Committee voice demanded
By LINDA BIBER City Editor
Angered by President John Hubbard's failure to act on an eight-month old university committee reorganization plan, which would have increased student representation to those committees. the ASSC has decided to take matters into its own hands an ASSC member said.
Declaring that the administration is deliberately holding up the reorganization. Jack McNamara, ASSC independent representative, said late last week that the ASSC is considering all action by those committees so far this year “illegitimate."
“It’s the usual administration bullshit." said McNamara. “They make all the decisions. They deny students any voice in the affairs that affect their
lives."
Last February, a motion approving reorganization of the university committees to allow student representation was passed by the University Senate Committee on Committees. On July
1, ASSC President Sam Hurst sent a list of student nominations for those committee positions to the administration. The list involved 72 appointments and 21 alternate appointments.
Last Friday Hubbard sent a memo to the ASSC, approving some of the student appointments, but holding up on the additional appointments that would have been made, had the committee reorganization been acted on.
At its Oct. 6 meeting, before Hubbard gave them any word on the appointments. the ASSC unanimously passed a motion instructing the nominated students to go ahead and “contact the faculty chairmen of their respective committees and to go to the next meeting of those committees and take part as full voting members."
“We still want all of them to go," said McNamara, although all of them have not yet been appointed.
“As soon as he clarifies the committee changes he'll appoint the rest of them," predicted Hurst.
“They (the administration) have slow reading speed," added McNamara.
‘They've had the University Senate recommendation eight months."
McNamara claimed that one of the main reasons Hubbard was slow in acting on the appointments is because eight of those appointments were to the Student Behavior Committee, the group which is supposed to handle the suit which the ASSC brought against Hubbard and the trustees on Oct. 1. The suit concerns the issuance of the Policy Relating to Political Activity.
“The Student Behavior Committee couldn't meet because there weren't any students on it. But the Student Behavior Committee didn t have any students on it because he (Hubbard) hadn't appointed any" McNamara said.
McNamara also claimed that while meeting with the Student Activities Committee last week, Paul Bloland, vice president of academic affairs, said, “ ‘There are no rules in this university that apply to the administrators.’ " According to McNamara, Bloland told the students that they would have to take the case to an outside court.
McNamara called it a “typical ex-
ample of their concept of justice. . It's like you can't take the gods out of Olympus to trial."
Hubbard's reluctance to talk with individuals from student government was also one of McNamara's complaints. He said that he heard Hubbard talk about the need for student-administrator communication on television then refuse to see him the next day because he was “too busy."
According to McNamara, the following campus memo, dated Sept. 28, had him yoyo-ed out and then suddenly back into the president’s office:
“Since there is nothing more important than good, solid administrator-stu-dent communication, we are not exactly thrilled to find out that you cannot find time to meet with us and discuss the speakers we hope to bring to campus this year (e.g. I. F. Stone, Atty. Gen. Mitchell, Norm Chomsky, Ronald Reagan, Huey P. Newton, Cesar Chavez. Rennie Davis, David McReynolds. etc. etc.) Look forward to seeing you on KNBC—Jack McNamara."
University of Southern California
VOL. LXII
NO. 20
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1970
TWO HURT
Bomb threats continue
By ART CAMPOS Co-News Editor
Last week's rash of bomb threats turned out to be a bit more serious than harmless jokes for Cenobio Garza and Michael Hempstead.
Garza, dishroom supervisor at the Women's Complex Dining Hall, lost part of a finger Thursday during a bomb threat at the women's halls.
The main campus switchboard received a call at approximately 4:30 p.m. telling of a bomb set to go off at 6 p.m. In three previous bomb scares women have had to walk to Von KleinSmid Lounge while police have investigated the building.
However, Von KleinSmid Center had also been threat-
ened with a bomb by a caller so the women had to either wait in the parking lot or go to eat at the men s dining hall.
In the process of transferring the food from the women's hall to the men s hall, Garza lost the tip of the third finger of his right hand when he attempted to stop a heavy food cart from slipping.
He was taken to Orthopedic Hospital on Flower Street by an emergency ambulance. He will not be able to work for an indefinite period.
The women were allowed to reenter their rooms at 6:15 p.m.
At 12:30 a.m. Thursday night, the night dispatcher received a call telling of a bomb in the
Urban Semester staff to accept applications
By RIVIAN TAYLOR Associate City Editor
An Urban Semester happening will take place in Alumni Park at noon Thursday to introduce interested students to the innovative 16-unit course.
Urban Semester staff and students will be on hand to rap with prospective students about the requirements and focus of the program and to hand out applications for the spring semester.
“We are requesting students to pick up applications at the happening (the first of three) so that we have a chance to talk with them a little bit before they apply.’’ said Meryl Ruoss. director. “Our policy will be that students are to pick up applications only at the happenings."
Another Urban Semester happening will take place on campus Nov. 4 and a happening on the Row is being arranged for Oct. 28 or 29.
Ruoss explained the educational philosophy behind the program and the reason for this new approach to recruiting and orientating prospective students. The Urban Semester process is a joint exploration by students, faculty and urban representatives in which the students should help in the development of curriculum for their own education. Ruoss said.
The program is innovative and flexible and therefore what applies to one semester s program might not apply to the next semester s program
"There's a lot of myths about the Urban Semester. " Ruoss said. “We would like to get a chance to dispel some of these myths before students get enrolled in the semester so that they don t come in with any misunderstandings."
He cited two common misconceptions about the program: lack of structure and Urban Semester is "an easy 16 units".
The deadline for applications which should be picked up at the scheduled happenings, is Nov. 16. Every applicant will be expected to have an interview after turning in his application. Students will be notified about admission bv Dec. 15.
men's dormitories.
During evacuation of the residents, Hempstead, a student, suffered lacerations of the arm when he went through a sliding glass window in Marks Tower.
Hempstead was also taken to Orthopedic Hospital where he was treated for a severed tendon and severed nerves of the left arm.
“I was pretty sleepy and didn’t watch where I was going. " said Hempstead, a resident of Trojan Hall.
The men were allowed to return to their rooms at approximately 1:10 a.m.
Both of the Thursday night bomb threats were phoned in by a male caller, campus police said.
“If we hadn't had these bomb scares, these accidents would have never happened." said Herbert Harbeson. director of the residence halls and food services.
“If bomb threats continue, the probabilities of these kinds of accidents are greatly enhanced. ”
The women s halls have been plagued by bomb threats since the school year opened. The first one occurred on Sept. 27 between the hours of 12:30 a.m. and 1 a.m.
On Sept. 30. the women's halls were evacuated at about 12:30 a.m. and on Oct. 3. they were evacuated at 3:40 a.m. and the women were not allowed back into their rooms until approximately 5:15 a.m.
If caught, a person threatening a bomb could be charged with a felony which may be punishable by sentencing to a state prison.
Convocation at noon today
President John R. Hubbard will lead a convocation at 12 noon today in Bovard Auditorium.
The President will outline his views on higher education. explain changes in the administration and answer questions from the audience.
SURGING FORWARD	Photo by Gre* Ash
After hours of waiting, students try to get the best seats under the UCLA plan
Food service workers vote in favor of union
By CATHEJEAN McGILLIN
The Los Angeles Restaurant and Bartenders' Union has won the right to organize the residence hall and food services employees as a result of a secret ballot election that was held Friday.
In the election. 64 votes were cast against organizing a union while 137 voted in favor. Only residence hall and food service employees who had a full-time schedule before July 29. 1970 were eligible to vote.
Herbert Harbeson. director of residence halls and food services, said he was disappointed with the vote outcome.
"I feel that people work better in resolving their differences on a one-to-one basis rather than through a third party." he said.
Elton D. Phillips, vice-president of Business Affairs, said that as a result of the Cornell Act last spring, private colleges and universities are subject to regulations of the National Labor Relations Board.
Under the act. employees of the various colleges and universities throughout the nation have the right to organize unions.
The election at USC became necessary following the circulation of union authorization cards during the summer. Once 30 per cent or more of the employees signatures are obtained, two alternatives are available to those involved.
The first is to request a NLRB election and the second is to negotiate directly with the union involved.
Harbeson said previously that the election was chosen to “allow the employees to make their own determination by secret ballot.”
Because of the outcome of the election, the university is now bound bv law to enter negotiations with the union. A date as to when they will begin has not yet been set. Phillips. Harbeson and the USC legal counsel will probably serve as the university's representatives.
At the conclusion of the talks, the National Labor Relations Board must grant certification of the union. The minimum certification period is one year.
“Any prognostication by either party as to what will result, before action is taken, would weaken their plan." Harbeson said.