAILY TROJAN
These familiar booths began appearing on Trousdale Park again Thursday as part of preparation for this weekend’s homecoming activities. The high point of the festivities for returning alumni is Saturday’s football game with Oregon at the Coliseum.
Crowning of Mr., Miss USC wraps up weekday festivities
By Jenelle Marsh
Staff Writer
The theme, "A Hundred Years, A Million Cheers!" represents this year's homecoming as Trojan Athletics marks its centennial.
Homecoming week activities have drawn students and alumni to the university as various cam-pus organizations have teamed up to celebrate the annual event.
The new Mr. and Miss USC are Patrick Walker, a senior political sdence major, and Erin O'Malia, a senior majoring in political sdence and communications. They were crowned by the Program Board during last night's Reggae Bash in front of Tommy Trojan.
Various campus groups competed in events like a Tommy's burger-eating contest, tug-of-war, bat relay, three-legged race and egg toss.
"The exdtement of the football team winning has brought the students' spirit to a high," senior Yvette Bates said.
(See Homecoming page 7)