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A bomb scare closed down Founders Hall, V$n KleinSmid Qenter ^ . and ihe Admimstrtition Building yesterday, causing some classes to hold meetings outside.
The campus' main svyrftchboard deceived an anonymous phone call at 9:51 a.m. from^a man^the campus police believe to be a Cpucasjan. ’ <	-	-> -'W
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The campus police wer^ unable to monitor or trace the phone call.
Photo by Bill Howard
Artists, critics to discuss film
The Second Annual USC Film Conference began yesterday with student films and continues through Sunday featuring leaders of the film industry and critics and artists from other fields. “The Film and Its Audiences," is this year's conference theme.
Panel discussions continue today in Edison Auditorium as conference delegates and panelists discuss “Film and Finance.” “Film and Audience Research'* and “Film Criticism and the Audience.”
The soon to be released “Andromeda Strain " will be shown tonight at 8:15 in Bovard Auditorium, with director Robert Wise leading a discussion afterwards. A special screening at 11:15 p.m. will also take place. Admission is $2.
Tomorrow's agenda includes panels on “Film Education and the Audience;-“Film Technology and the Audience.” and “Now Movies and the Audience." Noted science-fiction writer Ray Bradbury will be guest speaker. George Lucas, a USC graduate and director of the futuristic “THX 1138.” will be the topic speaker.
Lucas' recently released movie, which is based on the film he produced while a student at USC. will be shown Saturday at 8:15 p.m. in Bovard. Lucas will be present for discussion of his film.
Sunday's events include the final panel on “Film and Its Audience” and the screening of Elaine May's “A New Leaf” at 7:15 p.m. Actor Walter Matthau and producer Howard Koch will be on hand for a discussion period after the film.
Other film activities this weekend include Trojan Honor Guard's presentation of “Candy” tomorrow and Sunday evening at 7, 9:15. and 11:30 p.m. in Edison Auditorium. Admission is $1.
NO NEW GRADS
Telecom in trouble
By LAURINDA KEYS Assistant City Editor
The university administration is “slowly cutting off the arms of the telecommunications department,” Mel Keintz. a senior in the department, charged yesterday. “All that's left is 50 students and two professors in a department that the university seemingly doesn't want anymore.” he said.
Keintz made these comments
after enrollment of all new graduate students in the department was temporarily suspended because of an inadequate number of faculty members.
Charles Mayo and William May, graduate school deans, conferred with Don Smith, the acting department chairmen, and decided to suspend new applications until a new professor, presently under contract, arrives in January, 1972.
Editor defends Free Troian
Randy Goodwin. Free Trojan editor, denied Michael Lance Trope's and Jack McNamara's charges yesterday that the Free Trojan is nothing more than a political advertisement for particular political candidates.
“The Free Trojan is an information paper for students,-' Goodwin said. “Both Trope and McNamara have an ax to grind. Trope is bitter from his failure to recall Hurst last semester. and McNamara is bitter that his constitution was defeated. They're just trying to limit my right to freedom of expression. "
Trope and McNamara at-
tacked the Free Trojan s advertising policy, citing a quar-ter-page political advertisement in the Oct. 21 Free Trojan which was purchased for $1, considerably less than if purchased by other individuals.
Defending his advertising policy, Goodwin claimed that the ad sold for $14, and the three: political candidates paid equal amounts.
However, Trope argues that an ad that size would normally cost $55.
Goodwin stated that the Young Americans for Freedom does not support the paper's publication. “The Free Tro-
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Bloland denies ASSC charges
By STEVE RANDALL
Paul Bloland, vice-president of student affairs, denied that his letter regarding the constitutional amendment to change the fee board was contradictory to the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities.
The charge of contradiction was leveled against Bloland, by an ASSC Executive Council member, after Bloland had accused the ASSC Executive Council of usurping the authority of the administration. Bloland said the council was exceeding its power by trying to put programming fee money into student hands.
Jack McNamara, an independent representative on the ASSC Executive Council, accused Bloland of overstepping his responsibilities in an attempt to defeat the constitution. The amendment would have restructured the administration of funds from the student programming fee and also created a new judicial system.
“Nothing in either the statement on student rights or in the ASSC Constitution says that students cannot control funds collected by students," claimed McNamara.
“In fact, Article III, section D, of the Statement of Student Rights, states, ‘Fees which the students impose on themselves shall be controlled by students.’ ”
“If the administration does not agree with the statement, they should repeal it,” said McNamara.
Bloland charged the fee board, appointed by the president of the university, was soley responsible for the allocation of the program fee.
Bloland also argued the proposed amendment would exceed the jurisdiction <4f the present court systems.
“I'm not quarreling with the content of these proposed changes,” said Bloland. “I only wished to point out that constitutional amendment is not the proper vehicle for these changes.”
"One cannoi simply annex the property next to him without first consulting the owner,” Bloland said. “The council should have consulted the people who presently hold the power."
McNamara argued that the proposed changes would create a parallel court system and not eliminate any existing courts.
“We were only attempting to give students a choice of courts and a redress of grievences against faculty and administration." explained McNamara.
Under university rules, three members of the department and two professors from outside of the department are needed to read doctoral dissertations.
“We had three professors." said Keintz, “but they gave one an ultimatum that he either quit his full-time job as a manager at KABC radio or quit teaching. It's obvious what choice he made—the same anyone would make because of the bread.”
Dr. Michael Sommer, the exprofessor, Keintz was referring to. is still teaching a class in telecommunications. Sommer is not allowed a professorship, so he cannot sit on the council. and thus, he is not available to read theses and dissertations.
Keintz said he thought it was a wise decision for new enrollment to be suspended but he blames the university administration for not looking ahead to see what would happen.
“We should have had four faculty members two years ago.” he said. “If anyone thinks they can run a department with two teachers, they're crazy.
“They've been promising us teachers ever since I've been here. I'm on the search committee for a new chairman, which you can put in quotes because it's a bunch of garbage.”
Keintz said the department has been without a chairman for two years.
He said that radio station KUSC now has nothing to do with the Telecommunications Department. “They had to leave just to function. They were being dragged down, too."
Keintz believes that there is a strong possibility the Telecommunications Department will be defunct in six months unless it gets funds specifically designated for its use from private sources. “Bucks are the only thing that count anymore." he said.