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Volume LXXXIX, Number 8	University of Southern California	Thursday, September 25, 1980
ACLU challenges Navy lesbian investigation
By Kathy McDonald
Assistant City Editor
Although the naval hearings aboard the USS Norton Sound which charged eight enlisted women with engaging in homosexual activ-ites were completed in late August, the American Civil Liberties Union is keeping the issue alive.
The ACLU became involved when one of the accused contacted her mother, who is an ACLU member. The union is challenging both the substance of the naval regulation banning homosexuality and the procedure for trying such cases.
The group will also appeal the cases of the two women found guilty by the Navy Investigative Service.
“It is none of the business of the Navy what the sexual preference (of their sailors) is. What they do in their off-duty time is none of their damn business. They have to consider the whole person and performance on the job," said Kenneth Chotiner, vice president of the Southern California ACLU Wednesday to university law students.
"(Homosexuals) should be discharged only if their activity is really interfering with their military duties or if coercion is involved."
The ACLU is concerned about the cases not only because they represent a threat to homosexuals, but they could set a precedent for discrimination against other minorities in the armed forces.
The accusations and hearings were "franklv a plan by some people in the Navy to destroy the Women at Sea program," he said.
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SOME ALTER SCHEDULES
Attack raises security alertness
Faculty, students and staff admit they have become more cautious when in a building in the early morning or late at night since Tema Clare was attacked last week, but only a few said they have altered their study or work hours.
“I keep my eyes open wider and the door locked more securely," said Pat Larkin, administrative assistant in biology, "but I can't be intimidated by fear."
Larkin, whose office is only a few doors away from Clare's in Science Hall, said she has always been cautious after dark at the university.
John Dawson, a staff member with an office also near Clare's, said the attack has not caused him to worry about security more than usual because he does not arrive early in the morning or stay especially late.
Next door Valerie Anderson said that since the attack she locks herself into her lab when working at night.
Harrison Kurtz, vice-chair of biology, used to come in eaTlv in the morning. Friday he said he would probably change that habit somewhat in light of the attack on Clare.
Bob Cohen, a research associate in biomedi-
cal engineering, has an office on the third floor of Science Hall. "I wouldn't leave the door unlocked (late at night), you know the security in this building isn't great," Cohen said.
Cohen pointed out that the building is old and somewhat like a maze.
The hallways are not brightly lit, and there are many blind comers as well as a half dozen poorly lit staircases. Sometimes the narrow back stairs are not lit at all, he said.
Kathy Miller and Jan Burger, sophomores in biology, said they were worried about nighttime labs.
"When you get out of class at night, sometimes it gets kind of scary walking in an empty building. The fact that someone was stabbed doesn't make me any more afraid, just more alert," Miller said.
"A lot of people I know make sick jokes about getting killed at night on campus, but they do that because they're scared," Burger added.
Larkin said she attended a meeting on building security Monday, and that Clare's attack generated less concern than one might imagine. People tend to view the stabbing as an isolated incident, she said.
KENNETH CHOTINER
Student Senate head chosen
Five run-off elections required
By Darren Leon
Staff Writer
It took one general vote and five run-off elections, but the Student Senate finally elected Colette Benton as its new chairman Wednesday night.
Benton, who served as interim chairman after Rick Wacula resigned from the position, seemed totally relieved that the process was over and nearlv adjourned the meeting before the senators had taken care of business.
A question-and-answer period that preceded the voting brought out the goals of nominees Benton, Mercedes Marquez, Ralph Kam and Tim Walker.
All the candidates said they desired to adequately represent all of the campus constituencies.
"I think it's important that the students involved in the senate and student body be completely aware of what's
going on," Walker said.
“We need information sessions for each of the different constituencies and different activities that could go out, especially for the commuters because they're such a diverse group," Benton said. •
Nominees agreed with and even applauded each other's suggestions.
The most lively discussion concerned regaining an academic integrity at the universi-ty.
Easy or 'mick' classes, the ability to drop a class with a D or an F late in the semester and information leaks from the academic standards committee all fell under criticism, but counseling felt the brunt of the attacks.
"We make students academically responsible but don't give them a chance to show responsibility," Marquez said. "That means we have to work on
counseling. You've all been over to LAS, the counselors say you have three minutes to talk and these are your classes." Although upper classmen can be taken care of generally in a shorter period of time, a freshman usually doesn't even have an idea of what classes to take when he goes to see a counselor, Marquez said.
"Professors here are faced with what some people call publish or perish. There are professors here who would like to work with students but the university forces them to publish instead," Kam said.
"I heard President Zumberge say 'no cheating, no cheating' and that's the first time I ever heard that word. I think we need an awareness that will increase our understanding that there is a problem of academic integrity. We have to get tougher, but be fair to all students," Benton said.
Architecture students show avant-garde art in exhibit
By Stephanie Chavez
Assistant Feature Editor
Student perfectionists who excel in their school work often invest extensive amounts of time and labor to earn the prized "A" grade. Few, however, have the opportunity to gain national exposure and acclaim for themselves and the university.
Nine undergraduate architecture students worked the entire spring 1980 semester and throughout the summer contributing six architectural models of Russian buildings to the Los Angeles County Museum of Modem Art.
The constructions, some representing over 500 hours worth
of work, are on display at the first major exhibition of Russian avant-garde work ever attempted by a museum in the United States.
"This was a two-way street for both the museum and the students. We gave the students and the university national exposure in turn for their work. These models will enter into the literature of the period and they have USC's name on it," said Stephanie Barron, associate curator of modem art at the museum.
"The Avant-Garde in Russia 1910-1930: New Perspectives," has received more critical acclaim than any exhibition the (Continued on page 6)
COUNTY ART MUSEUM —
tecture student.
Model on display in Russian Avant-Garde exhibit is by Bill Lippens, an archi-