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Thursday February 25,1993 Vol. CXIX, No. 29
The sun will dominate the skies for most of the day before clouds start rolling in. The afternoon should warm up to 64 degrees and tonight's low will drop down to 51 degrees.
USC, UCLA battle at Pauley Pavilion
The USC men's basketball team takes on UCLA tonight at 8 in Westwood in a rematch of the 90-80 Bruin victory last month. The game will be televised live on Channel 5.
Sports, page 16
Director’s fables of reconstruction
John Turturro, who played the title character in the oddball flick "Barton Fink," offers insight on his directorial debut, "Mac," a film on the construction industry.
Diversions, page 8
Time for a quick check on values
It's hard on a person when he suddenly realizes that his entire moral system is wrong. It's even harder when he shares that moral system with two billion other people.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
Service project funds available
Student groups wishing to undertake community service projects outside university boundaries can apply early next month for funds.
The University Service Fund Committee will provide money to USC student organizations for new group development and special projects in the surrounding community.
Organizations can pick up an application in STU 202 beginning March 3.
The deadline for submitting applications is March 12.
For more information, contact Sharyn Slavin at 740-5693 in the Office of Student Activities.
The candidate
Isabella Chan / Dally Tro|an
Commuter candidate Robert Straight addressed students at the center of campus yesterday. The 1993 Student Senate elections kick off next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Diversity misdirected, author says
By Kim Smith
Staff Writer
The idea of political correctness may be sending the academic world in the wrong direction, according to Dinesh D'Souza, author of “Illiberal Education: Politics of Race and Sex on Campus."
D'Souza, who served as a senior domestic policy analyst for the Bush administration, spoke in Bovard Auditorium Tuesday night in a program sponsored by the Student Senate and the Council of Graduate and Professional Students.
"A great debate . . . (is) beginning to erupt on American campuses about what young people
learn. We hear about pluralism, we hear about diversity, we hear about multi-culturalism," D'Souza said.
“The real problem is a kind of abysmal ignorance of the basic ingredients of both Western and non-Westem civilizations," he said.
An opposing viewpoint was presented by Nelly Stromquist, an associate professor in the school of education and co-au-thor of three books on diversity.
Stromquist defined multi-cul-turalism as "an effort to introduce the content of other cultures and to introduce diversity to Western cultures."
But D'Souza said today's col-
lege students are being given an inaccurate view of non-Western cultures in an attempt to be politically correct.
"If I may put it bluntly, non-Westem cultures are politically incorrect, and the activists that look abroad are very unhappy with what they see," D'Souza said.
He said many activists become disenchanted with what he called a lack of politically correct ideas in non-Westem literatures and cultures.
He said that when activists perceive a lack of women's rights and racial equality in non-Westem cultures, they have two choices.
One option is to condemn the culture as being even more backward than Western culture, an option which activists do not choose because they see it as politically incorrect.
The other option, and the most popular one, according to D'Souza, is to ignore the realities of life in non-Westem cultures, to put aside "the great texts" and concentrate on politically correct texts.
D'Souza said that he encountered the use of this option in classes at Stanford University.
"It's important to realize," D'Souza said, "that this is a kind of bogus multiculturalism. (It is) (See D'Souza, page 6)
Cuddlers get Saturn award for service
By Jason S. Grant
Staff Writer
The 1993 Saturn Award, co-sponsored by the university and Saturn Corporation, was presented to Trojan Life Cuddlers (TLC) yesterday in recognition of its service to local hospitals in helping to nurture newborn infants.
TLC will go to Detroit later this year to compete for the National Saturn Award.
The present award, which was accepted by TLC organizer Michael Hardesty on behalf of the TLC members, goes to the outstanding student community service team in recognition of its accomplishments throughout the year.
"This is just a tribute to the quality and caliber of the groups that are here, and it is an honor to get this award for teamwork,"
(See Saturn, page 2)
Minority groups protest Grammy politics, unfair representation
By Paul Clinton
Staff Writer
Protest, it seemed, was the order of the day at the Grammy Awards yesterday.
Limousines carrying high profile guests arrived at the Shrine Auditorium amid the shouts and jeers of hecklers and demonstrators.
The Coalition for Mexican Music got the earliest start, protesting what they believed to be a misrepresentation of their musical preferences.
"All we want is for them to go for what we listen to and what we buy," said coalition member Angelica Cabral.
"We are sending a message to the Grammy Commission to not just go for what they want," she said.
The Coalition believes that the musicians who are nominated, Linda Ronstadt for example, are (See Protest, page 6)
Isabella Chan / Dally Tro|an
The Coalition for Mexican Music protested the Grammy Awards Wednesday at the Shrine Auditorium for what they believe to be misrepresentation of their musical preferences. For more Grammy coverage see page 8.