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Ziggy’ revels in concession job
By Pat Franklin
It's a familiar story. The move to Hollywood means the changing of a name for many who hope for a career in show biz.
Like a snake sheds its skin, the future stars shed former names. The Norma Jean Bakers become Marilyn Monroes, while a first name of Julius Henry is replaced by Groucho Marx. Would audiences laugh if a Chevy Chase said, "I'm Cornelius Came, and you're not?"
Marion Michael Morrison came to Hollywood and became John Wayne. Elzeard Johnson came to USC and became Ziggy.
Johnson, better known as Ziggy or just the guy who sells coffee and cookies in Elisabeth Von KleinSmid Center Lounge, is in his sixth year at the university.
Ziggy said he was named Elzeard after his father, but he has been trying to shed the name given to him at birth for quite a while.
"One day 40 years ago a guy said to me, 'Hey, there's Ziggy,' and I said, 'That's it! Give me anything but Elzeard!"
What is striking about the man is that he looks like a human version of the cartoon character by the same name. The cartoon character is drawn by Tom Wilson, and today there exists a
question of which came first — the man or the cartoon.
Yet every weekday at about 2 or 3 in the morning, the similarities of the two characters become immediate contrasts.
ELZEARD JOHNSON
While, the cartooned Ziggy rests quietly on memo pads outside dorm rooms and on calendars, birthday cards and other novelty items found in stationery stores, the "real" Ziggy is busy unloading his 1978 Arrow. His cargo is cookies, coffee and soft drinks. His destination, Elisabeth Von KleinSmid Center Lounge.
By 7:30 a.m. he has already set up the concession stand located
Parking facility to supply 1,700 spaces in reopening
Parking Structure A will soon reopen to provide 1,700 spaces for faculty and students.
Since mid-August, construction of three additional levels has prevented use of the structure.
Parking officials have not yet determined the exact proportion of space allocation but Carl Levredge, director of parking operations, said the needs of both students and faculty will be met.
"Before the construction, we had 900 spaces in the structure. Students received 600 spaces and faculty 300. A similar 2 to 1 allotment may be used when the structure reopens," Leveredge said.
Parking officials will determine the exact allotment of spaces after conducting a space analysis, checking permits to see who is using the structure.
Parking spaces for faculty and staff will be available in portions of the structure next week, but the structure will not be open to students until Dec. 15, the last day of classes before the Christmas break.
"The structure will open Dec. 15 at full capacity if everything is completed as planned," Leveredge said.
Parking Lot S, north of the structure, will become student parking again and University' Entrance 6 on Vermont Avenue will reopen to student traffic.
For all practical purposes, the use of the southerly Menlo lots will be unnecessary, Levredge said, but the lot on the comer of Exposition Boulevard and Vermont Avenue will be retained unless it is not used.
"If we find that we do not need the lot then we will close it, too," Levredge said.
The university will retain use of the Hebrew Union College Lot on the comer of 30th and Hoover Streets.
Tram service on campus and to the Hebrew Union and Menlo lots will also continue, Levredge said.
To further deal with the parking space availability problem, Levredge said parking officials are currently investigating the feasibility of adding three levels to Parking Structure B.
in the far corner of the lounge, has had his first cup of coffee and is ready to work.
"I'm 73 years old. I only need five or six hours of sleep each day. I don't have to take care of the buying and unloading, but I do."
In 1973, when the idea for a coffee stand for public administration majors was initiated by John Gerletti, director of the International Public Administration Dept., there was never meant to be any predawn unloading of snacks. There were only 34 students in the department at the time.
"Back then all we had was a coffee pot upstairs set up for the students," John Barber, an administrative assistant in the department said.
When the stand down in the lounge was first opened, it was only open for two hours daily three days a week. It was then that a concession man was needed. "Finding Ziggy was purely accidental," Gerletti explained. "He was discovered one night by Barber in a pub." Informal arrangements were made at the time, and after seeing what an excellent worker he was, they decided to keep him.
Now, four years later, the (continued on page 2)
University of Southern California Volume LXXV, Number 45_Thursday, November 30, 1978
Criteria for presidential search group requested
By Marsha Johnston
Assistant City Editor
All university governing bodies have been asked to submit criteria for selecting members on a final presidential search committee.
"This (forming the criteria) is so (that) a system will be in place when and if the president announces his resignation," said Jack LeBlanc, chairman of the Faculty Senate.
It was announced at a meeting of the Board of Trustees' planning committee that President John R. Hubbard will probably disclose the time of his retirement next spring. Those present at the meeting said Hubbard will probably resign in August 1980.
J. Robert Fluor, chairman of the Board of Trustees, requested the Faculty Senate, Student Senate, Council of Deans and Staff Caucus to submit guidelines for selecting people who "would best contribute to the process of presidential selection."
"At the meeting I felt there wasn't an enormous urgency like there was in 1970 when Norman Topping resigned. He announced his resignation in April and we had a month to set things up. Now we're just trying to get a running start, said James McBath, professor of speech communications.
"The search hasn't begun, we re not searching for a president and won't be for sometime," he said.
The committee reviewed the presidential search models at the University of Chicago, the Univerisity of Washington, the California Institute of Technology and Yale University. The committee looked at how the methods compared with the method used by the university in 1970.
The university search committee used in 1970 was comprised of five trustees three faculty, three students, two deans and two alumni.
"I think we agreed we ought to have a unitary committee," McBath said. "Caltech had an internal (university) and external (Board of Trustees) committee. It seemed confusing."
Yale University's search was handled entirely by the corporation (equivalent to a Board of Trustees).One professor was the executive secretary to the committee.
They collected vast amounts of information from alumni and scholarly and professional organizations. The Yale faculty was consulted after a list of final candidates was drawn.
Secrecy was emphasized at Yale to protect the individuals being considered.
The method used by the University of Washington resembled the one used by USC. Their committee consisted of members of the Board of Regents, vice-presidents and alumni.
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Iranians call for shah’s overthrow
SHAH
By John Antczak
Staff Writer'
Iranian students rallied on campus Wednesday, drawing a mostly partisan crowd that heard speakers call for the overthrow of the shah of Iran and a halt to United States involvement in Iran.
The rally, organized by the Iranian Students Club at noon Wednesday, may result in the cessation of all funding for the group from the Campus Activities Allocation Board.
Stan Kiyota, the board chairman, said the political nature of the rally may be a violation of the board's funding rules.
The peaceful rally on the Student Activities Center patio was markedly different from most demonstrations by Iranian students. A crowd of about 250 chanted "Down With the Shah" and other slogans but no one wore masks and there were several non-Iranian speakers.
"We would hope to disseminate the justness of the struggle of the Iranian people through the university students, faculty, staff and all American people," said a spokesman for the group.
The spokesman said the rally was intended to inform American students of anti-shah sentiment, which they claimed is being distorted in the U.S. media.
"We're holding this rally to dispel the myth that Iran is an island of stability. . to tell students, faculty and staff to feel responsible, to support our cause. . .and to condemn the shah and U.S. intervention in Iran," said the opening speaker. All the Iranian speakers declined to identify themselves other than to say they were legitimate students and not outside agitators.
The 10 speakers covered topics including U.S. military intervention in Iran, political prisoners, alleged media distortions of the unrest in Iran, the role of oil companies and international solidarity with the anti-shah movement. Khaled (continued on page 2)
OT photo by Doug Qray
ANTISHAH RALLY - One of the speakers at the noon rally of Iranian students voices his opposition to the rule of the shah of Iran. Approximately 250 people attended the rally sponsored by the Iranian Students Club.