volume Ixv, number 80
tuesday, february 27, 1973
Daily CSp Trojan
university of southern californi los angeles, californi
Chicanos in Teacher Corps to protest what they say is administration’s ‘insensitivity’
By Victor Vazquez
Chicano students enrolled in Teacher Corps-Urban, a two year teacher training program, say that they will form a picket line in front of Waite Phillips Hall Tuesday in protest of what they call the adminis-tration’s “insensitivity to the Chicano community.”
Speaking for the protesting Chicano students, Phyllis Arias, a Teacher Corps intern, said that the present Teacher Corps program does not give interns enough teaching experience in the Chicano community.
Since last semester, when the Chicano students first moved to establish a program in East Los Angeles, the Teacher Corps has maintained eight urban sites. Four are located in the Compton Unified School District and four are part of the Los Angeles County Special Schools (Juvenile Hall).
Arias said that in the area of Comp-
ton only 9.5% of the population is Chicano while in the special schools, Latinos comprise 20% of the enrollment.
In addition to the charges against the administration, the protesting Chicano interns have presented a list of demands they would like fulfilled so that all interns may gain teaching experience in the Chicano community this semester.
The interns say that to do this, Teacher Corps will have to include areas for action outside of Compton and the Los Angeles Probation Department.
For next year’s Teacher Corps program, the Chicano students are asking that the administration make room for “a proportionate amount” of Chicano team leaders as well as American Indian and Asian students.
The Chicano teaching interns demand that by this summer at least half of the elementary schools served
by Teacher Corps have a Chicano population of 80% or more. They add that by September there should be a program working out of a Chicano school district.
The Chicano students say that although the Teacher Corps already has an assistant director, a Chicano assistant director should also be hired to help make the program relevant.
Incidents relating to the present situation began during the fall semester when the Chicano students tried to establish a volunteer component of Teacher Corps in an East Los Angeles barrio known as Lil Valley. Approval of this action came at a Teacher Corps meeting held on Nov. 28, 1972.
„ Annette Gromfin, director of Teacher Corps, told the Daily Trojan that some people had not been notified of the Nov. 28 meeting and therefore another meeting had to be called on Nov. 30.
At the second meeting, a discussion was held about the Lil Valley proposal and Gromfin afterward said it seemed “more equitable to divide the proposal between the two school districts (Compton and East Los Angeles).”
At the same time, Darlene Robles, the intern who presented the Lil Valley proposal, said that she and the
Chicano students refused to accept the division ofthe proposal because they had organized the community on the basis that the entire proposal would be for them.
Arias said that the Chicano students have now drawn up an alternative proposal for Lil Valley. She said that it will be funded by any federal or private agency that accepts it.
“Right now,” she added, “there are no viable educational programs available for dropouts and youth involved with the juvenile justice system in Lil Valley. Rather than allow all the youths to go into dead end continuation schools or the streets, this community-based school would provide a transition between the educational and juvenile justice institutions.
“This proposal also allows all interns to work in a Chicano community,” she said.
Arias said that Teacher Corps-Urban will not sanction this proposal because “they have a commitment to Compton ove*' and above their commitment to Chicano interns and the Chicano community.”
As for assistance in seeking funds, Arias said that Teacher Corps-Urban and university administrators have yetto make a response to the Chicano students’ requests.
An exhibit of surreal and fantasy paintings is on display through March 9 in the Student Activity Center exhibit room. The paintings, by Cathy End field, can be seen from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Endfield. a 30-year-old native of Los Angeles, paints what appeals to her. Her paintings have been described as intensely feminine. She deals mainly with nature and old architecture. An amateur entomologist. Endfield uses preserved insects in her paintings.
She does not like
technology. In her words, “I am turned off to technology. I don’t want to incorporate it in paintings because it scares me. I don't understand it.”
She believes she can survive in the art world in spite of its past rejection of her works.
Her paintings will also be exhibited in the Insect Mezzanine of the Natural History Museum in April.
The displayed paintings are not for sale at the exhibit. Prints of her work may be purchased at the gift shop in the Natural History Museum.
Bugs—a new form of art
Vice-president’s office remodeling paid for by contractor, architect
By \Iarc Groothaert
The Daily Trojan learned last week that the offices of Anthony Lazzaro, vice-president for business affairs, were being remodeled at a cost of approximately $10,000.
(Lazarro is responsible for the physical plant and all business activities ofthe university.)
New rugs and curtains have been installed and the walls have been painted, but no electrical or air-conditioning work was done.
Normally, funds for the upkeep of university property come from a reserve fund set up specifically for that purpose. However, no
university money was used for the remodeling of Lazzaro’s offices. “I would not have felt right about it” he said, “so I conducted my own fund-raising campaign and obtained $10,300 from friends, specifically for the purpose of upgrading my office.”
“We wanted to bring this office to the same level as that of the other vice-presidents,” said Paula Neve, director of administrative controls, under Lazzaro.
Neve said the money raised by Lazzaro’s private fund-raising campaign was a gift from two donors: Ed McPherson and Richard Dorman. McPherson is
co-owner and vice-president of Collins and McPherson, general contractors, and Dorman is owner and president of Richard Dorman and Associates, architects.
A document entitled Master Plan Facilities, dated May
6.1969, gave a rundown of all new university facilities completed, under construction and on the drawing boards as of that date.
It shows that the firm Collins and McPherson was hired as general contractor for several major campus constructions, among which was the Stauffer Hall of Sci-ence, Vivian Hall of Engineering, Waite Phillips
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Programming board asks university for power to conduct student vote
The Interim Student Programming Board decided Friday to ask James Appleton, vice-president for student affairs, to work with it in establishing some mechanism by which issues could be brought before the student body for a vote.
The board decided to appeal to the administration after it had concluded that, unlike the old ASSC, it has no authority to present a ballot initiative or referendum to the students.
“To do that, it would take an elections commission, and the board has no authority in its charter to set up such a commission,” said Cliff Ishii. director for academic-educational programs.
The referendum question came up when Bob Shiota, Community Action Coordinating Council director, asked the board to explore the possibility of presenting a referendum for a 50-cent fee bill tax to help support Troy Camp.
Appleton is expected to discuss the matter with the board at its meeting this Friday.
In other actions, the board:
•	Allocated $420 to the Community Action Coordinating Council to hire an assistant
director for the remainder of the semester. Applications for the position are available in Student Union 312 F and at the Student Activities Center desk.
•	Allocated $360 to the USC Commuter Students, a social-cultural programs division activity that is now being formed.
•	Allocated $150to the Organization of Student Caucuses, an organization of students who are on university committees. The new program will come under the academic-educational programs division.
Bitter Ashtray to feature Safan Brothers folk-rock
The Bitter Ashtray Coffeehouse will feature the Safan Brothers, and Pat and Jane tonight, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
The Safans repertoire includes everything from country and western music, to rock and broadway hits. Pat and Jane sing and play guitars.
Admission for USC students is 75 cents with an ID. All others must pay $2. The program begins each night at 8 p.m. in the Grill.