Presidential candidate found; to meet trustees
By Susan Pedersen
Assistant City Editor
The presidential selection committee of the Board of Trustees has chosen a candidate for the university presidency, who will be presented today to the members of the Presidential Search Committee for approval, said Carl Hartnack, chairman of the selection committee.
The candidate will not actually become the new president until he has received the final approval of the Board of Trustees on Wednesday, Hartnack said.
The identity of the candidate has not been released by the committee, but Hartnack said it would be announced at a press conference some time following Wednesday's board meeting.
More than three months ago, the search committee was formed to replace the search committee composed of trustee, faculty, student and administrative representatives in the hopes of expediting the selection process and preserving confidentiality.
Since the formation of the selection committee, all information regarding the search has been kept confidential. Today's developments mark the first time the committee has indicated the search process is near completion.
Under the original search committee, three candidates were brought on campus for a series of meetings with various university groups, but all the candidates withdrew by January.
Thornton Bradshaw, president of the Atlantic Richfield Corp., met with constituencies in November, but withdrew in December.
Richard Atkinson, president of the National Science Foundation, became the second candidate to come on campus, but he also withdrew December 14.
David P. Gardner, president of the University of Utah, was the final candidate to be considered by the search committee, but he withdrew in January.
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Volume LXXXVIII, Number 69 University of Southern California Tuesday, May 20, 1980
Iranian visa rule constitutional
Carter decision will not effect many students
By Galen Gruman
Staff Writer
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Carter's December decision to review Iranian visas Monday, ruling that Carter's singling out of a specific group for review was constitutional.
A group called the confederation of Iranian students said the order violated Iranians' rights to be treated equally because they were singled out from other alien groups.
The ruling is not expected to affect many students at the university, said Berthe Von Allmen, director of the Office of International Students and Scholars.
Carter's action had been challenged several times and re-
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PATRIOTISM — Hanns Scharff Designs Inc. of Los Angeles recently completed a 20-foot-wide Venetian glass replica of the Great Seal of the United States on the floor of the Center for Study of the American Experience. The center, part of the Annenberg School of Communications, is located north of the Physical Education building on Hoover Street.
School of music appoints new director from New York after four-month search
By Holly Houston
Staff Writer
Dr. William Thomson, chairman of the music department at the State University of New York, in Buffalo, was appointed director of the School of Music after a four-month search to fill the position left by the death of Dr. Howard R. Rarig.
“We are very fortunate in having persuaded Dr. Thomson to accept the directorship of our illustrious School of Music," said Grant Beglarian, dean of the School of Performing Arts. "His w’ide experience, demonstrated leadership and tireless energy will sustain the school's century-old progress toward excellence. We screened over 100 people for the position. Thomson was experienced and knowledgeable about different kinds of institutions. We were impressed with his academic and professional background and his leadership abilities to handle complex issues. He was by far way ahead of the other candidates."
Beglarian has known Thomson for over 15 years and asked him to “stand candidacy"for the position.
"I am delighted to be coming to USC," said Thomson. "USC's music department is known as the finest in the West. It is often recognized as one of the top 10 in the country."
During his five-year chairmanship in Buffalo, Thomson held the Ziegele professorship in music
and was director of the university's Center for the Creative and Performing Arts and Opera Theatre. Thomson was educated at North State University and at Indiana University where he received his Ph.D. in music theory in 1952. He served as professor of music at Sul Ross University in Alpine, Texas, from 1951 to 1960 and at Indiana University from 1961 to 1969.
Thomson held the Kulas professorship in music at Case Western Reserve University and was adjunct professor at the Cleveland Institute of Music until 1973. At the University of Arizona, Thomson was professor of music and director of graduate studies from 1973 to 1975. In addition, he has been resident scholar in music at the University of Hawaii and a master teacher in Yale University's Master of Arts in Teaching program. Thomson has also been named Outstanding Educator of the Year at two universities. He has published compositions for orchestra, band and choral groups.
Thomson currently serves as orchestra consultant to the New York State Arts Council, and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Research in Music Education. He has conducted seminars and workshops and has served as consultant for colleges and universities throughout the United States. Thomson has contributed to scholarly journals and published several books on music theory.
versed once. The reversal was struck down on Dec. 27, 1979, four days before the deadline to obtain a visa check with the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Of the 56,694 Iranians nationally who complied with the check, 6,366 were found deportable. Another 861 failed to have their visas reviewed.
The number of students at the university affected by that decision was very small. Von Allmen said. "One or two are in a sticky situation because they have not had their visas checked," she said. Some students who went on vacation when Carter mandated the review and were unable to return before the deadline were put back in status.
The Court's ruling did not surprise Von Allmen. "1 thought that the court's decision was already assumed."
A more serious problem than the Court ruling is the recent set of directives released by Carter April 7, Von Allmen said. Iranian visas are not being
renewed and there is legislation pending in Congress that would change all duration of stay visas, which expire when the student finishes schooling, to regular visas, which must be extended each year.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service is refusing to extend Iranian visas, forcing students with expired forms to leave the country, whether or not they have finished their education. If duration of stay visas are changed, most Iranians would have to leave the country when their forms expire, Von Allmen said.
Between 10% and 15% of the Iranians on campus could be affected by the new presidential directive, but this number is subject to change. Von Allmen said. Some Iranians at the university have not had their visas renewed and will have to leave if they cannot get the extension," she said.
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Advisory council may be replaced
Ad hoc committee sets guidelines for governance
By Cliff Tan
Staff Writer
This is the first of a two-part series on the university faculty governance system.
Changes may be coming for the President's Advisory Council after a new university president takes office.
The council, a system of university governance in which students, faculty, deans, staff and administration meet together to discuss and recommend university policy, may be altered or replaced if the new' president wishes.
Whether the council will be changed depends on the type of system the president wants, said J*?ff Gates, chairman of the Student Senate.
Constituency leaders have slowed their discussions about possible future governance systems until a president is selected. However, constituency leaders meeting in an ad hoc task force studying governance last summer had worked out a set of guidelines for future university governance.
These guidelines called for direct access to the president for each constituency, regular meetings between constituency leaders and the President, a coordinating council and coordinating committees to exchange information and reach interconstituency agreement and an assembly bring the university community and the president together for a meeting each semester.
Leaders also advanced two models of possible governance systems.
The first model called for a smaller university council with 12 to 17 representatives from the faculty, students, staff, deans and administrators. Each constituency w'ould decide how to select representatives to the smaller council and to university committees.
The council now has 62 members (31 faculty members, 16 students, nine staff members and six deans).
The second model called for each constituency to report directly to the president. A coordinating council would exist, but onlv for discussion and not voting.
These suggestions reflect the impasse between those who wanted a consolidated type of government and those who wanted a government that allows independent bargaining by t each constituency. Gates said.
Students and staff support a consolidated government, and faculty and deans W'ant the independent bargaining that will give them more power, he said.
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