center opens
Establishment of a Narcotics and Drug Abuse Action Research-Education Center at USC and appointment of a director for the new unit were announced by Dr. Paul E. Hadley, dean of Summer Session and University College.
The new center, with initial funding from the Haynes Foundation, Los Angeles, will coordinate a variety of USC efforts to combat and prevent the drug abuse problem. The center will be an arm of University College.
Lawrence E. Rodgers, whose experience includes narcotics prevention ' and rehabilitation and a variety of training, community action and social work positions, was named director of the center.
“The university already is active in many areas of narcotics research and program development,” Dean Hadley said. “Professors and researchers in the Schools of Education, Law, Medicine, Pharmacy, Public Administration and Dentistry, and in a number of departments, have made significant contributions.
“It has become evident, however, that the nation s drug abuse problem has reached massive proportions as to require an integrated, long-term approach, based on the research capacities of a major university. This is the aim of the center. It will bring together individuals and groups from within the university and outside USC who can contribute their particular expertise to combat the many phases of the drug
problem.
“We are delighted to have a professional person of Mr. Rodger’s background and community sensitivity to head the effort,” Hadley said.
Rodgers, 31, comes to USC from the Avalon Carver Community Center, where he was program director for a narcotic prevention and rehabilitation project.
Prior to that, he was a training consultant with the Institute for Training and Program Development. In that position, he developed and implemented management and minority trainee education programs.
Rodgers has functioned as a training specialist with several organizations in the last few years, including Western Community Action Training, Inc., U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity and Los Angeles County Urban Training Center.
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Auditions
Tryouts for the Summer Mainstage production of “See How They Run” will be closed as of tomorr;~% June 23. Tryouts continue tonight and tomorrow from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. in Stop Gap Theatre.
Students are reminded of the fact that they can receive credit — one to two unit credit — for their performance in the play.
University of Southern California
VOL. LXIII NO. 3
LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA
TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1971
Drug research
IN REVIEW
'The Trial of the Catonsville Nine'
Photo by Bru«0 Bolinger
BACK TO THE GRIND
Students crowd through the bookstore buying materials for summer session.
Summer school offers unique program variety
By CYNTHIA WOOD Staffwriter
Summer not only brings classes for the overanxious undergraduate, but also classes and workshops for anyone at any age who is just interested.
To stimulate and encourage the precollege-age students, USC offers several workshops and a program which allows high school students to take courses.
Two workshops delve into the media. The Department of Telecommunication’s radio and television workshop introduces the student to the equipment of radio and television. Students rotate in the different roles involved in television production and will be allowed special emphasis in such areas as script writing and lighting.
The School of Journalism will offer two sessions of its annual newspaper workshop and one session for the yearbook workshop. These programs are aimed at the writing, editing and layout of student publications.
For students interested in forensics, the Speech Department offers a four-week session in public speaking. This workshop emphasized both theoretical and practical training and students are given individual criticism.
To stimulate the gifted precollege student, the university offers high school students who have completed their junior year a chance to earn eight units toward their bachelor's degree. Each of these students will select one course in his own field of interest which will meet his degree objective. Regular USC students will be enrolled in these classes at the same time.
In addition, these students will meet in the afternoon in an honors symposium which will study a course in the humanities.
For postcollege students, the university offers a music workshop and a workshop in social studies to refresh and update teachers. There will be two music sessions — one on teaching eurythmics and the other on piano. The social studies workshop will cover teaching in the 70 s.
The Marriage Counseling Center is planning a workshop for professional counselors. This is the first time this has been offered and it is said to be “in direct response by counselors for more training in advising young people in search of help in deciding upon marriage and parenthood.” The focus of the workshop is in light of the new laws which make premarital counseling mandatory for teenagers who might not otherwise seek this help.
For the regular USC student, the university offers courses which provide unique experiences. Many of these courses take the student outside of the Los Angeles area.
One such course is Field Ecology in the Southwest. This course will be in Portal, Ariz., where the students will take a field study tour of the Chiricahua Mountains and the surrounding area. The last portion of the class allows the student to choose between continuing the study of ecology, switching to the study of entomology or doing some independent study in either ecology or entomology.
Another traveling program is for graduate study in physical education. Classes are held on the Wellesley College Campus in Massachusetts. Besides the performance laboratories, the program offers a critique of current physical education literature, and a seminar in physical education on the college campus.
For students who want to go abroad, the School of Journalism and the Center for International and Public Affairs offers a program in Geneva, Switzerland. These students write an in-depth study of a selected international organization.
Other unique courses are also available on campus. The School of Business offers a Business Summer which is designed for upper division students to understand business, commerce and industry. The students center on one district of the city and gather data from records, observations and interviews. These are then presented and discussed both orally and written.
By BILENDA HARRIS
Managing Editor
A Note —
“In composing this book, I have worked directly with the data of the trial record, somewhat in the manner of the new ‘factual theater’ ... In condensing such a mass of material. it was predictable that a qualitative change would occur, almost by the law of
nature, as the form emerged. And this of course was my hope: to induce out of the density of matter an art form worthy of the nine, acts and words which were the substance of the court record.”
—Danniel Berrigan S.J.
From the introduction to “The Trial of the Cantonsville Nine." reprinted in the program of the Play at the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles.
The play is exactly as described. He (obviously nonobjective since he was convicted in the trial) has trimmed the events to a nice little mud puddle from whch to throw mud on the image of the United States Government. “And this of course was my hope.” echo the words of Berrigan.
The hour-and-one-half one act opens with Danniel Berrigan about to join the others in prayer
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Photo by Bruca Boiinger WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN ...
Coed relaxes by fountain after her first day of summer school.