Thursday November 18,1993 Vol. CXXI, No. 56
Weather
Expect early morning clouds to linger throughout the day. There will be a slight chance for showers. The high will be in the 70s and the low will be in the 50s.
Inside
‘Addams’ actors discuss new film
The old cast is back for "Addams Family Values" as well as a few additions. They, director Barry Sonnenfeld and producer Scott Rudin, share their thoughts on the new project. Diversions, page 7
Activities build spirit of TroyWeek
By Kim Smith
Staff Writer
As Troy Week progresses toward Thursday's finale of the bonfire rally and the Burning of the Bruin, yesterday students crowded center campus and Hahn Plaza for events sponsored by Trojan Pride, among other groups.
The day's events brought several attractions to campus, including Ben and Jerry's Traveling Circus, a small juggling / comedy show in which students participated in various stunts on stage.
Students also purchased ice cream and yogurt from the Ben and Jerry's truck, with proceeds going to Spirits in Action, a school organization which benefits the mentally disabled.
For the more adventurous, Trojan Pride also sponsored reverse bungee jumping, with a trampoline to catapult jumpers to the tops of poles.
Other organizations on campus included the 'SCadillac Marketing group, who raffled
off a trip to San Francisco and other prizes and gave out free popcorn and Gatorade. Trojan Pride also sold T-shirts and noosed Bruin bears ready to be dragged from backpacks.
"It's all participatory," said Anne Clarke, a social director with Trojan Pride. "If there are things to do on campus, people get excited. We work on the spirit of rivalry to benefit Spirits in Action and to get people involved."
Clarke attributed student participation as being a major factor in raising school spirit in preparation for the football game Saturday.
"It shows students that you can be active, you can get involved," Clarke said.
"We work on getting people into it, and making sure students are having a good time, to get energy levels as high as possible," said Phil Kubiel, also a Trojan Pride social director.
Kubel, a junior majoring in communication, said Troy Week is partially funded by
student activity fees through Trojan Pride to get students together and ready for the game.
"We're getting people really pumped up for the finale, Thursday's rally and Bruin Burning," Kubel said.
According to Clarke, plans for Troy Week began last semester and were finalized in the fall through Trojan Pride and Program Board.
Most students said Troy Week events and activities foster unity before the "big game," although some questioned how effective some of the attractions actually are in raising school spirit.
"I don't really think this has anything to do with (the game)," said Jonathon Sylk, a senior majoring in aerospace engineering. "I don't see how this promotes school spirit."
"The Thursday night rally is better to get students ready for the game," said Peter Adeli, a sophomore majoring in business. "This is mostly just for entertainment."
(See Circus, page 6)
AIDS activist delivers message of hope
Heterosexual mother raises awareness, warns against fear
Tie with Bruins stunned Trojans
In 1989, USC was supposed to beat the Bruins. All the odds seemed to be in our favor. But, a last minute turnover ended it in a tie. How were the Trojans upset by UCLA? Sports, page 20
Now is the time for gun control
Gun related deaths are no longer just an inner-city problem. Congress needs to recognize the need for gun control and pass the Brady bill before time and amendments render it ineffective.
Viewpoint, page 4
Founder of retail chain to speak
Anita Roddick, founder and managing director of The Body Shop, will speak in Bovard Auditorium Friday from 2:30-4:00 p.m.
The Body Shop retails naturally-based skin and hair care products and boasts over 160 shops in California. There are more than 1,000 shops worldwide.
Topics of discussion may include building a socially conscious business.
The event is sponsored by the Graduate School of Business Administration. Roddick will present an award to a first-year MBA student who has studied her firm.
All students are welcome to attend.
For more information, contact Pam Clem at (213) 740-0683.
By Kim Smith
Staff Writer
In response to the growing demand for AIDS awareness on college campuses, AIDS activist Mary Davis Fisher appeared on campus Tuesday night to speak of her experiences as an HIV-positive woman.
Fisher spoke to a crowd of about 300 students, staff and other university members. Her appearance was sponsored by Program Board, the Gay and Lesbian Assembly for Student Support, the Women's Student Assembly and the Council of Graduate and Professional Students.
She sent a strong message to students about the challenges faced by HIV-positive people and the dangers the students themselves face.
"If you may have put yourself at risk," she said, "I urge you get tested. The only thing holding you back may be fear of the results and, if you have fear, it is the confirmation that you need the test."
Fisher aimed her speech, not only to warn students, but to send a message of hope to HIV-positive individuals.
"I want not only to speak intimately to those who share my virus, but I want all of you to
listen in because they and I represent to you the 2 million or so American pilgrims who are on the road to AIDS," said Fisher, a heterosexual mother who contracted HIV while she was married.
"I speak to HIV-positive people because all we have is conversation, there is no cure. In the absence of a cure, you seek comfort in your illness. When there is no healing, you search for hope," she said.
Fisher, whose previous ap-
Ea ranees range from other col-jes to the Republican National Convention, opened her speech with stories about her life with HIV, and her experiences within the AIDS community, including the death of her husband from AIDS-related complications six months ago.
"Life with HIV is often a life
laced with lonesomeness,” Fisher said. "Living with a deadly virus is a very lonely process, and when we add to that layers of stigma and discrimination, all compounded by ignorance and fear, lonesomeness can be an enemy as potent as the virus itself."
Fisher spoke first to the victims of HIV who may have been in the audience, referring to them as "part of a pilgrim band which today numbers more than 14 million globally, and tomorrow will be twice as large."
"No matter what you think and how you sometimes feel, you are not alone," Fisher said. "In a very real sense, you are the ones I've come to Los Angeles, not to address, but to embrace."
Fisher talked about the stigma (See Fisher, page 13)
End of the line
Roy Nwalaaar / Dally Trojan
Like many of his Bruin brethren spotted around campus, this battered bear precariously dangles from the rear of a USC Operations and Maintenance van.
Ralliers seek to honor civil-rights leader
By Joseph Carmona
Staff Writer
The push to rename E.F. Hutton Park in honor of the late civil-rights advocate Cesar Chavez continued Wednesday as the La Raza political action committee held a rally in center campus to raise awareness of their cause.
The group proposed the park be renamed Cesar Chavez Memorial Park over a month ago but is still in the beginning stages of meeting with university officials to discuss the idea.
Group leaders contend that the renaming of the park would be valuable in representing the diversity of the student body and the outside community by creating a mural celebrating Latino / Chicano achievements.
"We're a small organization and we felt that we were ignored by the administration," said La Raza PAC member Daniel Ruiz. "We assembled to draw attention from the administration, to get a foot in the door. I really think we did it."
The rally featured many different activities, including a musical group and several speakers. The
(See La Raza, page 2)