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Volume CXVI, Number 31
University of Southern California
Tuesday, October 15, 1991
Harassment speech flops
Sixth-year senior works on jnext big thing’in CDs
By Nicole Simonsen
Staff Writer
When most people find out Brett Spivey is a sixth-year senior, they wonder how he spends his time.
But unlike many sixth-year seniors, Spivey did not waste his time.
During his first four years at the university, Spivey participated in the Student Senate and was the Executive Director of the Gay and Lesbian Assembly for Student Support.
He has also worked with University Residential Student Committee, the Colonial House and Club Underground.
But though Spivey is still involved in GLASS, he gave up all his other activities for a full-time job that many students only dream about.
In May of 1990, Spivey started working for Compact Discs Interactives in addition to taking classes.
The company is part of Phillips Interactive Media, a large conglomerate that owns Magnavox, among other things.
Spivey said his background working with Macintosh computers and majoring in critical studies in the School of Cinema-Television gave him the edge over other applicants.
Engingeers, designers and artists at CDI have been working on the "next big thing” to follow compact-disk players into the world of consumer electronics.
Their conclusion? Putting videos onto CDs.
The product will cost between $750 and $800 and is scheduled to be launched this week in New York and Los Angeles.
Spivey, one of the artists, has been helping design programs for the discs.
"The idea is to combine computers, television and music into a nice package," he said.
Spivey wanted to work on the music-video side of the operation and has helped design videos for Mozart, Louie Armstrong and some hit songs from the '50s including "Chantilly Lace" and "My Boyfriend's Back."
Spivey and others are also working on a new project called "Interactive TV," in which viewers will be able to decide what choices a movie character will make.
"The product's success will determine what big producers decide to jump in and a play a part," he said. "I see it as the future."
Spivey will graduate in December and plans to stay at his job.
"Being able to create entertainment is something I've always wanted to do, and this job gives me the chance," he said.
— The Profile column appears in the Daily Trojan every Tuesday.
Workshop draws only one student
By Paul Malcolm
Staff Writer
Despite the national controversy surrounding U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, only one student turned out to learn the difference between healthy sexuality and sexual harassment at a workshop in Topping Student Center Monday.
Mark Stevens, assistant director of the
university's Counseling Center, was disappointed in the turnout at his workshop for men, titled "How to Be Sexual Without Harassment."
The student who attended the workshop came to take notes for a report on rape in his composition class.
While admitting that a lack of publicity led to the low turnout, Stevens cited other reasons that relate to attitudes many men share.
"There are a couple of reasons for the low turnout, the first being there was not a lot of publicity," he said. "But also,
(See Workshop, page 14)
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Please see related stories:
•	Dr. Keeling speaks, page 3
•	CARE Week, page 12
•	Alcohol Awareness, page 12
Think before you drink
New BSU president stresses expansion
By Walter Renwick
Staff Writer
juniors Nicole Wilson and Leslie Grinner were elected president and vice president of the university's Black Student Union on Monday.
Wilson, who ran with vice presidential candidate Leticia Edghill, and Grinner, who ran alone, said their objectives were to provide a forum for black students on campus, as well as raising the awareness of non-blacks on campus.
Though Wilson and Edghill ran as a slate, both the president and vice president were elected separately.
"The BSU is meant to be an activist support group for black students, a forum for black issues
(See Election, page 14)
Thomas hearings spark debate
University remains divided on nomination
Edward Siegel / Daily Trojan
Joseph Velasco, a senior majoring in business management and marketing, views the wreck placed on Trousdale Parkway for Alcohol Awareness Week.
By Roy J. Chung
Assistant City Editor
As nationwide polls show strong support for Judge Clarence Thomas' confirmation as a Supreme Court justice, many students and faculty at the university remain divided, especially on allegations of sexual harassment levied by Oklahoma law professor Anita Faye Hill.
Polls conducted by both the Los Angeles Times and USA Today released Monday show Thomas was held in high regard by the majority of Americans.
L.A. TIMES POLL
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The Times reported that 51 percent of those surveyed believed the U.S. Senate should confirm Thomas' nomination. Only 25 percent believed he should be rejected.
Concerning the charges of sexual harassment, the Times' poll showed that 48 percent of those polled believed Thomas' testimony, while 35 percent believed Hill's.
USA Today reported that 55 percent of Americans supported Thomas' confirmation, while 27 percent remained opposed. About 47 percent believed Thomas' account of the alleged sexual harassment.
■ Approximately 24 percent believed Hill's account.
But many university students and faculty members, particularly in the Law Center, remain strongly opposed to the nomination.
"I strongly hope that Thomas will not be confirmed," said Professor Erwin Che-merinsky. "At the very least, there is substantial doubt that Thomas is lying."
Chemerinsky said statements claiming that attacks on Thomas' character were racially motivated are invalid.
"It is a black woman that is attacking him," he said. "The idea of a lynching is such an inappropriate metaphor.
"My bottom line is that if I were a witness in a jury trial, she has no motive for lying and he has a large motive for lying," he said.
But many Thomas supporters question the confirmation process and wonder whether it is fair to judge a Supreme Court nominee on his character.
(See Poll, page 15)
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