viewpoint
Will Songfest make money for Troy Camp this year?
—	page 4.
performance
'Bright Lights, Big City’ is dimly lit on the big screen — page 9.
sports
Men’s volleyball sweeps the Bruins out of the North Gym — page 24.
PETER ZAKHARY / DAILY TROJAN
X MARKS THE UNE — Hundreds of students waited their turn Wednesday for two free tickets each to an April 14 rock concert at Bovard Auditorium featuring the rock group X. More tickets will be meted out today at the kiosk at Hahn Plaza on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 9 a.m.
By Karl Kahler
Staff Writer
Volume CIV, Number 55	University	of	Southern	California	Thursday,	April	7,	1988
By Michael Lambert
Staff Writer
Buildings bury 400
parking spaces
Loss of spots will force cars to Menlo lots
RON EVANS / DAILY TROJAN
A sign greets would-be commuter parkers at the gateway of the Menlo lot at Vermont Avenue and Exposition Boulevard.
New construction has permanently shut down one parking lot, and development plans elsewhere on campus foreshadow that the parking situation will only get worse.
Lot K, south of Grace Ford Salvatori Hall, was closed Monday so that the $19 million Hedco Neurosciences Building could be built in its place. The lot had about 150 spaces reserved for faculty and staff members.
Construction will also limit parking in Lot S, on the west side of campus between Parking Structure A and Marks Tennis Stadium, and in Lot E, at the comer of Exposition Boulvevard and Hoover Street.
"Lot S is basically going to be wiped out," said Roy Heidicker, assistant director of parking operations. He estimated that more than 250 spaces will be sacrificed to the two projects, as expansion of the Law Center will eliminate about one-fourth of Lot E, or about 50 spaces.
The construction will put additional strain on already cramped space, and it will mean more students having to park at the off-campus Menlo lots south of Exposition.
"The Menlo lots are actually the safest place on campus to park," Heidicker said. "I think I can safely say that we have had fewer problems there than anywhere on or off campus."
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Group petitions to oust Farrell as area councilman
Gay, lesbian group aims for new image with name change
By Jordana Bieze
Staff Writer
The Assembly for Human Sexual Diversity, the sponsor of a series of film screenings and lectures for Gay and Lesbian Awareness Month, has changed its name for the second time in two years.
The group, now officially called the Gay and Lesbian Assembly for Student Services, rejected its old name because it was too often misinterpreted.
"It sounded like we were getting it on with buildings and animals and anything that walked," said member Clint Huffaker, a graduate student in French.
The ambiguity of the old name may have discouraged prospective members from joining, he said, but putting "gay and lesbian" in the title should erase any problems with identification.
"We want to be seen as people first and as sexual beings second," Huffaker said.
Before changing its name to the Assembly for Human Sexual Diversity last spring, the group's first name was the Gay and Lesbian Student Association.
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A group demanding the ouster of Los Angeles Qty Councilman Robert Farrell is only 1,100 signatures away from forcing a recall election. Farrell represents the 8th District, which indudes the university.
The group demanding Farrell's ouster, the 8th District Citizens For Recall, is headed by Kerman Maddox, a university alumnus. Maddox hopes to take Farrell's seat in the Qty Council if Farrell loses support in a recall vote.
Farrell's support of a failed June 1987 ballot initiative to raise the taxes of 8th District residents prompted the group to launch the recall campaign in October. The higher community taxes, if approved, would have paid for increased police protection in crime-infested South Central Los Angeles.
"Rather than raise our taxes in this community, he should argue for more representation," Maddox said.
Farrell has come under fire for not living within his district, a unique situation among the nine council members. Farrell has also been implicated in a possible conflict of interest, after allegedly giving more than $500,000 of taxpayers' money to an agency run by his ex-wife in lieu of child support and alimony.
Farrell has admitted that he lives with his mother in the 6th District, which indudes Playa Del Rey, Venice and Westchester. Farrell contends that he lives there because of her poor health.
"That might be true, it might not be," Maddox said. "All we know is that he signed a document, under penalty of perjury, that he was living in the 8th district."
Victoria Pipkin, Farrell's press deputy, refused to comment on any specific allegations.
"We're not going to respond to individual accusations made by the recall committee," she said. "As far as we're concerned, the recall is being spearheaded by new residents of the district, such as Mr. Maddox, to further their own political goals."
If Farrell is recalled, then voters in the special election will also select his replacement from a list of candidates. Maddox said his name will be on that list.
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