University of Southern California
DAILY m TROJAN
VOL. LXII NO. 17
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1970
BSU rallies 119 support for Miss Davis
By LEO WOLINSKY
A noon rally was held at UCLA yesterday by the Black Students Union (BSU) to raise money for Angela Davis' bail.
Miss Davis, charged with five counts of kidnaping and one count of murder in the Marin County courthouse shootout of last August 7, was arrested Tuesday in a Manhattan hotel after a two-month FBI search.
The USC chapter of the BSU is expected to announce it will support the UCLA BSU s effort with a fund-raising campaign of its own. The USC spokesmen for the BSU could not be reached for confirmation yesterday.
The rally in Meyerhoff Park attracted 475 students, and according to BSU sources, $470 was raised toward Miss Davis' bail of $250,000.
Cheryl Dearman. chairman of the BSU at UCLA, issued this statement: “Excessive bail, gag rule and close-court hearings were the same techniques used in Nazi Germany to stifle dissent.”
She said that the BSU will not be used to commit irrational acts in Miss Davis' behalf. “We are not going to do anything on the campus to jeopardize the freedom of sister Angela. We don't want any bullshitting because sister Angela is hanging by her thumbs."
Allen Brooks, editor of NOM-MO, the black student newspaper. added, “We've got to resist. We've got to raise ransom money. We've got to continue the struggle. If we dare to struggle, we dare to win. ”
Donald Freed, former UCLA philosophy instructor, urged students to attend meetings of a newly forming campus groups — the Committee United for Political Prisoners — to force the university to support Miss Davis.
Photo by Steve Bolinger
.. . AND FINALS HAVEN’T EVEN BEGUN YET
Students study during one of two bomb scares yesterday.
Inter-Arts Council seeks Arts Annual coordinator
Jim Gross needs someone — anyone — to help him fill the position of coordinator for the Arts Annual.
Gross, the head of the ASSC Inter-Arts Council, has extended the deadline for applications to Friday.
The program, a method of supplying impetus for artistic creation and for investing ASSC money in artistic creations, may have to be cancelled entirely, if he receives no response.
Applications may be turned into the ASSC office. A coordinator must be chosen soon.
so that he may begin arranging dates, times, places and judges for the exhibition.
Sometime at the beginning of May 1971. the ASSC will purchase $1,000 worth of artwork for display in the newly remodeled Student Union. The money is provided as an incentive to draw a large number of entries into the competition.
ASSC purchases will be made upon the advice of three nonparticipating judges from the USC School of Fine Arts. Other parties may also purchase pieces at the exhibition if it is held.
Dorm, food staff to vote on union
By CATHEJEAN McGILLIN
A measure approved by the National Labor Relations Board in June 1970 allows employees of colleges and universities throughout the nation to be organized by unions, Herbert Har-beson, director of residence halls and food services, said yesterday.
As a result, an election will be held tomorrow to determine whether or not the Los Angeles Restaurant and Bartenders' Union will be authorized to organize the residence hall and food service employees. Only those employees who had full time assignments before July 29, 1970, are eligible to vote.
“Neither the union nor the university will know how anyone voted,” Harbeson said. “Voting is done by secret ballot and the National Labor Relations Board, which is a federal agency, sends examiners who conduct the election and count the ballots.”
The voting schedule permits the day staff to vote in the morning hours and the second shift to vote in the afternoon.
The schedule will be: Trojan Hall. 7:45 to 8:20 a.m.: women's complex, 8:40 to 9:10 a.m.; Commons, 9:30 to 10:15 a.m.; Sea-ver Residence. 10:30 to 11 a.m.; women’s complex, 2 to 2:30 p.m. and Trojan Hall. 2:50 to 3:10 p.m.
By mid-July, authorization cards were being circulated among the employees. By his signature, an employee gives his approval for a union to organize at the place of employment. If 30 percent or more of the employees sign the authorization cards, two alternatives are available to those involved. One is to request a National Labor Relations Board election and the second is to negotiate directly with the union involved.
“We felt it would be fairer to allow employees to make their own determination by a secret ballot,” Harbeson said. “We would like to think that we could do better for the people involved and solve the problems together rather than going through a third party.” Reactions to the anticipated vote range from approval of union organization to strong disapproval.
“Having the union is the best thing we can do here,” Adela Heredia, a cashier in the Commons. said. “If we have it. we will gain from all the benefits it has to offer.”
Ana Ruth Rivas, on the other hand said. “I don't want the union. I have worked here for four years and the employees I work with are also opposed to it because we like the benefits we have now.”
Robert Guzman, general manager of food services said. “We try to be fair with the people and tell them the truth. We have good wages and most of the employees have been here three or four years. The union contract will not offer all the benefits we now have.”
Frosh hopefuls to debate today
Troeds and the Freshman Committee for Responsible Student Government are sponsoring debates among candidates for ASSC Freshman Representative today.
The Troed-sponsored debate will be held at 3:15 p.m. in University Lounge of the freshmen women's dorms. The second debate, presented by the freshman committee, will be held at 8 p.m. in Marks Hall Lounge.
All candidates are expected to attend the debates, each of which will include a question and answer period.
Experimental Theater Company opens season
The USC Experimental Workshop will present its first set of shows from Oct.
16	through Oct. 25.
The three full-length plays are presented two evenings each at either the Stop Gap Theater or the Town and Gown Fover.
The repertory includes “The Ballad of the Sad Cafe," adapted for the stage by Edward Albee from a novel by Carson McCullers, Albee's “Who's Afraid of Virginia Wroolf" and “The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams.
USC's Experimental Theater Company is a total-theater educational concept under the direct supervision of Prof. John Edward Blankenchip. Blankenchip has produced USC s representative repertory company in its five-year history as a part of the Edinburgh Festival.
“Ballad plays Sunday, Oct. 18 and Wednesday. Oct. 21 in Stop Gap Theater. “Virginia Woolf" can also be seen in Stop Gap on Tuesday, Oct. 20 and Saturday. Oct. 24.
Town and Gown houses The Glass Menagerie Thursday, Oct. 22 and Sunday. Oct. 25.
Albee's “Ballad" portrays the grotesque love between a lonely
woman and a humpback dwarf.
The dwarf. Cousin Lymon. is Alex Herrmann, who appeared in the USC-UCLA Festival Theater Company at the Edinburgh Festival this past summer, where he was featured as Emory in Mart Crowley's “The Boys in the Band."
The female lead. Miss Amelia, is played by Diana Gibson. Miss Gibson has written two musicals for the USC Company, both of which have been performed at the Edinburgh Festival.
Cast members who appeared in Edinburgh are Penny Gardiner, Joel Polis, and Robert Owens.
Others include Hillary Hilton, Andrew H Masset III, Gert VanDerMeer and Jackson Bostwick. Sal Trapani is the narrator.
The production is directed by Steven Craig, a writer-director-actor. Craig makes his permanent home in Anchorage. Alaska, with his wife and twin sons.
“The Glass Menagerie," a Tennessee Williams' piece, deals with an unusual family just after the decline of the Great South.
The mother, a woman of confused vitality clinging to another time and place, is portrayed by Kim Sudol. Miss Sudol
was featured in several roles in the USC-USA Festival Theater Company at the Edinburgh Festival, among them “West Side Story's" Anita.
Laura Owens, who also appeared at the festival, is her daughter, living in a world of illusion due to a childhoold illness that leaves her crippled.
Miss Owens portrayed the character of Midge in William Inge's “Picnic" at the Festival.
Jack Bender is Tom.who seek escape from the suffocating environment of his mother and crippled sister. Bender has had guest appearances on television's “Matt Lincoln,” “Mod Squad,” “FBI" and “Marcus Welby, MD." He can be seen in two upcoming Walt Disney films, “The Rating Game" and “Million Dollar Duck.”
The gentleman caller, who represents the link with reality, is performed by David Parry, who has enjoyed prominent roles in Israel Horowitz’s “Line" and the newly formed Garden Theater Ltd. Company.
Kevin Fishburn directs the production. He has appeared with the Bum Shows Company as well as TV's “Bonanza” and “Nancy." Fishburn directed the Experimental Theater's production of “Marat Sade this past
spring.
Edward Albee's “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf” opens at the Stop Gap Theater with John Ashton as George.
Ashton appeared on the Fringe at the Edinburgh Festival in the University’s Repertory Company. Ashton was featured as Boss Finley in Tennessee Williams' “Sweet Bird of Youth.”
Trilby Conreid is Martha. George's antagonistic wife. The roles of Nick and Honey, the young marrieds who come to visit, are portrayed by Richard Doughty and Susan LeBeau. Both appeared along with Ashton at the Edinburgh Festival.
Chuck Jones, directing “Virginia Woolf?" has appeared in many productions at USC including “West Side Story” and “MacBeth. * He will be working toward his masters in directing in February.
Tickets for the Friday and Saturday performance are $1.50 and $1 for week-night performances. The tickets can be purchased through the Drama Department or at the box office on the nights the performances are given.
There is a 50 cent discount with the presentation of a USC student activity book.