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Hubbard studies alternatives for defunct ASSC
By Bernard Beck
managing editor
The university continues to delay a decision about the fate ofthe ASSC.
President John Hubbard said Wednesday that no decision will be announced today. Several university officials had been expecting one.
Hubbard and his staff will meet this morning to discuss five plans for the resolution of the problems encountered in last spring’s student body elections. Informed sources said that staff members from the Student Affairs Division were hoping that at this time Hubbard would give a final answer. But Hubbard told the Daily Trojan that he would not.
“I have to talk to a lot of people," Hubbard said, indicating among them Daniel Nowak, acting vice-president for student affairs, and James Appleton,
vice-president-designate for student affairs, who will be visiting USC the end of this week.
No clue to decision
“I don’t have a clue as to what the decision will be.” Hubbard said. “There are all kinds of alternatives.”
Earlier this week, the Daily Trojan reported that the university was expected to temporarily abolish the ASSC and replace it with a 12-member appointed board to handle the programming functions of the ASSC.
This was the plan developed over the summer by Nowak and other members of the Student Affairs Division with student input from Lee Blackman, former ASSC vice-president for academic affairs, and from questionnaires sent to a random sample of students.
The Student Affairs Division was and is still supporting this
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plan—or one slightly modified for legal reasons. But President Hubbard is now considering other alternatives.
Possible election adjustment
One alternative could be an adjustment of last spring’s ASSC elections to correct the problems that occurred and to continue with an elective association.
Another alternative could be to abolish the ASSC entirely, discontinue student programming and discontinue the collection of student fees.
These two proposals, along with the programming board, may have been blended together in producing other possibilities.
Student opinion considered
A student referendum may or may not be incorporated into any of these plans. But informed sources say that some form of student opinion will be gathered before any plan is established.
An informed source says that President Hubbard’s office may “pull the rugout from under”the Student Affairs Division and reject its proposal for a programming board. But officials in the Student Affairs Division refrained from agreeing that this statement may be an accurate description of Hubbard’s action in this situation.
There is some dissatisfaction within the Student Affairs Division over Hubbard’s delay in making a decision, regardless of whether it favors the division's programming board concept. But as one official put it, Hubbard is being “very cautious” in the formulation of a new system.
Whether it is caution or bureaucratic delay, the Student Affairs Division administrators had hoped for a decision last week from Hubbard and may not get one until next week, if even then.
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IN SUPPORT OF ACADEMICS
At 69, he’s an easy rider
Among the cyclists dodging pedestrians at the corner of University Avenue and Childs Way yesterday was Ralph Preston.
Preston. 69. rides about 125 miles a day and recently won eighth place in a 200-mile endurance race to Ojai. A retired restaurant owner, he didn’t start vigorous riding until he was past 65.
Fund raising to begin
By Peter Wong
associate editor
Preparation for a massive fund-raising campaign in support of academic improvements in the university will require much time, and work has just begun in this area.
The general areas for which money will be raised—additional scholarships; fellowships and loans; endowed chairs for top faculty scholars; acquisitions for the library—have been established by A Priority for the 70s, which was adopted by the Board of Trustees in April, 1970.
A preliminary, more comprehensive statement on university priorities issued in March, titled General Aims for the Next Decade for the University of Southern California, may incorporate part or all of A Priority for the 70s.
President John Hubbard said that A Priority for the 70s was an interim step toward a comprehensive plan for the 100th anniversary of the university in 1980 and beyond.
“However, we are not discarding A Priority for the 70s, which indicates that the improvement of the liberal arts at USC is our first commitment. That will remain the same,” he said.
In planning for the fundraising campaign, which is tied to the centennial celebration, the university has asked Smith, Darcey & Legge, a New York consulting firm, to study attitudes toward the university and possible sources of financial support.
“This is an objective appraisal of resources and practical
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parameters for a fund-raising campaign—a survey of the perceptions of deans, vice-presidents, trustees and community leaders toward the university,” Hubbard said.
Roger Olson, executive director of development, defined the firm’s work more specifically: “The consultants are to determine the chances of success or failure for such a campaign; to indicate who will work in the drive and who will give money; to rate the university’s standing in the region.”
Why did the university ask a New York firm to do this work?
“Because it is an out-of-town
firm. Smith, Darcey & Legge will make its reports essentially free of any regional bias,” Leonard Wines, executive director of university relations, said.
“That is, the consultants will not already have preconceptions about Southern California and the university that local consultants may have.”
Centennial steering committee
Once the consultants finish their report, they will submit it to the centennial steering committee appointed by Hubbard in June, with three of the vice-presidents, Olson, Wines, and Colin MacLeod, coordinator of management planning, as members.
The committee will consider proposals for the centennial celebration and submit a plan for Hubbard’s consideration. The Board of Trustees, however, will have the final word on priorities for the centennial, including fund-raising goals.
“The 100th anniversary of any institution is something special; it calls for a major celebration. The century mark has a significance beyond that of other anniversaries,” Wines said.
In this regard, the committee will study the plans of other universities that have had centen-
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Gay lib suit to face Trustees next month
The Gay Liberation Forum’s suit against the Board of Trustees will be placed back on the court calendar next month.
The suit, brought against the university last spring alleges that the Trustees are guilty of abridging first amendment rights of forum members. It had been removed from the court calendar to enable a new attorney for the forum to become acquainted with the case.
The suit stems from the board's refusal to grant recognition to the group as a student organization. Without recognition, the forum says, it is denied access to campus facilities, coverage in the Daily Trojan “Campus” section and is prohibited from distributing literature on campus.
With the suit, the forum seeks to have the courts compel the trustees to recognize the group.
The Gay Liberation Forum has planned a number of activities for the fall semester, beginning with a new weekly meeting format. The group’s first meeting will be held today at noon in Religious Center 205.
On the first and third Thursdays of each month the group
will conduct social gatherings at 2666 Ellendale PI., Apt. 305, at 8:30 p.m. On the second and fourth Thursdays, monthly educational meetings will be held at noon in the Religious Center.
Discussion topics at the meetings will include. ‘Hustling and Prostitution,” 'Women in Gay Lib.” “Suicide Sickness” and “Pansexualism.” Any student or faculty member may attend the meetings.
Council formed
Students and faculty also may join the Gay Students Council of Southern California, a newly-formed umbrella organization of gay campus groups. The group is now composed of groups representing 13 campuses.
According to a Gay Liberation Forum flyer, the council will provide direct legal aid and access to medical aid, professional counseling and growth groups. The flyer says the council also gives the opportunity to meet homosexuals and facilitates communication between group members from various schools.
USC’s Gay Liberation Forum has printed a campus newsletter. the Red. White and Gay.