(volume Ixv, number 117 tuesday, may 1, 1973
Daily ip Trojan
university of southern California los angeles, California
DOESN'T ANYBODY CARE?—Uninterested students and faculty passed by while the backers of the various proposals for a new student government debated in front of the Commons Monday at noon.
The Christian athletes speaking in front of Bovard Auditorium drew a substantially larger crowd. DT photo by Michael Sedano.'
Programs Board files complaint against YAF in campaign dispute
By Mike Runzler
staff writer
As the time for the referendum to determine the outcome of student government at USC draws near, more problems have surfaced, problems that now seem inherent in every election here.
The Committee for Voluntary Student Association charged Friday that an elections commissioner was biasing the election against their proposal through remarks he made in the Daily Trojan.
Late Monday afternoon, the Programming Board accused the Young Americans for Freedom of “slanderous and dishonest campaigning.”
The Programming Board filed an official complaint with the university asking the administration to censure the Young Americans for Freedom, and prohibit the distribu-
tion of campaign literature pertaining to today’s and Wednesday’s referendum.
An official complaint, signed by Arturo Abarca, chairman of the board, charged that YAF had stolen the Programming Board logo and used it on material in favor of the Voluntary Student Association plan.
Stu Mollrich, speaking for the voluntary association committee, said that YAF is not the sole supporter of the plan, that over half of the committee is composed of non-YAF members.
The problem arose Friday, when members of the Programming Board called the piece of campaign literature being distributed by the association “slanderous.”
The literature was in the form of a check, made payable to “salaries, bureaucratic waste, special interest groups,” for $135,000.
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USC students will benefit from Nixon’s financial aid legislation
By Bettye Wells
associate editor
Student aid at USC faces a brighter, but temporarily uncertain, future as a result of an $872-million student aid bill President Nixon signed last week.
Pam Walbom, director of student aid, said she is not sure what impact the legisla-tion will have at USC because specific allocations to eligible institutions have not been made yet, but said the total amount of aid available could be decreased by
as much as 10% or increased by 10%.
The amount of money allocated in the bill for Economic Opportunity Grants and work-study programs remained nearly the same, but National Defense Loan monies were reduced, she said.
As a result, students who currently hold federal loans haven’t been notified as to how much money to expect next year.
“(New) students who will be getting aid have been
Defendants in Pentagon Papers trial will speak
Whether or not the government has the right to classify papers top secret will be the topic of a discussion by Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo tonight at 7 in Founders Hall 133.
The defendants in the Pentagon Paper trial w ill appear in a censorship symposium and are sponsored by the
University College censorship classes.
Ellsberg and Russo will each give a short presentation of their views concern-ing censorship in news media and government as well as reactions to the Pentagon Paper and Watergate incidents.
notified, but we don’t know how much money they’ll receive yet,” she said.
Walbom said she expects to hear from the government by June as to how much money USC will be allotted, but said the Student Aid Office has had to wait until August in the past.
She explained that although the total amount of federal money is practically the same, many more institutions and students became eligible for federal aid last year.
Despite the uncertainty about the amount of federal money available, Walbom said the financial picture for students here is brighter and more promising than in the past.
She said the situation improved last month when James Appleton, vice president for student affairs, announced that the university’s commitment to financial aid would be increased 9.76%, which would offset the tuition increase scheduled for next fall.
Elections debate stirs little interest
By Kari Granville
staff writer
Little interest in the future of student government seems to be present on campus, as witnessed by the fact that only 20 students gathered on the steps of the Student Union on Monday to hear the proponents of the seven proposals to change student government debate their cases.
Many students passed the speaking platform on Childs Way at noon while spokesmen for the different factions presented their options for public debate, hoping to change the outcome of today’s and Wednesday’s referendum on student government.
Voting on the proposals will take place on both days at the following locations and times: Bovard, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Law, Engineering, and Founders Hall sites, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
The referendum will be conducted according to the preferential balloting system. where each voter is asked to mark in order of preference his first three choices. Five points will be given for each first place vote, three points for every second place vote, and one point for a third choice.
On May 5, the Student Government Assembly will review the final results of the
election and begin plans to draft a new constitution to submit to the student body for ratification in the fall.
The format of debate gave each proponent four minutes to explain his option and then two minutes of rebuttal time. The platform was then opened to public question, but only one question was posed.
Bobbi Tillmon offered the Assembly-Council Plan as one alternative to the present Programming Board system ofthe student government.
Her plan proposed that there be an assembly made up of all registered students, and a council made up of 15 students who are appointed by a special student committee. The council would have the voting authority in student government.
A spokesman for the SC Coalition plan failed to show up for the debate. This pro-sal is known as the Berkeley plan because it is modeled after the student government at Berkeley, w?here there is a cabinet made up of a student body president and three vice-presidents, as w ell as a 30-member senate.
The platform presented by the Union of Associated Students calls for an elected student body president and a vice-president that would be
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Athletes talk about Christ
Mike Ryan, and other members of the football team, spoke to a crowd of students Monday about their faith in Jesus Christ. The program was a part of “Awakening ’73-USC,” a four-day Christian program. See story page 3. DT photo by Danny Alaimo.