volume Ixv, number 124
I thursday, may 10, 1973
Daily (ip Trojan
university of southern California los angeles, californk
RAY BRADBURY
DT photo by Roselle Vellis
Science fiction author suggests new concepts in urban planning
“We travel for surprise, we travel to be lost —make a city like that,” said Ray Bradbury, the science fiction author, to a crowd of architecture majors on the east patio of Harris Plaza on Wednesday.
Los Angeles, said Bradbury, has no surprises. There are not enough parks, benches, trees, fountains and outdoor restaurants.
“We need places where we can pick each other up,” said Bradbury. Hollywood Boulevard is a place people go but cannot meet each other, he said. He urged designing more facilities that employing bipedal transportation rather than automobiles.
Walt Disney was a great city-builder, said Bradbury. Disneyland is a city that moves 40,000 people with an efficient system of walkways and monorails. He also praised Disney’s city in Florida.
Bradbury predicted that by the year 2,000,
there would be a major movement back to small towns.
He sees small cities of 35,000 people being rebuilt to include movies, theaters, culture centers and places for people to meet. Dis-neyworld in Florida will prove to be economically feasable and will set trends for other small cities, he said.
Bradbury is dismayed at the large number of buildings with no open windows or breeze-ways. Small windows necessitate more lights, which necessitate air conditioning, he said.
Bradbury grew up in a colder climate in the East. He is disappointed that many of the buildings in temperate downtown Los Angeles look cold and black with little or no
windows.
“I am inventing a large robot dog to piss on these buildings,” Bradbury said.
Letters announcing refund to be sent to 1971 football ticket holders
A letter will be sent to 1971 football season ticket holders in the near future saying that they will receive a refund of 50 ^ents.
The letter v\ is drafted by Leonard W7ines, executive
director of University Relations.
The university increased the price of the tickets by 50 cents after the Wage and Price Control freeze went into effect in August of 1971.
Renaissance Faire will feature arts, crafts today
The Renaissance Faire, featuring strolling minstrels, homemade food and arts and crafts, begins at 10:30 a.m. today.
The fair gives people a chance to relax and enjoy the food, entertainment, sun and festive atmosphere that will prevail.
Craftsmen selling jewelry, ceramics and leatherwork will be present, along with a glassblower and girls selling halter blouses and dresses at lower prices than stores.
One person will be selling stringed instruments and flutes that he made himself.
Another person will be attaching rhinestones to clothes and selling clothes with rhinestones already on them.
There will be about 40 exhibit and food tables.
Three strolling minstrels will wander through Alumni Park playing chamber music.
The Padoor Denning Duo, a guitarist and flute player, will perform from noon to 1 p.m. From 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. the Teleman Trio, which includes a flute, mandolin and harpsichord, will play on the stage set up for the performers.
The increase was in violation of the freeze.
There are about 30,000 season ticket holders who will receive a letter. Those who bought their tickets at the gate will not receive a refund unless they saved their ticket stubs for two years and can present them.
After the letter was drafted it was sent to the Department of Justice for approval.
The Justice Department returned the letter with a few minor changes and suggestions. University attorneys redrafted it, made the necessary corrections and sent it out to the Justice Department once more for approval.
The letter is now in Washington and has not been returned.
Because of the costs involved in producing such a letter along with reply cards informing receivers that the refund may be donated to the university.
Racism charges retracted by Asian students
By Loren Ledin
associate editor
Charges of racist policy by the School of Social Work against minorities have been retracted, said Maurice Hamovich, the school’s dean.
Hamovich reported Wednesday that Mariko Yamada, a member of the Asian Caucus of the School of Social Work, came into his office Tuesday after an article appeared in the Daily Trojan that said the Asian Caucus charged his school with racism.
“I asked her about it and she said the group did not want to make charges of racism. She was appalled, at least that is what she told me,” said Hamovich.
He said the statement released by the Asian group to the Daily Trojan accusing the school of Social Work of leaving ethnic content out of the curriculum and some faculty members uf racism, was available to all in his school in the form of a handout.
“I asked the group before if they wanted to come to my office and talk about their statement, but they said they would rather not,” he said.
Asked why the statement appeared in the Daily Trojan, Hamovich said, “I think they wanted to publicize it.”
Hamovich said he was disturbed that the statement would charge the school with not incorporating ethnic content into the curriculum.
“There has been progress
made and it has been made by the faculty,” he said.
The Asian Caucus said that students have been responsible for the progress.
Herman Fogata, a lecturer with the School of Social Work, said he was glad the students are concerned about racism, but disappointed at the specific charges.
“Charges that there is no ethnic content isn’t true. There is ethnic content brought out into the classes.
I know that this is something that the faculty is very concerned about,” he said.
Part of the school’s troubles stems from a series of caucuses held this spring.
Hamovich said the caucuses, a group of presentations given by separate ethnic groups, were the idea of students who wanted a change from the discussions held by faculty members in the fall.
Yet the Asian students boycotted the caucuses, saying they should not have been held in place of class discussions.
A large boycotting of the ' caucuses last Monday by Asian students apparently led to the drafting of a statement against the School of Social Work.
Fogata was surprised that the Asian students went to the Daily Trojan with their statement.
“I was surprised that they brought it out this way,” he said. “They should have come to the administration.
NOON CONCERT—Sandy Denny, a popular British singer and songwriter, performed for a large crowd in the Student Activities Patio on Wednesday. She was later joined by Fairport Convention, a group she used to perform with. DT photo by Dale Komai.