Tuesday February 6,1996 Vol. CXXVII, No. 16
Headlines
Expectations not yet met for USC
Following a promising nonconference start and a momentary stint in the Pacific 10 Conference's upper division, the USC men's basketball team is still struggling to find itself.
Sports, page 12
Robbie Conal not your typical artist
Famed for his "Newtwit" posters and his latest work, "Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod," guerrilla artist Robbie Conal details the purpose of his work and how he gets his inspiration.
Diversions, page 5
'Stormin Norman' all about rhetoric
Norman Schwarzkopf's speech last Wednesday stands as an example of groupthink for viewpoint writer Nicholas Gleiter, much like the rhetoric from the Gulf War.
Viewpoint, page 4
Volunteers sought, AIDS seminars
USC Volunteer Corps have extended the registration to Wednesday, Fee. 7 at 5 p.m.
Those interested in registering to volunteer should go to Topping Student Center, rooms 203 or 201.
Opportunities are available in various mentor positions for inner-city students, working with abused children and the homeless, and medical work.
The commitment is two to three hours a week for eight weeks.
For more information, contact the Volunteer Center at 740-9116 or stop by Topping Student Center 101 A.
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Beginning this month, AIDS Service Center will be offering "Positively Negative," a support group for I UV-negative men who continue to put themselves at risk for HIV
The group will meet on Thursday evenings at the agency, 126 W. Del Mar Boulevard in Pasadena.
For more information, please call lan Stulberg at (818) 796-5633.
Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Former USC athlete dies in accident
Kevin Williams, member of 1978 championship team, perishes in train wreck
By Erik Sanjurjo
Staff Writer
Former Troian football player Kevin Williams, 38, died Thursday morning from smoke inhalation and multiple skin burns after jumping from an out-of-control freight
train, according to the San Bernardino Coroner's Office.
Williams was one of two brake men who apparently leapt from the Los Angeles bound 49-car train, which originated in Barstow, as it hurtled down a canyon, the Los Angeles Times said.
The accident occurred at Cajon Pass, which separates the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains, said Dick Rusk, a
Santa Fe Railroad police official.
"This is a real tragedy," said Coach John Robinson, who coached Williams and the 1978 team to a national championship. "Kevin was an outstanding football player and a great guy."
"We were great friends. I have a bunch of great memories of Kevin and I'll hold those with me forever," said USC assistant football coach Charles White, who played with Williams at San Fernando High School and at USC.
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Angeles City Tri-Player of the Year at San Fernando High School.
Williams, nicknamed "Bug" for his height of 5-9 and great speed, played wide receiver for USC from 19/7 to 1980; his mark of 25
career touchdowns is still schtx>l record.
He also held the NCAA record for highest of passes caught downs in a career (35.3 percent) and a season (58.8 percent in 1978).
Williams, who majored in public administration at USC, went on to play for the NFL's Baltimore Colts for one year, and then for a few years in the USFL.
Beside lettering in ftxitball, Williams also lettered three years for USC's track team, serving as the lead runner on three consecutive NCAA champion 400-meter relay teams.
The Los Angeles Times reported that William is survived by two sons, ages 15 and 3. Services are scheduled for Friday.
The air up there
Camaron Etaxady / Daily Trojan
Todd Grossman, a freshman undeclared major, catches air Sunday above the Heritage Hall steps.
Everybody Theatre cleans up its act
By Leilani Nisperos
Staff Writer
Two years after leavin Bovard Auditorium littered wit toast, toilet paper and rice after a performance of "Rocky Horror Picture Show," Everybody Theatre returns in March with a musical performance after paying its $1,400 cleaning bill.
A non-profit, student-run organization, the theater group provides a forum for students of any major to participate in all aspects of theater, from acting and production to makeup and set building.
This semester the group will be performing two shows, an unnamed musical revue and a student-written comedy entitled "Tea."
The group held a two-day run of "Rocky Horror Picture Show" which put it in danger of losing recognition as a student group.
The movie is traditionally run as an audience participation show, which involves throwing toast, rice and toilet paper at cast members.
After the second show, the group left to attend a cast party, believing the auditorium would be attended to by a cleaning crew.
The show's producer, who also directed and starred in the
production, mistakenly believed that the cleaning bill and the hiring of a cleaning crew was handled by the Office of Student Activities.
Cast members said after the first show that Friday, the group cleaned up a little, but it was hardly enough to undo the damage done to the auditorium, which according to club president Andy Henry, was in "less than pristine condition."
When President Steven Sample arrived the following day to deliver a speech to prospective students and their parents, he saw the condition of the auditorium and immediately called janitorial services, asking them to send a cleaning crew.
Because no cleaning crew was found for Saturday's performance, another crew was called out on an emergency basis.
The maintenance workers' contract stipulates they will be
Said for a minimum of four ours of overtime work when on an emergency call, even if an hour of work is done, resulting in the $1,400 cleaning bill.
The group was banned fn>m performing on campus for the rest of the semester and had to promise that no further incidents would occur.
(See Theater, page 3)
Gamma Knife broadens scope of patient treatment
By Timothy Maestas
Staff Writer
The installation of the Gamma Unit Facility at USC University Hospital enables doctors to provide a wide range of treatment for arteriovenous malformations and benign and malignant tumors in the brain that would otherwise be inoperable or difficult to remove.
The facility employs the Gamma Knife, a system which focuses 201 cobalt-60 radiation beams on a targeted area of diseased tissue within the brain. The beams damage the diseased tissue without harming healthy tissue immediately surrounding it.
Gamma Unit team members believe treatment with the Gamma Knife is more effective than past treatment pnxredures because it is highly focused, enabling doctors to deliver a higher dose of radiation to the tumor, or AVM.
Under the direction of Dr. Michael L.J. Apuzzo, the Gamma Unit currently focuses exclusively on the brain, but sees potential in the system's ability to treat such functional disorders as Parkinson's disease and epilepsy.
"We have the most senior and respected clinicians," said USC University Hospital Chief Operating Officer Jeffrey Green. "With the Gamma Knife and all
of our other neurological capabilities, that gives us one of the best neurological programs in the state, if not the country."
Treatment involves the patient wearing a specialized nelmet that focuses the exact point of intersection of the high-powered beams onto a predetermined target. A computerized system then moves tne patient towards an 18-ton sphere containing the radiation sources, which only admits the patient's head. The patient then undergoes a series of "shots," each of which lasts from five to ten minutes.
According to Dana MacPherson, Nurse Coordinator for the Gamma Unit, patients tend to start out rather intimi-
dated by the use of radiation and the unit's size.
"Some are excited, some are nervous, but after the first shot they are usually very relaxed. There is some initial anxiety," MacPherson said.
MRI, CT, PET, and angiography are used to determine if a patient's condition calls for the treatment. This takes an average of three hours to complete, "Doctors also use biopsies and past histories in the evaluation of a patient, but they usually go by the MRI and the size of tne affected area. It has to be 3 1/2 centimeters or less," MacPherson said.
(Srr Gamma, page 2)