Daily «© Trojan
Volume LXX, Number 38
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Tuesday, November 16, 1976
Two housing officials resign
Two university housing officials Vh years. He said he is leaving for per-
have submitted their resignations and will be leaving the university before Dec. 1.
Delmer Weston has served as associate director of residential life for
HERB ELLIS
sonal reasons. His resignation becomes effective Nov. 30.
A nationwide search for Weston’s replacement will take place through advertisements in professional journals and the regular channels of affirmative action, said Hans Reichl director of residential life.
Herb Ellis, manager of residential food services, has accepted a position at the University of San Francisco. Ellis has been here for 20 months. His resignation becomes effective" Nov. 24.
“I’ve enjoyed my stay at USC, but this is a chance for me to get ahead,” Ellis said.
A replacement for Ellis has not yet been found, said Guy Hubbard, director of Auxiliary Services. “The recruiting process is in motion, but it is not likely that the position will be filled by the time he leaves,” Hubbard said.
TA wage boost plan clears first committee
Living expenses higher for commuters, survey indicates
BY STEPHEN SASS
Staff Writer
Students living at home spent more to attend the university in 1975-76 than students living in residence halls or apartments, according to a survey conducted last spring of 802 full-time undergraduates.
The survey also shows that all student cost projections were lower than those estimated by the university.
Administered by the Office of Institutional Studies as part of a national survey on student expenses, the questionnaire was provided by the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB).
The California Scholarship and Loan Commission gathered the survey results from California public and independent colleges and universities to help evaluate the needs of California college students.
In the group surveyed, USC commuters said they spent a median of $6,060, including tuition and fees, books and supplies, room and board, transportation, household supplies, entertainment and clothing. On-campus residents reported spending a median of $6,040, and independents (those living in private apartments) said it cost them an average of $5,935 to attend the university.
Veronica Tincher, a research associate in the Office oflnstitutional Studies, said the accuracy of the data depends on the students’ reports, adding it is likely some cost categories may have been over or
under-estimated.
Tincher said the university, in compiling its own estimate of student expenses guessed costs at approximately $500 higher then student projections.
The university’s figures, prepared by the Commission on Student Administrative Services, composed of students, faculty and administrators, are submitted each fall to the College Scholarship Service, a division ofthe CEEB. The Scholarship Service requests an estimate of the educational and living costs for an average student at the university.
The group makes its recommendations based on information received from personnel in the Office of Financial Aid, the Scholarship Service and other research services, said Franklin Mitchell, associate professor of history and chairman of the commission that prepare’s the university’s report.
In an article on student expenses (Daily Trojan, April 26), Tincher raised a question about the accuracy ofthe university’s tuition figures. She said then that research she conducted last year indicated the university’s figure for room, board and other expenses was inaccurate when the College Scholarship Service received it in 1975. She said reason remains to believe the figure is still incorrect. “The figure may be making the university look more expensive than it actually is,” she said then.
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BY MARC GROSSMAN
Staff Writer
Wage and stipend increases for teaching assistants (TAs) here have been unanimously approved by the Graduate and Professional Schools Committee (GPSC).
Some TAs had said their salaries were lower than those of comparable positions at other major universities in the state.
The Council of Teaching Assistant Representatives had offered their proposals to the Standing Commission on Graduate Student (TA) Compensation.
On Nov. 5, the commission gave its recommendations to the entire committee, which approved them in a meeting Monday.
The recommendations were given to the Budget Commission of the President’s Advisory Council (PAC) for further action. That commission also met Monday.
The proposals would then go to PAC and, finally, to President John R. Hubbard.
The TA representatives’ proposals included “that the TA stipends be incresed at least 9% by the start of the spring semester, 1977, and by an additional 9% by the fall semester,1977-78; and that the stipends for 1977-78 and following years be included in any across-the-board faculty-staff wage increases.”
The total 18% raise would increase a Level I TA’s salary to $446 per month from the current $375. A Level II TA would go from $395 to $469 and Level III would move from $415 to $493.
This would bring USC’s figures closer to those at UCLA, where Levels I, II and III
TAs currently earn $494, $553, $591 respectively, according to the University of California Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid Circular.
The TA compensation commission’s recommendations to the Graduate and Professional schools Committee were:
1.	That the commission’s recommendation of two years ago concerning the regular consideration of TA compensation be incorporated immediately into the budgeting process on a regular basis. TA compensation should be reviewed annually in the same manner as the compensation for other staff and faculty is considered.
2.	That the GPSC annually offer concrete recommendations concerning levels of compensation for TAs to the Resource Management Committee of the PAC during the period when budgets are being considered for the subsequent academic year.
TAs believe one of their strongest arguments is that inflation was 40% to 45% during the 1971-76 period while they received only a 10% wage increase.
“There was no disagreement on the committee regarding the increases,” said Harold von Hofe, dean of the Graduate School and chairman of GPSC. “As expected, the TAs were very pleased.”
“This is only the first round,” reminded Rick Blevins, a TA in German. “The real battle will be the next step when the proposals go to the Budget Commission. The people on that commission are more wage-minded than academic-minded. That doesn’t mean that they don’t care about the university but their main concern is the budget.”
More maintainance funds urged
The university needs to put aside more funds for long-term maintenance programs. Anthony Lazzaro, vice-president for business affairs, suggested to a meeting of the Budget Commission.
Lazzaro said the university’s deferred maintenance program, which requires money be set aside annually for the continued upkeep of buildings, must be attended to soon. He said expenses could otherwise require separate funding from outside sources.
None of the funds from Towards Century II, the university’s $265-million fund-raising program, will be applied to maintenance, he said.
Lazzaro told the commission assigning a lower priority to the deferred maintenance program is occasionally acceptable, but if it is done repeatedly, as it has been for the last several years, it will hurt
severely the maintenance plan of the university.
Deferred maintenance includes expenses to the Physical Plant for projects not usually seen by the members fo the university community. This includes such items as roof repair, boiler replacement and air conditioning installation. Deferred maintenance differs from straight maintenance in that the latter includes painting and janitorial services.
Arnold F. Shafer, executive director of university facilities, gave examples of the condition of many ofthe buildings in need of deferred repair. He pointed out that even some of the newer buildings on campus are already 9 or 10years old; he called Founders Hall a disaster area.
Some of the older buildings, such as Mudd Hall of Philosophy, are also in need of major repairs.
Reassignment forms for spring housing available
Applications for residential reassignment for the spring semester are being accepted in Student Union 202. Reassignment will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis. The deadline for filing is Dec. 10.
Students who request a change and later decide to remain in their original rooms must notify the Office of Residential Life immediately, or else a reassignment must be accepted.
There is no charge for the first reassignment, but there will be a $10 fee for any subsequent move.
Notification of changes will begin about Dec. 17.
Students desiring a release from their residential contracts for the full spring semester must file a petition by Dec. 10. If the petition is approved, the $75 deposit will be refunded. Petitions submitted after Dec. 10, if approved, will forfeit the deposit.
A release from the academic-year contract ean be approved only if all comparable space is filled and only if the Residential Assignment Office is able to fill the newly vacated space from the waiting list.
A two-week notice of intention to vacate is required. Students who move out prior to the end of the two weeks will be charged for the remaining days.
Students with approved petitions who do not vacate on the agreed date will be charged $10 per day until the check-out is completed, unless the office grants a release extension.
ALCOHOL TENT—It will be in Founders Park all week as part of an alcoholic awareness program being sponsored by both the Pasadena Council on Alcoholism and the Student Health Center. The sponsors aren't out to
stop people from drinking but instead hope to warn students of the dangers involved in the abuse of alcohol. DT photo by Patty Cox.