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

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Highlight Week Of Tradition were completed after weeks of planning. Soror- ity and fraternity members worked many all- nighters to finish their house decorations in time for the Friday afternoon judging. As usual, the week was filled with numerous pranks, as each school tried to out smart one another. Tommy Trojan was under wraps over a month before the game, discouraging Bruin at- tempts to cover him with blue and gold paint. Five use students scored probably the biggest prank, re-routing UCLA pep squads to a fake Rose Bowl filming the morning of the game. The Bruin squad performed egotistically for the pseu- do film crew, believing that they would be fea- tured in a Rose Bowl special. The exhausted squad barely made it back to the Coliseum for the kick-off. Troy Week, steeped in tradition, once again brought color to campus for the intra-city rival- ry. On Saturday of the week, USC claimed the city championship with a 17-10 victory. fCENTURy ONE WITH THE BRI fflORE FUN 7HHN R B| 27

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Troy Week Rally, House Decs And Football Highlighted by a parade, rally and bonfire, Troy Week festivities preceeded the annual UCLA football game and continued the intense rivalry between the two Los Angeles schools. The theme for the week, We ' re Still Having Fun In Century I , focused on the highlights of Trojan spirit from past years. The big events of the week included Guest Speaker George Fischbeck, football film clips from the past, and the annual parade from the Row to the rally at Tommy Trojan. The rally, which honored the senior football players, was led by the pep squads and band, while even line- man Otis Page got into the act with his own cheer. The rally concluded with a massive bon- fire at the corner of Childs Way and University Avenue, highlighted by the burning of a bruin in effigy. One of the last activities before the big game was the traditional judging of the house decs along the Row. The paper and wire structures H mi

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Grievance Hearings Students Voice Displeasure In Administrative Services Each semester students find themselves standing in endless registration lines, fighting for limited parking spaces, wondering if their financial aid letter will come through, and homeless because they are number 1,097 on the waiting list for housing. And each semester the prob- lems are just passed off as part of the university tradition. But no longer. The Student Senate held grievance hearings in early October to record specific student complaints. The goal of the project was to hear student grievances, determine what the related problems were, and to work with admin- istrators to help develop student recommendations. The main complaint behind the parking situation was not that the price of the permit was too high, but rather that the services did not justify the amount. Lack of available spaces, location, insufficient lighting, security patrols, and tram service headed the list of grievances. In an effort to alleviate the problem, three stories were ad- ded to one of the parking structures during the fall se- mester. The majority of the student grievances concerned housing. Availability, cost, and the priority system wait- ing-list procedures headed the list. Auxiliary Services estimates that next year over 8,000 students will apply for housing, but only 5,000 beds will be available. On October 8, another controversy was born. The Board of Trustees, acting on the recommendation of President John Hubbard, approved the concept of estab- lishinjg a Middle East Center for academic research on the Middle East. A legal document specifying the relation- ship between the university and the proposed Center was drafted. During the same time, a series of articles ap- peared in the Los Angeles Times which emphasized un- usual connections involved in planning the Center. The Center was to be funded by multi-national corporations, but a majority of the corporations called upon to contri- bute had business connections in the Middle East. The fact that Willard Beling, proposed chairman of the Cen- ter, had been appointecTto the King Faisal Chair made the appointment seem like a political move, said the Times. The public responded witn letters to the Times showing their disappointment of U.S.C. ' s standards in planning the Center. Due to unclear language in the original legal docu- ment, a clarification of tne agreement was signed on October 26 stating that the university would have full control of the academic programs and policies of the proposed Center. A letter was also sent to the Board of Trustees from the Faculty Senate stating, The credibility of U.S.C. as an academic institution is now in jeopardy before the world. To restore our academic integrity, we believe that measures far more sweeping and far-reaching than merely endorsing a memorandum of understanding are now imperative. On November 8, the Board of Trustees adopted an- other resolution to the memorandum of October 26 stat- ing that a special committee would be appointed to assist in planning the Center. It would be instructed to insure the political neutrality and academic integrity of the Cen- ter. On November 15, the Faculty Senate and Council of Deans endorsed the concept of the Middle East Center after the resolution met their approval. It ' s been a year of crisis for the university. One of conflicts not only within the university, but from outside opinion also. In retrospect, perhaps this year will have proven beneficial. After all, academics alone do not pre- pare students for life in the real world. Learning to solve problems on the university level is only the beginning. 28