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Volume CVII, Number 58
University of Southern California
Thursday, December 1. 1988
NIGHT FLIGHT
JAMES SU DAILY TROJAN
A 747 speeds down the runway at Los Angeles International Airport, leaving only a steady stream of light streaks in its path to be captured by the camera.
Assault victims identify attacker
Arraignment on USC-related charges of rape scheduled for early next week
By Bryan Culp
Staff Writer
Witnesses and victims involved with the recent series ol sexual assaults at the university have identified 18-vear-old Deon Probv as the attacker, police said.
Police will file charges against Proby Friday and he will be arraigned next Mondav or Tuesday, said Lt. Nick Bakav of the Los Angeles Police Department.
The suspect was apprehended last Thursday by police in the southwest area uho saw him driving erraticallv. Probv was driving a stolen 198=; Mustang that connected him with a Wednesday kidnapping and robbery in North Hollywood, said Detective Richard Jamison of the North Hollywood Police Department.
"He used what is described as
a semi-automatic pistol" to force two women into their car and drive off, Jamison said.
Probv was arraigned Mondav in San Fernando Superior Court on two counts of robberv. two counts of kidnapping with the purpose of robberv, and two counts ot kidnapping in connection with the abduction of two women, Jamison said.
Probv is now in Los Angeles Citv Jail on S250,(MX) bail as of Wednesday, said Detective David Grabelski of the LAPD.
Charges involving other North Hollywood cases will be made against Probv within the next two weeks, Jamison said. "It's just a matter of showing photographs (to the victims) and taking fingerprints," he said.
The other North Hoilvwood incidents were "of a similar na-(See Suspect, page 2)
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By Jeordan Legon
Staff Writer
A student and former guilty to the Los rape Wednesday at his arraignment trial.
At the hearing, the suspect's latvyer, Maria Stratton, asked a judge to postpone the setting of a preliminary hearing until Jan. 3 The request was granted.
Neither of the parties involved in the trial would comment as to why the extension was requested
The case marks the first time a university student accused of date rape has been charged by the district attorney's office and * Universitv Security Chief Steven Ward.
Berry, an undeclared sophomore, is accused of dent he met at a party on Oct. 16. Upon his arrest was terminated from his University
Student representation on board to be reconsidered by trustees
By Nola Sarkisian
Staff Writer
A Student Senate proposal requesting student voter represen-tation on several Board of Trustees' subcommittees was met with a lukewarm reaction by the board this week but will be reconsidered at its next meeting on Jan. 20, a trustee said.
"It's not a thing that is just done," said David Atha, chairman of the board's Student Affairs committee, of the proposal.'There is substantive
rationale and lot of consideration involved."
The Student Affairs committee had to approve the proposal — which asked for one voting member and one ex-officio student member on six of the eight board subcommittees — before the entire board voted on it.
Atha attributed the board's reaction to the proposal partly to lack of preparation.
"It could have been more expository in the thought process," he said. "Some of the feeling is that it could have been
presented in a more persuasive manner."
Student Senate President Phil Clement expressed surprise at the board's reaction.
"We thought we had a good proposal," Clement said. "We exhausted every reasonable route and talked it over with every relevant official."
Committee members who helped draft the proposal, including undergraduate and graduate senators, had worked and researched it for two (See Proposal, page 13)
Measles shots may become mandatory for all students
7 will be sending half a dozen letters to experts in virology and neurology to ask them for their opinions before we come up with any decisions.'
— Dr. Allan Ebbin, executive director of the health center
By Lydia Ramos
Staff Writer
The recent outbreak of measles on campus has prompted the university to investigate the feasibility of mandatory immunization for all students, an official at the Student Health Center said.
"1 will be sending half a dozen letters to experts in v;*ology and neurology to ask them for their opinions before we come up with any decisions," said Dr. Allan Ebbin, executive director of the health center.
The Los Angeles County Health Department has proposed a prematricula-tion immunization requirement. Ebbin said the county, the American College
Health Association and the Center for Disease Control all favor the mandatory measure.
"When it was proposed earlier, central administration was concerned about the side effects, so we made it voluntary," Ebbin said.
The possible side effects include encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain that occurs once for every million doses.
A number of cases might be expected in a large childhood population over a period of time even when vaccines are not administered, according to the Center for Disease Control.
The possiblity of contracting encephalitis through live measle vaccinations is far less than that for natural measles, which
is one per 2,000 reported cases, according to literature from Merck & Co., a distributor of the vaccine.
Thirty percent of American colleges and universities, including Loyola Marymount and the California State University system have immunization requirements, Ebbin said.
"It's a risk-benefit issue," said Ebbin,
adding that schools have mandatory immunization requirements because they believe the benefits outweigh the risks.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the total number of cases diagnosed at the university remained at 45. Although no new cases have been reported on campus, officials at the Student Health Center said (See Measles, page 13)