Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Wednesday June 21,1995 Vol. CXXV, No. 6
Headlines
Senegal band leader Babba Maal and Haitian group Boukman Eksperyans will be bringing their mundane, though spiritually uplifting rhythms to Los Angeles for a free performance as part of the Africa Fete tour. This comes at a time when Westerners are finally appreciating world music. Diversions, page 8
World’s leaders lagging in Bosnia
Columnist Christian D. Orr chastises the world's leading political powers, such as NATO and the United Nations, for dragging their feet in searching for a diplomatic end to the Bos-nia-Herzegovina conflict — a struggle that has turned into the one-sided slaughtering of Serbian Muslims.
Viewpoint, page 4
Volunteers for study needed
County-USC supporters protest cuts
Schoenbergs decry fate of archive
By Victoria Manley
City Editor
Weeks after announcing plans to relocate the Arnold Schoenberg Institute from the university campus, members of the Schoenberg family are still frustrated with the university's tactics of handling their dispute.
"None of the things (the university officials) are saying make sense," said Larry Schoenberg, son of the composer and a member of ASI's Board of Advisors. "We had a contract, and the university broke that contract."
Schoenberg said he suspects that the university is hoping for "some sort of economic gain" in the relocation.
"I don't understand why they are being so nasty with us," he said.
Established in 1973, ASI was intended by the Schoenberg family to be an archive of the composer's work and literature. A Board of Advisors comprised of family members and university officials was created.
Since then, Schoenberg said, university officials have made a breach of contract by cancelling meetings with the family and demanding access to copyrights of Schoenberg literature and to the facility for various programs.
Provost Lloyd Armstrong, Jr., said in an article in the Summer Trojan last week that the "the university finds certain (Schoenberg family) conditions too restrictive to be fully consonant with our ideas of academic freedom."
Schoenberg disagrees with Armstrong's statement, and denies that the family has ever been restrictive to the university's requests.
"We've constantly wanted to broaden the interest among students and other departments at the university," said Nuria Schoenberg Nono, daughter of the composer and member of the Board of Advisors.
"What we care about is that our father's things are respected and that scholars can have access to the material," she said.
Since their announcement last May to relocate, the family is accepting offers from other schools and institutions that are interested in housing the composer's works.
According to Nono, the family will not be rushing into any transfers in the near future.
"We won't do it quickly," Nono said. "The university is pushing us, but I don't see how they think we can do this quickly.”
Before a transfer can be made, some legalities must be dealt with, such as deciding
what parts of the archive collection will remain at USC said Wayne Schoaf, an ASI archivist.
"It depresses me to no end to think about it," said Schoaf, who has worked in the facility for 10 years. "I've been told that there are certain things the university will not let go of."
The collection, includes old books, original music, photos, journals and lecture notes of the composer.
The institute is estimated to be worth $50 million.
According to Schoenberg, the entire collection housed in the institute will be transferred to a new location.
Lynn Sipe, director of University Libraries, said the university will keep a significant portion of the collection that has already been added to the University Library collection.
Though no prospects have been considered as a relocation site for the institute, Schoenberg said that the chances of remaining on campus is slim.
"Considering the people we've been working with and the things that they are saying, it's highly unlikely that the institute will remain (at USC)," he said.
Jonathan Fox / Summer Tro|an
Union members displayed their support for keeping County-USC Medical Center open during rally presentations on Monday In the hot afternoon.
By April Haitsuka
City Editor
Over 1,000 hospital workers, families and community supporters gathered on the steps of the General Hospital Monday to protest the possible closing of the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center as one of the many cuts in the proposed county budget for the coming year.
The Service Employees International Union, Local 660 organized the demonstration as part of a campaign to stop the closure of the center, which provides health care for the county's poor and uninsured, as well as emergency trauma care, a large number of jobs for the community and a training ground for resident doctors and USC medical
(See Hospital, page 2)
USC faculty help take the byte out of crime
By Tom Hogen-Esch
Staff Writer
Though the university is not typically considered a crime-fighting institution, a new partnership with the Los Angeles Police Department may help police officers become more efficient in their jobs.
Faculty from the Schools of Engineering and Education are teaching a 25-day course in computer literacy that the LAPD hopes will allow officers to spend less time on clerical duties and more time fighting crime.
"You wouldn't believe the amount of paperwork we have to deal with," said LAPD Detective Andrew Malkhasian, one of the nine selected to teach the new system to over 6,000 fellow officers. "This course should help cut down on that
significantly."
According to Malkhasian and classmate Detective Bill Lacy, an arrest under the current system requires officers to fill out up to 70 forms, much of which is redundant information.
The course is part of a USC training contract with the Mayor's Alliance for a Safer L.A., a privately run fund-raising organization started by Mayor Rior-dan, Police Chief Williams, and Bruce Karatz, CEO of Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation.
The organization, which recently donated 1,600 new computers to the LAPD, believes the new system will free officers from at least 640,000 hours per year currently devoted to office work.
Carl Scharpf, director of instructional laboratories for the
The USC School of Social Work is conducting a survey of Latina women who are caring for a loved one with AIDS. The Latina Family AIDS Caregivers Study is taking a survey to learn about taking care of AIDS patients. The survey takes about two hours, and all information will be strictly confidential. If you would like more information about how to participate in (his survey, call Dr. Helen Land at (213) 740-0299.
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The Sunday Afternoon Concert Series at Fisherman's Village in Marina del Rey features an array of musical entertainment throughout the year. On June 24, the series will feature folk music by Winter in Venice. Fisherman's Village is located at 13755 Fiji Way in Marina del Rey, and concerts are held from 2 to 5 p.m., weather permitting. For more information, call (310) 823-5411.
Pauli Santoa / Summer Trojan
USC School of Education's Richard Clark Instructs LAPD officers.
School of Engineering, is the primary computer instructor for the program, and will help familiarize the nine officers with computer skills.
Instructor Richard Clark, professor and chair of educational psychology and technology for
the School of Education, said he provides officers with the necessary skills to teach the new system to other officers.
"This is actually just the first of a series of developmental steps we are taking with the LAPD," he said.
Rhythms of Africa hit Western lands