McGOVERN MINSTREL—Phil Ochs, folksinger par excellence, appeared on campus Thursday on behalf of Sen. George McGovern's presidential campaign. Cchs, an early figure in contemporary protest music, wrote many of the well-known civil rights and antiwar songs of the 1960s, including "I ain't marching any-
more," "I'm gonna say it now" and "White Boots," which he sang at the USC rally. He also sang a new version of "Here's To the State of Mississippi"—entitled "Here's to the State of Nixon." DT photo by Rivian Taylor.
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DAILY# TROJAN
VOL. LXIV NO. 127 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1972
S. Vietnamese group denounces 2 fellow students’ antiwar views
The actions of two Vietnamese students, who claimed to be representing and speaking for all Vietnamese students in opposing the Vietnam war, have been strongly denounced by the Vietnamese Students Against Communist Aggression.
The two students, Nguyen-Trieu-Phu and Nguyen-anh-Tri, appeared with Jane Fonda, the actress, in an interview denouncing the war, which was published in the “View” section of the Los Angeles Times May 11.
In a letter to the Daily Trojan the group said, “We emphatically denounce before the American public the act of those two students in their daring use ofthe name of students and the people of Vietnam. and in their betrayal ofthe rights and interest ofthe Vietnamese nation along with its people who have sacrificed their lives for more than two decades.”
Seventy-two Vietnamese students representing USC, Cal Poly Pomona, California State College at Fullerton, and Santa Ana College signed the letter.
They said, in effect, that they oppose the actions
by the North Vietnamese because “the belligerent Communists are trying to exploit in every way the love of freedom and real peace of people everywhere in the world, particularly the Vietnamese and the American people.
“We are determined to fully support and to participate in the struggle and endurance of the Vietnamese people against the traitors and the Communist aggressors, which has lasted for more than a quarter of this century.
“We earnestly appeal to the conscience, the feeling of humanity and the love for freedom of all the people in the United States and in the world to support in as many ways as possible the struggle of the Vietnamese people against the Communist aggressors.”
The group will appear at a cultural show today at the university Unitarian church wearing Republic of Vietnam flag badges. It plans to ask for the opportunity to clarify what it says are the false and lying activities of the two “Vietnamese traitors.”
Profs say no to honesty checks
By RICHARD SIMON
Staff Writer
The University Senate concluded the year’s business Wednesday by defeating a proposal that would hold professors responsible for certifying work turned in by students as their own efforts.
Robert Mannes, dean for student life, resubmitted the motion, which was tabled at the April meeting.
Introduced as a result of the use of purchased term papers, Mannes’ resolution proposed that faculty members help familiarize their students with the university rules in SCampus about academic integrity and acts of dishonesty. He recommended that no advertising should be accepted by university publications from term paper companies.
The Office of Student Publications already has a policy that does not permit term paper companies to advertise in the Daily Trojan.
Mannes’ proposal was soundly defeated following argument that a professor can only assume that a student’s work is his own without evidence to the contrary.
Gerald Fleischer, associate professor of industrial and systems engineering, proposed modification of a clause 3.6e in the Faculty Handbook regarding final examination procedure. He proposed that faculty members need not be required to be present during final examinations. Fleischer also suggested that proctors be added to assist instructors in testing.
“The case would soon come where students would be proctoring other students, possibly their friends,” said one professor. Another faculty member said the resolution was, in effect, creating an honor code. Fleischer, however, argued that a teacher’s responsibility does not include being a police officer.
The resolution was passed.
The senate also heard reports from various faculty committees.
The Department of Finance and Business Economics presented a report on the university’s financial affairs. Among major items discussed by the committee were a proposed 5% faculty and staff salary increase for 1972-73 and the $370 tuition increase.
“There is a strong belief among members of the committee that continuing tuition increases will not be possible to solve the university’s future problems,” Bart Serge, chairman of the financial affairs committee, said.
The committee, however, did not discuss tho problem of tuition because the office of Carl Franklin, vice-president for financial and legal affairs, did not furnish the committee the financial data that is needed to make a decision, as is customary, Sorge said.
The senate established committees this year on insurance benefits, faculty workload, and evaluation of teaching procedures. Unfinished business included a faculty insurance plan and a plan on tuition remission.
Les Wilbur, professor of higher education, was elected senate chairman for 1972-73.
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Stonecloud. the first West Coast intercollegiate magazine, will be on sale next week. The 120-page publication, a joint venture of USC. Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley, Loyola University, and UCLA, is a creative journal featuring writing and art work by children, students, professionals, and senior citizens from across the country.
Stonecloud will be on sale at the University Bookstore and is front of Tommy Trojan next week. The magazine will be available in many bookstores during the summer.
Politics of secret fraternity group retold
By MARY ANN GALANTE Associate City Editor
Ah. yes. The Democratic Way. Representative government. Student political leaders. Equitable elections. All that good stuff.
Of course, there’s a dark side to it, perhaps symbolized by all the recent talk of a possible revitalization of Tau Nu Epsilon, or TNE.
As its name implies, TNE was basically a frat-type organization. but only in that most of its members were Greeks. It belonged to an era when Chapter Night on the Row was something you simply didn’t miss and it really meant something when you finally “belonged” to a house.
It’s difficult to determine precisely when TNE began or where it had its origin. Albert Raubenheimer, who was vice-president for academic affairs under President Rufus von KleinSmid and Fred Fagg, said he remembers the USC chapter as early as 1936.
Originally formed as a means of allowing smaller houses to have a say in fraternity matters, TNE grew into an underground political machine that controlled campus politics for about 80 years by ballot-stuffing, black-
mail and generally undermining student government.
In a Daily Trojan article in 1965, TNE was described as “an underground corporation, somewhat analagous to Murder Inc., composed of several ofthe small Row houses. Its members are bound together for personal gain, and they will stop at nothing to accomplish their selfish ends.”
The USC chapter probably had its roots in a national organization. Eventually TNE was banned virtually everywhere by everybody—fraternities	out-
lawed TNE in their charters: the group was declared taboo by USC’s administration; the State Senate Committee on Subversive Activities investigated TNE as a potentially dangerous organization. Some claim Sen. Joe McCarthy (R-Wis., 1947-57) saw the national group as a possible Communist front.
“It was a secret organization, but everybody knew who its leaders were and what it did,” said a faculty member who asked to remain anonymous.
“What everybody had against the organization was its secrecy and its tactics. When they weren’t manipulating student body elections with shady techniques, they were diverting
Troy Camp Funds to TNE bank accounts.”
The myth of TNE is a tale that—up until 1965—was something heard by anyone even remotely connected with student government at USC.
When TNE was at its heyday in the 1950s, it was a subrosa group. Members were said to have attended meetings in dimly lit halls, wearing black robes supposedly stolen from the basement of a Methodist church.
Members were chosen by their predecessors, with each small
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house having one representative. House members never knew who their TNE representative was—only that they were represented. Because the group was banned on so many campuses, secrecy was of paramount importance.
Members supposedly had a secret handshake and a secret password, which consisted of asking a fellow member, “Which way does the wind blow?” (Answer: “Up a freshmen’s ass.”)
The group was presided over by a grand klaggon, who acted as a Robert Shelton of the fraternity set. The group also had an emblem—a skull with one red and one green eye, as well as a motto—“Little is known and what is known is kept secret.”
The group was most influential from the post-World War II era through 1965. It consistently controlled student government at USC. The group also had a good deal of alumni support, in the way of financial aid as well as political advice.
“Some alums just couldn’t let go, so when they graduated, they kept returning to interfere and control student government,” said the faculty member who had asked to remain anonymous.
TNE candidates ran on slates and achieved amazing results. And if their means were sometimes a bit devious, it wasn’t a subrosa group for nothing.
Carl Emerich, now administrative assistant to the vice-president for student affairs, was involved in TNE for a time when he was a student at USC in the early 1960s. Emerich’s involvement with TNE was probably fairly typical for many student politicians who worked with the group.
“I was involved in student
politics in high school, so I wanted to get involved at USC,” said Emerich. “I knew a girl who was running for freshmen class secretary, so I told her I’d be interested in running for the class treasurer post.”
Emerich said TNE representatives told him the group would pay his campaign expenses and add his name to their slate in the elections. The catch, of course, was that he in turn support and endorse the rest of the TNE slate.
“TNE had no trouble mustering up block votes,” said Emerich. “The group was basically a banding together of the small houses to overcome the larger houses’ influence.” The TNE slate won, pulling Emerich along with it. Emerich said he remained in the group for another year, then dropped out.
“I have a basic dislike for things like hazing and misdirection of human resources.” said Emerich. “It was really kind of funny. There were all these people wheeling and dealing for the power of controlling a $5,500 a year budget.”
Apparently it was TNE’s methods that got the group into trouble. In its most active stages, the group stopped at virtually nothing to achieve political (Continued on page 13)