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Volume CVI, Number 8	University	of	Southern	California	Thursday,	January	21,	1988
PETER ZAKHARY DAILY TROJAN
: WINNERS — Miss USC Sheryl Walker holds Todd Richey’s winning entry. Richey and Trent Wylde each won $500 scholarships Wednesday in a General Motors Corp. drawing at Hahn Plaza. Pictured to the left of Walker is Bob seagren, an Olympic pole-vaulting gold medalist who graduated from the univers!ty.
Commission picks manager for Coliseum, Sports Arena
By Michael Lambert
Staff Writer
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission announced Wednesday it has accepted a preferred bidder in its quest for private management of its two facilities — the L.A. Memorial Coliseum and Sports Arena.
Coliseum General Manager Joel Ralph announced that he met Tuesday with the two private groups that bid for control of the facilities. The commission dedded to accept the bid of MCA / Spectacor. The other bidder was Weintraub International / Madison Square Garden.
MCA / Spectacor is a joint venture between MCA, a diversified international corporation based in Los Angeles, and Spectacor, a facilities management operation that operates a number of facilities throughout the United States.
"MCA / Spectacor is recognized as one of the best (facilities management companies), if not the best, in the United States," Ralph said in a recent press release, adding that "the Coliseum and Sports Arena will become the premier showplace in Southern California."
Scott Carmichael, director of marketing / publicity for the commission, said if MCA / Spectacor eventually becomes the owner of the Coliseum and Sports Arena, then "it'll make them much better places."
Carmichael said the immediate concern of MCA
Spectacor is to improve the conditions of the Sports Arena.
"They'll immediately put $10 million into improving the Sports Arena," he said. New facilities will be built, including new locker rooms, a new restaurant and high-priced luxury suites.
Carmichael said MCA / Spectacor will likely improve the Coliseum more if the Los Angeles Raiders stay. The Raiders had planned to leave the Coliseum after their lease expires in 1991.
"I think the chances (of keeping the Raiders) with private management is greater than with the current commission," he said, adding that the Raiders have repeatedly said they would not deal with the commission.
Anthony Lazzaro, vice president of the university, said, "The university endorsed the MCA
'The Coliseum and Sports Arena will become the premier showplace in Southern California.'
—	Coliseum General Manager Joel Ralph
/ Spectacor bid at the time of first submittal (in October), therefore, the action to date is very much along the lines of what we anticipated."
Lazzaro said the university endorsed MCA / Spectacor s bid over the alternate proposal because it best satisfied "the objectives which we have in mind with regards to the Coliseum and Sports Arena."
The university has proposed several objectives for the Sports Arena including: priority scheduling for all conference basketball games, additional and upgraded locker room facilities for both men and women, construction of a basketball practice facility, a lower rate charged for use of the arena and the arena's general renovation.
The objectives for the Coliseum include remodel-
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Palestinian club quietly protests Israeli violence
By Karl Kahler
Staff Writer
About 15 members of the Palestinian Cultural Club stood silently in Hahn Plaza Wednesday, nolding signs that protested violence and bloodshed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
"Stop killing unarmed Palestinian civilians," "Stop the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in the Holy Land" and "Stop expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland," some signs read.
"We challenge the American people to raise their (consciousness) of what's go-
ing on in the occupied territories," said Mohammed Barakat, the club's president and a sophomore majoring in international relations.
Yaser Bashir, a graduate student of chemical engineering, said the club was protesting the harsh treatment of Palestinians by the Israeli Defense Army in the Israeli-occupied territory. He noted in particular the deportation of detainees and the use of live ammunition to control riots, which he said has resulted in at least 36 killings and more than 400 injuries.
The students felt they could make an impact by demonstrating at the universi-
ty because "it's a global conflict, and everyone will be affected by it," Barakat said.
"We believe that graduates of this and other universities will be running or leading the country within the next five (or) 10 years. I think they should be made aware of such issues."
Referring to the Palestinian resistance in the occupied territories, Barakat said: "It's rocks and stones vs. tanks and jets. It's in our interest to go to the table and talk. This is where we'll get our justice, not from throwing rocks and firing bullets and hijacking planes.
"We condemn all forms of violence.
We abhor violence just as other civilized communities do. But nevertheless, it is a representation of the condition; and let's not look at the consequences, let's analyze the causes."
"I want peace," Bashir said. "Peace comes only by self-determination for the Palestinian people. They are people that have been living in that country since history started, and they want to live in peace.
"The United States agreed to self-determination for 1,800 people living in the Falkland Islands. How come we don't have it for the five million Palestinians?"
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Anti-abortion protesters rally at Tommy Trojan
By Michael Cary
Staff Writer
A mock funeral procession and anti-abortion rally were held Wednesday in response to the upcoming 15th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.
The funeral procession — composed of students, adults and children carrying anti-abortion signs — marched along Trousdale Parkway to Tommy Trojan, where the noontime rally was held.
Almost 200 onlookers attended the rally and heard testimonies from members of Students for Social Justice and Maranatha Ministries, the pro-life ministry that sponsored the event.
The rally included a speech by a woman who had an abortion and had worked in an abortion dinic, a dual dance portrayal of a fetus and a woman considering abortion and a student singing "Silent Scream/' an anti-abortion song.
As Pastor Phil Bonasso, a Maranatha minister in South Bay, presented what he called a "pastoral perspective" on the abortion issue, Katharine Schmidt, a graduate student majoring in international journalism and a pro-choice advocate, yelled, "Liar, liar!"
"I'm not angry that people are out demonstrating," Schmidt said afterward. "But I feel that die other side should have had a chance to know about this."
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Children watt while anti-abortionists rally at Tommy Trojan.