Wednesday October 11,1995 Vol. CXXVI, No. 28
Headlines
Robinson seeks second-half surge
The USC football team struggled in its fifth game of the year against Cal as it did in its first Pac-10 loss last season against Oregon. The Trojans went on to only lose one more game and Coach John Robinson aspires for a repeat performance.
Sports, page 12
Hughes brothers far from ‘Dead’
After the success of "Menace II Society," the Hughes brothers have done right again with "Dead Presidents," Constantine Nasr writes. Larenz Tate is one high point of the film.
Diversions, page 7
Damage incurs unjustified cost
Editorial columnist Jeff Bullingham examines the ramifications of charging all students for a violation — a broken chair in this instance — to which one student will not confess.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
DPS to impound unlicensed bikes
Student law officers of the Department of Public Safety will be impounding unlicensed bicycles on Monday, Oct. 16 from 11 p.m. to 5 p.m. The officers will have a table at the center of cam-
!>us where students can icense their bicycles and can ask questions. There will be a $10 fee for bicycles that are impounded, and a $3 licensing fee for unlicensed bicycles. For more information, contact the Department of Public Safety at (213) 740-6000.
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The Hoover Expansion Redevelopment Project Planning Subcommittee will be meeting this Thursday, Oct. 12 at the Hoover Project Office at 5:30 p.m. The subcommittee will be discussing "Exposition Design for Development - Vermont Area." The office is located at 2823 South Vermont Ave. For more information, contact the office at (213) 766-9825.
Newspaper of the University of Southern California
By Esther Ramirios
Staff Writer
A "town hall meeting" will be taking place tomorrow in response to some Red (Zross regulations on blood donation that some students view as discriminatoiy
The University Residential Student Community is holding the meeting for anyone who wants to discuss the American Red Cross Donor Policy, which restricts certain individuals from donating blood, including sexually active homosexuals and prostitutes.
"What brought about the town hall meeting was that last semester the Gay, Lesbian, Bi Assembly had problems with the Red Cross's restrictions, said Laura Macias, public relations coordinator for URSC.
The policy states that no males "who have had sex... with another man since 1977" and
1.	"Permanent deferment of... males who have had sex, even once, with another man since 1977.
2.	"Permanent deferment of... men or women who have been given money or drugs for sex since 1977.
no one who has "been given money or drugs for sex since 1977" can donate blood.
Manuel Rivas, a representative for the American Red Cross, said the restrictions are only discriminatory against behavior, not origin.
We are concerned with the (individual's) behavior, not with sexual orientation," Rivas
said. "We don't want to take a risk in contaminating the blood bank."
The interview process is to screen out those individuals who might be at risk of the HIV virus or another disease, Rivas said.
Even after the individual makes it through the interview and donates blood, their blood is taken to a laboratory where it is subjected to a test to verify that the blood is not contaminated, he said.
Feliciano Tamez, URSC vice president lor Advocacy, said he hopes to educate other students about the discrimination that the Red Cross policy promotes.
He said he also hopes to form a committee to make a proposal to change the current restrictions which are imposed on the Red Cross by the FDA.
"It's a double-edge sword," Tamez said
(See Blood, page 3)
Meeting to discuss blood policy
Union begins petition drive
By Jennifer Hamm
Staff Writer
In a continuing effort to resume contract negotiations and revamp their contract, Local Union 11 began a three-day petition drive Tuesday, collecting signatures from students, faculty and staff. The union will present the petition to President Steven B. Sample on Thursday.
Throughout the day, union members collected approximately 300 signatures, said Bias Perez, a member of the executive board for the union.
Local 11 is a national union that lobbies for minority dining services employees at the university.
"We will fight until we win," said Perez, a cook in The Grill for 27 years.
Local 11 came to an impasse with the university at the end of the summer after four months of negotiations.
The union wants to eliminate the university's right to subcontract union jobs.
"They have the right to subcontract which is not fair to us," said Teresa Maicel, a 20-year employee of Town and Gown.
"We have no job security at all right now," said Olga Garcia, an eight-year employee of EVK.
Garcia said her supervisors have been extraordinarily nice to her, something she said makes her suspicious.
"They are treating us very nicely and sweetly so they can gain our confidence," she said. "I know better though. I know it's fake."
Maicel said she is struggling with the wages she earns.
"We are doing a lot more work in less hours," she said.
Phil Chiaramonte, acting associate vice president of Auxiliary Services, was not aware of the petition drive but
(See Petition, page 2)
Camaron Etaxady / Dally Troian
Union member Bias Perez solicits signatures.
Key, equipment problems prompt rule enforcement
Solution lies in stricter KSCR key checkout
By Melanie Reyes
Staff Writer
Missing equipment and confusion over checking out keys to the campus radio station KSCR have led to stricter enforcement of the station's policies, said pmgram director Jay Beswick.
Over the summer mobile deejay equipment, including a turntable and mixer worth approximately $1500, were stolen from Studio B, Beswick said.
It was pmbably related to the disappearance of a number of
keys, he said.
Beswick, who has been with the radio station for four years, said he and Director of Housing Jeff Urdahl have revisited the university policy set for checking out studio keys.
No new policy has been made, but organization in key check-out has improved, Beswick said.
"It just lets us know who's going into the station when," he said. "It's helped on both sides to get us both organized on how keys are taken out."
The two agreed that the policy wasn't being followed and needed some review.
The policy set by KSCR at the beginning of the semester stated that people who checked out keys to the station had to leave identification at the EVK
Customer Service Desk.
To pick up and take out keys, people also had to be on a preapproved list, such as morning deejay and station managers, to pick up the keys.
However, managers were only at the station certain times of the day and people who were checking out keys weren't on the list, he said. Also, the keys that were checked out were not returned.
''We've changed all the locks at the station," Beswick said. "We now have four different keys.''
Beswick said there have been few problems with the keys since Urdahl and Beswick's conversation, and he stressed that Urdahl was very helpful working with the radio station to clear up any confusion.
Student wins film contest
By Eric Rodriguez
Staff Writer
Beatrice Palicka, a graduate student in the School of Cinema-Television, took first place in the national Christopher Video Contest, an annual contest Palicka entered her film in the "One Person Can Make a Difference" contest in mid-June, and was told last month she had won.
Her black-and-white film, "Sportsters," deals with the interaction between a Mexican farm worker and an engineer in
a bicycle race.
"Tne film was shown at other film festivals and has already received other awards, including international awards," Palicka said.
(Sfr Film, page 2)