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Vol. LXVI, No. 45
University of Southern California
___________Los Angeles, California______________
Tuesday, November 27, 1973
3 Students Rescued After Armed Abduction
ROSY TRIBUTE—Ian Loveseth, a junior in biology, pauses beside Tommy Trojan, canvas-wrapped and adorned with a wreath of roses. The roses, of course, symbolize the trip to the Rose Bowl that the USC football team will be making on Jan. 1. They were purchased by Ray Rodriguez, a student in political science. DT photo by Michael Martinez.
BY SHERRY STERN
Staff Writer
Three students were the victims of a kidnap-robbery Sunday when they were abducted at gunpoint in front of the downtown Greyhound Bus Terminal (at 6th and Los Angeles Streets).
The students. Bill Kistler. Ruth Barton and Nancy Osuna. all sophomores in architecture, were saved by two policemen in Highland Park.
The names of the two male suspects, the charges against them and their records will not be made public until later today, when the case is brought to the district attorney’s office.
POLICE TOLD the victims that the suspects will probably beheld for three counts of armed kidnapping and three counts of armed robbery. However, they also said they doubted that the cases would even be brought to trial, since no one was injured.
The policeestimated that if they were convicted, the sentence would be about 30 days. They said the suspects had been arrested for about 12 felonies between them.
THE STUDENTS reported that the incident occurred as they were parked in front of the bus terminal on Sixth Street in Los Angeles.
As Osuna got into the car. Barton saw the men advancing and advised her to lock
the door. However, before she could lock it, the men opened the door, pushed the seat forward, and got into the back seat. All three students were seated in the front. * ONE MAN then pulled a gun and instructed Kistler to drive, giving no destination.
The students offered the men all their money and the car. on the condition that they would be set free.
The men refused to make
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Tuition Policy Is Focus Of Panel’s Majority Report
BY PETER WONG
Managing Editor
(Editor's note: This is the first of three articles on the University Council's Commission on Tuition and Fees.)
The majority recommendations of the Commission on Tuition and Fees are limited to the university's tuition
The majority recommendations ofthe Com mission on Tuition and Fees are limited to the university’s tuition policy and do not consider its general financial situation.
Three of the five majority recommendations deal soley with tuition, and a fourth is concerned with long-range tuition policy.
IN THIS RESPECT, then, the majority recommendations differ from those in the minority report, which deal
Rose Bowl Ticket Coupon
The Rose Bowl exchange coupon for students must be turned in to the Ticket Office, Student Union 200, between Wednesday and Friday. The price of each ticket is $10.50.
An ID card and the activity punchcard must be presented for each ticket in the envelope. A maximum of six coupons will be allowed for each envelope.
Seating will again be determined by a lottery.
with general university finances.
Both reports are scheduled to be discussed Monday by the University Council. A recommendation on tuition is expected to be made then.
Two of the recommendations in the majority report were passed easily at the commission’s final meeting Nov. 8.
ONE OF THESE urged the university to cope with cost increases by a combination of better management and additional income from gifts.
The other urged the establishment of a permanent commission to determine long-range tuition policy.
A third recommendation—to limit revenue from student tuition to 40% of total university income in 1974-75—was passed. 7-5.
However, on one motion that included the critical recommendations—to increase tuition by $7 per unit in 1974-75. or by $210 above the current tuition of $2,700. and to reinstate the fiat rate for students taking 15 to 18 units—the lOfaculty andstaff members and the 9 students on the commission were divided.
SEVEN COMMISSION members voted in favor of the increase, four voted against it and three abstained. The other members were absent. Noneofthestudent members voted in favor ofthis motion.
So the majority report in-
cludes two recommendations passed overwhelmingly and three recommendations adopted by a plurality of commission members, not a majority.
The minority report was approved by all the student members. It is a minority report only in the sense that the students were outvoted on the critical recommendations.
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Ticket Price Hiked For Rose Bowl
BY KARI GRANVILLE
Assistant City Editor
The Ticket Office announced Monday that student tickets for the Rose Bowl game will cost $10.50 with an activity book coupon.
This is more than twice the $5 price of last year’s tickets.
Although the price of the student tickets was decided upon lastspringbythe Rose Bowl management committee,the activity book coupon does not mention the specific cost of the Rose Bowl tickets.
Virgil Lubberden, assistant athletic director for business affairs, said the Rose Bowl is an outside affair and the university has no part in deciding the cost of student tickets.
“Unfortunately, it’s something we have no say about. We can only voice our objections about the increase, and we did that last spring,” said Lubberden.
Last year when USC students paid $5 for Rose Bowl tickets they were actually supposed to pay the full general admission price of $10, as did the Ohio State student*.
Lubberden explained that the Rose Bowl management committee did not specify this in the minutes of the meeting when they voted to have students pay general admission prices.
Originally students from the participating schools paid only half the price of general admission tickets.
When USC went to the Rose Bowl in 1970thiswasthe rulingon student ticket prices, which were then only $4.
In 1971, Stanford students still received a 50% discount on their tickets.
But in the spring of 1971, the Rose Bowl management committee voted that all students must pay the full admission price, so the next year, Stanford students paid $10 for tickets.
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Band Salutes Composer
Neil Diamond, composer and singer, was the guest of the Trojan Marching Band at the USC-UCLA football game Saturday.
The band performed ‘Dear Father.” one of Diamond’s songs from the sound track of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. during the half-time show.
Diamond was asked by Arthur C. Bartner, director of the band, to hear the band rehearse the song last Tuesday. Diamond said he was very pleased with the band's performance and for that reason he went to the game.
The Knights paid tribute to Diamond with a seriesofcard stunts, which included a picture of a seagull.
DT photo by Gehrig Ikeda.