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The library’s new computer system is too slow to be of any use. See page 4.
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The Notre Dame rivalry is an important part of the Trojan tradition. See page 27.
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Volume CVII, Number 31
University of Southern California
Wednesday, October 19,1988
Construction of new building starting today near Embassy
By Chris Eftychiou
Staff Writer
As part of a continuing community redevelopment project for the South Park area of Los Angeles, construction began today on a five-story building across from Embassy Residential College.
The building will house the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, a $30 million project not affiliated with the university, said Gerry Bremer, a spokeswoman of FIDM.
The institute, which will occupy one acre of land, is scheduled for completion in the spring of 1990, Bremer said.
But he added that the construction probably would not affect students living in Embassy.
"I haven't heard any complaints yet. I doubt that you stu-(See South Park, page 9)
SWEET PEETE
MTCHAEL KIM/DAILYTROJAN
Quarterback Rodney Peete 9f the No. 3 ranked USC football team pays a visit to one of the patients at the Shriners Hospital for crippled children Tuesday. Peete and some of his fellow teammates, as well as coach Larry Smith, brought the children at the hospital trading cards and balls and signed USC media guides.
New ‘sober-up’ drug is being developed for alcohol drinkers
By Carole Cleveland
Staff Writer
A new drug is being developed by a team of university researchers that may help "sober-up”. victims of alcohol intoxication.
The drug, known as 4513, has the potential to stop adverse effects experienced by the body when intoxicated, as well as alleviate symptoms of drunkenness, researchers say.
Though still in the early stages of development, USC scientists believe the drug acts in the brain itself, where alcohol causes slowed reflexes, lessened inhibitions and impaired thinking.
"All we know is that when we give alcohol and 4513 to animals, they don't act as drunk," said Peter Syapin, an associate professor of neurology in the School of Medicine.
Syapin stressed that the drug is far from being a "cure-all" for drunkenness and will most likely provide only a partial block of alcohol's intoxicating effects.
(See Drug, page 8)
University acts to cut water use
Steps taken to obey new law; year’s use down 20 percent
By Kevin Cullinane
Staff Writer
In order to comply with a Los Angeles water ordinance, which calls for city residents to decrease their water use by 10 percent, the university has taken several measures to reduce its water consumption, an official said Tuesday.
Duane Hickling, executive director of Facilities Operations and Maintanence Services, said USC — which uses 50 million cubic feet of water a year at a cost of $500,000 — spent $150,000 on irrigation last year, maintaining a 20 percent to 30 percent decrease in its water usage compared with 1987.
Hickling said that to maintain the university's decrease in water use, a computerized system will be implemented next year at a cost of $75,000 to $80,000.
"We were in close contact with the ordinance. In most areas, we are in compliance," Hickling said.
He said the ordinance, which has been in effect since June, is pressuring the university to reduce its water use for the second straight year in order to accommodate this year's drought.
Hickling said he sent a copy of the ordinance and. a memorandum to all his employees in August.
The memo, dated Aug. 1, said, "We have been addressing this ordinance aggressively in the areas of low-flow shower heads and toilet flush valves (these are the areas that will have direct impact on the amount of sewage that is discharged from the university)."
However, Sigi Mena, a university maintenance worker, admitted to wasting water.
Mena said he waters the plants and lawns on campus regularly and uses water for other chores as well. "I have to wash off coffee and soda (on walkways)," he said.
Hickling said because of the dense population
Secretary of to appear at
By John Matthews
Staff Writer
KEVMFUNT/DAN.Y TROJAN
The need for increased federal involvemment in education after eight years of "a lot of heat but not much light" will be the subject of a speech by U.S. Secretary of Education Lauro Cavazos, who will appear at a reception tonight in the Commons main dining room, an education official said.
Cavazos is the first Hispanic to be appointed to a Cabinet position. He was invited to the
Duane Hickling
education reception
campus through the combined efforts of the School of Education, the Mexican-American Alumni Association and the Office for External Affairs.
The purpose of the reception is to introduce Cavazos to the university, said Raul Vargas, director of Mexican-American Programs and a member of the Mexican-American Alumni Association.
Vargas said he hopes the visit will also spark interest in the association's scholarship program (See Reception, page 9)
on campus, there is a "tremendous need" to wash the ground at least once a week, admitting that he allows maintenance workers to wash off bird droppings and food.
He said, though, that washing pavement with water at the university has been reduced by 80 percent.
"If we stopped all spraying, we would still not be in compliance (with the ordinance)," Hickling said.
However, Hickling maintains this type of water use is not the issue of concern because the ordinance is aimed at the surplus of water sewage that runs into Santa Monica Bay.
Hickling said a lot of water is used by labratories for cooling chemicals. He estimated that several million gallons are used yearly by science laboratories.
"We have reduced the sewage by 10 percent in almost every building," Hickling said.
Another issue of concern is the university's nonresurgent water fountains.
Hickling said only one fountain on campus doesn't reuse its water.
(See Water, page 9)
87 million elderly by 2040 a possibility, study says
By Scott Mullet
Staff Writer
By the year 2040, when all baby boomers will have exceeded age 65, the elderly population may increase eight-fold to nearly 87 million, or to 20 percent to 24 percent of the projected total U.S. population, according to a new study by university researchers and the National Institute on Aging.
The U.S. Census Bureau's projection for 2040 was nearly 20 million people fewer than the new report's, said Edward Schneider, dean of the School of Gerontology and co-author of the research report.
Schneider said he hopes the bureau will expand its projection figure because it is used for long-range planning by many public and private agencies that provide medical, social and economic assistance to the elderly.
If the bureau does not change its projection, Schneider said he hopes "that people will look at our projections as well as the Cen-
(See Study, page 7)