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Volume CV, Number 49
University of Southern California
Wednesday. November 11, 1987
Police step in, block student protest of CIA
LAPD tries to prevent group from presenting its demands
By Craig Hausman
Staff Writer
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DEMONSTRATION -r- Supporters and opponents of the Central Intelligence Agency gather in front of Tommy Tro|an at yesterday’s anti-CIA rally.
A rally protesting CIA recruiting efforts at the university was stopped short Tuesday by Los Angeles Pobce Department officers and University Village security as protesters attempted to present the agency with a list of demands.
Leaders from Students for Peace and Justice and Students Working for Equality in South Afnca led a group of about 50 students from Tommy Trojan, where the rally began at 11 a.m.. to the Career Development Center in University Village, where the Central Intelligence Agency was interviewing students.
There were no arrests.
The protesters and members erf Young Americans for Freedom a conservative, pro-CIA student group, exchanged heated words, but no violence erupted.
The protesters, some of whom carried signs reading CIA trams killers," were denied entrance to the Career Development Center bv UV security and about four LAPD officers at both staircases leading to the center.
Four leaders from the two student groups managed to get onto the second floor of UV, outside the Career Development Center, whrte they spoke with police and several unidentified men in crvihan clothes for about five minutes as the crowd below alternated between chants of "CIA go away" and "CIA all the wav."
Dave Wells, president of Students for Peace and Justice, presented
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Law schools to offer aid at annual forum this weekend
By Shelly Etherton
Staff Writer
More than 150 law schools, from California to Maine, will be represented at the 1987 Law School Forum this weekend.
The forum, sponsored by the Law School Admission Council, provides students with information on everything from admissions requirements to financial aid.
"Anyone going to law school would be extremely foolish not to go to this," said Wade Harper, student affairs counselor at the university Law Center.
Now in its third year, the forum brings together recruiters, professors and sometimes even students from various law schools to familiarize others with their programs.
"It's the most information you can get without going to a school," Harper said. "You can actually talk face-to-face with recruiters and counselors about your GPA, your LSAT scores and how to prepare your application."
The forum is also designed to help students who are not certain if they want to attend law school.
Students can go from table to table and ask what courses they should take and how they should prepare for law school, he said.
Harper stressed that anyone going to law school should attend this forum.
"Instead of calling all over the country for applications, you can get the information right here," he said. "It's the best way to get a feel for the law school you are interested in."
The Law School Forum will be at the Los Angeles Airport Marriot Hotel Friday, Nov. 13, from noon to 7 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Newspaper editor emphasizes quality
By Michael Lambert
Staff Writer
Despite the success of newspapers like USA Today that emphasize simplicity, the public still desires a certain amount of good, comprehensive news coverage, the executive editor of a major metropolitan newspaper said Tuesday evening.
Eugene Roberts, executive editor and president of the Philadelphia Inquirer, addressed the issue of "Why News Organizations Should Emphasize Investigative Reporting" at the ninth annual Otis Chandler Distinguished Lecture.
Bryce Nelson, director of the School of Journalism, said the school's faculty and administrators chose Roberts to deliver the lecture.
Roberts told the audience at Seeley G. Mudd lecture hall that good papers should have some simplicity, but should also be at least 10 percent to 20
percent filled with hard, in-depth news coverage.
"This 10-20 percent is where I'll turn my attention tonight,” he said
Roberts said that he does not like the term "investigative reporting" because it "implies catching crooks or catching politicians with their pants down." He added that, "These days, catching a politician with his pants down doesn't take a whole lot of investigation.
"All reporting, even short articles, is investigative reporting in that if s goal is to get at all erf the facts."
Since Roberts became executive editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1972, the newspaper has won 13 Pulitzer Prizes. The paper has also received more than 130 national awards.
He said that the best way for newspapers to win awards is not to really try.
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Bicyclists beware: more tickets for you
By Cherish Karowav
Staff Writer
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The Los Angeles Police Department has acknowledged that student bicyclists receive an unusually large amount of tickets from its officers, especially on the comer of Jefferson and Hoover, near University Village
"That is because there is a higher concentration of bicyclists on that comer." said Officer Forrest Wilkins of the Los Angeles Police Department Monday.
"Bikes must observe the rules of the road for the same reasons that cars and pedestrians must observe them, he said.
Crossing against red lights is dangerous tor obvious reasons, he said. Riding double is hazardous because even a loose rock can cause the btcvchst to lose control, sometimes causing serious injury to both persons *
All regulations are attempts to cut down on traffic accidents and to help, not to punish people, he said.
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