volume Ixv, number 85
Wednesday, march 7, 1973
Daily t§® Troian
university of southern California los angeles, California
Chicano Teacher Corps members still unhappy, plan another protest
male invaders	Frat members save
Problems face women’s dorms invalid’s life in fire
By Bettye Wells
associate editor
Recent security problems involving unescorted men in the women’s residence halls have prompted a request by the head residents of those dorms to relocate the reception desks in an effort to curtail the number of men sneaking into the dorms alone.
Jonda Rourke and Patty Pilger. head residents of EVK-Harris and College-University, respectively, said that although there have been no reports of any residents being hassled or attacked (with the exception ofone EVK resident who was
approached by a man while taking a shower), there is a security problem.
Both head residents attributed much of the current problem to the fact that the vision of the desk clerks, who usually challenge unescorted men, is blocked by the current arrangement of the desks.
“We have good desk clerks who will nail who they see,” Pilger said. But mail boxes block the view of the main entrances into College and EVK preventing the clerks from seeing men waiting to follow a group of women through the locked doors.
“It’s frustrating, because
we tried to get the desks changed four years ago,” Rourke said.
Guy Hubbard, director of auxiliary services, said that plans are being made to relocate the desk in the College lobby and to install a locking glass door to separate the elevator and desk in Birnkrant.
Hubbard said the doors will be installed before the end of the semester at a cost of $1,300. “It’s money well spent in view ofthe problems we’ve had,” he said.
Plans to relocate the College desk are still being studied, he added.
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Five members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity saved the life of a total invalid Tuesday by carrying him from his burning house.
The fraternity members helped Louis L. Sanders, 77, and his wife, Eva Sue, 71, from their home after spotting smoke rising from the residence at 2716 Severance St. The SAE fraternity is located in back of the Sanders’ home.
“We were playing ping pong and pool at our house when we noticed smoke coming from the place next door,” said Gregg Kendall, an SAE member and one of the rescuers. “We banged on the front door and an old lady answered and said she had a fire.”
Kendall said Eva Sue Sanders told her husband was in the house with her, then the door blew shut. “We ran around to the side door to help. We could see through the window that the old man was in bed,” said Kendall.
Ron Murrell, SAE member and another rescuer, said, “Smoke was pouring out and the whole living room was on fire. The old man couldn’t move. There was an IV (intravenous needle) in his arm and he was urinating through a catheter tube.”
Jim Knowles, a premed major, disconnected the needle and
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Indians propose cultural studies program at USC
By Steve Linn
Not satisfied with responses regarding their demands to expand the Teacher Corps program to the barrio, the 20 Chicano interns that picketed Phillips Hall a week ago are planning to protest again March 20. said Leo Alvillar, spokesman for the group.
Wallace Muelder, associate dean of administrative affairs, said that in several meetings with the strikers he explained that the School of Education has no power in the matter.
“I appreciate very much the Chicano position,” he said. “We would assist in the preparation of such a proposal but have no funds for it.”
Specifically, the Chicano group wants to initiate an alternative school in the barrio, hopefully with the assistance of the Teacher Corps.
However, Muelder said, “The Teacher Corps contract doesn’t include a kind of school that the Chicanos are asking for. He said the interns are presently allowed half a day from their university programs to participate in voluntary programs.
Alvillar said he realizes that Muelder is willing to cooperate, but the Teacher Corps isn’t.
The Chicano interns had arranged to meet last Friday with William Hernandez, a program specialist for the Teacher Corps from Washington, D.C.
The Chicanos waited from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, but Hernandez never showed up. “He had told us ahead of time he didn’t want the strike to occur,” said Alvillar.
On Monday. Hernandez attended a meeting with interns and Don Wilson, dean of teacher education. The meeting had been scheduled long before the trouble began. It was held to discuss the Teacher Corps program in general.
Though none of the striking interns were apparently present, Alvillar said he was told that Hernandez said he wouldn’t acknowedge the strikers as a group and termed the whole dispute unprofessional.
“He attacked us without ever hearing us out,” said Alvillar, who added that Hernandez hadn’t bothered to contact the Chicanos.
Though Wilson attended the meeting, he was not available for comment. Someone in his office reported that “Everything is still in limbo—nothing has gone on.”
“There seems to be a sanction to kick us out,” said Alvillar, though Muelder later flatly denied it. “We have received a lot of support from other campus groups and community organizations, particularly in East Los Angeles.”
Alvillar said that attempts are continually being made to talk the situation into resolution, but if no progress is made soon another demonstration will occur March 20.
NATIVE AMERICANS—A group of American	cials. They discussed the possibility,, of starting a
Indians from several California campuses listen to	Native American program at USC. DT photo by
the proceedings of a meeting with university offi-	Michael Sedano.
By Joy Barrett
staff writer
A group of American Indians, each representing a school in California, met with university officials Tuesday to discuss their Native American programs and the possibility of developing one at USC.
James Appleton, vice-president of student affairs, said that the university is “learning some things” from the programs at other campuses concerning Indian students and Indian studies.
Anthony Purry, director of Indian Studies at UCLA, says, “We do not teach Indians to be Indians, they should go home to learn that. We are trying to establish courses within a discipline.”
UCLA has Indian Faculty
members who will teach Indian language and Indian music next fall. The students are included in graduate programs also. Two Indian students will receive their PhDs this year.
The university is concerned with recruiting American Indians as students and is trying to strengthen existing programs to attract the students.
Henry Keshena Seested. a junior, is starting an organization of Indian students on campus. This will affect the known six Indian students.
Seested says the purpose of the club is ”to try and increase enrollment of Indian students and to ensure that the students do not fail.”
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SCENE OF RESCUE—Firemen sort through the rubble in the aftermath of a fire on Severence Street in which members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity saved the life of a total invalid. DT photo by Barry Brown.