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No. 1 Water Polo wins 11th straight
The No. 1 USC men's water polo team notched its 11th consecutive victory by defeating No. 11 Long Beach State, 16-8. Mateo Juric and Marko Zagar led the way with three goals apiece.
Sports, page 16
Do a little dance, get down tonight
So you can't dance. You can't vogue, mamba, samba or even do the macarena.
Never fear. Staff writer Rad Probst offers a guide on where to learn to dance both on and off campus.
Diversions, page 7
Dole shows a side previously hidden
Bob Dole's image has hardened as he has targeted his opponent's character rather than his own platform. Editorial columnist Patrick Dent assesses the Republican campaign.
Viewpoint, page 4
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Political forums explore options
The Department of Political Science will be holding an election forum in Social Sciences Building B-40 at noon today.
"Making Sense of the 1996 Elections: Observations and Predictions," will be a panel discussion including:
•Herbert Alexander, director of the Citizens' Research Foundation
•	Lou Cannon, Freedom Forum Fellow with the Annenberg School of Communications and former White House correspondent for the Washington Post
•Susan Estrich, law pn>fes-sor
•	William Lammers, professor of political science
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A forum on health care reform initiatives on the statewide ballots will be held on the Health Sciences Campus in Cuban Hall 249 today at noon.
Proponents and opponents of Propositions 214 and 216 will discuss the issue.
Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Knights candidates arrested for theft
By April Haitsuka
City Editor
Trojan Knights representatives expressed shock and outrage after police arrested seven pledges for attempting to steal lumber from a construction site early Friday morning.
Los Angeles Police Department officers charged the students with grand theft at 3:16 a.m., said Lt. Clay Farrell of LAPD Newton Division. They were released on Saturday.
Knights President Jim Lewis said that pledges were instructed to gather firewood for a weekend retreat but that the organization never promoted theft.
"I'm upset. I'm confused," Lewis said. "I'm trying to figure out why they did it— who put them up to it."
Employees at the construction site, located near the Harbor Freeway on the 2400 block of Flower Street, saw the students stealing the wood and held them for the police, Farrell said.
"It was a fair amount," Farrell said, noting that the group took about $3,000 of lumber.
The Knights collected $5,000 to bail out those pledges who weren't released to their parents.
"Even though we don't condone what they did, we don't want anyone to spend time in jail," Lewis said.
Lewis said he will meet today with Judi Biggs Garbuio, leadership and community service director with the Office for Student Affairs, to work on a resolution for the group and the individuals involved.
"I'm very disappointed," he said. "This is not the kind of behavior we expect of (aspiring) Knights."
Lewis said the pledges had "a clear alternative," as an alumnus had offered to supply the wood if they would transport it out to the retreat.
The seven arrested students were a small fraction of the 15 candidates for Knights membership and did not represent the intentions of the rest of the service organization, he said.
Cynthia Cherrey, associate dean for student affairs, said that she did not have any information to release about the incident but that any student or group incident report that comes to her office's attention would be referred to the Office for Student Conduct.
Class to create pedestrian mall on 28th Street
By Alessandra Djurklou
Staff Writer
A defunct project to turn Greek Row into a pedestrian mall has been reincarnated as a class offered next semester by the School of Urban and Regional Planning. The class is open to sophomores, juniors and seniors of all majors.
The goal of the class is to close 28th Street to motorized traffic, turning the street into a pedestrian mall much like Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. No shops are currently planned, but alternative parking, trees and grass are on the agenda.
USC's Real Estate Development Corporation began collecting signatures to approve the project a few years ago. The corporation was two signatures short when it was dissolved.
"lt was clearly a project of importance for residents on the Row," said class instructor James Moore, who called on students to help when he decided to reinstate tne project.
The project is now in the hands of the student body. About 100 people attended a meeting last week at the Delta Gamma sorority house to dis-
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Meeting organizer Brent Weinstein said some of the benefits of the project are increased safety and social interaction on the Row.
"Everyone's real excited," said Weinstein, who is president of Phi Delta Theta ana a senior majoring in business administration.
"My goal is to ask and answer the appropriate questions the
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university does not have the time or resources for," Moore said.
Moore said he hopes the project will be completed in tnree years. The classes will be taught in a series of semesters, each building on the previous one. Since the class will be divided into groups, there is no current cap on enrollment, Moore said. Each group will work on a specific aspect of the planning.
Moore, an associate professor
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of civil engineering and urban and regional planning, has lived on the Row the past seven years. He is currently a faculty-in-resi-dence at the Junior/Senior Honors House.
"I think it's a great idea and also a great way to involve students," Residence Hall Senator Aaron Paquette said. "Students get credit tor helping USC."
Writing mystique demystified
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Feminist author Betty Friedan speaks to a master's of professional writing program class Itiesday on “Personal Truths and Social Observation.”
Alumni association bestows benefits of Trojan Family
By Stacy Matros
Staff Writer
"You're a Bruin for six years, but you're a Trojan for life." So the saying goes.
But when do you really become a USC alumnus? You'd think it would be when you graduate, but no, such is not the way of the Trojan,
Technically, when you've taken 12 units here, ou have become an (alumnus)/' said Danielle insche, assistant director of membership and marketing for the General Alumni Association.
To some, being a member of the Trojan Family is only attending the school, but to others it is more than that.
"There is a tremendous pride in being a part of the Trojan Family," said Keith Brtsack, a 1991 graduate of the School of Business who is president of the USC Newport /Irvine Club.
"In a big school like this it's nice to feel there is a lot of spirit, a lot of connection and a lot of love," said Gina Graziadio, a junior majoring in vocal arts
"It means that regardless of where you are in the world, you know there is a place that you can call home," said Terrence Winters, 1996 graduate of the School of Theatre.
(See Alumni, page 10)
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