University of Southern California
DAILY <§> TROJAN
VOL. LXII NO. 85	LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA	WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1971
Drama demands to be considered
WRITE-INS AFFECTED
By DAVE HOWE
Grant Beglarian. dean of the School of Performing Arts, answered drama students' demands yesterday by saying that departmental problems such as limited rehearsal space and antiquated facilities would be corrected as soon as possible.
In a letter sent to Belgarian last Friday, Joel Rosenzweig. student director of the ASSC production “Tommy", cited a lack of rehearsal space and the old. inadequate facilities of the Division of Drama as the major grievances of the students.
Anthony Lazzaro, associate vice-president of business affairs. and Dean Belgarian have met several times during the past week to discuss the possible solutions to the demands made by Rosenzweig and *20 other drama students.
“These shortages have been well known for a long time." said Belgarian. “However, the job is to secure plans not only for the present but also for the future."
Belgarian will meet with students and faculty today at 10 a.m. at the Stop Gap Theatre to discuss other solutions to the problem.
“We have been working on three phases to try to eliminate the urgent needs of the students." Belgarian said. Elimination of the need for more rehearsal space. classroom space for the school during the construction phase of the new facility and movement into the new building are the plans being considered by Lazzaro and Belgarian.
Elections
The ASSC Executive Council yesterday passed several motions pertaining to the Election Code which were proposed by Elections Commissioner Charlene Bandurraga.
The council passed a motion stated in the revisions which would allow write-in candidates to run only in the general election.
Another motion to lengthen the run-off election to two days also passed.
“The run-off election is just as important as the general election. Miss Bandurraga said.
“I think it should be lengthened in order to be consistent.
A revision of the Election Code stating that each candidate may have one observer present at the counting of the ballots was passed.
However, the council defeated a motion which would allow candidates to spend up to $200 on their campaigns. The upper limit of campaign expenditures will remain at $100.
Miss Bandurraga said the Election Code revisions that she presented at the meeting were drawn up as a result of the requests of candidates and students at an open meeting held Feb. 19
The council also voted to set polling places for the ASSC elections at the following locations: Alumni Park, in front of the Medical School, near Birnkrant dorm at the corner of 35th Street, between the business and Law Buildings, at the corner of 37th and Hoover Streets and on 28th Street
Two campus service organizations, the Squires and the Knights, have offered to marshal the election free of charge.
Miss Bandurraga s request for $200 to pay lor advertisements in the Daily Trojan urging
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students to turn out at the polls was refused.
Two budgetary requests were also passed by the council. A motion to credit the profits from the International Food Fair, where international students prepare and sell dishes from their native-lands. to the International Festival was also passed. The International Festival is a program of dances and other entertainment from foreign countries.
The Community Action Coordination Committee (CACC) was granted $1200 of ASSC funds if the council's request for money from the university is granted. Patrice Edwards. CACC coordinator, said that the group was operating on a $400 deficit and that money was necessary if any of its programs were to be implemented.
ASSC President Sam Hurst urged all council members to be present when the dispute between the ASSC and the Elections Commission will be formally presented in the Student Court today at 12:15 in the Student Union. Room 307.
After both sides have defined their positions, the court will adjourn to deliberate in closed quarters.
The decision will be given either today or tomorrow, depending upon the length of the court's deliberations.
The suit was brought by Elections Commissioner Charlene Bandurraga. who maintains the ASSC elections should not be postponed.
“The Elections Commission is still willing to work with the executive council in putting on a fair election." Miss Bandurraga said.
“My objective is not to fight the council, but to carry out a decent election according to the rules. "
SNAKE PIT TO APPEAR
Snake Pit members may not organize intelligible card stunts but at least they have spirit. They'll appear at the basketball rally en force tomorrow.
Yell squad sets basketball rally
A basketball rally, to show the university’s support for Bob Boyd’s team, will be held Thursday at noon in front of Tommy Trojan.
The rally, sponsored by the Yell Squad, will feature Boyd, Assistant Coaches Jim Hefner and Stan Morrison, the USC basketball team, the Snake Pit, Daily Trojan Sports Editor Charlie Mack and possibly Jack the Walrus.
Immediately following the rally, the supplemental raffle drawing for the remaining UCLA game tickets that were not claimed after Monday’s lottery will be held.
The Yell Squad and song girls will lead off the rally and will be followed by the Trojan band.
The band, under the direction of Arthur C. Bartner will plav “Fight On” and “Conquest.”
Yell leader Craig Caldwell will then introduce Mack who, in turn, will introduce Bovd, who will introduce his assistant and his team.
The Trojans are currently 12-1 in Pacific - 8 Conference play and 24-1 overall on the season.
If they beat UCLA Saturday afternoon in Pauley Pavilion, they will force a Monday night playoff which will also be held at Paulev.
Representatives of the Peace Corps are manning an information table by Tommy Trojan this week.
Peace Crops
to screen film
The Peace Corps will highlight its campus drive for volunteers tonight, with the showing of “The Foreigners. " a color film about the life and job opportunities in the corps. The film will screen at 7:30 in the Birnkrant Dining Room.
Peter Bradley, a Peace Corps recruiter for the Los Angeles area, will host the evening program and will be on hand fot a question-and-answer session.
Recruiters have set up a table in front’of Tommy Trojan and will be distributing information for the remainder of the week.
The basic qualifications needed for volunteer applicants are degrees or skills. The applicant must be at least 18 years old.
Belgarian said that the solution for temporary rehearsal space has four possibilities. “At first we used the old Law Building, and now it is not ac-cessable." explained Belgarian. “Olin Library is now available and so are the barracks next to Stop Gap. but they will soon be evacuated. "
"The last resort would be the construction of prefabricated buildings next to Stop Gap and they would be used until the new facility is completed." he added.
Lazzaro said he has offered the School of Performing Arts the use of vacant classrooms for rehearsals. "I have no idea of when a permanent solution will evolve," said Lazzaro. “I hope that they take advantage of the unscheduled classroom space rather than the exclusive space ideal."
Exclusive space will be available for the drama students by
Fall. 1973, when the new School of Performing Arts complex will be completed.
The site for the complex is Bovard Field. “We just can t move in and push one part of the university out of its area." said Belgarian. The athletic fields will be moved into the Hoover Redevelopment Project area.
“The concept of the building is finished, all that is needed now is approval of the trustees," said Belgarian. "Then it would take six months for the architectural plans to be drawn up and another 20 months for the actual construction."
The new facility is based on a village concept with interconnected buildings. “This structure is the largest of all the Master Plan projects at $7.8 million," Lazzaro said. “It has always had as high a priority as any other project."