Trojans eke out first win
Sports, page 9
Fox journeys to the ‘future’ again
A & E, page 28
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Volume CX, Number 56
University of Southern California
Tuesday, November 28, 1989
In Brief
Jetliner crashes; drug lords blamed for planting bomb
BOGOTA, Colombia — A Colombian jetliner crashed on the outskirts of Bogota on Monday shortly after takeoff, and all 107 people aboard were killed. A caller to a radio station claimed drug traffickers bombed the jet.
Witnesses said the Avianca Airlines Boeing 727-100 exploded before it plunged into a hilly area south of the capital, about a mile from a neighborhood of slum houses and factories. Pieces of the jet were found up to six miles from the main point of impact, police said.
Hours later, a man called Radio Caracol and claimed that a group called The Extraditables blew up the jet to kill five police informants. He said the five gave police information that led to the discovery of the Medellin drug cartel leader’s hideout.
Nation: Mother donates part of liver to daughter
CHICAGO — A mother trying to save her daughter’s life by participating in the nation’s first living-donor liver transplant showed no “signs of doubt” before the historic operation Monday, a hospital spokeswoman said.
The surgery, involving Teresa Smith and her 21 -month-old daughter, is the first liver transplant from a living donor in this country, said doctors at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
If successful, the operation could provide a solution to a severe shortage of organs for children who need transplants, doctors at the university hospital said.
More than 700 babies a year in the United States need liver transplants, and as many as half die for lack of a donor.
Supreme Court rules in favor of developers
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court refused Monday to allow New York City, and perhaps other communities, to enlist unwilling developers in the fight against spreading homelessness.
The justices, without comment, left intact a victory for developers who said New York City violated their rights by banning conversion or demolition of hotels that offer a haven for the poor, elderly and ill.
From the Associated Press
Index
Viewpoint			 4
Komix			 6
Security Roundup			 6
Sports				 9
Arts & Entertainment			 28
Wage increase pact ratified
University workers also win added job protection, benefits
By Bob Elston
Staff Writer
One day before their Thanksgiving strike vote deadline, 360 housing and dining services employees ratified a three-year contract reached by union and
university representatives after 12 weeks of negotiations.
The costs of the wage increase — $2 an hour over three years — will be absorbed through cost-saving measures and increases in housing and dining rates, university officials said Monday.
"It is a win-win situation. The new contract is good for the university and good for the workers," said Lyn Hutton, the university's senior vice-president for administration.
At the union ratification meeting held
Wednesday night, workers were euphoric after the announcement of the wage increase that the union had "won" from the university.
The workers ratified the contract Wednesday night, 177-0.
"It is the best (union contract) in the history of USC. It provides the largest wage increase ever, additional job protection and increases in our benefits to provide a new prepaid legal plan," said Miguel Contreras, the union's chief (See Contract, page 8)
McCartney Returns
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John Urata / Daily Tro|an
Paul McCartney jams during his 8 p.m. concert Friday night in the Forum. In addition to performances last weekend, McCartney will be appearing at the Forum until Wednesday. This is his first world tour in 13 years.
Bank board hires senior USC official Lyn Hutton
By Bill Swindell
Staff Writer
Lyn Hutton, the university's senior vice president for administration, has been named to First Interstate Bank of California's board of directors as part of the bank's quest for expertise from academia.
One reason bank executives selected Hutton was that they wanted an academician to help guide their decision-making in investments, said John Popovich, director of public affairs for the bank.
"We wanted to get a cross section for the board, and we didn't have anyone from academia," Popovich said. "(Hutton is) a financial individual, and she's at USC, which is near where we're headquartered (in Los Angeles)."
Hutton is eager to work on the trust investment committee of the bank, she said, but she will have a lot to leam, because she has never served on a bank board before.
"I'm starting out as the new kid on the block," she said. "It takes a couple of years to really learn (this) position."
Hutton said she was "very honored" by her selection.
"I was suprised by it. It just came out of the blue," she said. "It's kind of like being tapped (in the Mortar Board's surprise honor ceremonies)."
(See Hutton, page 7)
Overseas
Semester abroad programs offer cultural enlightenment
By Andrew Vrees
Staff Writer
The applications are in, and students who are tired of smog, traffic, gang violence and the 502 Club are awaiting their selection for a semester away from USC.
Through individual departments and the Overseas Study Program, the university offers yearlong and semes-terlong programs in Spain, France, En-
gland, Israel, Japan and China.
The reason many students go abroad is to become more fluent in specific languages.
'T feel I have to be bilingual, particularly because I am a Californian," said Steve Powell, a junior majoring in history and a 1989 participant in the Semester in Madrid program.
As important as learning the language is the inp’it participants receive
about American culture, Powell said.
"By putting yourself in another culture, you leam about that culture, but you also leam about their opinion of the American culture, their generalizations and their stereotype," Powell said. "When you come back, you look at things with a different point of view."
(See Getaway, page 7)