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Volume CX, Number 31
University of Southern California
Wednesday, October 18, 1989
In Brief
Index
6.9 earthquake hits S.F. area; section of Bay Bridge collapses
SAN FRANCISCO — A catastrophic earthquake rocked Northern California on Tuesday, killing more than 200 people, caving in a section of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, igniting fires and causing widespread damage to buildings.
The quake registered 6.9 magnitude on the San Andreas Fault. It forced the evacuation of 60,000 fans from Candlestick Park where they were waiting for Game Three of the World Series to begin. No injuries were reported at the stadium.
Three hours after the 5:04 p.m. PDT quake, the magnitude of the disaster began to emerge as reports came in of widespread death and destruction.
Televised footage of the Bay Bridge showed that a 30-foot section of the span’s upper deck had collapsed onto the bottom level.
Lt. Gov. Leo McCarthy said a section of Interstate 880 in Oakland had caved in, crushing at least 200people to death in their cars. The California Highway Patrol said a mile of the upper tier of the highway fell atop the lower roadway.
"The rubble is so bad that they still don’t have an accurate count of the fatalities,” McCarthy said. "It’s going to be very bad news.”
The quake knocked out phones and power throughout the city.
“You could see dozens of huge booms of smoke going into the air,” said Greg Higgins, who was driving north in Watsonville near Santa Cruz when the quake struck. "It looked like bombs going off into the city ... it was complete pandemonium.”
The quake shook buildings in Sacramento 95 miles to the northeast, and was felt as far away as Reno, Nev., 225 miles to the east.
Based on the early fatality reports, it apparently was the deadliest quake to strike California since a 6.6 tremor did severe damage to the San Fernando Valley of Southern California on Feb. 9, 1971, killing 65 people.
In response to the quake, USC’s student affairs office is advising students who need counseling or special help to come to Student Union Room 201, or call (213) 743-2421.
From the Associated Press
Viewpoint			 4
Komix			 6
Security Roundup			 6
Feature			 9
Sports			 28
KSCR loses money, name in dispute
Matt Cobleigh / Daily Trojan
Senior Don Seiler, a KSCR disc jockey, ‘unplugs’ the station from its underground trademark. Continental Cablevision reversed its decision to provide FM cable hookup for the station.
Housing security system to go on line later this month
By Anita Vogel
Qtaff Wrifpr
Staff Writer
After almost two months of delays, the university's new multimillion-dollar electronic surveillance system will finally go "on line'' later this month, an Access Safety System official said Tuesday.
The system, which has been in the development stages since January of this year, was supposed to go "on line" last month.
However, because certain parts were wired on improper frequencies, the university
had to wait until more testing could be done, said Terry Riley, manager of the Access Control Safety Systems Network.
"We want the system to work," Riley said. "I don't want anyone to be locked out or locked in."
The Access system will be activated first in three off-campus, university-owned apartments: Century, La Sorbonne and Cardinal Gardens.
The Access network is a three-unit system designed to monitor student residence
halls. It is a combination of closed-circut TV monitors, a computerized card entry access system, and prop alarms to alert security officers when residence hall doors are left ajar or wide open.
"On Line" refers to having access to the system through a new computerized entry card that will be given to all students who live in university housing.
These individual cards, which are similar in appearance to a university ID card (See Security, page 8)
Cablevision pulls plug on alleged pact for hookup
By Michael Utley
Staff Writer
Plans to broadcast on cable, which led campus radio station KSCR to adopt the nickname "The Underground," were shattered Tuesday when Continental Cablevision refused to provide the FM cable hookup the station had been expecting.
After months of discussions, during which Cablevision had promised to serve KSCR if the station agreed to finance the project, the company reversed its position, leaving KSCR with an $1,800 loss on the deal, said Rich Randle, special projects manager for KSCR.
"We had an agreement, and now they're trying to duck cut of it," Randle said. "We said we would pay for everything — it wouldn't have cost them a dime. That's why I can't believe they're doing this."
Cablevision General Manager Perry Parks disputed the assertion that there was ever an agreement.
"My company is not in the FM radio business," Parks said. "We discussed an arrangement with KSCR, but there was never a time when they were going to be hooked up. We just decided it wasn't something we wanted to do."
This is the second time in as many months that Cablevision has been accused of reneging on an agreement with the university.
In September, the Office of Student Housing filed a complaint with the company for allegedly discriminating against students by charging them in advance for movie channnels. Most other subscribers are charged in monthly (See KSCR, page 7)
Deadlocked
Coalition, officials stick to opposing views on divestment
By Bob Elston
Staff Writer
University administrators, while debating the best way to voice condemnation of apartheid in South Africa, have maintained for three years that divestment from companies doing business in that country is nothing more than a symbolic act.
Despite protests from students, unanimous votes from the Faculty and Student senates, and a majority recommendation this spring by the Committee on Investments and Social Responsibility in support of total divestment, administrators hare reject-
This Is the last In a two-part series on the university’s selective divestment policy
ed any modification of their selective divestment policy.
Black South African leaders for many years have called for full economic sanctions and divestment from their country, where 4.5 million whites rule over 28 million blacks, according to the 1989 Information Please Almanac.
"It is a very complex issue. It is an emotional issue, and no one has the
definitive answer," said Lyn Hutton, the university's senior vice president of administration.
Roshen Kishun of the Divestment Coalition, a university group formed in protest of the selective divestment policy, said that the university's refusal to divest "shows an incredible lack ot sensitivity toward apartheid."
As of June, 1989, the university endowment fund consisted of more than $32 million in stocks and bonds from corporations doing business in South Africa, according to the university Treasurer's Office.
(See Divestment, page 19)