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Volume CXVI, Number 50
University of Southern California
Wednesday, November 13, 1991
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‘Doing more with less ’ in everyday life is possible
By Brian McDonough
Assistant City Editor
Somewhere between the slow torture of midterms and the hectic rush of Christmas, many students find their financial outlook as grim as the university's.
However, there are ways of stretch ing your dollar that are easier to swal low than macaroni and cheese five nights a week. Despite obvious signs to the contrary, the university does provide money-saving services to students.
Seeing movies in Los Angeles seems to cost almost as much as making them, but the USC Ticket Office on the ground floor of the Student Union Building offers discount tickets to several major movie chains including the Cineplex Odeon, Pacific and AMC, all in the $4 range.
In addition, the DKA series in the Norris Theater presents second-run features for a mere $3 weekly. Several revival houses, such as the New Beverly and Vagabond theaters, run classic and art films at bargain prices and a few theaters in Los Angeles still offer bargain matinee shows as well.
Video rentals are extremely cheap, especially when split among a group.
A ticket to "The Phantom of the Opera" might cost a couple of weeks' worth of groceries, but Los Angeles is littered with small theaters staging quality shows with inexpensive ticket prices. Some of the lesser-known improv groups will present Groundlings-quality lunacy for as little as $5 a head.
Several of the larger, high-priced stages in the city will sell last-minute tickets at enormous discounts. This can be little better than a crap shoot, as there's never a guarantee of getting in.
Eating, for most, is a necessity, but students used to having their parents do all the shopping are slow to learn the secrets of cutting costs.
Coupons can save a small fortune when used at markets such as Ralph's and Von's, which offer double-value. A little effort and some cost-compar-(See Scrooge, page 3)
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Student home burglarized
Security’s no-show angers residents
By Joel Connable
Staff Writer
Six university students whose home on West 25th Street was burglarized Sunday morning have complained that University Security did not respond despite the fact that the house was out of their jurisdiction.
The students also complained that the Los Angeles Police Department was slow
in responding to the call.
Bill Mazzella, a senior majoring in biology and a resident of the house, said burglars broke in through a glass door at 2 a.m. and repordedly stole a stereo, several tapes, a microwave and a bicycle valued collectively at more than $1,000.
The residents called 911 after the incident, but LAPD did not arrive until 9 a.m. after several more calls had been
made. Security was called at 3:30 a.m., but never responded to the house at 1314 W. 25th St.
"It was out of our reponse area," said security Sgt. John Lewis. "Our response area extends a few blocks west of Vermont and stops to the north at Adams. We don't have the jurisdiction to respond out of our area. If we did respond, we would be opening ourselves to a liability issue."
Lewis also said the break-in was two (See Burglary, page 14)
Koop cautions campus about AIDS dangers
Paul Howard Daily Trojan
C. Everett Koop was on campus Tuesday signing books.
By Orna Zadeh
Staff Writer
C. Everett Koop, former U.S. Surgeon General, appeared on campus Tuesday to speak about AIDS and other topics, as well as sign his new book "Koop: The Memoirs of America's Family Doctor."
"I have hung up my uniform, but I have not hung up the causes I worked for as a Surgeon General," Koop told about 80 people who attended a luncheon sponsored by The Friends of the USC Libraries.
"One out of 500 people are HIV positive and doesn't know it," he said. "These people are sexualy active and walking bombs on campus.
"AIDS is 100-percent fatal," he said. "Be smart."
Koop said Magic Johnson, the Lakers' guard who announced
he was HIV-positive last week, brought AIDS back into the public perspective and reinforces the fact AIDS is not just a homosexual disease.
Michael Mills, a graduate student in health administration, said Johnson raised consciousness on issues Koop was talking about 10 years ago.
"The work Koop did 10 years ago was revolutionary — people weren't ready for it," Mills said. "It took an individual like Magic to hit home."
Koop said he is becoming known as "Doctor Nag" because he is constantly admonishing the public to stop doing things they cherish.
His message to the students of the university is not to smoke, to keep alcohol consumption to a minimum, keep (See Koop, page 14)
USC Symphony makes capital bow
Orchestra to play at Kennedy Center
By Oma Zadeh
Staff Writer
The USC Symphony Orchestra will be flying to Washington, D.C. Friday to perform Saturday at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
"This concert is an epiphany for the School of Music," said Larry J. Livingston, dean of the School of Music. "It is a way for the university to make a statement in Washington."
Livingston said this is the first concert in the Symphony's history to be performed in a hall with a nationwide reputation.
"This will be the first time the USC
Symphony Orchestra will be leaving California to perform," said Daniel Lewis, orchestra conductor. "It will give the people in Washington a chance to hear one of the best conservatory orchestras in the nation."
Award-winning composer Karel Husa was commissioned to write the concerto to be performed. A cello solo will be performed by Lynn Harrell, a world-renowned performer who will appear with the Symphony.
"We premiered an incomplete section of the concerto in 1988 at the (See Symphony, page 14)
• Please see related story, page 8.
Person caught pulling off boot
By Glen Justice
City Editor
A university student was cited Nov. 6 into Student Conduct after paying a contract welder $10 to remove a "boot" from his car, which was in Parking Structure A.
"It has been my experience that people have gotten them off, (but) I don't know how they get them off," Sgt. Aaron Drake of University Security said of the incident. "They can be arrested — it's theft."
The "boots," which immobilize the car, are locked onto car tires to force vehicle owners to pay parking tickets.
"I think you need at least five tickets to get a boot," Drake said.
Drake said the devices cost about $400 and that damage to the boot is considered grand theft.
"I think it's a problem that happens more in L.A. city and non-USC parking," he said. "I don't think we get too many people (trying to remove them.)"