volume Ixv, number 104
tuesday, april 3, 1973
Daily
Trojan
university of southern California los angeles, California
Program board, Hubbard discuss university facilities, involvement
By Kit Spalding
Inequities in the use of
university facilities and a general dissatisfaction with the lack of student involvement in university decision making were the main topics at a meeting last Friday of the Student Programming Board and President Hubbard.
The question of how to create a feeling of cohesiveness at an urban university where the number of commuter students exceeds 50% of the student body sparked the most discussion.
As one solution, board members urged easier student use of university facilities, including Bovard Auditorium and Town and Gown, and proposed that students be given control of the Student Union building.
Marilyn Smith, director of social and cultural programs, cited results of a study conducted by the Commission on Student Life, which reported that many students, especially commuters, felt that there was no center of cam-
pus where students could meet and socialize.
“Students repeatedly pointed out that there is no place to get together,” she said. “If we’re all going to invest four years of time here, it would be nicer to be able to identify with the university better than we do.”
The board urged that both the School of Journalism located on the fourth floor of the Student Union, and the Ticket Office, located on the second floor, be relocated to free the space for student use.
Speaking of the Division of Drama’s continual use of Bovard and the difficulty in booking Town and Gown for student use because of high security deposits, the board said that the lackoffacilities practically ruled out large dances or concerts.
Grant Beglarian, dean of the school of Performing Arts, said that Bovard would continue to be booked by the Drama department until the completion of the new Performing Arts building.
James Appleton, vice-president for student affairs, promised to look into ways to make both the Student Union and Bovard more accessible for student use.
Seeking ways to make academic life more relevant to the student at an urban university such as USC, the board also brought up the possibility of changing curriculum to stress experiential learning.
Hubbard said that plans were in progress to arrive at a concept for experiential life programs in all departments, and he urged board members to be patient.
“You expect that the president can wave a wand, and tomorrow you’ll have a new curriculum,” he said. “I think that this (curriculum) is what USC will be known for 10 to 20 years from now.”
Hubbard expressed the hope that future problems of student input would be resolved by the creation of the university council, which will probably begin operating next fall.
UNPLUGGED—Power I ines located near the women'i residence hall complex were blown down by strong winds Sunday afternoon, resulting in sparks that set the grass on fire. The Department of Water and Power arrived two hours later and turned off the power and replaced the wire. DT photo by Steve Wright.
Domes on display
Artwork created by laser technology reflects its observers Richard Taylor, a graduate student in art. and his son Coby, 3.
The display is composed of glass and acrylic domes and photographs of the domes from different angles and different colors.
Ellie Stern, a candidate for a master's degree in fine arts, created the dis-
play, in cooperation with Ray Owen, a vacuum technologist. A vacuum chamber and laser beams on campus were used to create the domes.
The exhibit will be on display in the Student Activities Center through April 14. It may be viewed from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays; noon to 5 p.m. on Saturdays; and 2 to 5 p.m. on Sundays. DT photo by Michael Sedano.
Poll shows USC students are
uninterested in mayoral election
By Nancy Kitay
The year 1972 was the first year 18-year-olds across the country could vote in a major election.
Today 18-year-olds can vote in the Los Angeles mayoral race. However, many USC students feel unmoved and uninterested in the election if a poll taken of 150 students is accurate.
Most students indicated a need for change in Los Angeles, but believed there was little chance of getting changes made with a new mayor, or even with the present one.
Of the 150 students polled, 96 were undecided as to whom they would vote for. Many said they would not vote because none ofthe candidates could bring about change.
Students had various t reasons for not having a candidate to back or for not intending to vote, but most students said the reason was apathy.
Many students said that all the candidates were bad, others thought that the candidates were unwilling to discuss the important issues and some felt the mayor’s position was unimportant in solving the city’s problems.
However, there were students who believed the campaign to be important.
Thomas Bradley was favored as 24 students said he is the man Los Angeles needs as its mayor.
The reasons given for supporting Bradley were basically the same among all those polled.
Students said he is the most qualified, he is con-
cerned with Los Angeles and wants to make changes, he is a spokesman for liberal causes and he is the most progressive of all the candidates.
One student said, “He is the most qualified, he deserves it now as much as he did in 1969."’
Another student, who is not eligible to vote in Los Angeles, said if she could vote she’d back Bradley and that she is trying to influence people to vote for him.
The next most desirable candidate on campus was Joel Wachs. Twelve students favored his election.
His supporters said he was
the most qualified. One student said he is voting for Wachs because Wachs is independent of powerful special interest groups.
Another student would like to see Wachs win because he feels that Wachs is genuinely interested in the individual citizen and owes no favors.
Every student backing W'achs indicated that he is sincere, intelligent, not too radical and has good ideas for helping Los Angeles.
Not far behind Wachs was Jess Unruh. He received nine votes in the poll.
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Georgia legislator will speak on new politics
Julian Bond, the first Black nominee to the vice-presidency of the United States, will speak at 8 p.m. today in Bovard Auditorium. His appearance is sponsored by the Great Issues Forum.
The subject of his talk will be “WThat's Next in American Politics?” Bond describes the constituents of the new politics as urban militants, campus rebels, small farmers who refuse to pay rents, welfare people, housewives who are tired of rising prices and high school students who want to wear their hair more than an inch long.
Bond is an elected member of the Georgia House of Representatives. He was also one ofthe founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1960 and has participated in the civil rights movement. Bond gained fame at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago for being the first Black ever to be nominated for the vice-presidency.
“There can be no denial.” he told a college audience, “that we are a generation of people who may be without a future. We may be living on the edge of domestic as well as worldwide revolution that may destroy us all.”
>Bond has no single answer to the problem, but asks—now that the Vietnam war has ended honorably, will Americans grow closer together as brothers or will we still be angry Americans, housewives angry about rising prices and poor people angry because of hunger?