Volume XCIV, Number 35
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University of Southern California
Monday, October 24, 1983
Senate defends cost of $10,000 dinner
By Jeffrey Tylicki
Assistant City Editor
The Student Senate spent nearly $10,000 to stage its annual awards banquet last April, according to vouchers obtained from the student programs office.
A private party suite overlooking the lights of Los Angeles, 49 10-karat gold-filled pens, flowers and elaborate invitations were among the items paid for out of student funds for last year's Student Senate banquet at the elegant Bonaventure Hotel.
Almost half of the money spent came from funds paid into directly by students on their fee bills for student government and programming.
An index of costs for the banquet was provided to the Daily Trojan by Julie Spezia, a commuter senator last year. Spezia said she was working in the programs office when she began to notice what she called "outrageous" figures on the banquet beginning to pile up.
"My concerns are that this kind of mentality can crop up anywhere," Spezia said, referring to the extravagance of the affair. "Someone has to protect the (students' interests)."
An estimated 250 students, staff and faculty attended the banquet, which not only recognized senators, but also the achievements of various outstanding seniors.
The banquet cost was S18 per person, a figure that comes out to $4,500 when multiplied by the number of attendees, not
even enough to pay the full cost of just the banquet room and meals. Senators and their guests also received a discount on this price.
Funds administered by the Student Senate picked up the tab for the balance of the banquet costs. Invitations and programs were paid for out of the graduate rebate fund, which is allocated by the senate for stu-
7/ the goals of an organization like the senate are noble, then there should also be noble rewards.'
—Dan Dunmoyer 1982-83 Senate President
dent programs to organizations within the graduate and professional schools.
Dan Dunmoyer and Bill Lilia, senate presidents last year and this year respectively, said the use of the graduate rebate fund is justified since some of the senators and others at the banquet were graduate students.
They said administration of the fund is essentially up to the discretion of the graduate vice president, who was banquet chairman last year.
Jim Dennis, vice president of student affairs, said the expense angle was not of particular concern to him since he believes the
senate is capable of making its own decisions on what to spend on awards and recognition.
"We give student organizations the right to handle their own affairs," Dennis said. "If something seems highly inappropriate, we will make an investigation into it."
Among the items paid for out of the senate's general fund:
—49 10-karat gold-filled Cross pens, at a cost of almost $20 each with engraving, for each senator and cabinet member.
—Appreciation plaques for each senator and cabinet member. The graduate and undergraduate vice presidents each received two plaques— one for serving as vice president of the senate, the other for overseeing their respective constituencies.
—A private overnight suite at the Bonaventure for a party after the banquet for senators only, at a cost of $539.
—$450 in liquor for the party, borrowed from SoCal, the senate's business agency, and $140 in soft drinks.
In addition to the banquet, the senate spent $500 for a catered reception at last spring's installation of the 1983-84 senate in the Hoose Philosophy Library. Dunmoyer said he specifically denied the request for such an amount to be spent for an off-campus caterer.
Steve Mandala, executive assistant for the senate, said the expense had not been authorized, but the senate did not have much choice but to pay the bill when the invoice came a few (Continued on page 5)
Delta Chi trying to recruit more members by accepting athletes
By Mark Lowe
Assistant Qty Editor
The Delta Chi fraternity, one of the smaller houses on the Row once known as a "jock house," is trying to boost its membership and regain that tradition by heavily recruiting university football players as pledges.
The fraternity, which has only 20 active members, will initiate approximately 10 members of the football team tonight. It is the first part of what active members hope will be a continuing program both to increase
membership and to have university athletes think of Delta Chi as their fraternity.
Though the fraternity wants to bring in athletes in all university sports, it has been "concentrating on the football team," said Ken Kreindler, vice president of the fraternity and creator of the program.
Mark Alva, a Delta Chi pledge and former football team member, said linebacker Jack Del Rio, backup quarterback Tim Green and fullback David Carter are among the football players who have already pledged.
ATHER ALI/DAILY TROJAN Delta Chi pledge Mark Alva, fraternity vice president Ken Kreindler and active Les Dunseitch discuss plans to recruit university athletes into their chapter.
Alva said the players on the football team know many of the athletes on other teams, and that word about the program would spread through those contacts.
The program Delta Chi is developing allows athletes, who do not have a lot of time during their sports' season, to serve as pledges during only a three-week period instead of an entire semester.
It would also allow athletes to enjoy the benefits of the fraternity while requiring them to put in less toward "duties, household chores, things of that nature," said Alva.
"(Athletes) want to be part of the Row . . . but they didn't want to go through all the stuff all the other houses make you go through," Alva said.
"We're not excluding anyone," said Kreindler. "My goal in this is to establish an athletic council on the Row."
A small flier which chapter members handed out to athletes on various teams says the "ultimate goal" of the program make the house "able to have a network of athletes who are brothers in the Delta Chi fraternity at USC."
Kreindler got the idea for the program earlier in the semester after fraternity rush had started. He discussed it with Les Dunseitch, a Delta Chi active and a graduate student, and with Alva's help contacted several members of the football team.
SENATE BANQUET COSTS
Invitations & Programs..................................................$1012
(From Graduate Rebate Fund)
Bonaventure Banquet room & meals............................$5041
Awards..........................................................................$2413
49 10 karat gold-filled
Cross pens & engraving.............$960
Other Awards............................$1453
Senate-Only party afterwards.......................................$1129
Pacific Suite — Bonaventure......$539
Liquor..........................................$450
(Borrowed from SOCAL agencies)
Non-alcoholic refreshments........$140
Photography & Typesetting...............................................$91
Total	$9686
Catering for 1983-84
Senate installation in Hoose Library...............................$500
Violinist dispute settled amicably
Heifetz confirms resignation
By Carmen Chandler
Assistant City Editor
University officials have confirmed that an amicable settlement was reached in the legal dispute between world-famous violinist Jascha Heifetz and the university, although Heifetz remains firm in his decision to resign as professor at the university's school of music.
The university and Heifetz were happy with the results of the settlement, said William Hogoboom, chief legal counsel for the university.
"We parted the best of friends," Hogoboom said.
"The university was very happy that we were able to resolve the problem without undue expense and as quickly as possible," he said, adding, "A good settlement is always better than a long dispute."
1 his is the first time the university has confirmed there was a settlement since the announcement two weeks ago from Heifetz's attorney, Marvin Gross, that the case had been settled out of court. At that time, university officials denied any knowledge of any agreement.
Heifetz filed a lawsuit against the university seven months ago, claiming the university had reneged on a promise to financially support a graduate program he was teaching.
In the lawsuit, Heifetz claimed the university promised him $100,000 to run his program but instead the university provided him with only $65,000. He also claimed the university went back on its promise to create two $1 million endowments, one for himself and another for Gregor Piatigorsky, a famous cellist once on the school of music's faculty.
Hogoboom said he could not discuss the details of the settlement under the terms of the agreement, which was reached Oct 11.
However, Gross said the $1 million chair at the school of music created in Heifetz's name would remain in "perpetuity." Also, Heifetz will receive monetary compensation in the form of back pay, he said. Gross refused to disclose the exact amount the university will have to pay.
He added that Heifetz will probably cut all his ties to the university "except perhaps to confirm who wil1 replace him in the chair.”
One part of the dispute involved the university's contention that not all the people Heifetz was teaching were enrolled university students, Hogoboom said. Gross refused to discuss this allegation and no one at the school of music was available for comment.
Gross did say, however, that the settlement was "satifactory to all."
"Both parties were satisfied, which is unusual. Usually one side or the other comes away from the agreement unhappy," Gross said.
Gross said the 82-year-old Heifetz officially resigned from his position this semester because of his age.
Heifetz, a native of Russia, made his musical debut in the United States when he performed in New York at the age of 16.
Before joining the university's faculty in 1962, he taught at UCLA. Heifetz left UCLA when this university promised to fund a master's program for him.
The university provided the program with $100,000 a year until President James Zumberge came to the university in 1980. At that point, the program's budget was cut, an action that later led to Heifetz's lawsuit.
In the past few years, Heifetz has limited his activities to a few television appearances and his teaching responsibilities.
"Right now, (Heifetz) is probably just going to sit back and decide what he'll do next," Gross said.