Expulsion of students upheld in records case
By Amy Alpern
FeatureFocus Editor
A decision has been reached by the university administrative panel to expel the students found to have illegally altered record cards, the Daily Trojan has learned.
This was the second hearing on the matter and the second time an expulsion decision was reached.
The Registrar's Office found five students — four international and one American — who had illegally altered record cards last semester. One of the students committed suicide, one went back to his native country, and the other three were expelled.
All three students appealed the decision, and were granted a rehearing on the basis that thev had new information to add to the case.
The panel's decision was based on w’hether or not the new information would change the students participation in the incident, said Robert L. Mannes, dean for student life and administrator in charge of university judicial.
"They did not provide any new information as to how the actual alterations were made. We are no closer to knowing the actual process than we were last year," Mannes said.
Unless another appeal is made by Friday, this decision will be final.
There seems to be some doubt, however, as to whether or not the students know of the decision.
The students were advised to pick up the decision in the beginning of last week, but by yesterday, they had not gone to Mannes' office to find out the decision.
Harvey Cooper, the defense lawyer for the students, said he had only been able to notify one of the students.
Cooper said he would recommend that the students request another appeal, but refused to comment further.
If the students do appeal, it will again be up to the appeals panel to decide whether or not to rehear the case.
If the final decision remains, the official date of expulsion will be the date of last spring's decision. Even though the students have completed an equivalent of another semester's units, these would not be included in the students' records.
Student-run businesses possible solution to poor campus services
By Betty Wong
Staff Writer
High prices, inadequate housing and too few services are some reasons a Student Senate subcommittee may look into the possibility of allowing students to set up their own businesses.
"There is a tremendous groundswell of students who don't like the way the university responds to student needs or runs student services," said Stan Lamport, vice chairman of the senate subcommittee on environmental and external affairs.
Mike Kulwiec, chairman of the senate subcommittee, said although he would like to see a typing service started — "everything is still very uncertain. . .it's all still a bunch of ideas."
It will be three to four weeks before the committee begins to look at the notion of incorporation (a group of businesses set up under the laws of the state) or association (a coalition of individual businesses not formally recognized by the state).
The idea of setting up a student business is not a new one.
Stanford University has had an association of student services for more than 15 years. Georgetown University finally incorporated its student services in 1973. Harvard University and all of the University of California institutions are among the many others who have allowed students to set up businesses on a nonprofit basis.
The first and only time an association was formed at USC was in the mid-60s. The Associated Students of Southern California was dissolved in 1972 mainly because of alleged corruption within its political organization.
The shortlived years of the association was reportedly a period of calculated ballot stuffing, bribery and other cloak-and-dagger tactics. As a result of this past experience, some speculate that the university will be particularly wary of any attempt to form an association.
USC students have routinely discussed the idea since 1972, but whether the talk is about incorporation or association of student services
—	nothing ever happens.
"Although students have talked about the idea before, there has never been enough research on the subject to justify such a move," said Paul Moore, associate administrator of student affairs.
Moore felt any real consideration of the idea could not take place until students addressed themselves to a basic question: How would incorporation or an association of services benefit the university as well as the student community?
In order to find out why students would want to bypass the university and provide student services themselves, the Daily Trojan talked with representatives from two private institutions that have allowed students to set up their own businesses.
Linda Whitcomb, the business office supervisor for the student association at Stanford, felt it was natural for students to provide their own services. "Students, afterall, are the best gauges of student needs," she said.
The student association at Stanford is a collection of at least 10 student-operated services such as a lecture note service, a recycling depot, a T-shirt service and a group that compiles the student directory and a restaurant guide.
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Media director calls resignation a ‘sensitive’ issue
By Carole Long
Staff Writer
The university's director of media and public relations Tuesday refused to discuss the reasons behind his official resignation or the people involved in the process.
"This-is a sensitive issue and I don't want to discuss any of the people or personalities involved," said Charles Weisenberg, who left the universitv on
Oct. 27.
Vance Peterson, director of academic relations and now acting director of the universitv news service and media relations, said it was a mutual understanding that it
would be appropriate for Weisenberg to leave.
"Weisenberg is very competent and has a lot of good ideas. It just didn't work out for him at the university," Peterson said.
Weisenberg said it was known that Peterson had reservations about him, but not about his competency or professionalism.
The fact that Weisenberg is Jewish could have played a role in his resignation, according to several sources.
A more likely reason for his resignation may have been the reorganization of the entire university public relations structure.
In late March, President John R. Hub-
bard issued a memorandum which called for the reorganization of the then-^existing news bureau and the restructuring and reassignment of development fund raisers.
Hubbard left on an educational mission to the People's Republic of China a few days after issuing the memorandum.
The memorandum placed the news bureau under the office of executive vice-president Zohrab Kaprielian. News bureau officials formerly reported to Leonard Wines, executive director of university relations, and Thomas Nickell, vice-president of university affairs.
After Hubbard returned from China the third week of April, he issued another
memorandum reaffirming the fact that Nickell would remain "chief public relations officer." The news bureau would, however, report to Kaprielian.
Kaprelian subsequently placed Vance Peterson, director of academic relations, in charge of the news bureau.
"I was to report to Peterson, who would in turn report to Dr. Kaprielian, ' Weisenberg said.
"The news bureau was brought under Academic Relations and then in June the news bureau was reorganized into two enT tities and people were redesignated," Peterson said.
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‘Time’ appears sans Mideast center article
By Richard Bozanich and Valerie Nelson
An article on the Middle East Center was missing from the Time magazines delivered to the Smokeshop Tuesday.
Of the 30 magazines, more than 20 were missing the page with the article.
A production spokesman at Time magazine said she was "quite sure it was not a plot of anv kind" to prevent the article from being read at the university.
"If it were a production error, it seems like it would be a one-in-a-million statistic. The fact that it happened here is funny," said Zohrab Kaprielian, executive vice-president.
He said if the missing page were a prank it was a terrible thing. "Somebody is being v erv childish. I deplore the fact that something like this could happen.”
The entire prefolded sheet, containing both pages 46 and 75 was missing from the magazines.
The Times spokesman said Sunset New s Service, which distributes the magazines to the university, would not have pulled the pages.
The mistake probably occurred in the bindery, the spokesman said. The distributor will replace the magazines today.
None of the magazines delivered, including the ones containing the article, were complete. Some magazines appeared with as many as 10 pages missing.
Magazines delivered to Sorbonne Market and 32nd Street Market contained page 75, where the article appeared.
"Maybe someone is trying to protect poor Mr. . a Smokeshop employee laughingly said withouf finishing the statement.
Both Time and Nrwsweek concurrently published articles this week on the Middle East Center and its possible ramifications.
Although Willard Beling, director of the Middle East Center, was unavailable for comment, Lorene McKinney, his administrative assistant, was shocked at the news of the missing pages.
"It seems quite incredible; we are as much mystified as you are," she said.
The Time article summarized the roles of Beling and J. Robert Fluor, Board of Trustees chairman and head of Fluor Corp. in the planning of the Middle East Center.
The magazine reported Fluor Corp. did $272 million in business in Saudi Arabia alone last year. The article quoted Fluor as saying,
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DT ptwto by Larry Drum
THAT’S FUNNY? — Students display mixed reactions to Tuesday’s puppet show in front of the student union. The show featured a sheep dog in a black tuxedo, a stout, green frog and a crooked-nosed, wand-waving wizard. The internationally known puppeteers have performed in Asia, Austrailia and Europe.
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