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Monday April 13, 1992 Vol. CXVII, No. 55
Hazy sunshine throughout the morning, with skies clearing in the afternoon. Highs in the 70s with lows upper 50s. Similar weather is predicted for the rest of week.
Events focus on helping others
Headlines
Bone marrow donors wanted
Asian for Miracle Marrow Matches along with Asian Pacific American Student Services are sponsoring a drive for Asian bone marrow donors. They will be in Alumni Park today.
See story, page 3
By Tracy Venegas
Staff Writer
The Council of Graduate and Professional Students elected their 1992-93 Executive Board members after taking an official stance on the reduction of teaching assistant positions for next year.
The council agreed that TA postions are a valuable part of the university, and that budget cuts should not be used to eliminate TA positions.
Lee Wallach, a graduate student in the social work and public administration master's program, was elected chairperson of the COGPS Executive Board at Thursday's meeting.
COGPS, an organization dealing primarily with graduate students and their prospective schools, is actively involved with projects which benefit the
university community, Wallach said.
In running for office, Wallach said he wanted "to play a more active and constructive role" in COGPS after being a member for two semesters.
Among his goals for COGPS, Wallach said the organization's core needs to evolve and become cohesive, "putting us out there where we belong."
COGPS has sponsored events such as the AIDS Quilt display, the Imagination Revolution, various art exhibits and the 15th annual Health Fair Expo, which took place April 4 at the Hoover Recreation Center.
Currently, COGPS is organizing a Graduate Student Action Network to protest a reduction in teaching and research assistantships as part of the
(See Election, page 2)
El Centro talks about budget cuts
By Andrew Staubly
Staff Writer
Members of El Centro Chicano said Friday that they disapprove of changes that might have to be made in minority assemblies when the Office of Student Affairs cuts its budget by 15 percent for next year.
"It's a shame that the university talks about diversity and then talks about terminating these organizations when the economy is bad," said Samuel Perez, Student Coordinator at El Centro Chicano.
The Student Senate has organized a committee to allow students to voice their concerns on how the budget cuts could affect the minority groups.
Perez said he was disappointed that the university failed to discuss the 15 percent cut with students.
Perez said that though El Centro Chicano would most likely be able to survive restructuring, that other organizations might not.
Francisco Uribe, also a staff member at El Centro Chicano, said even though the minority assemblies share many things in common they all have individual goals and need to address those goals separately.
"Consolidation of the minority assemblies would decrease our ability to get things done," Uribe said.
(See Changes, page 17)
Nicola Conti / Dally Trojan
On the hunt
Children from Weemes Elementary School hunted for Easter eggs Saturday at Fagg Park. The event was sponsored by the Latino Business Student Association and Helenes.
Springfest ’92 rocks campus
There were cartoonists, fish throwers and free roller blade demonstrations by day and rocking bands by night for this annual 'SC festival. Unfortunately, the students were missing.
Diversions, page 9
Trojan volleyball stuffed in Classic
The USC men's volleyball team juggled its line-up to prevent UCLA scouts from getting a true look at the regular team, but the Trojans lost two matches as a consequence.
Sports, page 24
Discoverer did the right thing
Columbus' actions during his discovery of the Americas were hardly pristine, but they were in accordance with his times. His historical contributions are too important to qualify.
Viewpoint, page 4
COGPS elects next year’s executive board members
Handicapped athletes were participants in Spirits in Action
By Sherly Shooshani
Staff Writer
More than 160 athletes from eight local organizations for handicapped persons participated in the fourth annual Spirits in Action, a Special Olympics track meet designed to create special friendships, on Saturday at Cromwell Field.
"I am happy, we are all friends," was the only comment George Escalante, a 26-year-old athlete from Carson City, made the whole day.
The athletes participating in the event were between the ages of 12 and 45 and were mentally or physically handicapped.
Each athlete had a volunteer student buddy who spent the day cheering on their athlete.
Spirits In Action organized this event with help from vari-
Joff Sherwood / Dally Trojan
Youth In wheelchairs raced around the track as part of Spirits in Action.
ous school organizations and approximately 200 volunteers to create a special day the athletes could always remember, said Bill Schloss, director of the event.
Volunteers were recruited (See Spirits, page 16)
‘Swim with Mike’ breaks records collecting funds for scholarships
By W. Guy Finley and Heather Reid
Staff Writers
The 12th annual "Swim With Mike," a fundraiser to aid handicapped athletes, surpassed this year's goal by raising approximately $127,000 on Saturday according to event organizers.
The money raised will go to the USC Physically Challenged Athletes Scholarship Fund, which currently provides six students with scholarships to attend the university. The event has raised more than $750,000 since it began in 1981.
"If you stop and think where the country is today, in the midst of a recession, we have raised a lot of money," said Mike Nyeholt, a former USC All-America swimmer who was
paralyzed in a motorcycle accident in 1981.
The event raised more than $100,000 by 1 p.m. Saturday, the highest ever achieved by that time in the event's history, organizers said.
The "swim-a-thon" was start-(See Swim, page 2)
Jeff Sherwood / Daily Trojan
Willie Shoemaker visited Saturday’s Swim with Mike event.