City may force Touton closure
BY MIKE MEYER
Senior Staff Writer
The Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety may demand the evacuation of Touton Hall this morning because city files show that the university has not complied with a notice to meet fire ordinance regulations.
However. Arnold F. Shafer, executive director of university facilities, said the building has already been brought up to standards, and the notice, dated Jan 29. was sent only because of an interdepartmental mix-up at City Hall
The file, which is kept in the Conservation Bureau of the department. shows that the university was given one year from Jan. 25.1974. to meet certain fire safety standards of the city’s Municipal Code.
The standards included an order to install enclosed stairwells. Shafer said the work has not only been completed, but also inspected and approved.
He said the approval was made by Al L. Putnam, an inspector for the department, but he has not received any written notice of approval. The inspection was made in mid-January, and it usually takes between 30 and 60 days for the notice to arrive. he said.
He said the university has even complied with some recommendations that were not required by the notice, specifically the installation of fire retardant plates under the doors and smoke-detection devices.
The department notice stated that by March 3 the university would have to evacuate all persons living in Touton Hall and maintain it vacant until the required corrective work had been completed.
At present, the residence hall houses more than 120 male students.
The notice said the building would be secured against entry
while the repairs were being made and “Vacated Building" signs would be placed on it.
If the corrective work was not completed within a 90-day period, the building would be demolished by the city and the demolition costs would be placed on the university.
The residents of the hall were supposed to have been notified approximately one week after the Jan. 29 notice that they were going to be forced to leave.
Several students living in the hall said they had received no such notice, and none of them was aware that the Department of Building and Safety had declared the building unsafe
The notice also stated that the university would have the opportunity to appeal the evacuation demand, but as of Monday afternoon, no appeal had been filed.
Shafer said the reason for this is because Putnam had approved the repairs. He said he just ignored the notice because the corrective work had already been done.
Shafer said the problem with Touton Hall began in the spring of 1973. when the department notified him that the dormitory and five other buildings were not in compliance with the current safety codes, particularly fire ordinances.
Shafer said most of the work on the buildings was done during the summer of last year and nearly all of the work was approved during the fall semester.
However, the inspection of Touton Hall was not made until January and, according to Shafer, the Department of Building and Safety mistakenly sent the evacuation notice before the documents of approval could be placed in the building’s file.
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University of Southern California
Volume LXVII, No. 84	Los Angeles, California	Tuesday, March 4, 1975
Single coeds won't be assigned to married students' apartments
BY STEVEN HAWKINS
Staff Writer
The decision to assign 100 single undergraduate women to the Married Student Housing Complex next year has been revoked by President John R Hubbard.
Instead, the university will decrease the number of men to be assigned to Birnkrant when it becomes a coed dormitory in the fall and seek additional off-campus housing.
In addition, Harris Plaza Apartments will revert to its original purpose of housing both men and women of majority age. said James R. Appleton, vice-president for student affairs. Due to the housing demand, the apartments have been restricted to male students for the past year.
Appleton was one of several university officials who met with representatives of the married students who were protesting the plan to move single students into their complex.
The decision to house the women in the married student housing complex was made almost two weeks ago by an ad-hoc committee chaired by Zohrab A. Kaprielian, vice-president for academic administration and research
The Married Student Housing Committee reacted to the decision w ith a petition asking Hubbard to intervene and review the decision
After two meetings between married student representatives and administrators, the university reversed its decision to assign the women to the complex.
Hubbard’s official reply is expected today. Appleton informed the married students of the decision last Friday during their final meeting.
During the meeting, it was agreed that as the single students who presently reside in the complex leave, their apartments would be assigned to married students only.
Appleton also suggested that the married students form a committee to deal with issues and concerns on a more permanent basis.
The committee was formed Sunday and is com-
posed of eight representatives, each chosen on a roughly geographic basis.
Arnold McMahon, a doctoral candidate in philosophy, was elected chairperson. He authored the petition sent to Hubbard.
Appleton said the decision to revoke the move was reached after considering additional information provided by the married student representatives.
He also mentioned that off-campus housing would be just as appropriate for single undergraduate students as for married students.
Anthony D. Lazzaro, vice-president for business affairs, who also met with married student representatives. said they presented "a very fine, objective case.
“They presented a very convincing case that revolved about the fact that this university has a very ideal married student community."
The students claimed that the advantages gained by an immediate solution to the housing problem would not outweigh the obvious disadvantages and hardships which would result from earn ing out the proposed plan
The move was necessary because of the lack of on-campus housing for single undergraduate students. Lazzaro cited a tremendous increase in the popularity of campus housing and the university’s enrollment increases as compounding the problem.
He added that it was possible that many students have not attended the university due to a lack of housing.
"We must intensify our efforts to acquire off-campus housing and meet this need by acquisitions of nearby housing, if it’s possible to do so.
“By September, or a year from now. we expect an increase in the availability of off-campus housing." Lazzaro said, noting the numerous housing projects now underway near the university.
Kaprielian said the Hilton Hotel is one potential source of housing for students next year
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Students
BY SHERIE STARK and TOM ROSA
A group of international relations students are protesting recent tenure decisions concerning two of the department’s assistant professors—John Glaser and Michael Fleet.
Glaser wasdenied tenure in the International Relations Department. Fleet w as accepted by International Relations, but denied tenure by the Political Science Department where heisalso an assistant professor.
“Basically, w hat we’re protest-ingisthe factthatstudentsdidn’t have any involvment in the tenure decisions," said Debbie Altman, a graduate in international relations.
“Some 250 letters were sent from present and former students supporting Glaser and they were virtually ignored."
The question of tenure generally comes up after a professor has been w ith the university for five years. If a professor is^ granted tenure, he is assured a position w ith the university until retirement, short of gross misconduct
If he is not granted tenure, he is dismissed from the university after a one-year grace period Glaser was not recommended for tenure by the department's tenure committee, consisting of associate and full professors, because his publications were not judged to be sufficient to fill the research requirement Ross N. Berkes. director ofthe School of International Rela
protest decisions on 2 profs ’ tenure
tions, said the denial of tenure was twofold.
“The teacher must show evidence of good teaching qualities and also show good scholarship through research and publication," Berkes said “John’s (Glaser's) problem was he put too much time on being a good teacher.” he said.
“The faculty was very pleased with John's performance.” he said.’Butthelackofpublications made it impossible for them to approve his tenure.”
"The faculty had to put it on the line." Berkes said.
He said he has received a number of letters in support of Glaser.
“I would have been astonished if students had not responded," he said. “John was a fine teacher.”
Berkes said this was the first time he could remember students protesting the denial of tenure to one of the teachers in his department “This is a sad thing for a 11 of us," he said.
Fleet was initially accepted by the International Relations Department. but was rejected for tenure by the Department of Political Science for basically the same reason.
He is currently being reevaluated by the School of International Relations tenure committee.
“It's still unclear what ap proval inonedepartmentandre jection in another means." said Fleet. “They say that the depart-
mental decision is only a recommendation. but I'm not feel ing too optimistic atthispoint. Most professors in my position would be looking for a job elsewhere."
About 40 graduate and undergraduate international relations students met for two hours last Th ursd ay eveningto discuss what a ction they planned totake. Apet-ition was circulated supporting
the professors and tenure reconsideration.
The group decided to discuss the matter with the next two levels of tenure consideration —the Social Sciences committee of the College of Letters. Arts, and Sciences headed by Donald Lewis, dean of the division of Social Sciences and Communication, and the university level.
headed by Paul Hadley, associate vice-president of Academic Administration and Research.
A group of six graduate stu dents and four undergraduate students talked with Lewis. Friday. The group presented the case in support of Glaser to Lewis.
Tom Sheehan, a graduate stu-
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DOUBLE TAKE—Visitors to the Sports Arena may have looked twice if they come across this trio at Friday night's basketball game against Stanford. The imposters, Joe Skelly, Mark Tsuchiyose and Pete Leppo, are
members of the Trojan Band, which came in full costume for zoo night. The attempt was meant to outdo the Stanford band, which did something different they showed up straight. DT photo by Bob Chavez