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Paint it black one more time
Say what you want, but the Rolling Stones showed that they're not ready to grow moss just yet. Their show Friday at the Rose Bowl proved that point emphatically.
Diversions, page 10
‘Love’ conquers all for audiences
Action off the field
Regina Tao Daily Trojan
LAPD officers escort a Cal Berkeley fan out of the Coliseum after he spit on an officer. Berkeley fans had little to cheer about after their 61-0 loss to the Trojans Saturday.
6 6 Pulling children from schools is not right, but because opponents are feverishly demonizing decent folks with racial rhetoric we may not have a chance to address a very complex and difficult issue”
-	Hector Wong Viewpoint, Page 4
Monday October 24, 1994 Vol. CXXIII, No. 36
Warren Beatty and Annette Bening star in this reworking of the classic film about two star-crossed lovers. The movie features an intelligent script, great acting and superb direction.
Diversions, page 10
USC whitewashes California, 61-0
Saturday's football game was no contest as USC hammered Cal, 61-0, at the Coliseum. Shawn Walters and Terrv Barnum each scored two touchdowns in the rout.
Sports, page 20
Prop. 187 foes turn off voters
Opponents of Prop. 187 are relying on tired racial rhetoric and blackmail. At least one voter's opinion has swayed in favor of the anti-illegal immigration measure because of their tactics.
Viewpoint, page 4
Suspects arrested in thefts, robberies
Recent crimes range from mundane to bizarre among separate incidents
By Michelle Cordero
Staff Writer
The recent arrests of suspects in a stream of robberies and car burglaries on and around cam-us, as well as in a bizarre rob-erv involving a Bible, might give students reason to review techniques for safety in Los Angeles.
Last week, the USC Department of Public Safety arrested a suspect for a string of bicycle robberies and for car break-ins in Parking Structure C, However, two other odd incidents may give students more cause for concern,
On Oct. 10, a suspect approached a student in his vehicle and offered to sell him a
Bible. When the student took out his wallet, the suspect pulled a knife from the Bible and took the wallet, according to DPS reports.
Three days later at 3:45 p.m., the victim spotted the suspect panhandling. He contacted DPS and an officer on duty nearby responded to the call. The victim identified the suspect as the man who had robbed him. The suspect, who was getting into the passenger's seat of a woman's car, was stopped and arrested, DPS reports stated.
In another recent crime, an international student was approached by a suspect near the Los Angeles Public Library and shown a picture of a coffin. The
suspect ordered the victim to give him money or the student would end up in the coffin. The student gave his money to the suspect, then ran away. The student reported the robbery to DPS but the suspect has not yet been caught, according to DPS reports.
DPS has a number of tips to help students avoid dangerous situations like these.
"Students, both men and women, should always travel in pairs. Women usually do not have a problem doing this, but men do," said DPS Deputy Chief Bob Taylor. "They should always stay in well-lit and well-traveled areas and do not engage in an uncomfortable
conversation with a stranger."
Tavlor urged students to act prudentlv if confronted by an armed suspect.
"If one encounters a robbery, the suspect is gone (sooner) if the victim does not resist and gives the suspect money or property," he said. "It is also a lot simpler to give up a piece of property than to give up a life. A life cannot be replaced."
Taylor said that after a crime, it helps to give a good description of the suspect.
"(If victims) remember to notice everything about the suspect's face, the more likely (it is) the suspect will be arrested if the police can get a positive identification,” he said.
Battered women who fought back heard
By Kamron Barron
Staff Writer
The sentences for battered women convicted of killing their abusers are longer than those for men convicted of killing their spouses, according to members of the Southern California Coalition for Battered Women.
The coalition presented an event to raise support and public awareness for these women, to audiences at USC's Norris Theater Saturday evening.
"There is something wrong with sentencing," said Vera Anderson, co-chair of the coalition and coordinator of the event. "Most (women) are serving sentences ranging from 15 years to life without the possibility of parole, while a man who kills his wife or girlfriend will only serve an average of four to
10 vears. Women can't even bring up battered women's issues."
Among the other presentations at the event, called "Inside Out," were documentaries relating the stories of women who killed their spouses or boyfriends, a photographic presentation and a panel discussion with the audience.
Aminah Sallis, a panelist at the event, was recently granted clemency after serving 16 vears in an Iowa prison for arranging the death of her estranged husband, who abused her.
"The real wonder was how I survived the violent beatings and emotional abuse from someone who was supposed to love and take care of me," said Sallis, now an advocate who assists battered women with counseling and legal support.
"Back then the term of domestic violence had not been recognized, and there certainly was no hotline available for me lo call," she said.
The coalition was designed to bring attention to and provide legal support for women like Sallis, who killed their husbands or boyfriends and were later sentenced to prison terms.
Members of the coalition are attempting to gain clemency or lessened sentences for these women. Students involved in USC’s Law Center Post Conviction Justice Program and lawyers working pro bono are providing legal aid.
Cheryl Hamer Mackell, an attorney and co-chair of the coalition, is working to recruit other pro Ivno lawyers to help with the bat-(See Support, page 3)
Campus group joins to support Iranian patient
By Kim Smith
Cllv Editor
Shabaz Bagherian is 24 years old — and has less than three weeks to live.
Bagherian suffers from leukemia, which has reduced his white blood cell count to 100 and doctors say the Iranian man has onlv a few weeks left before those are destroyed. He has been searching for a marrow donor for years and the Iranian Student Association is asking students, faculty and staff to help in the search.
The ISA, with support from the donation fund established for Bagherian, is holding a bone marrow drive in Topping Student Center from 12 to 6 p.m. todav. The American Red Cross will be taking blood tests to register donors for a national database, and to search for a match for Bagherian.
"We want to get as many matches as we can, but especially for him," said Pazhman Elias-zadeh, vice-president of the ISA.
Eliaszadeh, a senior majoring in biology, said the Iranian community has been aware of Bagh-erian's situtation for some time but, despite high turnout at manv other marrow drives, has not been able to come up with a match.
"All of the people who have tested for him have been negative. They have found matches for five other people, but none for him," Eliaszadeh said.
"The best thing would be to find a match for him, or one of the six or seven other people in need of donations, especially a five-vear-old girl who was just diagnosed," said Sepidah Her-fel, president of the ISA and a senior majoring in political science and biology.
The ISA, through money raised at last week's International Food Fair, as well as donations and Bagherian's fund, has enough money to cover blood (See Donor, page 14)
Students to hold bone marrow drive