“You’ve been elected president of Student Government,”...
“You’ve been elected president of Student Government,” says one Chance-type card in the board game. “Pay $20 to every player that voted for you.”
It’s “U.S.C.OPOLY,” billed as a “temporary relief from the occasional pain of education.”
The political payoff card is a joke related to USC’s history of rigged campus elections as well as its many graduates-turned-Watergate-figures.
“We try to tailor each game to the particular university,” said Bill Schulte of Ohio-based Late for the Sky Productions, which has created about 50 such games ($25 each).
“U.S.C.OPOLY,” which was approved by USC, contains references to such off-campus haunts as the 901 Club saloon and Tommy’s Hamburgers. But some elements of the school’s lifestyle are missing. For instance, players navigate the board with wooden tokens instead of miniature Porsches, Mercedes and BMWs.
And, prices seem out of date. A Chance-type card allows a player to buy a USC diploma for $100.
Don’t worry, Trojan fans. You’ll get a measure of revenge in a few days, when we skip across town to review another game, “U.C.L.A.OPOLY.”
After a surf shop was shut down and the owners arrested on drug charges, Frank McDonald of Redondo Beach noticed that someone had posted a handwritten sign on the vacant premises:
“Closed Due to Snow.”
Problems of the rich: The Rolling Hills City Council unanimously voted to introduce an ordinance that would require residents to obtain a conditional-use permit to build a detached room for their maids.
Downfall of Western Civilization (cont.): Parents often seem shocked and bewildered these days by teen music idols such as M. C. Hammer, Madonna and Prince. So, who were their equivalents a half century ago? When the school newspaper at Manual Arts High polled the students in 1937, the most popular music group was . . .
Benny Goodman’s orchestra, followed by the bands of Jimmy Lunceford and Jan Garber.
A historical note, kids: These musicians were heard via a pre-MTV medium known as radio.
An enormous, lighted Christmas tree sits atop a South Bay dealership. Don’t read anything into the fact that the goodies underneath the tree are cars awaiting repairs and servicing in the dealer’s garage.
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LAX officials say the busiest day at the airport last year was Dec. 22--a Friday--when arriving and departing passengers numbered 96,777. The topper this year could be Friday, Dec. 21.
