Daily mu Trojan
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University of Southern California
vol. Ixv no. 7	los angeles, California	tuesday, September 26, 1972
Administration expected to abolish ASSC
By Andrew Erskine
associate editor The university is expected to announce the abolition of the ASSC by the end of this week and the institution of a 12-member board to fulfill its programming functions.
Informed sources said the announcement was being withheld pending legal clearance.
The chief duties of the board will be to administer existing student programs, create new programs and manage the current programming budget. Informed sources said that the board’s tenure will be limited to one year—or less, if a new model for student government can be agreed upon soon.
Four program areas Under the proposed board, student programs will be divided into four general areas: the Community Action Coordinating Council, the academic-educational programs division, the social-cultural programs division and the student services diyision.
Directors will be appointed for each of these areas, and they will serve as members of the programming board.
The board is also expected to: '■ •Establish all committees and appoint all committee chairmen necessary for the effective functioning of the board.
•Establish or abolish all procedures as needed by a two-thirds majority of the voting members.
•Execute all official actions in public meetings, which must take place no less than once a month.
The programming board is expected to consist of nine voting members and three nonvoting ex-officio members.
Nominations board
The voting members are to be nominated by a special board of students, faculty and staff, after which they will be appointed by the vice-president for student affairs, the informed sources said.
The voting members will include three at-large undergraduate students, two at-large graduate students and the directors of the four areas of student programs.
It is expected that the nonvoting members of the board will be the editor ofthe Daily Trojan, Paul Moore, director of the Stu-
IN THE FREEZER—The ASSC president's office :s now being used as a warehouse for refrigerators for rental to students in
dorms. The ASSC itself has been placed in cold storage by an administration ruling. DT photo by Craig Bolotin.
dent Activities Office and Randy Zomar, the business manager of the ASSC.
Informed sources have indicated that the board will elect three officers—a chairman, a vice chairman and a treasurer—from its own members.
Basis from last fall
The basis behind the proposed programming board probably can be found in a plan offered during the unsuccessful constitutional convention of fall, 1971. During that convention a plan was introduced that would have reorganized the ASSC along the lines of a corporation and governing board.
Kent Clemence, then the ASSC president and a proponent ofthe plan, described it as “a plan that
University study group stages auto accident
The sight of two demolished automobiles at the corner of 35th Street and McClintock Avenue, late Monday afternoon was unnerving to any passersby.
But any witnesses may relax.
The wreck was merely a staged demonstration by the university’s Institute of Aerospace Safety and Management to investigate the cause and effects of highway collisions.
The institute is currently running a course in highway collision investigation.
The two demolished automobiles were towed, courtesy ofthe Automobile Club. DT photo by Craig Bolotin.
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puts emphasis'on expertise and not on politics.”
Under that plan, the student body would have elected five officers to the nine-member board of directors of the student government—the president, vice-president, executive secretary, treasurer and solicitor general. These officers would have served for one year.
Councils represented The other directors would have been elected from the four councils—-Academic Affairs, CACC, Executive Affairs and University Programs Coordinating Councils—by an internal vote. Their terms of office would have lasted two years.
The corporation plan resembles the proposed structure mainly in that both plans emphasize programs ratherthan politics.
This first plan, however, died
when the constitutional convention was unable to come up with a suitable proposal before its date of expiration.
Because the convention was opposed by a coalition of students from the left and right, the chairman of the convention, Dave Howe, was unable to obtain a quorum for many meetings.
Plan offered again
After last year’s elections were suspended by Daniel Nowak, acting vice-president for student affairs, a remarkably similar plan was offered. This plan, proposed by Lee Blackman, then the ASSC vice-president for programs and a supporter of the corporation plan, formed the basis for the anticipated programming board.
Informed sources say that Blackman had a large part in formulating the proposed board.
Educational project will begin orientation
Orientation programs for the Joint Educational Project, which involves students assisting in local community schools, will begin this week.
Over 600 students from about
20	departments at USC are involved in this program. They receive class credit for field assignments pertaining to their subject matter.
Variety of activities
The students are able to tutor, conduct classes, assist with special interest clubs, hold parent education classes or provide technical assistance. There are a variety of topics, such as, Spanish. drama and journalism available.
The program is designed to provide learning experiences for the students, while helping to fulfill the needs of the local, inner city schools.
With knowledge gained in field work, students will prepare reports, discussions or research papers related to their course concentration.
These activities will be organized at Norwood. 32nd Street, 36th Street and Vermont
Avenue elementary schools, and also at Foshay Junior High School and Manual Arts High School. All of the participating schools are within one mile of the campus.
Orientation to begin During the next two weeks, orientation programs for the fall participants will be held. These meetings will serve as an introduction to the school and a briefing of the plans for the semester.
The meeting at Manual Arts High School was changed from Sept. 25 to Oct. 3, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. The briefing at Vermont Avenue elementary school was also postponed until Oct. 5 from
2	to 3:15 p.m.
Today at 3:45 to 5 p.m. an orientation will be held at Foshay junior high school. On Wednesday 32nd street elementary will hold their introduction from noon to 1:30 p.m. This will be followed by a program at Norwood elementary school from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
A briefing will also be held at 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday at
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