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Sports, page 28
Talking ‘bout twentysomething
Special supplement, page S-1
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Volume CXIV, Number 61
University of Southern California
Wednesday, April 17, 1991
Security reports crime on the rise
By Connie Standley
Staff Writer
The spring semester brought bomb threats, parking permit thefts and threatening phone calls, an increase compared to the same period last year, while murder and rape were not reported on or around campus, according to figures released by University Security on Tuesday.
The total number of crimes on campus increased by about 20 percent from last year, mostly due to a recent rash of threatening phone calls, said Sgt. John Lewis of University Security.
The figures come from the first quarter of this year. The statistics concern the University Park Campus, the Health Sciences Campus, Embassy Residential College and the five-block area bordered by Jefferson and Adams boulevards and Hoover and Figueroa streets.
Lewis said the increase in threatening phone calls may be attributed to "more awareness of phones because of all the attention given to the new phone
(See Crime, page 6)
Security speaks on recent rash of burglaries
Break-ins all occurred at same complex
By Aric Johnson
Staff Writer
University Security officials confirmed Tuesday student reports about a series of burglaries at Cardinal Gardens Apartments and said there was at lear-t one additional break^in Friday, adding to the three reported Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
"Based on the general time frame and the similar method of entry, it is likely the same person," said Sgt. John Lewis of University Security.
Three of the four burglaries, including Friday's incident, occurred while residents were in their apartments. The burglaries occurred at different buildings within the complex, but were all on the first floor where win-
dows had been left open.
The prowler gained entry by either removing or damaging the window screen, Lewis said.
"This guy is pretty bold," Lewis said. "There is cause for concern."
He said the Friday burglary took place between 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. at building C. Cash was taken while one of the residents was sleeping, he said.
"We're putting a lot of effort looking for this guy," said Lt. David Ritch, University Security's night watch commander.
"There will be extra patrols inside the structure," Ritch said. "Between security and residential protection, there will be someone there all the time. We hope that we are fruitful in our investigation."
The residential coordinator, Ana McDermott, sent a memo to all Cardinal Gardens residents warning them about the burglaries, advising them to
(See Theft page 7)
Three stabbed during party at Annenberg /19
Cymbalism
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Sergio Gonzales keeps the beat for his band, Beyond Blue, in Tuesday’s noontime concert in front of Tommy Trojan.
CNN bureau chief holds Trojan journalism degree
By Susan Graham
Staff Writer
Dave Farmer, the Los Angeles bureau chief for Cable News Network, graduated from the university with a B.A. in journalism in 1961. His career has taken him from the newsroom of a now-defunct newspaper to one of the most prestigious broadcast newsrooms in the country, possibly the world.
He said covering the Whittier earthquake in 1987 was the most remarkable point of his career.
"We used all the resources of the L.A. bureau and beat all the other networks," Farmer said. "It was a demanding job. We used live coverage, and we had to get video on the air fast."
He also has special memories of covering the 1979 arms treaty summit in Vienna, Austria. He was a field and line producer for "CBS Morning News" and worked with Walter Cron-kite and Leslie Stahl, among others.
"It had a very historical feeling," he said.
Farmer said broadcast journalism is contracting after considerable growth, and he encouraged journalism stu-
Dave Farmer
dents "to go out and get experience" to get the extra edge on the competition.
"They need to get news credentials, whether in print or radio or at a small television station, before they go to a big city operation," he said.
Farmer got his feet wet in print journalism as a writer, editor and bureau chief for The Associated Press in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. He also spent six years at The San Diego Union as a writer (See Farmer, page 20)
University recycling program going strong
Plan cuts amount of hard labor for maintenance crews
By Dave Hernandez
Staff Writer
Bill Minton, the university's building supervisor for student housing, said he got an idea after speaking with the university's overworked garbage collectors. Nearly 40 percent of the refuse in the
university's residential complexes was fully recyclable. Recycling materials such as glass, aluminum, plastic and newsprint would cut the workload of the collectors and reduce the amount of garbage in the landfills.
"We got together all the resident managers in the community, but they said that they wouldn't do anything in the community,” he said.
Not one to become discouraged, Minton called recycling agencies, and was
(See Recycle, page 20)
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Recycling bins at Manor Apartments are part of a project started by Bill Minton, building supervisor for Community Complex, to help overworked garbage collectors.
Silly success for L.A. Opera
Life / Arts, page 11