Beil to give talk today
Alphonzo Bell, candidate for mayor, will deliver a major policy address today at 12:30 p.m. in Founders Hall 229.
Bell, a Congressman from West Los Angeles' 28th Congressional District, began his political career in November, 1960, when he was elected as the 28th district's representative.
Since his election, Bell has supported every major civil rights bill which has come before Congress, including the Civil Rights Bill of 1968.
In his campaign, Bell has stressec inequities in society, and urges that the change that is needed must come in the cities, where these inequities are most evident.
"Great cities are supreme monuments to civilized and reliant men," Bell said. "Such monuments need to be built. They are ready to be built. We cannot safely put off the job and we should not want to."
In Washington, Bell was a member of both the Science and Astronautics Committees, and the House, Education and Labor Committee.
University of Southern California
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1969, VOL. LX, NO. 89
Committees criticize ASSC dorm proposal
By JONDA ROURKE
The recent ASSC Executive Council proposal to allow residence halls autonomy in determing dormitory rules has drawn critical comment from committees which have been studying the issue.
Nan Maples, Women’s Hall Association president, said the ASSC proposal did not give any powers to WHA that it did not already have.
Article IV, Section 3 of the WHA Constitution states: “The WHA Executive Cabinet, in coordination with the WHA Presidents Council, acting in the interests of women of the member residence halls, will have the power to discuss and legislate on those problems specifically pertinent to the university life of the women in the residence halls.”
Clive Grafton, assistant dean of students and director of the Residence Counseling Office, said yesterday that in his opinion the council action was nothing more than a power play.
“I’m confused about the exact meaning of the proposal, and so are the WHA and the MHA officers,” Grafton said. “We have had the same things under study for an extensive period of time.”
Residence groups had wished that nothing would be said publicly until the full proposal had been finalized. The WHA Executive Council and Women’s Judicial have now completed the proposal, and have referred it to the administration.
“It is our firm belief that the responsible change
of residence hall regulations, with emphasis on maximum freedom of the individual accompanied by maximum security measures, is consistent with the objective of progress for the university as whole,” the WHA proposal said.
“Our proposals are sustained by a belief in responsible change. We are not seeking total abolition of the present system, but rather an improvement of the regulatory framework to include increased safety precautions in accordance with a consideration for the behavior patterns, choices, and desires of individual residents.”
Under the proposed rules, first semester freshmen would observe a midnight lockout Monday through Thursday. Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights they would have the privilege of extended hours. Extended hours afford the resident the option of entering and exiting the dormitory on a 24-hour basis.
All women students beyond first semester freshmen standing would have the privilege of extended hours. Exit and entry into the dorm, during the hours when the doors are locked, would be allowed upon presentation of the resident’s university identification card and meal tag.
A 24-hour receptionist and guard would be located in Birnkrant to allow students entry and exit. Sign-in and sign-out procedures would be voluntary.
Grafton summed up the residence hall activity: “Things have been done quietly, without fanfare, and by and large without the ASSC.”
Faculty liquor application to be reviewed again
The Faculty Center’s requests for a liquor license will again be reviewed at a hearing, scheduled for March 25 by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Department.
The request was first made in December 1967, when the Faculty Center Association applied for a wine and beer license.
However, the fine print of the final application stated that the premises in question would have to be open to the public. Because the Faculty Center is a private club for the faculty, administrators and their guests, this license could not go into effect.
Nevertheless, the Faculty Center Association was informed that it could apply for a
“conditional club license,” which is a liquor license granted to private clubs.
The next step was to prove that the Faculty Center was a private club. This evidence is necessary, because the penal code states that there can be no liquor served within a one and a half-mile radius of a university. This would not apply, though, to a private club.
The first hearing concerning the Faculty Center’s application, which was filed on April 2, 1968, was held on September 23, 1968. The representative of the university, Dr. Robert Craig, professor of management, was opposed by about 30 elderly men and women.
The main purpose of Craig’s
case was to prove that the Faculty Center Association had been in existence for at least 35 years. This is a basic requirement for all organizations in California to be considered a private club.
The protesters did not contest the age of the Faculty Center Association. Their main cry was that a liquor license would be detrimental to the morals and welfare of the students and the community. Fifteen witnesses testified to this effect.
Apparently some points were still in question because the department scheduled a second hearing. It is reported, however, that after the March 25 hearing, a report will be sent to Sacramento and a decision will be made.
Candidates argue community action
By ROBIN NEWCOMER
A panel featuring the five ASSC presidential candidates at a meeting of the Community Action Coordinating Council (CACC) ended quietly enough yesterday, but not before Ron McDuffie suggested Troy Camp be eliminated.
Reacting to McDuffie’s remark, Dan Smith, executive director of the CACC, said, “I am rather concerned that McDuffie has suggested eliminating projects such as Troy Camp, Tutorial and the Kennedy Action Corps when he gets into office.
“What disturbs me is that he has not conducted a thorough and careful investigation into their present status and the current and future plans for them now being made by the CACC.”
Discussion preceding McDuffie’s comment was centered on the role USC should have in the community with each of the candidates presenting his platform.
Mike Guarino, presidential candidate, compared USC to a Disneyland and said that he would keep on trying to put university life in the streets, removing it from just the isolated campus.
“I don’t know how we can talk about eliminating misery when we have it right outside and only fools can’t see it and only fools don’t reach out their hands to help,” he said.
Ed Hurst, another candidate, said the Hoover Redevelopment Project was inadequate because the end product would be a Westwood style village surrounding the campus.
“This would not serve the students or residents,” he said. “The residents are being moved away and this is just going to isolate us more.”
He suggested that the ASSC become involved in the planning of a community which meets both the needs and desires of students and community residents.
“We should place more importance on the black students going into the community than the white students,” Fred Minnes said during his platform speech.
Describing Troy Camp posters which picture black children being helped by a white student Minnes said, “I don’t care for the paternal attitude-4Well, we’ve got to help them.’ ”
McDuffie, speaking on his proposed platform for community involvement, said:
“I want to see us get a program, not an idea, but a concrete program to help the black community and the brown community.”
McDuffie went on to say that more direct programs in the community are needed. He suggested that three or four programs be pooled.
Supporting the idea that education majors who do their assistant teaching in the community go to schools with black children in them, McDuffie said:
“If they can make it there, if they can be good teachers in that scene, then they will do a hell of a job when they get their job in Beverly Hills.”
Joel Rosenzweig, another presidential candidate, said, “USC on paper anyway, is committed to the community. I question whether student government is committed to the community.”
Rosenzweig said that for the CACC to live up to its potential it would have to serve as a catlyst in finding resolutions to problems.
Bob Brooks runs for senior representative
Bob Brooks, a junior in pre-med and psychology, announced his candidacy for senior representative yesterday.
“Happiness is knowing your place in life through as complete an understanding of its happenings as is possible,” Brooks said in expressing the basis of his attitude toward student government. He said that any goal in student government can and should be achieved through nonviolent means.
As a member of various ASSC committees including the Student Directory Committee, the Sophomore Class Council, and the Entertainment Committee, Brooks said he feels tighter communication between the ASSC Executive Council and
Office seekers’ confrontations continue today
other students would serve as a means for achieving true student representation.
“I feel that the role of the senior representative should be not only to represent the views of his class, but also to work as a part of the team of the council, which should strive to be truly representative,” Brooks said.
In the future Brooks said he hopes student apathy will be changed into student understanding.
He further advocates total involvement in community affairs, a women’s dormitory policy of voluntary sign-in and sign-out and a more intensified job placement organization comprised of students, faculty and private enterprise.
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The Candidates Confrontation series, sponsored by the ASSC Elections Commission, will continue this afternoon in the Student Activities Center.
Candidates for vice-president of programs will debate at noon, senior representatives at 2, vice-president of academic affairs at 3 and junior representatives at 4.