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Hoover land purchase to begin in spring
By AUDREY RAMSAY Assistant News Editor
The acquisition of more land for campus expansion under the Hoover Redevelopment Project should begin this spring, the Community Redevelopment Agency reported yesterday.
Due to a delay in settling financial matters with the federal government, which absorbs two-thirds of the cost of the project, the purchase of land has been
delayed by about six months.
The delay was caused when the Los Angeles City Council changed some of the boundaries and land-use
requirements of the project.
‘ Although the problems are now being resolved, it is not likely that acnuisition will start before spring,” Joseph A. Guarino, CRA Executive Director, said.
Dr. Carl Franklin, vice-president for financial affairs. estimated that by this time next year all of the land from the campus to Vermont Avenue will have
been cleared.
USC has the right to purchase 57 acres under the Hoover Project. This will extend the western boundary of the campus to Vermont Avenue and the northern border to Jefferson Boulevard.
The entire urban renewal project includes 166 acres surrounding the campus from a block west of Vermont Avenue up to 30th Street on the north and to Flower Street on the east. The southern boundary at Exposition Park is unchanged.
The City Council voted the redevelopment project into action last January after six-and-a-half months of hearings.
The university invited Mayor Norris Poulson to consider this area for urban redevelopment in 1958, Leonard Wines, executive director of university relations, said. The Hoover Urban Renewal Advisory Committee was appointed in 1963 by Mayor Sam Yorty to study neighborhood conditions.
TWO APPRAISALS
Landowners in the project area are required to sell their property to the CRA after two appraisals have been made on each piece of property by independent appraisers.
This phase of preparations has been completed and a second pair of appraisals, the re-use appraisals, are now being made to determine how much the land can be sold for S'nder the re-use provisions of the project.
Although there was opposition to redevelopment
before the project was passed, the CRA office does not anticipate many refusals to sell. Many property owners have already indicated a desire to sell quickly.
The Hoover project is based in part on the Congressional concept of helping cities help urban universities whose locale has not kept pace with them and who now find themselves in the more blighted parts of town, Wines explained.
“The neighborhood around USC is no longer compatible with an institution of higher learning,” he said.
At the turn of the century, the university was located within an area of fine residences and shops. But through the years a gradual deterioration has occurred.
In addition to netting the university 57 acres, the urban renewal program will provide housing for all levels of income and a university-oriented shopping center. This will permit many more faculty members and students to live within the university atmosphere.
By consolidating commercial business and providing a landscaped, well-lighted mall down University Avenue, the area will also be less attractive to crime because it will be easier for police to watch.
If the Hoover project had not passed, USC would
eventually move to the planned boundaries anyway, but, not as quickly. Wines said.
The land designated for USC will be part of the first to be bought by the CRA.
“It is truly urgent that we acquire land to remain on schedule with the Master Plan.” Anthony Lazarro, director of campus development, said.
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
The Master Plan is well ahead of schedule with new buildings, but this has created a land problem. To build further, the university must acquire some of the project area land, he said.
The first land to be acquired will be used to replace parking lots lost to construction, Lazarro said. Although the total number of spaces has remained constant, more are needed.
Building plans call for an increase from the present 3,900 spaces to 5,000 as soon as possible.
The relocation of recreational and athletic facilities has second priority in the expansion, Lazarro said.
The university once owned much of the land in the project area but had to sell it to obtain money to build buildings, Wines noted.
University of Southern California
DAILY • TROJAN
VOL. LVIII
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1966
NO. 34
Theta Xi to get recolonizing aid
The IFC voted unanimously yesterday to help recolonize the Theta Xi fraternity. The program would be held in conjunction with a similar plan already outlined for Tau Delta Phi.
Representatives from the national organizations of both fraternities will be at an all-men’s convocation Wednesday at 7 p.m. All men w’ho are not members of fraternities will be invited to attend the meeting at the YWCA.
Theta Xi currently has a membership of 11 actives and three pledges The actives are being put on alumni standing and the pledges depledged. Future standing of the 14 men will be a matter for the national fraternity to decide.
Both Tau Delta Phi and Theta Xi will keep their present houses, na-
Library hours increase for copying service
The Reading and Copying Room In Doheny Library is now open additional hours for copying of USC-ownea materials.
The new schedule is 6 to 10 p.m. during the week, and 8 a-m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
The World Affairs Library Copying Room, opened last Wednesday, will operate during regular library hours for the copying of World Affairs and Science books.
UCLA TICKETS DEADLINE TODAY
Rooter tickets for the UCLA game must be obtained at the Ticket Office, 209 Student Union, by 4:15 p.m. today.
Students must bring their Activity Books to receive the | exchange coupons.
tional charters and IFC recognition during the recolonization.
The national representatives will remain on campus for a few days to talk with interested students. At the end of two days, new colonies will be formed.
“This step is a simple, basic way to show our interest in each other and will be one of the major contributions of the IFC to the system,” Pat Ryan, IFC advisor said.
Letters explaining the program will be sent to dormitory residents and unaffiliated men whose names are on the IFC records.
Thanksgiving project goes on; minus 800 forms
Somebody walked off with 800 applications for taking foreign students home for Thanksgiving dinner yesterday, but if you want one there may still be a few available.
An unidentified man w'alked into the office of the ASSC secretary and made off with the applications.
But Mike Mayock, TIP president and initiator of the project, said that about 100 will be in the YWCA today for anybody else who wishes to participate in the program.
AMERICAN SIGN-UPS
“The first phase is the sign-up of American students interested in the program,” Mayock said.
“Foreign students are not to sign up yet,” he said.
Mayock, and Tugrul Aladag, foreign students’ representative, are co-chairman of the project.
The project was given the ASSC’s executive cabinet approval at last Sunday night’s meeting.
Debate team eyes 2nd win at USC-Loyola tournament
USC will try for its second consecutive win at the Fourth Annual USC-Loyola Fall Debate Tournament this afternoon at Loyola University.
The pros and cons of “Resolved: That the United States Should Substantially Reduce its Foreign Policy Commitments” will be debated by over 100 delegates representing approximately 60 schools.
The tournament is considered the most competitive of the pre-Christmas debates. Dr. John De Bross, debate director, said.
There are twelve returning members on th* squad, which consists of
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Linke asks for, gets Lindsay confrontation
four junior and eight senior division teams.
Captain of the squad is Rick Flam, who won third national prize at West Point last year with David Kenner, now assistant debate coach.
The tournament is composed of six preliminary rounds, from which the sixteen top teams in each division are chosen. Elimination rounds are held until only two teams are left who then debate in the finals.
Trophies are given to the top eight teams in each division and two trophies are awarded to the top two individual speakers in the senior division.
By MARSHA SCARBROUGH
Paul Linke, Trojan Independent Party candidate for freshman representative, issued a statement yesterday challenging his opponent Kevin Lindsay to debate.
Lindsay responded immediately with “I accept. How soon?”
The time for the face-to-face confrontation has not yet been set, but the two candidates began their exchange with a Daily Trojan reporter yesterday.
Linke’s statement said, “With the advent of the new ASSC governmental structure this year, it has become exceedingly important to define the role of the class representative in student government.
“The USC freshman deserves to know more about a candidate than what his picture looks like — they must know what his commitments are, and how the candidate intends to implement them.
‘NO POLICY’
“I have concretely stated my philosophy of student government. My opponent, Kevin Lindsay, has stated no policy and believes that ‘the capability of a candidate should outweigh his proposals and policies.’
“I would like to know what he means by this. Does this mean that his program is so appalling that he lacks the courage to say it? Or does
MHA asks new dorm liquor rules
it mean that his refusal to state a program shows that he has none to state?
Lindsay replied that he hadn’t seen as much of the freshmen as he would like to because of his illness during much of the campaign.
He said he is now recovered and plans to resume his campaign Monday by discussing his platform personally with class members.
FIRST DEVELOP
“I feel that we should first develop our new constitution into a stable basis for our student government,” he said.
“After we have gained a voice in the policies which will be made for our school, then we will work as a class for our particular objective which is to strive for these goals.”
Lindsay explained he felt he could best represent the freshmen through a class cqpimunications committee. This committee would be made up of two representatives of the Row, two dorm residents, and two commuters.
A freshman could offer any ideas, complaints or questions to any member of the committee, who would discuss the statement with Lindsay.
He, in turn, would communicate the results of his presentations back to the freshmen by means of letters in the Daily Trojan.
By ANDY MILLER
Two precedent-setting proposals supporting alcohol on campus and inter-dormitory visitation rights have been passed by the Men’s Hall association and will be sent to the ASSC and Dean Thomas Hull for action.
Trojan gridders invited to attend President's Ball
Members of the football team have received invitations to attend the third annual President’s Ball, Saturday, Nov. 12, at the International Hotel.
The event will provide a rare opportunity for students to mix socially with Dr. and Mrs. Norman Topping, members of the Board of Trustees and university officials.
Tickets, now on sale in the Student Activities Office at the YWCA. cost $5 per couple. Music for the semiformal affair will be provided by Les Brown and his Band of Renown.
CHANGED SEASON
The President’s Ball, previously held during the Christmas season, has been moved up on the university’s social calendar to kick off Troy Week, which will climax the following Saturday with the UCLA game.
Helen of Troy will be crowned and her court introduced as a highlight of the evening.
The Toppings will host the dance, which will also be attended by the four vice-presidents, members of the dean’s staff and several faculty members in addition to approximately 2,000 students.
Other Troy Week events include Trolios. Nov. 16; house decorations, Nov. 17; a bonfire-rally-street dance, Nov 18; and the game on Saturday, Nov. 19.
One proposal approved at last night's meeting recommended that possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages in dormitories and in fraternity and sorority houses be legalized.
The second proposal asks that men and women be allowed to visit each other’s rooms during “open hours.”
The first proposal will be taken to the next ASSC Executive Council meeting by MHA president Steve Kemp. The visitation proposal will be presented within the next week to Dean Thomas Hull by Fred Minnes. originator of the proposals, Paul Linke and Kemp.
Minnes, a Trojan Independent Party member, at first presented the both proposals with certain limitations. But after the ensuing debate, it was voted to strike the limitations from the proposal and submit general statements with the hope of better chance of action.
“TIP has been advocating these changes and it is time that responsible students get behind these proposals and see that they are passed. I am disappointed that while popularly supported, the initiative was not taken before on theses issues,” Minnes said.
“Although TIP is widely criticized on the campus it has been responsible for many of the recent progressive developments in regard to student rights on campus,” Kemp said.
RALLY TODAY AT BOVARD FIELD
Ihe Trojan Band, yell leaders, team and coaches will appear at a pep rally today at 5 p.m. at Bovard Field.
The rally, sponsored by AMS, will be the first of three before USC’s remaining games.
Dispute continues in debate over I-House constitution
The scope of power granted to the board of directors of the International Center was debated yesterday in an open meeting called to discuss the organization’s tentative constitution.
A document drafted by Dr. Alan Johnson, Foreign Student Office director, and the council of Presidents of the Foreign Student Organizations will be put up for student approval Tuesday.
“The new constitution will establish a board that will have a definite commitment to not only the foreign students, but to all parts of the university, and the community,” Ab-
dul Elsadhan, said of the constitution.
“The board of directors will not become a dictatorial body because the constitution limits it to implementation of the organization’s plans.” he added.
Mahmoud Fouad, past director of the I-House. spoke for the opposition.
“The board of directors should be an advisory body only,” he said. The new constitution would take the power out of the students’ hands and would make the board a dictating body.”