Student cars to be towed from village
By Lynn Sprenger
SUff Writer
Students who leave their cars parked in the University Village parking lot while attending classes may find two surprises when they return at the end of the day — a $10 fine and possibly no car.
Parking at the center is only for shoppers, said Susan Howe, a University Village representative who spoke for general manager Sharon Simmons.
“Nobody’s bothered unless they’re seen walking off the premises,” she said.
If there is some question as to whether a person will be using University Village facilities, the tires of his car are chalked. If the car is still parked after two hours, it is ticketed for $10 by the Los Angeles Police Department; if still there for two more hours, it is towed away at the owner’s expense.
Cars left in the lot overnight automatically
are towed away the next morning. Fred Sandusky, University Village security manager, added that cars are towed away for several reasons.
“When a student parks at 7 or 8 in the morning and most of the shops don’t ope,n until 10, it’s obvious he’s using the lot for the day,” he said.
If a security guard tells someone he can’t park in the lot and he “verbally abuses the officer,” Sandusky said, the car is towed away.
Monday at least six cars were towed, and by
11	a.m., 50 or 60 had been ticketed. Sandusky called the police in the afternoon to ticket even more.
Howe explained that parking is very limited at the center. “Usually in a shopping center there’s 5.5 spaces per every 1,000 leasable square feet. We have 2 (spaces per 1,000 square
feet).”
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Daily § Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXXH, Number 2 Los Angeles, California	Tuesday,	September	20,	1977
TWO-DAY VISIT CONFIRMED
Ford to return as guest lecturer
Former President Gerald R. Ford will return as a guest lecturer to several university classes Dec.
1-2.
Ford will visit the university this fall under the auspices of the American Enterprise Institute, an independent research and educational organization of which Ford is Distinguished Fellow. This spring’s visit was arranged by university President John. R. Hubbard.
Between today and Ford’s arrival in Los Angeles, he will visit 10 colleges and universities throughout the country. Nancy Chew, administrative assistant to the dean of public affairs, said Ford is in Nebraska and will travel to Albion College, five Grand Rapids-area colleges in Michigan, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Michigan (his alma mater), and Dillard University in Louisiana.
Chew, who with Dean Houston Flournoy will arrange Ford’s itinerary at USC, said his traveling schedule is so busy that the former President will be able to spend only five days with his family until he completes his tour.
The classes Ford will visit have not yet been determined, but request forms are being sent to professors, Chew said.
Ford’s visit to the university this spring covered three days of almost nonstop activity for the lecturer as he spoke to 15 student groups, ranging from performing arts to pharmacy. This fall’s days at the university will be more relaxed and low-keyed for the former President, Chew said.
The American Enterprise Institute, Ford’s
sponsoring organization, is a Washington-based, nonprofit organization founded to provide Congress with analysis of proposals to meet the nation’s economic problems after World War II.
The organization has since diversified itself to study issues of public policy such as defense, economics, energy, health and foreign policies. According to the institute, its purpose is to study national problems, foster innovative research, identify and present varying points of view on issues. develop practical options and analyze public policy proposals.
The program by which Ford is enabled to visit the various universities is called the Academic Outreach Program. The institute also sponsors about 30 conferences, seminars, discussions and debates annually, and produces a Public Policy Forum for nationwide television.
In an effort to make Ford’s two days at the university more relaxed, Chew said he probably will speak to fewer classes each day than last year, not have any planned night activities and speak to classes pertaining to areas of academics with which he is concerned. Ford will probably speak to classes in areas such as international relations, political science, public affairs and history.
“I don’t know whether Mr. Ford chose to return to USC or if AEI made the decision,” Chew said,“but I know that he loved his visit here last year, and that he considers USC his favorite school in the West.”
Long lines await coupon buyers
Students who want to see Saturday’s opening home football contest against Texas Christian University and won’t be able to turn in their coupons for the lottery this week will still be able to get into the Coliseum, said Edward Partridge, director of ticket sales and game management.
“It really isn’t necessary to participate in the lottery to go to a game,” Partridge said. “Once you buy a coupon book, you’re entitled to sit in the student section at the stadium.
“The only thing the lottery does is to give you a reserved seat for the game. An activity coupon will allow you to get into the stadium and sit in an unreserved seat.”
One of the things required to
buy a student activity book is a paid fee bill. This makes it more difficult to buy a book for students who haven't been able to pay their fee bills yet.
"We have very few exceptions to this policy, since this is about the only way we can tell if the coupon buyers are actually bona fide students,” Partridge said. “We get certified lists of students from the schools that don’t have fee bills yet, such as medicine and pharmacy, and are able to use them in selling to students from those schools.
“In a few cases, we work with the financial aid office to sell coupons to students who have not received financial aid awards and are unable to pay their fee bills- But these cases are very few,” he said.
Students buying coupon books this week are faced with long lines and new purchasing rules to extend waiting time. Last-minute ticket buyers and a “cash only” policy are adding to the pressures on both the ticket buyers and sellers.
Although 58% of the 11,000 coupon books were sold by Saturday night, buyers Monday were lined up and down a flight of stairs and into Universiy Avenue from the ticket office’s Student Union location.
"Demand during registration was moderate, but we’ve been running four windows at full capacity all day today (Monday) and still can’t keep the line down very well. I just wish the students would space out their buying a little bit," Partridge said.
Hubbard cites reasons for university’s growth
By Valerie Nelson
City Editor
“A force is truly with us.”
So said University Chaplain Alvin Rudisill at the annual faculty-administration breakfast Saturday in regard to the university’s upward trend.
And, if you listen to university President John R. Hubbard’s opinion, he just may be right.
Claiming the administration is the soundest in recent years, Hubbard gave his annual academic and administrative report at the breakfast in Town and Gown.
About 600 people, mainly faculty members, heard Hubbard speak about the university’s virtues, such as the admissions program. Calling it a bright spot on campus, he attributed the 20% increase in applications to the efforts of James L. Jones, executive director of Student Administrative Services.
Hubbard went on to say that 1,200 entering freshmen were awarded honors-at-entrance status and had the highest grade-point average in the school’s history at 3.4.
“There is no escape for you,” Hubbard chided the faculty members as he cited an enrollment figure of 23,113 as of last Friday.
Faculty salaries for 1976-77 placed in the top category nationally, he said, but assistant professors’ salaries missed the rating by $100 per year.
The faculty’s growth potential is limited now because few junior appointments will be made until senior professors retire. He said
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THE SAME OLD SONG — The first day of classes Monday also meant the first day of juggling classes, as these students going through drop and add discovered in the Physical Education Building. DT photo by Renee Cottrell.