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Volume CXVI, Number 65
University of Southern California
Tuesday, December 10,1991
Double jeopardy?
Editor of V appreciates ’SC diversity and tradition
By David Hernandez
Staff Writer
Sally Roever, a sophomore majoring in international relations and founding editor of the now-defunct student newspaper V, is an average college student who hails from the Midwest.
But that's not to say she doesn't have her quirks.
"When 1 was choosing a college, I drew a big line across the map from St. Louis, coast to coast. I knew I had to go to school below that line," Roever said.
"I hate cold weather and wind, ice, snow, and I was looking for a big school," she said.
Roever and USC seemed destined to be together.
Since Roever has been here, she said she has grown used to the contrasts presented by the university and Los Angeles.
"I like it here — it's such a complete-y different environment (from the Midwest). You walk anywhere and suddenly you're the racial minority, t's adventurous, and I think spending time here is very worthwhile," Roever said.
The university life seems to have come easily to Roever, who has involved herself in numerous activities, n addition to heavy time commitments with the women's soccer team and V, she is a member of a freshman lonor society.
'Diversity is one thing at 'SC, but very important to me is tradition," she said. 'There's a lot of tradition at this school, and you can feel it, and it makes you feel a part of the school, ven though there are 30,000 people tere, you feel like you're a part of it," Soever said.
The current problems surrounding f would be enough to dishearten anyone involved with the paper, but Roever said she is not discouraged.
'For every reason to shut down V, I can supply 10 to keep it going," she said. "We just need a little more time.
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USC discipline called unfair
By Roy J. Chung
Assistant City Editor
University students brought up on criminal charges are subject to recriminations by the university, though they may have been cleared of wrongdoing in a court of law, university officials said.
But regardless of legal proceedings, the university is well within its rights to take action against students for behavior it deems unacceptable, said Valerie Pation, associate vice president of Student Affairs.
"The same act can have double consequences," said Sandy Rhoten, director of Student Conduct. "This is not double jeopardy."
Double jeopardy is legal jargon for the practice of being tried twice for the same offense and is expressly forbidden by the Constitution.
But administrators say the university's practices are not a matter of constitutional rights.
"Students who enter the university are bound contractually," Paton said."The
relationship is contractual in nature. It's not a frivilous thing."
When students decide to enroll, they acknowledge agreement of the university's regulations, Paton said. Regardless of the findings of the criminal court system, they can be held to answer for their acts again by the university.
This practice was first questioned early this semester when the diploma of former university student Vinnie Terassi was withheld by order of the Office of Stu-(See Charges, page 3)
Demonic Tommy
Jeff Sherwood / Daily Trojan
Tommy Trojan seems to have succumbed to "architorture” in this student-painted graffiti that adorns the roof of the Watt Hall of Architecture.
Group working for hemp legalization
By Julie Yamamoto
Staff Writer
Glory Joyce Morelos said she and the student organization she helped found will start next semester off with a "bang," campaigning for the legalization of marijuana.
Morelos helped USC HEMP (Help End Marijuana Prohibition) get back on its feet this semester, but the organization was founded a year ago to educate students about the drug and promote legalization.
"I hope to change the students' minds and open them up to the issue," said Morelos, a USC HEMP coordinator.
Morelos, a sophomore majoring in filmic writing, said she plans to renew the university's recognition of USC HEMP, and the group is looking for a new faculty adviser for the upcoming semester.
David Crandall, director of student activities, signed on as USC HEMP'S faculty adviser so the group
could get started with meetings and initial activities this semester.
"When there's a new group being formed on campus, one of the things that is required is a faculty or staff adviser," Crandall said.
Crandall was instrumental in supporting the group.
Surprisingly, students have generated more opposition to the group's ideals than administrators have, Morelos said. She attributes the opposition to lack of knowledge about the issue. Morelos said she has been using marijuana "on and off" during her time at the university.
Last year, USC HEMP participated in a campaign to legalize marijuana that failed due to a lack of signatures and inaccuracies among those that were collected, Morelos said.
This year's members plan to continue the campaign in conjunction with other programs and activities, including video presentations, cam-(See Hemp, page 13)
Employees complain of union trouble
By Arwen Adams
Assistant City Editor
A faction made up of two university dining employees expressed discontent with their union Monday over lack of communication regarding a 75-cent rate increase.
These claims are being made a day before of-ficewide election for Union Local 11, representing hotel and restaurant employees including Dining Services.
Alex Rivera, head banquet waiter at Commons Restaurant and a union treasurer candidate, said that frustration among dining employees has reached a point where there is talk of leaving Local 11 altogether.
"Nobody likes this union as it is," Rivera said. "The people in charge wouldn't even stand up for people who weren't getting their overtime or when other things went wrong."
Among the union's actions that allegedly went wrong was the union not explaining to dining employees that they would not be getting a 75-cent raise.
"People believed there would be a two-dollar wage increase in three yearly increments," said Carlos Guzman, a temporary supervisor for Up-
(See Raise, page 14)
Kidnapping, rape reported
An "alumni" was kidnapped, robbed and sodomized near the comer of Hoover and 25th streets early Sunday morning, according to security reports.
Security said an "alumni," whose further identity is being withheld, was grabbed from behind by suspects around 1:30 a.m. and dragged at gunpoint into a parking lot.
The suspects took the victim's money, watch and walkman radio before commiting the sexual assault. The assailants then fled in a vehicle eastbound on Adams Boulevard, security said.
The Los Angeles Police Department received the initial report and is handling the investigation, security said.
No further information was released by LAPD or security.
— From Daily Trojan staff reports