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Volume XCVIII, Number 41
University of Southern California
Tuesday, March 12, 1985
New dining hall finally opens
Cinema students protest proposed class changes
By Pablo Lopez
Staff Writer
Over 130 cinema students gathered Monday in the George Lucas Instructional Building at the School of Cinema-Television to vent their anger and to sign petitions in opposition to a proposed curriculum change in the Cinema 480 production workshop.
A 480 project is a student produced film that is funded by the department.
The proposal, if approved by the Production Faculty Section Heads meeting, places restrictions on selected cinema students who wish to write and direct their own work.
The main issue of student concern is that all scripts submitted by the writers and eventually chosen for production will be open to any eligible director. Also of concern to the students are a set of eligibility requirements that “are an effort to reduce the number and improve the quality of 480 scripts."
"We're in a Catch-22. It used to be the script writer's discretion," one student said. "We are the ones with artistic foresight and can get the most out of our script."
The faculty members are scheduled to meet Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in Room 201 in the instructional builidng to discuss the proposal.
Dave Johnson, associate professor in the School of Cinema-Television, is al-
leged to be the author of the proposal. Yesterday, Johnson and at least three associate professors — Morton Zarcoff, John Howe and Richard Harber — talked about the proposed changes in a meeting that was closed to the press and public.
Earlier Johnson said "no comment" about the proposal. But later he said, "I don't know where (the proposal) came from and anything students get ahold of is rumor."
"It is an internal matter and our intent is to improve the matter," Johnson said.
The cinema students voted unanimously at their meeting to oppose the proposal, and by 3 p.m. over 200 signatures were collected on their petitions. The petition committee gave a deadline of noon Tuesday for signatures because it wanted to present the petitions at the faculty meeting.
The rough draft of the proposed changes, allegedly explained by Johnson to two cinema students on March 9, sets an April 8 deadline for script submission to the faculty panel, limiting one script per person. Students must also meet one of the following guidelines:
—	Be eligible to direct a Cinema 480 course.
—	Have successfully completed Cinema 414 or Cinema 514 under Pam Douglas in Fall 1984 or be currently enrolled.
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High school championships cause mix-up at Sports Arena
By James Jones
Assistant City Editor
Many students who attended the basketball game Saturday will remember many things, including overtime, two missed free throws and long lines to get into the Sports Arena.
The long lines prior to the USC-Oregon State basketball game were actually a result of other games taking place in the Arena, said Glenn Mon, Sports Arena manager. The California Interscholastic Federation basketball finals were also being held March 9, and had been scheduled for two years in advance, he said.
On Feb. 19, a meeting was held between CIF officials, the Sports Arena management and the university to try and change the schedule, Mon said.
"The Sports Arena felt that the 'SC game would be very important and asked the CIF people to change their schedule slightly in order to open a three-hour window," Mon said.
Mon said another reason for the change was the original site — Cal State Dominguez Hills — could only hold
4.000	people and the Arena can hold approximately
14.000	people.
Ted Tompkins, an assistant athletic director, said "We asked the TV station (KTLA) to change from the scheduled 3:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Then we asked the CIF to start their games a little earlier in the morning and a little later in the evening."
Tompkins attributes the long lines on Saturday to the CIF games, which ran 20 minutes overtime. The crowd had to be cleared out before the 'SC crowd could be let inside, he said.
He explained that the university, in order to play at the Arena, had to "take it as is" and use the facility in the condition that the CIF had left it.
The Arena management was also surprised with the number of students who attended the game, Mon said. The total attendance for this game was 8,254, according to
statistics from the Sports Arena, but the average attendance for the mens' home games was 5,805 for the season.
University President James Zumberge was also upset with the long lines before the game.
Zumberge said after he arrived at the Arena, only one of the turnstiles was open and a long line of students was waiting to get inside. He was worried that some students would be unable to find their seats before game time. Zumberge then contacted the manager and told him of the problem.
"He was very cooperative and immediately other turnstiles were opened," Zumberge said.
Several students also complained about the hockey wall around the basketball court, which prevented them from having easy access to their seats. The hockev wall also took up close to 130 good seats, Mon said.
SUZANNE DENEBEIM DAILY TROJAN
Cafe 84, located at West Complex in the Frank L. King Olympic Hall of Champions, finally opened its doors Monday. Fancy Pattys gourmet hamburgers and La Tortilla Mexican food windows were serving customers. Chopsticks oriental food should be open today and Primero’s Pizza is looking to open as early as Thursday. There is also a salad bar in the facility, which accepts both cash and validine.
Senate resumes debate over restructuring plan
By Aaron Van Curen
Assistant City Editor
The Student Senate resumed debate on a proposed senate restructuring plan at 7 a.m. Friday in a continuation of Wednesday night's regular meeting.
The meeting had been recessed past 9 p.m. Wednesday after nearly four hours of debate on the restructuring issue.
The plan, which establishes a three-branch student government, was presented in 14 amendments to the senate's bylaws. The senate accepted 12 of the amendments and rejected one. Another was withdrawn.
Theresa Beaulieu, a graduate senator, emphasized that these structural changes are only preliminary and are subject to
further amendments as needed after the new structure is implemented.
Senators pointed out perceived flaws in the amendments as they were introduced during both meetings, but few changes were made. Bylaw amendments must be read one week, and voted on the next, so changes to restructuring amendments would have delayed their passage.
Twice the senate voted to suspend its rules so changes could be made to the amendments without delaying their consideration.
The senate for the second time was unable to consider urgently needed reapportionment legislation.
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Students barely made it into with Oregon State Saturday.
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