University of Southern California
VOL. LXII
NO. 46
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1970
Area upgrade seen by ’73
USC should have a completely different look in three years, thanks to the Community Redevelopment Agency, said Anthony D. Lazarro,
director of campus development.
“One of the conditions related to the purchase of campus expansion land by the school from the CRA is that we must improve this land within a three-year period." Lazarro said.
The CRA coordinates all urban renewal in Los Angeles, including the Hoover Redevelopment Project.
“It was a part of the Hoover Project's original plan.’’ he said. “That part of it would be
used for campus expansion."
“Generally, we ll be moving those areas on
campus involving the least density out to the
extremities of the campus while concentrating
the most densely populated areas in the core of the campus."
Land slated for campus expansion runs west to Vermont Avenue and north to Jefferson Boulevard.
“Even before the project began.” Lazarro
pointed out, “we owned a considerable portion
of the land already purchased, such as the
Health Center, the Dental Building and the
parking lots for the married students complex.
“Generally, we will be locating recreational, athletic and parking facilities away from the center of the campus," he said. “This would allow for general development of the middle of the campus.
“For example, all of Bovard Field will be
relocated in the urban renewal area. This clears
the way for a proposed performing arts center."
Lazarro affirmed that there are no immediate plans for university expansion beyond Vermont or Jefferson.
“There was no mention of that in the Hoover
Project plans approved by the city council,” he said.
Dean Hurst to link travels, city crisis
Dean Sam Hurst of the School of Architecture
will relate his travels abroad to the environmental and educational crisis in American communities at 9 tonight in Birnkrant Dining Hall.
Presenting slides taken during his tour last
year of 27 of the world s major cities, Dean
Hurst will discuss the patterns of urban developments and how they relate to the problems that
exist in the United States, particularly in California.
“There are some political implications in what
I have to say, but I won t get down to specifics,” he said. “The general thing is about political issues and involvement though.”
WHO'S ROCK OPERA
IN A-GADDA-DA VKC
A bricklayer’s tower of babble
Tryouts begin for ‘Tommy’
By LINDA BIBER City Editor
Tryouts will begin tomorrow for the production of “Tommy,” a rock opera of recognitions, composed by the Who.
Because the opera teeters on the edge of cosmic comprehension. Joel Rosenzweig the pro-ducer-director, admitted that “Tommy" will be extremely hard to stage effectively.
“It's insane, it can't be done." he said. But Rosenzweig is calling for a cast of 33 people— “33 of the strongest triple threat people since Danny Kave.”
“Everybody in the crew is going to live by the Amazing Journey.' We re deaf, dumb and blind and they say we'll never make it . . . ‘sickness will take the mind where minds can't usually go'... we re going to get there."
The tryouts will be held 3:15-4:30 p.m. in the Religious Center Chapel on Dec. 3.4.8.9 and 10. Those who audition will be asked to display their strongest talent—dancing, singing or acting— for five minutes and then be given another five minutes to perform material given to them by the film, dance and musical directors and the
producer-director.
The production performance in early February will involve film, music and movement, according to Rosenzweig. The music will be primarily electric guitars and keyboard instruments, the movement will be dance and the film will go up onto a dove shaped screen which will hang over the tiered octagonal set.
The production will follow the Who’s “Tommy” album basically.
“There are definitely gaps in the album,” said Rosenzweig, “What we will do is fill in ten gaps with visuals. We’ll find our fantasies in real life."
He said that the visuals would not follow the interdimensional visuals of the album cover. “We don't want to blackmail our audience,” said Rosenzweig. He said that instead they would come up with their own visuals.
The production roles for “Tommy” have already been filled. Hank Webster, a master's candidate in cinema, will be the cinematographer, Salvadore Trampani, from drama, will be the choreographer, and Joel Pressman, a senior in music, will be the musical director.
Incorporation barriers fade
By PETER WONG
Few barriers stand in the way of possible incorporation of the
ASSC, it was disclosed at the ASSC Executive Council meeting
yesterday.
Lawyers have been contacted by council members to investigate the sources of income of the ASSC. But the council still must decide whether to take over the management of such student services as the bookstore and the cafeterias.
No final decision on incorporation will be made, however, until late this month when the lawyers have finished their investigation.
The ASSC Executive Council voted Nov. 10 to allocate $500
for the investigation.
If the council decided sometime in the future to make the
ASSC a corporation separate from the university, the ASSC
would then be able to direct the use of its funds (now $80,000 >
free from university control.
The ASSC would also take legal responsibility for its acts under such a plan, thus relieving possible pressure on university authorities.
On the other hand, it was pointed out, if the ASSC mishandled its autonomy under such a plan, it could lose its tax-exempt status,
and consequently, much of its money.
It was also feared the Board of Trustees might veto a plan
for possible ASSC incorporation by revoking the present $4.50
per semester fee for ASSC funds, thereby depriving the ASSC
Executive Council of income.
In other business. Chuck Jones, ASSC vice-president for academic affairs who presided over the meeting, said a revised version of the Articles of Governance will be discussed at next Tuesday's ASSC Executive Council meeting at 4 p.m.
Stan DiOrio, graduate representative, headed a four-man committee on the plan for a University Council. The group has worked
for about a month on suggested changes.
The council also talked about possible topics for its dinner
meeting with the executive committee of the Board of Trustees,
which was held last night.
Token feast urges support for POWs
By STEVE LANTZ
Joel McCain and Mrs. Patty
Hardy joined other members of Concerned for Prisoners of War (CPOW) in a Thanksgiving feast of pumpkin soup, pig fat and water to rally support for American prisoners in the Vietnamese War.
McCain and Mrs. Hardy have a
special interest in the American prisoners of the North Vietnamese. McCain's brother is in
solitary confinement, and Mrs.
Hardy’s husband, a father of
two and a graduate of USC, has been missing since October of 1967.
The Thanksgiving dinner included the same food that is provided for Americans in North
Vietnam prisons.
The Pershing Square meal culminated a pre-holiday speaking tour by McCain and Mrs. Hardy which included a noon rally Wednesday sponsored by the USC chapter of Voices in Vital America (VIVA).
In the wake of last week's unsuccessful POW rescue attempt at Sontay, members of VIVA and CPOW joined forces to inform USC students of the American prisoners plight and to enlist the aid of concerned students.
McCain, demanding that the North Vietnamese treat his brother fairly, explained that the government of North Vietnam had a moral responsibility as a result of their signature of the Geneva Convention agreement.
During the noon rally, McCain cited the agreement as a point of international law.
The principle terms listed by
the Geneva convention include the inspection of POW camps
by a neutral intermediary body,
the speedy identification of dead
and captured men, adequate
first aid for prisoners, and a
free flow of mail. McCain said
the North Vietnamese have ignored all of these tenets.
Mrs. Patty Hardy, wife of John Hardy, an Air Force officer who was shot down in October of 1967, still does not know whether her husband is alive.
Mrs. Hardy is prepared to accept the news should her husband be dead, but she is not
prepared to go four and a half
years without knowing if she
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Prof to discuss student unrest
Dr. Seymour Lipset, professor of government and sociology at Harvard University, will speak in the Student Activities Center at noon tomorrow.
Dr. Lipset, author of several books on student unrest, will discuss “Professors and the Divided Academy,” reflecting the effects of student unrest on college faculties. Sponsored by the Forum for Student Awareness, his speech will be open to interested listeners.
During the student unrest at Berkeley in 1964-65. Dr. Lipset was a member of the University of California. His experiences there are the subject of one of his books.