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University of Southern California
Volume LXVII, No. 47
Los Angeles, California
Friday, November 22, 1974
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BANG, BANG, BANG—Four members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity build their entry for best house decoration. The annual Troy Week contest involves
competition between fraternities, sororities and dormitories. The winner will be announced Saturday at the USC-UCLA game. DT photo by Mike Ito.
Fraternities, sororities exempt from sex equality regulations
BY KEN COOPER
The Department of Health. Education and Welfare will support an amendment in Congress which would exempt college fraternities and sororities from the sex equality requirements of Title IX ofthe Education Amendments of 1972.
Peter L. Holmes, director of HEW's Office for Civil Rights, made the announcement Nov 13.
Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in education programs or activities at institutions that receive federal funds. Fraternities and sororities feared that the law might require them to take in members of the opposite sex.
The law was vague in its application to campus organizations. It did not specify what organizations. agencies or persons could not. if they practiced sex discrimination. be supported by a recipient institution.
Although fraternities and sororities are closely related to the university, and are an integral part of campus life, it was argued that since they did not receive any financial assistance from the university, they should not be required to comply with the Title IX regulations.
The HEW-supported amendment took this into account. Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.). the author of Title IX. said that the legislation was never intended to integrate such organizations as fraternities and sororities.
Barbara M. Pearson, director ol Equal Employment Opportun ity and Affirmative Action, said Thursday that although the fraternitv-sorority question appears to be resolved, there are other issues in Title IX which are not firmly defined.
The regulations will prohibit sex-designated scholars hi ps and fellowships, except for those which are established under a foreign will or trust, or by a foreign government.
Pearson said her office pro tested this article because many universities throughout the
country would be prohibited from using the funds from domestic sex-designated wills and trusts.
She said the current tendency in our society to compare sex with race.in equal rights issues might jeopardize existing race-oriented scholarships, such as the Martin Luther King Fund, and the Chicano Fund.
Many of the more than 9.000 letters on Title IX, which HEW received, expressed a concern that the legislation would foster
quotas or reverse discrimina tion in admissions or faculty ranks.
Green said on Oct. 31 that that was not the intent of her amendment.
•‘I intended to direct HEW that there be no discrimination in admissions policies, that there be equal pay for male and female professors, that there be equal promotions and job opportunities—the end of the ‘Old Boy syndrome’ and insidei promotions.” she said.
BY MARJIE LAMBERT
Assistant Editor
The Student Caucus was unable to hold a formal meeting Thursday for the second time in three meetings, because it was unable to get a quorum. Members are blaming the situation on poor leadership and lack of organization by the chairman. Connie Seinfeld.
“People don't have the feeling that they're accomplishing anything. That's why they don't come to the meetings.*’ said Joe Flanagan, an undergraduate caucus member.
Many ofthe 12 undergraduate members had complained that meeting notices are not sent out well in advance, that agendas aren't distributed prior to the meetings and that meetings aren't scheduled on a regular basis.
Only 12 members were present during the meeting, and there were never more than 10 at any one time. Under the bylaws of the President's Advisory Council. one-third of the 33-member caucus constitutes a quorum.
Ofthe 12 members, eight ofthe 12 interim representatives from the College of Letters. Arts and Sciences attended. Two of the three representatives from The Graduate School were present, and only two from other graduate and professional schools attended.
The caucus was to have made decisions on the programming
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Prof clarifies bargaining issue
BY MIKE MEYER
StafT Writer
There is much misunderstanding of the academic collective bargaining issue being faced by faculty, said John E. Elliott, professor of economics and copresident ofthe campus chapter of the American Association of Jniversitv Professors (AAUP).
“Some people feel it's a panacea that's going to double faculty salaries immediately, and that's unrealistic.” he said.
‘‘And there are those who feel it is by definition, inconsistent with the values and traditions of a university, and therefore has no place here.
“‘The AAUP view ofthis latter attitude is that it's nonsense, and the reason this nonsense gets around is because people don't understand what collective bargaining is"
The campus chapter of the AAUP will have an open meeting with the faculty ofthe College of Letters. Arts, and Sciences Dec. 2 to continue discussion ofthe academic collective bargaining issue.
Two representatives ofthe
western regional office of the AAUP will attend the meeting, which will begin at 2:15 p.m. in Administration Building 206. They are Richard Peairs. western regional director of the AAUP. and Charles McLain, a staff member of the AAUP who specializes in collective bargaining law.
Both will discuss the procedure of establishing academic collective bargaining and will answer questions about it.
Elliott said the purpose ofthe meeting is to determine the degree of interest in the subject.
All LAS faculty will receive designation cards on which they will be asked to state whether or not they want academic collective bargaining, between now and Dec. 2.
However, the results of the poll will not be known until a Substantial number of cards have been returned. If at least 30rr of the faculty return the cards with a favorable response, the National Labor Relations Board will hold an official academic collective bargaining election on campus.
“We re not having the election tht‘ day after tomorrow. We want to see what the interest of the faculty is. and we want the faculty to be better informed about what is involved in the issue.” Elliott said.
“Toward that end. we’re bringing people who have wide experience in this in general anc who know what’s going on at other campuses here as guests to answer questions and describe the process. ,Continued on page 2)
fee as well as on the election of 12 LAS representatives. It was also supposed to have voted 011 approval of appointments to two committees and four other appointments by the chairman.
One of the new committees was the Communications Committee, which is supposed to alleviate problems such as this.
Seinfeld said that she had asked for help but was not able to get any. She said that she had sent out notices of the meeting well in advance, and that she got items for the agenda at the last minute.
A small core of caucus members does the bulk of the work, most of them undergraduate members.
“About 10 people do all the work.” said David Blackmar. an undergraduate. “About 20— mostly graduate students—don’t even show up.” he said.
Seinfeld said that when she asked people to work, they refused her.
“It’s not a question of asking ‘can you do it°' but saying ‘do it.' This is your responsibility, I want it done.’ ” Blackmar told her. “No more ofthis pleading."
Undergraduate members also complained that graduate and professional students’ attendance was poor.
“I think it's appalling that we only have three graduate students here.” said Flanagan before a fourth representative of a professional school showed up.
Seinfeld defended the graduate students, saying many of them were too involved in activities in their own schools to attend the meetings.
She also said that many of the graduate representatives are not interested in issues involving undergraduates.
“Most students volunteer for the President’s Advisory' Coun-(Continued on page 3’
/USC students blamed for^ $10,000 damage at UCLA
Approximately $ 10.000 worth of damage to parking gates at UCLA was discovered Tuesday night, and USC students are being blamec
for the damage.
Myron Biel, insurance and risk manager at UCLA, said that 22 parking gate mechanisms were stopped up with plastic library cards and airplane glue. The library cards were those of USC students.
Biel said the only reason USC students are suspected of doing the damage is because the library cards were found.
He said the cost of damage would probably be paid by UCLA because the university has a self-insurance policy to cover vandalism.
Biel also said it is doubtful USC will be held liable for the damage but that it hasn't been discussed yet.
Alex J. Ratka. director of Risk Managment and Insurance here, said there is no absolute proof the damage was done by USC students.
He also said USC could not be held liable for the damage even if students here were responsible.
“We are not legally responsible for acts like that." he said. “A student is responsible for his own acts unless he is an agent of the u niversity."
He said that ifthe damage had been done by fraternity members, the fraternity or individuals would be held accountable.
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