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University of Southern California
vol. Ixv no. 47	los ongeles, Californio	thursday, november 30, 1972
Review of song girl selection procedures, applications sought
By A1 Freisleben
staff writer
A review of the processes used in the selection of song girls has been requested by Gloria Myklebust. d irector of the Student Services Center, on grounds that the application and selection procedures are “discriminatory in their essence."
In a letterto Daniel Nowak, acting vice-president for student affairs, Myklebust said the form that applicants are required to fill out is a “little out of focus as to its relevancy.” In particular. Myklebust took exception to song girl candidates being asked about their knowledge of school songs, coaches and “past great Trojan athletes.” as well as about their membership in a sorority, the color of thfeir eyes and hair and their fathers' place of employment.
In an interview Wednesday, Myklebust said that “without an explanation. the form could be intimidating,” and added that ifthe information requested was “intimidating to even one student, a form should be devised that would be equitable to all.”
In addition, she stated that in looking at the test form, she would •hate to say it's a rah-rah thing.” but that she suspected that someone would know the information only if they had been coached.
‘When you look at the song girls,” Myklebust remarked, they are "all a certain height, all have long hair, and the majority have belonged to a sorority.” She added that if these were also some of the requirements for being a member of the song girl squad, they should be listed on the application.
Nevertheless, she said, they would still be discriminatory.
In her letter to Nowak. Myklebust also objected to the fact that there are no students on the selection committee. Students, she wrote, “are probably the ultimate judges as to whether these young ladies are performing to their likings and standards.”
Nowak, she said, had indicated to her in a conversation that he would review the issues outlined in the letter.
Nowak was unavailable for comment Wednesday afternoon.
A fire-breathing member of ■7*	J	I	the Mystic Knights of the Oingo-
^OU nOb !	Boingo thrills students during
Wednesday’s noontime entertainment on the Student Activities Center patio. The per-former takes a mouthful of
A dragon!
gasoline and spews it into the air, igniting it with a small torch. The outlandishly costumed group performed strange music and acrobatic stunts, then paraded to the center of campus. Photo by Tony Korody, EIRodeo.
Yell leaders, song girls promote spirit of No. 1 team
By Nancy Centofanti
“Oh my God. there are three this year.” That's the thought that ran through Rocky Springsteads head when three females showed up for the first day ofyell leader tryouts.
Springstead. 1972 yell king was relieved to find that they were there out of curiosity and had no desire to become yell leaders. Last year one girl was very serious about it, and he had a tough time convincing her that yell leading was for men and song leading for girls.
Lindley Bothwell, director of both the yell leaders and the song girls, produced upon
request a constitution, which backed up this stand. The document was actually a two-page list of regulations that yell leaders and song girls agree to comply with.
Bothwell said that USC has one of the best rooting sections in the country backing up the No. 1 team. Yelling means a lot to him. He was the first yell king here and he remained one throughout his college days, which lasted seven years.
“This contest is wide open—no one has it cinched,” he told a group of about 30 hopeful applicants. “Most of the guys from this year’s squad won’t be coming back
so there won’t be much competition from them.”
Of the five regular yell leaders only two were interested in retaining their posts.
The 1973 yell leaders were chosen Nov. 13. The new squad will take over at the first PAC-8 game of the basketball season. Steve Brown, Rick Callahan, Rick Davey, John Kay, Gary Landis, Pat Ramsey, Keith Samuels, Mark Savage, Harold Smith, Gary Sullivan and Ken Ude will be leading the yells in 1973.
The squad will be cut down to five when the 1973 football season arrives.
Meanwhile, the race to choose the song girls who will complement the yell leaders continues.
On the first day of song girl tryouts, nearly 70 girls turned out.
Bothwell said that he thinks USC has the greatest songleader squad in the country. He said that in choosing the girls, personality counts more than anything. The judges try to pick girls who will complement each other in their size and looks.
“I’ve received a lot of compliments on the uniformity of our squad this year,” said Bothwell. He was proud to
compare them to the Rock-ettes of New York. The six regulars are all over 5 7”, and during the summer they all went on a diet to complete the tall, slender look they wanted to convey.
Preliminaries were held Nov. 14. Three regulars and two alternates from this year’s squad were among the 21 semi-finalists chosen.
The judging was male dominated, with only one of the seven judges a woman.
Finals were held Monday Nov. 27, when ten girls were chosen as songleaders for basketball season. Later it will be narrowed to six for football.
CONTROVERSIAL CONTRACT
Catering bid to be awarded
By Loren Ledin
staff writer
A controversial campus catering bid, disrupted by charges and counter-charges in September, is scheduled to be awarded within a month.
Walter Rudametkin, the Golden Scarab owner who said he was discriminated against by the university when his bid was rejected in late September, will resubmit his bid today to Guy Hubbard, executive director of auxiliary services.
A final decision is expected Dec. 22.
The MJM Catering Col, winner of the bid the last four years, and the Red Carpet Caterers are also in the running for the campus catering business.
Murray Weiner, owner of MJM. traded verbal shots with Rudametkin in October, after both had their bids rejected.
Rudametkin claimed his bid was easily the best and charged Weiner with possible unscrupulous activities in winning the bid the last four years.
Weiner heatedly denied the allegations and said
the reason he has consistently won the catering contract is that he offers the best service.
“He’s nothing but a leech,” Weiner said of Rudametkin in the Daily Trojan Oct. 11. “He har-rasses other drivers, makes stops that don’t belong to him.”
Since then the Red Carpet Caterers have joined the bidding.
Herbert Harbeson, director of Residence Halls and Food Service, has also since been replaced by Hubbard in handling the bidding.
Rudametkin had pointed to Harbeson as a key figure in the university’s discrimination against him.
Why was Harbeson replaced?
“I’m his immediate superior,” said Hubbard. “And we’re both in the same department. I have just decided to handle this phase ofthe operation.”
Rudametkin was pleased that he would get a chance to try again for the bid.
“At least some good has come of this,” he said.
Environmentalist to talk on worldwide pollution
Jacques Piccard, oceanographer and international environmentalist, will talk on “Only One Earth” at noon in Bovard.
Before his address he will speak informally with students in Von KleinSmid Center 329. Those interested may meet with him for a one-hour discussion at 10:45 a.m.
Piccard has a worldwide reputation as a leader of environmentalists engaged in protecting ocean areas from pollution and coastal areas from destruction.
In his view mankind is now confronted with a worldwide challenge to protect the shared atmosphere and the shared oceans. In other words, he says, a dead sea means a dead planet.
Piccard and his father partici-
pated in the design and construction of the first deep-diving vessel, as well as designing and constructing the world’s first middle-depth vehicle for the Swiss Exposition at Lausanne.
For his contributions to oceanography, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by President Eisenhower.
Guitarist to play at noon concert
Tret Fure, a guitarist who is appearingthis week at the Bitter Ashtray Coffeehouse, will be performing in concert at noon today at the Student Activities Center patio.
Fure songs have a poetic aura as well as an emphasis on lyrics.