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Tuesday April 13,1993 Vol. CXIX, No. 56
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Expect the morning clouds to dissipate by lunchtime. The afternoon should be sunny, with the high reaching the pleasant 70s and the low dropping into the chilly 50s.
Inside
Tennis veteran makes her mark
Senior Carla Quaresma gave up life as a beach-going Gaucho at UCSB for the more competitive Pac-10 Conference. Quaresma has enjoyed her two years at Troy.
Sports, page 20
So nice, you’ll flip for it twice
After recovering from the death of bassist / vocalist Will Shatter, Flipper is back with their latest album, American Grafishy, featuring new singles raw enough to refresh your mind.
Diversions, page 7
More to movies than film school
You've gotten rejected once, twice, maybe even three times from the USC film school. Just make your way to the video library and you could still be the next Spielberg.
Viewpoint, page 5
F.Y.I.
The sociology of L.A.’s unrest
A colloquium titled "Uprising or Riot? Understanding the Events of Last April" will be presented today at the Andrus Gerontology Center.
The colloquium will begin at 4 p.m. in room 224, with a reception scheduled from 3:30 to 4 p.m.
Edward Ransford, professor of sociology, Christian Joppke, assistant professor of sociology, and Angela Oh, an attorney with the Los Angeles law firm of Beck and DeCorso, will be speaking.
The colloquium is the last in a series addressing "Changing Neighborhoods: Sociological Perspectives on Los Angeles."
Newspaper off the University off Southern California
DaMrojan
Child’s play
Student jailed three years for February rape
30-year-old opts for no contest plea
Mika Carlson / Dally Tro|an
Gary Chaffin from Brass Wire Mobiles displays his wares at the Spring Crafts Fair, which runs until Thursday In Alumni Park.
By Trade Tso
Assignment Editor
A 30-year-old university student pleaded no contest to rape charges on April 5 for a Feb. 3 incident where he raped a female student in an apartment located near the university.
Cornell S. Horn, a junior majoring in public administration, accepted a three-year sentence in a state penitentiary, said Sandi Gibbons, spokesman for the Los Angeles District Attorney's office. Final sentencing is April 26.
A plea of no contest is the equivalent of a guilty plea but it cannot be used in any future civ-
il	lawsuits.
District attorney officials said the female student, whose name has been withheld, was looking for housing and Horn was showing her a possible place to live. He then held her in the apartment against her will for about 13 hours and raped her.
"It (the rape) occurred on the third at approximately 5:30 (p.m.)," said University Security
Sgt. John Lewis. "She essentially did not get loose from the guy until the next morning at approximately 6:35 (a.m.)."
The victim called paramedics from an ARCO gas station located at Hoover and 22nd streets, Lewis said.
Security was alerted by the LAFD, but found the student accompanied by her mother.
She was treated and released at San Pedro Medical Center.
Horn was arrested by LAPD last Wednesday for sexual assault, University Security said.
Horn changed his plea to no contest after hearing the victim's testimony at the preliminary hearing. Horn originally entered a plea of not guilty when he was arraigned.
Assistant district attorney Pat Cannon said it is not unusual for a rape suspect to change his plea from guilty at the arraignment to no contest at the preliminary trial.
Cannon said Horn could be paroled after one and a half to two years.
Mural to commemorate upheaval
IFC event plans to raise consciousness along with money for Rebuild L.A.
By Jason Stieber
Staff Writer
The Interfraternity Council has rounded up a group of local street artists to display their often unappreciated work in the form of a giant mural to commemorate the first anniversary of the L.A. riots and to raise money for Rebuild L.A.
The monumental project will
commence at the end of April, and should take at least four days to complete, said Zack Es-trin, vice president of philanthropy for the Interfraternity Council.
Interested organizations can buy space for their logos around the edge of the mural. Expected revenue from participating organizations is $8000.
The mural, expected to be over 60 feet tall, will be visible from the Harbor Freeway.
Kent Mader, president of the Interfratemity Council said that negotiations with the city to find a suitable site for the art work were in progress.
"The initial site was for a freeway underpass, but city bureaucracy was making things
difficult," Mader said. "Then we asked for permission to use the new parking structure across the freeway, but we have not received a reply yet."
Many student organizations, including the Black Student Assembly and the Latino Business Students Association, are getting involved in the project.
(See Mural, page 12)
New constitution drafted for senate
Buckner manuscript will go through ratification proceedings Wednesday
By John Y. Kim
Staff Writer
In light of the controversy surrounding the policies and procedures of the Student Senate during the past year, a new senate constitution was recently drafted by 1992-93 Residence Hall Senator Michael Buckner. It is expected to be voted on at this Wednesday's Senate meeting.
"This is a total reworking of the one in use," Buckner said of the draft. "For reference, I used the current one and the one used by the USC Faculty Senate, as well as my own and others' ideas and theories.
The final draft of the new constitution will be considered and voted on by the 1993-94 senate. If passed by a three-quarters majority senate vote, the constitution will take effect with the 1994-95 senate.
Buckner hopes the new senate will ratify the draft as is, which he says will provide
incentive to smooth over the rough edges quickly but effectively.
"One of the things provided for by the. new one is that it will make undergraduate student bodies one of the most powerful political entities on campus, as well as making the senators' positions more defined," he said. "For example, both north and south complexes will have their own senator," he said.
The drafted constitution would allot one senator each to five specified areas of the university: North, South and West campus, Cardinal Gardens, Century and Troy Complexes, and last, all other undergraduate areas in the 90007 area code. The Greek community would be represented by four senators, as would the commuter constituency.
The draft also proposes a Student Assembly to which all undergraduates would belong and which would meet at least once a
year. Furthermore, the new constitution states that the Senate president would be elected by the undergraduate student body at large.
Another change in the new draft is a reduction of duties of the public relations director, shifting some duties to a new publishing director.
"I believe it is a step in the right direction, as it makes our constitution more easily understood," said incoming Student Community Senator Brandon Shamim. "The new one eliminates a lot of redundancy and replaces it with clear and concise language."
Don Hansen, incoming senate president, supports new ideas from the senators, but expressed reservations over Buckner's draft.
"This is an entire rethinking of the senate, and I encourage these sort of ideas for the constitution," Hansen said. "However,
(See Senate, page 3)