The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 10, 1982, Image 1

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Sepulveda has been professor of international law and international organizations at El Colegio de Mexico for 15 years and has published several books and articles on * nfi AW r* 1 unci iiauuuai aiiauo. His visit is timely because de la Madrid will take office Dec. 1 as Mexico's 21st president. De la Madrid will inherit from incumbent Lopez Portillo a country with many political problems. According to Time magazine, Mexico is "in the throes of a profound economic and social crisis." "Inflation is running at an annual rate of about 60 percent, and last February the Mexican peso suffered a 40 percent devaluation." As a result, Mexico's $52 billion foreign debt is among the highest in the Third World, according to Time. Newly elected off By Ann Farmer Carolina Program Union's newly elected officers will begin next month to reinforce the organization's new image, they said. Sophomore Glenn German and senior / J| ? i i v v 'ii 1.1 _ . _ _ i _ J -:fl mcnara Hamilton were recently eieciea <m president and vice president, respectively, ifl| for 1983. |JI The new officers said the major problems ^ that must be addressed are CPU's image, low membership and occasional lack of communication. The recent name change (CPU was called Russell House University ; Union) is part of promoting student awareness of the Union's purpose, German said. "Since the building is called Russell more aware House University Union, we had people coming in to complain about the dining To keep services or the games in the gamerooms. Hamilton s We don't have anything to do with that," he calendar of said. campus anc bers, reside campus org; GERMAN, a journalism major, said he wants the Union to soonsor more events in membershi] cooperation with other campus groups, such students. J as Interfraternity Council and the requiremen Association of Afro-American Students, to J* three coi boost the Union's image. have nine c< Both Gei "The biggest problem is when students began wort say 'we didn't know about it (the union)," members. Crime at USC d By Glenn Burkins 1 1 3] Occurences of seven major crimes decreased by 7.4 percent in the first nine months of 1982, according to figures released by a USC official. The decrease was from 718 incidents from January to p] September 1981, to 665 incidents during the same period in n 1982. The seven major crimes are murder, rape, robbery, assault, breaking and entering, larceny and motor vehicle theft. si The largest reduction was robbery, which decreased 62.5 0) percent, from eight incidents in the aforementioned 1981 ^ period to three incidents in the same period in 1982. Rape showed the largest increase, from one incident in 1981's e period to two in 1982's. THESE TWO STATISTICS should not be viewed as drastic Si changes, said Carl Stokes, systems vice president for law tl enforcement and safety. Because there have been so few incidents of either crime, any change at all would seem drastic, Stokes said. ^ Other crimes that show increases are breaking and en- r< tering, which increased from 80 to 115 incidents, and motor c vehicle theft, which increased from 19 to 21, while larceny decreased from 580 to 498 incidents. There were no incidents of murder in either year. a Of the 115 incidents of breaking and entering, 88 occurred u in living quarters and 27 occurred in offices and classrooms. P Stokes said although this area has shown a significant 'I decrease, the number could be further decreased through h greater student and faculty awareness. P - ~ Campus Crim Jan-Sept 1981 JanSep - ' r::. -K-V . : r / .% : v. Murijof 0 fl ^ *"* I *.. * 4 > >","" *-'<< .\ ^" * . Sap# 1 a V.O.- &&,'!: vW?V:<t ^C- : ' ItoWwry 8 3 ' .' ' &':' : :'.; . ,:: : ' : x xxv':-. ' - V ,': . .'." ' ** *- AA ?i Assault ju a B larceny 580 491 Motor Vehicle Theft 19 21 . : . .... iTotala 718 _8i icers hope to reinfo 'The biggest problem stiiflente Qau 'uuo rlirln' V.^IgE; U&MUVII&U WU | WWW UIUIB Pu ? ^ir about (the union). We' students to be more a\ \ "hat we're doing.' - Vice pre Carolina Pn id. "We want the students to be "IN THE FAST few years 01 of what we're doing." kept increasing, but our men students better informed, remained basically the sam aid he plans to introduce a s * Union events to post around Hamilton said he hones there I distribute among CPU mem- Hamilton saia ne nopes tnere >nce hall advisers and other communication between Uruor anizatkms. and other campus organization: aid he hopes to increase Union "A few times it has happei which is now about 80 committees have events plai He stressed that the only same night, or a Union event \ t for membership is attendance with another organization's pre nmittee meetings, and students can keep communication line )mmittees from which to choose. student atterfdance will be gr< man and Hamilton said they program," Hamilton said. ting in the Union as committee Among activities cominj ecreases Larceny, the largest problem facing University Police, is mother area that Stokes said has decreased because of udent and faculty efforts. DURING THE FIRST nine months of 19ft2 Slftft.222 in roperty was stolen from living quarters and offices. Of that, alice recovered $55,924, a 30.2 percent recovery rate. Stokes lid the national recovery rate is 18 to 20 percent. He added that some of the property was recovered because :udents have begun playing a greater role in notifying police F suspicious persons in the dorms. He said he hopes the Dlicy of checking USC student identifier jr. cards will irther decrease the occurence of larceny and breaking and ntering. "I hope that students don't resent this (checking IDs)," tokes said. "It's for them and their protection, not to find out lings about them." Stokes said persons who have a legitimate reason to be on ampus have nothing to worry about, even if they are not ISC students. The policy is aimed at those who have no eason to be on campus or who have been warned to stay off ampus. ALTHOUGH USC is public property, police have the utnority 10 remove trespassers, btoKes saia, because tne niversity is a residential area. "We have people here who ay rent, and it is up to us to make sure that they are safe, 'he police are reactionary; we can only react after a crime as been committed. By checking IDs, maybe we can revent crimes." if" Statistics it 1982 Difference % Change n \ . *' * - -.i- ^ % . " * * V \ ^ ' % V VS ! 1 100 I 8 -62.S I 9 30 i 38 43,0 I 82 14.1 | 7 36.8 1 S3 7.4 rce Union image semester, Hamilton said he is most enthusiastic about the annual Spring Bizarre, while German said he believes the is WhCII presentation of the Tony Award-winning t Irnnuif musical "Evita" will be the hit of the I KnOW season. "Evita" is coming April 11-13 as Want the part of USC's Cultural Series. ware of GERMAN SAID he hopes the Union's budget will bring good news. The Union is trying to get a fixed percentage of student fees, German said, instead of having to go through the paperwork of submitting a JSldent elect separate budget for each committee. Jflram Union The Union will be better able to effectively Ifd Hamilton Utilize its money if the percentage budget is approved, German said. "I feel like I'm coming in at the best possible time, with the new name and the ir budget has budget situation,'' German said. nbership has _ e," German 1 Inside will be more i committees *USC students can get credit next 5. semester learning how to quit smoking, [led that two manaSe stress or lose weight. Page 4. ined for the "Buried Child," Sam Shepard's Pulitzer las coincided Prize-winning drama, opens tomorrow at tgrams. If we Longstreet Theatre. Page 10. S open, then U I' f. li n^AriiiiT firm* jater at each " . ' 6 "*? , Tr ,V guard from the 1950s, now a colonel in the U.S. Air Force teaches at U.SC. Page 13. I up next ZZL