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Volume CXI, Number 12
University of Southern California
Monday, January 29, 1990
In Brief
Reagan’s minimum price tops $1,000 a minute for speech
ORLANDO, Fla. — Former President Reagan will receive $1,000 a minute for a one-hour talk to some 1,400 owners of a Hardee’s restaurant franchises meeting in Orlando on Feb. 5.
But Reagan passed up a $50,000 fee to appear elsewhere the day before and'instead will receive a humanitarian award.
“We had our sights on him before he was even out of office," said spokesman Ted Schlutow of the fast-food restaurant chain. “Our biggest growth pattern was during the Reagan years.”
State: Bionic limbs may be used in 21st century
STANFORD, Calif. — Silicon microchips implanted into rat feet survived a year, linking with nerve tissue in a step Stanford University researchers said could lead to development of bionic limbs in several decades.
“The goal of this project is to make an interface, a direct connection, between the human nervous system and machines,” said Greg Kovacs, a doctoral candidate in electrical engineering and a Stanford medical student.
Ultimately, the technology could be used to connect prostheses to the human body to create a robot limb, researchers said.
Attempts to save wildlife result in goat shootings
AVALON, Calif. — Thousands of goats on Santa Catalina Island are being killed as part of biologists' efforts to preserve the island’s ecosystem, but animal activists have condemned the deaths as mass slaughter.
Biologists, all expert marksmen, have been asked to use helicopters, radios and high-powered rifles to kill as many as 3,000 of the goats, said officials for the Santa Catalina Island Conservancy, which owns 86 percent of the island land.
The goats are stripping the vegetation on the west end and threatening native species such as the Catalina mahogany and the island fox, said biologist David Garcelon, who is leading the hunt.
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Shooting discussed at meeting
Students voice harassment concerns
By Katie Sweeney
Staff Writer
Dr. James Dennis, vice president of Student Affairs, met with five prominent black students Friday to discuss concerns about potential harassment stemming from a widely distributed description of a
black male suspect in last Wednesday's shooting of a university student near campus.
"We discussed the ramifications of the allegation that the assailant was a black male, (which means that) black males on around campus could become sus-
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pect," Dennis said.
"We need to remind students that just because it was alleged a black male was involved, it doesn't mean any or all black males are suspect," he said.
Black students said they understand problems can easily arise.
"The university understands, stemming from past experience, that there are (See Dennis, page 9)
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John O’Neill, a junior majoring in business, chats on the phone while his pet python whispers encouragement into his ear.
Students upset with Cablevision services, billing
By Christa Hohmann
Staff Writer
Despite resolutions with Continental Cablevision and some $200,000 spent annually to maintain cable television in university apartments, problems with the system remain, a university official said.
Several students have complained about the billing process, said Terry Riley, director of the Access system.
The problem lies with Cablevision, Riley said. The company is having a communication problem between higher management and billing clerks. "But thev are working on getting that cleared up," he said.
"The billing for the HBO and Cinemax channels got all screwed up," said Suzanne Schoenbaum, a sophomore majoring in international relations. "I tried to call and I couldn't get a straight answer, so I just let it go."
Cablevision could not be reached for comment.
"In past meetings with Continental Cable," Riley said, "we determined that there would be two types of billing available to the students who wanted extra channels. They could either pay by semester or be invoiced monthly."
In another mixup, Cablevision failed to send university students the monthly schedule of cable programming, Entertainment Magazine, last semester, but corrected the error by sending it free of charge this semester, Riley said.
"I talked with Continental Gable apd students are now receiving the magazine free of charge. Other customers in the area pay $2 per month," he said.
"Basically, Continental Cable is bending as much as they can to meet the needs of students as best they can. I would be very upset if they weren't doing that," Riley said.
For each of the 2,000 university residences that have cable, the university pays $9.50 a month, said Bill Thompson, director of housing and residence halls.
"Over the summer, though, there is a reduced number of hookups — about 1,300," Hkt 'son said. According to Riley, the university will haVe .it $200,000 on cable
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By Christa Hohmann
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Chartes Langenhagen — the student who was shot last Wednesday — was reported in stable condition after undergoing surgery Thursday evenin for a bullet wound in the right call said Cheryl Rivera, assistant head nurse at Queen of Angels / Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center.
a first-year graduate student, said he plans to be Sunday and return to school
car accident. When you go by the spot, you can't help but remember the incident." A Langenhagen was about 50 yards from his Terrace Apartments residence when an unidentified assailant fired nine shots at him. One bullet struck him.
"I think the entire piece of shrapnel was left in my leg. My doctors really haven't explained the whole situation yet. When I woke up, all I knew was that there was a cast on my leg," Lan-tid.
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new evidence.
"My father took the shooting well, but my mom was really freaked out. They haven't said anything to me about not going back to school," Langenhagen said.	* ;
Langenhagen's father flew to Los Angeles on Thursday to be with his son.
Friday was Langenhagen's first da up and around, Rivera said. A physi cal therapist worked with Wm to help
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around with the cast, she said.
"The hospital has been really bor-Langenhagen said. "It's good to to sit in a chair. I am looking to getting out of here."
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