Losing streak ends at three
Sports, page 24
Media still bashes Vietnam veterans
Viewpoint, page 5
Wildlife art show soars at museum
Life I Arts, page 11
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Volume CXIV, Number 56
University of Southern California
Wednesday, April 10,1991
Sink or swim
Daniel De La Rosa / Dally Trojan
Julie Perozzi, a graduate student in public relations, maneuvered her kickboard through the water Tuesday at McDonald’s Olympic Swim Stadium. Perozzi joined many students at the pool who were escaping the heat.
Government cracks down on student defaulters
By Susan Graham
Staff Writer
A recently announced government crackdown on student loan programs is not likely to affect the university because of the school's relatively small loan default rate, financial aid officials said.
The government action, announced Monday by the Bush administration, is aimed at institutions with default rates near 30 percent.
The Department of Education recommended the new plan in an effort to restructure management of the student financial aid program to guarantee that only legitimate institutions receive funding through the programs. An Office of Student Financial Aid is being created within the education department to carry out this process and to monitor lenders and guarantee agencies more closely.
Loan defaults will total about $2.7 billion in 1991, according to the department. Ten years ago, that figure was $151 million.
(See Loans, page 17)
Awards recognize USC volunteerism
By Susan Graham
Staff Writer
The university commended about 100 students for their exceptional volunteer contributions both to the school and to the surrounding community during the annual Volun-■ teer Awards Ceremony on Tuesday.
More than 3,000 students participate each year in volunteer activities, giving about
200,000	hours of community service, said University President Steven Sample, the opening speaker.
"It is an important characteristic of USC, and one that
should be strenghtened and nurtured in the future," Sample said.
The Extraordinary Community Service Award, sponsored by the Joint Educational Project and the estate of Grace Ford Salvatori, is a $1,000 cash award presented to the graduating senior who offers outstanding service to the surrounding community.
This year's recipient was Gabriella Ortiz, a senior majoring in microbiology, who came to Los Angeles from El Salvador at the age of seven, speaking only Spanish.
(See Awards, page 4)
Runoff likely in race for 8th district city council
By Connie Standley and
Mir —
lichael Utley
Staff Writers
Early results in the race for the 8th district Los Angeles City Council seat indicate that there will have to be a runoff between the two top candidates, as no clear winner has emerged from the group of nine candidates.
The top four candidates — Mark Ridley-Thomas, Billy Mills, Kerman Maddox and Roderick Wright — all have gained between 20 and 30 percent of the vote, with the other five candidates ranging from 1 to 5 percent.
City election rules require a candidate to gain 50 percent plus one of the vote to win outright. Anything less would force a June 4 runoff between the top two candidates.
Voter turnout was dismally low Tuesday at the
AA (Zifa
Elections
only polling place on campus. Only 14 of the 280 residents registered to cast their vote at the Marks Tower station showed up. At the next closest station, a private residence at 1154 W. 29th Street, 28 voters cast their ballot. The stations were open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Citywide, the numbers were better, but still low. By 11 p.m., 15.57 percent of registered voters had cast their ballots.
City elections officials had predicted a 20 percent turnout, but others had predicted much more because of the controversy within the Los Angeles Police Department following the March 3 beating of a black motorist, Rodney Glen King.
The issue has been hotly debated in the mostly
(See Election, page 18)
Lawsuit limits Kinko’s copying of class materials
‘Fair Use’ clause disallows commercial reproductions
By Dana Rebmann
Staff Writer
Kinko's Graphic Corporation, the parent corporation of Kinko's Copy Center, has been required to obtain permission from all publishers of the texts they routinely photocopy and distribute to students — which may cause a delay in service during the next few months — because of a recent ruling from a New York judge.
The ruling may cause delays for materials requested this term as the company reorganizes its copying procedure, according to advertisements the company has taken out to explain the problem.
"We have already begun to alter our systems to ensure compliance with these new guidlines," the ad reads. "The timing of the decision means some class materials will not be avialable in a timely manner for this term. Kinko's is striving to ensure that this delay will not recur."
Kinko's used to rely on the "Fair Use" clause, established in 1976, which allowed unrestricted multiple copying of copyrighted material for educational use. But the clause has been re-interpreted because of a lawsuit filed against Kinko's by eight textbook publishers, Foss said.
On March 28, Judge Constance Baker Motley from the U.S. District Court in New York moved to limit the ability of commercial establishments to make multiple copies of classroom material avail-
(See Kinko's, page 6)
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Because of a U.S. District Court ruling, Kinko’s must obtain copyright permission before reproducing class textbooks for students.