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Volume XCIV, Number 58	_ University of Southern California_Wednesday, November 30, 1983
Dean Wall resigns as head of admission, financial aid
By Jennifer Cray and Joann Gekko
Staff Writers
Edward Wall, dean of admis-sion and financial aid, submitted his resignation effective June 30, 1984, to the university administration Monday.
Administration officials said Wall felt he had accomplished all he could for the university and needed to move on. Sources added that family considerations were a factor in Wall's decision to resign.
Wall, who has held the position since July 1, 1982, could not be reached for immediate comment.
Wall called a meeting of his staff Monday night to announce his resignation. At the meeting, Wall mentioned plans to go bade East next year, said Mike Hal-loran, associate dean of admissions.
Jon Strauss, senior vice president of administration, said, "There was some recognition that he (Wall) had contributed what he could to the university and he had gained what he could."
Cornelius Pings, senior vice president of academic affairs and provost, said, "I respect Ed Wall's decision that his career will be best developed with other options." He praised Wall as "the professional among professional admissions officers."
Wall's resignation did not come as a surprise, Strauss said. "We had discussed it and I knew of his concerns."
Vice Provost Robert Biller
added "It's something Ed's been thinking about for a while."
Nancy Calle, chair of the student affairs committee of the Student Senate, said Wall told her Monday that he missed New England and that it was time for him to move on.
Administrators said Wall contributed to many improvements in his office during his tenure as dean.
"Major improvements have continued in our outreach to potential students and the quality of the students has improved,"
Biller said. "(Wall) brought a lot of energy to the position and he'll be very missed."
Strauss said Wall has made his presence felt, contributing to a significant increase with the quality in the freshman class and an expansion in the office of admission and financial aid. Wall was the first person to hold the title of Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, after the department of Student Administrative Services was restructured in 1981.
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University studies community relations
By Doreen Guarino
Staff Writer
The community surrounding the university is unique compared to almost any other inner-dty neighborhood in the United States because of its overwhelmingly Hispanic population, which has increased more than 200 percent in the past 10 years, said University Chaplain Alvin Rudisill, chairman of a special task force studying the university's relationship with the community.
Speaking Tuesday before a "Round Table" discussion at the faculty center, Rudisill said that according to demographic statistics, there was a 17.5 percent decrease in the neighborhood's black population between 1970 and 1980, while at the same time the Hispanic population increased by 213 percent.
"Whereas most other urban universities and civic centers have tended to deal with economically disadvantaged white or black populations, the destiny of this immediate neighborhood is to be Hispanic unless there are dramatic changes that are not foreseeable at the moment," he said.
Rudisill said one of the roles proposed for the university to play in the local urban environment is that of an educational institution which uses its resources as a kind of welfare agency to the immediate neighborhood.
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EDWARD WALL
University defends admissions policies
By Lawrence Toffler
Staff Writer
Despite similarities to policies called unethical and discriminatory by College Board members at their annual meeting, university admission practices are fair and impartial, school administrators say.
Although College Board members, in a recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, accused no schools directly, it pointed to procedures that many large schools, such as this university, practice.
Among these procedures are "rolling admission" policies, whereby students are notified about their acceptance to the university at any time during the year once the admissions office feels it has compiled enough information about the students.
The board contended that "rolling admission" practices, coupled with deadlines for nonrefundable deposits, can force a student to
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The Fortune Four, creators of the "Looking Good” calendar From left: Scot Taylor, Kal (not a member of Fortune Four), Nick Colachis, Jim Colachis and Greg Farber.
Calendar creators are ‘Looking Good’
By Carol Terakawa
Staff Writer
Some have golden locks of hair and captivating eyes, others are brunet with dark, daring features and dazzling smiles, but whether they're blond or brunet, blue-eyed or hazel-eyed — they're still the "Looking Good" men of USC.
The calendar featuring these eyecatching university men has enjoyed success since its start — hundreds of thousands have been sold to date. Its models have gone on to careers in professional modeling and acting. And the calendar and its creators have been the subject of newspaper and magazine articles and even a television talk show.
But who are the masterminds behind the success of the "Looking Good" calender?
They call themselves the Fortune Four, and they are the owners of the Looking Good Co.— Nick and Jim Colachis, Greg Farber, graduates of the university's entrepreneur program, and Scot Taylor.
"We call each other partners, executive producers of the calendar," Farber said.
"Jim has gone to law school so he's no longer active on a day-to-day basis, and Scot is going back to college so he's less active," Farber said. "So Nick and I are responsible now for the day-to-day managing of the business."
Colachis said, "We all worked really
hard on it, and that's the reason it's successful."
Farber said, "It all started back in 1981 on Nov. 1, when Nick gave me a call and wanted to discuss a pinup calendar of men."
"Our initial goal was to sell a couple hundred calendars from a card table on the Row. When the USC bookstore found out (about the calendar), they placed an order for 3,500 calendars, and we had already made a profit before we went to press," he explained.
Farber said by the end of the year they had sold 5,000 calendars and had grossed about $25,000 to $27,000.
"Looking Good" has received a large amount of publicity also.
"(In) February (1982) the Los Angeles Times article hit (and) that kicked off Newsweek which kicked off A.M. Los Angeles and the Donahue show," Farber said.
"After that we sat down, and said we have something hot here, let's run with it," Farber added.
"Our first calendar was black and white, and we decided we wanted to be the best quality (calendar) out there, so we put together a color calendar. We did the men and women calendar of USC, and we sold them in college bookstores to hardware stores all over the nation," Farber explained.
"We sold 80,000 total calendars that year (1983) for over half a million dollars in retail sales," Farber said. "This (Continued on page 8)