University of Southern California
DAILY @ TROJAN
VOL. LX'I NO. 5
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY, SEPT. 25, 1970
STUDENTS WATCH KRISHNA PRIEST
A member of yesterday s campus visitors explains his beliefs to onlookers
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Parking—no relief in sight
BY JULIE ESTRADA
Those misguided Trojans who thought that purchasing a $25 parking permit assured them of a place to park on campus were in for a rude awakening when they arrived at USC Monday morning.
Despite the implied guarantee of that little window sticker, frustrated students found themselves driving frantically from filled lot to filled lot. searching for that elusive vacant space.
“The parking situation on campus has definitely been critical all week.” stated Anthony D. Lazarro. associate business manager and director of campus development.
Several factors, both permanent and temporary, combined to create the acute congestion. Lazarro explained.
One reason cited was increased enrollment. Anticipated needs were estimated, based on previous annual enrollment increases, and therefore proved to be inedaquate.
“USC is very close to that peak at which it can function successfully without overtaxing its facilities, including parking. Insufficient parking is a problem common to all large urban colleges and universities,” he explained.
The enclosure by owners of the large vacant lot opposite the campus on Figueroa Street, which had previously been used by many students for uno-
fficial free parking, also created an increased demand for parking permits.
“Both of these factors are permanent and efforts to alleviate their affects have already been instigated. When needs have been determined, additional available property will be obtained if necessary, Lazarro indicated.
“We cannot be satisfied unless there is space for everyone with a permit during critical peak hours,” he added. “We will be able to decide our
needs when factors resulting in temporary overcrowding diminish next week.”
An excess of 2,000 plus cars on campus during peak hours Monday and Tuesday was reported by John Lechner, administrator of parking operations. It had declined to 600 plus by Thursday, he added.
Both Lazarro and Lechner anticipated marked improvement next week. Anyone still dissatisfied will be allowed to return their parking permit and be refunded their $25.
Memorial service for Robbins set for Wednesday
Edwin C. Robbins, who for 15 years was a member of USC’s School of Business Administration, died this summer. He will be honored with a memorial service Wednesday.
Robbins died on Aug. 2, following a short illness. Prior to his death, he had participated in USC’s summer Santa Fe Institute for Business Economics, an executive development program.
Dr. John Cantelon, USC viceprovost and interim dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, will deliver the eulogy. Formerly, Dr. Cantelon was the director of USC’s School of Religion and university chaplain.
Robbins did his undergraduate work at the University of Oregon and held the Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard. He did additional graduate work at the University of California and the Claremont Graduate School.
In 1962 he was awarded one of eight Excellence in Teaching awards by the USC Associates after being nominated by graduating seniors.
An Edwin C. Robbins Memorial Fellowship will be established in the School of Business Administration in his honor.
Robbins is survived by his wife, Lois, and two daughters, Kathleen and Virginia.
Nelson heads U.S. panel
By WILLIE WOODS Assistant City Editor <
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Dean Dorothy Nelson of USC’s School of Law was recently appointed to head a panel of experts challenging the myths about education at the White House Conference on Children and Youth.
Her appointment as a forum cochairman was announced by the Western White House at San Clemente Thursday, Aug. 27.
The conference, now a 61-year tradition in America, will be held in December and for the first time will be divided into two parts. The Children’s Conference, which will explore the needs of youngsters up to age 13, will be in Washington Dec. 13-18.
Dean Nelson's panel will present skits at the conference to dramatize some of the myths about education. One of the myths — that children learn best in an orderly classroom rather than doing their own thing — will be dramatized by a skit put on by children from the Navajo Reservation at Chinle. Ariz.
Dean Nelson said, “My panel has been travelling to different sections of the country taking films of classes being taught in the traditional way where kids sit in the classroom and listen to the teacher. We have also gathered some films of classes being taught where kids are basically doing their own thing.” These films will be used to disprove the myth that children learn best in an orderly classroom, she added.
Dean Nelson also said that her panel will be attacking the myth that you have to go to school to learn. She noted that one-third of what the average child knows he has learned before he starts school.
According to a recent survey conducted by one of Dean Nelson's panel members, high school graduates have watched more than
15,000	hours of television and received only 12,000 hours of formal education by the time they graduate. “Maybe the .way we have to reach kids is through television,” she stated.	<
“In law school we try to teach our students how to think and how to solve problems,” said Dean Nelson. She added that this same approach could be used in teaching children rather than the traditional stages of learning used so long in this country.
After learning of her appointment, Dean Nelson said she thought this would be some big political deal. “If it had anything to do with politics I didn’t want to get involved,” she said. But Dr. Dwight Allen of the University of Massachusetts and cochairman of the forum told her this was her chance to attack the administration concerning problems of youth and children.
Another point Dean Nelson touched on was the fact that many citizens believe that local school boards control what happens in education. She said that this belief is not true because the state and nation control what books are to be used and what instructors will teach at various institutions.
“We need a change in attitude. Teachers are so boxed in by administrators and don’t have a chance to experiment with other teaching methods,” she said. She said that teachers are afraid to teach students what they know for fear of being harassed by administrators.
Balloting for trustee ends
Voting for the USC trustee with the most questionable achievements for the military-industrial complex will end today.
Balloting for the trustees has proceeded at a slow pace, a student, who asked not to be identified, said. If enough students take part
in the voting, an announcement of the election results will be made, he said.
The exhibit, showing the political and business connections of USC trustees, has been on display since Tuesday and will be taken down today.
Tunney fears for future of democracy
By RODGER KEE Assistant SoCal Editor
Congressman John Tunney, candidate for the California Senate seat now held by George Murphy, warned yesterday that “the power structure isn’t going to roll over and play dead while a small group of revolutionaries who despise democracy attempt to destroy it. ”
Tunney. Democrat from Riverside, told a Los Angeles Press Club audience which included 23 USC journalism students, that he was concerned about the future of democratic institutions. The young lawmaker spoke in a low. dramatic voice when he reminded the group that no democratic government on earth—save our own—has survived from its inception.
Tunney called for men to stand up and call the shots so we won't lose this democracy. He added that reform was needed in the court and correctional systems along with more and better trained police officers.
He contended that the war in Vietnam was at fault for the rising crime rate. “It is going to require the Administration to bring the war in Southeast Asia to a close, for as long as we are pouring 30 billion dollars a
year down the drain in Indo-China, we are not going tc be adequately prepared to insure the safety of our citizens on the streets of California,” said Tunney.
“Serious crime in California has increased 89 percent while the number of policemen increased only 38 percent from 1960 to 1967. We are spending seven times as much money to police Vietnam as we are spending to protect our own citizens from crime and other violence,” he added.
If Tunney paid a good deal of attention to the issue of law and order, he satisfied other listeners with his comments on civil liberties.
“I would remind you that if you are aware of the threat that crime presents to the functioning of our society, you must also be aware of the threat represented by oppression,” Tunney said. “If you are aware of how easily violence can stifle and destroy a people and a nation, you must also be aware of how quickly the loss of one’s civil liberties could warp and destroy our country.
Tunney concluded with a quote from Robert Louis Stevenson. “If all men must learn wisdom tomorrow from violence today, then who can expect that there will
be a tomorrow.”
The 38-year-old prizefighter’s son threw some jabs of his own at Vice-President Spiro Agnew. Tunney accused Agnew of setting out on a destructive path, one that is aimed at dividing and polarizing our nation.
Tunney said President Nixon should pressure Agnew into refraining from playing “on people's fears and prejudices through sloganing, rather than offering specific solutions.” He added that the vice-president has attempted to make law and order a partisan political issue. “Mr. Agnew has tried to portray the Democratic party and certain Democratic candidates as being soft on law and order,” said Tunney.
Tunney’s luncheon speech at the press club was preceded by a shorter speech from Congressman William Bagley (R-Marin County). Bagley spoke in behalf of Tunney’s opponent, Senator George Murphy.
Bagley called Murphy a man of maturity and moderation. of breadth and depth. He added that Murphy has been one of President Nixon’s best supporters at a time
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