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Thursday March 26, 1992 Vol. CXVII, No. 49
Weather
Showers likely today with a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 60s with lows in the mid-50s. Cooler weather should continue into the weekend, with slightly warmer temperatures for the week of spring break.
Inside
Sex and trash with the Cramps
This band offers music with no social conscience, no politically correct lyrics, no "I'll die for you" themes. They might not be massive, they might not be pin-up material. But hey, at least they're not Bryan Adams.
Diversions, page 7
Women of Troy travel to Seattle
The No. 3 seed USC women's basketball team travels to Seattle for an NCAA Western Regional Tournament game against No. 2 Stephen F. Austin Thursday night.
Sports, page 16
‘Old Joe’ Camel keeps smoking
Surgeon General Antonia Novello attacks Joe Camel at a ritzy bar, and others are quick to follow suit.
Will Old Joe acquiesce and advocate healthy behavior, or will he resist?
Viewpoint, page 4
Korean generals to be recognized for service in war
By Tess Rafols
Staff Writer
A reception will be held at Doheny Memorial Library on Thursday evening to honor three military generals from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) who served during the Korean War.
Political officer Lt. General Kang Sang-Ho, Vice Chief of Staff Lt. General Yu Sang Choi, and Senior Colonel Chung Sang-Jin are members of the National Salvation Front for Democratic Unification of Korea, which was organized in Moscow last January.
They all now live in exile in Moscow.
The Los Angeles-based organization, Association of Retired Korean General and Admirals in Southern California, invited the generals to visit the United States. They will be sharing their perspectives and experiences in the Korean War with various academic and community groups during their one-month visit.
Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Pedrantis take top senate seats
Slate politics cause lopsided executive voting in elections
By Lore Unt
Staff Writer
Tensions and tempers ran high last night as Student Coalition slate members won five of the six executive positions in the Student Senate elections.
Derrick Pedranti won the presidential election, and his brother Will Pedranti was elected vice-president. The Student Affairs Chair went to Brian Weitman, the Academic Affairs Chair to Michelle Noble and the Political Affairs Chair to Charles Elliot.
Jyoti Subremanian, a Q-slate member, won her seat for the Community Outreach chair unopposed after Veronica Lam-brechts, an SC slate member, dropped out of the race.
The elections clearly fell around slate lines, and students expressed frustration with the slate system.
"The slate system has proved detrimental to student activism at USC," said James McGinley, senate PR representative.
Four of the SC slate members won by a margin of nine to seven, and the SC slate member
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Derrick Pedranti was elected Student Senate president last night in a heated election. The SC slate swept the executive positions.
who ran for the political affairs chair won by a margin of nine to six, with one abstention.
Of the 16 senators, nine are SC slate members, six are Q-slate members, and one is an independent.
The elections attracted more than 100 students, many of whom carried signs and wore stickers endorsing either the SC or Q-Slates.
Michelle Inouye, who lost her bid for the presidency, subsequently ran for the Student Affairs chair, where she was
defeated nine to seven.
In a clear plea to disregard slate affiliaton, Inouye said in her speech for this position, "I want to be able to help, Derrick ... If we truly want to get this thing together, this is where it begins."
The senate voted to limit the question-and-answer period to 10 minutes for each candidate. This vote, too, was along slate lines with the SC slate supporting the limitation nine to seven.
Members of each slate were willing to admit that the elec-
tions were slate-driven.
"I honestly hoped that as soon as the first elections were over, the division would slow down," said Will Pedranti, the newly-elected senate vice-president.
"But when their slate started attacking ours in flyers and in the DT, that perpetuated the slate division," he said. "Any fool could realize how this is divided, but I'd like to think that I voted for people who will do the best job," he said.
Q-slate member Darren Manibog said, "I think what's going on here is a sham. Qualifications are being passed over . . . Obviously two years of senate experience don't mean a thing."
Inouye was clearly disappointed in the elections. "We're starting out on the wrong foot. I can understand why slates would vote for president and vice president. . . but there's no reason for it to go forward to other positions," she said.
New Senate President Derrick Pedranti tried to allay this concern in his election speech.
"I cannot stress enough the importance of working together as team players . . We need to set aside our differences and focus on the future," he said.
Derrick supported Will's proposal to form a task force to consider the possibility of directly electing the next set of senate of-(See Election, page 11)
Blacks face intolerance Homeward in university community bound or to
Students find biases a continuing problem
By Kim Wilner
Staff Writer
"Some days I wake up and look in the mirror and I think, no matter what I do and no matter how hard I try, someone out there is working against me because I'm black," said Shabazz Moye, a freshman majoring in business.
This semester, only 5.86 percent of the undergraduates and 3.07 percent of the graduates enrolled at the university are black, said Patricia Milazzo, director of computing and analysis for academic records and registrar.
Blacks say they often feel unwelcome at the university. They say that prejudice from the students, administration and faculty is not increasing, but it is an ongoing problem.
Prejudice on campus
4 in a 4-part series
Though black students continue to hear the word "diversity," they wonder why students are still not willing to throw away their stereotypes, and why they do not have more black professors or see more blacks in administrative positions.
"Prejudice is a big problem," said Moye. "Traditionally, USC is a white university. This is intimidating to minorities because they have fewer people to relate to. (As a minority) you stick out and don't fit in."
James Williams III, a graduate student majoring in sociology, agreed. "Students deny
(See Racism, page 2)
Greek Week to benefit kids
Funds to help AIDS research and treatment for children
By Catherine Graham
Staff Writer
Greek Week is coming.
The Row-wide event, which will benefit AIDS research and treatment at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, will provide Greeks with the chance to show their positive side, said Greek Week Committee Co-Chair Thumper James, a senior majoring in creative writing.
The six-day event, beginning April 6, will include activities such as football and volleyball tournaments, the Greek God and Goddess competition, a 12-hour dance marathon and a hamburger-eating contest.
Events aimed at involving the entire campus include Variety Night, a lip-sync competition an performances by professional comediai.s at Bovard Auditorium on April 7
(See Greek, page 11)
the islands
By Allyson Daniel
Staff Writer
Most university spring breakers are not going to any one particular place next week, said USC Travel Service officials.
Travel Service director Ian Thomas said students seem to be travelling to a variety of locations, ranging from popular vacation spots to more familiar places like home.
"There used to be a phenomenon of going to Mazatlan, but this year the hot spot seems to be Jamaica," said Thompson.
"I think the reason people went to Mazatlan was to party," Thomas said. 'Maybe people aren't so attracted to that."
John King, a senior majoring in business, said he is going to St. Thomas to go out with some good friends and simply relax.
'It's my last year, and I don't really want to party anymore," said King.
Aside from Jamaica, Thomas said there is a fairly even spread of students going to Cabo San Lucas, Can-cun and Hawaii. He also said that many are travelling to Europe because of the season's relatively low airfare.
'You can get there for under $500," he said.
(See Spring break, page 10)