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l^Ml LoW 69 AMY SBARPELLA Staff Writer
fThe verdict is in, and O.J. Simpson is acTHURSDAY
quitted of double murder charges.
1 Rainy Although the trial is over, the public certainly
"4 High 76 hasn't heard the end of it. The O.J. Simpson triLow
69 al is a can of worms that has not only exposed
two gruesome murders and the possible incrimination
of a national sDorts hero, but has iirmli
INSIDE cated sinister activities on the already-suspect
Los Angeles police department.
Authorities, including the president, wince
as they ponder possible reactions to the sur
.. prisingly swift decision. But another unlikely
I- 1 ^ | suspect still awaits judgment ? the judgment
a of professor Eddith Dashiell of Ohio UniversiMlF
x-f-O ty. Her target? The media.
* ii Dashiell is concerned that the media portrays
> | African Americans as victims. In her presentav
3 mlki \ f tion last Friday in the Carolina Coliseum, Dashiell
:> :.S V V :' explored how racism is exhibited by the broadcast
media.
Tea time
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to dance the night away.
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coach Wally Bumham sees ?? v J SPI
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part in an exchange program. The mE
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The Academic Skills Program P mR ^111 /
will host a Drop-In Seminar to- |r flf / J0
day from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 pjn. in I pE|B! f
Russell House room 303. The work- | Jl \ | ~
shop will focus on conquering fear. " Sm 1
To sign up, call 777-6688. W. gv ?F
Caroar Cantor to hold tfadaaU school
workshop today
The USC Career Center will
sponsor a workshop entitled "Is ? ?~*~"
Graduate School for You?" from 3
to 5 p.m. today in Business Administration
801A. Contact the
Career Center at 777-7280.
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Into the Streets will meet at Larceny of wallet, McMaster Col- table, ar
7:30 p.m. today in Russell House lege. Victim reported that unknown theprer
room 205. Call 777-8402. persons removed the wallet from
an unsecured location. Estimated Larcen
National Depression loss: $41. Library
Screening Day is Thursday known.
The Counseling and Human Larceny of decal, S-12 Lot. Two from an
Development Center will sponsor different victims reported that un- was reC(
free depression screening Thurs- known persons had removed the
day. The screening is open to all USC parking decals from their re- . 4^
students, faculty and staff. The spective vehicles. Estimated loss in ,U, *3
free program will be held at 10 each case: $1.
a.m., noon, 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. in ported tr
the Counseling and Human De- Sunday October 1 secu
velopment Center s conference Malicious injury to real properroom
located on the first floor at ty Cap8tone. Victim reported that
900 Assembly St., suite 101. unknown persons apparently fired a Vlc ms t
BB gun into her window from outside.
Estimated damage: $200. Attemp
index Blrom
Malicious injury to real proper- unknowi
Npihc 1 tv T JSC! FWnlfv H nnoo Vinfim ro. hide's Di
ported that unknown persons fired ed unsu*
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3 ing, apparently from the third floor
of Maxcy. Estimated damage: $50. Trespas
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\ Comics 4 ***** Sopt0n,ber 29 ing into
Larceny of household goods, Cap- hour. Su
Classifieds 6 I | I stone Lobby. Victim reported that rested ai
not guilty; mi
She began her inquiry by stating the typical "If i
television tendency to show "a brother, handcuffed,
in an orange prison jumpsuit and flip *
flops." In an effort to systematically study me- SII1C
dia racism, she counted references to 0 J. Simp- yygy
son, Nicole Brown, the Simpson jurors, the LAPD l *
and community groups as found in trial-cover- ?
age transcripts of three major networks.
Contrary to what might be expected, Dashiell p
counted only 10 racial references to O.J. Simp- me(p
son. She said this could be because everyone cejgp
knows he is black, because Simpson is a celebrity.
The majority (21.9%) of statements about pjaR]
the trial referred to Simpson as a "football hero," ^ ^
"celebrity," "actor/ sportscaster," or, more inter- , p
estingly, a "fallen hero." an^
So, O-J.'s celebrity status, not his race, is his
salient characteristic. This led Dashiell to con- .
elude that the media "sanitizes" African-Amer- ^at
ican celebrities "as a TV commodity" ? a theo- gQn,
ry seemingly affirmed by one network's refer- ^
ence to Simpson as an "honorary white man."
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n persons removed a coffee Thursday, ?
i end table, and a chair from Sept 28 BBjjgl
nises. Estimated loss: $300. Larceny, 2 I
counts, Bur- Bi||p|
y of purse, Thomas Cooper ^^7 3rd, B A | W^
. Victim reported that un- Building. Vic- I
Dersons removed her purse tim observed I
unsecured pushcart. Purse male enter ar]
Dvered, estimated loss $10. un secure PQI
room. Later, ij^||
.. .. ., victim noticed % <
faking, grand larceny golf thathersun. DEE
ilossom Garage. Victim re- giasses were "*"
iat unknown persons entered missing from
red vehicle. There were no the room. A police officer
breed enby. Suspect removed ed and detained the suspec
3 and and a CD changer from Street. Suspect was searc
runk. Estimated Loss: $1,785 sent and a clock was fo
bookbag, and he was w
ted larceny auto parts, stolen sunglasses. Suspe
Garage. Victim reported that itively identified by the
o persons pried open the ve- the clock was confirmee
assenger door and attempt- been stolen from the same
xessfully to remove the car Pect confessed and was
sti mated damage: $525 custody.
sing after notice, USC Law Larceny of purse, Cok
Officers noticed suspect look- ences. Victim reported the
building windows at a late Persons removed her pui
spect was stopped, ID'd, ar- unsecured location. Estii
id booked. ' $137
edia blitz t
t was a black guy and a black
lan, you'd never hear about it, but
e it was a white woman, it was blown
out off proportion, and it will always
hat way."
Keillah Spell, freshman
*erhaps Dashiell's study of racial bias in the
ia might be more revealing if limited to nonirity
African Americans. However, her study
ms, along with Johnnie Cochran Jr.'s inimatory
closing remarks, that the trial is
iedly racially charged. Television frequentlaracterized
the Simpson jury, the LAPD
other community groups in racial terms,
it is just these "other groups" ? commugroups
actively interested in the trial ?
may or may not react violently to the Simpferdict.
Graduate student Ameena Kulaib was dis~~
Jewis
celebi
semmy purewal j
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The USC Jewisl
is celebrating 10 di
tion and introspectic
to a conclusion toe
holiest day of the?
Yom Kippur.
The celebratioi
Monday with Ros
which is the New Ye;
ish lunar calendar, t
According to uar
of the Department
Studies, the 10 days
to "be a time of self
in which people mi
ments. It is also a t
fences with somec
have wronged. It is i
by fasting, confession
The 10 days com
max today. Yom K
Tuesday night and ir
of fasting and asltin
ness.
"We don't eat, <
anything into our n
hours," said Rabbi
verstein of Beth SI
tor* Abby go&ueEnglish
sopho- Silverstein said J
is Whits and out the world will be
nlor Brian Grssn all day Wednesday
building a float a.m. and ending at
flomsconilng "See, we don't go
Ths parade will a cubicle. We make
t 3 p.m. at ths fession, all of us ti
^ and spend the whole da?
treats. T*1* Silverstein said,
xnlng carnival "This day is a ti]
ro"1 10 " m* *? ask God for forgiver
oday on ths Evans said. "The si
House patio. the previous nine da
must be make amen
self and others befoi
??Larceny of money, USC Law ?
Victim reported that unknowi
HI sons entered an unsecured offic
pried open the desk drawer; $
cash was taken, and there w
damage to the desk.
H Larceny of wallet, B.A. Com
IHJIE Lab. Victim reported that unk
I III IE persons removed the wallet frc
kfinr unsecured location. Estimatec
Onl $195.
Larceny of wallet, Partial F
then locat- erv Gambrell. Victim reportet
t on Greene unknown persons removed tht
bed by con- )et fr0m an unsecured locatior
und in his wallet was later recovered in a
earing the can> missing some cash and c
ct was pos- car(is. Estimated loss: $10.
victim and
as having Wednesday Sept 27
; room. Sustaken
into Larceny of a w^llet' Computei
Byrnes Center. Victim reportec
a male was suspected to have rer
er Life Sci- wa^et ^rom an unsecured
it unknown tion' lue: *50"se
from an r , ? A .
nated 1 n^- harceny of a wallet, BA Bui
Victim reported that unknowr
sons removed her wallet from a
o continue
appointed at the rapid jury decision: "I knew he
would be found innocent when the jury decided
in a snap."
Communications graduate student Tara Hun
stated, "I think it's sick. After the millions of dollars
spent and all the evidence, that he was found
not eruiltv is sickenine."
Other students bemoaned the racial overtones
of the trial. "If it was a black guy and a
black woman, you'd never hear about it, but since
it was a white woman, it was blown way out of
proportion, and it will always be that way," freshman
Keillah Spell said.
"Race is a factor, but it shouldn't be," senior
Sara Helterman said. "It doesn't matter if Mark
Fuhrman is a racist, because O J. is still guilty".
Business graduate student Anthony Dozier
was bothered by media generalizations of "the
black community." He said, "Have they gone
down from door to door and asked these people
their opinions? I don't think so."
h students
rate new year
Staff Writer God for forgiveness."
Z Staff Writer Bernard Friedman, religious
" counselor and adviser for Hillel,
1 community the Jewish student organization,
ays of reflec- g^ on.campus services aren't
>n that held because the Jewish comiay
with the munity welcomes students into
Jewish year, ^a various synagogues in Columbia
and the surrounding ar ?
eas. There are approximatelyl38
h Hashana, listed Jewish students on camar
on the Jew- ? u..* j ^xi?
pus, uuirneuuuui taumaus uiav
he year 5756. there may be as many as 400.
I Evans, chair "There's really no reason to
of Religious have services here, when the peoare
supposed pie jn the Jewish community wel examination
come students as guests to their
ike improve- services," Friedman said,
ime to mend por the Jewish community,
me you may yom Kppur is a time to start over,
characterized "We're allowed to come to toi
and church." gether to ask God to forgive the
ie to their cli- gjns we've committed and start
ippur began over with a clean slate," Friedlvolves
a time man said.
g for forgive- "It is a time for fasting and going
to the synagogue," said BevIrink
or put erjy Wilson, president of Hillel.
louths for 27 "The holiday lasts from sunPhillip
Sil- down on Tuesday to sundown on
lalom Syna- Wednesday," Wilson said. "On
Wednesday at about sundown,
ews through- Hillel will be sponsoring a breakin
synagogue fast \n the Russell House to sigstarting
at 9 njfy the end of Yom Kippur."
8 p.m. Wilson also commented on reto
a priest in cent talk that some professors are
a public con- giving students unexcused abDgether.
We senCes for missing this day.
1 confessing," "No one I know is having that
problem," she said. "I think if peome
for one to pie would go about it the right
less for sins," way> they would not have a probgnificance
of iem
ys is that one ]0t 0f Jewish students don't
ids with him- ??-i J? "
even lilies tiass uii tucBC Li cry 3,
*e he can ask shesaid>
School. secured location. Multiple credit cards
n per- were taken. Estimated loss: $85.
? and
>25 in Larceny of a printer, Douglas. Vieas
$5 tim reported that unknown persons
removed a computer printer and a
room key from an unsecured room,
puter Estimated $201.
nown
,m an Tuesday Sept 26
I loss: Larceny of a bookbag, Humanities
Office Building. Victim reported
that unknown persons removed her
lecov- bookbag from an unsecured office,
i that Bookbag was later recovered, miss>
vval- in8 $9 in casbi.
The
trash Larceny of bicycle, Gibbes Green
:redit bicycle rack. Victim reported that unknown
persons removed the secured
bicycle and its lock. Estimated Loss:
$170.
. T
Aja"? larceny of money from a vend1
that ing machine and malicious innoved
jury to personal property, Coliloca
seum second level snack room. Victim
reported that unknown persons
pried open the coffee machine and
Iding. removed $100 in cash. There was
1 per- $500 worth of damage to the machine,
n un- Compiled by Luke Robinson