Union remodeling hits snags
BY MARY ANN GALANTE Assistant Focus Editor
The Student Union, now in the process of being remodeled, is operating in a state that can only be termed organized confusion.
Inhabitants have had to put up with no telephones, an occasionally out-of-order elevator, and welding sparks coming through office floors. Adding to th£ chaos is the relocating of most offices, enabling work crews to continue the remodeling while the building is in use.
While only the second and third floors await completion, complications have arisen over the relocation of the athletic offices.
“The ticket manager and athletic offices' operations are such that they cannot be relocated and still have an effective operation,” said Anthony Lazzaro, director of campus development. “We are relocating the director of athletics and the news bureau operation, but
we may leave the athletic offices where they are till they can be moved to their permanent location.”
Lazzaro said Heritage Hall, the eventual location for the athletic facilities, will be completed about February, 1971.
“We will probably leave that small portion of the second floor (the athletic offices) uncompleted until they can move to Heritage Hall.
“Meanwhile the administration offices, which are to eventually be where the athletic offices now are, must remain in temporary quarters on the fourth floor,” said Lazzaro.
Both Lazzaro and Bob Dienz, general contractor of the project, said they did not expect the delay in completing that section to increase the project’s cost.
An official involved in the Student Union remodeling said delays have resulted because of having to work around John McKay, football coach.
“If there have been any adverse reactions from individuals, I have not been
aware of them,” said Lazzaro.
McKay said he had not been asked to move. When asked if he would mind being relocated, he said it would depend on why he was asked.
“They’ve had all summer,” said McKay. “Why would we be moved in the midst of our busiest season?. . . . A lot of times would make more sense than now to relocate us.”
McKay said he would have no objection to being relocated if given a location where the coach and staff remained together. “If they move one here and one there, it would make a difference to operating things at efficiency,” he said.
Bob Boyd, basketball coach, said he was unaware of any individual in the athletic department opposing relocation.
“We were originally told we would have to leave and go to another location. We first thought we were moving to the physical education building, then we thought we'd go to the third floor. . . now it’s my understanding that we’ll
stay here until Heritage Hall is completed.
“Moving is costly,” said Boyd. “I think they’re leaving us in one place to avoid a second moving.”
Boyd said he would have no objection to being temporarily relocated if asked to move.
“It’s extremely inconvenient at this time of year to move,” said Jess Hill, director of athletics.
Hill’s office and the news bureau are the portions of the athletic department that will be relocated before moving into Heritage Hall.
When asked if he was aware of any individual opposition to relocation, Hill said, “No one wants to move. Why would they when it has to upset their operation?”
Hill said he was opposed to being relocated, but he was moving because it was essential. “It’s extremely inconvenient, but we’re doing it from a sense of cooperation with the director of buildings and grounds,” he said.
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VOL. LXII NO. 2		LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA	TUESDAY, SEPT. 22, 1970
Topping hits 'disruption’
Chancellor Norman Topping deplored attacks on law and education in an address at a luncheon meeting of the USC Law Alumni Association at the Beverly Hilton. The luncheon was held in conjunction with the State Bar convention.
“Law, like education, is under one of the most serious attacks in history,” Dr. Topping said. “One need cite only the name ‘San Rafael' and ‘Chicago Seven" to evoke images of the attack I mean.
“The law, like institutions of higher education, is an easy target for those who see destruction as the only solution to our social problems.
“Disruption in the courtroom can be prevented — trials in New Haven and New York are examples. Yet the fact that we must be at all concerned about maintaining calm and deliberate procedures in court reveals the critical nature of the problems faced by the legal profession.
“The problems are. of course, problems of society as a whole. They result from the refusal by some groups in this nation to accept due process in the courts and the legal procedures of law enforcement agencies. This refusal reflects the deep unrest of certain segments of our population.
“Such unrest is indeed familiar to all who have spent any time on the campuses of America's universities in recent years.
“As you know, the law is perceived variously by various groups of people — by the public and by lawyers, by the police and by criminals, and so on. So, too, is higher education perceived differently by the general public. alumni, students, faculty and educational administrators.”
Dr. Topping was given standing ovations when he was introduced and after he had finished speaking.
He was presented with the Law Alumni's first Accolade of Achievement and an honorary membership in the association. He was also given a watch and a plaque by the law faculty.
Self-governance granted to dorms
Free exit and entry 24 hours a day for both men and women dorm residents is only a majority vote of both governing bodies away from being trial policy.
Both the Men’s Hall Association and Women’s Hall Association cabinets are expected to give their approval to self governance in their first meetings in two weeks. Presidents of each of the floors, who will be elected over the span of the next two weeks, will serve on the cabinets.
The green light for 24 hours exit-entry was given by the Board of Trustees in their June
policy statement on living groups, mailed to all students.
If the measure is passed by the groups, each floor has the prerogative to alter the hours for its own members.
A special meeting will be called on all floors to vote on the measure if it is passed.
• Other self-governing measures expected to be approved are added study lounge and open house hours.
The university retains the right to revoke self-governance at any time. At the end of the year the MHA and WHA will report on the success of the policy.
CREW RECRUITING
Campaign underway to tap USC’s hidden athletic talent
Photo by Bruce Bolinger
Student directory forms are available in SAC
Forms are now available in the Student Activities Center for anyone who wishes to have his name deleted from the 1970-1971 ASSC Student Telephone Directory.
All data for the directory entries are taken from infor-
mation supplied on registration cards. Additional forms are available at the Student Activities Center, for those who have had a change of address or acquired a new local telephone number since going through registration.
JURISDICTION, TAXATION
Scholarship board faces problems
By ART CAMPOS Assistant City Editor
The deadline to file applications for the four vacancies on the Governing Board of the Norman Topping Scholarship Fund has been extended until Friday said Ron McDuffie, director of the scholarship program.
Applications are available in the Student Activities Center. Interviews will be conducted on Saturday.
McDuffie said that at the present time the board is confronted with three problems.
“The three main problems are jurisdiction taxation, and the use of the funds,”
he said.
Ine board has been negotiating with President John Hubbard over the jurisdiction and authority of the board in the eyes of the administration.
The other two problems will be resolved by a vote of the student body during October when the Freshman and Associated Men Students’ presidents are elected.
The problem of taxation arose after it was learned that a current USC policy limits tax assessments to only those students with more than six units.
The board had originally intended that all of USC’s 20,000 students be taxed the $4 that was voted upon by students last spring.
“Asuming that all 20,000 are taxed, we will financially be able to enroll 60 new students per year in our programs,” said McDuffie. -
The USC Associates have pledged to match student funds on a two-to-one basis for three years. That would be a combined $480,000. If students vote to limit taxation to only students with six or more units, the combined total would be $312,000.
“We were able to award 20 scholarships this year,” said McDuffie.
Of the 20, eight are graduate students, three are junior college transfers, and nine are freshmen.
The scholarships, awarded to only low-income students, also require that the student have a 3.0 grade point average. The board has defined low income as:
“Gross family income of $6,000 or less for a family of four or less, or with $6,000 base and an increase of $1,000 per dependent child to a maximum of $10,000 gross income per family.”
McDuffie said he would rather see this new scholarship program become more of a student aid program which would include loans and grants as well as scholarships.
Loans and grants would eliminate the mandatory 3.0 grade point average for a scholarship. McDuffie said.