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NEWS BRIEFS
NATIONWIDE
TOKYO (AP)?A man who placed one of five containers
of nerve gas on Tokyo subway trains became
one of the thousands of victims of the deadly attack
and is being treated in a hospital, reports
said today.
Japanese television and newspapers said police
were waiting for the man to recover sufficiently for
questioning.
The death toll from the attack during Monday's
morning rush hour climbed to eight Tuesday with
the deaths of a second subway employee and another
passenger.
Another 75 people remained in critical condition,
officials said.
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a nre uepanment ornciai, laxasm iamagism,
said 4,695 people had been treated and nearly 700
remained hospitalized.
The three lines contaminated by sarin, a highly
toxic nerve gas, resumed operation today after military
chemical-warfare experts in masks and protective
clothing sprayed chemicals in subway cars
and platforms to neutralize the gas.
Sarin, a nerve gas developed by the Nazis in
World War II, is heavier than air, so it is difficult to
remove from underground subway tunnels.
TODAY
Today is Wednesday, March 22, the 81st day of
1995. There are 284 days left in the year.
Today's hlgWltfit h history:
One hundred years ago, on March 22,1895, Auguste
and Louis Lumiere showed their first movie
to an invited audience in Paris; this is generally regarded
as the first public display of a movie projected
onto a screen. (The film showed workers exiting the
Lumiere factoiy.)
On this data:
In 1765, Britain enacted the Stamp Act to raise
money from the American colonies. (The act was repealed
the following year.)
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xi i x en, vuiigi cm pasocu a iaw piuiuuiuiig American
vessels from supplying slaves to other countries.
In 1820, U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was
killed in a duel with Commodore James Barron near
Washington, D.C.
In 1882, Congress outlawed polygamy.
In 1894, hockey's first Stanley Cup championship
game was played; the home-team Montreal Amateur
Athletic Association defeated the Ottawa Capitals
3-1.
In 1933, during Prohibition, President Roosevelt
signed a measure to make wine and beer containing
up to 3.2 percent alcohol legal.
NOTEBOOK
Nominations for advisor award due Friday
Nominations for the university's Adviser of the
Year award are due Friday.
The nominee must be a USC employee whose position
responsibilities don't entail advising the respective
student organization.
Forms are available in the Campus Activities
Center. Inquiries and nominations should be directed
to Adrians Nichols, graduate assistant of
Leadership Training Programs, in the Campus Activities
Center in the Russell House.
RH room lottery to be Tuesday
The Russell House room lottery for student organizations
will be Tuesday in Russell House 203.
The purpose of the lottery system is to accommodate
the high demand for room usage in the Russell
House. The highest level of demand is for ballroom
reservations. However, the lottery will apply
to all reservable rooms in the Russell House.
The first ballroom date and meeting room reservations
will he selerteH at 9 A.m The aemn/l Kail
room date will be selected at 10 a.m. Academic space
won't be reserved until Sept. 11.
For more information, call the Russell House reservation!
st at 777-7127
AKA to present women's history program
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority will present a women's
history program, "From There to Here," at 7:30
p.m. today in the Capstone Campus Room. Admission
is free.
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CRIST1NA ROJAS Staff Writer
USC's radio station, WUSC-FM, may undergo
extensive changes in its format beginning
this fall.
"We plan to implement three basic goals,"
said journalism senior Patrick Bryant, leader
of a group of students seeking to change the
station's format.
"Every time we do something, there are
three things that weH go back to."
The first of his goals is to change WUSC
to provide an educational environment for the
students involved.
"Students need to be learning not only
about the radio station itself, but also to get
the fed about real-life radio operations," Bryant said
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Nine complaints of harassing telephone ^
calls were filed by students with USCPD in ^
February, according to incident reports.
Moreover, ifs estimated that more than 1 ^
million harassing calls were made last year -j,
in the United States, according to the Division
of Law Enforcement and Safety. a(
Most harassing calls made on campus are p(
by a former boyfriend and girlfriend of the ^
person receiving the call, said Carl Stokes, di- cj,
rector of Law Enforcement and Safety.
Stokes said he could recall some reports di
of threatening calls.
"We haven't had any, though, that I think m
would actually follow through with it," he di
added.
Whether a disturbing call is threatening iti
or obscene, students are advised to hang up
when they recognize something out of the or- to
dinaiy. USCPD warns students not to try to
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The Sorority Council's "Backlash Bake f
Sale" was challenged and then changed to ed- 11
ucate students about salary disparities without
illustrating the concept through pricing. ^
The bake sale's original intent was to sell
items to males for $1 and females for 73 cents. r
The bake sale, a Sorority Council fund-raiser ti
for Women's History Month, was challenged
by law school student Lawrence Wedekind. d
"The one thing that I wanted to make clear
was that the right to protest against discrim- e
ination does not equal the right to practice dis- P
crimination, even if it is for a good cause,"
Wedekind said. a
His complaint, filed with the University w
Equal Opportunity Office, resulted in the bake
sale educating students with posters instead ^
of offering different prices based on gender, j (
It is undisputed that discrimination and V
salary disparities exist in the workplace,"
Wedekind said, "and they must be brought to U
poses new
"After having worked with WUSC, you
should be able to walk into a real station and
feel comfortable," Bryant said.
"This is definitely the most important goal,"
said journalism junior Shawn Moffatt, who
actively supports the changes at WUSC and
is working with Bryant.
"Over the past few years, a team of about
10 of us got together and re-evaluated things
that have to be done with the radio," Bryant
said.
"Nothing about the way WUSC is currently
being managed is negative, but it is not fulfilling
the duties that a student organization
should."
"I don't think it represents the students as
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SCPD, students should not talk openly about
rank calls since they are frequently made by p]
3ople closest to them, including friends, fam- it
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jssible, instead of a phone number. Prank
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In instances of callers who claim to have re
aled the wrong number, USCPD warns ce
gainst correcting the caller by repeating the ai
imber just called, since this could entice the
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ve, annoying calls to the department.
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ies on behalf of women." Jj
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angerous precedent," Wedekind said.
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vent, and it's harmless," said Kelly Olson, |
resident of the Women Students' Association. U
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career, and these are the realities of this H
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represent the USC population like it should p
be doing."
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said the term "alternative" refers to the diversity
of the music WUSC plays, not the style o
of music played. He said WUSC's policy is to s
play multicultural music as well as many other
genres. *
"The station has existed as alternative for
almost 15 years," he said. I3
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is wrong," Bryant said, "but there's potential ^
for stuff that can be done, and we have no intention
of bang second. We plan on being No. 1." Lofton
said WUSC already is the training
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SCPD, they are given a log to track the times w
the calls. Additionally, victims are asked to
icord information such as the content of the
ill and characteristics of the caller's voice
id any background noise. *This
information is used by investigators
establish a pattern that could reveal the ^
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round for broadcasters and the place to experiment
that Bryant wants it to be.
There is no limit to how far you can go at
STUSC," Lofton said.
He said several WUSC alumni have gone
n to Derform in some canacitv at area radio
tations.
WUSC music director Eric Greenwood said
he radio station is fine the way it is.
"WUSC is right now the best it has ever
een," Greenwood said. "We have more disc
>ckeys than we've ever had, and trade reports
link we're as progressive as we've ever been."
Bryanfs second goal is to provide a medial
for more USC students.
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29225' airs
IT PWUITT Staff Writer
The new Student Government Senate will
its first piece of legislation today after elect:
a president pro tempore at last week's
eting.
A host of freshmen and incumbent sena3
have combined their efforts to formulate
^solution proposing to record and televise
late meetings. The resolution will come to
floor for its first reading today.
Hie purpose of the resolution is to allow
dents unable to attend Senate meetings,
ether because of time constraints or other
90ns, to maintain their right to monitor the
late.
Fhe meetings would be recorded by WCFG,
a branch of student media. The station
ild televise the meetings at its discretion,
h no less than two broadcasts per week.
The cost of televising the Senate for one
demic year would be about $100. The cost
ideocassettes would account for about $60
his total, and the cost of the liaison with
FG would be about $20 per semester, or
' a year.
iVCFG, according to the resolution, has
eed to the terms and will cooperate if the
flution is passed. The resolution doesn't
when the meetings would begin being telesd.
1 passed, the resolution will be reviewed
he end of the 1995-96 Senate to update,
nge or revoke it as the Senate deems necuy.
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BST1N ISOETT Staff Writer
The Residence Hall Association will prent
a live student call-in talk show tonight to
swer questions about housing registration.
RHA President Cereasa Crouch will be the
st of "Columbia, 29225," which will feature
;ne Luna, business director of Housing and
sidential Services, and representatives from
e Residential College and from Marriott food
rvices.
This is meant to be a fun half hour for stunts
to call and ask about sign-ups," said Cynia
Steele, assistant director for marketing
d conferences.
Steele said some "interesting characters"
11 appear on the program. Among them will
a student dressed in goggles and swimming
a* to talk about summer housing, and a "VanWhite-type
to showcase the prizes we're of
ing," sne said.
Students whose questions are asked on the
will receive gift certificates to Yesterdays
staurant & Tavem, Peaches or Blockbuster
isic. RHA also will raffle a computer, mifridge
and food supplies during sign-up week.
The talk show will air at 7:30 p.m. tonight
channels 5 and 8. Students wishing to call
can reach the program at 7-4689.
'We've got a good half hour between the
ws and the channel 8 movies," Steele said,
will be kind of funky, but ifs a good way to
students know about what's going on and
jut the new changes in housing."
Housing sign-up will be Monday, Tuesday,
klnesday and April 4,10,11 arid 13 in the
ssell House. Sign-up booklets ait*, available
area offices and Housing and Residential
rvices.
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