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Monday April 20,1992 Vol. CXVII, No. 60
Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Weather
Clear skies today with highs in the upper 70s and 80s. Winds diminishing by tonight with lows in the mid-50s and 60s. Mostly clear tomorrow with highs in the mid to upper 80s and lows in the upper 50s.
Inside
Presenting Phish, Lush and the Boss
It's symmetry day: two bands with concert reviews, one artist with two albums reviewed. Lush rocks the Palace; Phish thrills the Deadheads; and Springsteen excites our critic.
Diversions, page 7
Trojan netters beat Cal, Stanford
The USC men's tennis team needs one more win to clinch its second consecutive Pacific 10 Conference title after defeating California and Stanford over the weekend.
Sports, page 20
The thawing out of the Cold War
All this week, Viewpoint discusses the ramifications of the end of nearly fifty years of conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. What's next for the world?
Viewpoint, page 5
Raheel Kamal / Dally Tro)an
Fausto Garcia (left), a junior majoring in psychobiology, and Duncan Shaw, a freshman majoring in broadcast journalism, in the booth at KSCR 104.7 FM.
KSCR toughing it out
Emitting problems continue to plague university radio station
By W. Guy Finley
Staff Writer
The campus radio waves have been filled with the sounds of a student-run radio station for the first time in many years, but problems still plague its operation, station managers said.
KSCR, which has been "emitting” at 104.7 FM since the beginning of March, has had problems coordinating the efforts of Physical Plant and Uni-
versity Communications Network (UCN) to install the remaining emitters.
"Even the (antenna) on top of Pardee Tower wasn't installed permanently, and during the stormy weather before Spring Break it fell over," said Stace Baal, head engineer for the station.
Baal said the emitter was out of operation for two days before it could be fixed. The emitter is only the first of several to be erected on- and off-campus, blanketing the university area, Baal said.
Station Manager Raymond So said the station needs Physical Plant to do the actual wiring and installing of the units, while it needs UCN to wire the source at the station to the buildings with transmitters via existing lines.
(See KSCR, page 2)
Program Board elections bring group anger
By Michelle Owens
Staff Writer
In what has seemingly become a Student Senate parliamentary ritual, tempers again ran high Friday at an emergency senate meeting after the hasty confirmation of a new Program Board Director.
Several senators, Program Board members and representatives of the Council of Graduate and Professional Students (COGPS) called the process a "sham" because they said they were not given enough time to question Stu dent Senate President Der rick Pedranti's nominee for the position.
The participants, who were not given a resume or application of the nominee Mitesh Gala, still had their hands raised when a senator called for the confirmation vote. Gala, a senior majoring in biology and psychology, was confirmed by a 10-0 vote with three abstentions.
"We were politely waiting to speak to the group and then, all of a sudden, the vote was called and the entire thing was over," said Lee Wallach, COPGS chairperson.
During the brief question-and-answer session preceding the vote, senators forced Gala to defend his ability to ?e an effective leader. In (See Election, page 6)
Security to talk to new police chief
By W. Guy Finley
Staff Writer
When Philadelphia Police Chief Willie Williams takes over the reins of the Los Angeles Police Department as its newly ap-pointed chief, University Security will need to renegotiate its powers of arrest.
Steven Ward, USC chief of security, said that although he expects no changes concerning security's relations with the LAPD because of the new chief, security's powers of arrest will
have to be renegotiated as soon as Williams settles in.
"We operate under memoran-das of understanding, and the police chief is the official signa-tor for the city," Ward said.
The memorandas allow security certain powers of arrest on campus, in the university park area, and in assisting with LAPD calls.
Security Sgt. John Lewis said security had 158 agency assists from 1990 to 1991.
Lewis said most of the assists
are traffic accidents, but security did participate and catch one suspect in a California Highway Patrol pursuit during winter break that ended in the campus area.
He said that several colleagues mentioned Williams' interest in community-based policing could expand security's role in local law enforcement.
The current chief and USC alumnus Daryl Gates criticized the police commission Thursday for selecting an outsider, but
others lauded the selection.
"All transitions require some work, and the LAPD needed a change," said Bryce Nelson, USC journalism professor. "A person coming from the outside might help that change."
Nelson was director and senior adviser for public? relations with the Christopher Commission, which investigated instances of police brutality and racism in the LAPD.
"It's easy to have a provincial (See Williams, page 3)
Earth Day events focus on environmentally aware living
By Nikki Surles
Staff Writer
This is part one in a three-part series looking at the events and issues surrounding Earth Day on Wednesday.
Earth Day 1992 is Wednesday and there are several events planned at the university and throughout Los Angeles to celebrate.
On campus by Tommy Trojan from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. there will
be a booth with Student Action For the Environment representatives.
"We will be handing out flyers, sign-up sheets and applications," said Jyodi Subramanian, president of SAFE.
The booth is to try and make people on campus aware of environmental issues and get people involved, she said.
Elsewhere in Los Angeles several events are taking place dai-
ly, according to the City of Los Angeles Enviromental Affairs Office.
A few of the larger events include an L.A. River clean-up beginning at 9 to 11 a.m. at the Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area.
On Earth Day, the Los Angeles County Environmental Affairs Office in sponsoring an "Earth Day 1992" event at the (See Earth, page 13)
Earth Day • Wednesday, April 22, I 992
10am - 2pm - Booth for SAFE - Student Action For The Environment. Next to Tommy Trojan.
9	- 11am - River Clean-up at Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area.
"Earth Day 1992" at City Hall. Displays, speakers, giveaways.
April 25 Hec,l Bay is sponsoring a bay beach Noon- 3pm clean up in Santa Monica.