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Volume LXXXIX, Number 11	University of Southern California Tuesday, July 22. 1980
Football tickets now on sale
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CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES — The science building of the new Letters. Arts and Sciences complex rises towards its projected completion next year.
U.N. Moon Treaty subject of local debate
By Matthew Kane
Staft Writer
The United Nations has drafted an "Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies." The United States must decide whether it will sign it or not. The issue was debated at the California Museum of Science and Industry Saturday.
Speaking for the treatv were Carl Q. Christol, professor of International Law and Political Science at the university, and Louis Friedman of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a member of the Public Policy' Committee of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Speaking against the treaty were Leigh S. Rati-ner, a lawyer for the L-5 Society which advocates the opening of space as a place for people to live and work, and Bruce Bon of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a member of the Public Policy Committee of the Los Angeles Section of the A1AA. Eileen Galloway, an independent consultant who recently completed a study for Congress on the background of this treatv, was also on hand to explain how the treatv was drafted.
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Thefts, other crimes on campus in decline during slower summer term
By Tricia Celic
Students and faculty have said that the university campus during the summer is "different," "deserted," "not safe" and "dangerous." But contrary to the widely held belief that more crimes happen on campus furing the summer than during the school vear, campus security said that the crime rate this summer has actually been lower.
According to Sgt. George Farina, University Security spokesman, "The campus as a whole is more vulnerable during the summer." But he stated that it's only because manv of the areas on campus are not occupied and therefore can't be watched. So it's not a good idea to loitering around campus during the summer. But on the whole, he said there has less activity and a smaller percentage of student body and as a
result less property. So there also has been a smaller percentage of crimes that have taken place.
The crimes that have happened during the summer occurred mostly firing the late afternoon or evening. This is because there were more people walking around on campus during this time period. But Farina said that although a few more crimes have happened around late afternoon there was no real way of predicting when or what time of the day a crime would occur.
There was also no way of predicting the "danger zones," or places where crimes would occur. As Farina said, "If there werem we'd be able to prevent the crimes from taking place."
The crime that has occurred much more often than rapes, murders or assaults were thefts. Thefts have been the largest percentage of all crime
that have happened on campus at any given time. Thefts range anywhere from stealing a book to grand theft, which is stealing something more than $200 in value.
University Security said that there has been no way of predicting whether the drimes were the result of university students or local residents. This was especially true if the crimes happened near the edge of campus or off campus at such high-density locations as the Row. They said that the ratio of crimes committed by students and local residents shifted throughout the year.
According to Farina, security officers have been injured both when trying to stop a crime and after it has already taken place. But most of the officers had been injured during a search for the person who committed a crime.
Panel discusses energy crisis solutions
By Mojdeh Mirsadeghi
Leaders in government, education, industry and citizens' groups probed alternative solutions to the energy crisis at a conference recently at the university.
According to conference organizrrs, the conference was desigened in response too needs for synthesizing and disseminating authoritative views about nmational energv issues.
The specific focus of the forum, however, was to expound upon the various dimensions of alternative solutions and specify policy prescriptions related to the national energv issue.
Richard J. Stone, the director of the Department of Energy's Office of Intergovernmental Affairs,
represented the government's view in the discussion.
According to Stone, the solution to the energv problem is to reduce the United States's dependence on foreign oil, to reduce the demand for oil through conservtion, and to work to omplement a global energv strategy.
The conference was concurrently televised to some 30 companies in the Southern California area under the Inter-active Television Program of the School of Engineering and its videotapes will be available to other educational institutions and public agencies.
The conference was one of a series of centennial events sponsored bv the university.
(Continued on page 2) A COOLING SIGHT — Water flows from the fountain located in Alumni Park, as seen from Doheny Library.
By Esther Paik
Staff Wnter
As fall and the 1980 football season approaches, now is the time to start thinking about season tickets.
The procedure for purchasing football season tickets differes for students, university supporters and full-time faculty and staff.
For $30, students can purchase a student activity book that includes a football season ticket plus a punch card for basketball, baseball and track and the 1981 El Rodeo yearbook. Activity books may be purchased for spouses of students bv presenting a marriage license. The activity books will bo on sale Sept. 8 in the men's gym.
Members of USC Associates, Cardinal and Gold, and other organizations that support the university may purchase reserved football tickets for $57 through the organization or directly from the ticket office. The ticket office is located in Student Union 200.
Full-time faculty and staff can
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