Tuesday
November 9,1993 Vol. CXXI, No. 49
Weather
Morning fog will shroud 'SC until early afternoon. Expect cooler temperatures for the rest of the week. Today's high should reach 74 degrees, while the low falls to 60 degrees.
Inside
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Pulling Trekkies away from the tube
Star Trek Memories and The Nitpicker's Guide for Next Generation Trekkers are two new books that give fans of the old or new 'Trek" something to chew on between episodes.
Diversions, page 12
USC water polo defeats UCSB
Drew Netherton scored four goals and Jose Santiago added three to lead the No. 2 Trojans to a regular-season-finale stomping against the host Gauchos on Sunday afternoon.
Sports, page 20
Giving government the right to subject
Contrary to what most people believe, the Constitution does not give citizens rights, it ensures that the government cannot violate rights the people already have.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
Political exile, novelist to speak
Isabel Allende, political exile and critically acclaimed author, will discuss "Women, Politics and the Novel" tomorrow at 7 p.m. at Davis Auditorium in the Gerontology Building.
Allende is the niece of deposed Chilean leader Salvador Allende. She transcribed her memoirs into her first novel, The House of Spirits.
Her latest novel is The' Infinite Plan.
The event is sponsored by* the USC Speakers Committee, Academic Honors Assembly, Womens Student Assembly, USC Spectrum, COGPS and the International Students Assembly.
For further information, contact Sarah Szalavitz at (213) 740-5620.
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Students In the fencing club practice their discipline under supervision of the group's coaches.
Two
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Ooh, that smarts
Rash of fires prompts ban on flyers in USC housing
By Carey B. Stone
Staff Writer
A recent rash of bulletin board fires has resulted in a new policy, effective Nov. 15, which prohibits the posting of flyers in university-owned housing complexes.
Bulletin boards themselves will be removed after that date, according to a memorandum circulated by Ken Taylor, director of the Office of Residential and Greek Life.
Los Angeles Fire Department regulations preclude "the use of bulletin boards, and flyers on those bulletin boards, in the fanner and locations to which we have been accustomed," the memorandum states.
"Since September, we've had approximately 15 fires," Charlie Lane, director of Safety and Risk Management, said, citing approximately three fires in Webb Tower, one in Fluor Tower, six
(See Boards, page 14)
Friday night
By Victoria Manley
Staff Writer
Two reputed Harpy gang members were arrested Friday night in two separate armed robberies of USC students, Department of Public Safety officials said.
According to a DPS report, the first student was held up as he was walking alone along University Avenue, south of 28th Street. The robbers, displaying a handgun, demanded money from the student, who gave them his wallet. The robbers then walked south on University Avenue and approached another student, again demanding money at gunpoint. This student said he had no money, and the robbers took his backpack.
DPS reported that the robbers then fled in a car.
A red Nissan matching the description of the robbers' car given by the students was seen by a DPS officer near a house on 23rd Street and Toberman Street.
"There were four or five guys standing out in front of the house. Tney didn't do anything when I got there, they just sort of hung around," said Lt. Tim Brown of DPS.
Brown parked near the house, and called DPS with the vehicle information.
"I really didn't want to confront them at that time," he said. "I didn't have any evidence to confront them with."
Soon after Brown called for help, additional officers arrived with the students who
identified two males at the house, a juvenile and an adult, as the robbers.
"We don't take the victims for identification to have a face-to-face showup with the criminals. We do it so that they can rightfully identify the committers of the crime," said Sgt. Craig Baxley.
The Los Angeles Police Department was called by DPS to the house and arrested the suspects.
"I think these guys just got arrested for being stupid," Brown said. "I guess they didn't think that much was going to happen."
The stolen credit cards were returned to the student, but the backpack of the other (See Robberies, page 3)
Program creates family housing
USC, Habitat for Humanity build affordable homes
By Roger D. Sequelra
Staff Wnter
Suppose a family, living in housing below standards of decency, was promised a new, affordable home.
This promise was fulfilled for six L.A. families in the past year, thanks to a worldwide housing program, Habitat for Humanity, which has currently allied with USC to construct a new house on 24th Street for a USC-affiliated family, said Shirley Quarmyne, chair of Habitat's family selection committee.
Quarmyne said the committee and members of a USC commit-
tee will screen families from a list of candidates provided by the university, criteria being low-income, meaning 30 to 50 percent of the median income tor the area, life in sub-standard housing and a willingness to contribute to the construction of the house.
"This is not a giveaway," said Bonnie Holmes, director of the Lusk Center for Real Estate Development.
"The family has to put in 500 hours of 'sweat equity'. . . the work they put into (building) the house."
Holmes said the house will then be sold to the family for $65,000, which will be broken down into monthly installments of $365 over 20 years.
(See Homes, page 15)
Embassy Residential College up for sale
By Christel Wheeler
Staff Writer
Embassy Residential College, Embassy Auditorium and the adjacent parking lot have been put up for sale by the university, resulting from possible financial difficulties.
In 1991, the Daily Trojan reported that Embassy, located downtown on South Grand Avenue, had "lost more than $7.3 million in its four years of operation." The article reported the university would have to pay roughly $7,200 per resident to keep the facility running during the 1991-92 school year. It also stated Embassy has lost too much money since its purchase to recover the losses.
It is unknown if Embassy has continued to operate in the red, or if money has been lost in addition to the $7.3 million.
It is also not known if Embassy Residential College, Embassy Auditorium and the parking lot are on the market as a package or if they will be sold separately.
The housing complex, formerly a hotel, was purchased in 1987 for $12.6 million. The property was purchased to be used for student housing and a faculty-in-residence program.
"We looked and saw that there were vacant housing units on campus," said Mi-(See Embassy, page 15)