Socialist says new left dying
By ANGELA CURCURU
Campus Editor
In an age where everything is changing at an extremely rapid pace, politics must also learn to keep up with the times and the people's needs. According to Michael Harrington, a member of the Democratic Socialist Party, the people will have a choice between liberalism and conservatism in the 1972 presidential election, and neither will suit the needs of the time.
“I don't relish either of these alternatives." he said Friday. “We have to start building an effective movement to take the society one step further than its present liberalism.
“The new left is basically disappearing. It was wrong on so many issues. We have to redefine liberalism and go beyond what we have now."
Harrington spoke before a large gathering in the Student Activities Center on the subject. “Beyond a New Leftism: The New Democratic Majority." sponsored by the Great Issues Forum.
His discussion centered around three main points — the new left, beyond the new left and the political implications behind it.
“What was to be the substitute for these old ideas was what the new left was looking for. ' Harrington said. “First they thought the students would save society from itself. Then it was the poor and then the blacks and other minorities.
“The students didn't last long — they couldn't because they're not a social class and they're not a majority. The poor could not be used because poverty does not tend to make
people radical — it makes them accept things as they are. The blacks didn t work because they are a minority '’
Harrington said that the United States must go beyond the ideas of the new left. He gave some examples why a welfare state would be a gain in this society. More money is being spent to house the rich than the poor, said Harrington. “It s only that when they spend money to house the poor, it's more visible in those high-rise segregated apartment buildings.
“It just makes more sense to give more money to the poor because they're more productive ' He said that since 1945 the distribution of income has stayed the same, and that less than five per cent of the people own over half of the nation's wealth. He also called the U.S.
corporations centers of egosim and self-interest.
Harrington attacked Nixon and Reagan for what he called their “Protestant ethic freak-erv " in regard to the working class. “What I get from their sermons on work is the idea that they detest it," he said.
Harrington said that the AFL-CIO has done more to concretely improve minority conditions than the church, the students and the peace movement together. He said there is a value in going to college and learning to think, except for the fact that many students learn to think of a society liberated from the pressures and demands.
“The new left was based on excellent instincts." Harrington said. “They began to ask
the essential basic questions. But after 1972 we re going to have to focus on the Democratic Party and transform it.
“Even though I'm for liberalism as against conservatism, we have to move beyond that present-day liberalism."
Correction
A story in the Daily Trojan last Friday implied that the Religious Center may lease or rent office space to student organizations.
“We don’t rent or lease at all,” said Ralph Jeffs, Episcopal pastor. “When we have office space available, it is completely free.”
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VOL. LXIV NO. 15	LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA	TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1971
Tomorrow's election doubt-ridden
By PETER WONG Staff Writer
Round one of the ASSC fall elections will begin Wednesday amid continuing uncertainty over the presidential race that was delayed from last spring.
The only certain candidate for president on the ballot will be Kent Clemence. third-place finisher in the contested spring primary that was invalidated by President Hubbard.
Clemence. one of three candidates from last spring to refile. criticized those who liken-
ed the election to that of South Vietnam's recent presidential election.
“It s impossible to draw comparisons between the two events. Thieu (the incumbent in South Vietnam) arranged the election so he would be the only candidate, but the present ASSC election was not set up by me." he said.
Unlike the South Vietnamese election, one candidate (John McGuinness) was declared ineligible by the Student Court and another (Chuck Jones) withdrew. Clemence said.
Clemence does not think the election will contribute to further distrust of the ASSC. “Credibility is harmed but not irreparable. It's up to the council to point the way back to trust."
Meanwhile. McGuinness is trying to appeal the court's decision on disqualification to the university's Student Behavior Committee.
However, as of Friday he had not been able to see Scott Bice, associate dean of the Law Center and chairman of the committee panel that ordered a new primary last spring. Bice was
out of town and will return today. McGuinness plans a write-in campaign if no action is taken.
Other offices on the ballot are Associated Men Students president, and freshman and graduate representatives. Bat-the columns of candidates are on page 2, except for Herb Krim-mel and Mark Petrie, who did not submit columns and Jam-shid Tadjiki. who is unopposed for international students representative. Because of space limitations, his column will appear Wednesday.
ASSC president J
KENT CLEMENCE
Student government must be willing to change and progress as situations demand, not as traditions dictate. With this in mind. I propose the following:
In the area of student services. the ASSC should attempt to turn the profit-oriented University Bookstore into a stu-dent-run cooperative that would divide up year-end profits among the students who make their purchases there.
A student credit association should be formed to enable students to obtain small, shortterm loans at interest rates below bank rates.
The ASSC should distribute
a coupon booklet during registration offering 10-15% discounts at clothing stores, gift shops and other retail outlets throughout the Los Angeles area.
An independent students office should be set up to help the non-affiliated students become more involved in campus life and to serve as a means of organizing them into an effective lobbying bloc.
In the area of procedural reform. a student court of appeals should be established to hear appeals from the ASSC Student Court.
The universitv should hire a
campus ombudsman, i.e., an objective arbiter, to help various segments of the university determine proper jurisdictions
in cases where conflicts arise or to determine fault in cases of individual complaints.
In the area of academics, a curriculum clearinghouse should be set up to enable students to develop their own courses for university credit.
An academic symposium should be held each spring featuring the top minds in various
fields, to help establish the university's academic credentials nationally.
JOHN McGUINNESS
Even the most casual observer of USC student government, after witnessing the year in and year out bungling of elections. manipulation of the democratic process, useless appropriation of student tax money, and general lack of anything concrete in terms of student needs, would have to come to the sad conclusion that almost all ASSC politicians and so-called student representatives are inherently inept.
I said in the last campaign, and I will say again, that the money and the power that go into ASSC government must be given back to the students: as long as it remains in the hands
of the few people who have perpetuated their stagnant bureaucracy for the past two years, there can never be any significant changes in student government.
Mv proposal was then, and is now. that student money be given back to lower entities in government. More money and responsibility must be given to organizations like the dorm living groups, fraternities and sororities, and independent student representatives so that they may be allowed to run programs more efficiently and effectively. The closer any government is to its constituents. the more effective it is. That is a basic philosophical be-
lief of mine, and I intend to implement that plan if elected.
The ASSC should concentrate strictly on those programs which will aid students in concrete, positive ways.
The time for choosing is now. Student government can take the course which it has in the past, that of undefinied and unrepresentative goals: or. it can reach out for new and innovative ways of serving students.
I appeal for your support on the basis of my ideas and my pledge to stand behind them. I have not vacillated in the past, and I will not sacrifice my beliefs in the name of political expedience.
Tuition hike is proposed for next fall
By TIM TAYLOR City Editor
A recommendation for a tuition increase of $370 next fall was heard by the Board of Trustees at its meeting last week.
The board also elected two members and reelected the university president and all of the vice presidents.
The tuition hike was recommended by the university Committee on Tuition and Fees, a student-facultv group chaired by Barthold Sorge. associate professor of finance in the School of Business. The recommendation had been endorsed by the Council of Deans.
President John Hubbard said after the meeting that no decision on the tuition raise will be made “until we have a chance to assess present enrollment figures and see what our actual fiscal position is.
"The board expressed a determination to undertake all measures possible towards internal economy and redoubling its own efforts in fundraising. But with all the luck in the world, we do not see how to avoid a tuition increase next year.”
The two members elected to the board are Herbert Hazel-tine, a prominent Los Angeles attorney, and Ray Arbuthnot. the incoming president of the General Alumni Association.
Dr. Hubbard and the six university vice presidents, including Paul Bloland. were reelected by the board. Earlier in the year, there were persistent rumors that Bloland. vice president for student and alumni affairs, would not be reelected. Bloland is now on sabbatical leave.
Two appointments to trustee committees were also made. Chancellor Norman Topping was named chairman of the development committee, which will specialize in fundraising. Robert Hornby was picked to replace the late Les Hoffman as chairman of the campus planning committee, which is responsible for the physical development of the campus.