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Ex-junkie tells Synanon story
University of Southern California
DAILY ; TROJAN
VOL. LXII NO. 72	LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA	FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1971
Speaker, music to open festival
By DAVE HOWE
“I didn't want to become a junkie broad, turning tricks on the corner and dying at thirty, so I joined Synanon.-' said Ida Penner. 20 year-old member. Miss Penner and Bob Lees, who joined the group when he discovered that his son had turned to drugs, addressed the Curriculum Enrichment Program meeting at the USC School of Medicine yesterday on Synanon.
Synanon. founded 12 years ago in Santa Monica by Chuck Dederich with a group of .35 alcoholics and heroin addicts, now serves as an individual society within the mass of humanity for the purpose of developing personal interrelationships and personalities.
“Synanon is not only concerned with the dope fiends, but with anyone who wants to learn more about himself." said Lees, screenwriter and live-out member of Synanon.
"The key to Synanon is the Game." commented Lees. "In the Game, a group of 12 to 20 people relate with one another on the gut level. They expose their own stories so that they can learn more about themselves."
After trying to kill herself with an overdose of sleeping pills in May 1969. Miss Penner came to Synanon and related her own story of a young girl who never cared about anything. Miss Penner revealed that at 16 she started smoking marijuana, then dropped barbiturates and finally shot speed when she was 17.
Miss Penner s story is similar to the stories of the other members of Synanon who join because of drug problems. Others join for different reasons.
"Parents move in to try to discover their own hang-ups so that they can try to understand their children better. Lees commented. In the Oakland Synanon. members of the local police force and the Black Pan-
thers attended Games to gain more knowledge on the community situation.
From the initial group in Santa Monica. Synanon has spread to New York. Chicago. Puerto Rico and Tomales Bay. California, where a Synanon city is being planned.
At Tomales Bay. 60 miles north of San Francisco. Synanon owns 1.562 acres on which now stands a ranch, a small community, a school, and a resources and development center. where a college degree in ecology can be earned.
"What Synanon has done." said Lees, "is to geometrically progress into the people business. The main concern is the building of character and of discipline.
Alvin Toffler. the author of "Future Shock ", will open the 1971 Festival of the Arts with a speech in Bovard Auditorium at noon today. Admission will be free.
The Earth Disciples and John Morgan will also appear in activities later today.
The Earth Festival. a smorgasbord of entertainment featuring lectures, music, movies. theater, and art. will run through Sunday. Feb. 28.
Toffler. today's guest speaker. is a former editor of Fortune magazine, a free-lance contributor to numerous publications and the author of two other books. "The Culture Consumers ' and "The School-house in the City".
Toffler. who became interested in the idea of "future shock " in 1964, uses the term to describe the physical and psychic damage man brings upon himself by subjecting himself to too much change in too little time.
“Future shock.'' warns Toffler. "may well be the most important disease of tomorrow. Unless intelligent steps are taken to combat it. millions of human beings will find themselves progressively incompetent to deal rationally with their environments."
Despite all this. Toffler has an optimistic outlook for the future. He foresees an era of superindustrialism in which the high technology nations will be able to produce any material or psychic good that man may need.
Originally Toffler had only planned to spend one and a half years writing “Future Shock". As it turned out. however, he spent five years interviewing scores of people across the United States and abroad; and researching pertinent literature. The book's bibliography includes 359 sources of information.
President Nixon challenged his Science Advisory Committee to read “Future Shock" after reading the review of the book in the Wall Street Journal. The President told his guests. “I want you to read it and then I want your reactions and recommendations."
The festival will continue with the Earth Disciples, a progres-
sive rock group, will present a concert at 1 p.m. in Hancock Auditorium.
This evening John Morgan will present a synthesis of hymns, jazz and various collage effects at 8:30 in "A Multimedia Collaboration of and for the Spirit of Love." The multi-media production will be pre-(Continued on page 3)
ASSC petitions available soon
Petitions for declaring candidacy in the spring ASSC elections will be available Monday in room 303 of the Student Union. They may be picked up Monday through Friday from 9 to 4:30 until March 5.
Offices open in the spring election are for ASSC president, vice-president for programs, vice-president for academic affairs, associated men students' and associated women students' presidents. senior class president, senior representative, junior representative. sophomore representative, and foreign students' representative.
Candidates for the ASSC president's and vice-presidents" offices must have completed at least two academic semesters at USC by the end of the spring term, and credited with 60 units of college work.
The AMS and AWS presidents must have completed at least two academic semesters at USC by the end of the spring semester. Other requirements, for these offices may be obtained in the Dean of Men and Dean of Women's offices.
Both the senior president and senior representative must have finished 96 units by the end of this semester. The junior representative must have completed between 64 and 96 units, and the sophomore representative between 32 and 64 units. The foreign students' representative must be a bonafide foreign student and have at least sophomore standing.
Campaigning will start on Monday. March 8. All candidates must attend a meeting with the Elections Commission that evening for campaigning information.
The election will be Tuesday and Wednesday. March 16 and 17. A run-off election will be held Wednesday. March 24. for candidates of each office that did not receive a majority of votes.
Candidates must submit a $25 deposit with their petitions from which any fines for breaking the Election Code will be deducted. The balance will be returned to the candidates after the elections.
Candidates of any campus news media must temporarily resign their position before campaigning begins.
Elections Commissioner Charlene Bandurraga may be contacted at 746-7048.
Police come on campus to rap
By TERRY DONAHUE
"We re just here to rap. We want to change the negative feeling people get when they see a police car on campus." said Police Officer Connie Gordon of the Community Relations Office of the Southwest station*
Gordon and his partner. Jess Lugo, caused a small commotion yesterday when they drove up and parked their patrol car next to Tommy Trojan.
The two officers' beat is to cover the schools in the area. They had some free time and decided to come onto campus and talk with students about anything they were concerned about.
Gordon said that the station did not send them to the campus. "More officers are acting individually to try and talk with people, to show someone that we officers are humans too." he said.
Gordon added that anyone who would like a police officer to talk to a group or for individual conversation should call the Community Relations Office.
The phone number of the office is 485-2583.
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THE POLICE PAY A VISIT Photo by Bruce Bo,i"9er
With huge numbers painted on their roof, Los Angeles police officers must feel a little bit paranoid knowing that they are being watched by the LAPD's helicopter. Actually, they are probably more concerned about answering the questions of the students who dropped by to chat.