Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Thursday Nov. 17,1994 Vol. CXXIII, No. 55
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6 6 If you tell me you’re a liberal, you won’t automatically get prodded with my conservative shock stick, as long as you clarify that you’re a classical liberal.9 ’
- Christian D. Orr Viewpoint, Page 4
Doing the drill
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The 32nd Street Magnet School performed an emergency drill organized by Lynn Hickey, magnet school coordinator, yesterday. The drill Is to prepare pupils for situations such as earthquakes. Here, children listen to their teacher for further Instructions.
Women of Troy fall to Bruins
After losing the first two games and then coming back to win the next two, the USC women's volleyball team couldn't finish the job, losing to UCLA in five games.
Sports, page 16
A Claus stuck in a clause
Comedian Tim Allen becomes Santa Claus physically and mentally after the last one fell off of his roof on Christmas Eve in the hilarious movie "The Santa Clause."
Diversions, page 8
The Soldier of Truth speaks out
Nowhere on the present political spectrum is there room for freedom. In order to emancipate the human spirit we must redefine the status quo and institute the truth as defined bf the controversial Brandon Gray.
Viewpoint, page 5
The answer is blowing in the wind. If you've managed to pick up the paper without being aware of the weather, it's cold and windy. It'll stay that way deep into the Beat the Bruins rally tonight.
Top journalists recognized at alumni dinner
By David Thun
Staff Writer
Accountability remains issue for Student Senate
Amendment debate, Parlimentarian resignation highlights of meeting
By Laura Lanchester
Staff Writer
An amendment outlining the fulfillment and enforcement of a senator's office hours was the main topic debated at last night's Student Senate meeting.
Senator James Emerson created the amendment after the executive committee passed a policy requiring weekly meetings with either the senate president or vice-pres-ident and reports from every senator. That policy is being reviewed by the Judicial Council tomorrow in VKC 329 at 11 a.m.
Though a suggestion for a time clock was stricken from the amendment, and replaced by a written log to account for how the hours are spent, some senators still had a problem with the amendment.
Mario Del Pero, Greek senator, felt that
office hours are the time spent serving the constituency, and not necessarily sitting in the Student Senate office.
"Limiting me where I have to clock in to be able to have some accountability to our constituencies is crazy," he said.
"(Most of us are) actually doing functioning work that's helping our constituencies, not sitting in a damn office, playing or eating or doing whatever," he said.
Senate President Jimmy Moye agreed with Del Pero.
"The most important thing is working for the student body," Moye said, "and if you have to miss your office hours, then you do what you have to do."
The amendment failed with a 9 to 6 vote and one abstention.
"This is the first time I can remember in which senators voted not on behalf of the student body, but on issues of personal laziness," Emerson said.
"As elected student representatives I believe we have an obligation to all the stu-(See Senate, page 2)
NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw, New Yorker editor Tina Brown and CNN were honored by the USC Journalism Alumni Association and the School of Journalism's new director, Murray Fromson, at an awards dinner Tuesday.
The 34th Annual Distinguished Achievement in Journalism awards dinner, held at the Biltmore Hotel downtown, was attended by noted L.A. journalists such as KNBC anchor Jess Marlow and Los Angeles Times columnist Jack Smith, as well as numerous USC journalism faculty, alumni and students.
During his acceptance speech, Brokaw criticized current trends in journalism towards sensationalism and egocentrism.
"Just because our voices can be heard around the world does not mean we have proportionately more wisdom," Brokaw said. "We can not live on the stuff of O.J. alone. There is volcanic change underway in America and the lava has not cooled. We ignore it at our peril."
Tina Brown, who was recognized for her efforts in reorganizing the New Yorker as editor of that magazine, spoke about the need to keep up with reader demand.
"It's only through the combination of timing and timeliness that the reader can be wooed," Brown said. "It's been a goal of mine to restore the 'pleasure principle' to the New Yorker. Serious doesn't have to mean dullness."
CNN president Tom Johnson, accepting an award on behalf of his network, jokingly praised his fellow recipients.
"Tina could take Field and Stream and make it interesting to me. Tom is also of interest to me but I won't get into detail because people will talk," Johnson quipped.
He went on to praise Brokaw's professionalism, supporting the anchor's earlier criticisms of the media.
"You should expect and demand that news services should treat you as grownups," Johnson said. "We have become mired in 'bang-bang' in too many instances. We must remember there is more to life than death."
Earlier in the evening, a letter from USC provost and senior vice president of Academic Affairs Lloyd Armstrong, who was unable to attend the dinner, was read announcing Fromson's official appointment as director of the USC School of Journalism.
"Dr. Davison and I are confident that Professor Fromson will lead the school of jour-(See Awards, page 3)
Lyman’s departure prompts librarian search
High-profile candidate sought for head library position
By Anisa Abeytia
Staff Writer
The university is preparing to conduct a nationwide search to find a replacement for former University Librarian Peter Lyman, following his resignation in early October.
A committee co-chaired by Provost Lloyd Armstrong, Jr. and Morton Schapiro, dean of the College of Letters Arts and Science, will be conducting the search.
Until a replacement is found, Lynn Sipe, the former assistant university librarian, will serve as acting director.
Lyman, whose last day at the university was Nov. 1, said he had several reasons for choosing to leave.	i
"The first reason is that the Berkeley library is the greatest library in the world and it's a lot larger than SC's. To work in this environment is truly exciting," Lyman said.
"I grew up in the Bay Area, in a way it was going home," he said. "I loved being at USC. It was a very creative time for me and it was not easy to leave."
UC Berkeley's Director of Library Human Resource, Janice Burroghs, said, "(Lyman is) the
new boss of the university library. He's the head librarian, same job, only much larger.
"He was recruited after a nation wide search to replace our librarian that retired," she said.
Armstrong said Lyman's departure comes at an important time for the university.
"I think that it is a difficult time with the opening of the Leavey Library, the system has been challenged," Armstrong said.
"In general, any time someone of Peter Lyman's stature leaves, it is a bad time," he said.
(See Lyman, page 3)
Peter Lyman
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