‘Q & A’ examines police corruption
Life / Arts, page 18
Volume CXI, Number 68	University of Southern California	Friday, April 27, 1990
Loss to 49ers ends season
Sports, page 36
Head of Times Mirror Co. to speak at 1990 Commencement
Robert F. Erburu, a distinguished university alumnus and chief executive officer of the Times Mirror Co., will deliver the 107th commencement address as well as have an honorary degree conferred upon him.
Erburu, who graduated from the School of Journalism, was chosen to deliver the address because of commitment to community service.
"He is a key leader in the Southern California community and a leading alumnus of the university. He is deeply involved in community affairs,” said George Abdo, assistant to the president.
Erburu will receive an honorary doctorate of law during the May 10
ng honorary degrees are Kenneth 0. Emery, marine geologist; Henry Bigelow, professor emeritus at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute; Cecil Green, founding member of Texas Instruments Inc.; and Jean Rouch, anthropologist.
The Class of 1990 valedictorian is Carlyn Renee Taylor, a dual-degree honors economics major.
This is final DT of spring, new editor elected for fall
Today’s issue is the final edition of the Daily Trojan for the spring semester.
The Summer Trojan, a weekly, will begin publication May 16,1990, under the editorship of Carole Cleveland.
Cleveland, a junior majoring in broadcast journalism and political science, will succeed Leef Smith as the paper's editor in the fall.
Cleveland has worked at the Daily Trojan for four semesters — as a staff writer, assistant city editor, dty assignment editor and managing editor.
Smith, who set a precedent as the first editor in 25 years to hold the position for two consecutive semesters, is graduating with a double major in broadcast journalism and English. V •••
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Student detained in rape case
LAPD investigates incident at fraternity; source identifies suspect as ATO member
By Roger Tefft
Gty Editor
A university student was detained, questioned and released Thursday evening by the Los Angeles Police Department for his alleged involvement in the December rape of a female student, police said.
"I just finished talking to the rape suspect. I won't release his name until we have a case to present to the district attorney," said Detective Bill Pavelic of the LAPD.
Though an anonymous source gave the
Daily Trojan a name for the suspect, Pavelic would neither confirm nor deny that the identity was that of the person he queried.
The source said the suspect is a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
"I guarantee it happened at the ATO house. ATO was written all over the report," the source said.
When asked about the case, a member of the fraternity, who refused to identify himself, said, "The DT hasn't written
anything but f---ing trash ... No
comment."
Pavelic said he is in the process of questioning other people about the case.
"Based on the victim's allegations, 1 will be presenting the case to the district attorney," Pavelic said.
The student who was detained turned himself in to University Security, said Lt. David Ritch of security.
Though the incident occuiad in December, the victim decided this week to go to police, Ritch said.
"It's fairly common for that in these cases," he said.
University Security Chief Stever\ Ward will issue a statement this morning, Ritch said.
— Staff Writers Paul Malcolm and Michael Utley contributed to this story
The semester’s issues get reviewed
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By Paul Malcolm
Staff Writer
Student Senate has had its share of problems this semester, but a lack of visibility was not one of them.
With election results questioned, conflict of interest allegations, attempts to impeach a president, major positions unfilled by the semester's end and the ongoing undergraduate / graduate power struggle, the senate attracted more than enough Daily Trojan coverage to let students know who they were. •
Student confidence in the senate, as a result of this publicity, has quite possibly reached an all time low.	J,
As Sam Sheldon, senate vice president, said, if the average) student walked into a senate meeting, he would walk away feeling their $42 student activity fee was being wasted •
Unfortunately the situation has reached the stage where a student does not need to sit in on a meeting to form this opinion. They have done it on their own.
"They haven't affected me whatsoever," said Patricia Page, a sophomore majoring in electrical engineering. I)
"I really don't know what their purpose is. I'm sure that with all the probljems I have they couldn't help me," said Ru-gina Hendricks, a junior majoring in business.
Even those who are aware of the senate have harsh criticism.
"(The senate) has lost all of its credibility in my mind. They
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Shots ring around the university
By Roger Tefft
City Editor
Spring semester morale may have gotten a boost with a long-awaited Rose Bowl victory, but it wasn't long before shots were fired on a number of fronts.
The shooting of graduate student Charles Langenhagen on Orchard Avenue Jan. 24 raised concerns about the safety of walking alone at night in Los Angeles — a notion not at all new to Trojans.
Langenhagen's assailant fired nine rounds at the 24-year-old, one of which lodged in his right calf. The suspect remains at large.
Langenhagen's incident occurred three days before the one-year anniversary of another student's mishap. Then-junior Kimberly Warfield was shot by three drive-by assailants as she entered the front door of Stardust Apartments on Jan. 27, 1989. She later sued the university. The case remains in Mitigation and her attack is unsolved.
Though many say danger is just a way of life in the campus' neighborhood, university administrators toured the area to find things that could be improved. They noted that several streets lacked adequate lighting and called on the city to brighten things up.
Langenhagen said recently he is more careful since the incident. The Los Angeles Police Department, meanwhile, says there are no new leads in the (See Summary, page 22)
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