Volume XC! Number 16
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University of Southern California	Wednesday, September 23, 1981
Staff photo by Jon Soo Hoo
MELLOW CELLO - Katie Hewgill, a freshman, takes her music and cello outside the confining classroom for practice, giving those passing by the School of Music a chance to hear a piece by Zoltan Kodaly.
Financial woes plague athletics
By Suzette Heir
Staff Writer
The Athletic Department has had to undergo some financial and academic refurbishment. The department has worked under a financial deficit and a program has been implemented to reduce the academic deficits of student athletes.
In order to ease its financial burden, the department had to drop a few sports from its program.
“Only one sport pays its way and that’s football, and it pays for everything else,” said Virgil Lubberden, associate athletic director for the university, in a Los Angeles Times article in June.
An average football game returns about $200,000 which goes to aid the Athletic Department. University sports, with the exception of football, suffer losses in varying amounts, up to $200,000 for a single sport (track in 1980). Last year, the Athletic Department showed a $392,709 deficit in the largest budget ever: $4,647,709.
According to Lubberden, 90 full grants are administered to the football team, 90 to all other men’s teams and 70 to women’s teams. Grants are based on athletic talent, and full grants include tuition, books, fees and xoom and board.
Last year, the department paid the university $2,264,672 to cover the tuition and expenses of its 272 athletes. Increased tuition from $187 to $205 per unit will inflate the Athletic Department’s payment considerably.
According to Richard Perry, athletic director, in the same Times article, scholarships are a numbers game. “Our coaches have never worked harder than they are now.”
Lubberden agreed. “Every one of our coach-
es has to become a fund raiser to supplement his budgetary resources with gifts so he can continue to operate his program the way he had the previous year.”
Besides negotiating financial matters, coaches help athletes plan their academics. Each player is assigned an academic counselor who works with the coach to select programs which fit the athlete’s practice schedules.
John Robinson, the university's football coach, introduced the Student Athletic Academic Program when he came to the university, as he recognized the need for an academic support program which met the time and monetary restrictions of the athletes.
Each athlete must carry 12 units while “in season” and a minimum of 24 units per year (including summer session) to be eligible for the next year.
A player could conceivably drop a class Nov. 29 if the last game of the season were Nov. 28 (thereby dropping the total below the 12 unit minimum) since he or she would no longer be considered “in season.”
“We like them to take 12 units each semester,” said Willie Wu, director of Student Athletics Academic Program.
Next year the National Collegiate Athletic Association may enact a new regulation which would require athletes to pass 12 units each semester whether “in season" or not.
Wu does not believe the new rule will be troublesome. “It won’t pose a problem for us, though, since we already have our athletes taking 12 units per semester.”
Helping athletes stay in line with strict regulations and meet tight requirements is all part of a process called "mainstreaming,” the process of engaging athletes in the same procedures and routines as other students.
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Peer Review Board still seeks members
By Dave Fisher
Staff Writer
The application deadline for the Office of Residential Life peer review board has been extended to Friday because the board had not received enough applications by its Tuesday deadline, according to Marjorie Vego-Krause, program coordinator for Student Conduct.
Part of the problem, Vego-Krause said, has been the late start of fall rush for fraternities and sororities, which has prevented many students from getting their applications in on time.
“A lot of students are arranging their priorities around rush and they haven't gotten around to getting their applications in yet,” she said. “Right now I have 24 applications, and three more students have called me and said they will get their applications in before the dead"-line.”
Thirty students are needed to fill the board, which is divided into four separate boards dealing with problems in university residence halls and the Row. Another board, which handles non-residential incidents, is operated by Robert Mannes, dean of Student Life.
Each of the Residential Life boards is composed of five students who review a wide variety of cases ranging from failure to evacuate a building during a fire drill, to theft.
Cases of misconduct and violations of university rules and regulations are reported to the board by students. University Security and resident advisers, Vego-Krause said.
“The student who has been accused of the violation is contacted by the board, but the person who submitted the report is responsible for pursuing action,” said the coordinator, who has a doctorate in counseling and guidance and took over the program three weeks ago when former coordinator Dale Nienow was named associate director of Residential Life.
If the review board determines that a student was guilty of misconduct or a rules violation, it can impose sanctions upon the student. These sanctions range from probation, suspension, or expulsion, to financial restitution, loss of housing or loss of social privileges (such as athletic events and participation in fraternity or sorority events). In some instances students may receive a warning or no sanction at all.
“It’s an educational approach rather than a legal thing,” Vego-Krause explained. “Because of this we have a lot of creative sanctions. For instance, if the person damages property, we’ll have him work with maintenance for a day. If he steals something, we may (Continued on page 11)
Student convenience tops Senate worries
floor will consist of the swimming area. Both Littlefield and Calle said that once students are aware of the building, ideas should come forth.
Perhaps the biggest concern of the senate and its committees is improving service in the SAS building. Calle explained that they will “key in on five to six of them (problems), with the most visible or needed improvements coming first.”
“A couple of ideas we have is for the staff in SAS to work with the director to improve service by being more polite, and not give students the runaround. We want the SAS employees to treat students like paying customers, which we are, and not shuffle us around,” Calle said.
The senator added that the current transcript policy needed quicker service at perhaps a reduced cost. Faster letter handling in the Financial Aid department and even a guide to SAS and why each department is contained therein are other matters under review by the Senate.
As for a follow-up committee, it will be their task to certify “that reports are just not sitting around — that there is some action being taken, Calle said.
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By Alan Grossman
Staff Writer
This semester, the Student Senate will focus on three major areas of concern, according to Andrew Littlefair, chair of the Student Senate, and Ingrid Calle, chair of Student Affairs. But while student difficulties at Student Administrative Services and the planning of the University Center are somewhat new points of concentration, following up on last semester’s reports to the administration is also important.
Of the University Center, to be located on the intramural field, Littlefield said, “This year is very crucial for the development of that building.”
"Littlefield expressed concern over the fact that many students do not know about the proposed complex which will also be the site of the swimming competition in the 1984 Olympics.
The two senators said the committee will be taking random polls to see what students want included on the second and third floors of the building, and will be receiving ideas from other universities which already have centers such as this.
An awareness campaign will begin sometime this semester to familiarize students with the planned structure whose first