Staff photo by Katy Smith
PEACEFUL EASY FEELING — John Dearman, a business major, finds a place in the brought students out-of-doors this week to study or sunbathe. With midterms coming up shade to enjoy the warm weather and practice the guitar. The warmth of the sun many students may find it hard to keep their minds on the books.
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Volume LXXXVIII, Number 45
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University of Southern California
Wednesday, April 16 1980
DT correction
In the March 17 edition of the Daily Trojan it was reported that an anonymous source stated that Lee Garrison, assistant director of debate for the Trojan Debate Squad, misled debate team re-
Proposed bylaw revision draws criticism
Provision would eliminate four ethnic assemblies
By Susan Pedersen
Assistant City Editor
Protests have been lodged against a proposed revision of a Student Senate bylaw that would eliminate four ethnic assemblies in charge of allocating program funding.
Monica Townsend and Colette Benton, student senators, wrote the proposal in an attempt to "desegregate the current assembly programming structure and unify the various constituencies on campus."
"Our intent is not to force people to integrate, but to improve the conditions of the so-called Trojan Family," Benton said.
However, Juan Rivera of the Chicano Student Programming Assembly does not agree.
"If we go to that structure (that eliminates the ethnic assemblies), it will cause a lot of conflicts. They haven't even given this program a chance. We're thinking that if this thing goes through, they will be
going back to the structure of CAAB," he said.
The Campus Activities Allocation Board (CAAB), which was discontinued last spring, had a central board that campus organizations had to lobby in order to obtain funding. At that time, charges were made that the board was showing favoritism to certain groups, which ultimately resulted in the creation of the current system of eight "umbrella groups" or assemblies.
TREMENDOUS ABUSE’ CITED
RTD eliminates college passes
The Southern California Rapid Transit District (RTD) will discontinue its college student monthly bus pass rates as of May 1.
Student passes will still be sold, at the new price of $15 a month, but only to elementary and high school students.
The reason for the change was the "tremendous abuse" of the college passes, said Bill Reason, the senior communications representative for RTD.
"People have to put down the name of the school they are attending when they get the pass. Many of them weren't true institutions. For example, before, you could take a dog grooming class and get a student pass," he said.
College students who take the bus will now have to buy the regular pass, which will increase from $20 to $30 a month as of May 1.
"For the student who knows how to manage his money well, it's still a good deal," Reason said.
"I doubt if this will affect the number of college students we have riding the bus. It will just eliminate the abusers of the pass."
Passes for the elderly and handicapped will cost $4, and express (freeway) passes will be $10 between each designated stop, Reason said.
Cash fares will also change next month. Now 55 cents per ride, with 5 cents extra for a transfer, fares will be reduced
to 50 cents a ride. Transfers will no longer be sold.
Elderly and handicapped people without a pass will pay the 50 cents fare during the peak hours — 6-9 a.m. and 3-6 p.m. Those with a pass will be charged 25 cents during those hours.
At. a senate meeting Friday, Townsend and Benton's proposal to alter this system was tabled, with the two senators explaining that they wanted another week to refine their proposal.
About 19 or 20 members from the assemblies, including the (Continued on page 13)
emits with respect to financial aid prospects. In a subsequent discussion with the anonymous source, that person declines to support the statement.
Garrison states that the statement as it pertains to . him is absolutely false, and that he has never communicated with any prospective recruit for the Trojan Debate Squad that he or she could or would receive any type of nonneed based financial aid.
Law professor elected to planning commission
Earl Johnson, a university law professor, was unanimously elected Tuesday to the County of Los Angeles Regional Planning Commission by the Los Angeles County Supervisors.
Johnson will begin his four-year term today on the five-member commission, and becomes the second commission member who is from the university. George Lefcoe, also a law professor, was elected to the commission three years ago by Ed Edelman, a county supervisor from the 3rd district.
DEDICATED TROJAN — This Buick Regal is a fund-raiser on wheels. It cense plates promoting the school that can be seen around campus.
Staff photo by Katy Smith
is just one of the many original li-
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, 4th district county supervisor and member of the university's Board of Trustees, nominated Johnson to the commission after considering 25 other candidates, saying that he "has a distinguished reputation in the legal community."
Originally, Burke was afraid of being accused of favoritism in considering Johnson for the post because the commission already had a member from the university.
"I'm so happy the superintendents have not discriminated against professors at USC by using a 'quota' system," Lefcoe said.
One of the most important tasks Johnson will be involved in is the approval of the County General Plan, which will shape the physical look of Los Angeles from now to the year 2000, said Dan Reader, liaison to Burke.
In addition, Johnson will be able to work on the policy framework for the whole city, zoning for all unincorporated areas, and the airport land use commission.
In looking for a commissioner, Burke, a university alumna, considered three things. "One of the most important things was his (the candidate's) ability and background. He had to be someone who could come up with creative ideas. The final criterion was objectivity."