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Volume CXI, Number 48	University of Southern California	Thursday, March 22, 1990
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In Brief
China faces another year of contending with financial crisis
BEIJING — China’s military, schools and insolvent state-run enterprises will get more money this year, but other sectors will have to cut back as the nation faces another year in the red, the finance minister said Wednesday.
Wang Bingqian said in a report to the National People’s Congress that "the present financial situation remains grave, with many contradictions and great difficulties cropping up in national finance."
Also VVednesday, the legislature’s 2,700 delegates accepted the resignation of senior leader Deng Xiaoping from his last government post — chairman of the state Central Military Commission.
Nation: President Bush talks to new Polish leader
WASHINGTON — President Bush told Polish Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki on Wednesday his country’s borders must not be altered by the reunification of Germany.
Bush delivered his assurance at a sun-splashed ceremony at the White House, welcoming Poland’s first noncommunist prime minister since World War II.
After the pageantry, the two leaders talked privately for a half hour, and Bush invited Mazowiecki back for an unscheduled discussion Thursday. Mazowiecki also was being honored Wednesday night at a State Dinner.
State: Homeless census count called a ‘success’
SAN FRANCISCO — An unprecedented effort to count the homeless in Northern California was dubbed a "great success’’ Wednesday by U.S. Census Bureau officials, but homeless advocates planned their own survey to scrutinize the federal tabulation.
“From what I can tell, the .. operation throughout Northern California was a great success,” said Census District Manager Norman Ishimoto.
About 1,000 temporary Census workers fanned out after dark Tuesday in an ambitious attempt to count homeless people in parks, shelters, low-cost hotels and on the streets.
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Ruling validates senate election
T candidates sworn in as office-holders
By Michael Utley
Assistant City Editor
The Student Senate Judicial Council announced early Wednesday morning that they will not overturn this month's contested senate election, despite charges of unfair campaign tactics brought by the senate president.
The election winners were sworn into office at Wednesday night's senate meeting.
After four hours of deliberations, the seven member council read its decision aloud to about half a dozen "I" candidates who were at the center of the controversy surrounding their use of the "I" on the official ballot.
The council ruled (fjve to two) that the "I" — which was placed on the ballot after the names of 11 candidates who associated themselves with the slate — was
not unfair, at least not according to the senate constitution.
"The appearance of the T on the ballot constituted slate identification, not campaign material as noted in . . . the complaint," said Cheryl Aza, chairperson of the council. "Hence, we do not consider the presence of the T on the ballot as campaigning in a no-campaigning zone."
But in the same opinion, the council strongly recommended that the use of slates be abolished in the senate election (See Senate, page 17)
Fulfilling a need
Brian Servls, a junior majoring In mechanical engineering, gives blood at the American Red Cross Bloodmobile yesterday. The Bloodmobile will be back on campus March 29 and April 11.
Embassy halts mail services on Saturdays
By Aric Johnson
Staff Writer
Saturday mail service at Embassy Residential College has been suspended because of recent complaints about mail theft at the complex, officials said Wednesday.
Mail that would be delivered to residents' boxes Saturday will be included with Monday mail, said Michael Cragin, complex manager for Embassy and for Parkside Apartments.
Allegations that a student mail sorter who works on weekends stole concert tickets that an Embassy resident had ordered were filed Friday.
An investigation into the complaints has been launched by Housing Services, University Security, Mailing Services and the U.S. Postal Inspector, said Richard Strand, assistant director of Mailing Services.
Saturday service will continue after the investigation is concluded or a replacement is found, Cragin said.
Mail service on weekdays will continue normally because a full-time university Mailing Services employee distributes the mail, Cragin said.
The discontinuation of service is not an implication that the students who distribute the weekend mail are guilty, he said.
"It was an important measure (to implement) due to the complaints," Cragin said.
In a statement made in Monday's Daily Trojan, Cragin urged students to report all cases of missing mail to officials in charge.
As of Tuesday, there have been no additional written complaints about mail fraud, but Embassy security officers were aware of one verbal complaint, Cragin said.
(See Embassy,,page 17)
Wrecks drain morale
Escort has second accident
By Bill Swindell
Senior Staff Writer
The second traffic accident in two months involving an Escort Service car has caused fear among service drivers that university administration and students do not give them enough moral and finandal support, according to escort supervisors.
"Employee morale at escort is horrible," said Alex Gonzalez, an Escort Service supervisor. "The accidents (See Escort, page 16)