Monday
November 14,1994 Vol. CXXIII, No. 52
Weather
Sunny: 70°
Another sunny Southern California day. Expect the high to be in the low 70s. The evening will be chilly with the low in the upper 40s.
Thinking Fellers’ symphonic attack
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282's Brian Hageman and Mark Davies joined the rest of the San Francisco-based quintet for a unique-Iv powerful show at Fuzzyland Saturday night. Diversions, page 11
Water polo makes it to MPSF finals
With wins over UCLA, 11-10 in overtime, and California, 11-9, the USC water polo team advanced to the finals of the MPSF Championships, where it played Stanford on Sunday night.
Sports, page 16
Prop. 187 rears ugly head again
Sorry, we lied . . . The issue that refuses to die is back again. Guest columnist Carey Stone writes that illegal aliens can be — and often are — just as productive as legal citizens.
Viewpoint, page 4
SCq u o t e
6 6 If Charles Murray decides that my being a Hispanic-African-Caucasian will result in my becoming a monkey, I will shave my whole body if necessary to prove him wrong.^ 5
-	Ivan Fernandez-Giraldez Viewpoint, Page 4
Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Skinning the ’Cats
Courtesy ol James Tavares
The USC football team had no problem with the vaunted Arizona defense on Saturday ir. a 45-28 win. See Sports, page 16.
Campus housing warrants repairs
School lacks funds required for renovations
By Tara Nakashima
Stall Writer
Although administrators say they are hard at work to remedy problems in campus housing, the university has only about three percent of the funding it needs to make all outstanding repairs and some students feel their needs are not being met.
Despite repairs made over the summer, there are 52 buildings across campus still in need of improvement, said Jeffrey Urdahl, director of housing and residence halls.
Sean Luko, the Resident Advisor for the fourth floor of Birnkrant Residential College, said the university has done a good job about fixing up the first floor of the building, painting it and adding furniture, but he feels there are parts of the building that still need to be fixed.
"What needs to be done is the elevators and ACCESS," said Luko, a sophomore majoring in biologv. "Elevators keep breaking down and people get stuck in them. People keep getting locked out because ACCESS breaks down."
Joong Kim, a junior majoring in psychology, was caught in one of Birnkrant's elevators for almost an hour after midnight.
"I opened the emergency box and I kept pushing the button but it didn't work at the time, so 1 rang the bell,'' Kim said. "When I rang Ihe bell, people thought I was joking, so no one wanted to help me.
"There's always a small exit on the roof bui as soon as I touched it the light went off," Kim said. "1 was in the dark and I had to use the bathroom at the time."
Landry Kacou, facilities manager for Auxiliary Services, said anything that is a fire, life or safety threat is a priority concern and should be remedied in one to 24 hours.
(See Housing, page 2)
Feminist author Paglia visits campus
By Nik Trendowski
Assignment Editor
Raquel Welch has been Pagliatized.
So were most of the audience when Camille Paglia, noted scholar and critic of feminism and the gay rights movement, spoke at Town and Gown Friday afternoon in connection with the release of her new book, "Vamps and Tramps."
Paglia spoke to a crowd of nearly 200, including new follower Welch, about the need for a better understanding of the sexes and sexuality and called for an end to the women's victim mentality.
"We don't have the answer to any single sexual question," she said. "We have what 1 regard as fascist cells of gay studies and women's studies, which I think are perni-
cious. I want something called sex studies . . . a program where men and women can collaborate."
There are legitimate differences between the sexes, Paglia said, that have led to the differences in the work they have done. Men have a type of tunnel vision that helps them become absorbed in one objective, whereas women have a more global perspective and can notice and do many things at once.
"It's not that men are making women do the work (at home), it's that they're incompetent," she said. "Women lack maniacal self-absorption in projects, not , . . selfesteem."
This theory of differences between men and women, not the victim mentality culti-
vated by some feminists, is the reason why there have not been any great women in some fields, Paglia said. For at least the last 200 years, women have largely had the same access to resources that men have had.
"So we're waiting for the female Mozart. Where is she? I'm sick and tired of waiting for her," she said. "(Feminists say) you cannot get art from mutilated egos. It's not that women lack creativity, but that there are certain kinds of art that need aggression. If a woman wants to become a great guitarist she has to listen to me and follow the Paglia line of self-assertion."
Paglia referred to the "The Penis Unsheathed," the first part of her new book, which is a script for a British television pro-(See Paglia, page 6)
Student support of coffeehouse critical
Ground Zero’s future relies on Trojan patronage
By Kamron Barron
Staff Writer
Although some students may not know about Ground Zero, the success or failure of USC's campus coffeehouse may depend entirely on the student involvement that was the reason it opened.
Lenise Andrade, Ground Zero coffee bar manager, said the students who currently operate the coffeehouse are committed to its success. But, she said, in later years, as management changes, it may close if students will not
back the facility, located in Ihe courtyard between the South Complex residence halls.
"It's really easy . . . especially for freshmen and sophomores who aren't familiar with the history of this place, to say 'Ground Zero will always be there,' " said Andrade, a senior majoring in English. "USC has a history of giving up on these things. So far, the people who are in charge right now don't want to give up on it.
"Whoever replaces Dr. Dennis (former vice president of student affairs) may decide they don't want to put the money in this and they don't want to put the interest in it," she said. "If there's not student support for
(See Zero, page 3)
Community grieves for murdered student
By April Haitsuka
Stall Writer
Although the voice will sing no longer, the resonant memory of a burning drive to succeed lives on.
A roundtable of friends joined Friday to commemorate their late companion, Danny Charles, who died last Monday in an apparent homicide. l.APD is still investigating the case.
Charles, 20, was a junior majoring in vocal performance with an emphasis in opera.
A memorial service for Charles will be held today at the United University I luitvh at 7 p.m.
Tony Sands, a junior majoring in cinema-television, worked as a Resident Advisor at Century Apartments with Charles.
"He was a special person who had an incredibly huge heart,” Sands said.
"The first week I met him, he invited me back to his house. A complete stranger. That showed what kind of a person he was, the kind of person willing take you in," Sands said,
"When he sang, he didn't shut his eyes. He said that the audience can't share the experience with you.
(See Memory, page 2)
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