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Tuesday April 28,1992 Vol. CXVII, No. 66
Weather
Today's weather will be clear and warm with highs in the 90s. Patchy fog in the early morning wifi dissipate by midday. Cooler temperatures in the evening with lows in the 50s.
Inside
Hot summer of sequels, bombs
"Batman Returns," "Alien 3" and "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid" lead the summer movie releases, and Dean Joan Schaefer says goodbye to the university after 37 years.
Diversions, page 13
Miner is named top USC athlete
In a landslide vote, All-America basketball standout Harold Miner is the winner of the Daily Trojan Athlete of the Spring balloting. Runner-ups include Wayne Black and Duane Cooper.
Sports, page 32
Editor-in-chief says goodbye
Today our seniors say goodbye as only they can, remembering the good times, the bad experiences and the memories — a final adieu to the Daily Trojan from our editor,
Robin Rauzi.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
Editors named for summer, fall
This is the last (but certainly not least) issue pf the Daily Trojan for the spring semester. The paper will resume publication on a weekly basis on Wed., May 15 with the Summer Trojan.
The Daily Trojan will resume publication on Aug.
24.
Beginning this fall, "Smi-lin' " Mike Carlson, a junior majoring in print journalism and English-/ creative writing, will succeed Robin "Our Lovable Taskmistress" Rauzi, a senior majoring in filmic writing, as editor.
Liz "I'm Going to London" Washburn, a sophomore majoring in print journalism and international relations, will serve as editor for the Summer Trojan.
Newspaper of the Uni
of Southern California
109th commencement nears
Five honorary degrees will be awarded at ceremony
By Stephanie Tiemann
Staff Writer
The university is scheduled to award degrees to 7,846 graduate and undergraduate students at the 109th annual commencement exercises on May 8, 1992, about 300 more degrees than last year's graduating class, according to university planners.
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"We usually have from 23,000 to 26,000 people attend depending on who the speaker is and when the different schools have their graduations," said June Hudson, events coordinator and assistant director in the office of university events.
Eduard Shevardnadze, head (See Grads, page 7)
Campus gets prepared for graduation ceremonies/3
Jeff Stwmood Datly Trojan
7,846 USC graduates will march in front of Doheny Library during the ceremonies to be held May 8.
New affairs office formed
Freshman class ethnic composition
Assemblies are included
By Heather Reid
Staff Writer
The Division of Student Affairs announced Monday that a new office called the Office of Academic and Cultural Services will be formed for next year.
The Department for Black Students as well as El Centro Chicano and the Asian Pacific American Student Services will be accountable to this new office, but these three organizations will retain their own identities and separate directors, said James Dennis, vice president of Student Affairs.
The new office will also accommodate the Norman Topping Student Aid Fund, the Department of Learning Services, the Department of Academic Services and the Academic Achievement Program.
Alonzo Anderson, former director of learning services, will be the executive director of the new office. He will lead a team of managers that will share counseling, programming
Group
White
African-American American Indian Asian-American Mexican-American Other
Nation USC
83%
6.2
1.0
7.4
1.9
3.3
53.3 6.4 1.3
24.3 12.6
7.8
source: ACE/UCLA Freshman survey
Moll While / Daily Trojan
and communication duties.
"The university's goal is to recruit and graduate the top student scholars in America from every ethnic and social background,"
(See Office, page 10)
Sample reviews past year
USC President Steven B. Sample
Fite photo
By Sean Polay
Gty Editor
University President Steven Sample has had quite a year.
Since taking office on March 31, 1991, Sample and the university have suffered through an unprecedented budget crisis and survived a federal audit without a scratch.
It has also been a year of mixed signals regarding the outlook for next year, with a 30 percent increase in applications for admission but a 25 percent reduction in deposits.
Reaction from university leaders on Sample's first year in office has been positive.
"I think the guy has done a fantastic job, myself, coming into a new situation," said
(See Sample, page 2)
Annenberg pulls funds from school
By Stephanie Tiemann
Staff Writer
In what was labeled an abrupt move, the Annenberg Foundation decided to withdraw the annual gift it awards the Annenberg School for Communication.
Peter Clarke, dean of the school, would not comment about when hS first learned of the foundation's decision.
In a 3:30 p.m. meeting Monday, Clarke informed students that the Annenberg Foundation is "restructuring its financial support, a process that will take time to complete."
He read a written statement that was distributed to students after the meeting. The statement attempted to quash rumors that the school itself was in danger.
Clarke assured students that the school was not going to "disappear," but said that merging with another school could be in the future.
Clarke also announced that he would be leaving his position as dean, but that he would be continuing as a professor in the school.
Gift contributions make up a "stupefying proportion" of the school's funding, Clarke said, adding that the foundation's decision would mean that the school would have to look for more funding and other ways of earning school money.
Quoting Jonathan Swift, Clark said,
" 'Tis always warm weather when (See Annenberg, page 10)