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"Problem Solving end Dacl • ion Makl~g for hUc of an lnslitute of Real Estate Mana,CJI 13 to 19 at the Umwcsity of San Di~ot erence Center. The course will examine th physical and fiscal aspects of property as well as planning for the future of ~uch a property. Cost is $175. For registration, call (312) 661-1930. --- oparty Manager • " is the minar to be held from Aug.

Party Turns Violent; Youth Is Slain Pr~~Q~ge Revelry Results in Arrest ofTeen-Age Host By JA".{;1iRAINEY, Times Staff Writer

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Matthew Horeczko threw him- self a party at his parents' home in San Pedro on Thursday, the night before he was to leave for his first year in college. Wade Hashimoto of Torrance was one of at least 150 teen-agers who came from all around the South Bay to enjoy the end-of-summer bash. But by the end of the gathering in a normally placid middle-class section of the community over- looking Los Angeles Harbor, Hash- imoto was dead, Horeczko was in Jail on suspicion of his murder and two other youths were recovering from stab wounds. Police, relatives and friends sald Saturday they were still trying to understand how two seemingly nonviolent, wholesome boys would become involved in such a bloody confrontation. · Los Angeles Police Homicide Detective James Vena said Hore- czko's parenUI were out of town the night of the party in the 1800 block of Chandeleur Drive. Vena said accounUI vary as to whether the party was supposed to be by invitation only but, regard- less, young people arrived from all over. "Everyone said the party was real fun and there were no prob- lems until the very end," Vena said. At a little after 10 p.m., someone turned off the blaring mUBic and announced on a disc-jockey's mi- crophone that everyone should go

home, neighbors said. But some guesUI who arrived late did not want to leave and congre- gated in front of the house, said William Steel, who lives across the street. A series of fighUI broke out and then a few teen-agers began throwing bottlea and debris at the house, Vena said. "It looked like a war zone to me," Steel said. "There was pandemoni- um in the streeta ... fist fighUt and kids running :n all directions." Detective Vena declined to pro- vide details about the attack on Hashimoto, 19, saying only that he was standing in front of the house when he was stabbed in the chest by Horeczko, 18. Hashimoto died at the scene. Two other 19-year-olds, Derek Gray of Hawthorne and Jose Rom- ero of Carson, also were stabbed and taken to San Pedro Peninsula Hospital, Vena said. The detective declined to say whether Horeczko is suspected of those attacks. Gray was treated and released and Rom- ero was in good condition at the hospital Saturday. Vena said that Horeczko told investigators that he stabbed Hashimoto in self defense. The case will be presented to the district attorney's office Monday or Tues- day, Vena said. Horeczko and Hashimoto, who apparently did not know each oth- er, were both described as amiable, athletic young men.

Horeczko was an all-league full - back and defensive back last fall at Mary Star of the Sea High School in San Pedro, according to his coach, Jerry Aguilar. The 5-foot, 11-inch, 185-pound Horeczko was due to report today for his first football practice at the University of San Diego. ttaahhnoto also played football before graduating from Torrance High School in 1988. His parents said Saturday that he had been working part-time as a pizza deliv- eryman and preparing next month to begin his second year at El Camino College in Torrance, where he studied business. Hashimoto, 5 feet, 8 inches and 160 pounds, liked to go out with his friends but never got into trouble, his mother said Saturday. "He loved to go out to parties. We always cautioned him to be careful," said Carol Hashimoto, a school teacher. But she said Wade told her not to worry, saying, "Everybody likes to go out and see their friends. It's fun."

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AUS Z O1989 IAJ)Pli~~fions Hit Record Highs for U.S. LawSchools Increase Attributed to Impact ofTelevision Hit 'L.A. Law' By ~~HAMSON, Times Staff Wnte,- For the first time in more than 15 years, la"' school applications in the United States are breaking records. At the California Western School of Law in San Diego the expectation of a record number of first-year students has led Dean Michael H. Dessent to take the unusual step of assigning himself to teach a class. "The dean's going to have to put on the raincoat and boots, watch out for the tomatoes and get back in there," Dessent said. The unprecedented interest in law school-reflected in record applications at the University of San Diego, UCLA, USC and elsewhere-is attributable m farge part to a single law firm, admissions officials believe. That would be the firm of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney & Kuzak. They practice on the weekly television series. "L.A. Law " "Everybody wants to say !the increase is due to] 'L.A. Law'," said Nancy C. Ramsayer, director of 'I decided to go to law school before the show, but the competition was a lot tougher because of the show. I think it's directly related to the TV show, the glamour on TV.' Cal Weatem student Jeanna Taber admissions at Cal Western. "I keep wanting to discount that, saying 1t may have just something to do with 1t. " ... However, the other day I had someone telling me they were doing a research project, and they had to do so much research, and it wasn't like 'L.A. Law' at all. And I thought, oh my God, maybe it 1s that." In line last week at the financial aid office at Cal Western, incoming student David Guglielmi, 22, of Washington, D.C., said that indeed "L.A. Law" dtd play a part in his decision to apply to law school. The show portrays "younger people having a good time, making a lot of money, the fine clothes," he said. That image is what "people are buying into. That's what I bought into." Jeanne Taber, 23, of Eugene, Ore., another incoming student, said that she has never watched the show, but ·she' c •d it still affected her application. "I decided to go to law school before the show but the competition was a lot tougher because of the show," she said. 'I tlunk it's directly related to the TV show, the glamour on TV ·· While Cal Western. an independent law school accredited by ,he American Bar Assn., has been able to expand its class size from 240 to about 300 to accommodate increases applications, most top UCLA received 6,533 applicants- "clearly a re- cord"-for the 320 spaces in this fall's class, Michael Rappaport, dean of admissions at UCLA, said. That was a 16.5% increase over the 5,607 applicants for the 1988-89 entering class, he said. "The thing that's interesting about the statistics 1s not only is the number of applicants way up but the quahty of applicants also is up," Rappaport said. "What we find ts that we are turning down people who would have been admitted several years ago, even last year." Tuition at UCLA is $832.25 per semester, Rappaport said. But even a tuition of $15,316, which is what the coming year will cost at USC, dtd not deter applicants. USC received a record 3,450 applicants for this year's class of about 190, said Robert M. Saltzman, dean of students. At TJSD, officials received a record 3,570 applications for 320 spaces, said Young, the assistant dean. Just two years ago, the school received 2.450. That's a 46% increase. Young ordered 40,000 brochures last fall, figuring they would last two years. Instead, the school sent out 28,000 last year alone and needs to reorder, she said. Stanford received a record 5,255 applicants for a class of 170, or 31 applications for each opening, said Dora Hjertberg, director of admissions. In San Fra"fis- Please see LAW, Pag110 schools don't have that luxury. 6,533 Applied for 320 Space•

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)ple steered away from busmess. Medi- cal schools have been down for several years, though they are bouncing back, and with talk of national health insurance 1t no tonger is the golden profession it once was m terms of earnmgs." Whether it is a beneficial trend that more students are interested m the law is another matter for debate. 'Good Profession' Colin W. Wied, a San Diego attorney who is the current presi- dent of the State Bar of California, where there are more than 117,000 active attorneys, believes the m- terest in law schools reveals "a lot of people view [law] as a good profession to be in." "Just as an oliservation, [the wave of applications! seems to me to belie the notion that law is a discredited profession,'' Wied said. "Just for starters. These are non- lawyers out there who, notwith- standing alt the negative things that have been said recently about law and lawyers, want to be law- yers. I find that encouraging." But the trend may have a distinct downside, said Rappaport, dean of admissions at UCLA. "I swear we are seeing a grow- ing, disproportionate number of technical backgrounds [among ap- plicants]," Rappaport said. "Com- puter sciences, engmeermg ma1ors. biology, chemistry, people out working in these fields, people with Ph.Ds. from MIT and Caltech ap- plying to law school." Rappaport emphasized that. hts observations were not yet stat1st1- caily bolstered and he had just a "hunch "But "it's what I'm seeing. And if ;.,hat I'm seeing is true, it's something we all ought to be concerned about. It suggests a real brain drain into the legal professwn from the sciences and other techni- cal areas, which frankly are more important to the 21st Century than lawyers. And, yes, you can quote me."

Tiuu,wum wst money uy a.Person deciding to go to law school. The second factor, Kennish said, is the "perception of opportunities for law:)'ers, which I beheve are not driven by 'L.A. Law,' but rather reflected by 'L.A. Law,' that there are in fact great opportunities for lawyers. . "'L.A. Law' gives the perceptton that people come out of law school and take $85,000-a -year jobs. So when you combine a~ imp_roved perception of opportumty with an improved economic environment, I believe you have a very improved climate for an increase in law school applications." Since NBC aired the first edition of "L.A. Law" on Sept. 15, 1986. Charles B. Rosenberg, the Los Angeles lawyer ·1;ho is legal advis- er to the show, said he has "heard many people say that the show 1s the cause or a ma1or cause of the increase in law school applica- tions." lQlamorous and Interesting' Though he said he doubts it is the primary cause, "I ~uess the best.I can say is that 11 certamly 1s possible that 1t contributes to that trend because it does tend to pamt the profession as glamorous and interesting." . . . Other admissions offtctals point to other television dramas as rea- sons behind the increase-as well as additional factors. "There has been a heightened awareness of the profession due to things like the Bor,k h_earings,_ the lrangate hearings,' said Wadhng- ton, admissions director at Hastings in San Francisco, referrmg to con- gressional hearings probing the nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court of Robert Bork and the Iran-Contra affair. "You know, every time I turn around there's something legal on the tube," Wadlington said. " • . , J thmk that also other professions have _slid as far as attractiveness. I think Black Mon- day !the October 1987 Wall Street

~chool applications were down, that law school applications would level off or maybe just keep gomg down." Bottomed in 1985-86 Interest in iaw school, which had reached a previous peak in 1973-74, bottomed out in 1985-86, satd Wtl• ham J. Kennish, vice president. of operations for Law School Admis- sion Services in Newtown. Pa. LSAS runs the Law School Ad- mission Test, wluch along with an applicant's college grade pomt av- erage is used by most schools to !ilnk candidates. In 1973-74, LSAS dmimstered about 135,400 tests, i{enmsh said. In 1985-86, the end of 12 years of decline, the number ~dministered was down to about 91,400, Kenmsh said. In the 1988-89 testing year, the one during which most people who applied for this fall's entermg class took the exam, LSAS administered 136,367 tests, Kennish said. "So we have in fact made up more than 12 years of decline in three years of mcreases," he said. "Everyone asks if it's 'L.A. Law' and so forth," Kennish said. " . . . What's happened, I think, ts that two factors have changed dramall- cally." . The first, he said, is·economtc. "II the perception is that the economy ,s unsound," Kennish said instead of going to law school, coll~ge graduates figure, 'Jeez,.1:,ve got to get into the marketplace. Willln1 to Sa

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COMMENTARY BiE°kebtaff-Jones team brings its strong tradition to Seattle Tuesday's news. He would S EA'M'LE - To understand the GUEST COLUMN understand how perfect _this reunion friendship between Bernie ~~~~~=7=7'---- is. And he would appreciate the Bickerstaff and K.C. Jones, you STEVE KELLEY irony of the new billing. have to understand Bickerstaffs taff •d When Jones became coach of t!1e dislike for golf. right away," Bickers sai then-Capital Bullets in 1973, he hired Bickerstaff would rather run with Tuesday night. "! liked his honesty, Bickerstaff as an assistant. Back the bulls in Pamplona than pitch his sense of loyalty. 1 had always then, it was Jones and Bickers_talf.. liked the way he played. He was. Is th with a wedge at Augusta. Oral hard-nosed. Straight up. He was JUSt They went to the NBA fina m ell' surgery is more fun for him than a someone 1 had always admired. K.C. second season, losing to Golden downhill !().foot putt. Adogleg par-5 b t h , State in four games. . hole l ·s h1·s last frontier, isn't very loquacious, u es very Now, 16 years later, Bickers.talf IS candid. You couldn't be in awe of t. Bickerstaff dislikes playing golf him because K.C. is just people. He's the head coach, Jones the assIStan the way some ol us dislike jogging, very nice. Maybe too nice. 'Kase' is Bickerstaff and Jones: ~me or doing yard work. or hhng our tax the type of guy who just gives and lriendship, different b1llmg. ,, . returns. He turns down golf dates "K.C. is a true professional, S3ld d bl' d gives and gives." h t' h 11 of the way we used to turn own m Bickerstaff and Jones are family, Bickerstaff, 45. "T a w ere a dates. I this f ii as his experience comes m. K.C. has But Bickerstaff, the coach of the a nd th e patriarch O am y w worked on every level of Phil Woolpert. The com!11on t_hread H NBA's Seattle SuperSonics, likes in both of their careers IS their professional basketball. e K.C. Jones, and K.C. likes golf. . relationship to Woolpert. For both, understands the protocol. . Bernie likes K.C. so much that twice be was their college coach, career "I don't consider myself to be bis they played golf together - the only counselor and guiding light. boss. I don't look at it like that. We, times Bickerstaff has played the Woolpert, who died of cancer two all work together. When I was K.C. s game. He suffered through two years ago, coached a University of assistant, he always allowed mput, rounds because he liked the San Francisco team that included but J also understood that he bad the company, not the course. Jones and Bill Russell to the NCAA final word. K.C. and_ I have talked Bickerstaffs score, by the way, was title in 1955 _Adecade later, about this a lot. I will want a lot of off the record. . Woolpert coached Bickerstaff at_ the input from K.C. That's why he's Bickerstaff and Jones are family University of San Diego It was m here." 1 I nd ince the NCAA San Diego that the Bickerstaff-Jones Jones 57, is a winner, the way Final Four of 1970, when they sat in friendship was solidified. Bickerstaff Secreta~iat was a winner, the wa~ a hospitality suite near College succeeded Woolpert at USD, and the old Yankees and the young Ali Park, Md., and talked hoops mto the Jones became the coach of the San were winners. On every level, from night. They are so close that when Diego Conquistadors of the . . player to coach, Jones has won Bickerstaff heard that Jones, who, American Basketball Association. championships - an NCAA . was working in the lloston Celtics "Before Phil moved 10 Sequim championship, a 1956 Olympic _gold front ofltce, was itching to return to (Wash.), the three of us used to get medal, eight NBA championships as coaching, he got busy finding a way together at bis house and talk about a player, two more as a ~acb. to get Jones to Seattle. basketball and life," Bickerstaff Jones was Bill Sharman s Bickerstaff and Jones are as close said. "Phil used to tell us that if you assistant when the Los Angeles as Butch and Sundance. Now they did it right, the game was really Lakers won the 1972 NBA ti!le. H~ are together again K.C. Jones has very simple. Phil was our bond. He's won seven divisional champ1onsh1ps become the Sonics' assistant coach the guy who pulled us all together." in his eight seasons as a head coach. and basketball consultant. h 1 ed His winning percentage is .706. •·When we met, we just hit ii off Woolpert would ave ov

"When he was a player, he wasn't a good hooter, but K.C. knew when to take the shot and when to give the ball up," Bickerstaff said. "And he always played that tough, tough