Seventy-Fifth Year of Publication
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Volume Cll, Number 54
University of Southern California
1912 — 1986
Monday, November 17, 1986
Visiting academics assess 18 facets of university life
By Gary Sutton
Staff Writer
Representatives from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges will be on campus this week to continue the university's reaccreditation process.
Approximately every 10 years, WASC and other reaccreditation organizations visit colleges and universities throughout the country to "add legitimacy to degrees they award," said Wally Bobkiewicz, president of the Student Senate.
The university's accreditation process began in April 1985 with the administration's self-study report entitled "Designs for Leadership," which was released earlier in the semester, Bobkiewicz said.
It continued last month when WASC sent a three-man team to the nation's capital to examine the university's School of Public Administration.
The reaccreditation team for this year, which is chosen by the directors of WASC, will be chaired by Melvin Eggers, chancellor at Syracuse University.
Each member of the 18-person team will be responsible for examining a particular facet of the university-
Those selected to participate in the reaccreditation process are recognized experts in a particular field which is to be studied, Bobkiewicz said.
Each member of the 18-person team will be responsible for examining a particular facet of the university, Bobkiewicz said. For example, one member's area of concentration will be intema-tional students, whereas another person will study health sciences.
For the first time, a student will be a part of the WASC reaccreditation process. Cece Rev, a women's studies major at Princeton University, will discuss with university officials the possibilities of establishing living quarters where both students and professors can work and live together, Bobkiewicz said.
For the university, reaccreditation will merely involve the suggestion of minor changes, Eggers said. For some small schools, WASC will most likely propose major alterations, he said.
In fact, recommendations by WASC are usually very similar to those made by the university, Bobkiewicz said.
"It is an opportunity to critique ourselves," he said.
‘Stew the Bruins’
Troy Week to inspire ‘SC spirit
By Can Meisinger
Staff Writer
"Stew the Bruins" is this year's theme for Troy Week, the week that is guaranteed to make every Trojan succumb to the traditional feeling of Bruin rivalry.
To insure that all Trojans feel the rivalry, the Coffee House, the Concert and Special Events Committees, and Trojan Pride have planned events for Troy Week.
The events start Monday at noon with the Bruin Hunt.
In the hunt, seven clues are provided to the location of a hidden Bruin. The winner is the first person to find the bear and will receive two airline tickets from USC Travel to go anywhere Air Cal flies.
Later that night at 8 p.m., the Program Board will bring a lip-sync contest to Cafe '84.
Applications are still being accepted for the contest.
After everyone syncs their lips off, they can destroy the rest of their bodies at the Tommy's eating contest, held at 11 p.m. at Tommy's.
UCLA students were to have competed with Trojans at UCLA on Tuesday in an obstacle course-like race, but the Bruins did not field a team and withdrew on Friday.
Tuesday, however, will not go without activity.
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Briton to teach anthropology
TV director to explore culture through film
By Lauren Kam
Staff Writer
Andre Singer, an acclaimed British television director, has been hired to teach in the anthropology department next semester.
"He's a very unique and distinguished anthropologist," said Steve Lansing, chairman of the anthropology department. "He's the leading producer of anthropological films in Britain."
In a special program that allows him to teach one semster. Singer will teach Anthropology 263, "Exploring Culture through Film."
"The class will enable one to combine cinema, television, and also very academic filmmaking under one umbrella," said Singer, who has won numerous awards at the New York Film Festival. "It will be an interesting way for students to leam about other societies, and hopefully understand them better."
Singer described teaching at the university as "a novel and exciting thing to do. I think I can bring a different approach to filmmaking than that which has been traditionally followed at the university. I'll be combining the world of popular television with the world of anthropology. For the students, I'll be offering a much broader look at film and television than they've had in the past."
Singer has done several documentaries that have been televised on PBS, including "Witchcraft among the Azane," and "The Horseman of China," which were aired on the television science program "Nova."
Singer did his doctorate work at Oxford University and has published several books on Central Asia, Lansing said.
In 1973, Singer left Oxford, where he had studied and taught for 10 years, in order to advise British television. The British Broadcasting Corporation trained Singer to make films about anthropology.
Singer eventually became director of "Disappearing World," which, at the time, was the only anthropological film series on British television. Later, Singer produced the series, which is similar to "Odysseus," an American anthropological series.
Singer has also done field research abroad He has spent time in many countries including Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. In Pakistan, Singer lived with the Pathans tribe, and worked in their village. Singer based his book, "Guardians of the Northwest Frontier," on this tribe, which is currently fighting against the Soviets in Afghanistan.
He became interested in this university after giving a series of guest lectures around the country for two years. "It has one of the most important centers for visual anthropology," he said.
Singer said he hoped to try and establish links with the Cinema School.
At present, Singer has only been hired for one semester. However, just as the Law and Medical schools have created adjunct professors, the anthropology department is hoping to do the same, by making Singer a permanent link to the university. In this way, professors are able to work outside of the university, while maintaining their academic careers. Singer said if he decided to continue his work at the university, when he was not teaching, he would make different documentaries.
"Although the department has said how pleased they are for me to come, from mv point of view it's a very unique opportunity for a filmmaker and anthropologist, like myself, to be able to teach my kind of work to students. There are very few places in the world that would give me this opportunity, so the pleasure is as much mine as the university's," Singer said.
Security recovers mailbox from fraternity pranksters
By Danielle Sanford
Staff Writer
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor fraternity prank shall keep the mail from getting to its destination.
Last Wednesday, University Security officers proved this version of the old adage when they recovered a mailbox stolen from the Commons lobby late Tuesday night.
Just after midnight on Wednesday, a parking officer spotted three suspects, "manhandling" the mailbox, said Sgt. John Lewis, records and communications supervisor for University Security.
The three suspects, reportedly members of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, were seen carrying the mailbox near Jefferson Boulevard. Security officers caught the suspects near Troy Hall where they had split up and hid in the bushes, Lewis said.
The suspects were taken into custody and the postal commissioner was notified of the incident.
"The postal commissioner basically said, 'Book'em Dano,' on a federal (crime)/' Lewis said, because there is no bail on federal crimes.
The federal inspector assigned to the case decided to pursue the incident on a local, rather than federal level, Lewis said.
"The real impetus for putting them in jail came from the postal inspector," Lewis said.
The mailbox, which has been turned over to postal authorities, was full at the time of the theft.
"It was full from the holiday the day before," Lewis said. "That mailbox gets a lot of use anyway."
The mail was sent out after the mailbox was turned over to the post office, Lewis said.
The post office has given approval for maintenance crews to reinstall the mailbox in Commons.
Inside Sports
After it defeated California, USC found out it will be playing in the Florida Citrus Bowl against Auburn in Orlando, Fla. on New Year's Day.