volume Ixv, number 127
tuesday, may 15, 1973
Daily ill Trojan
university of southern California los angeles, California
Report says LAS funds, facilities are inadequate
By Jerry Trowbridge
and
Marc Groothaert
Education in the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences has degenerated because of insufficient funding and unsuitable facilities, a report released by LAS indicates.
The report, titled Target 1980, suggests a seven-year plan to make “the college one of the most exciting centers of educational activity in the world.”
The first part of the report deals principally with new philosophical concepts for future education.
More emphasis is needed on the cultural environment of the university, the report
says, since the university is an urban institution drawing heavily from an urban clientele.
More interaction with USC’s professional schools is needed, the report adds, so that students can be “truly liberated individuals in an urban environment.”
LAS will also seek to emphasize multidisciplinary approaches to common issues. To achieve the goals, it will utilize as foci such units as the Center for Urban Affairs, the Annenberg School of Communications, the Gerentology Center, the Sea Grant program and many others.
A greater emphasis will be placed on a futuristic orien-
tation to liberal arts education. Target 1980 proposes to compensate for past failures to educate students in the skills of imaginingthe future and looks toward aggressive consideration of what is necessary to the formation of a better future.
Circulated recently in limited number to department chairmen, the 181-page report is beginning to cause university-wide comment.
No unfavorable reaction to the report has been received by the College of LAS, reports Virginia Bissinger, administrative assistant to John Cantelon, LAS dean and vice-president for undergraduate studies. But not all who have read the
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Handcuffed student leaps from second story of security offices
FIFTY FOOT SLIDE—This slide highlighted the 23rd annual all-university Mardi Gras held on Saturday. An estimated 1,500 particpated in the activities sponsored by the Delta Gamma sorority and the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. DT photo by Steve Wright
Pharmacy students to boycott in protest of instructor’s methods
By Sarah Heck
staff writer
First year pharmacy students plan to boycott their 9 a.m. biostatistics class today to show their dissatisfaction with their instructor, John S. Martois, assistant professor of pharmacy.
More than 100 students have signed a petition and will participate in a march from Founders Hall to Science Hall during the class time to state their grievances to Edward S. Brady, associate dean of the School of Pharmacy.
The petition, signed by 102 students, said “It is our contention that Martois willfully neglected his duties as the instructor of biostatistics to provide an adequate course. It is our further contention that suggested improvements and other expressions of student discontent in the past two years have not only been ignored by said instructor but by both the faculty and administration of the School of Pharmacy.”
According to two first year pharmacy students, who requested to remain anonymous, earlier in the semester the
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Charges by custodians will be investigated
By Rock Albers
Allegations that the custodial workers receive unfair treatment will be investigated by the university this week.
The charges were made in a letter to Anthony Lazzaro, vice-president for business affairs. The allegations were brought forth by the workers themselves. A majority of them are of Spanish surname.
Shirley Lorenz, director of of Employment, said that an investigation is underway and that Arnold F. Shafer, executive director of university facilities, is considering changes to provide better employee relations for the custodial staff.
“Current discussion involves consideration of assigning a counselor to the night employees,” she said, "to provide the mechanism for improving communication in the physical plant.” In an interview two weeks ago Shafer said that many of the custodial workers do not have the necessary papers called "green cards” to work legally in the United States. This, he said, is the result of the federal legislation governing the employment of aliens that came into effect in July, 1972.
Lorenz said that the university’s legal counsel verified to her that USC does not violate the immigration laws
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By Frank O'Donnell
staff writer
A handcuffed student leaped from the second story of the Campus Security building Thursday night after being arrested at a water fight on the Row and allegedly threatened with a nightstick by a security officer.
Mark Keckeisen, a junior in architecture and a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, said officer Barry DeForest stopped and arrested him when he threw a bucket of water at DeForest’s car.
“He brought out his nightstick and was ready to use it,” Keckeisen said Monday. “He really lost his cool—he was ready to smash somebody.”
Keckeisen said DeForest used his nightstick to push him into the car, then put handcuffs on “really tight.”
“He never really physically harmed me, but
I was afraid he would. But I don’t have any bruises.”
DeForest then drove him to the Campus Security building and took him upstairs. “He was totally gone,” the student said. “He said he was going to beat me—‘who’s to know between you and me.’ ”
Keckeisen jumped out the window when DeForest left the room. “I didn’t want to get the shit beat out of me.”
He came back later and turned himself in because he had been recognized and officers had his name. “I talked to DeForest and some other officers for about half an hour and I agreed not to do anything again.”
DeForest was not available for comment. He was not on patrol Monday. Campus Security did not disclose why.
John Lechner, director of Campus Security, acknowledged an incident but would not ver-
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OBJET D'ART—Mary Hyan, a senior art history major, examines a Karnal, an 18th Century wind instrument from Nepal that will be among the collection of art objects that will be on display in the Fisher Gallery starting Wednesday. DT photo by Michael Sedano.
Art works to be shown in gallery
“USC Collects: A Sampling of Tastes” will open at the Fisher Gallery Wednesday. The show is a collection of art works lent by university trustees, President and Mrs. John Hubbard, faculty and students.
The exhibit is presented by Lucile Golson’s class in bibliography and connois-seurship as part of their training. Bibliography to an art student means researching and assembling works of art. Connois-seurship is the care of the works.
The exhibit will open with a reception this evening at 8 p.m. in the gallery and will run through June 1.
The annual Fine Arts Student Exhibition will open Friday and run through Sunday, May 27, also at the Fisher Gallery.