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Volume XCIV, Number 6	University of Southern California	Tuesday, September 13, 1983
'Olympic Express' seeks funds, lacks
donations
A peek into the future — A conceptual drawing of the Olympic Express as it would look from an eastward view of Exposition Boulevard gives an idea of what the future may portend. The rail system would effect appearances as well as transportation in the university area.
Copyright policy in final stages; guidelines to protect university
By Joann Galardy
Assistant City Editor In hopes of improving the city's inadequate transportation system before the 1984 Summer Olympics, a 9.6 mile commuter rail system has been proposed which would transport Olympic spectators between the university's Olympic Village and the one located at UCLA.
The S6.8 million project, known as the "Olympic Express," and proposed by Mark Hall and Richard Thompson of the American Institute of Architects, would run along the railroad tracks which run parallel to Exposition Boulevard.
"The Olympic Express is scheduled to travel along Exposition, under the Santa Monica Freeway to Sepulveda Boulevard, and then north to Santa Monica Boulevard, stopping about a mile short of UCLA," Hall said. A shuttle bus would take spectators onto the UCLA campus.
The project's total cost of $6.8 million includes the cost of upgrading the tracks, leasing the cars, as well as insurance and operating costs. Construction of the rail system, if it is built, would be handled by Southern Pacific Railroad, the owner of the tracks.
The Express would consist of two trains of six cars each, with each train holding about 1,200 passengers. It would start at the university, making stops at Dorsey High School on Jefferson Boulevard, Baldwin Hills, Westwood Boulevard and UCLA.
As is characteristic of anything connected to the Olympics, funding for the project has been a central issue. Although Hall and Thompson originally presented the proposal to the city in hope of gaining some support, it is highly unlikely the dty would underwrite such a venture. The Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee's contract with the city prohibits any public funding for Olympic-related construction.
Hall and Thompson, therefore, have resorted to attaining funds from private corporations, who will have advertising space in the trains and train stations along the route.
While negotiations are underway with several of these corporations, Hall was not able to disclose their names because agreements have not yet been finalized.
"We have verbal committments from sponsors, but there
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By Steffannie Fedunak
Staff Writer
The university will soon adopt an official policy covering the photocopying of copyrighted material, following the settlement of a lawsuit over copyright guidelines between New York University and the American Association of Publishers.
The new policy, expected to be implemented by the end of this month, will safeguard the university from the type of legal action taken against NYU in December 1982 by the AAP.
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of nine publishing companies, attempted to sue 13 NYU professors and an off-campus bookstore for violation of copyright regulations. NYU itself was named as a co-defendant in the case for failure to have an official policy regarding the xeroxing of the copyrighted works.
Specifically, the NYU professors were charged with xeroxing large portions of copyrighted books and then using those copies as classroom texts, without securing the required permission of the publishers.
The lawsuit, which was eventually settled out of court, was filed on the basis of the Copyright Act, a set of guidelines enacted by Congress in 1976 to protect against copyright violations. Under this act, known as the "fair use" doctrine, educators and students are exempt from obtaining permission from publishers or authors to make copies of material for scholarly research.
But, as in the case of professors using copyrighted material in teaching their classes, this privilege is often abused, and the "fair use" principles ig-
nored. For example, failure to obtain permission before making multiple copies of complete articles, or long excerpts of texts, is one such violation.
In order to avoid similar legal action, the university began formulation of its own copying policy late last semester.
"The heart of the policy is to avoid photocopying of copyrighted material for wholesale use," said Ernesto Acosta, assistant general counsel. He added that in effect the policy will act as a means of telling the faculty the circumstances under which it is safe to photocopy material.
"It's an informational type of
By Carmen Chandler
Assistant City Editor
International students interested in attending the university are not able to apply for scholarships because of a university policy that favors American students.
"It's a matter of policy that we don't give international money from our general scholarship fund because we feel an obligation to our own society, " said Jon Strauss, senior vice president of administration.
"Generally, this is seen as money being returned to our society," Strauss said. "When argued in that perspective it does seem harsh."
However, several members of the university would like to see scholarships offered to encourage foreign students attend the university and help them finan-
thing, a procedural guideline which used the settlement of the NYU guides," Acosta said.
The NYU settlement sent a wave of panic across college campuses, causing many to consider the importance of photocopying policies.
"If a university doesn't have an official policy, it should be held accountable for the actions of its professors," said Townsend Hoopes, president of the AAP, in an interview last April. "We think a university—and I mean the administration— should assume the responsibil-
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cially when they are at the school.
"The problem with undergraduate foreign students is we have no scholarships available to (foreign) freshmen. I think that most people on campus would like to see some money given, said Mary Berg, associate director of admissions and director of international admissions.
"When we recruit overseas we see highly qualified students but we can't offer them aid," Berg said.
Fifteen percent of the university's students are estimated to be from other countries than the United States. The percentage is even higher among graduate and professional students.
Strauss said the university does offer foreign students some aid but the money comes
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Peace movement to maintain its objectivity toward Soviet Union
Marc Igler
Editor
An executive committee member of West Germany's anti-nuclear Greens party said Monday on campus that the recent Soviet downing of a South Korean jumbo jet will not bias the European peace movement against the Soviet Union and will in the long run have no effect on the arms limitation talks in Geneva.
Speaking to a small gathering in the Sodal Stience Building, Rudolph Bahro said, "(The Greens') position doesn't depend on Soviet behavior. This inddent will be forgotten in a few weeks, and in the long term will not influence the United States or the Soviets."
Bahro, a 47-year-old economist, joined the Greens Party in 1980 shortly after his release and expulsion from East Germany, where he spent two years in prison for writing and publishing The Alternative in East Europe, a critical study of Eastern bloc economics and politics. *
The Greens have been steadily gaining power in West Germany. On a pro-environment, anti-nuclear campaign stance, the party managed to attract 5.6 percent of the vote in the 1980 elections and four seats in West Germany's parliament.
The roughly 30,000 party members and estimated two million supporters have been particularly outspoken on NATO's planned deployment in December of 572 Cruise and Pershing II nuclear missiles. Thev have staged numerous protests and peace demon-
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International students ineligible; scholarship fund for Americans