Tuesday
November 2,1993 Vol. CXXI, No. 44
Weather
Not much change from yesterday. Look forward to some morning clouds giving way to a sunny warm afternoon with the high in the upper 70s, while the low drops to the 50s.
Inside
Rose Bowl hopes alive after big win
Led by Rob Johnson's 369 passing yards, the Trojans improved to 4-1 in the Pac-10 with a 42-14 rout of California in Berkeley. The win sets USC up for a possible run at the Roses.
Sports, page 20
A winner for theatre school
The second major show of the season, the School of Theatre's "Spring Awakening," although overly long, treats audiences to exceptional acting performances and touches on modem social problems. Diversions, page 7
Just vote ‘no’ on Proposition 174
Proposition 174 takes public money from public schools to fund expensive private schools. For the good of the children who don't benefit, voting "No" seems the only way to go.
Viewpoint, page 5
F.Y.I.
Theatre group to hold auditions
Everybody Theatre will continue auditions today for its December showcase in Taper Hall room 102, beginning at 8 p.m.
The Everybody Theatre is USC's student-run, non-major theatre. Auditions are open to all students, but priority is given to those majoring in fields other than acting.
The December showcase is designed to present the work of four directors. A prize will be awarded to the play chosen by the audience as best in the showcase, which is performed in Bovard Auditorium the first weekend of December.
The Everybody Theatre is in its third year. For further information, please contact Jim Keller at (213) 734-5765.
Newspaper of the University of Southern California
New wheels?
Roy Nwaiaaor / Daily Trojan
C. Mathew Nazarano, a senior International relations major, studies bikes for sale at Tommy Trojan.
IFC’s ‘Hands Across ’SC’ to aid local youth group
By Quyen Do
Staff Writer
Approximately 1,500 people will offer helping hands to Youth at Risk, a Los Angeles community youth support program, raising money through a USC Interfratemity Council phi-lanthrophy project, "Hands Across 'SC," by forming a human chain link across campus.
In the tradition of "Hands Across America," the USC chain is expected to stretch from 28th Street to Exposition Boulevard.
Youth at Risk is a Los Angeles organization which identifies children who are susceptible to dropping out of school because they live in gang-infested neighborhoods or because they come from unstable homes, said Zack Estrin, IFC vice president.
"For these kids who do not have a stable family, through friends from the university, we (See Hands, page 6)
Plan for bicycle database rejected
National Bike Registry’s anti-theft program not accepted, state licensing considered sufficient
tional Bike Registry, said his company is "the only nationwide computer database dedicated exclusively to the identification
By Carey B. Stone
Staff Writer
The USC Department of Public Safety has decided not to join a national database intended to aid recovery of stolen bicycles. National Bike Registry representatives Depart
Safety and the Student Senate on Oct. 25.
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'We all agreed that the program wouldn't be any good for the USC community, but students do need to license their bicycles for $3 at either center campus from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., or come to the station at Parking Structure A," said Gerald Baker, DPS officer and coordinator for the Student Law Enforcement Program.
The university was considering a contract
with NBR to register students' bicycles and rovide anti-theft education to the students or a fee of $15. The current $3 fee for California Bicycle License would still have applied.
Last week's meeting between the registration company and the university was an opportunity for the Sacramento-based company to give their sales pitch to the university.
"We did not at any point make a commitment," said Chief Steven Ward of the USC Department of Public Safety.
"There was never a contract proposed or even drawn up. We were just in the verbal stages," Baker said.
Steven Berlin, spokesperson for the Na-
and recovery of bicycles since 1984."
Since its inception, NBR has solicited business to individual clients, but about six months ago, it was approached by the San Francisco-based Integrated Cycle System, a group whose Locksmart Program uses educational videos to educate campus officers and students about bicyde-theft prevention. Integrated Cycle System suggested the two groups jointly take on college campuses. Both plan to work as a team, with Integrated Cycle Systems educating and NBR doing the actual registration.
"We wanted a way to provide a service without charging the university," said Berlin.
Instead, the company would collect money directly for its services from the students, (See Bikes, page 12)
‘Putting it Together’ intent of Songfest
By Victoria Manley
Staff Writer
In keeping with the theme for this spring's Songfest, this year's committee members have been hard at work "Putting It Together" since summer.
"We want Songfest to return to what it was: a social event to unite a diverse student body ngf
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said Lesley Rollo, the Songfest
with the program for four years. Forty-one years ago, the annual student-run event was created and has since evolved to be a university tradition.
In its recent years, Songfest has run into obstacles regarding money, participation and time commitment. In the past, Rollo said, groups were not able to
commit as much time as they may have needed to and the profit made from the event did not reach the committee's expectations.
"To make Songfest work we need participants from all facets of campus, and we are going to actively recruit new groups to be in the show," Rollo said.
This year, however, Rollo intends to make some changes that can make the show successful.
"I'm a positive person, and I want to take a, positive approach," she said. "We just nave to work with the cards that we've been dealt and make changes."
Organizing for the event ini-
(See Songfest, page 3)
Senator seeks more outreach programs
By Melanie Asp
Staff Writer
Karreem Washington, community outreach chair for the Student Senate, sees community interaction on a grander
scale this semester and is not allowing his aspirations to be dampened by the limited manpower of his committees.
In keeping with his responsibilities outlined in the Student Senate constitution, Washington is working to benefit the people of Los An-
geles and improve university-community relations. He currently chairs three major programs on the community outreach agenda and is devising new plans for the future.
"Right now I'm acting as chair for everything, but I'm hoping to generate more student interest," Washington said. "I need 10 to 15 more people to help with these committees so I can delegate people to chair the various outreach programs."
Despite being short-handed in his committees, Washington has been working with the Red Cross and other com-
(See Senate, page 3)