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Volume CVII, Number 19	University	of	Southern	California	Monday,	October	3,	1988
Parking entry gained with credit card use
New system to deter easy access not fully installed
By Bryan Culp
Staff Writer
Students and non-university residents can gain easy access to parking lots at several USC apartments by inserting credit cards in lieu of parking permits at gate entrances.
The apartments — Troy, Cardinal Gardens, Century, Regal Trojan and Hillview — can be entered easily because University Security and Parking Operations have not yet installed new gate meters, said Carl Levredge, director of Security and Parking Operations.
Levredge said he is aware that credit cards will open some university parking lots.
"We want to accommodate the students," he said. "They need to have access."
However, until the system is fully installed, students without permits will be able to enter the lots but can expect to receive parking tickets.
Students who live in university apartments said parking lots are not safe because entry is available to people not affiliated with the university.
"It gives you a sense of insecurity," said Steve Rhode, a senior majoring in electrical engineering. "I paid $128 bucks (for a parking permit). I want peace of mind. I want to know my car is safe."
"Locals' can break into our cars, our rooms," said Anne Marie Grand, an undeclared sophomore. "You see them dig in the trash."
Liza Wong, a junior majoring in business administration, said most people do not know credit cards can open the gate.
(See Entry, page 11)
‘Abortion-inducing’ pill safe, professor claims
By Kay Devgan
Staff Writer
Although the "abortion-inducing” drug RU-486 received approval for pharmaceutical marketing in France and China, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will probably not approve the drug's use in the United States, said Kimberly Burtle, associate director of clinical programs at Planned Parenthood in Los Angeles.
The drug "has not been approved by the FDA for use as a post-coital contraception — and it probably will not be," Burtle said.
"No pharmaceutical companies are ap-
plying for approval of the drug, and it's not likely that they will. It's essentially an economic question. To get approval of an already existing drug costs pharmaceutical companies at least $6 million.
"For new drugs, it costs roughly S50 million and even though RU-486 is clinically effective in most cases, you have to realize it is a drug designed for a very limited and specialized market."
Currently, RU-486 is being researched by Daniel Mishell, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, who recently completed his first three-year study of the drug at the Women's Hospital on the university's Health Sciences campus.
(See PiU, page 9)
ALENA TAM / DAILY TROJAN
The sun may shine brightly over Trousdale Parkway and Doheny Library, but those under the arches of Bovard Administration Building have it made In the shade.
IN THE SHADOWS
Latinos find USC mentors who mold success stories
Student government denies Long Beach paper funding
By Yamil Berard
Investigations Writer
Evelyn Betancourth, a senior at Garfield High School, has the potential to become a success story, with a little help from her math teacher and the university she dreams of attending — USC.
•	For years, a "bridge to success" has been cultivated between USC and Jaime Escalante, Evelyn's advanced calculus teacher portrayed in the film Stand and Deliver.
If she is admitted to the university, a two-man Garfield connection on campus will work to meet 100 percent of her financial need — probably covering full tuition.
Armand Ramos, assistant director of the minority engineer-
ing program, and Raul Vargas, director of Mexican-American Programs, make up this dynamic duo of USC mentors that helps Latinos from inner-city high schools — particularly Garfield — to succeed academically.
Although Garfield High's notoriety has attracted university' recruiters from around the nation, the university's personal rapport with Garfield High began even before Escalante began teaching there in 1974, Ramos said.
"Jaime prefers USC,” said Maria Elena Tostado, Garfield's principal. "When he was looking for assistance, USC responded. It's close to home (for the kids) and has a good reputation. He's always very grateful He doesn't forget those (See Garfield, page 12)
A year later, earthquake remembered
By Nola Sarkisian
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One year after last year's Oct. 1 earthquake, the university is maintaining its emergency preparedness program in hopes of quelling fears and assuring student safety.
"When the tiling you count on the most, like the ground you walk on, starts to shake apd you can't stand on it, it generates a lot of fear," said Larry Ehrmann, university safety administrator. "It's a normal reaction to be afraid."
Although Ehrmann regular-
By Sabrina Thomas
Staff Writer
The Union newspaper at California State University Long Beach was denied university funding after distributing an issue that its Associate Student Senate considered racially and sexually offensive.
The student-run paper has ceased publication until further review of the paper's guidelines, said Rod Halbrook, attorney general of the Associate Student Senate.
"The paper needs to be reviewed and better guidelines need to be set so it doesn't pick on students, racially or sexually," Halbrook said.
He said after receiving numerous student complaints about the paper's contents, the senate
last week unanimously passed a resolution withholding the Union's funding.
The Sept. 26 issue of the paper featured a satire section titled "Grunion" in which letters of the word were shaped as sexual organs or drawn as stick figures engaged in sexually explicit acts and positions, said Arthur Lew, the paper's distribution manager.
"The issue was specifically designed for sexually frustrated males," he said. "That's what it was called."
"I knew the issue would cause problems," Lew said. "But the staff said, 'Yes, run it.' They wanted it, so it ran."
The senate was acting against its bylaws by ceasing the Union's publication. Lew said.
(See Union, page 7)