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Doheny Library fund-raiser leaves students in the cold. See page 5.
Volume CVII, Number 34
University of Southern California
Monday, October 24, 1988
Hundreds wait in line to enter football game ticket lotteries
By Jeffrey Cana van
Staff Writer
Hundreds of university students scrambled to the Ticket Office last Friday morning to enter ticket lotteries for next month's UCLA and Notre Dame football games.
Although the Ticket Office did not open until 9 a.m., students were waiting by 7:30 a.m.
The importance and popularity of the two games, along with the noon deadline for entering the lottery, prompted an early-moming rush to the Student Union Building's second floor, where the Ticket Office is located.
By 11:30 a.m., the line stretched down two flights of stairs onto Trousdale Parkway, past Bovard Administration Building and almost to the Von KleinSmid Center.
Despite having about two weeks to meet the lottery deadline, students waited until the last minute.
“I had collected a bunch of tickets from my friends, but my unmotivated, lazy roommate didn't give me her ticket until late last night," said junior Eugenia Kaudnis, as a friend handed her a lunch tray.
Kaudnis' story was echoed throughout the line.
"I was supposed to get 16 tickets, but none of my friends were paying me the $11 (for the
(See Tickets, page 6)
PETER MCCOLGAN / DAILY TROJAN
As the noon hour approached last Friday, the line of students waiting to enter the lottery for tickets to the UCLA and Notre Dame football games stretched out of the Student Union Building and far up Trousdale Parkway. The matchups with the Bruins and Fighting Irish could take the Trojans to a national championship.
Fijis apologize for racist fliers
Greek pledges use banned logo to advertise fund-raising auction
By Roger Tefft
Staff Writer
About 100-fliers advertising a "slave auction" — with a caricature of a man chained to a spiked collar — were posted around campus last Thursday by Phi Gamma Delta fraternity pledges.
"Fiji" pledges and actives removed the fliers with the "Fiji man" logo by noon after recognizing the "racist overtones," said fraternity President Chris McGinty, adding that the event was canceled immediately.
"We're all very sorry this happened," McGinty said.
McGinty delivered a two-page apology last Friday to the Black Student Union, the Student Senate and the student affairs, student activities and
(See Fliers, page 8)
Medication fees raised by center
By Bryan Culp
Staff Writer
Medidne prices at the. Student Health Centei have been raised to offset staff hirings and con struction costs, an official said.
The price increases will pay for extra staff, extend hours at the campus pharmacy and fund a 1,000-square-foot expansion of the center, said Allan Ebbin, executive director of the health center.
The pharmacy will remain open until 7 p.m. on weekdays. It previously closed at 5 p.m.
Staff members said there has been an increase in pharmacy patronage.
"About three years ago we were hardly doing any refills, even on routine medication like acne," said Sylvia Rodriguez, head pharmacist at the health center. "Now, long-term patients can get
(See Center, page 9)
Despite variety, food too expensive, students say
By Cynthia Lin
Staff Writer
Michelle Armor, a graduate business administration student, discovered this semester 'the money she and other students spend on food at the university did not buy as much as last year.
"They're overpriced compared to places that sell the same thing outside of USC," Armor said. "Coffee for 70 cents is really, really expensive!"
While administrators believe the price hike at the end of August was justified, many students complained prices were simply too high to begin with.
According to University Dining Services administrators, prices were raised 4 percent at residential dining facilities and 5 percent at retail dining facilities
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such as Commons and The Grill.
"I think the university can really get away with charging whatever it wants for just about anything because most students really don't question it," said James Boyd, a senior majoring in social sciences.
Pointing to the salad he had just purchased for $3.08 at The Grill, Boyd Said he could have bought the same salad at a company-subsidized cafeteria for $2.
However, university administrators are defending the price hike on the basis of increased labor and food costs.
(See Dining, page 7)
Students meet with dean over internship policy
By Kad Anderson
Staff Writer
Several graduate students in the School of Social Work met with the school's dean last Thursday to complain about the school's internship placement policy, claiming it is heavily influenced by corporations.
The students, who are master's degree candidates in the industrial sodal work division, say the school receives “influence money" for its placement program.
Organizations including ARCO, Xerox, Hallmark and the Department of Water and Power pay about $5,000 for each student intern, said Rino Patti, dean of the School of (See Sodal Work, page 7)
Handicap parking spaces misused, alumnus claims
By Nola Sarkisian
Staff Writer
A disabled university alumnus accused the university of violating his rights in denying him a handicapped parking space.
David Endnas, a 1978 graduate, said he could not park on campus during homecoming because spaces reserved for disabled drivers were occupied.
Endnas also complained parking officials treated him shabbily and refused to investigate when he reported the Oct. 8 inddent before the football game.
"USC is morally wrong as an institution to give (handicapped) spaces to donors," he said.
Carl Levredge, director of University Security and Parking Operations, said the matter was not a question of accommodat-
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ing the handicapped but of controlling space for permit holders.
"He made the accusation that
(See Parking, page 2)