Elections commissioner fired
By ANDREW ERSKINE
The newly elected ASSC Executive Council threw itself into a deadlock with the administration yesterday by firing Charlene Bandurraga. the elections commissioner, and ordering the counting of the ballots cast in the runoff elections.
The resolution was in direct conflict with instructions not to release the ballots given to Paul Moore, director of student activities, by Daniel Nowak, assistant dean of student affairs.
Joel Rosenzweig. the new vice president for programs, presided over the meeting in the absence of an elected president. Rosenzweig appointed Nader Oskoui, former international students representative, to act as elections commissioner during the counting of the ballots.
In a different motion the council condemned the Student Behavior Committee for their ruling to invalidate the primary presidential elections, and Paul Bloland. vice president for student affairs. for his decision to let the committee rule on the case. The ASSC also voted not to recognize any rulings made by the Student Behavior Committee because the committee deferred the decision of the Student Court over to President Hubbard.
Debate was heavy during the meeting, but the prevailing view of the council members was that the administration interfered with what should be strictly student affairs.
Jim Lacy, sophomore representative, said, “Hubbard has no damn business with those ballots. We should go wherever Moore tells us the ballots are and get them.
“If the majority of the council goes over there, then what can they do?” Lacy cosponsored the motion to count the ballots along with Jack McNamara, independent representative. McNamara and the other appointed council members will retain positions until others are appointed by the new president.
Commenting on the appeal made to the Student Behavior Committee, Mark Spitzer, independent representative, said. “We have asked the administration and the Board of Trustees to give us autonomy. I don’t think we should use these channels without denying this autonomy.”
“I don’t think that the council should be intimidated by Paul Moore. ”
Tom Levyn, who submitted the brief last week asking the Student Behavior Committee to invalidate the elections for president, felt that the resolution calling for the ballot counting went
against a resolution made by the council last week which postponed the elections until the full appellate process is exhausted. He also charged that the recent resolution was unconstitutional.
“The ASSC constitution states that there is an appeal from the Student Court to the university, interpreted as the Student Behavior Committee, and by passing a motion denying this process, the ASSC is open to a case of judicial review by the Student Court.” Levyn disclosed that a court case had already been filed.
Lacy replied, “It’s not an appellate process any more.”
Lee Blackman, ASSC vice president for academic affairs, who coauthored the resolution condemning Bloland with Ben DeMayo, senior representative, said, “We should not be concerned with what the Student Behavior Committee, the Student Court, and the administration think. We just should not recognize an appeal beyond the Student Court.”
Stan DiOrio, graduate representative, felt that Bloland was to blame for his “unilateral decision as to who would hear the case.”
Levyn pointed out that there was an “interesting political paradox” presented by Blackman’s resolution
condemning the committee and Bloland.
“Last week, Lee signed a letter, along with Chuck Jones, John McGuinness, and Joel Rosenzweig, asking that the Student Behavior Committee hear the appeal case of Kent Clemence. Today, he authors a motion to condemn the committee for hearing the case.
“Lee either has a short memory or he has let his political expediency get the best of him.”
Despite their dismissal of Miss Bandurraga, the council passed a resolution commending her on the job she has done.
Mark Spitzer, sponsor of the motion, said, “She got a lot of bad advice from everyone.”
A resolution condemning the Psychology Department for their requirement that students enrolled in Psychology 200 either participate as subjects in five hours of experiments or write a paper climaxed a half-hour debate between both council members and students and faculty in the gallery. The motion passed by a 10 to 0 vote, with two abstentions.
University of Southern California
DAILY ® TROJAN
VOL. LXII NO. 117
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
DAY OF REFLECTION	Photo by Bruee Bolinser
Lounging students exemplify loose atmosphere on Crom-	deaths at Kent State University and Jackson State
well Field yesterday as hundreds of students gathered	College last spring.
to hear a rock concert in commemoration of the student	A review of the concert appears on page five.
HUBBARD TO DECIDE
GLF states complaints
By SANDY BANDUCCI
Five members of the Gay Liberation Forum will meet with President Hubbard today to discuss the forum's struggle to gain recognition as a campus organization.
According to Larry Bernard and Del Whan, the purpose of the meeting is to find out President Hubbard's position on the issue.
Bernard commented, “We have seen every other administrator at this school. It is about time we got to meet him
also.''
"The GLF has never picketed or staged a sit-in as other clubs have done. We have tried to remain in the system because we want it to work, and we want to find out why we have not gotten any support from the administration,” said Miss Whan.
"The trustees should only be concerned with the financial problems facing the school and should not have the power to refuse recognition to a campus organization. This action is a direct violation of the rights of the individual and also of the Statement on Student Rights and Responsibilities."
“Another point that we will ask President Hubbard to consider,” said Bernard, “is the fact that USC must remain an accredited university. In a recent case before
Proposition results released—finally
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the Board of Western Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges, the Los Angeles Junior College System was only reaccredited for one year because it was felt that the trustees were interfering with the rights of the individual.”
The GLF will also discuss with President Hubbard the possibility of initiating three new courses next fall. Plans have begun on forming a class on feminine psychology, a social science class, entitled, “Social Movement,—Gay Liberation,” and a class in the Biology Semester dealing with human sexuality.
An off-campus hot-line communication system has been established by the forum. An Experimental College discussion group, lead by Miss Whan has also been started. A discussion will take place at 2 p.m. today in the Religious Center. The topic will be “Suicide Tomorrow.”
According to Bernard, the GLF will file a legal suit against the trustees based upon the rights guaranteed in the Statement of Students Rights. The GLF should know who its lawyer will be by the end of the week. Bernard said, “We intend to continue meeting and will not give up our responsibilities to the students to bring out the truth behind the trustees' opposition.”
“A new development as of yesterday,” said Bernard, “is the Religious Center denying us further use of office space in their building. In the past, the center has been a refuge for out-cast movements such as SDS and BSU until they received approval. Other groups have been tolerated, but the Gay Liberation movement is discriminated against.”
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1971
Memory of slain students launches antiwar protests
A series of antiwar protests are planned today in memory of last year's student slayings at Kent State and Jackson State.
Memorial services for the seven slain students will be held near Tommy Trojan at 10 a.m. Rev. Gil Splett, a member of the USC ecumenical council, and Rabbi Falcon, will speak at the service.
In observence of the slain students. President Hubbard has authorized lowering the flag outside Bovard to half-mast.
“The tragic deaths of students at Kent State and Jackson State became symbols of the campus plea for peace,” Hubbard said. “The university wishes to express concern as we join with other university communities over the tragic deaths of students.”
Following the services, transportation will be provided to take students to Litton Industries manufacturing war materials, in Beverly Hills.
Charles Thorton, a USC trustee, is the chairman of the board of Litton, and Henry Sal-vatori, another trustee, is a Litton director. Norman Topping, USC chancellor, is also a member of Litton’s board of trustees.
Following the Litton protest, a general city-wide demonstration will begin in downtown Los Angeles, centering around the Bank of America at 650 S. Spring St. and the Standard Oil Corporation at 605 W. Olympic Blvd.
Election decision asked
An ad hoc committee recommended to President Hubbard yesterday that no new hearings be held concerning the validation or invalidation of the ASSC presidential election.
Scott Bice, chairman of the Student Behavior Committee; Dan Levinson, chief justice of the Student Court; and Charlene Bandurraga, elections commissioner, met yesterday morning with Robert Mannes, dean of student life. President Hubbard had appointed them Monday to advise him on whether a new hearing was necessary or not.
Levinson said the committee members agreed there was no reason for having another hearing. He said there is no new evidence that could be brought out.
The committee’s decision is only a recommendation. President Hubbard will make the final decision regarding the election.