Volume CV, Number 53
rip-offs common
Magazine sales scam hits dorms
By Shawn Pogatchnik
Assistant City Editor
The saleswoman knocks on your apartment door and walks right in, pushy yet pleasant. Radiating positive energy and oozing sincerity, she has magazines to sell. With a few more sales, she'll be "Bermuda-bound,” she claims, the winner of the magazine clearing house's point-based sales competition.
All she needs, she says, is your subscription to boost her into first place — and make her pretty face smile.
Resident advisers say that students living in the university's residence halls and apartments
—	particularly freshmen — are often easy prey for slick, deceptive salespeople who comb the campus each year despite signs that warn them to stay out. Many students are unaware that solicitors are trespassing on private property and allow them into their building.
And while most of those salespeople do sell legitimate products, students this past week say they were ripped off by magazine solicitors in Parkside and Century apartments who advertised phony prizes, deceptive receipts — and took the money and ran.
“My problem is I couldn’t say no,” said Geoff Reinhard, a freshman Parkside resident who subscribed to Skiing and Rolling Stone on Wednesday morning and by Thursday was informed by resident advisers he had likely been ripped off. "It's not every day a girl comes to your door selling magazines. It was kind of nice; I didn't see anything wrong with it at the time."
What was wrong was Rein-hard's receipt, which showed he had made only partial payment. He wrote out a check Wednesday, Veterans Day, for $72.95, made payable to an individual, not the company. He paid the saleswoman an added S5 cash because "she said she'd get (Continued on page 18)
trojan
University of Southern C^lfornia
Tuesday, November 17, 1987
Part of campus closed due to chemical spill
By Darryn James
Staff Writer
BRUCE LE D4ULY TriOJAM
OOH THAT HURTS! — Sure he’s cute but a Bruin’s a Bruin. And this one was dragged around yesterday to prove that Trojans are not suckers for a pretty face. Fight on!
‘Drag the Bruins’ rally ignites student spirit
A two-acre area of campus was closed off Sunday evening for three hours because of a chemical spill in front of Waite Phillips Hall
The chemical, later identified as microbtocide. turned out to be non-hazardous. No one was injured.
Four task forces of the Los Angeles Fire Department, comprising five engines and a rescue ambulance, responded, including Hazardous Materials Station 4. Fifteen officers from the Los Angeles Police Department also responded.
"We had a chemical spill here which turned out not to be very serious," said Tom Wilson, LAFD 3rd Battalion chief. "We identified it as microbio-dde, and then we cleaned it up."
Two university personnel from the safety administration office were called in by the LAFD to help. Safety administrator Larry Ehrmann and industrial hvgienist L'gbu Kalu. identified the maten-al and informed the LAFD that it was microbiocide, a mild corrosive and poison.
"Mkrobiocide is used to kill hactena in the air conditioning systems here on campus." Ehrmann said. "It is nothing serious — it is similar to ordinary bleach."
Ehrmann said the Physical Plant used the substance frequently and that it is stored here on campus.
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Task force studies financial aid mess
Student Senate attacks problem
By Michael Cary
By Cherish Karoway
Staff Writer
The Trojans "dragged the Bruins to their death" in a procession down Trousdale Parkway Monday at noon.
Headed by the Trojan Marching Band, the Yell Leaders drove the Trojan helmet cart toward Tommy Trojan, dragging four small stuffed bears and a large one alongside the vehicle.
Tram C, which was driving behind the procession, ran over one of the stuffed animals with the aid of one of the Yell Leaders.
Karen Kuettei, special events director for Trojan Pride, said, "the Spirit of Trov Week is dragging the Bruin bear ‘til his death.' "
"Tomorrow we'll beat the candy out of him, but the actual cremation is Thursday/' Kuettei said in reference to activi-(Contmued on page 6)
The rivalry heats up between campus groups; a report on UCLA's rally — see page 3
After approval to establish a presidential task force two weeks ago. the Student Senate is attempting to delve into the plethora of problems that plague the uiuveraty's financial aid office
"We're targeting the financial aid debacle as the number one priority for the rest of the year." Bruce Clausen said, adding that the "nonsense must stop.
The senate is focusing on two things: the administration problem m die financial aid office and informing students about financial aid.
Clausen said the senate is putting pressure on the office of Joseph Merante dean of admissions financial aid. registration and records “We're trying to figure out who's to blame." said the Student Senate president
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Campus groups agree; no Kennedy protests
By Kevin Ota
Staff Writer
Though some university political groups disagree on the nomination of Judge Anthony Kennedy to the U.S. Supreme Court, most organizatons agree that demonstrations, like those held in protest of Judge Robert Bork, will not be staged during Kennedy's confirmation process.
Andy Michaels, chairman of the Student Senate Judiciary Council who organized a protest against Bork last month, said there was nothing planned in protest of Kennedy.
"It's really too early at this stage," Michaels said. "Kennedy is not as extreme and idealogically based as Bork."
"I would imagine that Kennedy is not going to draw as much political fervor as Bork did," said Zorast Driver, president of the Trojan College Republicans. “He's not far enough on either side of the political spectrum to cause a major protest."
David Wells, president of Students for Peace and Justice, agreed.
“Kennedy is a compromise person that, basically, everyone can live with/' he said. "Our group doesn't think the Kennedy issue is that important."
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