Body of gang member found near university
Staff photo by Marsha Traeger
PEEP SHOW — A couple of days off for the Trojan football team means they have a chance to "relax" — with a few practice scrimmages They will resume their playing scheduled on Saturday against the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
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Volume LXXXVII, Number	University of Southern California Tuesday, October 16, 1979
Admission progress discussed
Students request credit for recommendation
By Bob Conti Staff Writer
Representatives from various university constituencies met again yesterday with President John R. Hubbard to discuss progress on 24 recommendations dealing with admissions problems.
The meeting came about through concern by constituency members who said they needed time to review the progress report and make various recommendations after meeting last week.
Members of the Associated Black Students of Southern California-Black Student Union and MEChA, a Chicano student organization said there should be documentation stating that the recommendations came about as a result of student protest.
Mercy Marquez, a member of MEChA, said the current stating of the first recommendation sounds as though the recommendation occured "out of the profound wisdom of the university administration.'
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The recommendation states "The president should publicly articulate fully and clearly the commitment of USC toward building a university of great excellence and diversity of students, staff and faculty. The president should publicly identify and actively support the implementation (of various proposals).''
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IT STARTED WITH CREST
Alumna continues commercial success
1 By Susan Wagner
| "Daddy, Daddy I only had one," were Rosal-| ind Chao's first words — on television. Chao | made that infamous Crest toothpaste commer-I dal at the tender age of six, but years later the I benefits are still paying off.
"That commercial paid for my college educa-| tion," Chao said, "and was the start of my I acting career. It has gotten me a lot of parts."
Chao, a pretty Oriental girl, about 5'6" tall I (exceptionally tail tor a Chinese girl) and a slim I 110 lbs., nearly dominates the television screen I these days where Chinese-American girls be-| tween the ages of 17 and 28 are cast.
"It's just me and another girl, who's about 30, who get called for all the Oriental-girl parts. We always know that if 1 get the part it was because they wanted someone younger, and if she gets it they wanted someone older. We're friends and there isn't really any competition between us," she said.
After graduating from the university in broadcast journalism last spring, Chao's days have been filled with interviews for television parts, commercials and screen tests.
"College makes a big difference," said Chao. "(Casting) people react like you wouldn't believe when I tell them I've got a college degree. They say, "what, in drama?" And I tell them no, in broadcast journalism, then they all start scribbling things down."
Chao's acting career began when a local theatre director spotted her in her parents' restaurant in Anaheim.
"He pleaded with my parents to let me act in one of his productions and finally my parents gave in. I began acting in a lot of different plavs and one day a Hollywood agent happened to be in the audience The a ;ent asked if I wanted to be in a television commercial. The whole thing was a fluke."
Chao stopped acting many times but would always pick up her career and start going on interviews again. "My parents wanted me to continue my education and put that first before an acting career. Acting can become pretty insecure."
As a college freshman, Chao attended Pomona College majoring in drama and English. She decided she wanted a more substantial education and transferred to the university as a broadcast journalism major.
During her time here she auditioned for many parts. "I used to go to interviews right from class. I'd be wearing blue jeans and carrying my backpack full of books. Now my agent insists that I dress nicely for interviews, but I think the casting directors really liked my casual attitude. Some of the girls going out for parts looked so desperate...I hope I never looked like that," Chao said.
Chao now has a mile-long list of television credits including, most recently, commercials for Bank of America, Chevrolet, Juicy Fruit Gum and McDonalds.
"I've been told that I don't have a 'show-biz' personality, that I need to toughen-up a bit," Chao said. "I'm more the all-American type and usually get those types of roles. But I'd like to play a hooker, just once."
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A Hispanic male, approximately 15 years old, was found dead from multiple stab wounds near Century Apartments Sunday morning, apparently the victim of gang killing, said Sgt. Rudy Ticer, of the Los Angeles Police Department southwest division.
The youth's body was discovered in the alley at the rear of 1214 W. 30th St. at about 7:15 a.m. by a neighborhood man making a trip to the store.
"We don't know if he was dumped there, or exactly what happened, but it appeared "motivated by juvenile gang activity," Ticer said.
"It was a quite vengeful, very violent death, that led us to believe it was gang-related. It was a matter of overkill in the nature and number of stab wounds....it was not the norm
for robbery. A lot of violence was involved," he said.
The victim, whose name is being withheld because of his age, is listed in police records as a gang member. Ticer believes the murder is connected with two separate parties held over the weekend by rival gangs in the neigborhood.
Richard Zdon, a University Security officer, patrolled the area around 6:15 a.m. and said the body was apparently dumped there later.
"This type of situation occurs all the time at the Health Science campus. Gangs up there rub out someone and place the body in an area just outside of USC territory because they know the LAPD and USC security patrol the area
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Apartment residents say lack of security may force boycott
By Aida Bustos
Staff Writer
Residents of the Helena apartments are threatening to boycott paying rents if security around the university complex is not vastly improved. This decision stemmed from what they regard as the latest in a series of crime-related incidents which have occurred on or near the two-floor housing facility at 1220 W. 28th St.
The latest incident involves alleged fighting between several individuals outside the apartments early Saturday morning. The fighting may have resulted in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old youth whose body was found dumped several blocks away early Sunday morning, according to police.
Police homicide detectives are investigating the possibility that the dead youth found behind Century Apartments was actually killed outside the Helena complex.
A group of students residing at the Helena Apartments expressed anger at the way University Security handled the incident involving the alleged fight outside Helena. Residents reporting the incident requested their names not be used to protect themselves from the individuals involved the fight, which police believe may have been gang-related.
The incident began when a resident heard loud screams coming from directly below her window at Helena. She ran out of her
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