Which bowl for Trojans?
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Gun owners need responsibility
Viewpoint, page 4
Eno speaks of art, music
Life / Arts, page 9
Volume CXIII, Number 34	University of Southern California	Tuesday, October 23,1990
Whistlin’ Dixie
Chlmalne Pouteau / Daily Trojan
Dick Wilson, member of the Ernie Smith All-Star Dixieland Band, smiles for the crowd celebrating Homecoming Weekend. The campus bustled with activity prior to Saturday’s football game as alumni returned to their alma mater.
Magazine puts USC in upper quartile
Annual report of top universities ranks ratios, SATs
By Brian McDonough
Staff Writer
The university was ranked among the top 25 percent of large national universities in this year's U.S News and World Report's assessment of higher education.
Though the university did not make the top 25 schools, it did rank in the top quartile of the 295 universities assessed in the Oct. 15 issue.
"I'm glad we're there/' said Sylvia Manning, vice provost. She said that she would have been disturbed had the university not made the first quartile.
The magazine ranked colleges by such criteria as student/faculty ratio, average SAT score among enrolled students, percentage of applicants accepted and graduation rate.
The university ranked alongside New York University, University of California at San Diego and Notre Dame. Harvard ranked first in the nation, with Stanford second. UC Berkeley and UCLA also ranked in the top 25, at 13 and 17, respectively.
(See Rankings, page 6)
Professor returns from symposium
Presentation in China attended by premier
Li's short speech focused on China's chagrin that global efforts for peace are being tarnished by the Middle East conflict, he said.
Totten, whose presentation dealt with arms reductions and diplomatic relations in East Asia, brought with him three South Korean graduate students, Tai Hwan Lee, Kyung Hung Choi and Dae Hyun Yim, on the visit.
Jitesh Jhaveri, an Indian student from Japan and an undergraduate majoring in (See China Trip, page 17)
By Janet Cavallo
Staff Writer
George Totten, a political science professor specializing in East Asian studies, returned Monday from a weeklong trip to China where he gave a presentation at a symposium attended by Chinese Premier Li Peng.
Organizers of the conference were surprised and pleased at the premier's attendance.
“It was more than anyone expected," Totten said.
Police say gang threat may have diminished
Reported rumors of locals’revenge never materialized
By Brian McDonough
Staff Writer
With no incidents reported this weekend, the threat of gang violence against the Kappa Sigma fraternity seems to have passed, fraternity members and police said Monday.
The rumors of gang threats stemmed from reports by LAPD officers who questioned gang members on 28th Street last week. The gang members said they intended to retaliate against the fraternity because Kappa Sigma members had verbally harassed and provoked them, police said.
The threat led police and University Security to consider recommending the cancellation of a Kappa Sigma party scheduled for Saturday, but the event went on as scheduled, said Will Wat-
son, the fraternity's president.
"The Los Angeles Police Department and University Security said it was OK to hold the party," Watson said. "There were no incidents."
LAPD and security took the threats seriously enough to counsel the fraternity members on gang awareness.
Security maintained its usual presence on the Row, said Sgt. Theodore Davis of University Security.
"There doesn't seem to be a big problem with retaliation," said one police officer, who asked not to be identified. "The initial threat seems to be over."
Watson said the fraternity has heard nothing more about the threats made against them.
"We haven't heard anything, and we haven't come into any contact with (gang members)," he said.
Police were scheduled to talk to the fraternity at their weekly chapter meeting last night, said Kelly Van Aken, a Kappa Sigma member.
Better late than never
Faculty, staff housing nears completion
By Gloria Lau
Staff Writer
Twenty-seven faculty and staff condominiums under construction are scheduled to be completed around Nov. 5, about two months behind schedule, said Patricia Smith, project manager at the USC Real Estate Development Corporation.
"The contractor said last November that it would be a 12-month job and that they would try to finish it in 10," Smith said. "We were just too optimistic."
McCulloch Townhomes, located on the northeast comer of 30th and Hoover streets, aim to provide affordable housing close to the university for faculty and staff members.
No specific problems caused the delay, said Sean Tonge of Watt Industries, the
construction company in charge of the project.
The landscaping and fencing of the property need to be completed and the city has to make final safety and health inspections before residents move in, Tonge said.
"We need to make sure it's complete as far as the safety is concerned," he said.
The university will retain a ground lease on the property to ensure that the townhomes will always be owned by fac-(See Housing, page 17)
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The faculty housing project located on the corner of Hoover and 30th streets is nearly complete. Workers are adding the finishing touches, planting trees and repaving sidewalks.