Daily op Troian
Volume LXXI, Number 58
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Thursday, May 12, 1977
PAC committee okays Security hearing board
The proposed hearing board for community grievances against Campus Security procedures was approved by the executive committee of the President’s Advisory Council Wednesday.
The board, under the auspices of the council’s Commission on University-Neighborhood Relations, will make recommendations directly to President John R. Hubbard’s ofTice, and should be appointed by Hubbard, said Robert Biller, commission chairman.
This concept was approved in principle by the council’s executive committee, subject to consultation with Carl Franklin, vice-president for legal aiTairs; Jack Schneider, director of personnel; and Anthony Lazzaro, vice-president for business affairs, said Eileen Hunter, executive secretary for council committees.
The board will consist of five members, and the commission members will suggest board member nominations to Hubbard.
The neighborhood relations commission was formed in March, and has investigated the alleged racial harassment of community residents by individual security officers. Hunter said the commission was formed because of a number of complaints and general questions concerning neighborhood relations.
The commission is unique in that it involves outsiders in the council recommendation process, Hunter said. The commission consists of five members ofthe university and five members representing community interests. The latter were recommended by local government officials, including County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, Assemblywoman Teresa Hughes and Rep. Yvonne Braithwaite Burke.
Of the five nonuniversity members, three are from the offices of local officials; another is Manesba Tackett, Los Angeles Southern Christian Leadership Conference executive director, who was quoted in the Daily Trojan (April 25) that the university “need(s) to get rid of all officers who express in word and deed racism.” Tackett was recommended for the commission by Rep. Burke.
The hearings will be fair, said the commission’s recommendation, and will review complaints concerning security operations since Jan. 1, 1976. The board will also make suggestions regarding the proposed Code of Conduct “that should be drafted by the Security Department to clarify — to the campus, community and. . .officers — what is expected of the department and officers.”
Band challenges KIIS all-stars to softball game
By Jim Saenz
It all started in January when radio personality Bud Furrillo, in one of his sports reports, needled the Trojan Marching Band for their apparent lack of support and enthusiasm of the basketball team.
His needling prompted a quick challenge to a softball game between the band and the KIIS radio a 11-stars, which will be played Sunday at 2 p.m. at Dedeaux Field. All proceeds will be donated to the Local Lung Association.
“One night I was 1 istening to a sports broadcast by Furillo, and in a friendly way he started getting on the band because of their minimal attendance,” said Joel Harris, president of the Trojan Helmet Club, which is sponsoring the event.
“What Furillo didn’t know was that most of the students were in the middle of finals and couldn’t make it to the game,” so we challenged him and the radio team to a game to prove that the band is indeed.spir-ited,” Harris said.
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Ford says he might be around for 1980 primaries
By Steven Hawkins
Executive News Editor
Former President Gerald R. Ford may make an appearance when the 1980 presidential primaries are held, he told a School of Journalism group Wednesday afternoon.
“I’m going to be around,” he told about 70 journalism students, faculty and alumni during an informal meeting in the Student Activities Center.
“I’ll be 64 in July, I’m in perfect health and I have the desire to see the philosophy that I recommend be laid out in the political spectrum.
“I think no one should preempt the Republican nomination in 1980. I think there are some known and very honorable candidates. We’ll just have to wait and see. I’m not saying I’m a candidate and I’m not saying I’m not a candidate.”
It was Ford’s first full day here as a visiting professor, and his itinerary kept him on the move. Students were free to greet him as he traversed the campus, but the appearance of the Secret Service officials and hordes of journalists on his heels discouraged some from approaching the former President.
Ford is here for three days in a visit arranged under the auspices of the American Enterprise Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit education and research organization based in Washington D.C.
In his first few meetings with students, Ford discussed his political future, his pardon of Richard M. Nixon, the performance thus far of President Jimmy Carter and the health of the Republican party, among other things.
Wednesday he addressed political science and economics classes, a performing arts session and the journalism group. He also attended receptions with international students and some of the university’s more renowned athletes. That evening he stopped by the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house — his son Steven is dating Melanie Salata, a house member.
Today and Friday he will meet with students in such disciplines as social work, international relations, public affairs, communications and the health sciences. This afternoon he will speak at a luncheon at the University Hilton; the event is part of a public affairs conference. Tonight he will have d inner with several of the university’s trustees.
He will attend his last class session Friday afternoon.
Arriving here Tuesday, Ford played golf with University President John R. Hubbard. That evening Ford addressed the annual dinner meeting of Legion Lex, a support group for the Law Center.
-	He began his first day of actual classroom participation Wednesday morning, attending a political-science class meeting. That class is the only one that will be open to the general press during Ford’s visit here. Tuesday’s Legion Lex dinner and today’s luncheon are the only other activities open to the media.
A kazoo rendition of the University of Michigan’s fight song greeted Ford Wednesday morning as he made his way from the University Hilton to the Administration building.
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COPS AND ROBBERS
Students catch thieves in the act
with Campus Security, said the dispatcher on duty was new and possibly did not know where the center was. That dispatcher is no longer with the force.)
While Dwyer was on the telephone, Hatt waited outside and wrote down the license plate number and descriptions of the suspects.
Dwyer went outside again and saw a Los Angeles Police Department team and Campus Security officers questioning an auto theft suspect nearby. Dwyer ran over to the LAPD team and asked them if they were there for the burglary.
“I told them I was the one who phoned in the call and they told me to get in the car. It was not very dramatic. The driver looked for an exit instead of
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CITIZEN ALERT—-C It istopher Dwyer (left) and Fred Hatt recognized a crime in progress on campus and acted quickly to bring in Campus Security and the Los Angeles Police Deportment. They have just been subpoenaed to be witnesses at a preliminary hearing. DT photo by Mark Kari^i.
By Gary Linehan
Staff Writer
Two students are walking along Figueroa Street, oblivious to the threat of late-night crime. They see two mean-looking characters transferring merchandise from the Davidson Conference Center to a waiting car. The students react quickly and sensibly — they stroll by for a closer look.
Fred Hatt, a cinema major, and Christopher Dwyer, a flute performance major, said they had gone out for a walk after the USC Symphony performance on April 29. They saw a black, beat-up Lincoln Continental parked in the right-hand turn lane facing Jefferson Boulevard. Two nfen were carrying video equipment to the car as fast as they could.
It looked like a burglary, so
the students decided to investigate further. “We walked right by them — they had to wait until we passed. They sure looked at us funny,” Dwyer said.
He said one man had his arms full of equipment and the other was rearranging things in the trunk to make more room.
The students tried to act casual, so they just continued walking into the conference center parking lot. Dwyer turned around once and noticed they were being watched by the suspects.
Dwyer then went into BimK-rant Residence Hall and telephoned Campus Security. The person on the other end said he had never heard of the Davidson Conference Center and asked where it was, Dwyer said.
(William Burke, a captain