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Tuesday March 2,1993 Vol. CXIX, No. 32
Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Weather
The sun will stick around for most of the week. Expect a warmer afternoon. Today's high should reach 68 degrees and the low should drop to 51 degrees.
Inside
You know, this is ‘Strictly Ballroom’
Currently in theaters, this Australian film of romance and dance steps to a different beat with a lot of style and charm. Co-star Tara Morice talks about her success worldwide.
Diversions, page 8
Hammer thrower shatters record
USC's Balazas Kiss broke the eight-year-old record in the hammer throw during Saturday's USC Club Challenge. Kiss, a native of Hungary, threw the hammer 241 feet, three inches.
Sports, page 16
D’Souza speaks to mindless mass
Dinesh D'Souza spoke to an adoring crowd that ignored his blatant hypocrisy and ignorance. Liberals ran from an opportunity to challenge the epitome of conservative thought.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
Robinson set to take gripes
Here's your chance, Trojans! Don't sit in the stands next fall yelling remarks about plays, players or the coach during a football game.
Not when you can meet John Robinson, the new head football coach, in person this Wednesday, March 3, at 6 p.m. The event in Bovard Auditorium is sponsored by Trojan Pride.
Robinson, who coached USC football from 1976 to 1982 before leaving for the Los Angeles Rams, is back and ready to answer those questions that don't carry down to the Coliseum turf.
LAS creates new degree program
Environmental studies major will be added beginning fall ’93 semester
By Rebecca Stanfield
Staff Writer
As trees and grassy areas are being systematically replaced by concrete on campus, the university is determined to improve the global environment by adding an environmental studies program.
Beginning this fall, undergraduates can pursue bachelor of arts or science degrees through the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. The B.A. program will give students a choice of emphasis in geography or general science while the B.S. program will require an emphasis in biology, chemistry or geology.
"I think this will be an excellent and very popular addition to USC,'' said Gerald Segal, dean of LAS.
After talking to industrial, governmental and environmental agencies, a student / faculty committee designed the program to offer students a general
environmental science background, with emphasis on a specific discipline.
The committee was organized by Segal and headed by Sheldon Kamienieki, professor of political science who will direct the new program. Paul Weiland and Beverly Boyd, recent USC graduates, served as student representatives on the committee.
Despite proposed LAS budget cuts, Kamieniecki explained the prudence of an environmental studies program.
"It's a very cheap program. The faculty and the courses are already on campus," Kamieniecki said.
"There are no significant additional expenses associated with this," Segal emphasized.
Introduction to Environmental Studies, an overview of the program designed to let students decide their focus, and Environmental Law are the two courses that have been created.
(See Environmental, page 5)
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Mike Carlton / Dally Trojan
Players in the College-Unl Basketball Association shoot to score — with arms all over — at the Lyon Center.
Candidates vexed by slate politics
By Michelle Ladd
Assistant City Editor
Struggling to capture remaining student votes, independent candidates are finding that running for a senate seat alone is difficult, and sometimes unfair, when competing with slate politics.
Slates have the advantage of combining manpower and finances, said Michael Van Sickle, a sophomore majoring in business.
Van Sickle, a residence hall candidate, is running against the "Team Change" slate and several other independent candidates.
"Slate politics has caused a lot of the apathy and infighting of the last two years," Van Sickle said.
Todd Ricker, a junior majoring in political science and communication arts and sciences, said he didn't run with a slate because, "Slates have gotten a really bad name in the past."
Ricker is running in the Greek constituency, where there is one slate.
Jason Patria, a sophomore majoring in communications, is one of three independent candidates running against four slates in the STU-Q race. He said the slate system has been abused in the past few years.
"As an individual I'm accountable for the things I do," Patria said, adding that he didn't want to have to answer to three other people.
"I'm not sure you have to do more work, but obviously it's harder to get elected," Patria said.
Commuter candidate Gregory Mucino said the commuter race is more difficult than the others because it's difficult to contact people who live off-campus. Though joining a slate may have increased his contact base, Mucino decided to remain independent.
"I thought being on a slate would tie me into special interests or someone else's agenda," said Mucino, a continuing senior majoring in public relations and political science.
(See Candidates, page 5)
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Spirits in Action event returns for fifth year
By Barbara Ho
Staff Writer
Spirits In Action, the university's largest single philanthropic event of the year, will be back on campus Saturday and its organizers are looking for volunteers.
Located at Cromwell Field, Spirits In Action brings physically and mentally challenged individuals in the Los Angeles community together to compete in track and field events and participate in carnival games.
This is the fifth year the university has sponsored and organized the event.
"It is basically a Special Olympic type of event," said Tim Needham, a senior majoring in business and the general events
chair of Spirits In Action.
The two-fold purpose of the event is to "expose USC students to disabled individuals and have them work with them during a day of fun and competition, and to improve USC's image within the Los Angeles community," Needham said.
The athletes participate in seven different track and field events, including the sprint, basketball throw, frisbee throw, softball throw, arm-hang, long jump and an athlete-buddy event. Volunteers are needed to work at the carnival game booths and to work as 'buddies' for more than 150 athletes who are expected to participate in the event.
(See Spirits, page 3)
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