Tuesday
February 13,1996 Vol. CXXVII, No. 22
Headlines
Tunnel's end finds Jackson
Milwaukee is not the first place to come to mind when thinking of inner-city blight, but it exists there and Erica Jackson escaped it to emerge on the USC women's basketball team.
Sports, page 16
Taking turns with Spade and Farley
"Black Sheep" stars David Spade and Chris Farley, along with director Penelope Spheeris discuss their latest film and the prospects of the comic duo becoming the latest Abbot and Costello.
Diversions, page 7
Telecom reform debate rages on
Viewpoint writers Jacob Faturechi and Joe Peters go head to head on the issues of Internet restrictions and government paranoia, debating the Communications Decency Act.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.l.
Free show, Muslim organization meets
USC Spectrum of the Office of Student Affairs is sponsoring an open rehearsal of the Chicago Sinfionetta which ill take place Wednesday, Feb. 14 at 1 p.m. for one hour.
The rehearsal will be open for faculty and staff to attend only.
The rehearsal will be in Bovard Auditorium.
For more information, call USC Spectrum at (213) 740-2167.
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The Muslim Women's Association will have their first meeting Wednesday,
Feb. 14 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Taper Hall, Room 215. Everyone is welcome to attend.
The group will be discussing organization goals, and will plan upcoming events for the spring semester.
For more information, contact Zahra at (213) 764-1090 or contact her through e-mail, zpatel0girtab.usc.edu.
Newspaper of the University of Southern California
DPS to fight 'Cruiser' violations in court hearing
By Siran Babayan
Slaff Writer
The Department of Transportation will contest parking violations received by two ticketed campus cruiser drivers next month, the department said.
Both drivers were fined $125 on the same evening by the Southwest Division of the Los Angeles Police Department last October, within the same evening for double parking on 28th Street.
The drivers claimed they were parked in front of the residence and not too far into the street with their hazard lights on, said the Department of Transportation.
The department is contesting the violations because it doesn't feel the tickets were warranted. The department, along with the two drivers and the officer who finea them, will appear in court next month.
Andre Gaines, coordinator of the campus cruisers program, defended the drivers by stating that they were simply following instructions.
"To temporarily park and pick up and drop off
Brandon Hancock / Daily Trojan
An Bookstore Florist employee helps customers during the Valentine's Day rush.
Center given $100,000 grant
our customers is the essence of our job," Gaines said. "The students were not wrong in terms of what they were told to do but they were wrong in the LAPD's eyes."
"I have never received any kind of harassment from LAPD officers," said a senior driver who has been working for campus cruisers for three years. "But if 1 were to violate any traffic law a severe warning would be in order."
Lt. Anita Ortega of the Southwest LAPD called the school's escort service "an outstanding program," but also defended the officers' actions because the drivers violated two California Vehicle Code laws for double parking.
"We have to enforce traffic laws and by enforc-(See Cruisers, page 3)
Lecture
explores
Judaism
By Elba Solano
Staff Writer
The 15th lecture in the Jerome Nemer Lectureship Series, held Monday, explored the contributions of Jewish thinkers to Western intellectual life.
By Rad Probst
Staff Writer
The James Irvine Foundation gave a $100,000 grant last week to the Center for Governmental Studies, a non-profit organization that focuses on the governmental process, according to Tracy Westen, the
president of the program, i professc
cations and law policy focusing on govern-
Westen, a professor-adjunct of communi-
mental reform, is also the chairman of the municipal policy board, appointed by Mayor Tom Bradley for consulting on issues of reform involving the city and county.
The James Irvine Foundation supports a higher education program that funds projects of educational organizations, combinations of institutions and policy groups that address issues and needs of higher education in California.
The main focus of the grant is to conduct a major study of problems within county
Joseph Dan, a professor from ? H us, speal
Narrative from Safed to
Brandon Hancock / Dally Trojan
Professor Peter Schafer spoke Monday as part of the series.
the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, was one of two ke
speakers. He spoke on Jewis
Brooklyn and addressed the topic of mysticism, which, he said, "is the search for one's own salvation."
Dan went further and said "the mission of man is to correct what is wrong with the divine world" and that if the correction is achieved, there is no reason for the existence of such a world, or for humanity.
Peter Schafer, director of the Institute of Jewish Studies at the Free University, Berlin, spoke on Salvation without a Messiah and addressed the topics of German pietists and mysticism in rela-
tion to Judaic manifestations.
Schafer said the German pietists underwent the traumatic experience of the First and Second Crusades and influenced contemporary Christian piety. This means that salvation happens here and now in the souls of those who follow the teaching of the pietists, he said.
A visiting student said the speeches were very stimulating and that she thought Dan gave a good historical perspective of Messiahism beyond tne Bible. ‘
"Considering 1 took a Judaic Studies class last semester, I found that the topics discussed enforced some things I learned and brought some new things to light, as well," said Lizette
Castano, a sophomore majoring in business.
The lecture began with a welcome by Dean Morton Schapiro, and the introduction of speakers by Professor Bruce Zuckerman from the School of Religion. After presentations from the speakers, a dialogue took place between presenters and respondents. The lecture ended with an informal reception.
The lecture was made possible by the Jewish Community Foundation, The Swig Foundation, The Buchalter, Nemer, Field and Young Charitable Foundation and the friends of Jerome Nemer.
government in California, conducted through the California Citizens Budget Commission, a 24-member blue-ribbon organization, of which Westen is executive director.
The California Citizens Budget Commission, in its third year, published a major report last year entitled "Reforming California's Budgeting Process." Many of the recommendations in this report have been adopted by the California Constitutional Revision Commission and will be submitted to the California legislature later this year for potential adoption.
With the grant, the California Citizens Budget Commission will spend the next 12 to 18 months examining tne stare-level fiscal and structural problems of county governance and preparing a report with recommendations and a variety of models implementing laws.
"A better understanding and coming up
(See Grant, page 3)
USC Health Center gives
Anonymous
HIV testing
By Erik Sanjurjo
Staff Writer
Anonymous HIV appointments can be made on campus, at the Student Health Center. To do so, one must go in person to the Health Promotion and Prevention Department counter in room 122, wnich is in the rear of the building.
"This is the most warm and
Safer Sex
First in a series
caring environment anvone could want to get tested in,’ said Ann Hickey, the Health Promotion Specialist who runs the HIV testing program. "It's discreet and efficient and you don't have to jump through a zillion hoops to get this information.”
At the rate of 50 tests a month or 600 a year the Health Center has given HIV tests for the past
(See Testing, page 2)