El Centro Chicano is running out of money
BY DERA ANN TATUM
El Centro Chicano, a program for Chicanos and Span-ish-speaking students on campus, is running out of the funds donated for its development.
El Centro, located on campus at 3406 S. Hoover Blvd.. began July 1,1973, on a $l-million grant from the Mellon Foundation which was to last until June 30.
As the grant will not be renewed, the Centro is hoping for funds from the university to continue its program.
Silas H. Abrego, the program director, said in an interview that he was hopeful and definitely optimistic about getting funds from the university.
He explained that negotiations are taking place, although nothing concrete has developed as yet, and the remaining money is being spent sparingly to make it last until September.
Abrego said he felt that
refusal of permanent funding from the university could definitely tarnish its image in the eyes ofthe Spanish-speaking community, and if the Centro had more time and money to expand, it could attract numerous donors.
El Centro Chicano provides a central place for Chicanos and Spanish-speaking Americans to consolidate and strengthen on going campus-community activities. It sponsors five programs.
One program. Student Supportive Services, focuses on retaining and recruiting Chicano students to the university.
Another program prepares, presents and promotes cultural activities for Chicanos.
The Research and Resource Center deals with Chicano students’ research and study capabilities. This program supports individual and group academic projects and puts
much of its emphasis on expanding existing library resources.
Another program helps Chicano students find summer work in arts and crafts, educational activities and consumer affairs.
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The fifth program offers legal counseling and assistance to the poor in the community surrounding the campus.
The Centro also focuses its attention on problems facing the Chicano community, such as the high rates of unemployment, high school drop-outs, low-in-come families, and the low percentage of Chicano students enrolled in higher education.
On campus, the Centro’s
efforts in the student services area is directed at assisting Chicano students through four counseling programs.
In a peer-tutor counseling program, seniors tutor and counsel incoming students and monitor their progress on a bi-weekly basis.
Specialized professional counseling for health and emotional problems, welfare rights, marriage and family, financial aid, student housing, transportation, legal aid, job placement, career planning and academic problems is also available.
Another program hires graduate students and professors to tutor Chicano students in specialized areas.
A recruitment and admissions program disseminates information about the university and higher education to potential students. This program attempts to encourage Chicano high school students
who may have little expectation of attending college to apply to appropriate institutions.
Two communities. Echo Park and Pico-Union, have been selected as the target areas for the Centro’s community involvement. The selection was based on several factors, including their proximity to the campus, a proper working relationship and the usefulness ofthe centro’s summer projects in meeting their needs.
The Centro’s summer program utilizes Neighborhood Youth Corps-like summer employment projects.
Students in summer projects take part in cultural enrichment programs and educational workshops in creative writing, math skills, communication skills, art, and folk dancing. Student project volunteers must also participate in mandatory drug education seminars.
The Centro’s summer program
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Daily m Troian
Vol. LXVI, No. 119
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Friday, May 3, 1974
Trustees to consider new academic plan
The Board of Trustees will consider parts of a new academic master plan at its 15th annual conference this weekend in Santa Barbara.
Several deans and directors have been asked to present 10-year plans for the development of their schools and programs.
The plans will be integrated as part of a comprehensive academic plan and fund-raising program for the next decade, with the focus on the university’s centennial in 1980.
Before any major fund-raising program can be carried out, it must first be approved by the Board of Trustees. This was the case with the original Master Plan, announced in May, 1961.
It is expected that a new academic plan would supersede A Priority for the 70s, the academic plan approved by the trustees in April, 1970, at their 11th annual conference.
Unlike the Master Plan, which concentrated largely on construction projects, the new academic master plan — whatever form it takes—is expected to focus on the development of academic resources.
One major building project is expected to be included in any new plan, though. This would accommodate the classroom and office space needs of the College of Letters. Arts and Sciences.
The conference sessions will start Saturday morning and continue through Sunday.
The presentations for the academic master plan are in five parts.
The 10-year development of professional school programs—notably law and electrical engineering—will be discussed.
Divisional officials in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences will also make presentations. They will discuss
solid state sciences, research in the social sciences, and humanistic studies.
Possibilities in developing multidisciplinary programs —particularly in the health sciences, public administration, gerontology and the Annenberg School of Communications—will beexamined.
Student life and the neighborhood environment will also be included in the presentations.
The university’s financial condition will also be on the conference agenda. They are scheduled to hear reports by Zohrab A. Kaprielian. vice-president for academic administration and research, and Colin MacLeod, director of financial services.
Allen Ginsberg to read poetry
Allen Ginsberg and his father, Louis Ginsberg, will appear in Bovard Auditorium at noon Monday for a joint reading of their poetry.
Ginsberg, whose poetry The Fall of America just won the National Book Award, is one of America’s most controversial poets. “Howl,” one of his earliest poems, written in part under the influence of peyote and LSD, was brought to a San Francisco court on obscenity charges in 1957.
The Ginsberg presentation is part of Contemporary Literature Week, sponsored by the Department of English and funded by the Campus Speakers Committee.
ALLEN GINSBERG
NEW ASSOCIATE VP
Klotz wants more student action
BY ALIX RILEY
Sun Writer
The students at USC are important to Dr. Addie L. Klotz.
In her new role as associate vice-president for student affairs, she plans to see that more students become directly involved in the aspects of the university that most directly concern them.
“The students have a great deal to give to the university as a resource,” she said. ‘ There are possible ways for the students to give that have not yet been created.”
Dr. Klotz will supervise several offices in the Division of Student Affairs, including the Career Planning and Placement Center, Office of International Students and Scholars, Residential Life Office, Student Activities Office. Student Health Center, Student Services Center, University Counseling
Center and University Recreation Association.
She will also retain her position as director of the Student Health Center, but will delegate many of the operating responsibilities to other staff members.
Dr. Klotz said her new position willgive her a better opportunity to implement ideas she’s already had.
The first thing she plans to do is to meet with people involved in the programs she will be supervising and listen to their views, their problems and their concerns.
•	That's the main function of a physician—to listen.” she said. “I want to get a feel of the overall situation.”
Dr. Klotz’s concept of health includes not just physical health, but the total living environment.
It’s important for me not to
separate physical, emotional, social health.” she said. “If a person lives in a depressing environment, it’s going to be reflected in all of those areas.”
She emphasized the importance of bridging the gap between students and personnel.
‘ We need to increase the opportunity for interaction and make every interaction a two-way kind of thing. We need to hear people and really understand so it’s not just a tokenism thing.” Dr. Klotz said.
She said she would like to see more interdisciplinary programs and cooperative programs for the departments in the Division of Student Affairs.
Commenting on the quality of student life at the university. Dr. Klotz said. “There is potential for a very rich experience, but at this point there is a lot of isolation, loneliness and what is
termed quiet desperation .”
She said this is caused by-society’s tendency to emphasize people’s differences and to forget the fact that people have a lot in common.
“That can be very intimidating.” Dr. Klotz said. “We need to see ourselves on the same team.
"To me a human being is the most beautiful creature there is. If we could only learn to appreciate ourselves . . .”
Dr. Klotz said she appreciates the concern on the part of President John R. Hubbard, the Board of Trustees and the other adminstrators with looking at the total quality ofthe student’s life.
i feel encouraged that USC is really interested in the students,” she said. That’s really why I'm here—for the students."