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Call Award winner gets Reagan congratulations
By Matthew Gaven
Staff Writer
This year's General Alumni Association Awards Banquet provided its 500 guests with a surprise, audio-taped message of congratulations from President Reagan.
The message was directed to Virginia Ramo, recipient of the 54th Asa V. Call Achievement Award.
The Call Award is the university's highest alumni honor, bestowed upon an “especially distinguished alum who brings honor and merit to the university." said Shari Thorell, assistant vice president of university relations and executive director of the General Alumni Association.
Ramo, whose husband Simon is the co-founder and director of TRW Inc., had met President Reagan on various occasions, Thorell said. She added that the taped message was a complete surprise to Ramo.
Thorell explained that the executive committee of the university's Board of Governors nominates six people as possible recipients of the award. The nominees are then voted on by a panel of five.
The panel consisted of James Zumberge, university president; George Scharfenberger, president of the board of trustees; David Atha, president of the General Alumni Association; Pauline Ng, president of the Student Senate; and a prominent private citizen.
The annual award ceremony and banquet, held last Sunday evening at the Sheraton Grande Hotel, included a total of 13 award presentations to university alumni.
The evening also proved to be a surprise for Art Bartner, director of the Trojan Marching Band, who was made an honorary alumnus of the university.
Bartner received his undergraduate and doctoral education at the University of Michigan.
This is the second time the General Alumni Association has made someone an honorary alumnus. Marilyn Zumberge, wife of University President James Zumberge, was the other recipient of that honor.
Happy Franklin, founding president and endowed member of USC's Friends of Fine Arts, received the Fred B. Olds Support Group Award as outstanding support group member of the year.
In addition, the GAA presented five university alumni with Merit Awards. Thorell said the merit awards are presented to individuals who have brought honor and merit to the university.
The winners included Frank Cruz, vice president of KVEA-TV; Thomas Kemp, senior vice president of Beatrice Companies Inc.; Thomas Walker, president of Tommy Walker Productions; Margaret Wetzel, a partner in Sonoma's Alexander Valley Vineyards and chairman of the Amazing Blue Ribbon of the Music Center; and Gin Wong, founder of a Los Angeles architectural firm and a university trustee.
In addition to the Merit Award presentations, there were six Alumni Service Awards given. Service awards are presented to individuals who have devoted time and service to the university in a variety of different areas, Thorell said.
Service Award winners were Bernice Marks Christenson, coor-
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JULIE M. SEIDEL DAILY TROJAN
About 11,000 runners from 48 states and 28 nations competed in Sunday's 26.2-miie Los Angeles Marathon.
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Policy questioned
Research laws re-evaluated
By Sigal Rose Kletzky
Staff Writer
A subcommittee organized to review the present policy on classified and proprietary research held its first meeting Monday afternoon.
Current policy prohibits classified research at this university because it is not publishable and, therefore, does not benefit the academic world.
Triggered by a growing concern to research President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, as well as a need to re-evaluate the university's policy, the University Research Committee created the subcommittee in mid-December.
Classified research differs from proprietary research because it is funded by federal contracts or grants, whereas the latter is applied to research funded by private organizations.
The policy, which has been in effect at the university since 1980, is based on four principles.
The first two rules outline the "critical importance of freedom of inquiry to the academic community" and the right of "access by interested persons to such results, normally including underlying data and procedures or analysis as well as final results."
The third principle demands "open identification of the actual sources of funding" for all sponsored programs.
Only the final point involves the university's "recognition and protection of the legitimate rights of an outside sponsor." According to this principle, the university may grant to a sponsor the privilege of
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Celebrities to help promote worthy cause, unity
Greeks sponsor fund week
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By Marci Kenon
Staff Writer
Greek Week, an annual week of charity events sponsored by the university's fraternities and sororities, began yesterday with a poster judging contest and lawn dinner.
The events will benefit Child's Help USA and Volunteers of America of Los Angeles/The Midnight Mission.
"Every cent, minus certain costs, is going straight to charity," said Ross Fischman, chairman of the Greek Week committee. The committee states its purpose is "to raise money for a philanthropy through activities that promote unity among the Greek System at USC."
Last year's Greek Week benefited organizations battling cerebral palsy, Ross said. This year, Child's Help USA, an organization that places mentally and emotionally abused children in foster and permanent homes, will receive money raised from the efforts of Greek Week, Fischman said.
The Midnight Missions, a division of VOALA that assists the homeless on Skid Row, will receive clothes gathered by teams competing to amass the most points by collecting the most clothing items, Fischman said.
Fraternities and sororities will lend several members to all eight teams that will compete in events for points, Fischman said, adding the team with the most points will win a trophy to be presented Thursday night.
Each fraternity and sorority participating in the events of Greek Week has paid an entry fee which will benefit the charitable cause, Fischman said.
Events include all-day volleyball, bobbing for apples and concocting drinks, all which enable teams to earn points. The
week will close with the All-Row party, which is open to all students and will be held at the McDonalds Swim Stadium.
Those students who are not participants in the Greek system can contribute to the efforts of Greek Week by purchasing raffle tickets and official Greek Week magazines, T-shirts and sweatshirts, Fischman said,
stressing that the official emblem does not represent any specific Greek organization.
Corporations, including CBS Records, have sponsored events for the charity week, Fischman said. Other companies have bought full page advertisements in the Greek Week magazine, which was scheduled for release (Continued on page 2)
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Carol Channing, the acclaimed stage and film actress, spoke about her career and answered questions yesterday in Bing Theatre.