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GOP maverick woos students
Campbell: Senate underdog says he can beat Feinstein with unorthodox stances on drug war, social issues
By BRENDAN LOY
Assignment Editor *
Congressman Tom Campbell, the libertarian-leaning Republican who is challenging Dianne Feinstein for her U.S. Senate seat, told the Daily Trojan on Thursday that his reputation as a maverick is the reason he believes he can stun the incumbent senator in November.
"I have to appeal to the independent, the person who is thinking outside the normal structure,” Campbell said moments before
walking down to Topping Student Center for a speech sponsored by the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics.
“That’s...how I win, how 1 become senator," he said.
Campbell’s speech was also cosponsored by two groups which one might not expect to see working together: the College Republicans and the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. But then, many of Campbell’s positions on issues would also seem oddly juxtaposed to someone accustomed to political ideologues.
Campbell supports an end to the drug war in Colombia and opposes the Supreme Court’s decision to shut down California’s medical marijuana program. But he also supports the death penalty for adults who sell
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Psst! Senate hopeful Congressman Tom Campbell, left, gets advice before speaking to students on campus Thursday.
Lawyer asks Traveler fans to wear white
A newly-hired lawyer representing Patricia Saukko, the embattled owner of USC’s mascot horse, Traveler, issued a public plea Thursday asking for student support at Saturdays football game.
Attorney Bobby Kouretchian, officially hired Thursday as Saukko’s legal counsel, asked in a press release that students wear white, the color of Traveler’s mane, to Saturday’s game against San Jose State.
"It’s not necessarily to show their support for Mrs. Saukko, but showing their support for Traveler," he said.
Saukko, whose late husband was the original owner and first rider of the famed horse, filed papers in March 1998 with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office seeking trademark rights to the name "Traveler." USC filed a counterclaim in July 1999, and a hearing to resolve the dispute is pending before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
The university has said it is trying to protect its image from potential future harm, and has insisted there is no threat to the Traveler tradition.
“This is an attempt to create controversy where there is not controversy," said Michael Jackson, vice president of Student Affairs, in an interview Sept 14.
“USC is committed to the tradition of Traveler, tradition of the white horse galloping across the stadium after a Trojan touchdown," he said.
But Kouretchian said he fears that if Saukko wins the trademark dispute, USC might refuse to give her compensation, and would choose a new horse with a different name — perhaps “Skippy the Horse," he quipped.
‘ — Brendan Loy, Assigrunent Editor
USC Latino group involved for 3 decades
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MEChA: Student organization has participated in strikes conventions, high school education for more than 30 years
By SOPHIA KAZMI
Contributing Writer
From protesting in front of the MTA Administration Building with bus riders and drivers to helping local high school students strive for higher education, one of USC’s student organizations, Moviemento Gstudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, has been involved with the advancement of Latinos for more than 30 years.
“We incorporate all aspects, social, political, educational and cultural, to all of the events that we plan, from bringing down a speaker to protesting at events to the various cultural events that we do on campus,” said MEChA’s external coordinator, Georgie Noguera, a senior majoring in sociology and Chicano studies.
Going into its 31st year, MEChA is the longest standing organization
on campus that provides Chicano and Latino political sovereignty and identity, Noguera said.
Present at the MTA protest, MeChA members wanted to show support for bus riders.
“MTA has been funding public transportation in upper-class areas, where they don’t use buses because they can afford their own cars,” Noguera said. "However, people in lower-income areas who need public transportation are not getting the funding needed for public transportation.”
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TV not representative of viewers, panel says
Band Incubus to play rescheduled
By NEIL CHRISTOPHER APELES
Staff Writer
With television continuing to be the public’s most powerful influence and source of news, many local activist groups are working to unite viewers and improve television for this and future generations.
A meeting of such groups on campus Thursday focused on what they and the general public can do to influence the governments decisions on how to regulate the rules of the Federal Communications Commission, especially with the move toward digital television.
As television moves from analog to digital, there will be more ways to communicate through the airwaves, said Mark Lloyd, an advocate for civil rights in communication policy.
However, the media giants are
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instead focusing their attention on convincing Congress to allow them to use this new digital technology for free, according to literature from The People for Better TV.
Despite the movement toward digital television, broadcasters are still narrow in their spectrum of presentations, speakers said. Areas of major concern are representations of cultural diversity and presentations that are mindful of children’s best interest
With broadcasters spending
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By LEONARD HYMAN
Contributing Writer
Despite initial setbacks planning the Welcome Back Concert featuring the southern California-based band Incubus, Program Board will finally bring the group to campus as intended at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept 30 in Hahn Plaza.
Program Board expects 4,000 students to attend.
“This years artist is the best it has ever been,” said Johnsie Cagle, Program Board concert director.
Incubus is the same band that former Program Board Executive Director Barrett Reiff attempted to book for an August date he was not authorized to schedule. The gaffe led to the postponement of the Welcome Back Concert traditionally scheduled before school starts, and was a factor in
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