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Volume CV, Number 50	University of Southern California	Thursday. November 12. 1987
Aztec dancers celebrate Festival Aztlan
The Xipetotec Aztec Dancers performed for more than 100 students Wednesday, as part of the Festival Aztlan sponsored by MEChA and Cultural Events. "The dancers made USC students aware of the real Mexican culture ... the real core of Mexican heritage,” said Roberto Guerrero, one of the event’s organizers. Festival Aztlan, an annual tradition for the past nine years, was developed to increase awareness of Latin political social issues. The Festival will conclude Friday evening with a poetry reading held in the basement of the University Church at 7 p.m.
University forms realty corporation
By Kevin Davis
Start Writer
In an attempt to redevelop property around its University Park and Health Sciences campuses, the university has formed a real estate corporation intent on development of housing, research facilities, commercial properties and other university-related needs.
The USC Real Estate Development Corp. — a wholly owned business subsidiary of the university — will develop the property 'm a manner consistent with the university's academic goals and institutional needs."
“Our intent is to have a positive impact on land adjacent to our campuses," said Cornelius Pings, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the university, who also serves as chair of the board of directors for the corporation. "We hope that we can help improve on the general quality of the community "
And to give the fledgling business a "kick-start," the university Mill loan the corporation more than 56 million.
The university will capitalize the corporation over a period of four years, advancing S2.5 million in property and cash the first war. with decreasing increments each following vear. with the last installment at 5500,000.
"Our goal is to have the corporation be a self-supporting for-profit business in five years," said Dennis Dougherty, vice president for finance. "The university will have an initial investment in the company by giving them a kick-start with some capital, but the university will be re-paid as though it were any other financial investment '
Dougherty said all amounts invested by USC will be recouped within 20 years.
While the corporation and the university are still forming deveiop-
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Program Board intends to delegate concerts job
By David Nimick
Staff Writer
Because the semester is more than halfway completed, the Program Board has decided not to replace its concerts director, wrho left his position during the last week of October, but to delegate his job to two current officers.
Judd Apatow, who had programmed five noontime concerts and was responsible for staging two comedy nights, resigned from the post because of a lack of school finances, which left him unable to fulfill his responsibilities, said David Price,
executive director of the Program Board.
"The job will most likely be filled from within the Program Board by *wo other directors (on the board)," Price said. "The spot was just vacated by Judd two weeks ago, but he has been covered since he surprised us with his announcement."
Price said nominees for the job are John Binkley, who is also special events director for the Program Board, and Russell Ca-tanzaro, who is coffee house director. Price said Binkley and Catanzaro should be confirmed at the Nov. 18 meeting of the Student Senate.
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Child care centers offer enriching experiences
By Cynthia Lin
Staff Writer
When you're a child, life can be pretty boring without a bunch of Legos and Lincoln Logs. Most university facilities, unfortunately, don't accommodate children with these or other toys.
W'ell, the university child care centers are the exception.
"The original purpose of the centers was to offer a place for the children of faculty, staff — along with students — a place for full-time care while the parents were working, researching or studying," said Carol Bass, director of child care programs.
The program began 10 years ago as an outgrowth of needs being expressed in the '60s. Bass said when more and more women went to work or to school to pursue academic areas, there was very little child care in the vicinity.
"Nothing on campus met the needs of full-time employees' children," she said.
The program initially accepted children between the ages of 2 and 5. However, because of increasing demands, the program has expanded considerably. There are now four child care programs: infant, toddler, basic and school-age. Although children are generally divided according to age, grouping varies based on the individual child's abilities and stage of development.
Bass said the program provides nurturing and custodial care and addresses the basic needs that children have.
20 to 25 youths will see USC football game
Fraternity to play “big brother” to kids from Boys Club on Saturday
By David Nimick
Staff Writer
In an effort to help neighborhood children, members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity plan to take 20 to 25 kids from the Boys Club of Greater Los Angeles to the USC-Arizona football game this Saturday.
"We wanted to do philanthropy, and this seemed like a good idea," said Andy Coleman, a member of the fraternity. "We called the Boys Club to see if they had any ideas of what we could do. We looked into being big brothers for the entire year, but figured that we couldn't manage it. So, we figured this would be another way to make a good impact.
"1 think it's great to do something like this. We're putting ourselves on the hne — We're responsible for the kids for one day. taking them to the game and showing them around." he said.
The fraternity plans to pick up the children in the morning and bring them back to the SAE house before the game.
"We'll have sandwiches for them before the game, and we'D have games like volleyball and some other stuff for them to plav as weD." Coleman said. "We are going to take them to the game and sit in one big group and enjoy the game ~ The members plan to bring the children back to the SAE house afterward to plav more games before taking them back to the Boys Club.
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