What happens to work-study students?
By DONNA DeDIEMAR
What will happen to students who have been relieved of their work-study program jobs has become a major question among professors, student aid officials and the ex-employees themselves.
The work-study program, wnich ended last Wednesday because of a lack of federal funds, left 175 students jobless. Many of the students depended on their positions to partia.lly or fully finance their schooling.
“I have one graduate student studying under me who was supporting himself through work-study,” Dr. Arnold Dunn, associate professor of biology, said.
“I just have to seek funds for him elsewhere. I m checking into other grants now, but with the war in Vietnam they are getting harder to find.
“I might have to give up part of my summer salary, but he’ll be supported.”
For others the situation is not quite as serious. Had many of the workeis been given advance notice, some complained, problems could have been averted.
“I wish they'd given us some warning.” Mary Ayres, a sophomore in physical therapy, said. She was working for the School of Education.
“I was sort of a girl Friday,” she said. ‘‘As a research assistant, I helped with much of the detail work. But there probably isn't another job like this one anywhere, so my experience isn’t quite as valuable. But the department is trying to find enough money to keep me on for at least a while.
The situation is a little rougher for Jack Schwellenbach, a third year student of architecture. Money from the work-study program constituted half of the support of his wife and child.
“Maybe with some notice I could have found something without having to go for weeks minus much of my income,” he said. “But between classes and my other job I'm having trouble finding work that I can schedule in.
Fortunately, many of the students have been able to accept and adjust
to the loss of the work-study program. The student aid office is trying desperately to place all those it possibly can in other jobs. But the departments and individual professors seem to be suffering, too.
There were three work-study girls employed by the Foreign Students Office, Marsha Johnnson, a sophomore in English, said. “The office had to rehire all of them and absorb them into its budget,” she said. “It was a matter of necessity, not good will. They need everyone.”
“We’ll get a great deal less done now,” Dr. David Smith, assistant professor of sociology, said. ‘‘The work-study program was providing jobs, vital labor and giving me added opportunities. This reduces output in very important work.”
Dr. Smith had 10 work-study people working under him. Three will be able to remain on the department payroll and two others will be on probation for a week or two until they can find other work.
“It's a tragedy for both of us,” he said. “It was obvious the girl could
do a lot more than wash dishes, which was her job. I have lost an extra pair of hands where there weren’t enough anyway.”
Dr. Dunn was unable to appropriate funds to keep an undergraduate student working for him.
The average salary of the student participating in the work-study program ranged from $2 to $2.50. Mrs. Florence Scruggs, director of student Some students have been lucky in finding their own jobs. Sara Dauer, a sophomore in psychology, was hired immediately by the International House of Pancakes.
“I would have been able to stay at school without the job. but it would have put a financial strain on my family,” she said. “It would have been a lot harder, that's all.”
Miss Dauer was working with Miss Ayres under Dr. James Magarv, associate professor of education.
“Dr. Magary seemed very upset,” Miss Dauer said. “We were all very good friends. But he was not upset for our sake alone, but also for what this has done to the department. The office itself is in a bad position. Important programs that have been set up will now be delayed. Efficiency is really suffering.”
D	University of Southern California AILY ® TRO J A	N
VOL. LIX	LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1968 72	NO. 13
Plan to expand role of ASSC outlined
By STAN METZLER Editor
ASSC President Marty Foley outlined six areas of concentration yesterday afternoon as a means of expanding student government s role in the decision-making process ol the university.
Foley, who outlined the program at yesterday's ASSC Executive Council meeting, said that the time has come “for the ASSC to stop playing around.”
The meeting's tone was set by the council's feeling that it is time
to press the administration in a number of areas in order to establish student rights within the university structure.
In the next few weeks. Foley told the council, the ASSC will move in the following areas:
1.	Establish a subcommittee for suggestions on improvement of the dormitories.
2.	Instruct the Presidential Standing Committee on Student Rights to draft a statement standardizing the procedure of administrative consultation with students on matters of student concerns.
3.	Draft a student bill of rights.
4.	Have the ASSC constituted in the by-laws of the university as an official governmental body.
5.	Change the constitution so the new ASSC officers take over on May
1,	and institute a counseling program with current officers to fully acquaint the new council with their duties and responsibilities.
6.	Arrange for a room in the Grill where students over 21 will be able to purchase and drink alcoholic beverages.
The council also reaffirmed its backing of Fred Minnes, MHA president, in his efforts with the second proposal for visitation rights.
The council met with President Topping and his staff Monday morning for a discussion of decision-making within the university and most members said yesterday they thought the meeting had been fruitful.
Teachers learn new techniques
Educators focus on special media
College Bowl scholars to meet Furman University
A nationwide representation of educators is enrolled this week at the Special Media Institute to learn the latest educational media techniques for teaching disadvantaged youth beset with communication problems.
The 15 participants are all directors of National Defense Education Summer Institutes.
They in turn will train other educators in teaching reading and English to speakers of other languages. They will also instruct these educators in other subject areas for disadvantaged youth.
For the first time in a structured national program of this kind, subject-matt 2r specialists joined forces with media specialists in an effort to make resources of modern institutional technology available to teachers. Their purpose is to help teachers find better ways to communicate with students.
Educators enrolled in the program are receiving instruction in use of the latest educational media, including printed and graphic material, graphic aids, overhead projectuals, photographs. disp'ays, film in all its forms, instructional television, self-instructional programmed units, and various combinations of these organized into teaching systems.
“The educators receive actual experience in operating these tools of communication,” Mps. Arlene Magnus, assistant director of the institute, said.
“We want them to be able to make use of whatever is available to make communication with the students better. We use whatever is best. Th? theme of these institutes is to try improving communication for the disadvantaged.”
Mrs. Magnus said 45 educators with a nationwide representation1
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Student films, produced by members of the Cinema Department, will be shown today through Tuesday at the Fox Fairfax Theatre. A series of 18 films will be shown.
One of the films, “THX 1138 4EB,” produced by George Lucas, placed first in the dramatic classification at the recent National Student Association Film Festival. Lucas’ film is set in a computer-controlled world' in which man has been reduced to a string of numbers.
Another film to screen will be John Milius' and John Strawbridge’s animated film, “Marcello, I'm So Bored.” This film was another first place winner at the National Student Association Film Festival.
Those members w’ho had talked with administrators since the meeting spoke of a new-found respect for the student body as a result of the discussion.
But they agreed that although a level of communication with the administration had been achieved, the council now has the responsibility to follow up this dialog with specific programs.
“The administration got the impression that students are dissatisfied with them, and wre can’t let this feeling die,” Norm Wilky, vice-president of student activities, explained.
Minnes urged council members with gripes “to take stands on any and all issues; to show them we mean business.”
Yesterday’s council meeting also included the introduction of four new graduate representatives, appointed by Foley to serve on the council this semester.
The representatives are Mike Davis, psychology; Bob Ennis, law; Chris Minnick, medicine; and Jim Marshall, public administration.
Late in the meeting Wilky introduced a proposal to cosponsor the TYD presentation of “The War Game,” a British film showing the probable effects of a nuclear attack on a suburb.
The council voted to supply the $150 necessary to rent the film, but insisted that they be given full credit of sponsorship, despite TYD’s work to bring the film here, in order to avoid setting a precedent of cooperation with political groups.
“Marcello” tries to mirror the current American social world in which a growing lack of sincere feeling and emotional involvement between people is evident.
Another film which will headline the show will be, “Sensei,” a graphic examination of the karate Kata. This film emphasizes the development of the spirit through rigorous training. This film was produced by Matthew Robbins, Walter Murch, Robin Com-magere, Basil Poledouris and Fathi Botros.
Some of the other filma to screen will be “Glut,” “Baby Blue,” “Pulp,” “Night Shift” and “Wipeout.”
The Fox Fairfax Theatre is located on Beverly Boulevard at Fairfax Avenue.
Four USC scholars and one alternate wiil leave for New York Friday to compete against Furman University of Greenville, North Carolina on NBC's College Bowl this Sunday.
Sunday's game will culminate selection and coaching that began the first weekend in September. The training program continued until yesterday, as the students approaching their deadline, were videotaped by KUSC-TV.
Yesterday’s videotaping marked the first time the program has been simulated so completely. The taping was designed to accustom the students to a TV setup, in addition to adjusting the seating arrangement and working on presenting the best possible image of the university.
“The only thing the program is really able to test is general knowledge of the basic scholarly tradition,” said Richard Hilton, the team captain.
“Because of the demands of the audience, you can’t have specialized questions. But people who do well here have a general acquaintance with the basic areas of humanistic and scientific knowledge.”
Hilton added that while the students were chosen on the basis of their strength in particular areas, all the finalists have general knowiedge of all the areas.
Investigation has been undertaken to determine Furman’s strengths and weaknesses and the analysis will determine which USC students reply to which questions. However, the team’s chances of coming out on top depend mostly on their luck in being asked the right questions as opposed to the luck of their opponents.
The team will fly to New York in time for a cultural tour of the city and a free Broadway show before showtime at 6 p.m. on Sunday. The regular team members are Gary Cohen, a sophomore in history; Barclay Edmundson, a junior English major; Marcia Hastie, freshman in biochemistry, and Hilton, a junior in philoso-
phy. They will be joined by David Yost, alternate.
The original 70 would-be team members were narrowed to 22 after a three and a half hour test covering achievement in areas from social studies ana' literature to math.
Before Christmas the 22 were reduced to eight by testing them in simulated contest situations. They were judged on their performance under rapid-fire questioning on the basis of speed in answering, reliability of knowledge and general information. with six to eight students participating at a time. One of the aims of the selection process was to get four people whose strengths were in different areas.
Six women and four men will sing in the finals of the 11th annual Western regional auditions for the Metropolitan Opera in Bovard Auditorium tonight at 8. The auditions will be open to the public.
Doors will open at 7:15 and close promptly at 8 due to the broadcast of the program over KFAC on the regular two-hour evening concert of the Southern California and Southern Counties Gas Co.
John Gutman, assistant manager of the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York City, will judge the finals.
Competing will be former USC students Rose A. Taylor and Nina Hinson, and Robert Mazzarella, Mary Ann Plakogiannis, Nathan Rundlett and Marylou Keller, all from Los Angeles. Contestants from the Bay Area are Helen Dilworth, Stephen Janzen, Richard J. Clark and Olivia Brewer Stapp.
Finalists in this audition will be sent to New York City in March for a week of coaching, all expenses
After selection of four team members and four alternates the training process included continued question sessions from forty minutes to a half an hour once a week and sessions with professors specializing in the various subjects in which individual students were weak. The team was coached by Dr. James McBath. chairman of the Speech Department, who will accompany the team to New York.
If USC wins the bowl, it will be its first victory on the program. The school had a team on the program in 1959. the first year the program was on the air. and came in substantially behind Barnard College of New York.
being paid by the Metropolitan Opera Company. In addition, they will he awarded $300. They will then compete with all other regional winners on March 25 at the Metropolitan Opera House.
Each finalist in the March 25 contest will receive a $2,000 scholarship for study. They will be flown to New York City for the Nov. 17 national finals. Prior to the Nov. 17 national finals, they will receive one month of intensive coaching.
STANDELLS DUE AT GRILL FRIDAY
The Standells, a musical group with hits such as “Good Guys Don’t Wear White,” “Dirty Water,” and “Why Pick on Me?”, will perform Friday night from 9 to 1 in the Grill.
Admission to the dance, sponsored by the ASSC Entertainment Committee, will he 50 cents. Food services will be available.
AT POX FAIRFAX
Studentfilms to unwind
Final opera auditions will be held tonight
1' rom lcll, Edinuml'on, Ililton, Ilaslie dim L.ohen in training