University of Southern California
Volume LXXII, Number 7	ios	Angeles, California	Tuesday,	September	27,	1977
Kissinger accepts consultant post in American Experience center
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GIMME A BREAK — Aaron Pettus, a cashier in the bookstore, stares at the exit of the student center in an effort to avoid looking at one more check during the continuing rush. DT photo by David Newman.
500 activity books made available due to demand
In response to an overwhelming demand for student activity books. 500 more coupons have become available. These books, usually reserved for sale in the spring, will increase the total amount of books issued to 13.400.
Reorganization of the Coliseum caused limits to be placed on the student seating area, thus prohibiting sales to all potentia 1 buyers. The extra sections opened up are not adjacent to the main student section, but rather behind the goalposts in stairways 25 and 26
Edward Partridge, director of the ticket office and game management. stated that four conditions have been instated with the sale of the new books.
Any student purchasing one of the 500 books will not be allow ed to participate in the lottery for Friday night's football game with Washington State. Students will be admitted, but required to sit in the "scramble” area.
Secondly, the sale of the additional coupons will increase the amount of students vying for prime seats in all future games, thereby lessening the overall chances of sitting on the sidelines. All students, then, could be liable to sit in the end zone, regardless of when their tickets were purchased.
Overflowseatingforthe UCLA game, which normally sells out, will be placed in the peristyle area. The bleachers, now located on the grass area, will be removed to allow maximum usage. Approximately 1.000 students will be placed in this section. usually sold to the general public.
The last condition, according to Partridge, concerns the Rose Bowl A limited number of seats is available each year, due to the annual contest’s popularity. While the usual amount of seats will beavailable.the percentage ofstudent ticket book holders in
attendance will decrease. The method of selling Rose Bowl student tickets has not yet been determined.
The additional 500 books, a-vailable in the Ticket Office ofthe Student Union, will be placedon
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Former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger has accepted the position of consultant to the university's Center for the Study of the American Experience, President John R. Hubbard announced Monday.
Kissinger will assist the center’s administrative committee in the selection of a director, the selection of Annenberg Scholars, and the development ofa Board of Advisors headed by Dean Rusk, another former Secretary of State.
Hubbard said at the Annual Faculty Breakfast on Sept. 17 that Kissinger intended to make the university his academic base in one capacity or another.
Kissinger was first offered the
directorship of the Annenberg
Center, Hubbard said, but refused it saying he did not intend to “rush to judgment.” Instead, he chose to join the university as a consultant.
Kissinger spent two years as the chairman of the National Security Council and President Nixon’s foreign affairs adviser before formally becoming Secretary of State.
Another reason Kissinger chose to become a consultant at the present time is that he iscur-rently completing a book about his experiences as Secretary of State.
Hubbard said the center will be devoted to exploring those aspects of life that have made the American experience so important to contemporary history.
“Dr. Kissinger will be particu-
larly valuable to the center because of his rich world perspective. It is apparent that among concerns of the center will be the impact of the American experience on international thought and action,” Hubbard said.
Hubbard stated that Kissinger will assume his duties immediately and will come to cam-
pus from time to time.
Leonard Wines, associate vice-president of university affairs, said it has not yet been determined when Kissinger will make his first visit.
The center is now located in the Annenberg School of Communications. Wines said that a
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Students unable to show need offered loan program
A loan program for those students who would not normally qualify for subsidized federally insured loans has been developed by Security Pacific Bank in conjunction with the university.
Accordingto the terms ofthe new plan, a student can receive a maximum of $16,000 for a four-year period. The minimum amount available is $8,000 for a four-year period.
The bank's program differs from the Federally Insured Student Loan (FISL) and National Direct Student Loan (NDSL) programs in several ways, said Linda Berkshire, director of Resource Development and Student Aid Programs.
The bank’s plan does not require demonstration of financial need, she said. The loan is awarded on the basis of ability to pay and credit history.
The bank loans are also designed for parents rather than students, Berkshire said. Students must qualify for FISLs and NDSLs. Parents are the borrowers under the terms of the bank program.
Parents apply for bank loans forthe duration ofthe student’s stay in school, said Jean Stewart, assistant vice president of marketing for
the bank. New applications for FISLs and NDSLs must be made every
year.
Although the interest rate is higher than it is for FISLs and NDSLs, it is still lower than most bank loans. Berkshire said. The interest rates for FISLs and NDSLs are seven percent and three percent respectively, and the interest rate for the bank's plan is two and one-fourth over the prime rate (seven and a fourth), or nine and a half percent. The interest rate does not go any higher than the average annual interest rate of 12% Stewart said.
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TALKS ENTER THIRD MONTH
Food workers to vote on university proposal
. By Lois Pitter staff W riter Representatives for the university made their final wage proposals to members of the union representing the food service workers Monday evening.
The proposal call* for workers to receive an hourly wage ranging from $2.85 to $4 63 effective July 1. 1978 and an increase to $3
to $4.78 per hour effective July 1, 1979.
Workers currently earn $2.70 to $4.31 per hour.
A redrafted proposal will now be made and presented to the food service workers by the union and the outcome of their vote will determine if they go on strike or not.
Earlier in Monday’s negotia-
tions, the union had requested that the unused sick leave ofthe workers be converted into cash, and that they be given Mexico’s
independence day and Martin Luther King’s birthday as holidays in addition to the scheduled university holidays.
Regarding wages, union representatives argued that the proposed increase would only
NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE—Representatives of the university attempt to settle requests made by the food service workers. The union is asking for an 80
cent-wage increase per year over the next three years. DT photo by Renee Cottrell.
be five cents an hour over the $2.65 federal minimum wage proposal which will take effect January, 1978.
Robert Gieseck, director of negotiations for the Local 11 Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders Union representing the workers, said “The university could come up
with a more substantial increase forthe termsof he contract.They shouldn't be on the bare line of minimum wage.”
Gary Overstreet, an attorney representing the university, said he wasn’t sure that the university could even live with the rates they offered but that they were willing to pay them.
Carlos Vellanoweth, an attorney representing the workers, said, “It looks like the workers w ill reject the final offer of the university.”
Negotiations have been underway for three months since their contract expired last July and the workers' major request is a pay raise. Presently the union is asking for an 80 cent increase per year for the next three years.
Guy Hubbard, executive director of auxiliary services, said the negotiations are now at a point where “we are making the most generous offer we can." Vellanoweth said the unity of (continued on page 2)