Top Five Accounting Schools
1.	University of Illinois
2.	University of Texas
3.	Northern Illinois University
4.	University of Miami, Ohio
5.	University of Southern California
Volume CVI, Number 3	University	of	Southern	California	Tuesday,	January	12,	1988
Student assaulted outside downtown residence complex
By Aaron Smith
Staff Writer
A university student was attacked and raped at knifepoint in her car Sunday night near Embassy Residential College downtown, and then escaped after calming down her assailant during the struggle, University Security reported.
Two nights earlier, a similar attack occurred in a private parking lot near Embassy in which an Embassy visitor wrestled with her assailant and took away his knife. The Los Angeles Police Department believes the incidents are related.
In both cases, the women were attacked while entering their cars by a man armed with a knife, police said.
He was described by the victims as being in his late teens, said Steve Ward, chief of University Security. Both times, the attack escalated from an attempted robbery to a sexual assault, Ward said.
In Sunday night's incident, the woman, a junior, was walking to her car parked on Grand Avenue when she noticed a man watching her from across the street.
As she opened the door of her car, the man darted toward her and forced her inside the car, where he held a knife to her throat and demanded money, the victim said.
When the woman could not find any money, she said the man raped her. She talked to the man during and after the struggle and was able to calm him down.
The assailant insisted on driving her car to his place, but at that point she managed to break free.
The victim ran to the Embassy lobby screaming for help. A person on duty in the lobby pursued the suspect on foot but lost him north of Embassy, Ward said.
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University complies with radiation laws
By Catherine Loper
Staff Writer
Three months after pleading no contest to 15 charges of radiation control violations at the Health Sciences campus, the university has complied with all resulting penalties and corrected all violations, said John Hisserich, assistant vice president of health affairs at the Health Sciences campus.
Last October, the university was ordered by the city attorney to pay a $25,500 fine and establish a $75,000 graduate-level fellowship program in radiation safety in the area of occupational health.
The Health Sciences campus has paid the fine and advertised the new fellowship, Hisserich said, adding that a candidate would hopefully be selected for the fellowship by the end of the spring semester.
Los Angeles City Attorney James Hahn's office was "happy with the outcome" of the case and verified that the science campus has complied with the regulations in question and paid its penalties, said Steve Te-kosky, deputy city attorney.
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Radiation procedures upgraded
By Karen Denne
Staff Writer
In response to charges of mishandling radioactive materials and inadequate safety procedures, the Health Sciences campus has undergone a series of changes that have improved its operations.
In the 179-count criminal complaint filed last March by James Hahn, Los Angeles city attorney, 144 charges dealt with vio-
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Accounting school named fifth in U.S.
By Gale Lance
Staff Writer
The university's School of Accounting has finished among the top of its class for the seventh consecutive year.
In a 1987 national poll, accounting ad-mininistrators from approximately 400 colleges and universities ranked the school's undergraduate program fifth in the country.
The poll — conducted annually by Public Accounting Report, a national accounting magazine — placed USC fifth behind the University of Illinois, the University
of Texas, Northern Illinois University and the University of Miami, Ohio.
"The most pleasing aspect has been our consistent ranking," said Doyle Williams, interim dean of the School of Business Administration and the first dean of the accounting school.
Founded in 1979, the accounting school awards an average of 200 bachelor of science degrees and 40 master of accounting degrees annually. Because of smaller dass sizes, the ratio of full-time faculty members to students is higher than most programs, Williams said.
"The individualized attention our fac-
ulty gives to the students offers a distinctive advantage," he said.
Administrators and students attributed the school's consistent ranking to its emphasis on business communication as well as its students' achievements.
"The program is geared not only to good technical experience, but also includes a good theoretical and communications background," said Shellie Sakamoto, a senior accounting major.
Sakamoto said USC graduates are highly recruited by major accounting firms. "They want 'SC students because they (Continued on page 8)
Disney on Ice
"Hi ho, hi ho, it's home from work we go." While Doc gave children a ride to the cottage (left) and Peter Cain and Mary Lu Shipstad performed a death spiral for Walt Disney's "World on Ice," last week at the Sports Arena, USC's basketball teams were forced to play many of their games at Loyola Marymount.