University of Southern California Volume LXXVI. Number 48	Friday, April 27, 1979
OT pholo by Ooug Hoover
HARBOR LIGHTS—What may look like a well-lit night ride out in the open sea is actually a midafternoon practice for the men's crew team in the confines of the Los Angeles Harbor.
Minority groups seek dismissal of administrators
Organizations see race factor in admissions
Marquez and Craig also pre-	Black Action Movement, a divi-
sented a letter sent to President	sion of ABSSC, listed four points
John R. Hubbard from Jones in	regarding a "double standard of
reference to the potential admis-	admissions" at the university, sion of a girl who ranked 300 out "It is a practice of the univer-
of a class of 313.	sity to allow wealthy whites who,
"Sir — I'm unwilling to admit at best, are academically incom-
the kid unless the heat is really petent, to buy their way into the
on. If she must be admitted, I	university," the letter said.
urge that it be to the Freshman	,
A „ .i, i .. j	Repeatedly, potential stu-
Access Program, the letter said.	. * , v. , , • ■
r i i , ,.	dents ot color have been denied
We ve worked very hard to as-	, . . ,,
.. . ..	admission to the university even
sure the various minority groups	, , . . 3 .
,u . . D i , .. ,,	though their test scores and
that lay Berger only admits well	. .
qualified students. By my doing	1	1S 1l'U
. proven to be higher than white the honors, he can continue to r .	. V ,
students who have been ac-
say so.	. „
Craig said the letter was a gift	^
from a white administrator who	Nickell, Berger and Jones were
saw the university's wrongdo-	aware of these practices and al-
ings and wanted to see them	lowed them to continue, the let-
rectified.	ter said.
The organizations called a	organization also depress conference after Hubbard	manded that a minontv affairs failed to respond to two letters	division be added to the admis-thev sent, Craig said.	sions office.
It asked the university to make
The first letter, dated April 23	a public commitment to increase
and signed bv the university's	(continued on fnge5)
Conflicting facts seen in vandalism incident
By Ralph Sanchez
Staff Writer
Campus Security has the names of three suspects who may have been involved in the April 20 smashing of four automobile windshields and a sunroof at Residence West dormitory, an employee of Parking Operations said Thursday.
The employee said a Campus Security officer told him that the suspects' names were known even though the Campus Security office told the Daily Trojan Monday that the crime was under investigation and no suspects were known.
Carl Levredge, director of Campus Security and Parking Operations, said the details to the case were "sketchy" and he was not at liberty to discuss the details of the investigation report. He said the matter was still under investigation and thev had some ideas of suspects from witnesses.
Levredge said he was aware that some officers had voiced their "opinions" on the identities of specific persons involved in the incident.
Levredge said Campus Security had indeed contacted the athletic department about the incident. However, no specific player has been identified with the case. One owner of a smashed car had said a football player was involved.
The Parking Operations employee, who wanted to remain unidentified. said he was aware that one of the suspects is a football player. The Campus Security officer who had told him all this did not comment on the case.
Cindy Dole, the owner of a Datsun 12lK) w hose windshield was smashed, told the Daily Trojan Monday that she and others at Residence West thought the crime was "the last straw" of violence that they were going to accept from rowdy football players.
In addition to their statement that there were no suspects, Campus Security told the Daily Trojan that a report had been filed w ith the Los Angeles Police Dept., as is standard in all crime cases.
But LAPD said Thursday that they had as vet received no report from Campus Security, and that it wasn't in their computer.
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By Gail Harris
Staff Writer
Two minority student organizations have requested the dismissal of three administrators and demanded a formal review of the university's admissions process.
The Associated Black Students of Southern California (ABSSC) and the Chicano Student Movement (MEChA) have asked for the removal of Jay Berger, director of admissions, James Jones, director of Student Administrative Services and Thomas Nic-
kell, vice-president for university affairs.
During a press conference Thursday in the Student Activities Center, the groups said they have documented evidence that shows the administrators' "direct involvement in. . .immoral and quite possibly illegal practices."
At the conference Randall Craig, spokesman for ABSSC, and Mercy Marquez, chairman of MEChA, distributed five documents indicating that race and not academics alone is consi-
dered in the admissions process.
Four of the forms were admissions decision documents, and showed that the office had rejected a "minority" applicant who had higher Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT) scores and grade point average than a "nonminority" student who was accepted.
Berger said the four admissions decision documents must have been tampered with because the admissions office does not write "minority" and "nonminority" on their documents.
Association releases statement in support of Faculty Senate official
bers of the Faculty Senate and Council of Deans expressed feelings that there was no need for controversy between the two constituencies.
Many deans, however, have said their objections to the evaluations still stand.
Attempts were made Thursday to contact all of the deans and directors w ho were selected for evaluation. Of the 18 deans, four were available for comment. The consensus was a dissatisfaction with the senate's evaluation procedure, but interest in forgetting the matter was also voiced.
Stephan J. Knezevich, dean of the education school, said the opinions of the deans in the matter have been " pretty well expressed by Dr. Biller, Objections to the Faculty’ Senate's evaluation procedure have been voiced by Robert Biller, chairman of the Council of Deans, John Marburger, dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and other deans (Daily Trojan, April 24 through 26).
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DT photo by Stave Hyman
MiSSING PERMIT—Tickets are being given to cars without visibly displayed parking permits, and transferable permits will soon be eliminated In addition, parking rates will increase 22 7% starting July 1 to offset an impending deficit in Parking Operation's budget. Story follows on page 7.
By Brandon Bailey and Sean Dunnahoo
The university chapter of the American Assn. of University Professors issued two resolutions Wednesday in support of the Faculty Senate and its president, John C. LeBIanc.
The senate has been criticized for a faculty survey that evaluates the deans.
One of the association's resolutions was in support of LeBIanc, commending him for his "courageous leadership and sustained efforts on behalf of the faculty and the university as a whole. . ."
Through the second resolution the association expressed its support for the evaluation of academic administrators by the faculty, and stated that if the surveys are to be effective, evaluation procedures should be formulated and under the control of the faculty through the Faculty Senate.
The resolutions came at a time when both mem-