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Thursday, September 14,1989
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Officials plan to build library
By Jason Carroll
Staff Writer
In an effort to upgrade the university's library facilities, officials announced plans Tuesday to build a $28-million teaching library by fall of 1992.
The proposed facility will be built near parking structure C, now the site of Fagg Park, and will prove to be a new kind of library concept, said Charles Ritcheson, university librarian, at the first meeting of the Student Senate.
"The teaching library will be a conscious blending of computer library facilities and traditional university materials," Ritcheson said. "The facility will teach students how to access, manipulate and make use of scholarly information from books and databases."
Nelson Gilman, director of the medical library, outlined some of the new facility's features:
e A 120,000-volume foundation collection. College Library now has 60,000.
e A 200-title periodical section encompassing all disciplines.
•	1,600 added seats — a 76-percent increase.
•	A "computer commons area" with 150 computer stations for individual and collaborative work. The facility will use a total of 500 computers.
e An expanded reserve collection with extended hours and audiovisual equipment.
•	Consultants to aid students with books, computers, databases and classes, which will be held in a 75-person capacity auditorium.
(See Library, page 10)
Students benefit from lack of housing
Two floors of Hilton house 85 residents
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Only students who could not be placed m university housing were assigned to the Hilton, said Mike Wolberg, a spokesman for housing services.
The cost per semester, including room and board, is $2,850, about $400 more than on-campus housing.
Because the Hilton is still operating as a hotel, it is able to offer services students would otherwise not receive while living on campus. Such privileges include weekly maid service and use of the ho-
tel's pool and hot tub, all at no extra cost.
"I think it's great," said Stacy Rieber, a sophomore transfer student from Philadelphia. "We have nice, clean, air-condi-tioned rooms, and it's so convienient because it's so close to campus, which is a lot better than being downtown at Embassy (Residential College)."
However, Rieber complained that she felt like a second-class citizen at times because student residents at the hotel are forced to use a side entrance, rather than the front door.
She also said she was dissatisfied with (See Hilton, page 10)
Fiji fraternity holds anti-racism seminar
By Petula Dvorak
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To prevent the recurrence of an alleged racist action that none of its members thought would be considered offensive, Phi Gamma Delta fraternity has taken a sizable step toward improving cross-cultural awareness on the Row.
The fraternity, charged with circulating racist fliers a year ago to promote a fundraising event, held an all-Row seminar Sunday on social oppression.
Though the Fijis were required to hold the seminar, it turned out to be an educational experience for many, said Ken Taylor, director of the Office of Greek Life.
The fliers in question advertised the fraternity's annual
"slave auction," which raises money by selling the services of pledges. The fliers depicted the fraternity's "Fiji man" mascot, whose features were definitely "of an island-type," said J. Bart Holladay, president of the fraternity.
However, the Interfratemity Council, which imposed the sanctions, ruled that the Fiji man and the slave auction were racist.
The mandatory part of the penalty required the fraternity to organize and fund a workshop to deal with racism.
But the seminar went beyond the requirements, Taylor said.
Besides shelling out the $1,500 dollars required to put on the event, the Fijis went to other (See Seminar, page 19)
Football Seminar
International students learn basics of game
By Jack Isselmann
Staff Writer
Trojan football gained some new fans Tuesday as international students took part in a workshop that introduced them to the rules of American football and clarified some of the confusing points of gridiron action.
The seminar, structyred after a similar event held last fall, was sponsored by the Office for International Students and Scholars.
Learning about football helps international students integrate into campus life, said Ryo Shimuzu, assistant program coordinator for the office.
"These students don't have a due about American football. Most of them don't even know what a first down is," Shimizu said. "It is quite difficult for these students, many who have never been to America before, to come to a school like USC where football is big, and understand what is going on. Understanding football gives them a
(See Football, page 19)
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Tobacco supporters to fight legislation on in-flight smoking
WASHINGTON — Tobacco state lawmakers vowed Wednesday to grind the Senate to a procedural crawl unless attempts to ban smoking on all airline flights are dropped, but their unbowed opponents said they welcomed a showdown.
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, planned a vote for Thursday on whether to block a filibuster by cigarette industry supporters. The filibuster — unlimited debate in hopes of preventing a vote — is aimed at killing legislation by Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J. that would expand current airline smoking restrictions to all domestic flights.
Senators from tobacco states said they would accept a permanent version of the current smoking ban on two-hour airline flights, which the House passed on Aug. 3.
Lautenberg said he would press his legislation, saying, “We won’t succumb to threats.”
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