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World: Men charged with homicide for a cable jump accident
METZ, France — Two leaders of a group of thrill-seekers who jump from high places with elastic cords tied around their ankles were charged with involuntary homicide in connection with a jumper’s death.
It was the first such court action in France resulting from the fad, in which jumpers attach elastic cords to their ankles and to the base of the platform from which they leap.
The accident occurred during a festival in eastern France in June. The government banned elastic-band jumps a month later, then legalized them again in October after implementing new safety rules.
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KSCR searches for airwaves, listeners
‘Underground’ tries to surface on AM band
By Christa Hohmann
Staff Writer
New management at campus radio station KSCR — "The Underground" — hopes to get the station off the ground and increase its listeners, said Raymond So, newly elected KSCR general manager.
"We are working on various proposals with the student media board," So said. "Possibly we will get a new AM band.
We will know pretty soon."
Meanwhile, So foresees KSCR becoming a "fully blown" carrier current station again.
Carrier current uses a building's electrical wiring to transmit low-level radio waves, which are picked up by radio sets in or near the building — a system KSCR used from 1974 to 1988.
"This time ... we will do it right," So said. "The problem before was ancient
equipment — that was why the sound was so bad. But now we have the student media board and the Student Senate behind us and i think things will start to happen."
An FM band, akin to the ill-fated effort last semester to get hooked onto Continental Cablevision lines, does not seem to be in the future for KSCR.
"That would involve $50 or $60 million and we just do not have any way of getting that money," So said.
(See KSCR, page 9)
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By Katie Sweeney
Staff Writer
The cold fusion debate began a year ago with the announcement of its discovery by tWo University of Utah chemists, but members of the scientific community are still criticizing the chemists for releasing their results prematurely.
B. Stanley Pons and Martin Fleisch-mann haye been openly criticized for announcing their discovery, originally heralded as the solution to the world's energy problems, before performing
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basic control experiments to verify the findings.
"Momentous discoveries are something you don't rush out and say without any proof," said Keith Thomassen, a deputy assistant direc-
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deal of money," Thomassen said. "It created an immediate obligation for laboratories everywhere to make their own independent judgments."
The scientists also have been criticized for not revealing important details of their work that would enable others to duplicate it.
(See Fusion, page 11)
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Winnie Mandela loses her respect
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‘Romeo, oh, Romeo...’
Trojans split two with 49ers
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Volume CXI, Number 50	University of Southern California	Monday, March 26, 1990
Andy Wolf and Don Fressln, members of the comedy troupe Co-medus Interruptus, perform one of their skits In Alumni Park.
Bikes bar disabled entrances
By Christa Hohmann
Staff Writer
Students parking and locking their bikes on handicapped ramps around campus have become a hindrance for many disabled students, university officials said Friday.
"A lot of people, for convenience's sake, park their bikes wherever they feel like it and people in wheelchairs can't get by," said Lynne Bejoian, director of the Qffice for Students with Disabilities.
"The biggest problem spots on campus are the ramp on the south side of the Student Union / Commons building, ramps from Webb Tower and Fluor Tower leading to King Hall and ramps around the residence halls," Bejoian said.
University Security and the Bicycle Program are working together to combat the problem.
"Security is going to start impounding bikes immediately," said Dennis Archambault, special programs administrator for security and Parking Operations.
Security will blanket illegally parked bikes with warning fliers and take down a bike description and frame number.
"If the bike is found again illegally-parked, the lock will be cut and it will be impounded," Archambault said.
To retrieve a bike, the owner must prove ownership and registration and pay $5 to cover the charge of cutting the bike lock. If the bike is not registered, the
(See Bikes, page 11)
Panel retold to find facts about clash
By Kathy Kelleher
Staff Writer
James Zumberge, university president, Thursday reconvened the president's review panel of the Feb. 7 clash between protesters and security after the Faculty Senate passed a resolution calling for its reinstatement.
"The panel was meeting when the lawsuit was filed and Dr. Zumberge asked the panel to suspend their deliberations," said George Abdo, executive assistant to Zumberge. "In the intervening days, Dr. Zumberge reviewed the situation and decided going on ahead with the panel was the right thing to do."
Alvin Rudisill, university chaplain, will be the panel chairperson and Barbara Solomon, dean of graduate studies, will be vice chairperson
The panel recessed on March 7 after some members of the USC Divestment Coalition filed a lawsuit against the university.
"The resolution called on the administration to reactivate the panel and if it did not happen, the faculty senate would put together their own panel," said Edwin McCann, associate professor of philosophy and a faculty senator.
Harry Brighouse, a graduate student in philosophy and a spokesperson of the divestment coalition, said the resolution to reconvene was passed Wednesday. He said that the content of the resolution was to get the university president to reopen the inquiry within three weeks or the faculty senate would do it.
"Yesterday, we were told the inquiry was reopened, which is what we wanted all along.
(See Panel, page 9)