Newspaper of the University of Southern California
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Thursday November 9,1995 Vol. CXXVI, No. 49
Ttojans hope to break the ‘bone’
Last season, Oregon State's wishbone offense rolled up 326 rushing yards on USC before falling. If the Trojans are to clinch a Rose Bowl berth, they know they must stop the wishbone.
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Golf coaches Kurt Schuette and Cherie Zaun are both optimistic about the chances or the men's and women's golf teams after strong fall seasons.
Panelists
discuss
diversity
By Franke Santos
Staff Writer
M a	\ \	Affirmative Action Awareness
a \	\ \	Coordinating Committee held a panel discus-
s'on on u§C s affirmative action policies M'f m	\	Wednesday to "provide .1 forum
I if	V , _ ^begin ,1 dialogue among students,"
™	hn-	Lopez, co-chairman of the committee.
I he panel discussion was not intended as ,1
\	V	but
I V ^	The four panelists were Linda Nolan, director
M	of the Affirmative Action Office, i-stella
1 i \	Bensimon, professor; Barbara Solomon,
V;provost for Faculty and Mtnorilv Atfairs; and
PHr ':’>*..***' ■Hps	Guy Hunter, financial aid officer
Solomon said that the student body needs to
Ml ' " M 'k^	form a "cohesive academic community, so that
Trey Witt / Dally Trojan	cultures are shared.
Students listen during the Affirmative Action committee meeting last night.	(See Meeting, page 4)
Sports, page 12
Men on music; man on film
Keith Caulfield and Ryan Reed once again offer their witty repartee in re the music industry.
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Not to be outdone by the mainstream alternative press, Scott Foundas wraps the AFl fest
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Not only that, Caulfield returns from a short hiatus to review only the best and newest varlets, vixens, bands and buffoons in video.
Diversions, page 5
F.Y.I.
Marketing fair, Heal the Bay
A marketing fair put on by students from the Business School will take place near Tommy Trojan today from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
There will be live music featured, as well as free food donated by Taco Bell. There will also be games and prizes, one being a three-day/three-night stay in Puerta Vallarta, and gift certificates for a meal at an Olive Garden restaurant,
The games will be played along Trousdale Parkway, next to the seven to nine Pontiac cars displayed.
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Student Action For the Environment (SAFE) will be working with Heal the Bay this Saturday, Nov. 11, to Stencil on storm drains the phrAse, "Don't dump into storm drains — it empties directly to the ocean.'
The organization will be in Fagg Pafk from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, contact Melissa at Heal the Bay at (213) 735-2955.
Rape victim decries justice system
by LAPD were difficult to deal with.
"They asked initially, 'Do you want this to be followed up?' 1 don't understand why you'd report it to the police and not want it to be followed up. So 1 said 'Yes, 1 would like something to happen in this case.'"
Disorderly Conduct
First in a series
She was transported to California Hospital for a medical examination Monday afternoon after extensive interrogation.
"They took me to the hospital and they questioned me a couple more times," she said.
"For the longest time, I couldn't even come out and say '1 was raped.' It took me three weeks. 1 couldn't even tell my
(Sef Rape, page 4)
Rose Bowl walk aids awareness
By Tara Nakashima
Staff Writer
A charity walk occurred at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena Sunday in an effort to raise public awareness of the challenges faced by those in developing nations and to provide others with the opportunity to help those in need.
Over 4,000 people participated in "Development mat Works
—	Putting People First," which was organized oy the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A.
Approximately 20 to 25 students from USC formed a team to participate in the 3.1 mile event, said Zahra Patel, a junior majoring in gerontology.
"The whole purpose of the walk was to raise money for (See Walk, page .V
By Wes Biggs
Hdllor-livChief
Lissn Mascio says she was raped in the early hours of Oct.
22,	and she has grave doubts that the justice system is well .equipped to deal responsibly with her case.
Mascio, 17, is a freshman in the Resident Honors Program living in Trojan Hall. She claims a Saturday night date went sour when it led to sex without her consent, and that her experiences dealing with the justice system have further soured her to the legal process.
"I have been pretty much assured that the D A. won't even file a charge," Mascio said. "It doesn't matter how helpful anyone wants to be. It just seems like once 1 report it it's completely out of my nands. It just snowballs and takes off (as a) police thing. I had no say once I reported it — it's not my life now, it's a case.
"The D A. has done (nothing).
They're being so stupid about this whole thing," she said.
Mascio said she first confided in a resident advisor, and the two of them went to see Elizabeth Davenport in the Office of Women's Issues. Davenport presented her with the option of notifying the Department of Public Safety and filing a report.
"It's always the student's choice (whether or not to call)," Davenport said. "Part of my role is to help students understand their options."
"I wanted to go to the police," Mascio said.
She said the Office for Women's Issues called DPS, which then called in LAPD officers.
"We have an agreement with LAPD when it comes to crimes like rape or homicide. There are certain crimes where we bow to them and bow to their expertise," DPS Deputy Chief Bob Taylor said.
While he saw the initial rape
report, Taylor said he has not seen any subsequent reports relating to the case.
"Once it got in the LAPD's hands, they took me to my dorm (and) took all my clothes I was wearing that night," Mascio said.
Two male officers were sent, although she had specifically requested a female officer.
"They started questioning me anyway, and they were such jerks. One of them said something to someone in my hallway. They drove me all around campus in the back of a cop car at noon, so I saw everyone I know. It was completely not discreet at all," Mascio said.
"Half my hall knew, and the other half probably saw me in the cop car, so it was all over my dorm what was going on."
The rumor mills were put to a halt when Mascio decided to address, with Davenport's aid, her entire residence nail about the incident.
Mascio said the officers sent
A healthy concern for USC
By Melanie Reyes
Staff Writer
Troy Wttl / Dally Tro)an
For the new executive director of the campus health center, serving college students is his top interest.
Larry Neinstein, 46, served as assistant director of the University Park Health and Counseling Centers for the past year before he was appointee! to head the Faculty Staff Clinic, Student Health Center and Counseling Center.
He worked at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles full time before he officially began his duties at USC last week.
He was on the staff at the health center as both a staff physician and part-time consultant for five years in tne 1980s, where he came to believe in the creative, caring environment the health center provided,
He spent the past 18 years caring for youth and young adults as part of the USC faculty at Children's Hospital.
Neinstein realized adolescent medicine interested him when he was a first-year medical student. He spent 10 weeks at the USC health center, where he established a cold clinic.
(See Neinstein, page 2) Larry Neinstein