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Tuesday, June 13, in Washington, smog died. The exact cause of death was an apparent overdose of bureaucratic jargon.
The eulogy was delivered by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Douglas Costle, a long-time opponent and critic of smog. At a brief memorial service in Washington, Costle named ozone, the next of kin, as smog’s successor.
Ozone’s job, he said, will be to replace smog in all air pollution programs and official proclamations.
In Hong Kong, veteran smog watchers report that the unexpected death of smog was in fact a coup for the ozone faction, long considered to be only a minor force in the over-cll air pollution picture.
Washington insiders, who prefer to re-
Smog is dead! Long live
ozone!
main anonymous, explained that ozone had been quietly building a power base among officials of the Carter administration. At the same time, smog had been on'the outs.
Smog’s popularity had been slipping in official circles because, observers believe, it was a clearly understandable term for a readily recognizable problem. One official, who preferred to remain nameless but who
was present at the death, termed that situation “intolerable.” Said the official, “The problem with the term smog was that everyone knew what it was.”
Ozone is not well known. It is a relative newcomer in air pollution circles, and it is now being touted by officials as easier to live with than its fate predecessor. It will now be permissible for our air to contain ozone to 0.10 parts per million without violating official standards. Previously, the acceptable level had been 0.8 parts per million. But that was before smog’s death.
Despite Costle’s announcement, circumstances surrounding the death were being hotly disputed by some sources, who suspect foul play. “Smog dead?” said one insider. “It’s enough to bring tears to your eyes.”
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	University of Southern California	
Volume LXXIV, Number 2	Los Angeles, California	Friday, June 16, 1978
$1^069 STOLEN
Travel bureau burglarized again
By Curt Bormann
Editor
Th*> Student Travel Bureau office on the third floor of the Student Union was burglarized for the second time in less than a week last Tuesday night and $1,069 in cash was stolen. No money was taken in the first burglary, Sunday night, but a file cabinet was sawed into, and keys used to lock the office’s moneybags were stolen.
The keys taken in Sunday’s break-in open the moneybags that were stolen Tuesday night. Besides the cash taken in Tuesday’s burglary, over 50 non-negotiable personal checks totalling $10,521 were stolen.
The Los Angeles Police Department’s Southwest Division is investigating the case, but at the present time they have no suspects and no leads.
Dan lives, director of the travel bureau, believed that the burglary was an “inside job.” “It’s hard to believe that someone came from off-campus to do this burglary,” lives said. The travel office was not forcibly entered, and all indications were that the burglar used a key and knew exactly where to go to find the money.
The travel bureau usually deposits its end-of-the-day cash in the walk-in safe of the ticket office on the second floor, but Tuesday the procedure was overlooked.
“We don’t usually leave money in the office over night,” lives said, “it was really a queer thing.” lives said the travel bureau was understaffed and over worked handling student’s summer travel needs, and overlooked putting the money into the safe Tuesday night.
lives, who said he’s experienced one or two burglaries a year since opening the
office, described the amount of money taken as • small” for his office.
“What’s going to be a pain, is those personal checks,” lives said.
lives expressed dissatisfaction with the university’s security policy as it deals with locks and keys. After Tuesday’s break-in, lives said he was having an off-campus locksmith install a deadblot lock on the travel office door.
SMOKE SHOP TREAT
Twinkies out, vitamins in
By Susan Ritchie
StelT Writer
The Hostess Twinkies are gone. In case you haven’t already noticed, the Smokeshop has moved in a supply of vitamins and moved out the Hostess snacks.
The disappearance of Hostess, makers of Twinkies, Ding Dongs, fruit pies and other goodies, has caused an uproar among students.
“A lot of students have complained,” said one Smokeshop employee.
“Hostess was very popular. We used to sell out our supply every day,” said another
The Smokeshop, which is under the jurisdiction of the bookstore, is located in the Commons lobby. It’s original purpose was to supply smoking items and candy.
The discontinuation of Hostess occurred, as one Smokeshop employee explained, “Because we were cutting into their (Food Service) business next door.” Paul Copeland, director of Food Services said Hostess will be moved to the Commons Cafeteria sometime next week.
Steve Crossland, director of the bookstore, said the request to cut Hostess came from his boss, Guy Hubbard, executive director of Auxiliary Services.
“It was just a matter of one department over-stepping another’s boundaries. I’m in the business of selling books and Smokeshop items, not food,” Crossland said.
“We don’t sell T-shirts and they don’t sell edible products,” Copeland said.
Food Services and the bookstore are both under Auxiliary Services.
"We try not to compete,” Crossland said. “We’re best friends,” said Copeland when asked about competition.
Crossland said the Smokeshop would try to cooperate by phasing out some of their food items and replacing them with other items to make up the loss. The Hostess items brought in approximately $2,000 a month.
The food phase-out has been under consideration for almost a year. It was done during the summer when fewer students are around. By the time the majority of the students come back they will have forgotten their old habits and buy other things. Crossland said.
In the meantime, student munchers will just have to make do with what’s left in the Smokeshop and Commons.
STRETCHIN' TO THE UMIT —
Classes come in all shapes, sizes and positions during the summer session. Besides the standards, students can learn everything from electronic synthesizer techniques to the fine art of yoga. Story begins on page 3.