Monday March 6,1995 Vol. CXXIV, No. 34
Headlines
Women of Troy win pair of games
Led by Tina Thompson, the USC women's basketball team defeated UCLA, 70-65, on Friday and CSUN, 79-46, on Sunday. Thompson had a total of 46 points and 21 rebounds.
Sports, page 16
Let the senate campaign begin
Candidates for the Student Senate in the commuter, Greek, residence hall and student community constituencies present their platforms in a voter guide to the
1995	senate elections.
Senate, page 8
Anything to get out of our mind
With the Enlightenment has come an understanding that the mind is at the center of all our perceptions — and therefore it's the thing you've got to lose. Wes Biggs comments in free verse.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
Poetry, business talks planned
"Poetry in Therapy" is the topic of a talk by Arthur Ler-ner, director of poetry therapy at Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital, today at the Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E. Holly St., Pasadena, today from 2 to 3 p.m. e e e
Richard L. Drobnick, executive director of the USC School of Business Administration's International Business Education and Research program, will discuss "California's Near West: The Dynamic Economies of East Asia" on Tuesday from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Davidson Conference Center. Admission is $35; call Colleen Dietz at (213) 740-0851 for information.
eee
Tuesdays at Fisher presents a hands-on printmak-ing workshop Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Fisher Gallery. RSVP to (213) 740-4561.
Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Form streamlines complaint process
By Kamron Barron
Staff Writer
Transportation Services is at the top of a recently-released breakdown of which de-rtments receive complaints on the Student nate's complaint and suggestion forms since the forms were implemented last semester.
Imaad Zuberi, Student Senate chair for security affairs, said this standardized form has allowed easier communication and cooperation.
"Now, you have a standardized university complaint form, you bring it to the senate office, and you can guarantee it is seen by
the head of the department," he said.
In all, 1008 forms have been received. There were 219 complaints for Escort, 198 for parking and 188 for trams. The next largest number were for dining, with 45 forms.
Zuberi said the complaints to Transportation Services have ranged from difficulties with the new day tram routes that began this semester to Escort taking too long to pick up passengers.
"A lot of times they take a half hour or more," he said. "They take too long and they've been dropping people, sometimes they'll forget about you and won't send anyone."
Jim Richardson, director of Transportation Services, said the problems with the trams and their routes are being changed slowly and with due thought.
Transportation Services recently doubled the number of trams traveling on routes during daytime hours and changed the stops made on the routes.
"With the tram route situation, some people like it, some don't," Richardson said. "It's not necessarily finished. We don't want to move too quickly making changes. It's a matter of strategically meeting the needs of all students."
(See Complaints, page 2)
Minority
program
beneficial
By Vicky Nave
Staff Writer
While more African Americans and Latinos are attending college, they also tend to drop out sooner than other college students, according to a 1994 study by the American Council of Education, and one major reason they drop out is lack of funds, said Dawn Battle, public relations officer with the Golden State Minority Foundation Resource Center.
The center was founded in 1974 to assist dedicated minority students, including some at USC, in finding the funds to start and continue their education.
"Our main goal is to help students reach their full potential
(See Minority, page 3)
Quality of work at Dental School comes under fire
Troy Witt/Dally Tro|an
A patient Is treated In a cubicle at the Dental School on Thursday.
Longtime patient claims attitudes of students poor
By Laura Margoni
Staff Writer
For over 40 years, Charles Bratton has let nobody touch his mouth but USC's School of Dentistry, claiming that the care provided by them was the best. Now, however, he feels that incompetence and a lack of respect have transformed their once-superior service into the type of care that one "would receive in a Third World country."
Within the last five to 10 years, Bratton, 73, says he has noticed a gradual decline in the quality of service provided by the Dental School.
"They just don't listen. You get the feeling they don't want you, that they're uncomfortable around you," he said.
He attributes this to incompetence and indifference among the dental students, but Dental School officials say all work must still be perfect and Bratton did not receive inferior care. Other patients agree the school does good work.
Bratton also maintains that there is an increasing level of incompetence and a lack of integrity among some students. He cites his last visit to the school as an example of inept care.
Bratton said he had gone in to get a faulty partial denture replaced and the student assigned to treat him was negligent. She did not follow proper procedure and never completed the work which she had initiated, he said.
"Not only did she not prep me properly,” he said, "but then she just left, handed me over to the next guy, and then lied about the whole thing when asked about it."
(See Dental, page 2)
Student wins law
contest
By Ana Vasquez
Staff Writer
Cameron Etazady / Deity Trojan
Moot Court program winner Tanlaha Woodson argues her case.
Tanisha Woodson, a second-year student at the Law Center, took victory in the Hale Moot Court Competition finals, hosted by the USC Law Center.
The competition, which concluded Friday at Norris Theatre, allowed students to argue two issues: the Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act and the Mandatory Life Imprisonment Act, commonly known as the three strikes law.
"I'm speechless," said Woodson after the awards. "This has helped me know what it is to argue before an (See Court, page 3)