volume Ixv, number 99
tuesday, march 27, 1973
Daily <8® Trojan
university of southern californi< los angeles, California
SPACE MAN—A member of the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo rockets his way around campus Monday. The entertainment troupe is part of the week-long Festival of the Arts. The Last Week of
March features a wide range of works by avant garde artists, including dance, theater, music and multimedia. DT photo by Steve Wright.
Oingo Boingo troupe opens festival of arts
By David Van Iderstine
The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo ... TOTALME-DIA . . . Captain Beefheart . . . Water Whistle ... and much more.
The 1973 Festival of the Arts, named “The Last Week in March,” comprises a group of artists who have different concepts about the creative process. It is, perhaps, an overdose for the senses.
Heralding the week's festivities with music, dancing and firebreathing,the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo marched into campus dining halls Thursday, to the apparent disbelief of most of the diners.
The Oingo Boingos are masters of ceremonies (of a
fashion) for the Festival. They will be on campus throughout the week providing color and laughter. In a noon performance Monday near Tommy Trojan, the group played guitars, trumpet, accordian, trombone, drums, tambourines and a sousaphone; an acrobat did back flips; and a raffle was held.
Bonnie Kaus, a freshman drama major, won a hat and had her picture taken with the group. She said the group’s style was much the same as guerrilla theater, but with less emphasis on theater than on entertainment.
Daniel Elfman, one of the Oingo Boingos, said the group is “nonexistential,
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nonpolitical,” and is more interested in “general upraising and entertainment” than in publicizing any message.
Hailing from Venice, Calif., the group has performed in the Grand Magic Circus in Paris. France. One of its woman members is French.
Most festival activities are free. Continuing events are Mort Sobotnick’s “Game for Two People,” open 10 to 4, Paul McCarthy's Video Feedback Piece, open 11 to 2—both in the SAC.
Don Davis’ TOTALMEDIA and John VonHamersveld’s “A Photographic Sketch for a Book called L.A. Crazy” are
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Future of Emergency Loan Fund will be discussed at university meeting today
The student Emergency Loan Fund has run into some difficulty and at the present time has been put into a temporary freeze by the university.
A meeting will be held today to discuss the problems and future of the fund.
The program, which is aimed at helping students with financial difficulties, was organized last year by the ASSC.
This fund was set up by students to aid other students.
The ASSC first started with $30,000 to loan to students.
$15,000 was obtained from the student programming fees. The university supplied the other $15,000/
Students could get loans of as much as $250. These loans were not meant to take the place of tuition.
The student then had a 90-day period in which to pay back the money. If at this time he was unable to repay the full amount an extended date could be given.
The interest rate over the 90-day period of time was only 17r. And the total interest rate over a period of one year was 4
A board of students appointed by the Loan Commission Selection Panel, which consisted ofthe ASSC President, one representative ofthe Student Aid Office and the ASSC vice-president for programs were to manage the program.
The Student Aid Office, which handled the actual distribution ofthe loans, and the Business Office, which handled the collection of loans from the students, also were a part of the program.
“The program is basically a good one. but the problem at the present time stems from a lack of communication among the three different offices." said Gary Wailen. director of student services.
Loans were made all last year. By the end of April, $11.000 had been loaned to students in need.
However, as money continually, went out, not enough was played back to cover the borrowed funds.
These administrative problems have caused the university to put a temporary freeze on the program.
Group formulates six ballot propositions on student government
When a form is duplicated repeatedly and stacked it becomes a new form, something entirely different than the original single form.
Is it just a stack of chairs
jn the Student Activities Center or is it an independent form having its own characteristics? How will the form be altered when one chair is removed? DT photo by Michael Sedano.
By Mike Runzler
staff writer
Harmonious feelings and a sense of unity prevailed at last Saturday’s meeting on student governance, despite rumors that the conference would be split by factions and turn into a battle of numbers.
The meetings are being held to determine the future of student government at USC. Saturday,students accepted six plans as posi-bilities of future governmental structures here.
The amiable atmosphere was set in some of the early business of the group. The first motion on the floor asked for a ten minute recess so that groups could meet and discuss business for the day.
This was defeated, after a plea by Herb Wills, president of the Black Students Union, for students to unite and work together for the good of everyone.
The conference began 20 minutes late, as everyone waited for masses of students who never came. At 9:30 a.m. when the meeting was scheduled to begin, there were less than 15 students in the Moot Court Room at the Law Center.
James Appleton, vice-president for student affairs, opened the meeting, and informed those present that he would not be able to stay for the meeting, since he had a meeting to attend in San Diego.
The next order of business was to find someone to take Appleton’s place. In the discussion that followed, the merits of a student versus those of a faculty member were weighed.
Students finally agreed on
Robert Mannes, dean of student life, to be chairman pro-tem. As Appleton did the previous week, Mannes’ only job was to moderate the meeting. He spoke only to recognize students.
The meeting turned back to business of the previous week and a motion that limited the number of proposals to be submitted by the assembly was again discussed.
The original proposal, in part, limited the assembly to submitting six forms of student government. One stating that 200 student signatures supporting another proposal could get that proposal on the ballot was defeated.
Caron Warner, WHA president, summed up the previous week’s sentiments when she said, “I was so tired I voted against it (the 200 signatures proposal) because I wanted to get out of here.”
Jim Lacy then suggested that 200 signatures was not enough, and said 300 was a more reasonable number. The assembly agreed and passed the motion.
The assembly then reworded previous business and, as it stands now, the assembly may submit only six forms of government to the student body, but other proposals may be added if they have the signatures of 300 persons.
The assembly then decided to discuss the problems expected in holdingthe referendum. After a lengthy discussion in which possible dates for the election were brought up, it was finally
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Form: a stack of chairs