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While student population is rising, parking availability is falling — page 4.
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Lottery ‘experts’ promise big payoffs with ‘winning system' — page 9.
sports
Meet tennis players Jonas Wallgard and Eric Amend — page 24.
"The last two years have been particularly stressful due to the system conversion. The system
conversion did not go smoothly."
— Lyn Hutton
Financial aid office won’t see changes with Merante gone
By Shannon Rafferty
Staff Writer
A top-level administrator squelched all rumors Tuesday that there would be major structural changes in the Office of Admissions, Financial Aid, Registration and Records now that Joseph Merante has resigned as dean of that office.
Lyn Hutton, senior vice president of administration, said the only changes in that department would be
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Volume CIV, Number 59	University	of	Southern	California	Wednesday,	April	13,	1988
By Lori Grange
Staff Writer
JAMES SUI DAILY TROJAN
MAKING RADIO WAVES — Student supporters of the university’s debt-ridden radio station, KSCR, move their studio to the shadow of Tommy Trojan on Tuesday for a special promotion. Standing from left to right: Ken Newman, business manager: Dave Jacobs, disc jockey; Jeff Stahl; Ken Murphy, and Tasha Advani.
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A campus full of Jills
Women typecast as candidates for ‘M.R.S.’ degrees
Senate draws criticism for trip to Rhode Island
By Michael Lambert
Staff Writer
A dozen student government members, including at least three who are leaving the senate within a month, traveled at university expense to Rhode Island last weekend for a leadership conference — a trip one senator's friend called "a real waste of student money."
The trip drained $5,000 from the senate budget, which comes from student programming fees. All travel expenses, rooming and food costs were covered, senators said.
Senate President Phil Clement confirmed Tuesday that three of the 12 who attended the conference of the American Association of University Students will not return to the senate this fall: former senate President Bruce Clausen, Graduate Senator Robert Kearsley and Greek
Senator Anthony Gatti.
Clement estimated the conference's cost at about 26 cents per student, which he said was a "minimal'' expense tor the benefits each student will receive from what the senators learned.
Clement conceded that sending graduating students to a training session could be interpreted as a poor choice for student funds.
"That's certainly first-look wisdom," he said.
But he emphasized that "having those people there was absolutely important."
One senator who traveled to Rhode Island, Dan Salzer, charged that the senate sent too many representatives. He claimed that, from his observations, USC sent more people than any other school in the country.
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Some might say Jill's looks are a crime.
Her frame is tall and athletic, accentuated by a golden tan. Blue eyes and dimples highlight her face, and her long, wavy, chestnut-brown hair shapes it.
Her appearance naturally captures much attention, her friends say, from men wanting dates, jealous admirers and profit-seekers trying to market her looks. In fact, "Looking Good," the university's own swimsuit calendar, last year tried to . recruit her.
But the attention isn't always desirable. Because of her looks, Jill — not her real name — is often heavily stereotyped. Fraternity members regularly ask her what sorority she belongs to. When she tells them she isn't a Greek, they perplexedly ask, "Why not?" Women classmates often assume she is conceited or aloof. And, despite her science major, some instructors instantly conclude she is less intelligent than others in their classes.
Often, says Jill, who considers herself a strong feminist, she feels not only like the perpetrator of the crime, but also like the victim.
"Sure, I can see how I'm lucky - . . but when you get attention solely on your appearance and not for anything else, you're just an object," she said. "Sometimes I wish I looked different. It's like the rich girl or boy who wants to present themselves as poor to find out what people really think about them.''
One-dimensional image
At a university with a female student population of about 11,500, a description of a "typical" USC woman might seem unlikely, if not impossible.
But according to many student and faculty member perceptions, such a stereotype exists. Most agree it is not entirely flattering: caucasian, tan, trim (or "not fat"), blonde, blue-eyed and well-
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JIMMY LEE / DAILY TROJAN
WANNA BUY A WATCH? — More than 50 merchants packed Alumni Park on Tuesday, offering everything from amethyst paperweights to genuine Navajo ceramics. The spring Arts and Crafts Fair continues through Thursday.