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Volume CV, Number 11	University of Southern California	Thursday, September 17, 1987
Pope hails state as ‘haven for immigrants’
John Paul II says diversity of members is key to unity
By Danielle Sanford
Assistant Gtv Editor
CLIMAX — Pope John Paul’s trip to Los Angeles came to a climax Wednesday night in front of another huge crowd at Dodger Stadium.
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Commentary
Papal coverage: a study in overkill
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Jim Logan
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If you think you've heard everything you could possibly want to know about Pope John Paul U's storming of America, you probably have. With 3,000 journalists in town to cover his two-day visit here, the sheer volume of information published about the man has been staggering.
The venerable Los Angeles Times has been pumping out copy on the event like every day was the Super Bowl. The Daily Trojan ran 13 stories on it yesterday. Channel 5, KTLA, devoted a merciless 48 hours of continuous coverage.
"You almost expect Geraldo Rivera to come sneaking around somewhere in one of his investigations and confront the pope with some particu-lary damning allegation/' said Miles Beller, TV critic for the Hollywood Reporter.
Perhaps the most objective thing you could say about the media's coverage of the pontiff’s visit is that if s been, uh, copious.
But has quality kept up with the quantity-? Have we in the media gone simply nuts trying to cover every papal murmur and its significance?
"As somebody who's had to watch this, I can't tell you how happy I am that it's going to end
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Calling California "a haven for immigrants," Pope John Paul D said the diversity of the church should be a unifying force for all Catholics, as he and bishops from across America celebrated Mass Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium.
Before an estimated crowd erf 62,000, the pope called the church m California "truly catholic in the fullest sense, embracing peoples and cultures of the widest and richest variety-."
The pope arrived at Dodger Stadium at 6 p.m. amid a HoUywood-style production that focused on the diversity of the population of Los Angeles.
Archbishop Roger Mahonv introduced the pontiff, saying. "We experience tonight . . . the diversity and unity- of the church."
"Unity Through Diversity " was the theme for the liturgy- that in-
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USC trumpeters set stage for mass at Dodger Stadium
By Michael Cary
Staff Writer
The USC Herald Trumpets, Timpani and Flag Unit set the stage tor the pre-Mass Celebration of "Unity- in Diversity'" before Pope John Paul U's arrival at Dodger Stadium Wednesday.
The group started to perform at 4 p.m. as people took their seats An estimated crowd of more than 60,000 filled the stadium.
Actor Ricardo Montalban served as master of ceremonies for the pre-liturgv celebration, which he called "an awesome wonder of our God."
The International Peace Choir sang Prepare Ye the IVay of the Lard, as the audience dapped along with the children's choir, which wore native costumes from around the world.
Entertainer Carol Lawrence joined the chorus, singing Day By Day The children circled Lawrence as she performed the song using sign Language.
Colm Wilkinson, star of the play "Les Miserable*." sang Bnng Him Home, enchanting the audience.
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Student violence poses greatest concern at game
By Kevin Ota
Staff Writer
Drunkenness, fights and throwing objects within the student section is expected to be a main concern Saturday when the university's football team takes on Boston College at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum at 12:30 p.m.
A group of university staff members, as well as Los Angeles Police Department officers and an additional security agency, will keep watch over the student section during the game in order to monitor student behavior.
"The football game is the place to be, but people are not always there to root for a team," said Don Ludwig, director of intramurals / recreation and student life.
Drinking beer is one of the main problems with student behavior, said Ludwig, who is in charge of crowd control, a group of 20 staff members who will help watch the student section.
Ludwig said there will be members of the LAPD at each of the concession stands observing people in line.
"If anyone in the lines is wobbly or giggly or gives any indication that they are drunk," Ludwig said, "they will be asked by the LAPD to leave the game."
"Also, one ID per person gets one beer," he said. "It used to be that a person with one ID could get two beers, but now, only one beer may be purchased at a time."
"If a person is caught passing on a beer to someone underage," he continued, "then the police will take both people involved in the incident and arrest them."
Ludwig said another problem was fighting between crowd members.
"The student affairs staff will try to discourage any fights," Ludwig said. "If there is a fight or anything more serious, the LAPD will be at the top of all the stairways and in the tunnels leading to the stands."
In addition, Ludwig said a throwing ordinance, passed by Los
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$2 million harmonic convergence
USC and UCLA share part of grant to research business competition
By Catherine Loper
Staff Writer
USC and UCLA on Tuesday announced that they received part of a joint $2 million federal grant to launch a "Manufacturing and Automation Research Center" as part of an industry and university effort to help restore industrial competitiveness in the United States.
The grant, from the National Science Foundation, will not actually fund the construction of a building or center. Rather, it is intended to form an intellectual center of research and study in Southern California.
'The idea is that research will be done in existing labs in both universities," said George Be key, chairman of the University Committee for Manufacturing and Automation.
Bekey is co-director of the new center with Michel Melkanoff, who is also director of the UCLA Center for Integrated Manufacturing. The newly-funded center officially began operation Sept. 1.
The center will be operated jointly from Bekev's and Melkanoff's offices. Their offices will serve as a "channel for distribution of money" to offices on both campuses involved in research, Bekey said.
Four other universities will also collaborate in the center's research. The universities involved are: UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, Caltech, and Arizona State University.
NSF awarded the grant under its Industry / University Cooperative Research Centers Program, which helps fund approximately 24 centers across the nation, according to Bekey. The centers are in-
volved in "all kinds of areas of technology' and science (based on) cooperation between industries and universities," Bekev said.
The research projects that the centers perform "have to be approved by an industrial advisory board," Bekey- said. The recently formed Institute for Manufacturing and Automation Research will approve projects for the USC ' UCLA center.
"The companies that are supporting (the center) are the same companies on the board of directors of IMAR, ” Bekey said
The companies participating currently- include Hughes Aircraft, Rockwell International, Northrop and TRW.
While these companies support the center in all respects, one of the most important forms of their support is financial, Bekey said
The federal grant is $2 million during the next five years. USC and UCLA will receive $200,000 every year, split between them. The other four collaborating universities will receive $50,000 each for the next five years.
Private industry is donating an additional $400,000 per year — twice the federal amount — to be divided between USC and UCLA
The California Legislature has approved an annual $200,000 appropriation for research. The center is waiting for the legislation to go to Gov. George Deukmejian.
With the money, the universities "will do actual research, handle projects and transfer research into the classroom." said Tom Tugend. director of communications and press and public relations for
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