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THE SHOW MUST GO ON — Filming continues uninterrupted in five Cinema 480 projects despite a university student’s pending lawsuit. TOP: On location at the Hawthorne Airport, the film crew of “Somebody” films a break-up scene between Alex (Mary Beth Kilkelly) and Jordon (David Bowe). ABOVE: Jon Turteltaub, director, finally shows approval after a series of rehearsals.
Student claims dean supported film’s withdrawal
By Karl Kahier
Staff Writer
The student who is suing the university over the production of a film he wrote said Wednesday he was told several times by the dean of the School of Cinema-Television that the film would not be produced.
John Cork. 26, a senior majoring in cinema production, said that when he requested the film be pulled, Dean Frantisek Daniel told him, "I think vou are doing the only-right thing." He said. Daniel admitted there was bias in the selection of directors and told him the script would be withdrawn from consideration.
The lawsuit centers around
John Cork — he's 'doing the only right thing'
the school's policy at the time that required writers to give up the right to direct their own films. Last fall, a script written by Cork was directed bv another student, Beverlvn Frav, against his wishes.
The film, titled The Long Walk Home, was based on the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. Cork said that Fray's version of it contained several "gross technical inaccuracies."
He said the movie showed bus stop signs with modem graphics that looked like they were made in 1980, cars with California license plates, a 1959 pink Cadillac and men with hair over their ears.
Cork said he researched the time period in depth so that he could direct the film competently and portray the period accurately.
In spring 1987, Cork submitted his script to be considered for production in CNTV 480, a class in which student crews produce films.
In order to submit a script, Cork was required to sign a release that granted "irrevocable permission for the film or video tape production of such material here at USC School of Cinema-Television."
But Cork's lawyer, Sanford Jossen, said the release is legally invalid because it has no consideration for both parties. "USC is not providing anything to John Cork in exchange for his rights," he said.
Jossen said the release was an "adhesion contract" — one in which the university holds a superior bargaining position
—	and the student has no opportunity to negotiate.
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Volume CVI. Number 23	University	of	Southern	California	Thursday,	February	11,	1988
NORMAN COUSINS
Man who fought disease and won claims mind has healing powers
By Georgina Mota
Staff Writer
Noted author Norman Cousins spoke to a group of about 80 people last night about how to combat illnesses using positive emotions.
Cousins, who gained national attention for his claim that he beat an incurable disease with the powers of his emotions, told guests that 10 years ago he had a "driving obsession to study the downside effects of negative emotions."
Cousins spoke at a dinner in Town and Gown for the School of Public Administration's Health Services division. His lecture was entitled, "A Celebration of Life."
"I have been perceived as an ombudsman in medicine," said
Cousins, who often receives calls from people who have been diagnosed with terminal illnesses.
The acclaimed UCLA professor emphasized that a terminal patient's mindset is crucial. "In serious illness, the moment the patient discovered what was wrong with them, they became worse," he noted.
Cousins gained national attention after surviving a degenerative condition, related to arthritis, that doctors had believed was terminal. Instead of committing himself to a hospital, Cousins stayed in a nearby hotel, hired a private nurse and was regularly visited by his doctor, according to Howard Greenwald, director of Health Services Administration.
During that time. Cousins
watched video tapes of come-diansincluding Groucho Marx. "For some reason that nobody knows, he got well," Greenwald said.
Cousins, himself the author of 20 books, said many works have been written on the biological changes that can be produced by negative emotions such as panic, fear, hate and rage.
However, Cousins said he wasn't certain what effect positive emotions — such as love — have on the human body's wellbeing.
The way doctors approach their patients about illnesses "can impair treatment or enhance it," depending upon the words they chose, Cousins said. If the physician relays no sense of hope to the patient, there's (Continued on page 2)