In Brief_ No legal grounds to charge Honecker with high treason
EAST BERLIN — Prosecutors said Monday there were no legal grounds for charging Erich Honecker with high treason, but the deposed Communist leader still was under investigation for corruption and abuse of power.
The office of chief prosecutor Hans-Juergen Joseph said two members of the Politburo — state security chief Erich Mielke and Guenther Mittag, the economics minister — also would escape treason charges.
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Absurd theater shines at Taper
Life / Arts, page 9
Coliseum to be leased out
Deal marks next significant step in renovation process
By Katie Sweeney
Staff Writer
A significant step toward the renovation of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was taken Monday when a $46 million private management agreement was reached between the Coliseum and MCA Spectacor.
The agreement privatizes the Coliseum for a period of 20 years under the operation and management of MCA Spectacor and gives greater authority for the Coliseum to undergo a major renovation, said Mike McGee, university athletic director and one of three university representatives who attended the Coliseum commission's special meeting Monday.
Under the agreement, MCA Spectacor will pay the commission $46 million during the 20-year period in exchange for the right to operate as the owner and private operator of the Coliseum, McGee said.
The Coliseum is currently owned jointly by the state, county and dty, he said.
"USC is pleased with this action because it really now has set the stage for private management to proceed with ma-
jor renovation of the Coliseum and negotiate a long-term agreement with USC," said Tony Lazzaro, university vice president, who also attended the meeting.
Renovation efforts will concentrate on the inside of the stadium, taking care not to change the historic peristyle section that many preservationists have been concerned about, McGee said.
Before the renovation can begin, environmental impact studies must be completed and the historical significance of the Coliseum considered, Lazzaro said.
Since the Coliseum is on leased land from the state, "everything will have to comply with city and state laws related to remodeling," he said.
Lazzaro said renovation will probably take two to four months.
"The challenge is to do major remodeling with sensitivity, cognizant of the fact that the Coliseum is a historical landmark," he said. "I'm confident that (the process) can proceed with success."
If the Coliseum is renovated, the Trojan football team will have to vacate the stadium for at least one season, probably in 1991, McGee said.
Alternative sites for the football team include Anaheim Stadium, the Rose Bowl and Dodger Stadium, though McGee said the Rose Bowl and Dodger Stadium may not be feasible.
(See Coliseum, page 8)
Tally errors
Winners changed in most beneficial Songfest for camp
By Paul Malcolm
Staff Writer
A tabulation error in Songfest judging led to the changing of award win ners in a precedent-setting program Saturday night, program officials said Monday.
The first place winner was not affected by the error, thus awarding the top spot to the Deans and Trustee Scholars and Friends group for their number "Scripture This." The group also won in the best costumes category.
Songfest, held in the Shrine Auditorium, is an all-student musical variety show put on to raise money for Troy Camp, a summer camp for outstanding elementary students in Los
(See Tally, page 16)
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Denzel Washington won a Best Supporting Actor award at Monday night’s Academy Awards ceremony for his performance as a Civil War soldier in “Glory.” For a complete list of Oscar results, see page 6.
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Volume CXI, Number 51	University of Southern California	Tuesday, March 27, 1990
Long Beach pounds USC
Sports, page 24
$3.3 million added to help new students
Gift aid to decrease while overall packaging changes
By Dave Banks
Staff Writer
University Provost Cornelius Pings has accepted a series of recommendations from the Task Force on Undergraduate Recruitment, authorizing a $3.3 million increase in available financial aid for 1990's freshman and transfer students. The plan, however, will reduce the number of available gift aid scholarships by more than 10 percent, officials said Monday.
Continuing students, who last year suffered a 5 percent across-the-board cut in gift aid because of budget shortfalls, will find that gift aid levels beginning with the fall semester will remain the same as last year
The task force also recommended that continuing students, as well as transfer students and now freshmen, meet tougher qualification standards.
Ceceilia Schouwe, senior director of Financial Aid, said there will be no further reductions in gift aid to continuing students, but the packaging of the scholarships will be balanced according to need and cost.
With tuition and housing expenses expected to rise 6 to
7	percent in the fall, scholarships will be tougher to get, as the packaging of them will depend more on a decrease or increase in the student's financial need, Schouwe said.
"We are trying mightily to do our part. With this new policy we'll get a more equitable administration of these (financial aid) funds," Pings said.
The new proposal will increase total financial aid expenditures to almost $40 million — nearly 18 percent of all undergraduate tuition revenue, f lid Veronica Tincher, associate director of Budget and Planning.
Under the revised plan, freshmen and transfer students will need a minimum grade point average of 3.5 in
(See Increase, page 16)