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Racism is rampant and must be combatted for a healthier society. See page 4.
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International chamber sculpture invades Fisher Gallery. See page 7.
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Two basketball teams called Trojans square off tonight in lllini Classic. See page 16.
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Volume CVII, Number 64
University of Southern California
Friday, December 9, 1988
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Photographer Ali Davoudian spent hours setting up this shot, trying to get the suitcase’s handle to stand up.
Lifestyles
Student attends photo workshop
Iranian with eye for subtleties works with photojournalists
By Ty Holland
Staff Writer
As someone who has experienced the harsh realities of life, Ali Davoudian is more concerned with the subtleties of art.
Davoudian fled Iran at the age of 13 — one day after the Ayatollah Khomeini seized power — and is a student photographer who aims to capture the details other photographers overlook.
His attention to detail has not gone unnoticed. A sophomore in the School of Cinema-Television, Da-
voudian was recently chosen as the youngest of 99 photographers to participate in the Eddie Adams Workshop, established by the Pulitzer prize-winning photojoumalist.
He said the opportunity to attend the workshop was a valuable experience that gave him a chance to meet different professionals, each of whom taught him more about the art.
The workshop “was like if every great basketball player got together with a small group to teach them," said Martin Schapiro, an instructor in the university's still-photography program.
The New York workshop featured such professionals as photographers Bill Pierce, John Demiak and Gregory Heisler, along with producer David Hartman
(See Davoudian, page 2)
Students wait long for advice
Understaffed counseling service encounters increased workload
By Scott Mullet
Staff Writer
As the end of the semester nears and the pressure of examinations mounts, students seeking emotional guidance from the university's Counseling Services will have to wait in line.
Emergency situations will be given immediate attention, but students with other problems may have to wait up to two weeks for an appointment, said Bradford King, Counseling Services director.
The nine full-time and three part-time professional counselors on the staff aided nearly 1,200 students last year, and have been overbooked with appointments again this year.
"It is a problem," King said. "One of the reasons for a counseling service is to quickly discuss emotional problems."
Counseling Services has an emergency program for students requiring immediate counseling, King said.
"If there's any reason to be concerned about suicide, we'd want to see them as soon as possible," King said. "We have an emergency appointment or crisis intervention appointment at least once a day.
"With 30,000 people, unfortunately, we have to assume we'll have some (suicide attempts)," the director said. "We have to guess there are going to be some and be prepared to do something about them."
A doctor on call 24 hours a day will help any student identified as needing immediate attention. The emergency program is linked to security via a beeper to provide full-time access to the doctor, King said.
"Security is a conduit for us," he said.
The director emphasized that the 24-hour service is only for emergencies, saying, "It's not a hotline for telephone calls but for real emergencies."
Although Counseling Services is busy, even more calls are expected during other times of the year. King said.
"It peaks from October to Thanksgiving and from February to March," King said. "This is partly due to new students coming in and also case loads building."
Compared to other universities, such as Boston University, where King spent 20 years, USC treats and helps its students well, he said.
"In general, USC, the counseling center and security are motivated to help students work out their problems," King said. "I'm pretty impressed. I think the image of the Trojan family is more than just an image."
(See Counseling, page 3)
KNBC anchor John Beard speaks about experiences
By Carole Cleveland
Staff Writer
The man from a little town with a three-digit zip code told about his climb up the ladder of news anchor success to 125 journalism students at Grace Ford Salvatori Hall on Thursday.
John Beard, anchorman for KNBC Channel 4's local evening news at 4 p.m. and 11 p.m., spoke to students in Felix Gutierrez's Journalism 190 class about pressures and insecurities involved in his job. He also offered advice to young aspirants on how to make it in the competitive field of news broadcasting.
"Luck has been a big part of my success, but I've worked hard, too," Beard said. "Back when I was getting started, I was the only one dumb enough to work so hard for so little money.
"It's easy to go out there, do the five w's (why, what, when, where, who) and go home," he said. "But you have to make it a mental game to stay ahead of everybody else."
Beard began his broadcasting at his college radio station in North Carolina, where he grew up in a town so small it had only a three-digit zip code. After that came the Vietnam War, and (See Beard, page 6)
Student drops acid during experiment
A student conducting an experiment in Science Hall spilled 6 oz. of hydrochloric add Thursday night, prompting University Security to evacuate the building and rail a Los Angeles Fire Department crew to the scene.
"It probably wasn't that dangerous because ventilation in the building was good and the concentration (of the chemical) apparently wasn't that great," said Steven Ward, chief of security. "We evacuated the building just to be safe."
Ward said the student, who was slightly burned, was taken to the Student Health Center.
—	Kevin Ota
South African news editor to speak on black hardships
Kevin Cullinane
Staff Writer
The deputy news editor of City Press, South Africa's largest circulated black newspaper, will speak Friday at Bovard Auditorium on the hardships suffered by blacks living under the white-ruling minority.
S'bu Mnagadi, anti-censorship activist, said his speech will include "first-hand news" on conditions plaguing blacks in South Africa and that government's ban on the press.
"The ban was designed to hide what is happening in South Africa from the rest of the world. People are still dying,"
said Mnagadi, who is enrolled in a post-graduate program for mid-career professionals at the university.
He said the South African government concealed facts from the press about the killing of 11 family members by an unknown gunman in Natal, a province in South Africa.
More than 2,000 people in that dty have been killed in the past 18 months, Mnagadi said.
A state of emergency imposed June 12, 1986, by the South African government rekindled feuding between ths government and the black majority, Mnagadi said.
(See Editor, page 3)