Computer Science Center finds a polished, spotless new home
Daily ® Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXX, Number 64	Los Angeles, California	Friday, January 14, 1977
A COMPLEX IS BORN — Landscaping is necring completion on the performing arts complex located between Founders Hall and Heritage Hall. The Bing Theater debuted last fall with a production of Sweet
Bird of Youth, starring Dorothy McGuire. Other buildings include the Norris Cinema Theatre and the Music Faculty Memorial Building. DT photo by Mark Kariya.
Hearing on programming fee increase scheduled
BY DAVID ROSENBAUM
A hearing concerning a proposal to increase student programming fees is tentatively scheduled for Feb. 8 and 9, said Hunt Braly, chairman ofthe Campus Activities Allocation Board.
The board is recommending an increase of $5.50, which would raise the fee to $10. Students currently pay $4.50 per semester in activities fees.
The fee increase would provide the board with an additional estimated $158,000 above the $109,000 it currently allocates. Braly said the fee increase, if approved by students, the President’s Advisory Council and the Board of Trustees, will take effect next fall.
“I expect opposition to the amount of the fee increase at the hearing, but not to the idea of a fee increase itself,” Braly said.
Nonetheless, there is evidence Braly and the board will encounter such opposition.
Cathy Cargill, cochairperson of Commuter Students, said she personally will oppose the fee increase unless the board promises to support more commuter programs.
“There are about 15,000 commuter students on campus. We re a major portion of the campus. Before I personally give more money to the board, it will have to be more responsive to me as a commuter,” she said.
Some students however, welcome the possibility of an increased availability of board funds.
Fay Van Blake, a junior in sociology and member of Associated Black Students of Southern California, said the proposed $10 programming fee would give organizations such as hers a better chance to sponsor more programs.
“Our programs weren’t funded by the board this year,” she said. “We received money to administer our office and some money for our newsletter.
“If a fee increase goes through, then maybe we won’t be referred by the board to the Univarsity Speakers Committee when we want to sponsor a speaker.
“With more board money available, student organizations besides the Student Committee on Popular Entertainment and the Speakers Committee may have a better chance to get funded.”
Students other than Van Blake also believe the board plays favorites with certain organizations.
Karen Posnick, a sophomore in sociology and member of the black students group, said. “There can be more money available, but if some of the board’s attitudes don’t change, few students will benefit from the fee increase.”
Cargill emphasized Posnick’s concern. “The board members act like a bunch of gods,” she said.
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Exchange cards may relieve drop-add chaos
Students will use exchange cards during spring registration in a move designed to ease the hectic registration period, said William Hall, registrar.
Hall said the cards are for those students who cannot register for the classes they want because they are closed. The cards permit students to register for another class with the intention of making a change during the drop-and-add period.
Many times classes appear full when in fact they are not, which hinders those students who do want those classes. Hall said.
To prevent this problem. Hall said the exchange cards will be used to show which classes are closed, and to help reduce the traumatic effect of trying to sweat out closed classes.
“The procedure is to allow students to sign up for a maximum of eight exchange units, which must be converted into bona-fide classes during the first week of drop and add,” Hall said.
He emphasized that the cards are good for one week only, because they are designed to allow a student to register, pay his fee bill and cut down on the long lines and extended waiting periods found during drop-and-add week.
Hall also said that if a student who is receiving financial aid drops below 12 undergraduate credits, or eight graduate credits, he could lose his financial aid if he does not drop the exchange class and add a bona-fide class.
“The exchange card does not guarantee a student entry into the class of his choice. It will provide for more speedy registration, fee bill settlement and reduced time waiting in line,” Hall said.
Refund policy for the exchange cards is the same for any other class card — that is, a 100% refund during the first week of drop and add, a 75% refund during week two and a 50% refund during week three, with no refund after that.
Hall said the exchange cards will be identified as USC 100, class number 99000R. Students may enroll for only four or eight exchange units during registration.
BY STEPHEN SASS
Staff Writer
You needn’t be a keypunch card to find a place at the new Salvatori Computer Science Center at 37th and Hoover Streets.
George Vassilakis, a faculty member in the Department of Computer Sciences, was busy ordering carrels for one of the new study rooms when a visitor arived.
“I’d like them to be here for the first week of February. That’s when our semester starts, and it would be nice to set up the place,” Vassilakis said. He hung up the phone, satisfied for the moment, at least.
“There’s so many last minute details to take care of. But it’s exciting to be part of something so new and alive,” he said, looking around the room.
The Salvatori building is the
epitome of newness. Elevators quietly and quickly move people between the three floors. The floor is spotless, the walls unmarred. The windows surrounding the keypunch room are crystal clear, the better to see the students working inside.
As Vassilakis walks by, the students smile or call out greetings. “Hello, my friend,” he answers one, disproving the notion that computer science is only statistics and printouts.
The $2-million building will be formally dedicated Monday, Jan. 24. It contains 40,000 square feet of offices, labs and conference rooms. The building is named for Henry Salvatori, its primary donor and a West Coast industrialist, philanthropist and member of the university’s Board of Trustees.
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COMPUTER AGE — The age of the computer is steadily creeping in on the university community. Effiong J. A. Edemonang, a graduate student, may be boss of one of the new Salvatori Computer Science Center's shiny machines for now, but will the cards be turned in the future? DT photo by Patty Cox.
Confrontation expected on tuition hike proposal
BY GARY LINEHAN
Staff Writer
A major confrontation is expected today when the Resource Management and Planning Committee presents its proposed budget to the President’s Advisory Council for approval.
The committee’s plan calls for an 8.47% tuition increase next year.
Opposition is expected from the Student Senate in the form of a move to introduce the faculty-student budget compromise, which recommends a 6.78% tuition increase.
The compromise measure was previously rejected by the planning committee.
The Student and Faculty Senates voted earlier this week in separate meetings to support the budget compromise. Glenn Sonnenberg, chairman of the Student Senate, said he believes this is the first time such an agreement has been reached by the two senates.
Sonnenberg said the Resource Management and Planning Committee “wouldn’t even vote to talk about the tuition increase in the Jan. 6 meeting. They had no regard for the impact on individual students.
The committee’s tuition increase was based on administration enrollment estimates that Student Senate members had called extremely conservative. A 3.7% increase projection was adopted by the committee. Students and faculty predict a 6% enrollment increase.
Each 1% increase in enrollment is roughly equivalent to $650,000 in tuition, Sonnenberg said.
“This is the most conservative enrollment figure ever and it is the only one with no data to support it,” he said.
In addition to difference in tuition and enrollment figures, there were disputes over faculty and staff salary increases, teaching assistants’ salary increases, funds for program development and library and computer resources. In each of these fields, the planning committee would allocate less funds than the student-faculty compromise.
Concerning the compromise, Sonnenberg said, “This is not the best budget ever created. But it is more thought out and a better reflection ofthe needs ofthe university. If tuition continues to rise at this rate, many students will be priced out of the market.”
The budget approved by the President’s Advisory Council will be forwarded to President John R. Hubbard and then to the Board of Trustees for final adoption. The President’s Advisory Council meeting will be held at 2:30 p.m. today in the Town and Gown foyer and is open to the public.