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Volume XCIV, Number 48	University of Southern California	Friday, November 11, 1983
HEIDI EMERSON DAILY TROJAN
Darryl Adams, president of the Black Student Union, doubts the objectivity ot a report on the effectiveness of Black Student Services.
BSU leader attacks report on BSS
Cites possible lack of objectivity
By Joann Galardy
Assistant Qty Editor
A recent committee report on the effectiveness of Black Student Services at the university was criticized Thursday by Darryl Adams, president of the Black Student Union, who expressed doubts about the report's objectivity.
Adams said that because Pamela Porter, the director of Black Student Services, served on the committee and, in fact, chaired a subcommittee dealing with financial aid and services for black students, he questioned whether an adequate evaluation of Porter and her program could have taken place while she was on the committee.
Adams said he is upset that the 21-member committee never asked for his contribution to the report.
A tense relationship has existed between Adams and Porter for the past 18 months with Adams and the BSU charging that Porter has been an ineffective administrator.
The soon-to-be-released committee report, published Wednesday in the Daily Trojan, concluded that the university and the BSS have failed to integrate black students into the campus mainstream and has not tended to their needs.
The report said the BSS has been "(unable) to establish a rapport with a large enough majority of black students
to make the office an effective instrument for the development of black student life."
While Porter was unavailable for comment, Gary Channer, assistant director of BSS, defended the effectiveness of BSS, saying, "I think the report is very inaccurate. I see our program as being effective."
Channer said he did not like the methods the committee used to gather its information.
According to the report, 1500 black students were surveyed and asked to evaluate the effectiveness of Black Student Services on the entire campus, with 100 students responding. Channer does not believe that this statistic is accurate, however.
"I don't believe there were 1500 students polled," Channer said. He said he based this opinion on the role BSS played in facilitating the survey.
"We cooperated fully with the report," Channer said, adding that many students came to the office looking for information on the survey.
He reserved further comment until after the committee meets next week.
Another of Adams' complaints involved the elapsed time between the report's completion and its disclosure. He said that while James Dennis, vice president of student affairs, received the completed report in July, its
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DOUGLAS BURTON DAILY TROJAN
Tobacco chewing concerns physician
By Annie Peterson
Staff Writer
Tobacco chewing, a habit typically practiced by cowboys and baseball players, is becoming popular with students, a trend that worries Dr. Eric Cohen, a physician in the student health center.
"Over the last couple years, an increasing number of students are chewing tobacco, particularly those in athletics or fraternities," said Cohen. "None of these students are aware of the social or medical consequences of tobacco chewing."
Can cause oral cancer
The use of chewing tobacco can lead to oral leukoplakia, a pre-cancer lesion which forms in the mouth tissue, Cohen said. This condition usually appears as a smooth white patch or a hardened lesion which can be calloused or wrinkled. Victims of oral leukoplakia face a 3 percent to 5 percent oral cancer risk, he said.
"Some students have come in the center with pre-cancerous lesions in their mouths," said Cohen. "Most people who (use smokeless tobacco) just don't know the dangers."
Besides oral cancer, users of smokeless tobacco risk developing cancer of the esophagus, receding of the gums, yellowing of the teeth, bad breath, and excessive wear on the teeth, he said. Tobacco also affects the ability to taste and smell, he said.
Cohen stressed that using smokeless tobacco can lead to fatal cancer, but usually the types of cancer which can occur are treatable.
Oral cancers are usually treated through surgery, which can cause disfigurement. "The surgeon may have to remove a great deal of the jaw, lip and face and replace it with plastic," Cohen said.
‘A pinch is all it takes’
The sale of smokeless tobacco, marketed under such brand names as Skoal, Copenhagen and Red Man, has increased 11 percent annually since 1974, reports the Journal of School Health. The upturn in tobacco chewing no doubt stems from the national advertising campaigns which feature former athletes like Walt Garrison.
The university's Smokeshop, located in the Commons lobby, offers about a dozen smokeless tobacco brands.
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Neighborhood panel seeks end of space museum’s construction
By Joann Galardy
Assistant Qty Editor
The Hoover Project Area Committee of the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is seeking an injuction to stop construction of a proposed Exposition Park Aerospace Museum because it says the state has violated the provisions of an approved agreement.
Last April, the CRA originally agreed to allow construction of a more than $9 million-dollar space museum by the Museum of Science and Industry in the northeast portion of Exposition Park. One-fourth of the museum would be funded by the state.
But when construction began, the CRA discovered that the museum planned to include several outside exhibits: a Boeing 707 aircraft with ground equipment, two helo pads with helicopters and various ICBMs.
The CRA says these outside exhibits are being built without its consultation. The CRA claims the exhibits would replace precious greenspace and parking space.
Under state law, the CRA must be consulted before redevelopment or construction within the Hoover Redevelopment Project takes place. An environmental impact plan has to be submitted for the CRA’s approval. The CRA claims the state, in building the outside exhibits over greenspace and parking space, is violating the plan.
The CRA has billed the controversy 'Trees and Open Space vs. 707s and ICBMs."
In a vote taken on Oct. 18, it was unanimously decided by the CRA that a request should be made
to the CRA Board of Commissioners asking for the injunction.
The move was made after it became apparent that the state did not consider itself accountable to the law it created, and the CRA felt it was losing control of the situation. A decision from the Board of Commissioners is expected next week.
"When construction began three weeks ago (the state) implemented a revised plan they didn't bother to tell anyone about," said Gerald Papa-zian, a member of the CRA.
The original plan, which calls for completion of the project by the start of the Summer Olympics, provides for the construction of four new structures and the rennovation of the Armory Building.
The original plan included a space museum which would house $2.3 million in space exhibits, the Corwin Denney Air and Space Garden, which would exhibit a DC-8 and a DC-3; a theater which would recreate the experience of air and space flight, and the Aerospace Terrace, which would provide seating space overlooking the rose garden for museum visitors.
A spokesman from the California Museum of Science and Industry, after speaking with Norm Flette, the state's deputy attorney general, said the CRA's attempt to seek an injunction has no legal force and no validity to it. The state, which funds the museum, is questioning the CRA's jurisdiction in the issue.
"The community is just outraged," said Papazian. "It is obvious (the state) is making these changes because of the Olympics."
MICHELE KARAS/DAILY TROJAN
CRA officials claim the construction of outside exhibits, including a Boeing 707 and ICBM missies, would replace precious greenspace and parking.