opinion
Lock unregistered bikes — don’t take them
Bike thieves beware’
Hot orthf «s Campos Security out to capture
you. they are now your biggest corn per tor
Snce the beginning of term Campus Security
has been cfcfcgentty enforcing the University s bike
regulations by impounding any unregistered
bikes The stated purpose of the move is to mane
Qurte certain that ail student s bikes are regis
tered
The method quite confuses us — we can t te
who re the good guys and who re the bad guys
Campus Security s impounding appears to be
a cfever maneuver to have the S2 b*ke registration
fee pad by as many students as poss-be
Let s see — S2 tnes seventeen thousand
students — that s a tidy bundle
Campus Security t was 'eoo^ec - Fnday s
Emeraid w cut he chains of unregistered b*«;es
a~d a«.e them tc the security c^ce To rec a m
b *es stc«e" — rather — confiscated b> Campus
Secunty students w "ave to pa. me previously
mentioned S2 registration fee — o -s — a S2
tipound ~g 4ee
Let s see — the S2 registration *ee t ~es
seventeen thousand students — p us anomer S2
—tes seve^*ee'' thousand students — ■-a's ar
ever td er bundle
Un versify -egu aborts are cu*te c*ear 14 ,x>u
use your picycie around ca’D^s t r'-.uS> be
registered But Campus Securty s methods of
enforcing mese regulations are questionable
Other -r ,er5 t..es * th me sa~e bicyc e
problems nave adobted a p*-og,5r' T~a* s more
'easorabie One j- .ers % security force uses a
se* of «ts ow~ ocks *ock mg unregistered b *es
iwhere toey stand n oroer for tne bcvcie owner to
ra.e the^r bike -nfocked *^ey must pay me
'egstrator 4ee
Then. there is the cit ng o4 ^■“,eg;stered b-»es
Campus Secunty continues to cue u~eg'S4e*-ed
p ves wn.cn mey complain of as fir e
But this impounding wrinkle s rather drastic
The impounding of a t*cyde presents the
posssbMty of a student walking out of class to
discover h« lock cut and b*ke gone The recovery
rate for stolen b*kes is notoriously low That
student may iust throw up their hands and wrrte off
their $300 b»ke having no idea t was mpounded
by Campus Securrty
Students need to be assert.e a member of
Campus Secunty sad and ask people what they
are do*ng ft it appears suspicious
This s a definite contradiction ft s easy to
envision an assertive person asking someone
cutting a b**e lock what they re doing
The response might pe something ike ft s
okay. I'm with Campus Secunty "
Campus Security was quoted as saying they
see many bikes with good cha*ns and a lock that
they "could pick in two minutes
This statement doesn t make us all that
secure Who are the bad guys and who are the
good guys7
The program of impounding unregistered
bicycles should be halted and used onty when a
bike is parked illegally We recognize the good
intentions of Campus Security's impounding
bikes but deplore the methods
The more reasonable approach is to continue
the citing procedure and lock unregistered bikes
*nere they stand
e^ers
Interference
The dec -sor as tc whether d? not *o
s*3'* o' term n ate a~. academe prog'5"
3—e Uc'rersTy -s no* me p'ope' do" a n
of me on yersrty presoem or the ac~>m
•st^aaior ThfS «s a c_">c u a' matter me
dor-am of *he schoc or Ceoa'*"er'
concerned or * =* 'a ses a • ers'ty
* de p'ob e" of 'he Ur «e's *.
Assemo*y "’'he ad" nistration s^wes to
s-soo" arc fao fate me proQ'ams of
*ne various schools and deoa—erm
and tc protect me" To** undue outside
T*erference
~o oe mean ngfy aoace~c freedom
-eans *'eedo" *,,o" ytoward ''e^er
e'-oe by one s ow»- ad-s*'2'ors as *e
as 4re>m outside sources a scmoo or
cepa'—rter• sho- 0 oe free to '-r a
pr>gi-a~ A"" *mct" me ad"
:s*'atof st'ong'j d sagrees ~re ad" •-■
istrato' ;<*e ereryo'e e se is o' course
respons<o-e to' mar ng the" news ar-d
the 'tasty s for thee mow*" sc they ca'
enter «ntc the deers*or mat! ng o, me
scnoo or deoar*"-e" a*ong a" other
nput — a"C a of -s sr0j g *orr
together in the sp'- of cooperation and
apprecalicm for eacn om-e
Property understood m -s drns*on of
responsibMy fpr decs*or mar ng shou-d
" are Doth educator a' me scnoo1 and
department ere and administration
heer easier and more effect're
A high eve administrator is o* neces
sity art least one or more steps 'emoted
from most of tne actual programs cf the
University f*o matte' how intelligent and
brcad-m nded they car not poss bfy
hare eoua comprehension of he con
tent and vaiue of a-1 of them Administra
tors a*e subject to very different sets of
problems and pressures To ma»e me"
-espor'S'ce tor c»"Cj a' 3ec sors r
addition -s to muddy and co^'-se bo*1"
education and admin istrat-dr
'rne> tend to eave curr*c^ a' -a**e^s
arge, to me scnoo-s ar.d departments —
by routinely approving ih e * programs —
urn something cof'o^e'ss ar ses —
then to s*ep ' — preosefy a* me • "e t is
mos- " po'ta-* for he* to stay out of the
process
Vita team ng m he soc a areas toda.
cannot be ome*- than cor-o.eis a
Lr> versify departments shou-d *ee *'ee
to operate prog'a~s wnich a'e comptete
anhthes'S o' eacr other to sc^e of
dnctt eie^-e^ts o' me geoera co" " un
> may tare Strong exception
At such a tme "tar ng me decision
one way or the other inevitably puts me
administrator - -rne pos * or o' *ar ng
svdes — eve' <f m e> firm , believe the
dec s*or is ' me interest of ~a '•a ' ng
neut'a ty By f rm1, adher-ng to me pnn
ope m a* m s ?s no* me proper rote and
prope* area ot decision 'or ar ad" n
smaio' — mue neutra 'y o' me <nst tubon
as a wooie s " a ma ned and a' me same
time me pas s ard e.e'age for interfer
ence by outside pressure groups s
large*/ r‘z~\o**iG Administration r$ free'
tc do rs iop *► wmout wasting a ot o'
* me and heartache ore* unpopu ar
dec-sons mey snou<d neve* be "a» ng ,r
the first p ace
Ever,- administrator comes wm me'
oa' particu'ar strengths weaknesses
and pntk>*oph»oa biases To afiow these
to shape the ed ucatiora program of me
University at the curncuiar -eve is to
introduce an eemei' of Song term insta
bility and capaciousness which wou‘d
not be mere if n was mstrtutiona poticy
that these decs*ons are not me proper
area o' administration
ft would a'so do much to eliminate an
mstrtutior.a wearness r the form of a
partcu 3r pressure po^t o’-ic'-’ Ou*s»oe
press.j-e groups car dem.-*, arc e* p*o *
tc ach •eve other rti a- acaoe" *c ends — a
pressure pomt mh cr rs ne.*ab , most
sens * ve ’o O'ess-^es from po*e'^'
*e -'eeed sources oecause of the
responsib *f o* adm r>stration *r the
areas of finance and pub c re anons
Moments of cr sts and controversy
shoud t>e used to educate the academe
and tne genera community n mese
pr nc p es and to reinforce tnem n
actua practice
Bayard H. McConnaughey
Department of Biology
Clarifications
Por a me students **"0 ‘ee as does
Vagg<e Lear No Comment Oc* t3)
mat an ntemationa Peatons professor
should nare been prepared to comment
on me assassma'on of Anear Sada’ ee
*oud *e to ^a»e some clarifications tt
■s re'> drmc j” ft no* mposs'Oe ’o be
expert r a the mtricaoes of each
spec '.c ‘n’emattona re ationship "he
M dd e-Eas* ~ a, not ha*e been m,s
professor s area of e/pert se
There -s also me ssue of me time of
me c ass The c ass starts at 9 30 a m
However offic a ne*vs of Sada* s death
eas broadcast about 10 45 a before
*na* rt *as only speculation To our
»no*iedge me earliest -e- ab>e mforma
t on on the assass nation *as tele
phoned to a political science professor
(not the one m questionj from the U N at
9am
Professors are on fairly strict time
schedules To spend that time possibly
disseminating misinformation at the ex
pense of planned material mould have
been a disservice to the students
it must also be mentioned here that tn
the next ciass period the professor did
devote considerable time to the subject
The t!^e difference allowed for a more
«no* edgeaoie and thoughtfu pre
sentation using accurate information
The two days between classes allowed
for much more information to be teamed
by the professor and assimilated for the
students We feel the prudence m the
face of confusion was the proper stand
for the instructor to take
Apparently others of us have done a
disservice to the students if Maggie Lear
or anyone else did not know that they
could come to us for information we can
only ciaim some laxity in our duties
To anyone who is concerned about
this or other events of political sig
nificance We are glad you are curious
and we want to help For more informa
tion on politics international or domes
tic contact the Political Science Depart
ment (936 PLC). the Modei United
Nations or the Political Science Student
Union (both in 823 PLC)
Denise L Dirks
Model U N President
Richard Mathisen
PSSU Director
Antonyms
Steve Spatz s Antonyms in Uniform
was very entertaining and brought to
light some of the pitfalls of big-time
college football factories
As a long-time follower of USC foot
ball. I would agree with Michael
Leander s assertion that USC is basically
a farm club for the pros The problem is,
it would have been tough for O J Simp
son to best Leander on the field, or for
Leander to best the Juice in the
classroom when Simpson wasn't there
Simpson came to USC in 1967 and left
in 1969 (while Leander was in high
school)
Bob Wolf
Senior, Political Science