Daily « Trojan
Vol. LXVI, Number 103
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Tuesday, April 2, 1974
Judicial action sought against program board
BY JON ALLEN
Stafl Writer
A suit asking that new officers be elected to the Student Programming Board and that its actions up to now be declared void was filed Monday with the University Judicial Council.
The suit was filed by Stu Mollrich, a senior in political science.
Mollrich contended that some actions of the board are in violation ofthe Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities.
In his complaint to the judicial. he quoted Section C of Article IV of the statement, which says that the role and functions
of student government should be made explicit.
The section also provides for free access by students to the functions of student government bodies.
“Specifically, the board is in violation of Subsection 1 by operating on the basis of arbitrary policy decisions rather than a written charter,” Mollrich went on to say in his complaint.
He said that it violates Subsection 2 by holding closed-door meetings that are open only to the Daily Trojan, denying access by the rest ofthe student body.
He also said that when the board does hold open meetings
Board allots funds; meeting policy set
BY MIKE WILLIAMS
Assistant Editorial Director
The Student Programming Board approved budget allocations for $11,913.42 and announced a revised policy with respect to closed sessions during meetings held Thursday and Sunday evenings.
All hearings of budgets and other business designated as public are to be public, the board said. But the board reserved the right to go into executive session for purposes of discussion.
Executive session is defined as one consisting solely of board members. Others may attend only with the approval of the board chairman.
All voting will take place in public, and the board’s reasoning for its decisions will be made known.
The board said it recognized the public’s right to be informed of its full proceedings. It also recognized that a closed executive session could easily create doubts astothe board's credibility.
For this reason it was proposed that a Daily Trojan reporter be permitted to attend executive sessions at the discretion of the board. It was stipulated that board members would not be directly quoted, although the substance of their discussions could be reported.
Representatives of the board had discussed the issue with Peter Wong, editor of the Daily Trojan, on Mar. 26
Wong accepted the proposal while maintaining the Daily Trojan's right and obligation to report any information deserving of coverage.
“We want to make clear that we are responsive to student needs; we are for the student body all the way.” said Ward Ching, director of academics and education.
“We decided to react to the Daily Trojan article (Mar. 26) as a means of showing that we do have t student interests at heart,” he said.
Joe Flanagan, director of the board’s social and cultural programs, cited a need for frank and informal discussions as the chief
reason for the use ofthe closed executive session.
"The questions which we are forced to decide are far from being clear-cut,” Flanagan said. “It is very difficult to solicit the true opinions of all the members of the board when the proponents of the budgets we may be discussing are sitting right there.
‘‘By asking these people to leave after w e have heard their justifications for their requests, we are better able to arrive at the right decisions in terms of what is best forthe student body.
“And by permitting the Daily Trojan reporter to stay we are demonstrating that we have nothing to hide.”
Thursday’s meeting w as taken up by the presentation of budget requests with all business conducted in open session.
The board's discussions ofthe individual requests were postponed until Sunday, and that
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they are often late at night, sometimes last until 2 a.m., and are sometimes held on weekends, further cutting down their accessibility.
The last meeting of the Stu-' dent Programming Board was held Sunday at 8 p.m.
Mollrich attended the meeting to hear consideration of a budget request from the Coalition for Academic Freedom, a group organized against the university’s Affirmative Action program. Mollrich is chairman of the coalition.
“I was informed at this time that it was board policy to hold these meetings in executive session, which is closed to all students except for a reporter from the Daily Trojan.” Mollrich said in his complaint to the judicial.
(A Daily Trojan reporter was present at the Sunday board meeting, but at previous meetings the Daily Trojan representative was asked to leave along w'ith other nonmembers.)
Mollrich also said in his complaint that he asked the board where in its charter it said that students were excluded from meetings. He said he was told the board had no charter and that the executive meetings were derived from past policy.
His complaint said that he w as told by the board's chairman, Arturo Abarca, that “we make up our policy as we go along.”
Mollrich said that “all the members present ... insisted that I leave the meeting and I complied with their wishes under protest.”
Mollrich asked the judicial body to recommend seven actions to President John R. Hubbard:
•	Removal of all present board officers for "misfeasance of office and gross violations of student rights.”
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GALLOPING COURMET—Professor Roy Copperud samples foreign foods Monday as International Festival week gets underway. The festival continues through Friday with a Sports Day competition and a Japanese tea ceremony. (See story Page 3.) DT photo by Bob Chavez.
Congressman asks student aid changes
BY PETER WONG
Editor
DALLAS—A key Republican congressman has called for a major change in federal student aid programs.
However, he said Congress should reorder the student aid priorities in President Nixon's budget requests for the 1975-76 academic year.
“Until the Basic Opportunity Grants Program gets a sounder footing and the Federally Insured Student Loan Program gets a thorough improvement overhaul. I do not think it would be wise to adopt these (Nixon’s) budget requests,” Rep. John De-llenback (R-Ore.) said.
Dellenback is the senior Republican on the House special
LINDA RONSTADT, DAN HICKS
Artists set for benefit concert
BY MILES KELMAN
Linda Ronstadt and Dan Hicks, two top recording artists. w7ill appear at a benefit concert May 11 on Cromwell Field.
The concert was organized by Freshwater Productions. Proceeds will go to Troy Camp, the university's summer camp for underprivileged children.
Tickets will go on sale after Easter vacation at the university ticket office and through Ticketron.
Advance tickets will cost $4 for students and $4.50 lor general admission. Tickets at the gate will cost $5.
Freshwater Productions has received programmimg funds and organized the concert with the purposes of giving all net proceeds to Troy Camp.
Originally called the Troy Camp Benefit Concert Committee, the organization changed its name to Freshwater Productions so that it would not be identified only with Trov Camp, or
LINDA RONSTADT
imply the musicians are playing free of charge.
The group is made up of student volunteers, under the leaderhsip of Randy Zomar. assistant director of student activities.
With the idea of a successful event for students, the sponsoring committee planned the program carefully, and is in need of volunteers to aid in publicity, monitors, clean-up, on-campus ticket sales and refreshments.
A meeting for any interested students wiil be held Thursday in Founders Hall 106 at noon.
The concert stage will be equiped with sound equipment by Tychobrae and staging by the same organization as the California Jam concert to be presented at Ontario next weekend.
For reasons of safety, no glass or cans for beverages will be allowed inside the field.
Campus Security will enforce this rule. The Trojan Knights w ill be responsible for safety inside the concert.
A sell-out crowd of 7.000 is expected.
The benefit Freshwater Productions will receive isthe satis-
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subcommittee on education, which authorizes higher education legislation. However, the subcommittee does not appropriate funds.
“Basically my proposal is similar to the way in which the Congress has responded to the student aid budget requests for the past two years,” Dellenback said.
Nixon has asked for $1.3 billion in basic grants, $430 million for insured loan subsidies and default payments, and $250 million for the College Work-Study Program.
However, he asked nothing for the Supplemental Educational Opportunities Grants Program and the State Student Incentive Grants Program, and only $6 million for the National Direct Student Loan Program.
These requests violate the Education Amendments of 1972, which require funding of three older programs that specify minimum levels before basu-grants can get any money.
Dellenback suggested that Congress accept the President’s total for student aid—nearly $2 billion—to be reallocated in the following manner:
Basic grants, $800 million: supplemental grants. $131 million: direct loans. $293 million: insured loans. $430 million: work-study, $292 million: state grants. $40 million.
On the other hand, Dellenback called for a shift to programs that would channel most federal aid directly to students rather than through educational institutions as the other programs do now.
He called for improvements in basic grants "as the major federal grant program committed to equalizing access to postsecondary education.”
He also asked forthe eventual elimination of both supplemental grants and direct loans.
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