Thursday November 4,1993 Vol. CXXI, No. 46
Weather
Expect another day of bright, warm sunshine with winds slowly dying down in the afternoon, Hie high will reach into the low 80s and the low will drop into the mid 50s.
Inside
Versatile Salmon wears it well
Mike Salmon has done it all in a four-year football career at USC, from place-kicking to playing strong safety for tne Trojans. But just don't mention Tim, his famous brother.
Sports, page 16	•	*
‘Jamon’ serves up juicy, sexy plot
Spanish filmmaker Bigas Luna delivers an offbeat tale of love (and lust) gone awry with hilarious twists and surreal characters in his romantic comedy "Jamon Jamon."
Diversions, page 7
Can’t find God? Check the ceiling.
If the closest you've ever come to a spirit was watching Casper the Friendly Ghost on Saturday mornings, it's time to break out the Ouija, look up, and let your future be told.
Viewpoint, page 4
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Forum to discuss		
GRE, admissions
A GRE forum sponsored by the Graduate School Record Examinations and the Council of Graduate Schools, will be held Nov. 6 at the Westin hotel located on Century Boulevard.
The forums will give prospective graduate students a chance to talk directly with representatives of accredited graduate schools. Participants will be able to obtain information on graduate admission polides, programs of study, financial aid services and test preparation.
Each forum will last from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Admission is $5, payable at the door.
For more information, call (609) 771-7670.
Newspaper
the University
Southern California
Southland fires cause physical, emotional pain
By Joseph Carmona
Staff Writer
An orange sun, unusually warm November weather and lightly falling ash were all constant reminders of wildfires, consuming endless acres and charring the Southland.
The Malibu area is the most recent to be hit by the devastating fires echoing their rage throughout Southern California. The Malibu blaze destroyed 200 homes, incinerating nearly 35,000 acres of undergrowth and injuring nine, the Associated Press reported.
The fire has been deemed an act of arson and authorities are offering a $125,000 reward for information leading to an arrest, according to the Associate/ Press.
The Malibu infemo brings the total of fires to 13 with nearly 215,000 acres laid to waste. The areas affected last week included parts of Riverside, San Diego and San Bernardino counties.
Students at USC felt effects, both emotionally and physically, from havoc caused by the widespread flames.
"The smoke has really affected my asthma, it's so hard for me to breathe," said Sean Ries, a freshman majoring in business. "My parents in Poway had to evacuate with the firefighting planes constantly flying over."
The smoke and ash hovering over the campus drifted to Los Angeles from the fires of Malibu and Topanga Canyon.
The Malibu blaze forced students at Pepperdine University to evacuate their dorms. The Cherry Valley and Tuna Canyon areas were also among those still burning today.
The evacuations in the hills of Malibu were reminiscent of the mandatory departure of residents from the Laguna area last week.
Hearing of the evacuation of their houses because of previous and more recent fires, many students were prompted to leave campus and rush home.
"I know friends that went back to Laguna Beach and they said it looked like the moon," said Leslie Keel, a freshman majoring in fine art. "There were black-and-white ashes everywhere."
(See Flames, page 2)
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This unlicensed bike wss one of msny Immobilized during yesterdsy’s crackdown.
DPS lowers the boom on unlicensed bikes
By Kim Smith
Staff Writer
Many student bicyclists were unpleasantly surprised after class yesterday, finding their unlicensed bikes had been immobilized by Student Law Enforcement Program officers.
Students whose bikes were locked will be required to pay a total of $13, including a $10 impound fee and a $3 licensing fee, to get the lock removed.
The crackdown started early yesterday morning, said Lt. Stad Blevins, the student officer in charge of the lock-up patrol. Officers locked up and posted notification fliers on unlicensed bicycles in and around center campus. Licenses were also distributed on the spot to get the locks removed.
"It's a state law, all bikes must have licenses," said Blevins, a junior majoring
in broadcast journalism.
According to SCampus, "The State of California requires that every bicycle operated on any street, road, highway or other public property within the jurisdiction of Los Angeles dty or county be licensed. Should your licensed bicycle be stolen and retrieved on or near campus or anywhere in the state, it could be traced back to (the student) for recovery."
SCampus states that the $3 licenses are ;ood for three years, and all unlicensed icycles can be impounded.
"I just came out of class and it was locked up," said Gordon Scott, a senior majoring in English, who found his bicycle secured by DPS. "The licensing is all I'm going to pay because the impound is bullshit. We had no warning."
(See Bikes, page 2)
PROPOSITION 168
Low Rent Housing Projects. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.
Not
Passed Passed.,
PROPOSITION 169
Budget Implementation.
Legislative Constitutional Amendment
PROPOSITION 170
Property Taxes. Development-Fee Limits. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.
PROPOSITION 171
Property Taxation. Transfer of Base Year Value. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.
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PROPOSITION 172
Local Public Safety Protection and Improvement Act of 1903. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.
PROPOSITION 173
California Housing and Jobs Investment Bond Act Legislative Bond Act
PROPOSITION 174
Education. Vouchers.
Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
Kidnapping incident reported near Century
By Carolyn Bates
Staff Writer
A 19-year-old USC student re-
Krted to the Department of blic Safety Monday that four unidentified men tried to kidnap her two weeks ago as she walked through an alley behind Century Apartments, LAPD officials said.
The crime may be reclassified as an attempted rape by LAPD detectives, following an interview with the victim to determine details of the situation, LAPD Detective Cedric Wilder said.
The student was walking to her apartment located in the
university-owned Century complex at 5:30 p.m. on Od. 15 when a black, four-door car pulled up beside her and four men in the vehicle offered the woman a ride.
When she refused, the passenger in the front seat gral her on the arm and pulled her inside the car, USC Department
of Public Safety Sgt. Craig Baxley said.
"Once inside the car, the victim yelled for help several times," said Baxley. "One of the victims had his hand over her mouth so she couldn't yell, while the third and fourth suspects tried to pull her shirt off. All of the suspects were shouting obscenities at her'to tell her to be quiet."
Upon hearing the commotion, a group of bystanders approached the vehicle. The woman was pushed out of the car and the men left.
According to LAPD and DPS reports filed Monday, the ind-dent was classified as a kidnapping rather than attempted rape although the suspects tried to remove the woman's shirt.
"The most obvious was the kidnapping," Wilder said. "That does not mean that a multitude of other crimes was not committed. The attempted rape would (See Kidnap, page 3)
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