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Volume XCIII, Number 8 .	University of Southern California	Wednesday, July 13, 1983
Food employees’ picket continues
Ceremony inaugurates swim stadium
By Gigi Fairchild
Staff Writer
After its many months as a gaping hole, the new McDonald’sSwim Stadium is finally busy.
First, the official Inauguration on July 7 brought the McDonald’s Band, a drill team, previous Olympic athletes, university admis-nistrators, Los Angeles officials, countless clicking media cameras, and a flurry of balloons, to the new diving and racing pools.
Sam the Eagle and Ronald McDonald clowned on the new diving tower for photographers as eager incoming celebrants picked up fancy programs and pins. Photographers replaced the characters, peering over at the crowd.
One by one, dignitaries responsible for this Olympic effort stood up and thanked varieties of Los An-gelinos responsible for turning this “little dirt field,” as Peter Ueberroth, president of Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, called it, or the“soggy little practice field,” as Paul Schrage of McDonald’s said, into
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By Alexandra Dubin
Staff Writer
University Food Services continued to picket various spots on campus yesterday, marking the twelfth day of their strike in protest to a new 1983 contract. As of press time, the strike is continuing.
The workers, members of
H.E.R.E., (Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union - Local 11) began the strike on Friday, July 1, when their old contract expired the day before. Groups ranging in number from two or three to 70 or 80 are marching in lines or circles carrying strike placards. Some stand next to larger posters outlining the purpose of their strike.
The strikers’ greatest concern, thus far denied by the university administration, is a guarantee of an eight-hour work day and a 40-hour work week. Without this guarantee, which workers claim has always existed, they say they will loose medical benefits, a pension plan, and affiliation with their union.
Bias Perez, who is called “Captain” by fellow stri-
kers, said, “We will loose our benefits and our union if we don’t have a thrity-six hour week.”
Many of the striking employees have worked for the university for many years and feel the administration has given that fact improper
consideration. Many claim to have tried to speak with Guy Hubbard, executive director, auxiliary services, but said they could get no answers from him.
One man employed by the university for sixteen years said Hubbard “doesn’t
respect the time we are working here. He doesn’t want to talk to us. We will stay here (on strike) until he does.”
Low pay, in spite of seniority, is also a complaint of striking workers.
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Order barring link of draft registration and aid lifted
The Supreme Court has lifted an injunction which prevented the federal government from enforcing a law that denies federal student aid to young men who have failed to register for the draft.
The law, passed by Congress last summer, requires that young men provide draft-status information before receiving federal financial aid. The law effects all federal loans and grants disbursed after June 30.
A federal judge in Minnesota issued an injunction barring the enactment of the law, claiming it was unconstitutional. The Reagan Administration appealed the decision and asked the Supreme Court to lift the injunction until the Court rules on the government’s appeal.
At least until that time, students applying for federal aid for the fall term will have to provide proof that they have complied with the draft law. Those who fail to provide such certification are barred from receiving any federal aid payments.
Judge Donald Alsop issued a temporary injunction in March because of a case challenging the law. Alsop issued a permanent injunction in late June, just days before the law was scheduled to go into effect.
Alsop claimed that the law was unconstitutional because it violated the fifth amendment, denying the students’ right to avoid self-incrimination. Also, Alsop said that the law imposed penalties on individuals for violating a law before being found guilty in a court of law.
The final decision now rests with the Supreme Court. The Court is not expected to rule until October when its 1983-84 session begins.
Michael Halloran, director of financial aid, was unavailable for comment on how USC will handle the required certification. He spent the first part of this week at the ninth annual conference of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators in Anaheim.
Youth Sports Club returns for 14th year
By Gigi Fairchild
Staff Writer
In late June, more than 400 youngsters began biking, walking and riding to the university to participate in the 14th annua.1 Sports Club, run by the National Youth Sports Program.
The Sports Club is for kids ages 10 to 16 and runs until July 28.
Each child spends 4 1/2 hours here Monday through Thursday gaining an introduction to different sports, including softball, volleyball, basketball, track, soccer and football.
Dave Koch, intramural program director during the academic year and Sports Club director each summer, describes the program as perhaps the first time some of these kids have had the opportunity to receive, for example, swim instruction, and giving them a “chance to participate” and to perhaps continue in these sports in high school or in later life.
Thirty percent of this program is also an enrichment program. Speakers from both on and off campus will give presentations ranging from drug and alcohol abuse to fitness, hygiene and nutrition, including sessions on jobs and careers. Each child is also provided with a hot lunch daily.
The university was one of the first schools in the National Youth Sports Program, which has now spread to 139 campuses. University students are among the counseling staff and the university is donating the campus athletic facilities.
The program itself is federally funded and supported by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and with luck, will continue with this support for more successful years.
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL - Four hundred kids ages 10 - 16 signed up to participate in the 14th annual Sports Club sponsored by the National Youth Sports Program. For more pictures see page 5.
Photo by Dan Canales