Senate moves for return of student government
BY MARK PATTON
Editor
It has been three years since student government was abolished at the university. But student leaders believe it is the time for its return.
David Blackmar, chairman of the Student Senate, tor-sees a referendum next spring where the students will be able to decide if they want a government or not.
The old student government, the Associated Students of Southern California, was dissolved in 1972 because of corrupt election practices. A programming board, whose sole purpose was to allocate activity funds, was set up immediately afterward.
Students were allowed to serve as representatives on the President’s Advisory Council (There are currently 33 students on the 125-member council), and these students united to form the Student Caucus.
Taking a more aggressive stance in campus affairs recently, the caucus adopted a list of bylaws in late April and changed its name to the Student Senate.
“The senate is made up of students who, for the most part, are new to the scene,” Blackmar said. “It’s a completely different group.
“And the group has a different attitude toward its function—it’s a more aggressive attitude. The senate is a group which will act on the issues rather than react to them after they have already become policy.”
Blackmar s«id that even though the senate currently has only the powers of an advisory body, that does not mean it should be made up of “yes men” to the administration.
“So far, the new senate has had a record of championship quality,” said Robert Gach, undergraduate vice-chairman of the senate. “The only defeats we have suffered are defeats which the entire PAC has suffered.
“Neither the senate or the faculty supported the vote on the parking structure, but President (John R.) Hubbard disregarded our recommendation.”
Ed, Morgan, undergraduate representative to the senate’s executive board, said that students would probably vote against the re-establishment of an official student government at the present time, however.
“It was evidenced by the low voter turnout that the senate is going to have to increase its credibility before the students will have confidence in it as its government,” he said.
“The senate doesn’t deserve to be a student government yet. “We’re going to have to go out and earn it.”
Blackmar agreed.
“Students just don’t have enough confidence in the senate right now,” he said. “The only way we can gain their confidence is to prove we can do something for them.”
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Summer
Trojan
Volume LXVIII, Number 6
University of Southern California
__Los Angeles, California
Tuesday, July 8, 1975
USC SURVEY
Shoppers blame government for high prices
Southern California supermarket shoppers blame the government most of all for higher food prices and think the United States should not send food surpluses to needy nations if such action means higher prices at home.
These composite attitudes were revealed in 2,400 interviews conducted by the univer-sfty food marketing management class in 160 stores operated by major food chains in Los Angeles and Orange counties.
The study was made at the request ofthe Western Association of Food Chains which provided financial support for the research. This is the fourth such study the university has conducted.
On inflated food prices, more than 43 per cent of those interviewed blamed government as
the first-ranking cause, but rated food processors and manufacturers in second place, trailed by labor unions, food wholesalers, the supermarkets themselves, transportation, farmers and cattlemen.
In answer to the question “Do you think that the United States should send food to starving nations if it means higher prices for you?” 59 per cent said no. 32 per cent said yes and nine per cent had no opinion.
Those conducting the research said that the sales of wheat by the United States to other nations and food price inflation may have been a contributing factor to the shoppers’ attitudes.
Broken down by ethnic background they represented, Orientals felt most strongly against sending food abroad if higher
prices were to result. Whites ranked second in this regard, followed by blacks and Mexican-Americans.
An overwhelming 79 per cent perceived food prices to be higher than they were six months ago with the biggest increases seen as being in the grocery departments and the smallest in the meat departments.
With environmentalists active among food consumers, university researchers were not surprised with the 68 per cent “yes” response to the question “Do you think that the government should ban products for sale which are harmful to the environment?”
When the question was restated to include “harmful to individuals,” as well as the environment, the affirmative re-
Hadley named academic VP
BY BRIAN ARNDT
Eagle Rock High School Journalism Workshop
Paul E. Hadley, formerly associate vice-president for academic administration and research, has been appointed interim academic vice-president, succeeding Milton
C.	Kloetzel.
Among Hadley’s new responsibilities is the line administrative relationship with lOschools and one major institute.
“There are 11 major administrators whose reporting line is through this office,” said Hadley.
He said his new position may not exist in its present form next year because the university is undergoing a complete reexamination of its administrative structure.
“Hubbard would like the administrative framework to be determined by July. 1976.” Hadley said.
Preliminary reorganization plans indicate that a chief academic officer, called the Provost, would be
created. He would embrace the functions ofthe academic vice-president as well as other duties.
“It would be a somewhat larger responsibility than this office,” Hadley said, referring to the Provost posi-ion.
He said that he would
probably return to his previous position as associate vice-president for academic administration and research if this does happen.
Hadley has served as dean ofthe University College and Summer Session (since renamed College of Continuing Education) for many years.
He came to the university in 1945 as a professor of international. relations. He graduated from Occidental College and USC. He is a ormer president of the Phi Beta Kappa alumni in Southern California.
In May, Hadley was elected president of the National University Extension Association. the nation’s major professional organization in the field of continuing education. He will assume his duties in April of next year.
Hadley will succeed Kloet-ael, who has taken an early recrement and a special leave.
sponse was 65 percent for individuals compared to 68 percent in favor of environment.
Blacks reacted most strongly toward banning products harmful to the environment with Mexican-Americans, whites and Orientals in close rank order.
While complaining of prices and inflation, those surveyed also reacted significantly to a question dealing with minimum price structure. Their answers showed that 66 per cent believe the state regulation prohibiting the sale of milk below a certain price is not a good law.
In the area of financing their food purchases, supermarket snoppers again rejected the idea
of using credit cards as they did in the university’s 1972 survey. The principal difference in attitudes for the two years on the subject of credit card use was that the “don’t know” responses have become “no” answers. In total, 71 per cent of the respondees were not in favor of credit card use for food purchases.
The major reason for being against credit cards was not that their use would slow checkout, as was expected by the pollsters. Most shoppers, instead, indicated they were fearful or overspending if presenting a credit card would complete the transaction.
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THE GOOD HUMORED MAN—Larry Behar, a junior business administration major, rescues hundreds of students, faculty and staff daily from the scorching wrath of the summer sun with his assortment of ice creams. Larry's rescue cart is located across the street from Tommy Trojan from 11 a. m. to 3 p.m. and outside of the commons and bookstore from 3 to 5 p.m. ST photo by Mike Ito.