In Brief
World: Two Americans may be dead in Persian Gulf tanker explosion
MANAMA, Bahrain — A U.S.-flag Kuwaiti tanker loaded with naphtha and diesel fuel exploded Thursday in the Persian Gulf and two American crewmen were believed killed.
The other 23 seamen, all Americans but one, abandoned the burning ship and were rescued by a U.S. Navy frigate.
U.S. sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said remains ' had been found in the water, but it was not clear whether they were of one or two people.
Capt. Ron Wildermuth, chief spokesman for U.S. Central Command headquarters in Tampa, Fla., said there were no reports of mines from the Iran-lraq war in the area and “initial reports indicate the explosion was internal.”
Nation: Weather, illness delay space shuttle lift-off
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —
NASA delayed the launch of Atlantis on Thursday for a second day to let the shuttle's commander recover from a sore throat and to await better weather.
The secret military mission to put a spy satellite in orbit is not expected to take off until Saturday morning at the earliest.
The shuttle originally was scheduled for a fiery pre-dawn liftoff Thursday but was postponed Wednesday when Navy Capt. John 0. Creighton became ill. It was the second time the space program has delayed a flight because of a sick astronaut.
Local: Math teacher may stand to deliver resignation
LOS ANGELES — The inner-city math teacher whose story became the 1988 movie “Stand and Deliver" said he may quit because some parents prefer that their children take sports instead of his advanced academic programs.
Jaime Escalante also said Wednesday that he faces strife with fellow teachers, whom he accuses of jealousy.
But he said he was mostly upset with letters from parents saying their children wanted to drop advanced mathematics classes, sometimes in favor of sports.
From the Associated Press
Index
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Security Roundup........................6
Life/Arts....................................... 5
Third set of candidates debate
Residence hall students vie to be senators
By Thomas Chan and Arlene Relevo
Staff Writers
Seven candidates, who are vying for the four residence hall seats in the Student Senate, participated in an open discussion Thursday night.
The discussion offered students living
in residence halls a chance to hear the views of each candidate. It was held in the second floor conference room of Pardee Tower and was attended by about 15 students.
Mindi Huth, the vice chair of the Elections and Recruiting Committee, said it is important for residential students to see
their potential representatives, or at least be familiar with the issues they support.
Recognizing the current problems that afflict students in residence halls, the residence hall Student Senate candidates each took a strong stand on issues such as security, meal plans, dining facilities and the lack of campus social activities on weekends.
The candidates agreed that Student (See Candidates, page 2)
Music in motion
Onaje Murray and his band Powershift played at Tommy Trojan Thursday afternoon.
Preview of USC
By Thomas Chan
Staff Writer
Through a fledgling program offered by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, newly admitted students have
vly
been given the chance to spend 24 hours on campus and experience academic and student life.
The program, dubbed "Preview USC," was held Wednesday through today and attracted more than 70 students from all over the United States.
It was the first time the university has offered this extensive an orientation to potential freshmen, said Melissa Ogle, an admissions counselor and coordinator of the program.
Because many of the students have been accepted at other schools, another goal of the program was to help students decide to attend the university.
"Great campus, ... it's the only (school) I've gotten thank-you notes sent to me from tour guides," said Jonathan Avedian, an aspiring engineering major,
Sports
Prospective students test out college life on overnight program
visiting from Fresno.
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions sought to make the experience as realistic to college life as possible.
Each guest was given a special university dining card good for three meals. Each was given the opportunity to spend a night in university housing. And each was given the chance to roam the campus and explore various academic departments, Ogle said.
"With a lot of other schools you don't get to see what it's like until you get there, then (if it's undesirable) it's too late," said Kristina Lockwood, a visiting student from Irvine.
Room accommodations were made possible by trained student hosts who
volunteered to put up the visitors for a night, Ogle said. Visitqrs were instructed to bring a sleeping bag to sleep on the floor of the host's residence.
Each host was assigned one visitor and put in charge of greeting and orienting them when they arrived, Ogle said. They even took them out at night if possible.
"I took (my visitor) to some of the finer dining of the area — meaning I took them off campus," host Brandon Bandhauer said.
Many hosts approved of what the program was trying to accomplish.
"It was a good opportunity for students who really wanted to use it," said host Wade Bick, a freshman majoring in electrical engineering.
The next day, a variety of activities were available to keep the visitors busy. According to the program agenda, many academic departments offered the students workshops, advisement, mini-seminars or opportunities to sit and chat with
(See Preview, page 3)
‘City’ overcomes annoying Harper
Life / Arts, page 7
Payton carries OSU to OT win
Sports, page 12
Volume CXI, Number 29	University of Southern California	Friday, February 23, 1990