Daily C© Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXX, Number 25
Los Angeles, California
Monday, October 25, 1976
Night programming trouble blamed on lack of support
BY PETER FLETCHER
Assistant C'itv Kditor
Because of a lack of student support, most of the university's evening programming is in trouble and some programs may be terminated, said Hunt Braly, chairman of the Campus Allocation Activities Board.
Coffeehouse, the Tuesday and Thursday night film series. Disco Night and Friday’s cancelled Kenny Rankin concert are good examples of programming in trouble. Braly said.
“There is an obvious problem in programming on this campus. Daily Trojan ads and posters aren’t doing a good job of promoting,” he said.
In response to the problem, a planning board is being set up to overview programming. It will also deal with questions of whether to raise the $4.50 programming fee and whether programming is being properly promoted.
Braly said one of the biggest problems is student apathy, but he said it should not be accepted as an absolute that can't be conquered.
“I'm of the opinion that when you start a new program you have to do a personal selling job, by going door-to-door and to floor meetings and organizations," he said.
“Until we do this we shouldn't let the programs that are suffering die. We are missing out on the major promotional things we need. If we see that the programs aren't wanted by students then we will drop them."
He added that part ofthe problem might come from overprogramming.
Some of the programs that are in trouble are funded by the allocation board and some are funded by the
New Activities and Services Agency. For this reason the program planning board is made up of the chariman ofthe allocation board, the services agency, the Campus Speakers Committee and the Student Committee on Popular Entertainment. A representative of the Office of Campus Life and Recreation and a Student Senate representative will complete the board.
In its most recent efforts to provide programming, the board allocated the Campus Speakers Committee $9,843 for the remainder of the year. The committee has received $21,225 this year.
Braly said the committee receives almost one-fifth of the board's money and deserves to because “throughout the year it affects more people than any other type of programming."
The entertainment committee received $13,120 to provide programming for the rest of the year.
The YWCA received $2,030 for a newsletter and its Project Partner program.
In the board’s meeting Friday, $1,591 was allocated to Minorities for Action Now in Medicine for a newsletter and office supplies. The Black Women's Caucus received $106 of the $3,831 it had requested. This was because many of its programs duplicated those of the Associated Black Students of Southern California, Braly said.
The International Students Assn. received $8,895, the majority of which is for International Week. The recreation club coalition recieved $3,029 for newsletters and equipment.
The board has already received requests for $189,-274 in the first of four allocation cycles. The board has approximately $107,000 to distribute.
State scholarship deadline nears
Nett applicants for California State Scholarships have until Dec. 4 to file their papers. It is also the last date to take the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Students have until Friday to register for the SAT without a late penalty.
State scholarship applications and financial aid forms may be obtained at the main counter in the lobby of Student Administrative Services. Registration materials for the SAT are available from the Testing Bureau in the Letters, Arts
and Sciences Advisement Building.
To apply for a state scholarship, it is first necessary to complete and mail the scholarship application to the California Student Aid Commission.
Secondly, a Financial Aid Form must be completed and sent to the College Scholarship Service. Both the application and form must be postmarked no later than Dec. 4. Finally. SAT results must be submitted to the California Student
Aid Commission.
Students who took the SAT prior to June and do not currently have a scholarship must also complete an SAT Additional Report Request Form. SAT results for students who took the test in June, October or November or will take it in December will automatically be sent to the commission.
All students who are currently receiving a scholarship will automatically be sent renewal applications by the commission.
I CAN FLY—Feathered creatures may not approve of his form but ski enthusiasts certainly would. This performance was one of the many ski acrobatics presented at the exhibition on University Avenue last Thursday. DT photo by Mike Ito.
Hubbard to issue report allocating extra income
A detailed report to show how the university will distribute approximately $3.2 to $5.4 million in excess income generated by increased enrollment this year will be issued by President John R. Hubbard this
week.
At a meeting of the Budget Commission of the President’s Advisory Council Friday, James L. Jones, acting director of Student Administrative Services, reported that enrollment probably rose by 3%.
This, coupled with the fact that the 1976-77 budget was based on a 2% decline in enrollment, prompted the commission to ask Hubbard for the detailed report concerning the spending of the surplus.
J. Jerry Wiley, chairman of the commission, said the conservative estimates concerning income received by the university (including tuition, endowment and investment monies) led to his infering that “the central administration has a rather large pool of dollars which it may use for unbudgeted, discretionary purposes."
He said the exact amount of excess income is not known because precise enrollment figures are uncertain.
Jones said he estimates the final number of fee bills paid to be from 24,000 to 25,000. However, he did not know the number of full-time students as opposed to part-time students enrolled. The total amount of surplus monies will not be known until these figures are finalized.
Wiley said the extra income will probably be used to cover additional costs, such as teaching assistant salaries incurred by the increase in the number of students.
He said that part of the revenue may also be placed in a contingency fund to be used by the university to cover any other unexpected expenses.
In the last nine out of 10 years, Wiley said the university has underestimated enrollment figures and that consequently, final budgets have allocated less money to such items as programs, departments and salaries than was possible. *
500 HEAR CESAR CHAVEZ
Deceit by farm owners charged
Cesar Chavez, president of the United Farm Worker’s Union, said Friday that farm owners are deliberately deceiving voters by claiming passage of Proposition 14 will destroy the small farmer and violate the rights of property owners.
Chavez, speaking before a crowd of about 500 students on the patio of the Student Activities Center, called upon growers to “stop hiding behind the big lie of false advertising.”
The issue stems from the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board’s adoption last year of a rule allowing union representatives to talk with workers on the growers’ property one hour before and after work and during the lunch break.
Proposition 14 would ensure the enforcement of that decision by providing funds to keep the board, which ran out of money last February, operating in the future.
The labor board also last year guaranteed the right of secret ballot to workers on the choice of unionization.
Chavez cited a recent State Supreme Court ruling upholding the so-called Access Rule as proof that the growers have no legitimate issues.
“In order for a worker to cast an intelligent ballot, he must have the opportunity to hear both sides," Chavez said, adding the rule was often the
only way for allowing equal representation of the issues.
He called the “No on 14” commericials a fraudulent argument and said the proposition has little or nothing to do with small or family-operated farms, claiming the source of his opponents’ money was big growers and large corporations such as Southern Pacific Railroad.
Chavez produced figures indicating 7% of the growers in California own over 80% of the land and hire 70% of all the workers.
Peter Yaro, formerly of the musical group Peter, Paul and Mary, entertained the crowd before introducing the union founder.
Chavez has been touring California colleges and universities in an effort to gain support for the campaign. He said his opponents had raised over $984,000 in contributions from large corporations, compared to only $120,000 raised by the “Yes on 14” group.
A request for donations was made by a member of the union before the union leader spoke. He added that the most important contribution a student can make is a few hours of spare time.
The speech was sponsored by MECHA, the Associated Black Students, and other campus organizations.
CESAR CHAVEZ