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Wednesday, October 8, 2003
Vol. CXUV flo 30
Davis replaced t Schwarzenegger
ly conceded the election )u»t before 10 p.m He uigeil ( aliforniani to put the lecall election l>etnnd them and move on with the bumieM of the state.
"I am secure in the knowledge that whatever iu challenges l dlilonua remauu thr greatest place on earth." he said
lie also promised Schwarzenegger that luii administration would coopei •tie lully during tlie transition period “This state has been very good to me," lie said “Tonight the voters derided it's time for someone else to .sei ve"
Schwarzenegger also promised to cooperate fully With Davis staff to ensure a smooth transition of power lie said he appreciated Davis "gracious" concession.
Proposition 53. which would have earmarked a percentage of the state’s I see Racall page 11 I
Should Gray DaMb be recalled from office as California governor?
By ELIZABETH BROTHERTON
Staff WilUri
(kiv (iray Davis conceded defeat to challenger Arnold Schwarzeneggei Tuesday night in the hrst statewide m ail evei to be held in California
At press time with 44 percent of tin precincts reporting, about 54 per cent of voters had elected to remove Davis fiorri office Among the candi dates vying to replace Davis, Schwarzenegger received appioxi inately 18 million votes to l,t (iov ( ru/ Bustamantes 12 million
Propositions 53 and 54, which had appeared on the ballot along with the governor’s ret ail were both projected to fail
At Ins campaign headquarters in I.os Angeles, Schwarzenegger told a crowd of supporters that he promises to work for “every single" Californian I will not tail you. 1 will not disappoint you, and 1 will not let you down,” Schwarzenegger said.
Schwarzenegger gave his speech surrounded by members of the Kennedy and Shriver families after being introduced by talk show host Jay Leno. He called on politicians from both parties to cooperate for the good of the state.
He said he would personally telephone leaders in the state legislative today to tell them he would be willing to work with them.
“For the people to win, politics as usual must lose,” he said.
He added that he wanted to "extend the olive branch of political reconciliation” to the other guberna torial candidates in the race.
Davis will remain governor until Secretary of State Kevin Shelley certifies the election results, a process which is expected to take about 3 weeks.
At his campaign headquarters in downtown I,os Angeles, Davis official-
If Davis is recalled, who should replace him?
Should a certain amount of state revenue be earmarked for building infrastructure?
Community,. students vote near campus
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Should the state government be banned from collecting racial data?
By WILL BIGHAM and ALICE WALTON
Staff Writers
USC students and local residents were among the millions of California voters who went to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to keep Gov. Gray Davis in office or remove and replace him with oge of more than 100 candidates.
Voters at sites around campus tended to vote against the recall and cited , candidate Arnold Schwarzeneggers lack of political experience as a drawback. No one interviewed had voted for Schwarzenegger.
Others joined the “No on recall, yes on Bustamante” campaign and I see Voting, page 13 I
All results are listed as of press time, with 49 percent of precincts reporting.
Voting day.
Davis concedes the election to Arnold
Schwarzenegg er, above. Throughout the day, students and nearby residents went to Marks Hall to vote in the election, left.
Three weeks later, stabbing still mystery
LAPD has no physical description of the suspects, which leaves crime unsolved
and stabbed him with a knife. The car then left the scene.
Detective John Parra, the LAPD investigator on the case, said he met with one victim and two others who were walking with the victim last Wednesday. The three, all USC students, were unable to identify the suspect from mug books, Parra said.
None saw the attacker clearly, Parra said.
“(The suspect) was chasing them down the street, was behind them the whole time," Parra said. “We’re stuck right*now as far as trying to identify who the individuals were that were involved."
The critical piece of information is still the description of the vehicle.
The victim and witnesses from the first attack were “pretty^damant" that the suspects car was a white, four-
door Lincoln Tpwncar with paper USC student, was stabbed on the license plates, Parra said. The car was bridge of his nose. He was identified as well maintained and did not have any “someone from the neighborhood, damage.	-	■-■/''*	who	lived nearby." Parra said.
A car fitting the description was	Parra met with the non-USC vic-
seen earlier in the area, said Lt Mike tim shortly after he was stabbed and Heckleman of the Department of came up empty on additional leads. Public Safety.	' “Information from that person
The two attacks are believed to be was very limited," Parra said. "He did-unprovoked, Heckleman said.	n’t remember anything but the car.'
“The suspect pulled up, (the vie-	J.R. Arinaga, a senior majoring in
tim) engaged in some verbal alterca- cinema production, was returning to tion with the guy, the guv got out of the Delta Chi fraternity house when the car," Heckleman said, aome words the second attack occurred, were exchanged between the guys in He said the suspect’s car was the car and the (victim), lt might have already parked and he saw the suspect been just a ruse, might have been them “storm out of the car" and stab the vic-just trying to pick a fight"	tim in the face.
The first victim, a USC student,	“(The suspect) obviously didn’t
was cut on the back — a one-inch Jac* care where they were going to stab eration on the back of his left shoulder, him," Arinaga said. “I’m sure that kid The second victim, who was not a <•	I see Stabbing, page U I
By KIM SIM
Staff Writer
The investigation into the stab-bings that took place just off campus three weeks ago is becoming a “shot in the dark," a Los Angeles Police Department detective said.
Two people were stabbed minutes apart in the early morning hours of Sept. 14 — the first on Hoover Street and the second on 28th Street — and LAPD has yet to solve the case.
In both incidents, a white car carrying four men pulled up next to the victim. Words were exchanged. A suspect exited the car, ran after the victim
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