Tuesday
October 26,1993 Vol. CXXI, No. 40
Weather
A slight cooling trend begins today. Expect a sunny and pleasant afternoon with the high reaching into the upper 70s, while the overnight low drops into the 60s.
USC soccer falls to San Diego, 6-0
The USC women's soccer team is still feeling the growing pains in its first season at the varsity level. The Women of Troy lost to San Diego on Friday, 6-0, to fall to 2-12-1.
Sports, page 20
Renovated library opens new doors
The long-awaited opening of the central branch of the L.A. public library was a chance for patrons to catch the first glimpse of the third largest public library in the nation.
Diversions, page 7
Gun control makes nation of victims
Gun control isn't a realistic way to control crime, since guns are involved in only 12 percent of violent crime. What it does is give an armed government control over a populace of victims. Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
Immigrant labor to be discussed
A discussion entitled "Discriminatory Practices in Employment in the Wake of the Immigration Reform and Control Act" will address issues surrounding the Immigration Reform and Control Act.
The act was signed into law in 1986, making it illegal for U.S. employers to hire undocumented workers and requires the employers to check the work papers of all new employees.
The session is slated for today at 1 p.m. in the USC Religious Center, room 103.
The discussion, led by members of the IRCA Anti-Discrimination Project of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California, is free and open to the public.
Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Student Union ATM machine shut down due to vandalism
By Carey B. Stone
Staff Writer Students, faculty and staff are likely to be annoyed this week when, venturing into the Student Union lobby to withdraw cash or deposit checks, they find the ATM taped shut.
A sign hanging on the machine reads, "This machine closed due to vandalism — other ATMs available on campus — Southwest comer of Financial. Services Bldg. — King Hall lobby — We apologize for the inconvenience."
Many students met the incapacitated machine with quiet resignation, while others greeted it with impassioned comments of disgust, muttering under their breath about the inconvenience.
Damage to the ATM was discovered at "about 1 p.m. Sunday," and the USC Federal Credit Union was notified, said (See ATM, page 6)
Professor links crime to genetics
Lunchtime
Roy Nwalaaar / Dally Trojan
Chadbyme Dickens, a senior majoring In cinema, gives his dog Chandler a bite of his burger.
By Roger D. Sequeira
Staff Writer
A USC associate professor of psychology is unearthing the roots of criminal behavior linking it to the nature of the human biological makeup and the quality of social interacations.
Adrian Raine hypothesized that individuals may be genetically predisposed toward criminal behavior, but are compelled to perform criminal acts due to sodal pressures.
"We've spent decades trying to change criminal behavior," he said. "Everything we've tried has failed. Anything that's going to be successful in the future is going to require a new and different approach."
Raine cited a recent Los Ange-
les Times article about a Dutch schoolteacher who had traced the incidence of violence in his ancestry. Studies have shown that violent individuals from this family have low levels of
monoamine oxidase, an enzyme that breaks down substances secreted from nerve cells. When the enzyme is absent, these substances accumulate and may motivate aggressive behavior.
These individuals also had low IQs, which is thought to
have a genetic component Raine said.
He said a low IQ could cause these individuals to perform poorly in school and thus develop low self-esteem, which in turn would lead the individual to resort to violent behavior to restore that esteem. This would be an example of genetic and social factors interacting to motivate criminal behavior, he said.
Raine said a genetically determined low heartbeat and low skin conductance, or the degree of sweating, can increase the probability of an individual to commit a criminal act.
Such a person would experience lower degrees of fear, if any at all, than an individual who has higher degrees of pulse
and sweating. Such an individual, Raine said, would tend to resort to criminal behavior more often than a normal individual, since there is less or no fear of consequences.
Mixing factors such as being socially ridiculed or poverty-stricken or having a parent with a criminal history with biological predispositions, an individual may be pressured into committing a crime, Raine said.
He said he applies this revolutionary and controversial approach to all types of crime, not merely of the violent variety, and not only those defined in the legal sense, such as adultery.
He said the implications this (See Raine, page 3)
Student senator working to build political interest
Roy Nwalaaar / Dally Trojan
press their political opinions.
"Cesar is fully committed to making political affairs a non-partisan forum for 'SC students," said Brandon Shamim, senate public relations director.
Reinoso's goals include holding political debates every other month and the continuation of his efforts to improve the reputation of the senate.
"Everybody has an opinion they can ex-
Cress; they just need a place to express it," e said. "I want to provide quality programming for the students where they can express those opinions."
Since the school year began, his senate committee has sponsored and co-sponsored political events on campus such as the former California State Senator Alan Cranston assembly and the debate between California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown and commentator Bruce Herschensohn last week.
(See Reinoso, page 3)
By Victoria Manley
Staff Writer
Among 30,000 individual political views on campus, there is one student who feels he can satisfy everyone's needs.
"As long as the students have a genuine interest in politics, I want to foster that interest," said Cesar Reinoso, Student Senate political affairs director.
Cesar Reinoao
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Reinoso, a senior majoring in international relations, is dedicated to promoting political awareness among the student population.
Part of the senate's responsibility, largely performed by the political affairs committee, is providing an avenue for students to ex-