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Volume XCVIII, Number 48
University of Southern California
Thursday, March 21, 1985
CRAIG ARAKAKI DAILY TROJAN
Byron Chatman and John Toles-Bey. two street performers, delighted large crowd in front of Tommy Trojan Wednesday.
Commission will study S. African investments
Heated contest decides reign of VKC 3rd floor
Vying with UCLA for venue
Student Senate agrees to sponsor international meeting of colleges
By Aaron Van Curen
Assistant City Editor
Noting that the university is one of the most international universities in the world, the Student Senate agreed to provide support, facilities and initial funding to establish an International Conference of University Students through a resolution passed at Wednesday night's meeting.
The initial funding of the conference for students from the world's leading universities is 512,800, according to the estimates of Leonard Ginsberg, a leader of the drive to establish the conference.
Bv providing the funding, the senate hopes the conference will be held on the USC campus. The conference would be held in conjunction with a meeting of the International Association of Universities, a group of presidents and chancellors from the world's leading universities, at UCLA August 12-17.
At the conference, the students would work toward the establishment of an American Association of University Students, similar to the American Association of University students — of which USC is a member — but on a larger scale.
Mike Singer, senate president, said this agree-
ment to support the conference is tentative.
Singer said final negotiations will have to be made on exactly what USC is providing. "Our senate will have to be completely satisfied with the negotiations to give the final go ahead," Singer said.
He also noted that the conference would need the approval of the university administration.
The minimum budget for the conference would be §26,000, but should be much larger, Ginsberg said. A recent American Association of University Students conference in Colorado cost over 530,000, Singer said.
Any discrepancy between the senate commitment and that amount would come from fundraising conducted by the North American Organizing Committee, the group charged with inviting students to the IAU conference and establishing the IAUS.
The benefit to the university would be the prestige of hosting such an international conference, Ginsberg said to the senate. He said the initial support would probably also lead to the establishment of the IAUS headquarters at USC, bringing more
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By Owen Gross
Staff Writer
In the wake of repeated student complaints this year, a 15-member commission has been formed to study the university's policy regarding investments in companies doing business in South Africa.
The commission — made up of five students, seven faculty members and three administrators — was appointed by university President James Zumberge on recommendations from the Student Senate, faculty and administrators.
Carl Christol, professor of political science, will be the chairman of the commission.
Also representing the faculty with Christol are Gerald Bender, associate professor of international relations; Sidney Benson, professor of chemistry; Sheila Briggs, assistant professor of religion; Clifton Dummett, professor of dentistry; Peter Lambropoulos, professor of physics; and James Stancill, associate professor of finance and business economics.
Students selected for the commission are James McPherson, a student senator; Bemald Walker, president of the Black Student Union; Howard Francis, a senior majoring in chemistrv; Lisa Livote, a senior majoring in political science; and David Weber, a law student.
Administrators serving on the commission are Lyn Hutton, university treasurer; Elena Garate, assistant director of the Office of International Students and Scholars; and Michael Klineman, assistant dean of the School of Business Administration.
At the end of the 1984 fiscal year, the university had approximately 515.9 million invested in such companies. The university does not own more than 5 percent of the stocks and bonds of any single company, including those that do business in South Africa.
In a letter to prospective commission members, Zumberge said some people "have suggested that the only appropriate course of action is for the university to divest completely its investments in corporations doing business in South Africa."
He said others feel the university's investments should be limited to those corporations that are guided by the Sullivan principles — policies of non-segregation in the work place, equal pay for equal work and promotion of non-whites to management positions.
Usually, those companies in South Africa that abide by the Sullivan principles have a positive influence in the country, Zumberge said.
Hutton said she had an "open mind toward what should be done. There is a lot of middle ground between complete divestment and doing nothing."
One suggestion she proposed was limiting university investments to those companies that have a Sullivan rating of three or better. The ratings are based on a scale of one to eight — with one being the best
—	and are applied to companies according to their civil rights activities.
To obtain a rating of 3 or better, a company would have to sign the Sullivan principles, observe them and pass a test showing their proper implementation.
Hutton also said the commission might make its recommendations on a case-to-case basis. She added there are special cases, such as with ABC, which has an operation setup in South Africa with less than 10 employees.
Bender said he shares the same political views as President Ronald Reagan and Zumberge.
"The university should make some meaningful response and go beyond its symbolic abhorrence of apartheid and move away from its
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By Lisa Lapin
Staff Writer
Political science students can now officially rule the third floor of the Von KleinSmid Center.
Just as USC and UCLA battle for the rights to dominate Los Angeles, the political science department and the School of International Relations have struggled over who will reign over the halls of VKC.
Battle lines w'ere drawn and the w’ar was fought Wednesday at noon when student panels from both disciplines participated in a "College Bowl” sponsored by Pi Sigma Kappa, the political science honor society, and the International Relations Undergraduate Association.
The political science trio emerged victorious by only 10 points after the half-hour long
quiz session, which featured questions compiled by graduate students and professors.
"Political science now has bragging rights on the third floor of VKC," said Carol Strode, president of the IRUA, to the audience upon proclaiming the winners.
About a dozen people turned out to watch the competition, but one would not have known it from the loud hand clapping, cheering and laughter that filled Room 27 in Waite Phillips Hall.
The international relations team won the opening toss, and both teams manuevered easily through the first dozen 10-point questions without a mishap. The political science panel wras under-represented for part of the first round, with twro (Continued on page 8)
STEVE FULTON DAILY TROJAN
Political Science and International Relations students took part Wednesday in a “College Bowl" game that tested their knowledge on general tnvia.