10 UCLA students detained after prank
By Gary Maloney
News Analysis Editor
Ten UCLA students were apprehended by Campus Security early Thursday after reportedly dousing Tommy Trojan with blue and yellow paint in the second such incident this fall.
Officials said the students, all male, were observed by a night watchman from the Department of Operations and Maintenance who alerted security officers. Two units responded to the call at 1:15 a.m.
The students, apparently only halfway through their job. attempted to escape in a pickup truck, but were apprehended and peacefully escorted to security headquarters for questioning and identification, officials said
The prank was considered malicious mischief, a misdemeanor, and officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Southwest Division were summoned to question witnesses. It was determined. however, that there was insufficient evidence for prosecution. officials said.
The students, who said they were members of a fraternity, were released on their own recognizance after a l'/fe-hour detainment.
“We take very definite action with students involved in painting raids on other campuses,” said Dean Byron Atkinson of UCLA. “It generally includes restitution, academic probation and/or barring from athletic activities."
Capt. William Burke of Campus Security said the students have already contacted the university regarding restitution.
The approximate cost for cleaning Tommy Trojan is $750, provided the paint is water-based and cleanable with steam. Other paints, such as lacquer or enamel, require more expensive procedures. George Pfeiffer, foreman of painters, said. The average cleaning time is 12 hours with the steam technique, a painter said.
No one was apprehended in the first painting, which occurred two weeks ago.
Pfeiffer said he has recommended that the bronze statue be encased in plastic immediately. This is an annual procedure and Campus Security sets up a 24-hour watch to protect against f urther defilement.
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$5,000 tuition predicted by financial services for 1980
By Marsha Johnston
Staff Writer
Tuition rates could be as high as $5,000 by 1980-81, according to predictions made in 1975 by the Office of the Vice-President for Finance.
At the request of the California Educational Facilities Authority, the office compiled tuition and enrollment projections and other financial information to help the authority determine if the university could pay off an $18,750,000 bond issued in 1975.
“The bond was a method of obtaining funds for new facilities,” said Colin MacLeod, vice-president for finance.
The figures have been accurate to within $10 in the past two years. For the 1976-77 school year, the office estimated $3,530. Tuition was $3,540 last year. For this year, $3,850 was the projected fig-
ure, which is, in fact, what costs turned out to be.
The $4,200 estimate for next year is a figure equal to the 9.4% hike proposed recently in the preliminary budget.
Before tuition reaches the $5,000 projected for 1980. a figure of $4,570 was penciled in for 1979-80.
"They (the estimates) weren't done with a large amount of staff work,” MacLeod said. “I don’t have confidence in the tuition rates projected at that time. It’s pure coincidence that we’re at the same figures after three years.
“It was inflation that influenced our thinking then. The figures weren't based on any formula.”
The use of a formula in financial planning is why MacLeod feels the current five-year forecast is superior to the predictions made two years ago.
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Daily § Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXXII, Number 33	Los	Angeles, Californio	Friday,	November	4,	1977
CAAB, review board in dispute; future allocations may be affected
By Mare Corman
Staff Writer
A funding allocation dispute between the Campus Activities Allocation Board and the Student Senate Review Board could affect all future proposals before the allocation board, said Larry Pezor, finance officer of the allocations board.
The dispute revolves around a funding request by the International Students Assn. for $4,450 for a retreat weekend Idyllwild for international students on Nov. 11 and 12.
The review board meets today to make a final decision on the request.
The request was part of a larger one by the association that included funding for a newsletter and a “Christmas Around the World” party.
At Wednesday night’s meeting, the allocation board decided to vote on just the newsletter and the Christmas party request and reject the retreat request.
When the board members voted, three voted against the association’s funding proposal. Pezor said two of the no votes were against all funding for any of the association’s requests. The third vote was made to show displeasure with the fact
that the retreat request was not being considered further. That third no vote was made by the only person in favor of funding the retreat.
According to the allocation board’s bylaws, there must be two dissenting opinions before a request can be appealed to the senate review board.
The review board currently consists of three senate members.
After the allocation board
‘We don’t want to set a precedent for giving this much money to so few students . . . and be the sole source of funding’
vote, the association appealed to the review board in an effort to get funding for the retreat.
The review board decided to hear the case and part of the dispute arose.
Pezor said since there really was only one allocation board member in favor of the retreat, not the required two, the review board should never have become involved. He said the appeal did not follow bylaw
guidelines.
When the review board heard the association’s appeal, they went to the allocation board meeting, telling them to reconsider the retreat proposal.
The association resubmitted their proposal, cutting the funding request in half.
The allocation board voted again and only one member voted in favor of the retreat.
The proposal for funding is back in the hands of the review board.
Tom Verdegem of the allocation board said the retreat funding was denied because the retreat would be basically a social event.
"We don't want to set a precedent for giving this much money to so few students. . .and be the sole source of funding,” he said.
“Other groups might want the same thing and there is no way we could pay for other groups.
“This other group (the review board) is saying ‘We’re going to shoot your budget to hell,’” Verdegem said.
Suzie Nora, a member of the review board, said her group is not out to destroy the allocation board’s budget.
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Scholarship procedures modified for applicant, commission benefit
New state scholarship applicants will have a shorter filing period and modified procedure this year in an attempt by the California Student Aid Commission to coordinate federal, state and institutional aid programs.
Applications for state scholarships and the accompanying Financial Aid Form (FAF) will be available Dec. 1 and may be filed only between Jan. 1 and Feb. 1. Previously, applications were available in the fall and due around Dec. 6.
However, this year the commission wants to match the state scholarship information including Financial Aid Forms, Basic Educational Opportunity Grants and other aid applications with reported income tax information. Linda Berkshire, associate director of financial aid, said.
With a later filing date, the idea is that students will have a better idea of income for the year and can submit accurate information instead of rough estimates.
Students who wish to apply for state scholarships are required to live in the state at least one year before the money is used and must have taken the Scholastic Aptitude Test.
Friday is the last day applications to take the aptitude test will be available with a late fee. Applications are at the Testing Bureau office; the
test is Dec. 3.
Another change is that students who have taken the test between January 1973 and December 1977 will automatically have their scores forwarded to the commission.
In the past, a special request and fee was needed to forward scores to the commission.
Another change is that state scholarship applications will have a section for those who also wish to apply for grants which usually are filed months later. In this procedure, the entire federal and state financial aid package may be submitted with the same information.
Renewal forms sent by the commission to students will not be due this year with the accompanying financial aid forms until March or April. Berkshire said. The forms had been due in February previously.
More than 5.000 students at the university receive state scholarships, representing about $12 million in aid. “The key is that the state scholarship is a must to the university." Berkshire said. *‘It can't replace that money if a student doesn’t even apply.”
She encourages all students to apply no matter how good they think their grades are because academic requirements fluctuate each year.