Sam Hurst ASSC president
By MELODY GILLARD Managing editor
Sam Hurst has been elected ASSC president, climaxing one of the longest, most chaotic presidential campaigns that USC has ever suffered through.
Hurst received 966 votes, 42 percent of those cast.
Craig Caldwell, with 497 votes, and Ron McDuffie, with 493, nearly tied for second place, each one getting 23 percent of the total vote.
Eric Cohen received 102 votes, Sam Tower had 14, and Dave Dizenfeld got 9. Four more votes were cast for other candidates for a total of 2,115.
An amendment to the ASSC constitution states that a person will be declared the winner if he has at least 40 percent of the votes and no other candidate has 25 percent.
Somewhat surprised at the outcome, Hurst said he hoped to bring all students together again because the campaign had broken the school into faction groups.
“I don’t know how difficult it will be to heal all the wounds that were inflicted during the campaign,” Hurst said. “But I think the most immediate effort of my administration is to do so. I want fo try to bring Ron, Dave and even Craig, to the extent that he wants to, back into student government.”
Thanking the students who helped him win, Hurst singled out his friend Dave O’Hara for special praise:
“Out of all the people who helped me,
I	have to isolate Dave O’Hara because every time things got a little insane, he was the only one with sanity and every time things got depressing, he was the only one who was happy.”
The announcement of the winner was preceded by numerous protests to the student court.
One complaint, entered by Caldwell, charged the Daily Trojan with running a “highly fraudulent editorial.” Caldwell’s position was presented by Brian Cox.
Cox said the protest was based on a portion of the Statement on Student Rights and Responsibilities which referred to the Daily Trojan editor’s duty to practice responsible journalism.
Tuesday’s editorial called Caldwell’s late entry into the race a political ploy and political maneuvering to perpetuate the run-off. It also said Caldwell took on the role of Young Americans for Freedom’s last-minute choice for a candidate.
Reading Caldwell’s complaint, Cox said statements like these did not represent responsible journalism and that Caldwell had received support from students living in dorms, on the Row, in apartments and from those who commute. He added
that he was supported by students with widely varying political viewpoints.
Caldwell asked that the election be invalidated and that another one be held.
Glen Dresser, elections commissioner, told the court he did not think Caldwell’s complaints were valid enough to nullify the election because the offensive sentences were contained in a clearly-marked editorial. He added that the election coverage on the front page was unbiased and gave adequate space to Caldwell, who announced his candidacy only last weekend.
After deliberating for nearly one-half hour, the student court declared:
“The ASSC Student Court finds that the Daily Trojan did not jeopardize the student body elections and therefore we will not invalidate this election.”
Complaints were also received concerning numbered ballots, the fear being that the ballots were not secret because each number on the ballot corresponded to a student’s signature.
Dresser explained the reasons for numbering the ballots were to insure that ballots could not be forged without the duplication of numbers, to prevent removal of legitimate ballots for fraudulent use, to guard against ballots sticking together and to provide a receipt by the voter for materials received.
“At no time was it the intention of
the commission to abridge the rights of the students to a secret ballot, but rather to guarantee the students an election free from any possibility of duplicity either by those administering it or those participating in it,” Dresser said.
He added that the name sheets were cut from the corresponding numbers before the ballots were sorted so no one would know who cast which votes.
Another question concering Caldwell had arisen earlier. Caldwell, who was elected Associated Men Student' president in the April 8 election, said he had resigned from that office to run for president. A protest was made that the resignation was not official, but the student court ruled that it was, and that his votes would be counted Caldwell’s resignation will become effective May 1, the date for swearing in new officers. He will be replaced by George Milbum, Jr., AMS vice-president.
McDuffie also raised a complaint about the polls at the Medical School being open for only 40 minutes. The court ruled that there was no specific length of time that the polls must stay open and that approximately the same number of people voted at that precinct during this election as did during the last one. Therefore, the complaint would have no effect on the results.
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DAILY ® TROJAN
VOL. LXI, NO. 110	LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA	WED., APRIL 22, 1970
Unruh to speak today at Environmental Teach-In
By GINGER LANDAU
The Environmental Teach-In, originally designed by Sen. Gaylord Nelson, Wisconsin Democrat, begins at 8:45 this morning as we stand, in the words of balladeer Pete Seeger, “knee deep in garbage, throwing rockets at the moon.”
Today’s list of programs and speakers will be highlighted by Jesse Unruh, Democratic gubernatorial candidate from California. He will speak on “Environmental Awareness” in Town and Gowan Foyer at 2 p.m.
A ceremonial march will lead the Teach-In from the Religious Center at 835 W. 34th St. to University and Childs Way, where Dr. Bernard Abbott, chairman of the Biological Sciences Department; Rev. Cecil Hoffman, campus minister, and Stanley Greenfield, of the Rand Corp., Santa Monica, will speak.
A time capsule which will contain samples of air and water, a population handbook, flowers and assorted gifts to future generations will be dedicated at 9:15 a.m. by Tommy Trojan. A pledge to future generations will be made at that time to be signed by 600 students. The capsule will 'be buried tomorrow morning.
Aluminum cans collected in a drive conducted this week will be sold to Reynolds Aluminum for one-half cent a piece. The money will go to the Environmental Teach-In group.
From 9:30 a.m. to noon the Regional Planning Association will present a symposium in Hoffman Hall. William Ewald, Jr., visiting fellow at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions will speak on “Planning and Environmental Values.”
“The Politics of Ecology” will be discussed at 10 by Tom Rees, U.S. Congressman from California. John Zierold, legislative analyst for the Plan-
Doheny shelves $43,800 book fine
Dianne Ingle returned an overdue book to Doheny Library yesterday. There’s nothing unusual about this, especially since this is Amnesty Week for overdue books at USC libraries.
Except that the book Dianne returned was 20 years, three months, and 21 days overdue . . . and had accumulated $43,800 in fines.
On January 1, 1950. Dianne’s mother, Barbara Ingle, checked out the book, “Lady Windermere’s Fan” by Oscar Wilde, a library-use-only book, for two hours. Mrs. Ingle never returned it.
ning and Conservation League, will speak on “New Laws, New Actions,” at 10:30. A summary and evaluation by Vic Palmieri, of “Advocates,” a weekly debate show, will be followed with audience participation.
“Alternatives to the Internal Combustion Engine” will be discussed at 10:30 a.m. in Town
Teach-In schedule
8:45 Ceremonial March, Religious Center to University and Childs Way.
9:15 Dedication of Time Capsule and Pledge to Future.
9:30 "Planning Environmental Values,” William Ewald, Hoffman Hall.
10:00 ‘‘The Politics of Ecology," Tom Rees, U.S.
Congressman, Hoffman Hall.
10:30 “New Laws, New Actions,” John Zierold, Planning and Conservation League, Hoffman Hall.
11:00 Summary and Evaluation.
12:00 San Francisco Mime Troupe and Gorilla Band Student Activities Patio.
1:00 "Inner and Outer Ecology," Multi-media presentation. Hoffman Hall.
1:30 ‘‘The Santa Barbara Oil Spill,” Dr. Alan Es-chenroeder; Olin Hall 122.
2:00 "Environmental Awareness," Jesse Unruh, Town & Gown foyer.
3:00 "Is There Intelligent Life on Earth?” Dr.
Preston Cloud, Town & Gown foyer.
4:00 Robin Cranston, World Life Day, Town & Gown foyer.
8:00 Eco-Rock Concert, Pauley Pavillion, UCLA.
and Gown Foyer by William Lear, of Reno, who worked recently on a steam-driven auto and others.
A lunchbreak from noon to 1 will be highlighted by the San Francisco Mime Troupe and Gorilla Band. The seven-member troupe performed comedy skits with social action themes here March 10.
The School of Fine Arts will present a multi-media presentation entitled “The Inner and Outer Ecology” at 1 in Hoffman Hall.
“The Santa Barbara Oil Spill” will be examined by Alan Eschenroeder, Santa Barbara city councilman at 1:30 p.m. in Olin Hall, 122. Unruh will speak at 2 p.m. in Town and Gowan Foyer.
At 3 p.m. Dr. Preston Cloud, from UCSB, will speak on, “Is There Intelligent Life On Earth?” in Town and Gown.
To conclude today’s program, an Eco-Rock Concert will be held at 8 p.m. at Pauley Pavillion, UCLA.
Tomorrow’s program will be highlighted by Sen. Nelson, who, along with other men interested in combatting air pollution, originated the Teach-In.
ASSC officials irked by trustees' snub
By ANDY MILLER Editor
Individual members of the ASSC Executive Council expressed their disgust yesterday at not being invited to this weekend’s Board of Trustees meeting in Palm Springs, while another student will be attending as a resource advisor for Dr. John Hubbard, vice-president and provost.
The expressions came in yesterday’s council meeting, which was tranquil compared to last week’s stormy election-eve meeting.
Mark Savit, ASSC vice-president of academic affairs, said he felt that Gary Cohen, a senior in history, could not effectively speak for the executive council this Friday and Saturday in the board’s annual Palm Springs meeting.
Fred Minnes, ASSC president, said that he was unsure why Cohen had been invited, but was still unhappy that he was the only student asked.
The council took no official action yesterday, although Minnes and Savit expressed the desire to travel to Palm Springs this weekend.
Minnes then quoted correspondence between himself and Justin Dart, chairman of the board, in yesterday’s council meeting. Minnes first sent to Dart a copy of a resolution passed unanimously by the council which asked that the top three executive officers of the ASSC be allowed to attend board meetings to open communication bewteen the board and students.
•Minnes said Dart’s reply began by thanking Minnes for his participation on two board committees, and then went on to say that the council’s request did not make any sense.
Dart concluded by saying that although he disagreed with the resolution, he would bring it up before the board, Minnes said.
JESSE UNRUH