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Volume CXIII, Number 47
University of Southern California
Friday, November 9,1990
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Lindsay Lau, a sophomore majoring in accounting, smiles for the camera while manning the Asian Pacific Student Organizations’ canned food drive Thursday.
University charged with discrimination
Assistant athletic director files suit claiming racial bias
By Glen Justice
Staff Writer
Assistant Athletic Director Marvin Cobb filed a lawsuit against the university this week contending that he was passed over for promotion by Athletic Director Mike McGee because of racial bias.
The suit claims that Cobb, who is black, was passed over for promotion to associate athletic director because he complained about the treatment of black athletes during his time as associate director, according to a Los Angeles Times article.
The suit also charges that McGee guaranteed Cobb a promotion and flexible office hours when he hired him in 1986. According to the article, the suit alleges race discrimination, breach of contract and violation of labor laws. Cobb is seeking unspecified damages.
While neither McGee nor Cobb returned phone calls Thursday, Sports Information Director Tim Tessalone spoke on behalf of the athletic department.
"We've yet to see the suit," Tessalone
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Assistant Athletic Director Marvin Cobb
said. "It would be unfair for us to comment."
"I don't know of anyone at the university who has seen the (suit)," said Richard Hutchinson, the attorney handling the case for the university. "Right now the complaint is somewhere in the bowels of the county courthouse."
Hutchinson said he expects to get a copy of the complaint within the next few weeks. He said he has had several conversations with Cobb's attorney, Stephanie Wells, but was surprised that litigation had been filed.
Cobb had filed a grievance with the university personnel office about six (See Lawsuit, page 6)
Sports attorney urges students to uphold values
By Ben Martin
Staff Writer
A prominent sports law attorney said Thursday that though his field is considered "the sleazoid profession of the '90s in some ways," it is still possible for caring, humanistic attorneys to make their mark.
In a speech before nearly 75 students at the Law Center, Leigh Steinberg, who represents athletes from various professional sports, discussed some of the questions facing attorneys in the sports law field today.
Steinberg said sports law often comes under fire for promoting sky-high salaries for professional athletes and for whisking
away college athletes into professional sports.
To combat these images and to uphold his own personal beliefs, Steinberg said he has "made it a practice to not represent anyone unless they are willing to be role models.
"At the professional level, I challenged each athlete to find something in their own life to support," he said.
He mentioned former USC football player Duane Bickett as someone who fits that description.
Bickett set up a fund at Glendale High School in which he donates money from his contract with the Indianapolis Colts to (See Steinberg, page 3)
Limits imposed on sports spirits
Coliseum permanently adopts alcohol policy
By Dave Hernandez
Staff Writer
The Coliseum Commission decided Tuesday to permanently adopt a temporary alcohol management policy that has been in effect at the facility for the past month.
The effects of the policy include a reduction in the cup size of beer sold in the Coliseum from 20 ounces to 16, decreasing the alcohol content to 3.2 percent, stopping sales of alcohol after the first half and a 25-cent increase on
the price of beer to pay for alcohol management training for Coliseum employees.
New alcohol management policies
—	also approved Tuesday — will include increased security, fan participation and increased awareness of the effects of alcohol, a Coliseum spokes-person said.
The main proponent for the new alcohol policy has been Zev Yaroslavsky, a city councilman who (See Coliseum, page 6)
Officials mandate vaccination for all students
By Bob Elston
City Editor
Due to the success of the measles immunization drive, the university will adopt a mandatory measles immunization policy for incoming and full-time students beginning next spring semester and for all students by next fall, university officials said Thursday.
Currently the university is requiring only full-time students to prove immunization to register for spring classes. But under a new mandatory policy, all students — part-time or incoming freshmen — will be required to show they have had a measles shot to attend classes next fall, said Steven Gardner, executive director of student health and counseling services.
"He hope to get everybody immunized by next fall,"
Gardner said. He said that after the 18,600 full-time students are immunized, only about 12,000 students will still need to get shots. Under the new policy, they must comply with the requirement to enroll for the fall, 1991 semester.
Gardner said he is meeting today with James Dennis, vice president of student affairs, Ted Andrews, director of student financial services, and Ken Servis, dean of academic records and registrar, to discuss the policy.
The number of students receiving a measles shot or providing proper paperwork has continued to increase as today's deadline to get free immunization arrives. On Wednesday, more than 520 students lined up to get their shots or show proof of immunity. Of the nearly 15,000 students who have had the registration hold removed
from their records, about half received shots and half provided documentation.
Faculty and staff are not required to show proof of immunization because people bom in or before 1957 are assumed to be naturally immune, Gardner said. Because measles was more prevalent at that time, children bom then developed natural immunity through exposure.
Gardner said according to the latest countywide statistics, the number of measles cases is hovering around 4,000. Sixteen fatalities have resulted from the viral disease. There have been no reported cases of measles at the university so far this year.
Gardner said the cost of immunizing thousands of students has affected the way the health center can spend its
(See Measles, page 4)