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The Row is an easy target foryouth gangs, officers of the Southwest Division ofthe Los Angeles Police Department told members of the Intrafraternity Council Tuesday evening.
“The unlocked cars and unattended bicycles are easy pickings. Crime is down slightly here from last year, but we’re losing ground and we need your cooperation," Officer Pete Razanskas said.
“Gangs such as the Harpies. 18th St., 24th St, Platoons, Little Winos and others are now operating the campus area,” he said. “They have always been here, as far as I know, but the problem hasn’t been as serious as it’s been lately.”
Sergeant John Zrofsky said he has seen gang members at Row parties. “They enjoy themselves, and then carry away little items,” he said.
“You'd be surprised at the hard times Row people give us when we try to talk to these gang members at one of the fraternity and sorority parties.
“The more we work the area, the more static we get from students. We’re not out primarily to get pot-smokers and double-parkers.”
Officer Ron Young said, “We’re not trying to make you panic, but a brother of a gang leader was beaten up by some fraternity brothers. The young Mexican was trying to steal a bicycle. Beating him up was a thoughtless action — his brother is head of one ofthe two worst gangs in Los Angeles.
“As for apprehending a gang memberattemptingto commit a crime, it is your legal right to do so — as long as you use reasonable force only.”
Young said $6,000-8,000 worth of bicycles have been stolen in the campus area in the last few months, and recommended students license their bicycles or at least copy down their serial numbers. “We do recover a lot of bikes, and knowing your serial number is one way of being able to reclaim your stolen bicycle. Bikes should also be licensed, which can be done Saturdays at the Southwest Division of the LAPD,” he said.
Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXXl, Number 16
Los Angeles, California
Thursday, March 3, 1977
PAC recommends $6 health fee hike and creation of emeriti center
By John Hughes
Staff Writer Recommendations that the student health fee be increased by $6 and an emeriti center be established to serve retired faculty and staff in the retirement plans were passed by the executive Committee of the President’s Advisory Council Wednesday.
The health service fee increase is $2 less than was originally recommended by James R. Appleton, vice-president for student affairs, and a dollar more than the committee on student fees of the Student Senate
PAYMENTS OVERDUE
KSCR equipment can be repossessed
The Student Senate has the right to repossess the new broadcast equipment purchased by KSCR, the student-ope rated radio station, because the station has failed to pay back part of its $4,000 loan from the senate by the due date, said Glenn Sonnenberg, senate chairman.
Meanwhile, Angie Nelson, the station’s general manager, said she had appealed the loan to Hunt Braly, chairman of the Campus Activities Allocations Board. Nelson said she is asking that the loan not be repaid.
Although the matter is scheduled for discussion at today’s meeting of the Student Senate, no repossession action was imminent, Sonnenberg said Wednesday.
“I have no inclination to do so, unless I’m directed otherwise by the Senate,” Sonnenbergsaid.
“We know that the loan is outstanding, but would it be in the best interest of the students to repossess the equipment? I don’t think so. Frankly, I wish
them the best of luck.”
The loan repayment schedule called for $1,000 to be paid back Jan. l.The remaining three payments, each $1,000, are due June 1, Jan. 1,1978 and June 1,
1978, according to ihe loan agreement.
The Student Senate approved the loan March 1, 1976.The allocations board also made a $5,000grant Feb. 10, adding a $500 allocation last semester.
The loan was made on the assumption that the station would be able to repay the amount through advertising income, said Braly.
The station’s advertising income forthe first year was expected to be about $4,000, provided the new equipment was installed on time.
But financial and construction delays prevented the station from going on the air until Feb. 21.
The station ran into further obstacles when James Appleton, vice-president for student affairs, prohibited the station from selling advertising.
Nelson said Appleton made the decision because he was concerned about the station’s credibility, as well as about station employees representing the university.
Appleton may reverse his decision and allow the station to receive advertising income, shfe said.
Nelson said she will meet Monday with Clarence Anderson, university editor, to discuss the situation.
had recommended.
John Griffith, executive secretary ofthe committee, said the compromise increase was reached after Appleton said a review of the original budget proposal showed that it could be tightened, maintaining existing service with a $6 increase.
Appleton felt the $5 increase recommended by the students would not allow the Student Health Center to continue its present level of service, which was the general recommendation of both groups, Griffith said.
Griffith added that there was some discussion over the fact that because the lesser fee would not allow money to be carried over for salary increases, a review of the fee and possible increase may result next year.
Because the fee increase deals with students only, the proposal was forwarded directly to Zohrab A. Kaprielian, executive vice-president ofthe university, and Appleton for development of the administration’s recommendation to the Board of Trus- • tees, Griffith said. It will not be voted on by the full advisory council.
The emeriti center proposal, which deals with both faculty and some staff, will be voted on by the full PAC when it meets March 11 at the Heaitfo Science Campus at 2 p.m.
If the center is approved as presently outlined, it would offer several preretirement and postretirement services, said Totton J. Anderson, professor emeritus of political science and vice-president of the university’s Retired Faculty Association.
“The most important benefit
from the establishment of this center would be our contact with the university,” Anderson said. “There has been no ongoing contact in the past.”
With this contact and the establishment of a center for retired persons, Anderson feels it will be possible to reevaluate and establish regular policies on retirement. Anderson added that the present policies have not been revised in several years and do not reflect many modern programs such as optional early or late retirement.
Anderson said the center would also provide retirement and investment counseling for members of the faculty. It would provide ongoing advice on the different programs and social security benefits available.
The center would provide the retirees contact with the university through continued use ofthe library, parking on campus and the mailing of university publications Anderson said.
The center would also attempt to accommodate those retiring faculty members who have ongoing research or wish to continue research, Anderson said.
As proposed, the center would be staffed by a director and a full-time executive secretary, Anderson said. Added help would be received from volunteers from the Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center and faculty retirees.
Griffith said the gerontology center has offered to provide a limited amount of space for the emeriti center.
At present, Anderson estimates there are close to 150 retired faculty members.
Nickels and dimes turn machines into big business
It is machines that make life complicated, at the same time that they impose on it a high tempo.
—Carl Lotus Becker By Dan Nelson
They’re as American as apple pie and the university has its share of them. But unlike mother’s apple pie, vending machines are big business.
About $250,000 worth of quarters, dimes and nickels were dropped into the university’s vending machines last year. UCLA, with an enrollment-only 50% greater than USC, collected six times more money from its machines — $1.6 million.
As for profit, USC earned $20,000 from its vending operation last year while
UCLA earned $272,000.
UCLA and some other universities are receiving handsome profits from their vending machines. USC is not, however, and some administrators are trying to find out why.
Guy Hubbard, executive director of Auxiliary Services, is conducting a research project to determine how the university’s vending operation might be improved. Auxiliary Services is in charge ofthe vending and food service operations here.
When the research project is completed, hopefully by late summer, Hubbard will present a list of recommendations for vending operation improvement to Anthony Lazzaro, vice-president for business affairs.
Hubbard is considering a basic plan he thinks isgood forthe future operation ofthe university’s vending machines.He will continue research to decide the feasibility of the plan.
His plan is this: to establish a vending system wherein machines are owned and operated by the university with the machines placed in public places, rather than in basements and stairwells as is often the case now.
The university currently does not own or operate the vending machines on campus.
For the past 18 years, ARA Food Services Co. has won the university’s yearly contract to supply vending machines and keep them stocked and maintained. ARA pays the university a commission of a certain percentage of the gross income.
Last year, with gross sales of$250.000, the university collected $20,000 from ARA.
The other main change encompassed in Hubbard’s plan deals with the locations of the vending machines on campus.
“The vending locations currently used — mostly basements, stairwells and the like — aren’t in the university’s best interest as far as income is concerned.” Hubbard said.
If Hubbard’s final recommendation is as he foresees it now, and if it is accepted by higher echelon university officials, a system similar to the following will be used for vending here in the near future.
About 100 university-owned and -operated vending machines (the same number used now) will be distributed around campus in seven or eight outdoor locations, all in frequented areas, with a complete grouping of about 14 machines in each, allowing complete meals to be purchased from them.
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