Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Thursday October 5,1995 Vol. CXXVI, No. 25
Headlines
Women of Troy win in four
The USC women's volleyball team, behind the 15 kills and 20 digs of outside hitter Kelly Kuebler, defeated Pepperdine 15-9,15-3,7-15, 15-6 at the North Gym on Wednesday night.
Sports, page 16
Avid kid amid sordid vid bids
Keith Caulfield's "Video Blips" returns with a rave review of Madonna's new collaboration with Massive Attack. Brandy and TLC, however, don't make the grade with their new videos.
Diversions, page 7
Bilingualism a fact of life here
Guest columnist Charles Kim rebukes the idea that one language should prevail in our country. He argues that in our multiethnic society, it is impossible and unfair to regulate speech.
Viewpoint, page 4
Volunteer Tutors will meet today
Trojan Volunteer Tutors, a volunteer tutoring service, is seeking students, preferably juniors and seniors, to tutor other students in basic science courses.
The volunteer tutoring service has been sponsored by the Learning Center in coordination with College Academic Services. The tutoring service is for students who need help with Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Math.
Students who participate will receive a certificate of appreciation for service to the USC community, as well as a letter of recommendation for future medical school or other health professional plans.
For more information, attend an information session today at 3 p.m. in the College Academic Services office on the corner of 34th Street and Trousdale Parkway, or call (213) 740-2534.
Protest provokes concerns
Event raises issues of
free speech on campus
DPS mobilizes against hate crime vandalisms
Recent graffiti prompts heightened prevention
By Antonia Barber
Staff Writer
The Department of Public Safety is stepping up its efforts to prevent hate crimes in response to two similar vandalism cases involving racial slurs marring university buildings last week.
One of the cases is
do to prevent this and how we can develop a better understanding between the different kinds of eth-
"With the diversity of this campus and this area we need to realize we're all different sizes, shapes, colors and ethnicities, but we're all Trojans and part of the Trojan family."
being connected to a racial diversity class taught in Mutid Hall of Philosophy. It is believed a student protesting the class' message wrote racial slurs on a bathroom stall door, said DPS Officer Greg Maxwell.
"There is always reason for concern when somebody dislikes and disregards
someone not of their_
race or of their sex,"
DPS Deputy Chief Robert Taylor said.
Taylor said he is working closely with other officers and faculty to educate high-tension groups.
Another vandalism was reported in Waite Philips Hall. Since last week, DPS has reported two other unspecified hate crime incidents.
"With tne diversity of this campus and this area we need to realize we're all different sizes, shapes, colors and ethnicities, but we're all Trojans and part of the Troian family," Taylor said.
Maxwell is working with the instructor to speak
before the class next week.
"We're going to talk about... exactly what we can ■vent tnis and how we can develop i
ias
nic groups on campus and in the city of Los Angeles,' he said.
According to a new report by the L.A. County Department of Education, "The percentage of the population that is white has been declining and will decline further in Los Angeles County."
Meanwhile, the Hispanic and Asian populations have grown rapidly over the last 25 years.
............1.1..—I.	"These rapid population shifts have undoubtedly caused great inter-group conflict," the report stated. This is reflected in almost a 10 percent rise in hate crimes.
Despite the increase in hate crimes in Los Angeles and other metropolitan cities, USC has seen virtually no change, Taylor said. "Obviously there are ______________ several things we need
to do to pursue (keeping the rate down) and one of our main focuses is in prevention," he said.
Prevention includes tactics like Maxwell's class seminars, increased DPS officer patrolling and encouraging all students to report these occurrences. A booklet, "Safety Smarts," distributed before the beginning of the semester advises, "Reporting crimes helps prevent them from happening again. (DPS) tracks crimes to develop specific ways to fight them."
-Deputy Chief Robert Taylor Department of Public Safety
Changes to Taper disrupt classes
Room renovation project interrupts some lectures
By Franke Santos
Staff Writer
Recent renovations on the first floor of Taper Hall have prompted complaints about tne new equipment and sound system.
According to juniors Jeannie Yee, an occupational therapy major, and £ehra Khan, an English major, beeps, voicemail messages and walkie-talkie transmittals have been broadcast through the speakers in Taper Hall 101.
Economics professor Nake Kamrany teaches in the room and said he has experienced some of these disturbances.
"It's harmful to students and detrimental to the educational process," he said.
He complained that he is unable to use the new equipment because numerous switches on them are unlabeled, making it
(See Taper, page 3)
By Wes Biggs
Editor-in-chief
A crowd of students engaged in a confrontational debate with two men who waved banners and yelled about their religious beliefs, USC and O.J. Simpson in the "free speech zone" around Tommy Trojan Wednesday.
"USC (students) ought to be walking around with their heads down. One of their big heroes got away with murder yesterday," one of the pair, who identified himself as Paul Johnson, told passersby in the center of campus.
The pair, Johnson and fellow protester Stephen Carlson, arrived about noon ana left at 1:15 p.m., after an ongoing debate tinged with racial ana religious tension. Neither Johnson nor Carlson had any USC affiliation.
Carlson said the two were aware that Wednesday was Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement and the culmination of the 10 holy days beginning with Rosh Hashanah, the first day of the Jewish year's calendar.
"We're not out here talking to Jews," Carlson said. "We're just coming out here preaching a judg-ment-day message."
The pair carried large signs which read "Jesus saves from hell" and quoted scripture expressing "vengeance on them that know not God." One was topped by a small Christian flag. They repeatedly pronounced their conviction that members of all religious groups which do not believe in Jesus Christ were "going to hell."
The two were given permits to utilize the designated free speech zone by the Office of Student Activities earlier in the day, said OSA Scheduling Coordinator Enrique Trujillo.
"The free speech area is all of Hahn Plaza," Trujillo said. That's open to anyone; it doesn't have to be anyone from the university."
Permits are issued to applicants on the condition that the applicants do not harass students, Trujillo
(See Protest, page 2)
Jonathan S. Fox / Daily Trojan
Protesters yesterday provoked concerns among students at Hahn Plaza.