Business school will test on-the-hour class schedule
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ONE LAST FUNG — A student finds time for another frisbee toss before the autumn sun sets over the intramural field. Outdoor activities, like summer weather, are finally fading away. DT photo by Paul Rodriguez.
Senate upholds fund denial for international students
By Jim Saenz
staff Writer
The decision to deny S4.450 in funds for an Idyllwild retreat for the International Students Assn. was upheld by the Student Senate Review Board Friday.
The original decision was made by the Campus Activities Allocation Board (CAAB) on Wednesday and developed into a dispute between the two boards following a successful appeal by the international students, forcing the allocations board to reconsider the request.
Abdelhamid Beniddir, president of the association, said he believed their request was a legitimate one and that they had a good reason to appeal the allocation board's decision
“First, it was an intercultural workshop. where CAAB thought it was a social event." Beniddir said.
"Secondly, the trip was open to all students, international and American, as well as faculty members, and Idyllwild is recognized as part of the USC campus by officials of the university." Beniddir said.
A statement made by Tom Verdegem of the allocations board in the Daily Trojan (Nov. 4) said the board did not want to set a precedent for giving this much money to so few students.
“Such was not the case.” Beniddir said.
"It is surely hard for us to believe that funding the retreat this year would set a precedent, when it has never been the case in the past.
"Also, in the past we were paying only half of the programming fee that we are paving now." Beniddir said.
"According to a report of the Commission on International Students in August of this year, may we remind CAAB that the report encouraged them to allocate programming funds to sponsor cross-cultural activities, which appears in section 10 of the report.” Beniddir said.
"CAAB seemed to feel that we could get the funds from other sources, but there are none.
“We were trying to get funds with the
help of James Appleton (vice-president) of Student Affairs, but he is not the decision maker.
“They also felt that the appeal did not follow the board's bylaw guidelines, but we felt the review board gave a good explanation why they asked CAAB to reconsider." Beniddir said.
“We don't mean the retreat should be funded this year just because it was last year, but it hasn't set any precedent and we re not setting one." said Marie Tail-lard. secretary of the executive board of the International Students Assn.
“This is our first event and the purpose was supposed to bring all the students together and get involved in the program to get us started." Taillard said.
“Also, it was the only one scheduled this semester and it's the basis for all other events." she said.
“We represent 16r/t of the whole USC population, which numbers over 3.000. and we think it is legitimate to ask the university to fund such a program like the retreat." Beniddir said.
By Carla Schalman
Staff Writer
A new schedule, which calls for classes to-meet on-the-hour instead of on the half-hour, will be instituted on a trial basis by the Undergraduate and Graduate Schools of Business for the upcoming spring semester.
In the past, classes have met for 100-minute periods at 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. According to the new schedule, classes will meet at 8 a .m., 10 a.m.. noon. 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Periods will still be 100 minutes and classes will continue to meet twice a week.
Classes in other schools will still meet on the half-hour.
In an announcement to faculty and students in the School of Ruciness. .Tack
D.	Steele, dean of the school, said that one reason for changing the schedule was to allow more daytime classes. Approximately 25 to 50 additional class sections can be scheduled under the new plan because of the extra noon class period.
The new schedule will also permit the school to accommodate more requests for meeting rooms.
Another advantage of the schedule is that part-time and evening students who work until 5 p.m. will have additional time to get to school.
The schedule will create more classroom space, said Valerie Weiss, administrative assistant in the Undergraduate and Graduate Schools of Business.
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State legislation proposed to protect student housing rights
By Gail Asayama
Staff Writer
Legislation to protect students seeking housing accommodations will be voted on by the California State Senate Finance Committee in January. The committee will reconvene at the beginning of next year.
The legislation was introduced by Howard L. Berman (D - Beverly Hills), because discrimination reports were brought to his attention. “Student housing shortages occur on virtually every campus in California. Because of this, it is most important that students have a fair opportunity to locate housing close to their campuses," Berman said.
Larry Miles, while serving as UCLA student body president, personally faced problems in housing discrimination. Miles brought the matter to the attention of Berman, who then authored assembly bill 744. according to Muff Singer, an administrative assistant to Berman.
A similar bill was introduced last year and passed through the full assembly and senate committees but was killed in the Senate Finance Committee. The vote was close but was defeated after a senator changed his vote. Objectors against the bill were the Landlord Lobby and the Apartment Owners Lobby.
The current legislation, assembly bill 1032, is supported by the University of California Student Lobby. This lobby is funded by all UC schools and deals with all legislative problems. Brett Hewitt, codirector of the UC Student Lobby, said the lobby distributed surveys to several
UC campuses and found several cases of housing discrimination against students.
Students reported in such surveys that landlords had blatantly stated they just did not rent apartments to students. Other reasons stemmed from the preconceived notions that students are louder, less reliable and more destructive than other tenants.
Although the lobby does not work with private institutions, they received several complaints from students at Loyola University, a private school. The University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, Los Angeles were other extreme cases.
Singer said Berman authored the bill because he feels as long as students are able to meet the same obligations imposed on other tenants it is unfair to refuse them housing solely on the basis of their student status.
Housing discrimination problems around USC are infrequent, according to Dennis Mulhaupt, former off-campus housing coordinator. Mulhaupt said. “The problems that have been reported have been outside the USC area.”
The bill was passed in the full assembly by a vote of 41-31 and then by the senate committee by a vote of 5-1. Hewitt, who testified on behalf of the bill, feels confident that the bill will eventually become law.
“It is unfair to generalize about students when tenants are often more transitory.” Hewitt said. Landlords often require two-year leases of students while requiring
yearly leases of other tenants.
Officials confirm childbirth in dormitory
The city fire department and Campus Security have confirmed that a baby was born in Men's Residence West Oct. 23. despite spokesmen at the complex who deny any knowledge of the incident.
A seven-pound baby boy and its mother, a 20-year-old student who reportedly did not know she was pregnant, were transported by ambulance to California Hospital from the complex at 6 a.m., according to Douglas Brown, ambulance liaison officer.
The report coincides with the one filed by Campus Security officers who also responded. "Yes. there was a baby born. It definitely did happen. We have it on file,” said Capt. William Burke of Campus Security.
The woman was visiting her boyfriend at the facility when she complained of stomach cramps and went into the bathroom. Moments later the boyfriend walked in and found her with the baby on the floor, the Campus Security report stated.
Mother and child were taken to the "hospital in good con-
dition.
The two reports conflict with complex spokesmen who maintain that the incident was a hoax and that they had no knowledge of the delivery until reading it in the Daily
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"We were baffled," said one facility employee who asked not to be identified. “We know that an ambulance arrived but the girl was just hemorrhaging or something. We’re just not sure that a baby was born.”
The baby’s delivery’ became the talk of residents and Campus Security officers because of its unusual nature. However, several residents reported that resident advisers and complex employees were denying the incident happened and that Campus Security and the Daily Trojan reported a nonexistent delivery.
One Campus Security officer suggested that the incident was being covered up for the protection of the individuals involved. "It's a very touchy thing and the mother and father do have a right to their privacy," he said.