Thursday February 19,1998 Vol. CXXXIII, No. 27
Headlines
Close but no cigar against Bruins
After leading by four points with just over a minute remaining, the USC men's basketball team missed a last second regulation shot and lost to UCLA ip overtime, 82-75, Wednesday night.
Sports, page 20
The sun should set on 'Palmetto'
Amidst the mosquitoes and marshes lies the lazy burg of Palmetto, and it is within the confines of this Southern city which this strangely comedic film, starring Woody Harrelson, takes place.
Diversions, page 7
Using their right to remain silent
Police officers may soon lose their right to file defamation lawsuits against citizens who file complaints. Editorial Columnist Daniel Chantre has a complaint of his own against this movement.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
Lawyer humor, senate VP debates
Professor Marc Galanter of the University of Wisconsin-Madiso.i will be presenting a lecture about lawyer jokes entitled "Lawyers and the Consternation About Law," in Salvatori Computer Center, room 101, at 11 a.m. today.
Admission is free and open to the public.
• ••
The debate for candidates for student body president and vice president will be held at noon today on the steps of Doheny Library. Audience members will be allowed to ask questions of the candidates.
For more information, call the senate office at (213) 740-5620.
• • •
The Black Student Union and the UnNamed Theatre Company will present "The Colored Mi George C. Wolfe at the
n Dy (at thi
Massman Theater in the Drama Center at 7 p.m. tonight.
Spirit, let's hear it
GLAAD protests magazine content
Mlchaal Lavina / Daily Trojan
A yell leader rallies for student response at the Trojan Pride’s Troy Jam in Hahn Plaza Wednesday afternoon.
■1 1 •
By Katie E. Ismael
Staff Writer
A letter of protest from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation was submitted this week to 28th Street Magazine — which claims to be "the lifestyle magazine for Los Angeles area collegians" — to express concern that the magazine does not adequately represent gay and lesbian couples.
The magazine, with a readership of 90,000 students from campuses in Los Angeles, Northridge and Long Beach, is owned and managed by current USC students and alumni and derives its name from a street on which most of the fraternity and sorority houses at USC are located. Jason Hollander, the publisher of the monthly magazine, said that it contains general interest, entertainment and fashion news as well as Greek events.
In the letter submitted to the magazine, GLAAD, a national advocacy group, stated it was "disappointed to see that the February 'Valentine's Couples' feature failed to recognize any gay or lesbian couples."
The letter then claims that "anyone who has attended an' institution such as USC or UCLA knows that gays and lesbians are prominent contributors to every major facet of collegiate life. We feel that of the nine couples you chose to include in
your story, at least one of them could have been of the same sex."
"This is a widely read publication," said Erik Sanjurjo, a graduate student in political science and a GLAAD volunteer. "It's not too much to ask them to try and connect to all campus groups. Make a little extra effort to include all campus groups."
28th Street Magazine uses reader-based submissions, Hollander said The entire Valentine's Day issue contained submissions from readers.
"Our readers submitted pictures and stories, and we published them. In fact, we ran anyone who submitted for that Valentine's Day issue," he said.
"The idea that the responsibility is placed on the readers assumes that gays don't read the paper," said Elizabeth Malamed, executive director of USC's Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Assembly and a graduate student in marriage, family and child counseling: "The magazine needs to provide alternative views. And there is always something one can do to equally represent readers. 1 think relying on reader submissions i# a way to avoid responsibility."
"We don't actively seek one type of person," Hollander said. "We run ads soliciting reader submissions, and nowhere on
(See Complaiht, page 14)
Journalism school to raise lab fees
By Lauren Shaftel
Staff Writer
Some journalism classes have recently increased their lab fees as much as $100 for courses that use computer and broadcast facilities.
Murray Fromson, the director of the School of Journalism, sent a lettef to all undergraduate and graduate journalism students Feb. 5 in which he outlined the increase that will take effect in the next academic year.
The fees for Journalism 402, an undergraduate television reporting class that relies on the use of cameras and editing equipment, will increase by $100. Many students said they are outraged.
Heather Fox, a junior majoring in broad-
cast journalism and cinema-television, said she e-mailed a letter "in aggravation and frustration" to all undergraduate journalism majors, asking for their thoughts on the fee increases and encouraging those with sentiments similar to her own to write letters to Fromson.
She said that she has received many responses from students who are "willing to sign a petition" if necessary, to protest the "extremely high" cost of being a journalism major.
Elizabeth Taylor, a junior majoring in broadcast journalism and cinema-television, said the increases are "highly ridiculous" and thinks that the journalism school should take a lesson from the cinema-television school, in which there is usually only one $50
fee for undergraduates enrolled in one class or more per semester.
In some upper-level production classes for undergraduates in cinema-television, however, tnere are, fees of as high as $330. No journalism fee is that high.
Carolyn Tanner of the School of Cinema-Television's business office said that the classes With high fees involve "heavy production."
Graduate students in the journalism school said they are also skeptical of the higher fees. Kwala Mandel, a first-year graduate student in broadcast journalism, said she does not "understand why we're being charged for classes where we're not using
(See Fees, page 2)
their mic time
Third in Senate pre-election debates, candidates discuss parking passes, trams
By Ben Berkowitz
Assistant City Editor
Transferable parking passes, improved tram service and accountability were among the topics debated by the five commuter candidates for Student Senate seats Wednesday.
The debate was held at 12:30
C.m. on the steps of Doheny ibrary. It was originally scheduled for noon, but was pushed back because of the Troy Jam rally in Hahn Plaza.
The five candidates are: Pedram Ben-Cohen, a sopho-
more majoring in business administration; Anita Deuk-majian, a freshman majoring in broadcast journalism; Sam Tabibian, a junior majoring in sociology; Viet Tran, a sophomore majoring in public policy and management; and Taline Ekmekjian, a junior majoring in political science and gender studies.
Tabibian and Ben-Cohen are running together, as are Ekmekjian and Deukmajian. Tran is running alone.
The debate opened with a platform statement from each of
the slates.
"We want to bring (transferable parking passes) about," Tabibian saicL He would like to see the return of hanging passes. He and Ben-Cohen also proposed a system for commuters to check traffic conditions before leaving for school and the creation of commuter lounges on campus.
"I m running on three things: awareness, advocacy and action," Tran said. He expressed a desire to make senators more accountable to their constituents and to establish an office for commuter life.
"Commuters don't have anywhere to go; they need to come together," Ekmekjian said.
"We want commuters to have a place to come to on our campus," Deukmajian said. She and Ekmekjian also stressed the importance of the Commuter Advocacy Program, of which Ekmekjian is president.
The issues of parking and trams were a major point of contention among the candidates.
"There's gotta be more things the $600 can pay for besides parking structures," Tran said, in reference to the fee for parking passes.
"I don't think the trams are a major problem," Ekmekjian said. She also said that she has been working closely with Brian
(See Debate, page 2)
■
■■