In Brief_
New Nicaraguan leader sworn in, ends military draft
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Violeta Barrios de Chamorro took the presidential oath Wednesday, ending
11	years of leftist Sandinista rule in Central America's largest country. She immediately proclaimed a political amnesty and ended the military draft.
"This blessed Nicaragua, instead of burying its sons in a fratricidal war, will bury its weapons forever, so the cannon will never roar again,” Chamorro told a crowd of 15,000 inside a Managua baseball stadium.
From the Associated Press
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By Janet Cavallo
Staff Writer
A three-member executive committee unanimously found Student Senate President Steve Webber guilty of all charges lodged against him in a complaint filed Tuesday, but it decided not to impeach Webber, leveling disciplinary action against him instead.
After the announcement, Webber said, "I'm surprised I wasn't impeached . . . Clearly* a lot of people are not happy that I'm president and are doing all they can to make me ineffective.”
According to the decision, Webber must clear all "controversial” communications with at least two of the executive committee members. The committee also recommended three appointees for the executive directorship of Program Board.
Furthermore, the committee warned him that "proposing legislation targeting one specific student sub-group may not be in the best interest of the entire Student Sentate and insist that he refrain from doing so."
Finally, according to the committee decision, actions of Webber detailed in the complaint violated the senate constitution's preamble because they threatened to undermine the fair and democratic operations of senate.
Despite these points, the committee decided that because Webber has been president only three weeks, "his removal from office is a severe penalty which is not appropriate at this time."
Webber said he believes the restrictions against him are "excessive” and may even be unconstitutional.
(See Panel, page 9)
Funding is delayed by senate strife
By Paul Malcolm
Staff Writer
With the undergraduate and graduate Student Senate conflict reaching a climax with the attempted impeachment of Steve Webber, senate president, many student assemblies and programs that depend on the senate for funding, feel caught up in the crossfire.
As a result of the senate clash, chair and finance chair of the Program Board and chair of the graduate Program Board have not been decided and three resolutions, sponsored by Webber, which may affect the allocations process, remain tabled.
These factors may push the allocations process into the summer.
Ralph Hernandez, chair of the Latino Student Assembly, expressed concern for other assemblies that would not be able to defend their funding requests as a result.
”1 live in the city, so 1 can be here. What's going to happen to the leadership of the clubs who don't live in the city? Who's going to represent the assemblies?" Hernandez said.
Without a Program Board chair decided and Steve Webber's presidency (See Senate, page 9)
Late night fire
Matt Sllber / El Rodao
A trash chute fire occurred at Marks Tower at 12:20 a.m. Wednesday, causing the Loa Angeles Fire Department to issue a safety violation because the alarm system was not reset. The building’s sprinklers extinguished the fire.
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By Robert Aquaro
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Los Angeles Police Department investigators have said they are probing the towing procedures of cars parked illegally at the Los Angeles International airport — the world's third busiest —■ apparently because hundreds of cars sit on a back lot of LAX with owners assuming their cars have been Jen..
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Airport Police Capt. Jon Bangs maintains that the cars all have valid
towing procedures of the Airport Po- reports filed on them and that after a lice, it is not known for sure how long second report is filed and 180 days these cars have sat or if the owners of	1	(See Airport, page 7)
Webber impeachment rejected by committee
Gays object to ROTC prejudice
Life / Arts, page 18
Volume CXI, Number 67
University of Southern California
Thursday, April 26, 1990
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Newcomers pull out win
Sports, page 36
Engineering field to grow, experts say
By Aric Johnson
Staff Writer
Chuck Crossett, a junior majoring in aerospace engineering, says he is worried about how defense department cuts will affect the engineering job market.
"Ever since Gorbachev came on the international scene, I've watched an increasing amount of defense contracts, which employ many engineers, threatened to be cut,” Crossett said. "Peace is nice but my future seems doubtful.”
The ’90s File
This is the seventh and final in an occasional series of articles on university departments’ plans for the coming decade.
Crossett's concerns are founded.
Sources said the engineering field faces great changes as the new decade approaches. Defense spending will likely go down, which will cause many engineer-
ing firms to switch from defense to commercial industry, resulting in a major shakeup in the '90s.
Engineering students will not only need to adjust to change, but also they will need to prepare themselves for such things as globalization and increased attention to the environment in which we live.
"The next five to 10 years will be a challenge," said Dennis Rice, vice president (See Engineering, page 8)