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DENNIS BRUTUS
Exiled S. African rebukes U.S. policy
By Joann Galardy
Assistant Qty Editor
Dennis Brutus, a poet who was exiled from South Africa because of his opposition to apartheid policies there, accused the United States of helping preserve apartheid in South Africa for economic reasons.
In a campus speech Thursday before a political science class that focuses on African politics, Brutus contended "the United States has a stake in the preservation of apartheid" because it currently has $14.6 billion invested in South African corporations.
The university, which has investments in South Africa, has refused to disclose the amount of money it has invested there.
Under South Africa's apartheid policy, whites — who make up 18 percent of the population — have absolute authority over non-whites, who account for 82 percent of the population.
While President Reagan has pledged support of the South African cause, Brutus is unconr vinced the United States is willing to help.
Brutus feels that the United States employs a policy of “constructive engagement," which he explains by saying "be nice to apartheid and it will change."
In his battle against apartheid.
Brutus has tried to organize the blacks of South Africa into coalitions, which he says is the only effective way for the blacks to rebel.
Brutus explained that the government has created Bantus-tans, areas which are reserved for those members of the black population who are considered appendages in society. People in Bantustans are permitted to vote, but this vote is essentially meaningless.
"The people are told they can't vote in South Africa because they can vote in the Bantustans/' Brutus said. "They are told that their voting rights are somewhere, in some never-never land.”
He also denounced a South African November referendum that would create a tri-cameral parliament, which would be divided into white, Asian and Indian sections. But blacks, who make up 70 percent of the population would be excluded.
The total number of nonwhites will equal the number of whites represented, which will make whites still the most powerful force in parliament, Brutus said. In addition, he said, the parliament president, who must be white under the terms of the (Continued on page 8)
GLASGAL CASE
Detectives to reveal evidence in deaths
San Mateo County detectives said today they have physical evidence linking former university student Russell Glasgal with the deaths last week of his father and mother.
Det. Lee Violett would not comment on the nature of the evidence nor reveal a possible motive in the case, although he did say a motive had been determined.
The 22-year-old Glasgal, who left the university last year after studying business and public administration for three years, is scheduled to enter a plea Monday.
Glasgal was arraigned Wednesday before a municipal court judge and charged with two counts of murder. He is being held in San Mateo County jail without bail.
The bodies of his parents, Dr. Robert Glasgal, 55, and Sondra, 45, were discovered Friday by their 16-year-old son Steven in their San Mateo home. Both bodies had been fatally beaten with a blunt object, Violett said.
Glasgal was arrested early Monday morning in the parking lot of a South Lake Tahoe motel after investigators became suspicious of his prolonged absence from home.
Glasgal, who had been living with his parents since his withdrawal from the university this spring, had enrolled this semester at Golden Gate University in San Francisco.
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Volume XCIV, Number 14 University of Southern California Friday, September 23, 1983
Rent for housing increases
Rates rise substantially; debt cited
By Joseph McDade
Staff Writer
Rent for university housing this year has increased substantially over last year, with an 11.4 percent increase for dormitory housing and a 10.5 percent increase for apartment housing.
The increases were based upon the tentative recommendation of the Auxiliary Services Office and finalized by Anthony Lazzaro, vice president of business affairs.
Guy Hubbard, executive director of auxilary services, said the major factor influencing the increase was the amount of money needed to service the university's debt.
Hubbard said the interest on the money owed to banks and bondholders, due to the university's recent property acquisitions and construction, was such that the rent increases would be maximally beneficial to the university and the students.
"I don't have the figures to tell you every factor that went into the decision," he said, "but the debt service was the main reason."
Orignally, Hubbard's office had recommended a 9.5 percent to 10 percent rent increase, but the figures were revised after the additional costs were taken into account.
Hubbard described the hike as typical, but said that it was less than in recent years.
"Some years, we would have to increase from 12 percent to 14 percent - the rate of inflation was so much higher," he said. "Stanford, this year, increased their rent 14 percent because they underwent major (dorm) construction. We haven't started a new dorm since Parkside, which was recently completed, and the inflation this year wasn't so high."
In actual dollars, the rent increases mean that
the average cost for a two-person dorm, including rent and Alpha or Beta meal plan, was increased from $1,545 per semster to approximately $1,707. An apartment resident, paying an average $211 a month for rent last year, now pays an average of approximately $233 a month — an extra $176 per year.
In general, students questioned about the rate hikes generally expressed contempt, especially when told that the university can and does legally circumvent the maximum 7 percent annual rate hike the city's rent control ordinance allows. (The university is recognized as a non-profit organization.)
Jim Brophy, a freshman engineer major living in Trojan Hall, said "For the money I'm paying for a dorm, and the money I would be paying for an apartment, I could get off-campus housing at a much cheaper price."
Hubbard took exception to this, saying/That might have been true a few years ago, but those days are gone forever.
"We were looking to acquiie an apartment house not far from campus, and the rent for a one-bedroom apartment was $498 a month. In the La Sorbonne, an apartment house we recently bought, the rent was more than we'd charge the students.
"There are apartments that rent for less, but they're shabby and not well taken care of. The landlords in this area know what we charge, and they're not going to charge considerably less."
When asked about possible 1984-85 rent increases, Hubbard said "it's pretty early to tell what our rates will be next year, but we're going to be looking into our costs during the next few weeks."
Black museum planned
By Susan Rimerman
Staff Writer
Construction of a state museum on black Americans — the first of its kind in the country — is currently under way in Exposition Park.
The $5 million state-funded museum, called the California Museum of Afro-American History and Culture (CMAHC), will focus on both the African and American heritage of blacks — their contributions to the arts, humanities, sciences, politics, religion and sports.
The 44,000-square-foot museum is scheduled to open in June of 1983, said Nancy Mc-
Kinney, the program's director.
The museum also will focus on local blacks by providing a forum for talented Afro-American artists, lecturers and performers to display and demonstrate their talents.
"We are not aware of people in our own community such as photographers, historians and artists, let alone the achievements of blacks in the history of our country," McKinney said.
During the 1984 Olympics, the museum is planning a historic overview of blacks in the Olympics, including arti-
facts from medal winners, McKinney said.
Most of the funding for the new facility came from the state of California, which contributed $3 million. The remaining $2 million came from the California Afro-American Museum Foundation and other sources, said Lonnie G. Bunch, chief curator of the museum. He added that the state will absorb 35 percent to 40 percent of the museum's operational costs.
The facility will house a permanent collection, two rotating exhibits, a 13,000-square-foot sculpture court, (Continued on page 6)
CRAIG STEW ART/DAILY TROJAN
The pillars that will support the California Museum of Afro-American History and Culture stand inj Exposition Park. It is also supported by the state and the California Afro-American Museum.