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Volume CX, Number 52
University of Southern California
Friday, November 17,1989
					
					
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Mark Mothersbaugh, lead singer for Devo, performs in front of screaming Trojans after Thursday night’s UCLA pep rally. The redly in front of Tommy Trojan also featured the burning of the Bruin.
Bold cheers for Cardinal and Gold
Bruin effigy torched at annual UCLA rally
By Alaine Messina
Staff Writer
Spirited Trojans, donning USC sweatshirts and dragging their Bruin bears on the ground, gathered around Tommy Trojan on Thurs-
day night for the annual pre-UCLA football game rally.
Hundreds of students raised their arms and gave the “victory" sign as yell leaders, song leaders and members of the Trojan Marching Band took the stage. Through songs, chants and inspirational speeches, Trojans embodied the university's traditional spirit.
For Dan McFeely, a sophomore majoring in international relations, it was a new experience.
"I'm really impressed with the rally," McFeely said. "This is the first rally I've gone to. I didn't think people had this much spirit. Of course, I didn't think people had Devo at rallies, either."
(See Rally, page 2)
Two students arrested for possession of explosives
By Wendy Root
Staff Writer
Two residents of Sierra and Cardinal Gardens apartments were arrested Thursday for possession of explosives, police said.
Jed Mortensen, a sophomore majoring in cinema, and Thomas Kelly were each being held in Parker Center on $60,000 bail, said Detective Richard Kensic of the Los Angeles Police Department.
The explosives confiscated were "enough to give a lot of concern," said Lt. Helen Kidder of the criminal conspiracy division.
University Security declined to comment, and Kensic released no further details.
The explosives confiscated were M-lOOOs, powerful nitroglycerine-based explosives from Mexico, said Matt Parker, Mortensen's roommate in Sierra Apartments.
Mortensen got the explosives from Kelly, a resident of Cardinal Gardens, who bought them in Mexico, Parker said.
Someone at Cardinal Gardens told Kelly he would be evicted unless he got rid of the explosives, Parker said.
Kelly and Mortensen met through a mutual friend, and Kelly gave Mortensen the explosives, Parker said.
Mortensen, who has experience with pyrotechnics, planned to take the M-lOOOs to his home in Northern California during Thanksgiving break and set them off on the beach for a film project, Parker said.
Mortensen "had no criminal intentions," Parker said. "He's a really nice guy."
Security called police about 10:30 a.m. after a student called to notify them about Kelly's explo-
(See Scare, page 2)
In Brief
Israeli soldier killed, Palestinian gets his heart in transplant
JERUSALEM — A heart belonging to an Israeli soldier who was ambushed and killed by Arab guerrillas was sewn into the chest of a Palestinian on Thursday, a gift of life that family members said transcends the bitter war between Arab and Jew.
“God, I don’t really know what to say,” said the Palistinian’s daughter. “We thank the family that agreed to give the heart to a human being without looking if he were an Arab or
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Explosion leaves students in the dark
Accident blows circuits, leaving Webb and Fluor towers without electricity
By Petula Dvorak
Staff Writer
Residents of Webb and Fluor towers were left in the dark for most of Thursday when a minor underground explosion caused a power outage in the apartment buildings and the Jefferson Building.
The tar insulation surrounding a sealed splice box well underground at the crossroads of McClintock Avenue and 36th
Street melted, causing the circuits to blow up and cutting off power to the buildings about 11:15 a.m., said Gary Pitassi, the supervisor of electrical and mechanical systems at Physical Plant.
Residents of the affected structures came home to dark, stuffy apartments, no elevator service, dark stairwells and an empty main office.
The only explanation was a note on the front door that read, "We expect power to be out until 12 a.m. Please take necessary precautions — The Management," though no management was present.
Katrina Cravy, a sophomore majoring
in political science, said she came home to use her computer to print out a paper due that day.
As she was printing it out, the power went out, so she lost her paper and had to explain the situation to her teacher.
Students who had to study made a beeline to the library or tried to study by the dim emergency lights in the hallways.
Adam Michel, a freshman majoring in pre-business, tried to read in the hallway of Webb Tower and said he was upset because he couldn't type a paper.
Computers and electric typewriters
(See Power, page 3)
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USC, British debate teams contrast styles
By Alaine
Staff Writer
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the Soviet Union to world peace, their audience the the unique qualities
of British and American debate.
"It's kind of exdting because British debaters all have different styles," said Greg Miller, a debate team coordinator for the university,
Matthew Christmas, 22, and Gregory Jones, 21, graduates of Oxford University, traveled extensively from Texas T«h University in Lubbock, Texas, to Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., persuading, arguing
and discussing important current issues.
On his sixth visit to the U S., Christmas said, the main thing he wanted to do was educate his audience through his debating, not just get its votes.
James Gaynor, a senior majoring in communications and captain of the USC squad, agreed that the competition is not the most important part of (See Debate, page 2)