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Grads happy with USC; but offer suggestions
In a survey recently released by the Office of Institutional Studies, Veronica Tincher found some interesting attitudes the class of‘74-75 has about USC.
For one thing, she found that more than half of the graduates that responded are attending graduate or professional school, and rated their undergraduate course selection and instruction as good to very good preparation for their graduate studies.
And ofthe respondents who are working, approximately two-thirds of the Business and Engineering students and a third of the LAS students said that their majors were directly related to or required for their jobs.
According to the study group, the university services needing the most improvement were class registration, advisement for graduate or professional school and career counseling. Fewer than one-quarter of the group reported that they had participated in career counseling at USC.
Other non-academic aspects ofthe university listed as needing improvement, were, in order, career counseling, job opportunities for students, services of the Registrar’s Office and Campus Security.
Of the academic improvements, all but the humanities students said that advisement in one’s own department was the aspect most needing improvement. Humanities students voiced a need for more practical courses first. Stimulating electives
and a meaningful set of requirements were rated next.
The most often stated “best” experiences students listed were: social life connected with living groups; football and other athletic events: “graduating”; developing personal friendships; having contact with faculty and meeting diverse types of people; involvement with campus activities and organizations; special semester programs—including JEP and overseas programs; and opportunities for personal growth and challenge.
The most often stated “worst” experiences were: specific faculty members: poor quality teaching and tenure policy discrimination against good teachers; too theoretical curricula; lack of career counseling; high tuition; problems with financial aid; transcripts and bureaucracy in general; the fraternity-sorority system; loneliness for commuters; racial and sexual discrimination by students and/or faculty; neighborhood problems—crime, security, blight, smog; and lack of quality in fellow students.
Business students were the most enthusiastic supporters of USC football games and fraternity-sorority life, while LAS graduates mentioned athletic events less frequently and were sometimes more critical of the “Greek" system.	(continued	on	page	2)
Summer
Trojan
Volume LXXII, Number 73
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Friday, July 29, 1977
by Mark Thompson
Where can one spend a free day, no money, little energy and still have a great time? Across the street, in the museums.
Encircling the Rose Gardens on Exposition Boulevard, the Museums of Natural History and Science and Industry offer students an 0ir-conditioned, interesting alternative to L.A.’s far flung myriad of attractions.
Not unlike an amusement park, the Museum of Science and Industry offers a day-long journey into the world of “hands-on” exhibits and lively displays. Each room encourages visitors to activate small machines, whether it be to create nightfall over a scaled-down San Francisco or release a metal ball.
A dental exhibit, part of the Hall of Health displays, provides onlookers with a man-sized tooth. Air trans-
Museums have
more than a Rose Garden
, portation, communication and even the Redwood forests are studied and analyzed with unusual results.
The chicken and the egg undergo scrutiifization in one of the most popular, yet simplest, displays. Inside an incubator, dozens of eggs break open continually, with the tiny chicks emerging every few minutes. By closing time, the glass display case swarms with newborns, replaced the next day by a new batch of eggs.
The Museum of Natural History, recently expanded, is packed with a variety of historical and geological information. The Old Woman Meteor, temporarily housed in the entrance lobby, is a recent addition. Claimed by both the Smithsonian Institute and the explorers who found it, the meteor (from the mountains near Riverside) has become a center of attention. Another elaborate exhibit, dedicated to Early California, and American history', offers many displays. With earthquakes so
FOUL WEATHER FRIENDS—Snug in their incubator, oblivious to the air-conditioned refuge for humans outside, the chicks hatch daily at the Museum of Science and Industry.
ST photos b^ Dean Smith
important to Southern California, the Museum has responded with a room dedicated to the causes, effects, and history of local quakes.
Free films are shown daily, between 10:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., in the Museum of Science and Industry. Today, Saturday and Sunday, ten films will be presented, dealing wtih subjects such as Jules Verne, Space Exploration and various animals.
The Museum of Natural History’s film series offers a weekly showing, with Saturday’s presentation being a salute to National Parks. George C. Scott, the Fifth Dimension and Jonathan Winters star. The Araret Ensemble, an Armenian musical show, is scheduled for Sunday. Both free shows begin at 2 p.m., and are in the De-lacour Auditorium.
Open daily except Monday, the museum's hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.