University of Southern California - El Rodeo Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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, , (iu J ■ ii LiJ 1 1111 Handling the organization of the ISH were Row 1: Aanant Sheth, Hector Orci, Russ Decker, Supatra Prakalphakul, Noriko Yamamoto, Amu Sarkar, Ricardo Gonzalez. Row 2: Ahmed Zine, Warren Cross, Jim Walsh, Jack Alavi, Sue Gross, Ken Katz, Rifaat Sheikh-El-Ard. Row 3: Solveig Mydske, Ruben Marco, Rich Moore, Marc Aertssen. A young Thailand dancer entertains at ISH cultural event. Students organizations and philanthropic individuals contributed paint, furniture and time to the interior decoration of the ISH.

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS HOUSE OPENS DOORS Kappa Kappa Gamma pledges help decorate the interior of the International Students House. Belgium student Marc Aertssen paints world mural for the entrance of the ISH, Aert- ssen did three other large murals for the house and 25 of his water colors were featured at an exhibition during the house opening. Foreign and Anient an students spoke at the official opening of the new center. The idea of having an International Students House at the University of Southern California finally became a reality last fall through the joint efforts of foreign and American students. Un- der the co-chairmanship of Amu Sarkar and Russ Decker, the ISH was founded on the principles of introducing foreign students to the ways of Americans and acquainting American students with in- teresting customs of visitors from other countries. To achieve these goals, the ISH sponsored committees: a re- ception committee, which had charge of serving visitors dinners from around the world; a publicity committee; the culture committee, which sponsored visiting lecturers; a social and a sports committee, which regulated other as- pects of the international organization. The house is open to all students — there is no membership involved. Stu- dents wishing to help sponsor the ISH may subscribe to its weekly newsletter, which heralds forthcoming activities of the group. By so doing, they -help to finance the house and its goals. Monthly donations are given to the or- ganization by campus fraternities and sororities also. Ofl ' icers of the house were appreci- ative of efforts by the Greek houses to decorate the house, which now has rooms decorated to correspond with the major cultures represented at USC — Oriental, Latin American, Mid-Eastern European and African. The organization got off to a bril- liant start and has piled triumph upon triumph since its informal September 28 opening, which 1,000 foreign and American students attended. Weekly highlights included the Caffeine Clutch, a coffee hour presenting the best aspects of a partiailar culture to foreign and American students. 16

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ATTRACTS Unlike many speakers, Governor Pat Brown mingled freely with USC students both before and after giving his campaign speech for re-electio ' n. Approximately 400 Trojans turned out to hear him speak dur- ing his short stay on campus (above left). The incumbent ' s opponent, former Vice- President and veteran politician Richard Nixon, met with the executive board of the Trojan Young Republican Club in his private offices to discuss GOP gubernatorial plans for the University of Southern Cali- fornia. TYR President Harvey Harris in- formed the Republican leader of the party situation at Troy (above right). Visiting the University in place of her husband, Mrs. Richard Nixon, an alumna of USC and a veteran campaigner in her own right, at- tended a reception given in her honor at Town and Gown Foyer. She was greeted by more than 600 enthusiastic Trojans during her visit, which was sponsored by the Tro- jan Young Republicans (right). II