Summer
Trojan
University of Southern California
Vol. LXVI, Number 5
Los Angeles, California
Tuesday, July 3, 1973
New governing body is headed by law prof
By Patta Steele Editor
Martin Levine, professor of law, has been elected chairman of the new 86-member University Council and its 10-member Executive Committee.
Five faculty members, two deans, two students and one staff member were elected by the University Council members to form the Executive Committee, which will frame the Council’s agenda and will meet twice a month with President Hubbard and Vice President Kaprielian.
Levine is a member-at-large of the University Council and was elected last month as Vice President of the Faculty Senate.
He has been active in student affairs as chairman of the University Committee on Student Life, the Search Committee which nominated Vice President Appleton, and the appeals panel of the Student Behavior Committee.
At the Law Center he has been chairman of the Planning Committee.
President Hubbard has announced that the chairman of the Executive Committee will also function as chairman ofthe Council, outside of the portion of Council meetings in which the President reports.
Othello
talk
Charles Berryman, associate professor of English, will present the second lecture in the summer series offered by the English Department.
Berryman’s topic is “Shakespeare’s Othello: ‘Keep Up Your Bright Swords
He will speak today at 1:15 in Waite Phillips Hall B-27.
These lectures are free and open to the public.
Hubbard has described the new Council as the key governance body on campus, advising him on all major University issues, and incorporating in its committee system the committees and task forces formerly appointed by the University Senate.
In essence, President Hubbard has created a chief governing body for the university. It will be his main advis-ory body and will bring together all segments of the university body to help in decision making.
The Council replaces the University Senate, which was limited in its representation and its functions. Because the new body includes deans and faculty members as well as staff members and students it will have a larger span over which to function.
Levine is optimistic about the new council and the role he will play in it.
“Dr. Hubbard will be looking to the committee to help decide the basic decisions facing the university,” he said. “We can succeed in wisely advising him only if faculty, students, and staff from all groups within the university trust and work with one another.”
The student members of the Executive Committee are Mel Henry ofthe Social Work and, Gerontology Schools,
and Peter Scolney, a philosophy student. They were elected by the student membership of the University Council.
Other faculty members of the Executive Committee are Mary Mahl, associate profes-sor of English; Barbara Myerhoff, associate professor of anthropology; A. Terrence Polin, associate professor of management; and James P. Walker, assistant professor of psychology in the Gerontology School. Mahl is also a member-at-large of the Council and Polin is a former officer of the University Senate.
The Council of Deans selected two members of the Executive Committee: Ted Brannen, Dean of Business Administration, and Dorothy W. Nelson, Dean of the Law Center.
Brannen is the current chairman of the Council of Deans and Nelson is an exchairman.
With Mahl. Myerhoff and Nelson, the Executive Committee has three women among its ten elected members.
Leonard Wines, Executive Director of University Relations, was elected to represent the staff membership on the Council.
President Hubbard and Vice President Kaprielian are ex officio members ofthe Executive Committee.
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At the first meeting of the University Council on May 24 it was reported that the Executive Committee had established four organizational committees. These committees deal with setting up by-laws for the council, election procedures for council membership, bringing committees commissions and task forces under the aegis ofthe council and making sure there is communication between the above committees and the Executive Committee.
It was also agreed that no permanent or major decisions be made during the summer meetings of the
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council since all members of the council might not be available for the meetings.
The Committee will meet the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. It will receive reports from University committees, task forces, officers, and campus groups, and will set agenda for the monthly Council meetings.
It will also nominate the chairmen and members of University committees and task forces to be appointed by President Hubbard.
Editor’s note: This is the first of a series on the organization, function and goals of the recently formed University Council.
Unique 11-week Spanish course offered
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is offering a different kind of summer program this year.
It is an 11-week course designed to provide a rapid, intensive introduction to the Spanish language and urban ethnic culture of Los Angeles, followed by an intensive introduction to Mexican culture in Toluca, Mexico.
The first part of the course lasts for seven weeks and is currently in session. It consists of morning and after-
Departments announce fall program change
The Andrus Gerontology Center and the School of Social WTork announce a change of plans concerning the human development semester.
The human development semester will be offered in the'spring of 1974. rather than the fall 1973 semester. Program revisions related to the addition of field placements and an integrative seminar make it necessary to use the fall semester for planning.
Because of the change of program of the Human Development Semester it has become necessary that Sociology ofHuman Development (Sociology 303) and Crises in Human Development (Social W’ork 303) be cancelled.
Physiology of Human Development (Biology 305) and Adolescence, Maturity and Aging (Psychology 370) will be offered as single courses as indicated in the fall 1973 schedule of classes.
noon training in speaking Spanish, with several different courses geared to the student’s proficiency in Spanish.
These courses include par-ticipation in the summer Spanish Joint Educational Project, a continuing program in which USC students studying Spanish help Spanish-speaking children and adults with English, while acquiring knowledge of the language and culture of the Los Angeles Hispanic community.
The program is especially interested in attracting undergraduate majors in fields leading to professional work related to the Hispanic community and graduate students in education or in the professional schools who work with members of the Hispanic community, and teachers in schools and colleges located in or near the Los Angeles Hispanic community who desire to acquire rapid language skills and cultural sensitivity.
During the four-week postsession in Toluca, Mexico, students will live with Mexican families.
This gives them an opportunity to become acquainted
with multiple aspects of Mexican life. In addition, students will attend several lectures at the University of the State of Mexico each week to be preceded at times by special reading in English and Spanish.
There will be field trips to the capital, which is about 45 miles south of Toluca, and other nearby points of cultural interest.
Lectures, with related field trips to archeological sties, concerts, museums, and plays, will be in the fields of Mexican history, politics, sociology, anthropology, music, art, literature, economics, and business.
All lectures will be given by Mexican professors, artists, and public figures.
In preparation for the trip to Mexico a series of lectures and field trips are scheduled for this month.
The first field trip is open only to those students signed up for the coursfe. It will feature Chicano art as seen in various galleries and on murals in East L.A.
The second field trip is planned for July 17 to the San Gabriel Mission. It will include a guided tour in Spanish of the mission
grounds and a presentation ofthe history ofthe missions.
The third field trip will be at the La Fonda restaurant on Wilshire Boulevard. It will feature Nati Cano and the Mariachis of La Fonda performing in authentic costume. The presentation will consist of singing by a Mexican seniorita and a narration of the history of the Mari-achi. This trip is on July 20.
For more information about these field trips contact Kevin Rhoden in the Spanish Department, 746-2516.
The lecure series features several speakers each week, each person telling about some aspect of the Chicano community and culture. Bert Corona will speak on Friday about the politics of deportation of Mexican citizens.
With the exception of Corona’s presentation, these lectures will be given in Spanish and will be held in Founders Hall 133. They will all begin at 9:45 a.m. and last until 10:30.
Another exception is the Cal State L.A. Ballet Fol-klorico, which will be on Monday, July 9. It will be held in Hancock Auditorium, rather than Founders Hall.