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Volume CXI, Number 16	University of Southern California	Friday, February 2, 1990
In Brief_
German leaders may discuss possibility of united fatherland
EAST BERLIN — East Germany's Communist premier on Thursday appealed for negotiations with West Germany to forge a “united fatherland” that eventually would be neutral and governed from Berlin.
West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl welcomed the call to discuss reunification but rejected the call for military neutrality.
“Such a proposal contradicts the logic of the pan-European process of unification,” Kohl said. He added that a single German state in the heart of Europe could not afford to be isolated.
Nation: Legislators pull wool over peer’s eyes
LANSING, Mich. — A lawmaker who missed more sessions than she attended last year demanded an apology Thursday after a eight-year incumbent was introduced to her as a newly elected legislator and she fell for the prank.
Rep. Ethel Terrell issued a news release saying she refused to attend House sessions until she received an apology from Reps. Jerry Bartnik and Philip Hoffman.
The two promptly apologized to her and anyone else they may have offended, after expressing disbelief that she had issued the statement.
Local: Hit man killed off by assassins, police say
LOS ANGELES — A woman was charged with soliciting the murder of her cameraman husband, then paying assassins to kill the hit man who arranged the slaying, authorities said.
Mary Ellen Samuels, 42, was charged Tuesday in San Fernando Municipal Court with hiring James V. Bernstein and one or two other people to kill Robert Samuels,
Deputy District Attorney Myron Jenkins said.
Samuels, 40, was a motion-picture cameraman who was shotgunned and beaten to death in his home, Jenkins said.
Prosecutors allege Mrs. Samuels then hired two other men to kill Bernstein, 26, and dump his body in a remote area of Ventura County.
From the Associated Press
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Security exonerates officers
Force used in arrest called appropriate
By Paul Malcolm
Staff Writer
University Security officers were cleared of allegations that they had used excessive or inappropriate force Nov. 30 during an arrest of a burglary suspect, security officials said Thursday.
"As a result of our investigation they (the five officers involved) did not violate any rules or regulations," said Lt. Luther Lanier who exonerated the officers after reviewing the report on Jan. 26.
The decision formally closed a six-week University Security internal investigation
and was founded on conflicting testimony given to security by witnesses of the incident.
"Basically, 15 people were interviewed," said Steven Ward, executive director of University Security. "There was no agreement, in many respects, from story to story."
Officers Patricia Thompson and Martin Jones, two of the officers on the scene, and Lt. Jim Kennedy, who conducted the investigation, could not be reached for comment Thursday.	*
The investigation began after an eye-
witness of the incident, Sandra Scott, administrative secretary for the Science and Industry Museum, sent a letter to Chief Ward, the Daily Trojan and the Office ot Civic and Community Relations.
"We interviewed everyone she (Scott) said was present. There was no corroboration of physical abuse of him (Reginald Mabry) on the ground," Ward said.
Scott and two other witnesses claim they saw five security officers on Exposition Boulevard beating Reginald M.ibrv, who is currently serving a 30-day sentence for a burglary at Harris Hall, while he lay on the ground with his pants
(See Decision, page 10)
Senates
to restrict bike use
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Staff Writer
The College-University residential life staff is sponsoring "Strength Through Di- ed (on cam] versify," a month-long schedule of events to who is a raise student awareness erf different cultures Instead and help them better understand people /to read the from differenct ethnic backgrounds, said Jason Brown, a College-University resident adviser.
The program consists of 12 events which indude trips to Cuban, Mexican, Mongolian, and Russian restaurants. Employees at the restaurants will give informal talks about their culture. The Golden Dragon Parade,
Chinese New Year's Carnival in Chinatown and Diversity Forum night are also on the scheduled list of events.
ciples of Community, which is the school's
The program is designed to make students more mindful of the university's Prin-
discrimination of any kind.
of Community are violat-i) every day," said Brown, »more majoring in business, tting a token five minutes to residents, the originators of Strength Through Diversity decided to dedicate a month to it, said Brad Weber, another CoUege-University resident adviser and a sophomore majoring in business.
Brown and Weber are two of the 12 Col lege-University resident advisers who are sponsoring the programs, which are open to everyone.
'It's to give everybody the experience of different cultures," Brown said.
Rachel McCloskey, one of the originators of Strength Through Diversity, said the pur-(See Diversity, page 10)
Center of attention
Edward Slgel / Dally Trojan
Cliffe Knechtle (Insert) speaks to students about the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship.
By Chad Reed
Staff Writer
Faculty Senate decided Wednesday to cooperate with Student Senate to regulate bicycle use on campus.
The decision was made in Faculty Senate's executive board meeting, said Jean Keene, administrative assistant for the Faculty Senate.
Student Senate offered a resolution calling for the cooperative effort on Jan. 24, nearly a year after the Faculty Senate askeu for a complete ban of bicycles on campus between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
"We are forming a committee to work something out . . . everyone will make some compromises," said Victoria Briggs, a student community senator.
The Student Senate resolution suggested restricting areas and times for bicycle use, establishing bike paths or giving stu dents more time between classes.
The Faculty Senate called for the ban to reduce the danger of collisions between bicyclists and pedestrians, vehicles and other bicyclists, said Dennis Archam-bault, special projects administrator.
"Pedestrians always have the right of way," Archambault said.
In the event of a collision, the bicyclist is responsible for all damages, including property and injuries, he said.
"Riders can be brought in for student conduct, and, if they leave an accident . . . they can be charged with vehicular hit and run," Archambault said.
There were three reported collisions between bicycles and vehicles on campus in 1989, said Doug Moore, university insurance manager.
Statistics for other collisions were not available.