‘Robo QB’ turns human
Sports, page 24
Tough choices for Row pledges
Viewpoint, page 3
Volume CX, Number 5
University of Southern California
Monday, September 11,1989
En Pointe
Alena Tam / Dally Tro|an
The statue on the Alumni Park fountain reaches for the sun.
Fraternities face beer-poor future
Members bitter, pessimistic about new Row rules limiting alcohol purchases for events
By Carole Cleveland
Assignment Editor
When fraternities host their traditional "Burgers and Beer" on the Row every Thursday night, many party-goers will have to wash down their dinners with sodas instead of suds.
The nationals of all 25 campus fraternities that belong to the Interfratemity Council have adopted policies basically stipulating that no chapter funds can be used to purchase alcohol, and that no individual may coordinate the purchase of alcohol on behalf of the chapter, said Ken Taylor, director of Greek life.
Also, each fraternity must abide by state law governing alcohol consumption, Taylor said.
"The university does not have a new policy regarding alcohol on the Row," he said. "We will just be acting as facilitators, helping students become aware of what their nationals' policies are and how they can comply with these rules."
Taylor said the alcohol policies now governing the Row came from the fraternities themselves, not the university.
"Last January, the alumni advisers of many fraternities passed resolutions ordering the fraternities to write up a plan in compliance of these rules by March 17," he said. "This has been in the works for quite a while, and the plans drawn up by the fraternities went into effect Sept. 1."
(See Policy, page 12)
Sports Arena gets modern locker rooms
Rush begins
Students urged to try variety of fraternities
By James Merante
Staff Writer
When a plane carrying a banner that read "Rush Phi Delta Theta" flew over the Coliseum, fans at the Trojans'first football game knew it was that time of year again.
Fraternity members and potential Greeks are now gearing up for what is expected to be a very busy Rush week, which begins today and lasts until Sept. 18.
"Fraternity Rush has relatively less structure than sorority Rush. There isn't any effort to try to regulate the size of the fraternity," said Ken Taylor, director of Greek life. "There are less events requiring invitation. The rushee can decide how many houses he wants to see, which houses and how frequently."
The current format, which evolved over the past two and a half years, includes a daily plan of lunch, dinner and an open house at night for the rushee to get to know the active members, Taylor said.
Taylor said he does not have any great concerns regarding Rush this year.
"If there were a concern, it would be that students flock to what are considered the most popular houses and don't give all fraternities a try," Taylor said. "Rush would be much better if students were
(See Rush, page 14)
In Brief___________________________
Medellin drug leader charged with fraud, money laundering
ATLANTA — After a 2 1/2-year investigation, a Drug Enforcement Administration agent described how Eduardo Martinez Romero, alleged finance director of the Medellin cocaine cartel, "laundered” millions of dollars.
An affidavit filed in U.S. District Court by Albert Latson stated that the money went through U.S. and Panamanian banks to conceal its illegal origin.
Martinez, 36, was extradited from Colombia and faces a hearing today on federal money-laundering and fraud charges.
In the undercover operation, DEA agents posed as Americans interested in laundering cartel cocaine profits. Latson also said the agents had an informant within the higher ranks of the Medellin cartel.
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Separate facilities will be designated for Trojans and Clippers
By Roger Tefft
Staff Writer
Trojan basketball will have a dramatically new look this season — in the locker rooms, at least, if not on the court.
By mid-October, the Los Angeles Sports Arena is scheduled to complete a $1.3-million project to install four new locker rooms.
"It will be the most modem locker room facility in the United States," said Joel Ralph, general manager of the L.A. Coliseum and overseer of the sports arena locker project.
Ralph said the new locker rooms will be about four times larger than original
facilities, which were built with the arena in 1959.
Each of the new facilities will house lockers, a changing room, showers, storage space and a private office and shower area for coaches.
One of the four new locker rooms is custom-tailored for the university's home teams: the carpet and shower tile are highlighted in school colors cardinal and gold.
"(The Trojans) should really feel at home," Ralph said.
Because the lockers are being built with L.A. Coliseum Commission funds and will be used at no extra cost to the university, campus officials are welcoming the project's final touches.
"They are an important addition (to Sports Arena facilities) and long overdue," said Mike McGee, athletics director at the university. McGee cited an avail-
ability problem with the old lockers.
When men and women teams played double-headers in the past, two locker rooms were shared among four teams. McGee called that tandem-use problem "intolerable."
"Somebody had to be a traffic cop in that process, and it was very uncomfortable," he said.
When double-headers are played this season, each team will have its own facility.
One of the old locker rooms is being kept open for such occasions. It will be assigned to a visiting team, because one of the new facilities is for exclusive use by the L.A. Clippers professional basketball team, McGee said.
The new lockers will be ready for use well in advance of basketball season, but teams will not be allowed to use the new (See Arena, page 12)
‘Epitome of a Trojan band member’ is honored by family, friends in campus memorial ceremony
By Tracy Imes
Staff Writer
The spirit of Sharon Murphy, a band member who was killed in an auto accident last month on her way to band camp, was remembered in a campus ceremony Thursday.
The 30-minute ceremony at the United University Church was attended by Murphy's family and members
of the Trojan Marching Band, who shared their memories of the flute section leader.
"You just couldn't stay mad at her," said Arthur Bartner, band director. "She'd look at you with those eyes . . .
"I remember seeing her out on the field running laps like everyone, and she seemed to say, 'Dish out everything you can; I can take ii.'
"This band is a better band because of her. She was the epitome of a band member," Bartner said.
Murphy always made the band her top priority, said Bill Baber, her boyfriend.
"She loved the band first and Mac/s department store second," Baber said. "I think Macy's will miss her (See Murphy, page 10)