Black social fraternity still trying to raise funds for Row house
By Larry Tuck
staff writer
Members of Kappa Alpha Psi, a black social fraternity, are still trying to raise money to buy a house on Fraternity Row.
The fraternity had planned to move into the former Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house over the summer, but was not able to obtain the necessary funds as quickly as expected, said Tom McLurkin, who is heading the fraternity’s efforts to obtain a house.
Meanwhile, the old ATO house is vacant. The ATOs have moved into newer and larger quarters down the street in what used to be Men’s Residence North, a residence hall.
They are currently leasing that house from the university. Matt Hunter, president of ATO, said they intend to buy the house as soon as they have sold their old house.
While the ATOs and their alumni gathered for a formal dinner Wednesday night to dedicate their new quarters, Kappa Alpha Psi members and supporters met to discuss ways of raising the $15,000 to $20,000 they still need to buy the old ATO house.
McLurkin said that the bulk of the money needed is definitely available either from the fraternity’s national organization or from a loan company owned by Kappa Alpha Psi alumni.
But the final 25% of the cost must be raised locally. Additional money will be needed to repair and improve the turn-of-the-century structure, he said.
McLurkin expressed confidence that the fund-raising effort would be successful.
“We most likely will be in there this semester, even if it’s a few weeks late,” he said.
“Being a little late won’t really hurt us because we don’t have an early rush like the other houses. We do most of our rushing in the spring semester.”
Hunter said that if Kappa Alpha Psi couldn’t raise the money to buy the house soon, it might be sold to another buyer. He said that several fraternities and sororities had expressed interest.
“All somebody has to do to move in is to put down the money,” he said.
Hunter said the ATOs need the income from the sale of their old house to cover the costs of obtaining and upgrading their new quarters. As it stands, they may have to take in some boarders this semester to offset the cost of carrying both houses.
So far no acceptable offers have been made, Hunter said. He said the ATOs are prepared to bear the cost of letting the old house stand vacant for a semester if necessary.
Kappa Alpha Psi has been trying to obtain a house on the Row for several years and has been unsuccessful at least twice before.
Last spring, when the ATOs decided they needed a larger house, they arranged to buy Men’s Residence North, a former fraternity house. They agreed to give Kappa Alpha Psi the first chance at buying their old house.
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Vol. LXVIII, No. 4	Los Angeles, California Friday, September 19, 1975
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Hubbard may announce reorganization plans
By Mark Patton
feature editor
President John R. Hubbard is expected to announce plans for a massive reorganization of the university administration at a faculty breakfast Saturday morning.
The breakfast will be held at 9:30 a.m. in the Town and Gown Foyer, and will be followed by a special meeting of the President’s Advisory Council. Reorganization will be the sole topic of that meeting.
Richard W. Lewis, director of academic relations, said that Hubbard probably will present the proposals to the Board of Trustees at its October meeting.
However, Lewis said he wasn’t at liberty to discuss the details of the reorganization plans.
Houston I. Flournoy, dean of the Center for Public Affairs, was appointed as a special assistant to Hubbard in July to head the president’s research into reorganization.
An extensive reorganization plan was proposed by a special task force to the advisory council last May. How much of that proposal will be included in the one Hubbard presents to the trustees is not clear.
The task force was appointed in February and was told by the advisory council’s executive
committee to “engage in a thorough study of USC’s academic administration, particularly as it affects the appropriate development of graduate education and to make recommendations as to the structure most appropriate for this uni-
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versity in carrying out its educational mission.”
Should Hubbard adopt the plan drawn up by the task force, all the administrative levels from deans, up to but not including the presidency, will be affected.
The task force’s proposal calls for an Office of the President, composed of the president and a new position, executive vice-president.
Sweeping changes were pro posed for the vice-presidential level, cutting their number trom eight to three and involving title and job description changes.
This has caused much concern since a number of top university policy makers stand to lose their positions if the plan is put into operation. Affirmative Action guidelines stipulate that a search committee be formed to find administrators for the new positions.
Jackson I. Cope, Bing professor of English and head of the task force, said that his group would not submit recommendations of individuals to fill any newly-created positions.
The vice-presidential posts included in the report were for health affairs, administrative services and university affairs. This would mean the dissolution of the positions of vice-presidents for student affairs, legal affairs, undergraduate studies and *he academic vice-president
The position of executive vice-president was not defined in terms of a job description, because the task force said that person’s duties should be defined and delegated by the president.
Under the proposed structure,
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Commuters advised to‘go south’ for parking
By Nancy Babka
staff writer
Although finding a place to park has long been a problem here, student complaints have increased since the beginning of the semester. Parking is now severely limited because of extensive construction on campus.
John F. Lechner, director of Campus Security and Parking Operations, said the only way the situation will be alleviated is if more students utilize the newly-leased \lenlo Avenue parking lots, which are located south of campus at Vermont Avenue and Exposition Boulevard.
“I wish the students would
realize that parking in the Menlo Avenue lot is not as inconvenient or unsafe as they think it is,” he said.
“The parking situation on campus is tight, and if students don’t start using the Menlo area, it will only get worse. The best advice I can give a commuter now is, ‘Go south, young person.’ ”
Lechner said most students seem to avoid the new parking area.
“Some shy away from it because it is farther from where they want to go on campus than the other areas,” he said. “Some
think that the security in the lots will be less than adequate.”
Lechner said tram service is available to transport students between the parking area and the campus. It runs every 15 minutes from 7:45 a.m. to midnight.
“If someone misses the last tram and doesn’t want to walk back to the lots alone, all they have to do is call Campus Security (746-6000) and an officer will drive them back,” he said.
“The Menlo area is patrolled as thoroughly as any of the parking lots that are located directly on campus.
“Every day since classes began there have been between 300 and 400 empty spaces in the Menlo area—and that is at the peak of the day. I hope that students can be convinced to use this parking area.”
Two parking structures are presently being constructed on campus. One will.be off McClintock Avenue, directly north of the Andrus Gerontology Center. The other will be located directly west of Men’s Residence West.
Lechner said that he expects the structures will be completed and ready for use in May.
Lechner said several faculty members have complained that their faculty parking stickers have been removed from their
cars.
“This happens every year about this time,” he said. “Students attempt to remove the parking sticker, intending to use it on their own car.
“Usually, they are unsuccessful. The stickers are made of a material that, if it is not removed from the car within the first 12 hours of its placement, it will tear or be wrinkled.”
Lechner said that if a person’s parking sticker is lost or stolen, it should be reported it to Campus Security immediately.
“As soon as the bulk of people have bought their stickers—which will be next week—we will compile a computer print-out containing the numbers of the missing stickers,” he said.
“In a week or two, security of-
ficers will begin an intensive auditing of the sticker numbers on all cars that have been given a citation.
“If a missing number is found on a car, an investigation will be instigated possibly resulting in disciplinary action for the driver of the car.
“We have already caught two or three people with missing stickers on' their cars. At the present time we are merely removing the stickers from the cars and issuing a warning. However, we intend to crack down in the near future.
“The amount of instances of stolen parking stickers is not abnormally high this year—it has averaged six or seven a week—but we expect the number to dwindle after the beginning of the semester.” Lechner said that Campus Security intends to crack down on students who park in undesignated areas.
“We’re giving students the benefit of the doubt, since it’s the beginning of the school year, but we’re going to be cracking down more once the semester gets in progress,” he said.
Lechner said that if a car is parked in an undesignated area, it will be ticketed. If a car is blocking something, it will be ticketed the first time, and towed, at the owner’s expense after the second offense.
Cars parked in undesignated areas on surrounding streets, such as Jefferson Boulevard, are subject to being ticketed by the city police, he said.
NEVER IS BETTER —Better late may be the old adage, but Campus Security officers seem to disagree by ticketing cars of students who grab any available space so they are able to make it to class on time. The officers
should be kept busy with the number of illegally parked cars on campus, as should LAPD with those cars parked on the outskirts.