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Volume LXX, Number 29
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Friday, October 29, 1976
Charges against Security dropped; inquiry continues
THE GREAT ESCAPE—Some will do just about anything to get away from midterms. Although these crew members appear to be doing just that, they are in fact in the middle of a test—a test of strength, endurance and concentration. DT photo by Tim Reel.
Lady Beware program aims to avert or reduce rape terror
BY DAVID BLACK
Ask any rape victim about her experience and she’ll probably describe the ordeal as terrifying and degrading.
Lady Beware, a joint program by the Los Angeles Police Department and Campus Security aimed at easing the problem, will begin Nov. 1 with a series of free films and lectures directed at women.
The program, headed by Glen Stern, Campus Security officer, is aimed at providing women with information to help them prevent rape, said Art Blair, a security officer who is also participating in the program.
“Students must be aware of such factors as the area’s population, along with the fact that the campus area is a lot different from home,” Blair said.
The program consists of two separated lecture sessions for each group, along with a film and question-and-answer session, Blair said.
Each Lady Beware session will be presided over by Campus Security and LAPD officers, he said.
“The officers will try to inform girls on how to prevent a potentially dangerous situation, as well as what to do during one,” Blair stated.
Although the first lecture is designed for women, the second meetipg is a general crime prevention session open to both sexes.
Lady Beware sessions have been planned
for each Monday in November, Blair said. Although the weekly presentations scheduled so far will be held in various sorority houses on the Row, one has been planned for Nov. 16 in the Cardinal Gardens recreation room.
Blair also emphasized the need for victims to report the crime because “many times the same suspect has committed more than one rape.
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BY PETER FLETCHER
Assistant City Editor
Grievance proceedings against the university have been dropped by Mike Bland, a former Campus Security officer. But the university’s investigation into charges that a few officers harassed minorities will continue, said Barbara Pearson, director of the Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employment.
No reason was offered for the decision by Bland’s attorney, she said.
Pearson’s office was conducting a twofold investigation into the security matter. The grievance panel was concerned with allegations that Bland was unjustly released and charges Bland made against other security officers.
Bland was fired by the university in early September. John Lechner, director of Campus Security, would not discuss the reasons for Bland’s termination. Bland approached Pearson’s office with the charges, soon after he was fired.
The grievance panel met two weeks ago but the meeting was postponed until Wednesday because of complications with legal counsel.
Tuesday night Bland’s attorney, Jeffery Pop, called Pearson and told her he wanted to drop the grievance.
Pearson said the investigation into the charges will not be dropped even though the grievance has been dropped.
“Rather serious charges have been made. We have one part of our job out of the way, but we have to look at the other (charges of harassment),” she said.
The investigation into the charges is in a period of transition. A commission is being set up by the President’s Advisory
Council to look into the total picture of university-community relations, she said.
The commission will look into the charges made against Campus Security as well as report on other areas concerning the university and the community.
The reason for switching the investigation from the Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employment to the President’s Advisory Council was due to a lack of manpower. Pearson said this investigation could not be conducted by one person. “Our attorneys felt that we (the office) were getting way far afield,” she said.
Pearson stressed the seriousness ofthe charges and said the matter needs to be thoroughly investigated. “If the charges are valid, very stringent action must be taken,” she said.
Jay Savage, chairman of the PAC, said the focus of the commission’s research will be with the interaction between the university and the surrounding community. He said the commission is not an investigative body but that it would look into “things that were rumored about in the grievance procedure.”
The university has had past panels dealing with this interaction, he said. The commission will look into some places where there is friction and into the programs in which the university has established good community relations.
The commission was first discussed at Wednesday’s meeting of the PAC Executive Committee.
The commission should be established in a few days and work should begin within two weeks, said John Griffith, PAC executive secretary.
SPECIAL DELIVERY ARRANGED
California Opportunity Grant checks arrive
BY VALERIE NELSON
Staff Writer
California Opportunity Grant checks, which were due Oct. 20, were flown to Los Angeles by the university so they could be distributed today, said James L. Jones, acting director of Student Administrative Services.
The checks were delayed because the state’s new computer system did not print them correctly the first time.
“It is easy to put a sign in the window saying ‘checks not here,’’’but the administration did not want to settle for that, he said.
Also, about 10% of the 10,000 people receiving financial aid awards have made
appeals to the Financial Aid Office to have their awards reviewed, Jones said. This is fewer than last year.
He said the appeals are a result of changes in family income, marital status, dependency, residency status or state scholarship ineligibility.
Fewer than 100 of the 1,000 reviews submitted still need to be finished by Nov.
15.
Students who have not been informed of their review status by this date should contact the financial aid evaluator in the Student Administrative Services lobby, he said.
Any appeal filed after Oct. 15, however, will be delayed in its processing, Jones
said.
Approximately 250 students have requested college work-study jobs, Jones said.
The processing of these jobs will begin after all of the appeals have been reviewed.
The office has processed nearly 14,000 requests for financial aid for students at the university this year. About 4,000 applicants were ineligible.
The university requires that all students reapply for state scholarships before receiving aid from the university. Applications are available in the Student Administrative Services lobby.
Hit-and-run arrest, three injuries in two-car accident near Row
BY DIANE SLEZAK	tion officer With the South Traffic Di-
and GORDIE SHOLTYS
One man was arrested on a hit-and-run felony charge after a two-car accident involving two suspected illegal aliens and a student at about 8:15 last night.
All three were injured, one critically, in the collision at the intersection of 30th Street and University Avenue.
Jaime Leon, a passenger in a 1967 yellow Buick driven by Reyes Vega, was in critical condition with multiple lacerations upon arrival at California Hospital. Vega, who was arrested, was in serious condition upon arrival with similar injuries.
Both men were transferred to County-USC Medical Center. They were suspected to be illegal aliens, said R.A. Goetjen, accident investiga-
vision of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Whitney Lawrepce, a junior in drama, was the driver of the other car. He sustained minor facial cuts and was treated privately, Goetjen said.
As of last night, no witnesses had come forth, he said. The cause of the accident was still under investigation.
Based on the position of the vehicles after the accident, LAPD and Campus Security officers attempted to reconstruct the accident.
Lawrence, who was heading east on 30th Street in a 1969 Dodge Charger, was turning left onto University Avenue when his car and the Buick driven by Vega collided. Officers at the scene determined that Vega had run the stop sign at the intersection, Goet-(continued on page 2)
DT photo by Mark Salvaterra