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Volume CXVI, Number 39
University of Southern California
Friday, October 25, 1991
Speed limit for Traveler?
Collision with Stanford ‘Dolly’ worries university officials
File photo
Four APASG scholarship winners
Asian group awards 17 scholarships to students
By Liz Washburn
Assistant City Editor
Seventeen university students will be awarded 1991-92 Asian Pacific American Support Group Scholarships at a public reception in the Fireside Room of the George Lucas Cinema Building Thursday, Nov. 7.
Fourteen of the recipients are undergraduates:
Denise Kato, a junior majoring in communications and international relations from Oxnard, Calif.
Helen Kim, an undeclared sophomore from North Hollywood, Calif.
Mary Kim, a freshman majoring in communications from Kailua, Hawaii.
Yae Ri Kim, a sophomore majoring in biology from Kailua, Hawaii.
Lindsay Po-Suen Lau, a junior majoring in accounting and East Asian languages and cultures from Redondo Beach, Calif.
Minh Quang Le, a sophomore majoring in biology from Annapolis, Md.
Valerie Tse, a junior majoring in cinema production from Northbrook, 111.
Lena Rathana Nouth, a senior majoring in chemical engineering from Aloha, Ore.
Denise Alane Quan, a sophomore majoring in music education from Los Angeles.
Allyson Ngoc Tang, a freshman majoring in business administration from Baldwin Park, Calif.
(See Recipients, page 2)
WEATHER
TODAY:
Mostly sunny, 62/72
TOMORROW:
Sunny, 63/74
Kris Chun / Dally Trojan
Traveler is the university mascot during football games.
By J. Martin McOmber
Staff Writer
University officials are thinking about tightening the reins on Traveler, the university mascot.
The mascot's owner, Richard Saukko, said Thursday that a university official asked him to slow the horse's well-known gallops around the Coliseum during university football games.
Saukko said that Donald Ludwig, director of intermural recreation at the university, asked him to maintain greater control over Traveler after the horse hit a performer from Stanford at Saturday's Homecoming game.
Debbie Bain, a member of Stanford's dance group, the "Dollies,'' stepped in front of the horse as it galloped down the track in front of the visitor's section just before the end of the third quarter.
Traveler's shoulder brushed Bain as she was performing a dance move, knocking her to the ground.
Bain was not injured and rejoined the "Dollies" on the field
during the fourth quarter, said Gary Migdol, senior sports information director at Stanford.
The incident drew attention to the dangers involved in the horse's performance, a tradition at the university for more than 40 years.
Walter Renwick, a member of the Trojan Knights, the student group responsible for clearing a path for Traveler during games, said near accidents are not uncommon.
Renwick, a staff writer at the Daily Trojan, was near the "Dollies" when Traveler struck Bain.
Renwick said he knew of three other near-accidents involving Traveler at the homecoming game — including one where he was almost run over. But Renwick said this may have been because he was not experienced at handling the horse.
"They have to make sure Traveler is under control at all times," he said.
"I would like to see (Traveler) slowed down a bit," said Scott Seidenverg, also a Trojan Knight.
(See Traveler, page 3)
Not just song girls anymore
Male student attends Song Leader tryouts
By Nicole Ennix
Staff Writer
University women gathered in front of Heritage Hall on Tuesday for the annual Song Leader tryouts.
But on Wednesday, tradition was bro-
ken when a male university student, Jay-zen Patria, joined the crowd.
Patria, a freshman majoring in communications, was the first male cheerleader at his high school.
When Patria joined the squad as a junior, the school's administration divided the cheerleading squad into a yell leader squad and a song leader squad. In his senior year, Patria was a squad captain.
Dennis Fleming, who has been the ad-
visor for the Song Leader squad for the past two years, said he did not know whether a male had tried out to be a Song Leader in the past, but said he had heard something about it.
However, a male student has never been selected to be a Song Leader,
There is no policy governing whether a male can be part of the squad or participate in tryouts, Fleming said.
(See Patria, page 3)
USAir overbooks for Berkeley game
By Roy J. Chung
Assistant City Editor
Flights for the Cal Weekender arranged by USC Travel Service as part of a package deal have been rescheduled following an overbooking of 200 seats by the airline, university officials said.
"Different times, different planes," said Ian Thomas, director of USC Travel Service. "We obviously hope it will inconvenience people as little as possible."
All airlines, including USAir, the university's carrier, traditionally overbook flights because of numerous cancellations, Thomas said. But no one will be left stranded Friday
Nov. 1, because alternate flights have been made available.
"It's an unfortunate thing that the airlines do overbook terribly because they don't understand that something different is happening (that weekend)," Thomas said.
But Agnes Huff, USAir's western regional manager of corporate communications, said a computer error caused drastic overbooking.
"Obviously, the USC account is very important to USAir and we are doing everything we can to accommodate the students as we had originally planned," Huff said.
(See Flights, page 3)
San Francisco police warn Cal Weekender students to take care
By Oma Zadeh
Staff Writer
Students planning to attend the Cal Weekender Nov. 2 were warned Tuesday by the university and San Francisco police officials to keep the parties under control.
The annual Trojan pilgrimage to San Francisco wreaked such havoc in 1988 that USC was placed on an unofficial two-year probation from Union Square, the heart of the downtown bar and restaurant district.
That privilege is being reinstated this year, as the Trojan Marching Band will march two blocks from the San Francisco Hilton to the square, the traditional location of the outdoor rally, said Don Ludwig, director of intramurals
(See Pilgrimage, page 3)