Daily igp Trojan
University of Southern California
Vol. LXVI, No. 79 _Los Angeles, California __Wednesday, February 27, 1974
Judicial won’t hear VSA suit
Sleeping on concrete for Wooden
Long lines were seen on campus at4 p.m. Tuesday as eager basketball fans were camped out for UCLA game tickets, which went on sale this morning.
The ritual of standing in line has become a way of life for USC students, but veteran observers commented that Tuesday’s lines were set up even earlier than usual. DT photo by Bob Chavez.
SUPPORT SOUGHT
International center proposed
BY STEVE HESS
Assistant City Editor
Support for an international center at USC was requested by members of several international student organizations at a luncheon Tuesday.
The center, which proponents say may be started by May 1976, would be the central location for foreign student offices and services.
Akram Masri, chairman of the student-run International Students Executive Council, said the group is seeking support for a variety of projects. “We think the International Center would be a fine place to start,” he said.
“Our ultimate goal is to have a home for international students and a center for students from all countries to visit and learn about one another,” Masri said.
At the luncheon, Dr. Jerry Wulk, director of international students and scholars, said, “In the four years since I’ve been here, I have never seen such en-
thusiastic support for an international center.
“We have a cross-section of students representing many countries of the world and we are encouraged about the talk and correspondence from the university about establishment of the center,” he added.
Two extra tables were needed for the crowd of 80 people who attended the luncheon. “We were thrilled at the response. For the first time, there is a lot of support for this building,” Wulk said.
Funding for the building has not yet been determined. “We are looking into several possibilities for financing,” Masri said.
A student fee for the construction ofthe International Center, similar to the funding approach used to build the Norman Topping Student Activities Center, has been proposed.
Masri said other possibilities include funding from foreign
businesses and university support groups.
He added that an alumnus has expressed his desire to supply matching funds for any money raised for the building. “It would take about $300,000 to build such a facility and we are hoping for a $150,000 grant,” Wulk said.
Masri, a graduate student in urban planning from Lebanon, said he thinks students at USC could raise the necessary resources to get the building started.
Wulk said that representatives from the university have assured him that a “suitable and easily accessible location on campus” will be provided.
“Many universities across the country have similar centers that have failed to gain student support because they were located too far from the campus,” said Wulk.
“One of the reasons for the announcement today was to get
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BY JON ALLEN
Staff Writer
The University Judicial Council has decided that it has no jurisdiction over a formal complaint lodged against the President’s Advisory Council by Stu Mollrich, Voluntary Student Association (VSA) proponent.
The judicial said, however, that “the evidence presented is-^ sues of student interest that should not be left unheard.”
An all-university judicial body was proposed by the judicial to rule on cases such as this that go beyond the jurisdiction of the judicial, which extends only to students and organized student groups.
Mollrich, a senior in political science, said that he was not totally satisfied with the decision of the judicial.
He did, though, like the idea of an all-university judicial council to hear cases that extend to separate segments ofthe university.
Mollrich said that the Student Caucus, a part of the President’s Advisory Council, “popped out of thin air” and was never voted on by the students.
Mollrich wants election
“I definitely want to see another election,” Mollrich said. “They had better have an outside firm administer it.”
Mollrich filed the complaint with the judicial late last November, charging that the Interim Student Programming Board established by the administration was illegal.
He also claimed that the university had instituted a double standard which violated procedures set down in the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities.
He charged that the university had failed to follow proper procedures by instituting the programming board instead of the VSA plan, which won a plurality
of votes in the May, 1973, student election.
Held public hearing
The judicial recognized a jurisdictional problem with the question and held an unusual public hearing on Dec. 17 to resolve it.
At that meeting, Mollrich and Peter Scolney, chairman of the Student Caucus, both urged the judicial to hear the case.
Scolney said that the caucus was not going against the wishes of the student body by recommending the appointment of a new programming board for the spring semester.
Mollrich said that if the judicial agreed to hear the case and decided in his favor, it should issue a proclamation to President John R. Hubbard asking that:
•	Student fees not administered by the Interim Student Programming Board be refunded to students;
•	A referendum on the VSA constitution be held;
•	The original process of determining a student governance model be continued.
The decision by the judicial that it had no jurisdiction in the matter came largely out of the Dec. 17 public meeting.
Council ruled “advisory’
The defendant in the case was the President’s Advisory Council, which was deemed by the judicial not to be a student group, but to be an advisory body to President Hubbard made up of faculty, administrators and students.
The judicial indicated that it had no jurisdiction over the Student Caucus division of the council because the caucus is a unique type of group. The Student Caucus has no constitution and is not a regular student organization.
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Veteran compaign manager talks on ethics of political contributors
BY ELLEN NORMAN
Staff Writer
The only thing that helps a politician is what you can do for him during election time. Joseph Cerrell, a veteran campaign manager, said Tuesday.
Cerrell, who owns a governmental relations and campaign management firm in Los Angles, spoke to political science students in a seminar entitled “Interest Groups and Elite Behavior.”
“It’s great to be principled in acceptingcampaign contributions, but practicality must also be considered,” he said.
Cerrell served as the assistant campaign manager in Southern California for the presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy and also as Southern California director for the democratic primary campaign of Lyndon B. Johnson.
He also served as assistant campaign manager of the 1968 and 1972 presidential campaigns for Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey.
Cerrell compared a political campaign to the structure of a house and said, “The foundation of every campaign is money. Without this foundation, the house will not stand long.”
He said that special interest groups are the only solution to financing major campaigns.
“Since campaigns are so expensive, candidates must depend on what they raise,” Cerrell said. “This causes the candidate to sell himself.”
He said, however, that special interest groups are not always dishonest. Cerrell cited the examples of the League of Women Voters and Ralph Nader’s consumer groups to prove his point.
“All special interest groups are not backroom wheeling-dealing operations,” Cerrell said.
He also said that “some of the ‘turkey’ or special legislators are losing their power.”
Cerrell went on to say that these interst groups prey on each other.
“For every special interest group there is a countergroup,” he said.
Cerrell said that a politician should not have to explain or apologize if he feels compelled to raise funds from interest groups, in order to win an election.
“It is better to have a man in the government who will do a good job and is willing to go through the rigors of campaigning,” he said.
In referring to Assembly Speaker Robert Moretti’s proposed check-off system for public campaign contributions, Cerrell said that “I am not in love with any political campaign-spending reform.”
He said that advocation of such a system is just a means for incumbents to protect themselves.
“If an incumbent calls a press conference, he is swamped with media coverage,” Cerrell said. “But
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CAMPAIGN MANAGER—Joseph Cerrell, a veteran campaign manager,
spoke to political science students Tuesday. He said it is difficult for a
candidate to keep from being bought. DT photo by Gehrig Ikeda.