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Wednesday Februaiy 7,1996 Vol. CXXVII, No. 18
Headlines
All about Scott's, Ridley and Wolf
"White Squall" director Ridley Scott discusses his body of work, including "Thelma and Louise" and "Blade Runner." Co-star Scott Wolf talks about his future in Hollywood.
Diversions, page 8
Evans looks to third Olympics
After winning three gold medals at the 1988 Olympics and another at the 1992 Olympics, Janet Evans, a member of the Trojan Swim Club, is looking toward Atlanta this summer.
Sports, page 16
USC hockey a thrill to see, play
Viewpoint writer Irwin Chen explores the unknown world of USC hockey, the one school sport that consistently manages to defeat UCLA, but draws few crowds at the LA Sports Arena.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
Math lecture, AmeriCorps
The School of Engineering will be hosting John Harper, a professor of Applied Mathematics in New Zealand in a lecture titled, "The Simplest Steady Flow Past a Bluff Body at High Reynolds Number: A Circular Disc Set Across a Uniform Stream." The lecture will be in Stauffer Science Lecture Hall, Room 102, today at 3:30 p.m. For more information, call (213) 740-4303.
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AmeriCorps NCCC is presently looking for women and men age 18 to 24 for its 10-month, full-time residential national service program. Corps members work in four main areas: environment, education, public safety and disaster relief, and unmet human neeeds. Each member receives an allowance, room and board, limited health benefits and an education award. For more information, call (800) 942-2677.
Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Housing to raise prices next year
Money Talks
Doan La/Dally Troian British Actress Lynn Redgrave spoke Tueday at a scholarship luncheon at Town and Gown Tuesday.
By Siran Babayan
Staff Writer
On-campus housing costs will be raised next year, University Housing officials said Monday, although the exact figures will not be definite until the housing budget for the 1996-97 year has been finalized.
What once cost on-campus residents $1,700 per semester will cost approximately $80 more. The finalized cost will reflect a 4.4 to 4.7 percent increase.
This increase will be effective in all on-campus housing, which includes residence halls, apartments and nine properties which the school leases out to fraternities.
Though prices will be raised in all on-campus housing, prices in off-campus locations in the North University Park Campus such as Cardinal Gardens, Troy Hall and Century Apartments will not be raised.
"Last year, the housing budget was roughly $21 million," said Jeff Urdanl, Director of
Housing and Residence Halls. "We are still in the process of forming the budget for next year, but before we do that, we need to get input from the campus in terms of what the indirect costs will be."
The pressure for rent inflation in off-campus housing is less because students pay for their own utilities. Additionally, there are fewer staff members, including custodians and resident advisors, in the apartments.
"We don't do price increases just to be arbitrary and capricious," Urdahl said. "They are thought out and examined."
Urdahl hopes that returning students, most of whom relocate to the North University Park Campus area, will appreciate and recognize the school's efforts in trying to meet their needs and what he calls "trying to be cost-conscious."
While students who live in non-university housing will remain untouched by the price increase they, along with otners,
(See Housing, page 2)
Clubs increase Republican activism
By Jin Whang
Staff Writer
With the kickoff of the 1996 presidential elections marked by next month's primaries, both the Republican majority in Congress and Republican groups on campus are hoping that a Republican president will be elected in November.
The USC College Republicans and the recently registered Republican Youth Majority are two clubs that will be active in the campaigning and promoting of a GOP hopeful.
"A balanced budget won't just be passed, it will be enforced," said Erik May, chairman of the College Republicans, in an interview in The Chestnut 7Yee, a seasonal newsletter.
"Criminals won't just go to jail, they'll stay there," he said. "Welfare recipients won't just sit back and cash their entitlement checks, they'll work for it."
John Challis, president of the Republican Youth Majority, a national grassroots organization, said he started a new chapter on campus in efforts to promote a "fiscally conservative, yet socially responsible group."
"Republican Youth Majority (RYM) is just another club for students who do have conservative views, but may be disgruntled by the misrepresentation and vast disparity among national GOP leaders,” Challis said.
"The Republicans in power do not dictate an agenda or platform that is 'middle of the road,"' he saia. "They don't necessarily represent the voters."
According to Challis, the majority of Republican voters do not side with the views of many Republican leaders. Challis attributed this to the rise in popularity of independent parties among voters.
But Steve Lescner, member and former chairman of USC's College Republicans, said that the overwhelming majority in 1994 sup-
ported the Republican agenda.
The Republican Youth Majority's program seeks to support "unconventional Republicans" sucn as GOP contender Steve Forbes and Gen, Colin Powell because their popularity is high among many Republicans, Challis said.
College Republicans, a recognized campus affiliate with the Republican Party, will be participating in precinct walks and cam-
faigns on the national, state and local levels, heir support includes Assemblyman Phil Hawkins, who is running for the 27th Senate District, Scott Baugh, running for the 67th Assembly District, and Jim Rogan, running for the 27th Congressional District.
A College Republican presidential preference poll conducted last semester by The Chestnut Tree showed that the majority of College Republican members chose Texas Senator ana GOP presidential candidate Phil
(See Republicans, page 2)
University renovates Bovard after fire damage
Sprinklers and carpeting were replaced and painting was done to revamp tne damaged area. The curtain was severely damaged, and a new one is being ordered by the Office of Student Affairs.
The stage floor will be repaired when scheduling permits, Welsh said.
Classes continued the day after the fire, and the auditorium was ready to accommodate the audience gathered to hear Gen, Norman Schwarzkopf speak on Jan, 31.
Welsh said tnat Bovard personnel have a procedure for shutdown of the stage lighting.
Los Angeles City Fire Capt. John Thayer said that the sprinkler system inside Bovard con-
tained most of the fire. Units from fire stations 14 and 15 responded to the scene and did minor extinguishing and smoke removal.
Minimal damage to the building was reported, Thayer said.
One Department of Public Safety officer, Sammy El-Said, was nurt in the fire. He was treated at California Hospital for minor smoke inhalation and released.
DPS Lt. David Ritch said he was impressed by the work done to make repairs after the fire.
"I was pleasantly surprised... that seven hours after the fire it was hardly noticeable," he said.
By Elba Solano
Staff Writer
Damages from a fire that took place in Bovard Auditorium Jan. 29 have left university officials to handle renovations and repairs, currently estimated at $1,500, said Director of Engineering Services John Welsh.
However, not all the repairs have been accounted for and items are still being priced, he said.
The fire was caused when heat from a stage light ignited a curtain. Physical damage was limited to the curtain, a small area of wood on the stage and water damage from the sprinkler system.
Bovard Auditorium