In Brief Thousands gather in streets, support Ortega re-election
•	MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Thousands of people gathered in the streets Wednesday for a campaign-closing rally in support of President Daniel Ortega and the Sandinista party’s effort to keep its power.
“Let’s celebrate victory now!’’ read the front-page headline in Barricada, the-official Sandinista National Liberation Front newspaper, with Sunday’s election four days away.
The headline was sandwiched between color photos of Ortega and his running mate, Vice President 1 Sergio Ramirez.
_From the Associated Press
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Initiatives examined by Senate
By Paul Malcolm
Staff Writer
Campus radio station KSCR asked the Student Senate on Wednesday for an initiative on the spring elections ballot that would survey student opinion regarding additional funds, said Anthony Debarry, senate elections and recruitment chairperson.
John Eberhardt, KSCR general manager, will have to meet with DeBarry before Friday to discuss the actual wording of the initiative if it is to get on the ballot, De Barry said.
The intiative will ask students if they would be willing to allocate fifty cents each semester 01 their $21 student-programming fee to KSCR, which has been plagued this year by monetary and transmitting difficulties.
(See Senate, page 18)
■ More Senate newt: Judiciary council says abstentions count as ‘no’ votes. /18
Popular professor packs in students
Life / Arts, page 7
Jackson puts on baseball hat
Sports, page 24
Volume CXI, Number 28	University of Southern California	Thursday, February 22, 1990
Just how far will a USC degree go?
. ..	John Urata /Dally Troian
Former Trojan Young M.C. cradles the Grammy award he won Wednesday for best rap artist. See page 16.
Senate race candidates debate it out
By Bill Swindell
Senior Staff Writer
Commuter Student Senate candidates debated on the problems of parking, from the Menlo Lot to the security surrounding it, Wednesday night in the second of a series of debates before the elections from March 5 through 9.
The Student Community and Greek candidate debates were held Tuesday night, and the Residence Hall candidate debate will take place tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the Pardee Tower Lounge. Each constituency has four seats up for election.
The debate, which took place at Topping Student Center, focused primarily on the parking crunch at the university, with all candidates agreeing it is the biggest problem for student commuters.
One issue discussed was the Menlo Lot and whether it is unsafe to park there at night.
"I would make Menlo more advantageous to people who come to school early, so people who come later wouldn't have to walk there at night. Maybe they could park there for a lesser fee," said Steven Zeidman, a sophomore commuter candidate majoring in urban and regional planning.
"We need to have Security increase their patrols for the lot," said Ernie Hoffman, a junior commuter candidate majoring in business.
Other candidates gave ideas on improving the reliability of the tram service taking commuters to the Menlo Lot.
"The delays (caused by) drivers making unnecessary stops should be cut back," said David Choye, a sophomore commuter candidate majoring in political science.
"They don't run frequently enough. We have to improve communication in calling the tram service and enlarge their fleet size," said Scott Hall, a junior commuter candidate majoring in psychology.
(See Debate, page 18)
Impressions
Palestinian’s art displays political view
By Dave Banks
Staff Writer	I
The murals are painted in bright, simple colors and flat designs on wall-sized canvas sheets. In one, three young men aim slingshots at an unseen enemy, their faces concealed in scarves. In another, a woman weeps over the body of a bleeding figure, lying face-down.
In both murals the outlawed Palestinian national flag hovers over the scene, witness to the violence and loss during the two years of the Palestinian uprising, the intifada, in the* Israeli occupied territories.
"American taxes are paying for the bullets that kill Palestinians," Laila Jammal said. She is the curator of artist Samia Zaru's traveling mural show, 'Tents and Stones," which is on exhibit at the Topping Center Fireside Lounge until Friday.
'Tents and Stones" is a collection of more than a dozen works of art by Zaru, who was bom in Nablus, Palestine. The different murals all share
the common theme of Palestinian nationalism, resistance to Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Caza strip and a desire for peace — out peace without compromise.
"South Africa and Israel oppress side by side," Jammal said, "but you can't suppress the majority . . . that's not the way to solve the problem.
"This exhibit is to educate the American people . . . how can you be hostile to something that's happening before your eyes?" she said.
The artist was invited to bring her exhibit to the university by the Palestinian Cultural Club. Club President Mohammad Barakat, a native of the West Bank, asked Zaru to exhibit her works on campus after hearing about a similar show in San Francisco.
"The artwork is very much a part of our cultural history and our social expression. The Palestinian flags are symbols of self-determination," Barakat said. "Children are prevalent themes. They represent the idea of (See Murals, page 19)