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Volume CVII, Number 5
University of Southern California
Tuesday, September 13, 1988
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Liquor license application sparks minor controversy
By Chris Eftychiou
Staff Writer
A Thrifty Jr. market at the corner of 28th and Figueroa streets has applied for a liquor license, stirring controversy about whether Row residents should be provided with yet another convenient location to buy alcohol.
The market cleared its first licensing hurdle when the Community Redevelopment Agency voted 5 to 1 last Wednesday to allow the store to apply for a liquor license. The CRA had to approve the license because Thrifty Jr. is within the agency's revitalization area.
Final approval of the license comes from the state's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
"We had to decide whether or not Thrifty Jr. should be penalized when there are a number of other liquor stores selling alcohol anyway,” said Robert Alaniz, director of public affairs for the CRA.
The CRA approved the alcohol license on the condition that Thrifty Jr. hires a security guard to monitor the store and prevent loitering during all hours of operation, he said.
The CRA, in turn, will inspect the store to ensure it complies with various regulations, including identification checks to pre-
vent sales to minors. The agency can revoke the store's license if it fails to comply with CRA rules.
Alaniz said the Thrifty Jr. is a “clean, sanitary place of business, so you won't get the standard comer liquor store with bars on the doors and windows, and people hanging out in front of it."
The only dissenting vote on the CRA board came from a university staff member.
Voting against approval was Thomas Kilgore, a senior adviser for Civic and Community Relations at the university. He disregarded the fact that as the only CRA board member from the university, he was the only one to vote against the approval.
"They had their reasons. They voted their conscience," he said. "I voted my conscience. I think we have too many places that dispense alcohol. We must not flood the community with alcohol outlets.
"I also took into consideration the proximity of the store to a vital center of the university — the Row area," Kilgore said.
A spokesman for Thrifty Jr. Inc. acknowledged that the store's location would attract student customers.
"The service the store provides is for the college commu-(See License, page 6)
Libraries resume original schedule
Student pressure persuades dean to restore hours
By Karen Denne
Staff Writer
After hearing complaints from a Student Senate representative about cutting library hours, University Librarian Charles Ritcheson agreed to return to last year's schedule despite budgetary problems.
Ritcheson said when Renee Raithel, academic affairs chair, discussed the reduction of hours with him last Thursday, he decided to return to the original library hours.
"This was something that interfered with our education," Raithel said. "I told him he's getting a very reactive student body."
Although many students
were unaware of the reduced hours, 11 university libraries closed early last week. Doheny, College and Von KleinSmid libraries closed at 10 p.m. instead of midnight.
"I don't get out of class until 9 p.m.," said John Vinas, a graduate student in electrical engineering. "If they closed at 10 p.m., I wouldn't get much done. It's the difference between studying three hours and one hour."
The additional cost to keep the libraries open the original hours is $36,000 each year, said Ritcheson, dean and vice provost. That figure includes staffing and "such mundane things as lights, air conditioning and security."
Ritcheson had planned to transfer budget funds from equipment and maintenance to pay for student wages, he said, "and then sort of at a desperate (See Library, page 8)
Trojan revelers on best behavior
By Brad Bowlin
Assistant City Editor
Trojan football fans were on their best behavior during last week's San Francisco Weekender, Bay Area merchants said.
University revelers preparing for and partying after Saturday's 24-20 victory over Stanford created no major incidents, said David King, manager of the Westin Saint Francis Hotel.
"We had a great weekend,"
King said. "The best I've seen in three years."
He said nearly 400 rooms of the hotel, located in Union Square, were occupied by university students and alumni over the weekend.
Two people had to be evicted, and one was arrested, King said. The only other problems were noise complaints, he said.
Michelle Payer, a spokeswoman for the nearby Hyatt Union Square Hotel, also reported a
well-behaved Trojan crowd. There were no incidents during a relatively quiet weekend, Payer said.
Both hotels reaped the benefit of the annual tradition, with students paying well over $200 per night to stay in the City by the Bay. And that didn't include the bar tab.
Lefty O'Doul's, a bar frequented by the Weekender crowd, was packed with happy (See Aftermath, page 6)
Calendars with USC logo confiscated
By Ken Press
Staff Writer
Calendars illegally bearing the official university seal were confiscated by security yesterday afternoon near Tommy Trojan.
The distributor of the calendars, By Media Inc. of Los Angeles, apparently was using the official university logo on the items without permission, which is "an infringement of a trademark . . . and that is a crime," said Sgt. David Ritch of University Security.
The distribution was discovered around noon by Jack Arnold, director of the University Bookstore.
"I went over to check it out because I didn't remember these individuals having permission to set up," Arnold said. He then (See Calendar, page 8)
				
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Security officers stop distribution of Budweiser calendars illegally adorned with logo commemorating a century of USC athletics.