It seems everyone wants money, but the university doesn’t have enough to go around.
That was the prevailing theme fairing a meeting Monday of the hcsource Management and
New drama chairman
sought by committee
A search committee has been appointed by the dean of the School of Performing Arts and instructed to find a new permanent chairman of the Division of Drama.
Alex Segal, former chairman of the division, will be on sabbatical leave in the spring semester but will return in the fall to teach courses in directing, as well as work with the graduate production company, said Grant Beglarian, dean of the school.
Richard Toscan, former assistant chairman, will assume Segal’s duties for the spring semester, during which a successor will be determined, he said.
Segal was an award-winning stage and screen director before coming to the university.
Beglarian said recent media criticisms of Segal’s work did not influence Segal’s action. “His primary contributions have been in the teaching area,” Beglarian said. “In that respect, there is no one at the university who can have anything but the highest praise for him.
“As for criticism of productions and repertoire, we should not be distressed at getting less than universal acclaim. The comments received, particularly those in the Los Angeles Times, should be taken as matters of opinion and not much more.”
The dean attributed an enormous increase in drama enrollment to Segal’s tenure, as well as the addition of fresh blood into the faculty.
“We have grown a great deal under Segal’s direction,” Beglarian said.
The search committee is conducting a nationwide search for the new drama chairman and will meet Jan. 18 to begin the selection process.
Gilbert Blount, associate professor of music, will chair the committee. It will include: Beglarian; Toscan; John Blankenship, professor of drama; William White, associate professor of drama; Herbert Stahl, professor of drama; James Durbin, associate professor of English; Ed Kaufman, associate professor of cinema; Frank Ford, graduate student in drama; and Kathy Kellogg, drama alumnus.
More funds available for students with financial aid
BY MARC CORMAN
Additional funds are available in two programs for students who already have financial aid packages.
Funds in the National Direct Student Loan Program (NDSL) and the College Work Study Program became available because some students didn’t claim their awards, said Linda Berkshire, director of resource development in Student Administrative Services.
The additional funds are to be used over the remainder of this academic year.
Students can determine whether they are eligible based on the following conditions.
First, if a student was awarded a Federally Insured Student Loan as part of his award package, but the bank to which the student applied refused to grant the loan, then that student may be eligible for additional funds.
Similarly, if a student failed to save the predicted amount of money from last summer’s earnings, he may also be eligible for those funds.
For example, if a student was expected to save $700 from last summer’s earnings but only saved $200, he is eligible for an additional $500 in aid, Berkshire said.
If there are still funds available after students in the above two categories have been assisted, any remaining funds will be used for those who didn’t apply for a Federally Insured Student Loan but were awarded one in their aid package.
The availability of these funds was determined after the 12th week of the fall semester, she said.
“It’s important that we spend all the money before the end ofthe year. The funds that we don’t allocate must be returned to the government,” she said.
National Direct Student Loans are awarded by the university. The funds are part of a federal program.
To receive supplemental NDSL funds, an undergraduate student cannot have already received a maximum NDSL award (equivalent to
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Public interviews scheduled for administrative services candidates
Budget requests for ’77-’78 to receive additional consideration
Planning Committee, when a number of university con-stitutencies made presentations for salary increases, lower tuition and additional library funding.
The proposals will be considered in a marathon meeting Thursday and a final recommendation will be made to the President's Advisory Council Jan. 14, said Glenn Sonnenberg, a student committee member.
Representatives of university librarians, teaching assistants^ the staff caucus and the faculty made presentations favoring larger salaries for next year. Also, student representatives explained a proposal for university budget reforms that would require an increase in tuition, but not as much as is presently proposed.
The library system requested increased funding. The university libraries have slipped far below desired standards, said Henry Antosiewicz, chairman of mathematics, who made the presentation. The number of volumes held and volumes added both have decreased.
The committee had recommended that the increase in the library budget be split across two years with $400,000 designated each year. A compromise proposal was presented by
Linda Crismond. assistant librarian in technical services and a member of the committee.
It calls for $672,719 to be allocated next school year, $563,602 for the minimum book budget needed to stop the decline ofthe library and $109,117 for existing obligations in this year’s budget plus inflation. An additional $331,446 is proposed for the following year. which will cover inflation for 1978-79 on the entire library base.
Antosiewicz also made a proposal to increase the capacity of the university’s computer system. In response to a question made by William Dauster. a student committee member, Antosiewicz said any allocation must be complete, since it was impossible to increase the computer system's capability only partially.
Faculty, teaching assistants, staff and librarian representatives also made pleas for increased salaries for next year.
Each group emphasized the same major point: if the university hopes to obtain top-quality people for these positions, it must pay them salaries comparable to those at other universities.
J. Jerry Wiley, committee chairman, was unavailable for comment Tuesday.
OMEN FOR MICHIGAN—Ricky Bell accepts statue of King Kong from David Picker, Paramount Pictures president, at a special screening. The football team saw the movie during the practice before the Rose Bowl and at the
screening it was suggested the Trojans make monkeys out of the Michigan Wolverines in the game. USC succeeded, sending Michigan home with a 14-6 loss. Photo courtesy UPI.
University of Southern California
Volume LXX, Number 57	Los	Angeles,	California	Wednesday,	January	5,	1977
BY PETER FLETCHER
Assistant City Editor
The first open meeting between candidates for the position of executive director of Student Administrative Services and the university community will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. today in the Executives Programs Room on the eighth floor of Hoffman Hall.
The meetings will give members of the university community an opportunity to question the four candidates selected bya search commission, said John Fleming, committee chairman.
James Jones, acting director of Student Administrative Services, will be interviewed today Fleming said.
The other three candidates will be interviewed in the next two weeks.
The director is responsible for five areas included under Student Administrative Services: admissions, registration, student financial aid, university testing services and veterans affairs.
From 3to4p.m. Friday, Gerald Bowker, dean of academic services of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, since 1972, will host an open meeting.
The third, candidate. Natalie Aharonian, will visit the university and be interviewed from 4to 5 p.m. Jan. 11. Aharonian has been the director of undergraduate admissions at Rutgers University in New Jersey since 1975.
The final candidate, James Rauker, will be interviewed
well qualified. We are looking for an experienced manager, because this is a lai*ge and responsible operation.”
The format of the open interviews will start with a short statement from the candidate. Then the floor will be open to questions.
Fleming said it is important to obtain a strong nominee, because the area of Student Administrative Services is vital to the university.
Student Administrative Services has not had a permanent director since William Him-street resigned during the 1974-75 academic year. Richard Dolen and then James Jones have since served as acting directors.
The search commission, which is a part of the President's Advisory Council, was formed in the summer. The position was advertised nationwide. Fleming said his commission reviewed about 100 resumes. Throughout various narrowing processes, the list has been reduced to the four candidates who face open interviews.
Qualifications for the directorship include an exceptional competence in the recruitment of university students, a demonstrated ability in interpersonal skills, an understanding of student needs and services in private higher education and capability in the administration of computer information systems, according to search committee specifications.
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from 4 to 5 p.m. Jan. 14. Rauker is the director of Student Administrative Services at the University of Minnesota at Duluth.
After the candidates have visited the campus and been interviewed. a final list of candidates will be submitted to President John R. Hubbard, Fleming said.
Students, faculty and staff will be asked to submit written
JOHN FLEMING
evaluations of the candidates to the search committee, which will use the forms in evaluating the candidates. Fleming said.
"The purpose of the process is to present the president with a list of acceptable candidates. We will make a final list after we have seen the feedback from the university community,” he said. “I think they are really very