Fair shows safety devices
By Cindy Feldman and Ria van Daalen Wetters
Alarms went off. Police cars lined up on University Avenue and University Security was on the scene. It looked like a bust was in progress. The goal was not to catch criminals but to catch the attention of people and make them aware of crime prevention.
The Crime Prevention and Safetv Fair informed students, faculty, staff and community residents of wavs to protect themselves and their property.
University Security sponsored the Wednesday event.
"We hope to make people aware of the situation around here, not just at school but at home, too," said Officer Phillip Baguiao of University Security.
The various displays in Alumni Park included locking devices, alarms for homes and automobiles, personal protection information and tips and demonstrations on how to secure the home.
Officer Charles Mealey of the Los Angeles Police Department staffed a displav of pamphlets and brochures on the prevention of bicvcle and car thefts and information on rape prevention.
"Some students are really not aware of what's going on in a big citv. A lot of students are really not used to locking their
(Continued on page 16)
Four speakers urge draft fight
U.S. foreign policy criticized
By John Lamb
Staff Writer
Four speakers took turns lashing out at current U.S. foreign policy and urged students to fight draft registration at an anti-draft rally Wednesday.
David Charbonneau of Students for Economic Democracy, David Bergland, senatorial candidate on the Libertarian ticket, Phvllis Bennis, vice president of National Lawyers Guild and Paul Krekorian, co-chairman of USC Students Against the Draft made it clear they were not happy with the Carter Administration's handling of the registration issue.
"Once again our government has told young people to consider the possibility of compulsory military service," Charbonneau said. "This summer 19 and 20-vear-olds were told to tell their government who they are and where they can be found or else risk five vears in prison and a $10,000 fine."
He said registration is the tip of a psychological wedge aimed at American opinion, claiming the volunteer armv "has been sold like soap or like Ford Pintos, and that's one of the reasons for it failing."
Charbonneau said the country must force the current administration to "discard these proposed military actions that safeguard overconsumption and the profits of giant corporations."
Because of spring demonstrations, educational forums and teach-ins, the draft registration issue was voted upon by Congress during the middle of the summer, he said, when no students were on campus and able to organize.
"That,” Charbonneau said, "is a symbol of power. Campus apathy is definitely ending."
Charbonneau, while explaining a misunderstanding between young people and the rest of society, listed four qualifications that 18 and 19-vear-olds, since they were 14 or 15, have been told they should do "to participate in this society." Thev were the following:
"One, be good in tennis. Two, like Jimmy Carter because he is a moral President, as moral as you are. Three, like disco because that's a real communal thing you should do. And four, now you should wear a certain kind of jeans or wear western hats or cowboy boots."
Charbonneau stressed the importance of starting activity that would "create an ability to form a new society — to form a new student movement in this country."
David Bergland, an attorney in Costa Mesa and Libertarian Party candidate for senator, spoke after Charbonneau and defined registration simply "It's slavery," Bergland said. "If we examine what conscription is, it is very', very clear that it fits within the category’ of slavery — some people (Continued on page 2)
trojan
Volume LXXXIX. Number 23 University of Southern California Thursday. October 16. 1980
Staff photo by Hugh Robinson
STOP THE DRAFT — Paul Krekorian. co-chairman of the university anti-draft organization, speaks at an anti-draft rally.
UNIVERSITY SCORES INCREASE
National SAT average drops
said Peter Brow'n, assistant director of Admissions. "We had ranked 30th on federal research money and last year we ranked 17th."
The amount of money received from the federal government for research is used as a measure of academic excellence.
One million high school students take the SAT every year, but if all three million high school seniors took the exam, the average verbal score would be 368 and the math 402.
demy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering has increased. The universitv also has the largest enrollment of National Merit Scholors.
Effective recruiting is indicated by increased enrollment figures. Total enrollment for undergraduates has increased by 2,162 students since 1975.
The College Board also reported on other national trends, including grade point averages and family income.
The average GPA for college-
‘Our scores have risen because the academic profile of the university has gone up.'
bound seniors is now 3.06 and
The national scores for math dropped although more high school students took math classes last vear than before.
The low scores persist despite the efforts of schools to improve education, said Roger G. Cameron, executive director of access services for the College Board.
A special panel for the Col-leg e Board attributed the downward trend in scores to lower teaching standards, changes in the family's role, turbuiance in world affairs and other factors.
"I think it is probably an overall problem in secondary and elementary schools in teaching the basics. Also, students don’t have to read to know what's going on in sports, they just watch T.V.," Brown said "Our (the university's) research position, our academic profile and a very active and sophisticated recruiting campaign art directly responsible for our obtaining students with higher SAT score* '
In addition to the university's high amount ot federal research tunds.the number ot it-' tacult\ members on the National Aca
has dropped for the past four years.
Nationally students reported a family median income of
S22.000,	an increase of seven percent from 520,800 in 1979. Median contributions bv parents toward their children's education ranged from zero for blacks and Puerto Ricans to SI, 160. for whites.
Students listed as independents comprise 14 percent of the students who receive aid. Independent students receive less than 5750 from their parents.
Thirteen percent of the undergraduate dependents that receive financial aid at the university have parents with an income of 36,000.
"Although a student in a family may not show a terribly high need, that does not mean his tamilv can afford to send him.” Brown said.
Financial aid is based total'', on need Fortv-five percent of the undergraduates attending the university do not receive financial aid.
By Darren Leon
Staff Writer
The national average for Scholastic Aptitude Test scores has dropped for the last 13 years, but the average scores for university’ students have increased.
The national average for verbal scores on the tests taken in 1979 was 424; math scores fell to 466. The highest possible score is 800.
The combined score for students entering the university has risen the last five years from approximately 930 to 1,050.
"Our scores have risen because the academic profile of the university has gone up,”
Staff photo by Hugh Robinson
DON'T BE AN EASY TARGET — Students learned about various saiety devices tor their home and car at the Security Fair Weonesday Here Joanne (Joghill inspects the aeadboits