Tuesday November 16,1993 Vol. CXXI, No. 54
Weather
Not much change from yesterday. Sunny skies will prevail, with some gusty winds. Expect the high to reach the cool 70s with the low droppiiig into the chilly 50s.
Inside
Morton takes on UCLA’s Stokes
USC's Johnnie Morton, the Pac-10's leading receiver, will battle UCLA's J.J. Stokes, the No. 2 receiver in the conference, this Saturday, for the rights to be called L.A.'s best.
Sports, page 20
Hollywood mags: The best and worst
Movie magazines traditionally provide material, but little investigation into the negative aspects of Hollywood. But here is the inside scoop on which ones are worth reading. Diversions, page 10
Columnist calls for genealogy tools
Learning about your past can do more than inform
—	knowing an ancestor's life can help you make decisions. Helping students with the past helps them today.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
Shakespeare takes the Bing
The USC School of Theatre will be presenting William Shakespeare's play "Pericles."
The story is of the Prince of Tyre's adventures as he flees from a king and travels around the world.
Performances will be at Bing Theatre and are scheduled to run from Nov. 18 through Nov. 22. Curtain times for Nov. 18, 21 and 22 will be 7 p.m. The play will begin at 8 p.m. on Nov. 21 and 22.
General admission is $7 for adults and $5 for students and seniors.
Tickets will be $2 for students for the Nov. 18 and 22 performances.
All tickets can be pur chased at the USC Ticket Office.
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Bruins away!
Laurel WIHIama I Dally Trojan
Enthusiastic students toss an effigy of the UCLA Bruin to its pitiful end far below. For more Troy Week photos, see page 8.
Estrogen reduces Alzheimer’s risk
USC professor explains results of 11 -year study
By Carolyn Bates
Staff Writer
A USC neuroscience professor revealed last week that women who receive estrogen replacement therapy are 40 percent less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease.
Dr. Victor Henderson held a press conference at the 23rd annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Washington, D.C., to announce the findings of his 11-year study. Over
21,000	neuroscientists attended.
"We found that estrogen users were performing much bet-
ter than non-estrogen users," said Henderson, a professor of neuroscience, gerontology and psychology at the USC School of Medicine. "Our findings support the hypothesis that estrogen can decrease the risk of Alzheimer's disease, but it is still just another piece of evidence."
Although Henderson, who has been at USC since 1981, said there is no clear starting point to his research, he began his studies at USC's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center with its co-directors, Dr. Caleb Finch and Dr. Carol Miller.
"As part of the study, we looked to see if men and women were affected by Alzheimer's disease in the same way," Hen-
(See Estrogen, page 13)
Mary Fisher to deliver speech on AIDS
By Victoria Manley
Staff Writer
As AIDS becomes a national, if not global, concern, the demand for AIDS awareness increases as well, even at the university level.
Program Board, along with other campus organizations, has joined the drive for awareness by bringing AIDS activist and artist Mary Davis Fisher to Seeley G. Mudd 123 at 7 p.m.
Feeling that there is need for increased AIDS awarness, Fisher has spoken to a wide range of audiences for the past year and a half, varying from college students to the AIDS conference in Amsterdam to the Puerto Rican Senate last summer.
A heterosexual, white, HIV-positive mother who contracted the disease while married, she brought the audience of the
1992	Republican National Convention to tears as she urged them, to show greater
compassion for AIDS victims, pointing out that the disease can be contracted by anyone.
Sarah Szalavitz, the speakers chair of the Program Board and organizer of the event, said it is important that on a primarily conservative campus like USC, university students need to be aware of the reality of AIDS. She said she feels Fisher is a valuable speaker to deliver that message.
"She is amazing," Szalavitz said. "I think that a straight, white Republican is the kind of person our students should hear from."
Fisher's speech, entitled "Before I Lay Me Down to Sleep: A Personal Perspective," tells of her personal experience with the contraction of the disease, and her methods of dealing with its reality. The intimacy of her speeches have informed hundreds of people of the danger of AIDS, warning them that "if you believe you are safe, then you are at risk."
Szalavitz said she wanted to bring Fisher to campus because of the high-impact quality of her speeches. She said there is a need to inform people that AIDS can be contracted by anyone.
"The students need to know that if you're human, you are capable of getting AIDS," she said.
"This event is most relevant in informing the students of this university," Szalavitz said.
Fisher's talk is co-sponsored by the USC Council of Graduate and Professional Students, the USC Women's Student Assembly and the USC Gay and Lesbian Assembly for Student Support.
"There was a unanimous decision of sup port on the behalf of GLASS," said Tim Brodt, community outreach chair for the organization. "It's what we're fighting for. We're fighting for an end to this, to AIDS."
(See Fisher, page 2)
Bruin hangs out for Troy Week festivities
By Carey B. Stone
Staff Writer
A noosed, sacrificial bear dove out the fourth-floor window of the Student Union Building and hung itself by its neck while a crowd of approximately ,300 screamed, "Kill him! Kill the bear!" at yesterday's noontime rally which marked the beginning of Troy Week.
Song leaders performed in front of Tommy Trojan, wrapped in his protective layer, while silks twirled and threw flags. The Spirit of Troy Trojan Marching Band played, standing and dancing a bit themselves. The musicians began chanting, "Beat the Bruins."
"This is all just a little ridiculous, don't you think? Oh, Jesus, they're dragging the bear!" said Austin Barron* a senior ma-jorng in international relations and philosophy, as he watched the band members parade down
Trousdale Parkway to center campus.
The majority of the crowd, however, appeared to be quite passionately absorbed in the affair.
"I love the spirit — it's so perfect!" said Nicole Hayes, a sophomore majoring in exercise science. Commenting about the hanging bear, she and her friends sang out, "Burn, baby, bum!"
Hopes were high at the rally to clinch a rose bowl berth.
"Heck yeah, we'll go all the way!" said Hayes.
The audience that had gathered sang,	"U—C—L—A
sucks!" until a yell leader jumped onto the stage and changed the chant to "Rose Bowl! Rose Bowl!"
Richard Sanchez, a junior majoring in biology, also exhibited joy in the festivities and confi-
(See Troy, page 12)
Center a campus away from campus
By Roger Sequeira
Staff Wnter
Each morning, 1,600 USC graduate students in the Orange County area are grateful they can make it to class without having to undergo the hour-long crawl on the freeway to South-Central.
Instead, students from the schools of business administration, education, engineering, social work, urban and regional planning and safety and systems management can hear lectures and use library resources at the Orange County Center for Graduate Studies in Irvine.
"Many of the students are part-time employed and so it makes it possible for them to have classes at a convenient time when they can get there after work, or if they are not
employed part-time, able to get to the center in half the time it would take them to get to campus," said Barbara Solomon, dean of graduate studies.
First established in 1983, the center provided educational services to 500 graduate students in the surrounding area. In 1988, the growing student body prompted a move to a new location, at which the center remained until recently, said Solomon.
October 28 of this year marked the ceremony celebrating the center's return to its original location due to a new lease agreement that allows for even more space at a lower price, Solomon said.
The center's importance to the graduate schools that use (See Center, page.')
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