OT photo by Stev* Hyman
SLOW MOTION WHAT??—A group of curious onlookers watched as a player was suspended in air during a demonstration of slow motion football Tuesday in Alumni Park.
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Volume LXXVI, Number 41 University of Southern California Wednesday, April 18,1979
Academicians to vote on calendar revisions
By John Frith
Staff Writer
Both the Faculty Senate and the Council of Deans will vote today on a proposed change of the university calendar that would have the fall semester end before Christmas.
If approved, the proposal will be passed along to the President's Advisory Council, and then to the Board of Trustees.
If the board approves it the new calendar would take effect in the fall of 1980.
Craig Settles, a student senator who worked on the original recommendations, said the main advantage of changing the calendar would be eliminating the two-week session after the holidays.
“You wouldn't have to worry about studying over Christmas, which most people don't do anyway. Now, you have to come back for heavy-duty cramming,” Settles said.
Some university officials are cautiously optimistic that the measure will pass.
"Chances are reasonably good," said John Elliott, professor of economics and a member of the Faculty Senate who has been instrumental in drafting the recommendations.
"The proposed calendar incorporates features designed to meet concerns raised by the financial affairs committee of the Board of Trustees," he said.
The proposal would allow academic units, such as the College of Continuing Education, and especially classes which receive mid-year junior college transfer students, to start spring semester classes at later dates than the university as a whole in order to accommodate the transfers.
It was the lack of such a provision that caused the Board of Trustees to defeat a similar proposal four years ago.
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Draft registration data would not be withheld unless laws violated
STAN JOHNSON— USC roommate of executed Pakistanian minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Hanged Pakistanian ruler once a Trojan
By Shari Cookson
Assistant City Editor
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, former minister of Pakistan, was recently hanged by the red justice of the military leaders who overthrew him in 1977 He was once a Trojan.
"I can't believe they went through with it. . I heard it was on a rainy day at 2 a.m. and they let him hang there for over 30 minutes before they dumped him in a truck and took him to his family burial grounds," said Stan Johnson, who roomed with Bhutto in 1947.
Johnson said he learned more from Bhutto than he did from his classes during the year they were together
"He had a different background and culture and he was brilliant. He understood the dynamics of groups and individuals — what motivated people," he said.
When Bhutto attended the university it was primarily a "rich kids' school," Johnson said.
"Bhutto wanted everything equitable. He would not be quiet when he thought that things weren't fair. He would say things like, "Hey, how come you let this person transfer to another university and not this one," Johnson said.
To balance his straightforwardness, Bhutto had a great wit.
"He kept me in stitches He was a fantastic story teller," Johnson said.
While at the university, Bhutto spent a lot of his time observing.
"He wasn't a real rah, rah Trojan football fan but he asked questions and knew what was going on. He probably knew as much as the guy who never missed a game and shouted the loudest in the stands," Johnson said
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By Karen Holloway
Staff Writer
The university would not withhold draft registration information from the government unless its release would violate privacy laws.
"We would not take the political position as a means of draft resistance," said James Appleton, vice-president of student affairs.
A bill introduced in the House of Representatives last January would amend the Privacy Act to permit the selective service system to have access to "age and address information in the records of any school, any agency of the United States, or any agency or political subdivision of any state for the purposes of conducting registration."
Lawrence Raful, assistant dean of the School of Law, advises Appleton regarding university privacy matters, evaluating whether the administration has the authority to release information.
"The reason I would hesitate (to withhold information) would be for privacy reasons only," Raful said.
The question of whether the university releases
student information is two-fold, he said. The power of the agency to request the information must be evaluated and the university must determine if it has the authority to release the information without the student's permission.
The university could not legally refuse the government access to student information files for the purposes of registration if the request was in the form a judicial subpoena. If the request was an administrative order, the university may have some cause to consider withholding the information, Raful said.
If the government were refused authorized access to student files, the university would lose its sources of federal funding, Raful said.
"I don’t think we want to close up shop and go home," he said.
Students for a Libertarian Society, a national student organization, is asking school administrators to refuse the government access to student information files for registration purposes.
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Rape prevention seminars set to increase student awareness
By Randy Oliver
Staff Writer
"Being aware probably prevents more rapes than any defensive practice," said Los Angeles Police Department Southwest Division Capt. Leonard Bivens. "If students are aware they will act accordingly."
To develop that awareness LAPD and Campus Security will hold seven rape prevention seminars April 30-May 2 in Student Activities Center 206.
Although rape on campus continues to be a serious problem it has occurred less frequently since the program was instituted three years ago, Bivans said.
"Rapes are decreasing," said LAPD officer Chuck Meaiey. "In 1975 there were 26 rapes. That number decreased to 14 in 1976, the first year we offered our program. Six rapes were reported in 1977, four in 1978 and one this year."
"I'm sure other factors were involved, but we have had an impact," said Campus Security Sgt. Gary Rus.
The figures cover the area be-
tween Exposition Boulevard and Adams Boulevard and between Figueroa Street and Vermont Avenue.
"We are stressing common sense techniques which can be used anywhere, not just here on campus," he said.
"The best approach is to get away without using self defense — by running, screaming or using your intelligence. We feel that self defense is important, but common sense is the key."
Rus said most programs deal either with counseling for victims or with awareness and self defense. He said the seminars attempt to do both.
"We have tried to cover all areas by taking the best of each program," he said.
A group of female companions from the Counseling Center also tell what victims go through, what they can expect in the medical examination and how friends can assist them.
A female officer also demonstrates the self defense techniques.
The seminars have been
changed since the fall. Meaiey said there will be more emphasis on self defense and a different film will be show n.
"It is important to keep holding the seminars because we are dealing with new students each semester," he said.
The techniques demonstrated do not require extensive practice. They do require the student to think about them.
"We want to make students aware that something might happen and get them to think over what they would do in that situation," Meaiey said.
"When reading about a situation the student should ask what she could have done," Rus said. "It is a matter ot preprogramming."
Meaiey said students now are more likely to report rapes than in the past.
"Students are more willing to get involved now,” he said. "They see us more, so they are less standoffish in reporting cnmes. More and more students
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