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(The Daily Trojan is releasing the following testimony. despite concern that il will he considered in had taste by some readers. because we believe the students of the university have the overriding right to know the specific instances of hazing involved. This testimony was received from sources outside of the administration—the editor.)
Official testimony from the Student Behavior Committee’s hearing that resulted in Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity's suspension includes a lengthy example of the “serious violations” that led to the committee’s decision.
The testimony, delivered by one of the fraternity officers and since substantiated by other members of the fraternity, reads:
“The pledges were lined up and blindfolded on the second floor, with paddles, dressed. They were asked questions, some didn't know the answers. The pledges were taken to any one of four rooms. I’m in one room.
“One room was the bathroom. Pledges were set down on the toilet with pants down. Sports questions were asked. If they know the answer they flush the toilet. If no one knows, a wet mop is taken and put in their crotch while they are sitting on the
toilet without clothes on and blindfolded. They are congratulated for their paddles and the noise started; the noise began on the third floor.
“In another room they are told to urinate on their pledge brother. They are blindfolded and then they are squirted with warm water to induce them to urinate on each other.
“In the fourth room they drop their pants and tie a string on their penis wrhile blindfolded. They are told that the string is tied on a book. If they don’t answer the questions, the second pledge is told to drop the book. The book was actually not tied to a string.”
Other testimony received by the committee included complaints of noise and obscene language by a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority. Members of the sorority also reported observing pledges “in various stage of undress exhibiting themselves at the lighted windows of the house.”
In releasing its decision, the committee noted that this case was “the first major hazing violation we have encountered. We have heard repeated testimony over the years that some fraternities have even worse forms of hazing.
“In extreme cases, we stand ready to recommend criminal prosecutions against the offenders. No fraternity is exempt from the law, the small and poor, as well as the large and rich.”
VOL. LIX
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1968
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NO. 36
Demand for entertainment? Council begins to doubt it
ASSC veeps endorse Mauk for presidency
Bill Mauk's campaign for the ASSC presidency got two hefty boosts yesterday when Bob Lutz and Norm Wilky, the two ASSC vice-
McDuffie is write-in for junior rep
Ron McDuffie announced yesterday that he is running for junior representative as a write-in candidate. His platform will consist of a program for “Growth with the University.”
“I consider myself to be a normal candidate,” McDuffie said. “Most of the students have enormous leadership abilities, but there is little opportunity to serve. Students want to see results from their actions, but they feel the existing system will not give them these results.”
The basic idea of “Growth with the University,” McDuffie said, “is that structurally, the university is growing, and it is up to the students through the medium of student government to grow and become conscious of what is going on around them.”
McDuffie divides his program into two areas, that of the dormitory and general campus.
In speaking of the dormitories he proposes visitation, date parlors, more recreation facilities, music practice rooms, typing and study rooms, more food machines and entertainment in the lounges provided through student activity allowances.
For the general campus, McDuffie proposes using student funds to purchase space in local high school and community newspapers to improve communications between the university and the surrounding community.
Direct recruiting of potential students from surrounding areas, and the use of classroom facilities on weekends for self-help programs, are other suggestions by McDuffie, along with some revisions in the speakers program.
presidents, announced their support of his efforts.
Lutz and Wilky issued the following joint statements in support of Mauk:
“This year's ASSC Executive Council and officers have attempted to move into several new areas in trying to meet student needs.
“Most important, efforts have been made to effect policy changes within the university, and many of these efforts have been successful. The passage of the Student Literature Code and the dormitory visitation proposal are examples of this.
“We feel the foundation has been built for a good future and a meaningful student voice. It is important that the next ASSC president have a knowledge of the issues and the necessary administrative background to give effective leadership to the Executive Council and its committees.
“Such a leader is required in order to realize the potential for growth that now exists. It is for this reason that we strongly endorse the candidacy of Bill Mauk. We feel he has a realistic, progressive platform and the diligence to carry out his proposils.”
Mauk is conducting his campaign, titled “Power for Progress,” on the premise that the ASSC must “assume a major role identifying the reasons for student frustrations and creating student involvement.”
In later comments, Wilky, vice-president of student activities, praised Mauk for his practical experience, knowledge of the ASSC structure and commitment to change in university governing.
Lutz, vice-president of university affairs, stressed Mauk’s experience in community involvement, his concern with academic reform and his “grasp of the issues and needs of student involvement within the ASSC.”
The future of ASSC entertainment attempts came under fire yesterday at the Executive Council meeting when Norm Wilky, vice-president of student activities, questioned the interests and desires of the students in having big name entertainers on campus.
“Sales for the Jefferson Airplane concert are still going poorly,” he said. “If they don’t pick up, our entire budget will be used in absorbing the loss.”
“We’ve sold maybe only 800 seats out of a possible 3,200 total for the two concerts,” Paul Moore, director of student activities, said. “Posters have been up for a week. We’ve had advertising in the community. But the tickets are still there.”
“The question we must consider is, ‘Is there demand for this type of entertainment at USC?’ ” Wilky said.
The problem came as the result of the council's need to decide whether to sign a contract with Glenn Yarborough for a concert at a later date.
“At this point we are running about $6,000 behind on the Airplane concert,” Moore said. “We have about $4,300 left of the original $5,000 set aside to absorb losses from these shows. So obviously we are running behind.
“The choice we have before us is whether to okay the Yarborough concert and try to finance the loss from reserve funds or whether to cancel it. There is a philosophical as well as financial question involved,” Wilky said.
“I think we should go ahead with Glenn Yarborough,” Fred Minnes, MHA president, said. “We must make an adequate attempt at providing entertainment on this campus.”
The question was referred to the Financial Advisory Committee for further study.
Eleven questions were voted on to be added to the Choice ’68 ballot which will be attached to the general election ballots next week. The questions included:
1	“Should the voting age in California be lowered to 18?
2	“Should marijuana be legalized?
3	“Do you favor military conscription?
4	“Should college students, undergraduate and graduate, be given Se-
lective Service deferments?
5	“Would you like to be able to take one course per semester, outside of your major, on a pass-fail basis ?
6	“Should grades be given for physical education classes?
7	“Should the present system of pass-fail senior colloquiums be abolished?
8	“Should pompon girls appear at football games?
9	"Would you favor making special consideration for admitting mi-
nority students on campus?
10	“Should the students have a voice in determining faculty tenure?
11	“Do you favor on-campus drinking in a designated area in the Grill for those students 21 or over?
The purpose of Choice '68, a primary ballot sponsored by Time magazine and involving more than 1,000 schools across the nation, is to find out who students think should be president and how they react to several of the most important issues facing the country today.
The choice involves 14 presidential candidates and three referendums, two centered on alternatives to the nation’s present military commitment in Vietnam and one involving the urban crisis.
In conjunction with the election, the council set Thursday at 1:15 as the time for the "Great Debate.” Following anotfier performance in Bovard Auditorium, the three candidates for ASSC president will meet to discuss their various platforms.
Lippman quits council to resolve a contradiction
Ralph Lippman, resen tative to the Council and ASSC presidential candidate. resigned yesterday from the council. He also said he is discontinuing any further active campaigning.
“The purpose of my resignation is to resolve what appears to be a contradiction,” Lippman said in his written statement of resignation, handed to ASSC President Marty Foley on Monday.
“On the one hand, I solicit votes based upon my council experience and on the other, am highly critical of that body.
“I believe that by not remaining a member, my criticism will perhaps elicit responses, rather than emotion brought about through that criticism.”
Yesterday the ASSC Council voted 6-3 to approve his resignation and commend him on his service. His resignation will go into affect immediately, and since newly-elected officers will be inaugurated May 1. no new independent representative will be appointed.
“I was advised by the people in my campaign not to do this. I think my reasons are self-explanatory. My
independent rep- reasons are not political,” Lippman ASSC Executive said.
Gallup will campaign for abolition of AMS
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Douglas Gallup
A NAME IS A NAME IS A...
Why Jefferson Airplane ?
By ELLIOT ZWE1BACH Contributing Editor
The Jefferson Airplane may seem like a funny name for a musical group, but the members don’t think so.
And as incongruous as it may seem, the Airplane will attack Bovard Auditorium Saturday night at 8 and 10:30 p.m., along with the Iron Butterfly and the Highlight Light Show.
Members of the group have offered various explanations of the origin of their name.
For instance, Paul Kantner, lead guitarist, said, “A dog came along and led us into this church and behind this pew was a large bag of ‘Jefferson Airplane Loves You’ buttons, so we figured we'd better make good use of 'hem.”
A similar explanation is given by Grace Slick, second lead singer: “The Spirit of St. Louis flew over and dropped a lot of ‘Jefferson Airplane Love? You' buttons.”
Marty Balin, lead singer for the Airplane, explain-td, “We were all working for the Jefferson Airplane
Line. I was the pilot, Paul was my copilot. Jack Casady, (bass player) was the purser and Grace was the stewardess. So when we decided to form a group, we used their names.”
A fourth, and perhaps more obvious explanation, is offered by Kantner again: “Actually, it was given to us by our parents.”
Other members of the group include Spencer Dry-den, drummer, and Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen, who plays solo guitar.
Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen of the Jefferson Airplane?
But what's in a name anyway?
The Jefferson Airplane by any other name would sound as sweet, if their brand of acid-rock can be called
sweet.
Tickets are on sale all week in the ticket office, 209 Student Union, at the YWCA and at the booth in front of Founders Hall. They are priced at $3 for orchestra seats, $2 for first balcony and $1.50 for general admission (second balcony.)
Douglas Gallup, junior in speech, announced yesterday that if elected to the Associated Men’s Students presidency, he would attempt to abolish the organization.
“Because all the people in this school are represented by other elected officials in the ASSC Council,” he said, “the AMS could be eliminated and you could still accomplish what is being done now. AMS is a holdover from outdated political systems on this campus.”
Running under a campaign slogan of “Realism and Progress,” Gallup said that if he could not succeed in abolishing the AMS, he would seek suggestions from the men on campus concerning what they wanted their organization to be.
If the organization is retained, Gallup would like to see it concentrate on two issues: drinking on the Row and dorm visitation.
Although one visitation proposal has already been passed, Gallup would like to see the power for initiating visitation given solely to the individual housing units.
“I think privacy is an issue,” he said. “I want to leave it up to individuals.” Gallup said he would be in favor of elections within each dorm to decide if visitation would be allowed.
Gallup’s position on drinking on the Row was similar. He said he felt that the Greek system should decide for itself whether or not it wanted to officially endorse Row drinking.
Gallup felt that by keeping the work of the AMS focused solely on these two issues, he could make the organization more effective.
“Right now it has the power to do nothing,” he said. He also said that he would not make any sweeping promises during his campaign.
“I’m not going to sit here and propose things that I couldn’t possibly get done within the next year,” he said.
“Hopefully I won’t have to discontinue anything, but I will appeal to a few people's prurient interests and have them invite me to their living groups.”
Lippman said he felt this year’s council has been misdirected because it focused most of its effort toward the administration — with an obvious lack of power base from the students.
He urged other members of the council to do the same if they felt they were caught up in the same contradiction.
“My decision to discontinue campaigning is infinitely more complex. I have either not been able to verbalize my conceptions or else am being grossly misunderstood.
“I believe the primary purpose of the university is education and because of this, the proper base of power is the student, altered only by those academicians who, of course, provide inherently necessary guidance.
“What I have merely proposed is that we reconstruct so that power emanates from the student and flows to the administration rather than the opposite.”
Lippman said in his resignation that he was more than eager to discuss his opinions as well as the opinions that have been advanced by those w'ho support him. but only by request or invitation.
“The reasons (for my decision) are
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manifested in what I have had occasion to experience in the last several days,” he said.
“I have been able to experience a far greater glimpse as to what constitutes the nature and scope of the ASSC and of the USC student body than I could ever have had as a student, and because of this I wish to return to a full-time role as a part-time student.”
Salvatori
announces
platform
Peter Salvatori, freshman in political science, and one of the four candidates reinstated for the ASSC elections, announced his candidacy for sophomore representative yesterday by stressing student communication.
In the place of class councils which were recently declared' illegal, Salvatori advocates the immediate installation of a Sophomore Class Executive Council in an unofficial advisory capacity.
The council would be composed of members representing each dorm floor, each fraternity and sorority, ccmmutcrs and apartment dwellers.
His platform also includes the adoption of a Student Communication Involvement System that would send questionnaires and ask reactions on new proposals.
Salvatori is a nonscholarship quarterback for the freshman football team and a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
“The most pressing problem of the university is that two forces are working against each other.'' Salva-tori said. “If their wants would be the same, they could be working for the betterment of the university.”
If elected, Salvatori said he plans to look into the parking problem, more lenient hours for girls, better campus functions, beer in the Grill and the pass-fail system.
Youth for McCarthy begins Republican registration drive
A major drive to reregister Republicans for the June primary was launched today by Youth for Mc-Cartny.
Steve Beidner, coordinator of the drive, explained the goal of the 80-member volunteer group: “We are appealing to Republicans who are frustrated over the war issue.
“In the Republican primary, they have no opportunity to express their dissatisfaction with Nixon’s hawkish views. There is no presidential contest, only a favorite-son slate headed by Gov. Reagan; both senatorial candidates support or want to expand Johnson’s policies: and write-in votes are not counted as in New
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Hampshire. Their views are silenced unless they reregister as Democrats and soundly defeat Johnson’s policies in the primary.”
Beidner emphasized that “repudiation of Johnson’s policies would affect the presidential choice of both parties and strengthen the position of Republican moderates.”
Reregistering does not limit a voter’s right to vote for any candidate in the general election or to vote in future primaries.
The deadline for registering to vote is April 11. A registrar of voters will be available in front of the Student Union from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.