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Volume CX, Number 11
University of Southern California
Tuesday, September 19,1989
In Brief
Hurricane’s wrath leaves at least 14 dead in Caribbean
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Hugo’s 125 mph winds pounded Puerto Rico on Monday after ripping across other islands in the eastern Caribbean and leaving at least nine people dead and thousands homeless.
The National Weather Sen/ice said Hugo, the most powerful storm to hit the region this decade, slammed into the eastern tip of Puerto Rico and drove north toward the Bahamas.
Meteorologist Jesse Moore at the National Hurricane Center said it was too early to tell whether Hugo would strike the U.S. mainland. He said the storm was expected to be off the southeastern Bahamas by Wednesday and “after that, it’s anybody’s guess."
Local: Lawyer jailed in Night Stalker trial
An attorney who has been absent from the “Night Stalker” trial of Richard Ramirez was jailed briefly Monday for failing to pay a $100 fine for contempt of court.
Arturo Hernandez also was threatened with 24 days in jail if he fails to pay a fine of $2,400.
The action by Superior Court Judge Michael Tynan was the result of a long battle between Tynan and Hernandez over the lawyer's continued absence from the yearlong trial.
Ramirez, 29, is charged with being the devil-worshipping killer who invaded Southern California homes in the summer of 1985 in a rampage which held residents terror-stricken.
State: Rare whale dies after 25 days in captivity
VALLEJO, Calif. — The second of two rare beaked whales who astounded marine mammal experts by surviving in captivity died early Monday after a record 25 days, officials at Marine World-Africa USA said.
The whale had been suffering from pneumonia, but experts may not learn the exact cause of death for up to 10 days, when final results of pathology tests and a necropsy are available, Marine World President Mike Demetrios said.
From the Associated Press
Index
Viewpoint			 4
Komlx		
Security Roundup			 6
Arts & Entertainment			 9
Sports		
Black student enrollment plunges
Falls to 3.8 percent of freshman class
By Bob Elston
Staff Writer
At a time of heightened campus awareness of discrimination — from an all-Row seminar to a stand against an allegedly racist law firm — recruitment of black
students appears to have taken a turn for the worse.
Black student enrollment has dropped from 9 percent of the 1982 incoming freshman class to 3.8 percent of this year's freshmen, admissions statistics show.
Registration figures released last week show that of the 2,866 freshmen enrolled at the university, only 112 are black.
''The figures are very low. We are disappointed," said Ann Rike, senior associate director of admissions and school relations. "Nationally, not many blacks are going to college. It is a downward trend."
The university received applications from 767 prospective black students for enrollment in this year's freshman class.
(See Enrollment, page 16)
Stars and Stripes
David Milhous / Dally Trojan
The university’s Naval ROTC color guard marches on the Coliseum’s track before Saturday’s football game against Utah State. Campus ROTC groups march before each home game.
Movies put campus in spotlight
Studios can save money by filming Ivy-league style buildings in Los Angeles
By Roger Tefft
Staff Writer
Next time you go to the movies, see if you can spot your alma mater — but look closely.
Feature films shot at the university will not boast So Cal spellouts, nor will you see students wearing USC sweatshirts and there will be no guest appearances by Tommy Trojan.
But the campus buildings that show up in films will have Trojans the world over chanting "Go 'SC" in the aisles — then perhaps dodging popcorn.
Ensuring that the university cannot be positively identified by footage shown on the silver screen is one way the Office of University Public Relations keeps those films from reflecting negatively on the university.
It is a rule that is part of the "excellent" working relationship the university has with movie studios that film on campus, said Anita Goldstein, the university's director of public relations projects.
"We don't want the university to be associated with a movie (that might be considered) in bad taste," Goldstein said.
Movie studios filming on campus must go through a clearance process and agree to play by the university's rules before the first inch of film is exposed.
The script is first reviewed.
"No 'slasher' films. No sex-and-violence films. No films with a lot of drinking," Goldstein said. Freddy Kreuger need not apply.
And as far as Goldstein knows, no clandestine script alterations creep in after production is under way.
"I don't think we've been burned," she said.
After a script is approved, a location scout is toured around the campus in search of locations that fit the script.
Off-limits are the Office of the President, Hancock Museum, the Alumni House, Mudd Hall of Philosophy, the Cinema-Television complex, Tommy Trojan or any library during midterms or final exams.
Residence halls, university-owned fraternities and sororities and Doheny Library are available for filming generally only during vacations and then only on a case-by-case basis, Goldstein said.
The movie company must then put down a $500 damage deposit and show proof of $1 million in insurance, Goldstein said.
Finally, a contract is drawn up and filming begins.
During shooting, access to buildings must always be assured. No noise from the set is allowed around classrooms.
"Considering the number of productions, we've had relatively few problems," Goldstein said.
(See Movies, page 8)
University computer fair opens
36 companies offer prizes, technology
By Julie Chen
Staff Writer
Thirty-six vendors packed Trousdale Parkway on Monday to open the USC Computer fair with the latest in computing technology and free prizes ranging from T-shirts to cars to computers.
"About 80 percent of all larger companies are represented at the fair," said Edward Mooney, president of the university's Microcomputer Users Group, which is sponsoring the event.
These include Apple Computer, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Lotus Development Corp. and Xerox.
The fair, offered this year for the first time, "is a fund-raising device for the USC Microcomputer User Group to help support our yearly activities," Mooney said.
These activities include printing a monthly newsletter and buying equipment.
The fair is free to all students, faculty and staff members, novices and experts alike.
It is strictly informational, though there are special packages being offered, Mooney said.
Most of the computer manufacturers at the fair are represented in the bookstore, he said.
Booths featuring hardware and software products are set up for displays and demonstrations, amidst samples, giveaways and contests.
Mooney suggested that students. faculty and staff members take advantage of this opportunity to purchase "educational packages" for 50 to 70 percent off the retail price. Bookstore coupons for 10 percent off technical "how-to" books are also being distributed.
"Any prizes being given away do not cost anything. You don't have to make a purchase to be eligible for a prize," Mooney said.
An Apple Macintosh Plus computer was raffled off Monday to Akira Ichii, a university (See Fair, page 3)