Pygmalion retold by Gere, Roberts
Life / Arts, page 5
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Nation: Jury finds Valdez captain not guilty on three counts
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A jury on Thursday found Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood innocent of three major charges in connection with the nation’s worst oil spill and convicted him of the minor charge of negligent discharge of oil.
Jurors absolved Hazelwood of one felony and two misdemeanor charges alleging that he was drunk and reckless when the tanker ran aground, spilling nearly 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989.
Campus: Photo exhibit shows women’s success
A photo exhibit portraying contributions of women to politics ends today at Topping Student Center.
The exhibit, entitled "Feminization of Power,” consists of 58 photos with brief biographies of historical and contemporary women leaders. It is sponsored by the Fund for Feminist Majority and by The Women’s Network of USC.
From the Associated Press
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Acoustic expression
Edward Siegel / Daily Tro|an
Guitarist Geof Morgan performed on behalf of the campus group C.A.R.E. (Creating Attitudes for a Rape-Free Environment) at Tommy Trojan on Wednesday.
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Volume CXI, Number 49	University of Southern California	Friday, March 23, 1990
A close call for basketball
Sports, page 28
Senate passes resolution for a new center
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By Katie Sweeney
Staff Writer
One year after an announcement by two University of Utah scientists that they had discovered cold fusion, university researchers and others in the scientific community have lost faith in the validity of the experiments.
"Most of the scientific community does not believe in cold fusion," said Gordon Miskelly, a university chemistry professor who worked on cold fu-
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Fusion Confusion
This is the first of two articles marking the one-year anniversary of the ill-fated experiment that was originally touted as the solution for the world energy shortage.
said Randy Knize, an assistant physics professor.
"(The excitement) died away a lot," he said.
On March 23, 1989, B. Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann, two Univer-of Utah chemists, announced to the world that they had produced fusion at room temperature, a feat never
before accomplished and one that, if
proven true, could
the development of a clean and virtually unlimited supply of energy.
Soon after the announcement, scientists around the world claimed to have repeated successful experiments of cold hision. But in late April, skepticism countered the claims as several national labs concluded their cold fusion tests with negative results.
Today, most of the scientific world remains unconvinced that Pons and Fleischmann actually produced fusion in their experiment.
' (See Fusion, page 2)
Dissertation fees rise
Graduate students complain of hike
By Chad Reed
Staff Writer
Graduate students complained Thursday about the hike in dissertation and publication fees that they will have to pay in order to receive their degrees. Increases of 58 percent for the thesis fee and 24 percent for the publication fee were published in the summer schedule of classes.
"People are very upset, partly because they were not consulted . . . and there was no . . . notification,” said Graduate Senate Speaker Steve Webber.
Webber also said that the editor of graduate theses and dissertations has had her hours cut back by 20 percent, leaving the graduate students feeling like they are now paying more and getting less.
Graduate students will be charged a $113 publication fee (up from $91) and a $30 thesis fee (up from $19) when they present their theses beginning this summer.
The boost was described as a necessary evil by Kristine Dillon, assistant vice president of student affairs.
"The charge is a function of the (increased) cost of copying and binding the theses," Dillon said.
(See Fees, page 3)
Students would run facility
By Paul Malcolm
Staff Writer •
The Student Senate passed a resolution asking the board of trustees to establish a $15 fee per semester for a new student center to be owned and operated by students.
The fee would create a Student Center Endowment Fund to build and maintain the center, which would be located on the site Topping Student Center now occupies, according to the resolution.
Brett Spivey, author of the resolution, said there is a need for a new student center because of a lack of space and services in Topping.
"Last year, we tried to get more space in Student Union but only got a fraction more space. .*. . We needed something the students controlled and operated," Spivev said.
The resolution calls for larger work and office spaces, a bowling alley and a ballroom.
The building would be operated much like student-run buildings and services at UCLA and Cal Berkeley, which are managed by studenl associations and cooperatives, Spivey said.
"It would set up a commission of students which would be advised by Student Affairs while remaining autonomous," he said.
James Dennis, vice president of student affairs, said it would not be impossible for a student owned building to exist within the structure of a private university.
"It would be unusual for (the university) to move in that direction, but I don't think it would be impossible. We would have to discuss it with university lawyers," Dennis said.
Funds for construction would be accumulated in the next 15 years, though Spivey says it may be conceivable to begin architectural planning and building within three or four years.
"The university has an interesting policy with endowment funds. The interest earned on the fund goes back into the account*" he said.
Dennis, however, said there are other projects currently underway which need student support.
"I assume they feel a need for more space for students on campus. There are some facilities that are ahead of it (a new student center) like the teaching library," he said.
The teaching library is planned to be located on the site currently occupied by tennis courts and grass fields in front of Bimkrant Residence Hall.
(See Center, page 3)