Top priority to be asked for academics
By ANDY MILLER Editor
The first phase of an ambitious new academic master plan for the 1970s is well on its way towards implementation, following unanimous approval Tuesday afternoon by the Board of Trustees’ Academic Affairs Committee.
The first phase, which is in the form of a six-part resolution, will be considered at the April 24-26 meeting of the Board of Trustees in Palm Springs.
Currently called the Program for the 70s, the new master plan will first turn its attention to the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School.
“There’s nothing really new about the proposals," Dr. John Hubbard, vice-president and provost, said. “It’s simply the distillation of a dozen years of attention given to academic planning by various individuals, committees and planning groups.
“What is new is that this committee will recommend to the board that these resolutions be accorded a top priority in the future development of USC.”
Hubbard said that fund-raising goals have not yet been set for the Program for the 70s, but that impressive figures will be the targets.
The first master plan was an outgrowth of a 1957 Board of Trustee meeting which was designed to examine academic priori-
ties for the university. In subsequent board meetings it was determined that the “first order of business was to provide
Program for the '70s: Phase one
1.	Program for the expansion of the University Library’s staff and holdings.
2.	Establishment of an Office of Institutional Studies under the Provost for extended and improved data collection with authority to coordinate and unify institutional computing.
3.	A positive program for the encouragement of excellence in the faculty of the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences and The Graduate School through:
a.	Selective salary increases, particularly at the upper ranks, based on demonstrated scholarship and teaching ability.
b.	Salary increases, also selective, having the goal of achievement of “A” ratings on the AAUP scales at all ranks.
c.	Selective establishment of endowed chairs or their equivalent in all crucial areas, particularly in the humanities, to strengthen the ranks of our full professors and
d.	A program of expanded support by the University for faculty research and
publication and expanded M & S and secretarial services.
4.	A program of academic enrichment in the area of undergraduate liberal arts education through the creation and encouragement of a greater variety of curricular alternatives, the expansion of honors programs as well as other programs to meet various kinds of student needs, reconsideration and expansion of our overseas programs, and the development of systematic programs for the recruitment, advisement and retention of a well-balanced undergraduate student body. Such programs must be supported by expanded scholarship funds, both restricted and unrestricted.
5.	The assignment of a full time fundraiser by University Planning to the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences.
6.	Steps to be taken to increase the building space for the humanities and the social sciences.
a physical plant in which good teaching and research could be conducted,” Hubbard said.
“The first phase of the master plan was one of brick and mortar to create the conditions in which academic excellence could be attained.” he added. “Generally speaking that brick and mortal phase has been completed and the second-phase of the master plan now is concerned with what goes on inside those buildings.”
In this year’s first meeting of the Academic Affairs Committee, Dr. Norma Goodrich, former head of the committee, was asked to “consider those elements that constitute collegiate greatness and to bring in a report,” Hubbard said.
After a series of meetings, Goodrich reported to the trustee committee Jan. 14, with a series of resolutions designed to implement her committee’s report.
Dr. Justin Dart, chairman of the board, is also chairman of the Academic Affairs Committee. Other trustee members are Mrs. Anna Bing Arnold, Leslie Hoffman, Robert Hornb, Gordon Marshall, Raymond Sparling, President Norman Topping, Charles Thornton and John Wilson.
The newly-appointed student members who are serving on the committee for the first time are Fred Minnes, ASSC president, and Mark Savit, ASSC vice-president of academic affairs.
TIM DILLENBECK
Diner owner charges harassment by police
The owner of Alice’s, the local diner at Hoover Boulevard and University Avenue, charged the Los Angeles Police Department with systematic harrassment yesterday.
Tim Dillenbeck, said he was beaten and his truck raided by members of the University Division morning watch for no apparent reason.
“It all began about three weeks ago,” Dillenbeck said. “I was sitting in the B-52 (the recording booth) while my pseudomother was trimming my beard.
“This unit drove up to make an investigation report, so I invited them in.
“One of the officers, started acting gruff. He began telling me where I could stand and where I couldn’t.
“I told him it was my property and that I could stand where I wanted to.”
Dillenbeck said the police left then, one of them parting with “You’ll stand where I tell you next time, and there won’t be any sargeant watching either.”
A few days later, Dillenbeck said, he was visited by a patrol unit at 3:30 a.m. He said the policemen told him they wanted to listen to records.
“A half hour later there was a sea of police,” Dillenbeck said. “They took me out on the sidewalk to a Mrs. Yolanda Martinez who made a citizen’s arrest for disturbing the peace.”
An officer then took him over to a police car, Dillenbeck (Continued on page 2)
University of Southern California
DAILY • TROJAN
VOL. LXI, NO. 77
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA THURSDAY, FEB. 19,1970
University Senate OK's statement on dissent
By BERNARD BECK Assistant city editor
The University Senate endorsed a Statement on Dissent yesterday that had been developed by the Student Activities Committee and also recommended an increase of student members on university committees.
The Statement on Dissent, which has been in formulation for about a year, is basically a definition of the degrees of dissent and a guideline for determining what is legitimate dissent and what is coercive destruction. The statement will now be submitted to the university administration for approval and adoption as official policy.
The senate also endorsed a report that recommended increased student representation on university committees.
The senate’s recommendations which came after a request from the ASSC Executive Council to increase representation were as follows (present
number of students in parentheses): Academic Affairs, 6 (4); Curriculum, 8 (4); Great Issues Forum, 10 (4); Libraries, 6 (2); Religious Interest, 4 (2); Scholarship Standards, 8 (4); Admissions, 5 (3); Athletics, 2 (0); Foreign Students, 3 (2); and Student Aid, 4 (2).
In other action, the senate discussed why the revised faculty handbook, which is being drawn up in-part by a senate committee, has not yet appeared. President Norman Topping said the administration would be willing to complete the handbook in case the senate was unable to do so.
The senate, however, decided that further investigation of the status of the handbook would be necessary before deciding to do that. A faculty handbook is one of the provisions mentioned in faculty contracts with the university.
The senate voted against an amendment which would have increased its membership from 20 to 25 members.
Education School dean quiet on VISTA deselection issue
By RICH WISEMAN Assistant city editor
Edward Kelly, associate dean of the School of Education, declined to comment on the charges of two ex-Teacher Corps participants 'printed in the Daily Troian Wednesday.
Genaro Diaz and Aaron Kizer charged they were deselected from the USC VISTA program because of their political activities in Richgrove, Calif.
“We don’t give out any information on any student in this office,” Kelly said.
Kelly said the iSchool of Education maintains a continuous evaluation process and can deselect a student at any time during the ‘two-year program.
“When we dismiss a student we indicate he has an appellate privilege,” he continued. He said a student may request a hearing before the Admission and Scholarship Committee, whose sole function is to act on appeals. Kelly chairs the
committee which is composed of two faculty members and a student.
Diaz and Kizer plan to meet tomorrow with Kelly, Frank Anderete and Pat Cabrera, directors of the corps, to discuss their situation. At that time
ASSC Council to meet with Topping
The ASSC Executive Council will hold a joint meeting with President Topping and his vice presidential staff this morning at 9:30 in the President’s Conference Room, Administration building.
In a memorandum to Topping, the council has asked for reports from the staff on the tuition raise, on the living group’s self-government policy, on the Alumni Park incident report, and on changes made in the campus security force.
they will decide whether to request a hearing before the committee.
The two said they have already met with President Norman Topping, and Irving Melbo, dean of the School of Education. They also talked with Kelly yesterday.
“We keep getting the runaround,” Diaz said. “No one will take responsibility for the action.”
Diaz said they were deselected because of pressure put on by a grape grower in the area. The grower, they said, became angered by their attempts to begin educational and recreational activities and to provide legal aid to the townspeople, 86 percent of whom are Mexican-American.
They are considering filing a suit against the university.
“Our constitutional rights have been violated,” Diaz said. “The Chicano has been thrown up on the sacrificial altar.”