volume Ixv, number 97
friday, march 23, 1973
Daily W Trojan
university of southern California los angeles, California
11 Chicanos expelled from Teacher Corps
Groups audition for Songfest
Acts using take-offs of rock songs and original music set to the theme “Can You Imagine . . were judged Thursday in Hancock Auditorium for this year’s Songfest.
Each group had 15 minutes to appear on stage, do a routine, answer questions from
the judges and exit. One of the groups that tried out is pictured above.
Groups selected from the preliminary judging will appear in Songfest, which is scheduled for May 5 at the Greek Theater.
Winners of the judging were notified Thursday night. The names of the winners will bepublicly announced today.
Living costs in residence hails to increase $35 next semester
By Larry Tuck
Residence hall room and board rates will increase $35 per semester next year. $5 less than the tentative increase announced earlier.
The increase is lower than anticipated because Residence Halls and Food Services has been able to institute greater efficiency in its operations, said Guy Hubbard, director of auxiliary services.
The savings does not reflect any cuts in service or food quality, Hubbard said. The lower increase was made possible by negotiating new contracts with suppliers, and by making some food items from raw materials that had formerly been purchased ready-to-serve, he said.
The rate increase was made necessary by rising operating costs, particularly
for utilities, labor and food supplies.
Room and board costs in the residence halls will be $1,310 per year. $70 per year higher than the present rate. Room only at the Men’s Residence West will cost $570. $30 higher. Separate meal contracts will cost $820, an increase of $20 per year.
Rooms at Harris Plaza will cost $10 more per month. Prices at the Apartment Tower depend on the room, but all will increase about 3%.
Birnkrant Hall, in the women’s complex, will be redecorated over the summer and a kitchen will be installed on each floor. Room and board there will cost $1,350 per year.
Hubbard said that a meeting was held Wednesday night to give students an opportunity to ask questions
and make comments on the increase, “but no one came.
“It indicates no one is concerned. I suppose,” he said.
“I think most of the people are content with the $35 increase,” said Willie Wu, a resident advisor in Marks Tower. “Most expected it would be more.”
Caron Warner, Women’s Housing Association president and a resident of EVK Hall, agreed. “Students are amenable to it. We had a meeting and students were able to say what they thought the increase should be.”
The last cost increase was made two years ago when residence hall prices were raised $50 per semester.
Housing at UCLA costs $1,313 for room and 20 meals a week. It is expected to go up $30 to $50 next year.
Second meeting about fate of student government to be held Saturday morning
The second meeting in a series of discussions to determine the future of student government will be held Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in the Moot Court Room in the Law Center.
The meeting is open to all students and will take up where last week’s session ended. John Sullivan, coordinator of student activities, said there is no set agenda, but added that proposals discussed in the first meeting will be explored further.
Students at last Saturday's meeting decided to make proposals about studentgov-ernment and student fees. Such proposals would have to be approved by at least 35^ of those voting at the meeting.
Once approved, the measures will be placed on a ballot for students. The group has decided to limit to six the number of proposals that would be presented to students. The referendum will have to be held by April 30.
Rumors that some special interest groups such as the Young Americans for Freedom, law students and ethnic students may try to pack the meeting to pass proposals favorable to them, have caused some concern among students not affiliated with those groups and administrators.
“We haven’t talked about dealing with contingencies such as this.” said Brian Heimerl. assistant director of student activities. “We're trying to make an honest effort to let students do it themselves.”
Heimerl added that the administration would like to help students set up a workable government structure. “But our involvement should be minimal,” he said.
The administration, however, is not obligated to abide by the wishes of these student assemblies. The Student Affairs Division will review their efforts.
By Al Flores
associate editor
Eleven Chicano students in the Teacher Corps Urban program, who have carried on a three-month boycott of classes because of disagreement with Teacher Corp's structure, have been expelled from the program.
The decision was made Tuesday after a Washington, D.C. meeting between the program’s federal administrators and representatives from the USC Teacher Corp, the Los Angeles County Special Schools (Juvenile Hall) and the Compton Unified School District.
“Since this program is financed with federal money, Washington (D.C.) asked ‘how can you take money for instruction for students that aren’t in class?’ ” said Donald Wilson, director of teacher education. “They wanted us to make a decision then and there, so we decided to terminate the 11 students from the program.”
The students started the boycott Nov. 30, 1972, in an effort to express their feelings on the program’s lack of participation in a Chicano community. They submitted a list of demands to the campus administrators of the program and refused to attend classes until the demands were met.
Of the demands, the most important one was that the program be restructured so that Chicano students could work in Chicano areas. Presently, the Compton Unified
School District and the Los Angeles County Special Schools have only a small Chicano population.
However, because the program is a federal contract between USC, the Compton school district and the L.A. Special Schools, the only way the students could work in a Chicano community is if the school district in such a community were brought into the contract.
This is where the problems begin. Before such an arrangement could be made, all the parties in the contract would have to agree and sign an amendment to the contract—but both Compton and the L.A. Special Schools refused.
The campus Teacher Corps administrators said they had no alternative but to expel the students.
“We didn't want to have to deselect (expel) the students,” said Wilson, at a meeting Thursday of the students and Teacher Corps administrators. “We wanted the students to come to class because by being out they are jeopardizing the university's whole program.”
The Teacher Corps program is a federally-funded teacher training program involving minority students who help minority delinquent youths.
The 11 students now have two weeks to appeal for their reinstatement in the program. Leo Alvillar, the leader of the boycott, said that the group will make an appeal.
FABRIC FANTASY—Pictured is one of the 16 stitcheries by JoAnn Miller Johnson that are now being displayed in the Student Activities Center. Johnson combines artistic talent and sewing ability to produce colorful pieces with texture and landscape. The display will exhibit through Saturday.