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entertainment About Campus By Chuck Cromer One of the most difficult of all jobs at a university is to involve students in extra curricular activities. No college is unique in this regard. All schools suffer from student apathy, in one form or another. The apathy problem is more acute at larger universities, (over 8,000), than smaller institutions because larger schools offer a greater number of off-rampus activities to their students. The situation is complicated even further when the university is located in a reasonably large metropolis where the city's amusement businesses, such as, the movies, beer and liquor clubs and concert promoters, are aggressively competing against university organizations for the s,idents' attention. Nith such forceful competition as this, the student organizations must try extra hard to increase membership in their organizations and attendance at their events. SAAC makes attempts Just this past year, the Student Activities Advisory Council (under the guidance of the Division of Student Activities) was formed to combat student apathy. Its main purpnse is to inform students of the more than 180 student-run organizations at USC. Two of the most recent attempts of the SAAC are the placement of several Kiosks, (information centers), around campus and the establishment of a "Student Activities Information Board" on the bulletin board on the second floor of the Russell House. The Kiosks. like the one across from Russell House, were basically established as a center where student organizations could place posters and flyers to promote their events. The Activities Information Board was also set up to allow student organizations to promote their events and to make a pitch for new members. Although the comcept behind these programs was praiseworthy, disinterestedness and failure of both the SAAC and the student organizations to keep the Kiosks and the Information Board updated and neat, made the attempt a failure. It is ironic that both these organizations are prey to the same problem they are trying to eliminate; student apathy. Student organizations should be criticized for not keeping their meeting times and events updated on the Information Board and the SAAC for not putting on some pressure to make them do so. The Information Board provides "5 by 7 notecard slots" for the organizations to post meeting times and events. There is also a special section of four large empty slots where the organizations can promote their "Special Events". Let me point out some interesting facts to the reader. Of the ninety organizations listed on the Board, only thirty of them have their meeting times posted. Of those, only around twenty list some activity or event on their cards. Even the activities calendars of most of these twenty are outdated with no spring semester events listed. What's worse, the notecards are not even kept neat. Most have past events and meeting times crossed out in an ugly fashion and have their new data crudely written on in red pen or crayon. At least, organizations that bother to list their information could take the time to replace the old notecards with something more appealing to the eye. Do more than cards exist? What happened to the other sixty organizations that had nothing written on their cards and to more than one hundred other organizations which weren't even represented on the board? Are they still in existence? Do they care? Are there really such clubs as "Carolina Student Alliance," the "Environmental Law Society," and the "Forever Generation"? The Kiosks are another major waste unless kept up properly. Our campus needs locations where the students can promote their events, we don't need any more eyesores. These little red Kiosks are ugly. Adhesive and masking tape is stuck everywhere. Posters that are outdated andsometimes three months old are still hanging on them. What's worse, most of the events ad vertised on the Kiosks are not even sponsored by USC. This is pathetic and deplorable. With a recession in progress, it becomes even more difficult to involve students in worthwhile ac tivities outside the classroom. The student of the future will care more about working for himself than working for, or with, others. Unless the student organizations get off their tails and initiate a nomumental campaign to recruit and inform students, their is no doubt that par ticipation in extra-curricular, self improving activities will continue to dwindle downward. I suggest the following reforms: 1. SAAC should call each organization and ask them to supply the proper information about their schedule, and if they don't do so within two weeks, remove their notecard from the Activities Board. The Student Allocations Commission should be informed of their non cooperativeness when considering their future funding. 2. The Student Government Association and SAAC bulletin boards should allow all student organizations to promote their programs. 3. The Kiosks should be "cleaned up" and the SAAC should be responsible for keeping them updated and neat. If not, they should be permanently removed. T.V. Highlights MONDAY DETECTIVE--ROOKIES--What policeman would jeopardize his career posing as a drug addict in order to bust a pusher? See it happen. WOLO (25), 8 - 9 p.m. SPECIAL: AFC-NFC BOWL The fifth AFC-NFC Pro Bowl is telecast from the Orange Bowl in Miami. WOLO (25) 9 p.m. Live. DOCUMENTARY: ASCENT OF MAN--See how.man migrated from place to place as he took that "largest single step." Dr. Jacob Bronowski has traced the ascent of man from the beginning of agriculture in Part 2 of the series. ETV (35), 9 - 10 p.m. NEWS: BLACK PER SPECTIVE ON THE NEWS--How the black man is dealing with the problems of today. ETV (35) 11 p.m. TUESDAY MOVIE: DEATH STALK Where are the wives? In this 90 minute drama two men are out to kill the convicts who abducted their wives. This is not a movie for childish minds. WIS (10) 8:30 - 10 p.m. DETECTIVE: HAWAII FIVE 0--Three desperate women-a junkie, a mother with an ailing child, a housewife with a brutal husband-rob busloads of tourists. WNOK (19) 9 - 10 p.m. MEDICAL: MARCUS WELBY A job-seeker does not want to get a physical exam. He has a disease that could cost him his job. WOLO (25) 10 - 11 p.m. WEDNESDAY COMEDY: THAT'S MY MAMA -Clifton is hit by a taxi and is persuaded by two of his so-called friends to sue. WOLO (25), 8 - 8:30 p.m. DETECTIVE: CANNON Cannon is hired to protect a woman who claims that her husband is a psychotic pursuer. She tried to murder him, but Cannon does not know this. WNOK (19), 9 - 10 p.m. SUSPENSE: MOVIE--In RUNAWAY Ben Johnson portrays the conductor of a brakeless ski resort train headed downhill with 200 passengers. WOLO (25) 9:30 - 11 p.m. "Roman Britain" discussed Wed. Professor Herbert W. Bernard of the Department of Classics at Emory University will lecture on "Roman Britain" at 8:00 p.m. this Wednesday in the Campus Room of Capstone. There will be slides accompanying the talk and an opportunity to meet the speaker immediately following the lecture at a small reception in his honor. All members of the USC community and interested people of the general public are cordially invited to attend. Professor Bernard is a prominent scholar in the field of Latin Studies and has published several books and articles on Latin authors, including his latest book on Tacitus. The program is sponsored by the Classical Society of USC, a recently formed campus organization designed to promote interest in the classical world. 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