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Volume XCV, Number 65
University of Southern California
Thursday, April 19, 1984
Campus expects world visit
Hopes to promote image as institute of higher learning
By Joann Galardy
City Editor
As the eyes of the world focus on the university during the Summer Olympic Games, spectators can expect the campus to look much as it does when classes are in session and the university is operating normally.
Yes, there will be a fence dividing the campus and the number of visitors each day is expected to equal the crowd that would be attracted by hosting two USC-UCLA football games. But beyond that, university administrators are making a conscious effort to present the campus in much the same way as it would normally be seen.
"We want to appear as an institution of higher education," said Duane Hickling, executive administrator with the Olympic Planning Office. "The campus will remain as the campus."
In order to preserve the academic atmosphere for as long as possible, Hickling said, most of the changes necessary to transform the campus into one of the two Olympic Villages will not take place until after commencement on May 8.
He said that this plan of putting things off to a later date has made the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee more than a little nervous, but he said the committee has been walling to adjust to the university's academic schedule.
"There has been a fair amount of pressure from the LAOOC, but overall relations between the university and the committee are really pretty good," Hickling said.
He said the university has had a lot of input into the planning of the Games. He said the university has asked to see all of the committee's plans and to know when the setting up and tearing down will take place.
After the Games, officials will have 12 days to get the campus back to normal before students start returning for the fall semester. Hickling said this will add a little pressure, but will not create any major problems.
"The tearing down should go faster than the setup because you don't have to be real neat and tidy about taking things apart," he said.
He estimates that about 98 percent of the planning is finished now, but only about 20 percent of these plans have been implemented so far.
He said the bulk of the transformation will take place in June with 98 percent of the village set up by July 7 — one week before the Olympic athletes arrive at what will be their home until Aug. 15.
Most students, with the exception of those attending summer school, will see no sign of village setup or tear down.
"Students saw the high-water mark of setup during the construction of the mall project," Hickling said.
He said about 90 percent of the permanent construction has been completed. Among the projects directly resulting from the Olympics' arrival in Los Angeles is the Olympic Swim Stadium, the $4 million site of the swimming and diving events, funded by McDonald's, the new dining facility next to Fluor Tower, the renovation of Cromwell Field and the construction of a weight room behind Heritage Hall.
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Games start soon, but do you care?
By Sheldon Ito
Assistant City Editor
How do you feel about the Olympics?
Are you: (a) wildly enthusiastic, (b) vaguely interested, (c) mildy apathetic or (d) bah humbug.
If you answered "a,” you're probably not a student at this university. Student apathy toward this summer's Olympic Games has been a problem all semester, said Gigi Fairchild, chairwoman of the Student Senate Olympic Committee.
"It basically boils down to USC students are planning to watch it on television," she said.
She said the problem is indicative of a larger problem on campus.
"It's not just the Olympics," she said. "It's really hard to get people enthused at this school. The Trojan spirit did not used to be just football."
GIGI FAIRCHILD
Participation in Olympic-related activities is one indicator of students' interest level.
Five people showed up to hear Doyce Nunis, a professor of history, address the (Continued on page 18)
Traffic and crowds to pose greatest threat at Olympics
He's as American as baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet. Literally.
Baseball is Rod Dedeaux's life — he has coached the USC team for 43 years, is the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee's baseball commissioner and will coach the U.S. team in the Summer Games. A little Chevrolet truck has driven his bank account into the millions. And judging by his paunch, he's had his fill of hot dogs and apple pie. Not only is he American, but Dedeaux is as Trojan as they come.
He wears his white uniform trimmed in cardinal and gold like a Little Leaguer who doesn't want to mess it up. Though it may have gotten dirty when the shortstop played baseball for the Trojans from
1933-1935.
In 1942 Dedeaux became the USC baseball coach. He hasn't left. I just can't say enough about the great institution of USC," deaux said. "It's the greatest family in the history of people banding together." aily trojan	(Continued on page 10)
By James Lee
Investigations Wnter
The Olympic Games in Los Angeles pose many problems, not the least of which is security. From the viewpoint of University Security and other law enforcement agencies, security is a high priority, but one that is being taken care of adequately.
University Security Sgt. Michael Kennedy, who is in charge of the university's security plan for the Olympics, foresees two major problems.
'Traffic and crowds/' Kennedy said, will pose the largest problems.
During the peak times of the Games, Kennedy said, there could be up to 155,000 spectators and tourists in the area.
Most of the campus will remain open during the Games for visitors. A fence will run the length of Childs Way — effectively cutting the university in half, though.
"Basically, the entire north half of campus will be the Olympic Village where the athletes will be housed," Kennedy said.
He added that only Doheny Library, Alumni Park in front of it, Bovard Administration Building and a few offices will remain open w'ithin the village area. Specific credentials will be necessary for university employees to enter the area.
Security will patrol areas outside the Olympic Village and the Olympic Swim Stadium, but the agency is pulling back its southern patrol boundary to Exposition Boulevard, Kennedy said. Normally, security operates down to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
"It puts a few binds on us because it cuts our patrol area in half," Kennedy told the Daily Trojan in March.
At that time, Jay Stodder, a spokesman for the guard companies under contract with the Los Angeles Olympic Organiz-(Continued on page 20)
Zumberge separates schoolLAOOC duties
By Catalina Camia
Assistant Qty Editor
University President James Zumberge said it is no accident that he is on the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee.
While some may think Zumberge would have problems being in charge of a university that will be the center of activity this summer, he is quick to dismiss that notion.
"No," Zumberge said adamantly when asked if there is any favoritism within the LAOOC for USC or UCLA. He stops the reporter in midsentence. "Well, none that I've heard of anyway."
The LAOOC Board of Directors was initially selected Jan. 26, 1979, and has been under the direction of LAOOC Chairman Paul Ziffren, a lawyer and senior partner in the Los Angeles firm of
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Zumberge was elected to the board early in 1981, just one year after assuming the presidency at this university.
"My responsibilities as a board member are more than just representing USC," he said. "It is to be a steward of all Olympic activities. I cannot just represent USC on the Board of Directors, and I definitely don't — I represent a broader constituency."
The group, Zumberge said, is representative of civic leaders in almost every field of endeavor on Los Angeles.
"The board is not constituted of all the people who have a specific interest in the Olympics," he said. "It is supposed to be made up of citizens with broad interests in Los Angeles and Southern California. I try to fulfill that role rather than as a par-(Continued on page 19)