Volume CX, Number 20	University	of	Southern	California	Monday,	October	2,1989
Storie plot ends in lost senate seat
Candidate resigns, will stay off-campus
By Jack Isselmann
Staff Writer
The on again, off again relationship between Keith Storie and Student Senate is off again — this time apparently for good, as Storie resigned Friday morning.
Anthony DeBarry, senate elections and recruitment chairman, had asked Storie to resign Sept. 22 for representing a residence hall constituency while living in Cardinal Gardens Apartments. Storie was allowed one week to find on-campus housing.
On Friday, the housing office still listed Storie's housing status as an off-campus apartment, DeBarry said.
DeBarry said he thought Storie opted not to move to campus housing because of possible roommate conflicts.
"I don't think he liked the people he would have had to live with," DeBarry said. "It's unfortunate, but we are glad to see the issue be resolved."
(See Storie, page 9)
In Brief
3,000 served daily
Lyon Center proves to be roaring success
By James Merante
Staff Writer
With 3,000 people using it daily, the Lyon University Center is a roaring success.
Financed largely by a $6 million donation from Gen. William Lyon, the center was specifically designed to meet student needs.
"The purpose of the facility was to provide adequate indoor recreational space for students," said Don Ludwig, director of the center. " 'SC was really slow in getting this facility for students. Every other school in the Pac-10 already had one."
Using other schools' facilities as examples, university officials tailored the Lyon Center to fit the non-varsity Trojan athlete.
"We did our homework by visiting other schools' centers. We tapped into all our resources," Ludwig said. "The same architect was used for this building as UCLA's John Wooden center.
"Our fitness center is three times larger and we have a sauna and a Jacuzzi," he said. "It's something the students wanted."
Student response has been positive.
"The Lyon Center is a very big asset to
the university and the students," said Chuck Surh, a junior majoring in gerontology. "I think the general was very generous to donate it. Overall, the Lyon Center is a great facility for the student body."
The center is definitely an improvement over last year's options, said Lawrence Pettis, a senior majoring in business.
"I think the center is a nice addition to campus," Pettis said. "I'm a real volleyball freak, and we have a net up 24 hours a day with the Lyon Center. Last year I {see Center, page 12)
Foothill freeway went nutty when two trucks crashed
There are a lot of nuts on Southern California freeways. But Friday it was pure shell.
Two big trucks got tangled up on the Foothill freeway and dumped thousands of pounds of almond shells onto the road.
About 3:30 a.m. a truck hauling the shells rear-ended a big rig hauling dirt and spilled the shells in the lanes heading east. The mess was a slick of diesel fuel, California Highway Patrol spokesman Ernie Garcia said.
All but one lane stayed blocked during the morning rush hour, Garcia said.
That alone would have easily created a “gawkers block,” as Los Angeles-bound commuters slowed down to take a gander at the nutty scene.
But to complicate matters, two cars slammed together in the westbound lanes of the freeway in Irwindale just after 8 a.m.
—	From the Associated Press
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Welman’s grab stuns Cougars
Sports, page 20
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Actor David Ogden Stiers and actress Geena Davis, stars of “The Accidental Tourist,” talk with university librarian Charles Ritcheson Thursday at the Scriptor Awards In Doheny Library. The university hosted the awards for the second year.
Stars raise $50,000 for library books
‘Accidental Tourist’ writers honored at fund-raising dinner
By Andrew Vrees and Carole Cleveland
Staff Writers
Champagne sparkled and violins played as the stars appeared at Doheny Library Thursday night to honor the screenwriters of "The Accidental Tourist" and raise money for new library books for the university.
The Scriptor Awards began last year at the university to recognize the best realization of a book as a film, said Charles Ritcheson, university librarian.
This year, "The Accidental Tourist" was chosen to receive the Scriptor
Award by a special selection committee that considered more than 60 other screenplays, including "Madame Souztska," "Everybody's All American" and "Eight Men Out."
"One of the hardest forms of writing is the screenplay," said Anne Archer, actress and selection committee member. "I think this is a wonderful way to honor these screenwriters. Also, because the proceeds are going to benefit the USC library, I think it's a very worthy cause."
The event was attended by such celebrities as Archer, who starred opposite Michael Douglas in "Fatal Attraction," and Geena Davis, who won an Oscar for her role in "The Accidental Tourist."
Also in attendance were "Accidental Tourist" screenwriters Lawrence Kasdan and Frank Galati, and David Og-
den Stiers, who played William Hurt's eccentric brother in the film and Major Winchester in the television series M*A*S*H.
"It is only natural that the awards should be held here, because USC is considered the best school of dnema-television," said Frank Daniel, dean of the cinema school.
Honored at the gala was Anne Tyler, author of the book, The Accidental Tourist. Tyler's husband accepted the award for her because she was "too shy to attend," said Hal Kan ter, master of ceremonies.
Galati and Kasdan were also honored for their screenplay.
"When you write a screenplay from a book, so much of the work has already been done," Kasdan said. 'It's great that a picture like this can get so (See Awards, page 2)
Israel-Palestine: An endless fight?
Viewpoint, pages 3, 5
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