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Volume XCI Number 11
University of Southern California Tuesday, January 26, 1982
EFFICIENCY STRESSED BY ADMINISTRATION
Money-saving programs created
Staff photo by Jungl Yasuda
A NEW OUTLOOK — Rosey Grier, former star of the Los Angeles Rams, explains why he adopted the Christion philosophy at 45. Rosey will appear with Rice Broocks at The Maranatha Christian Center tonight See page 7.
By Charla Foster
Staff Writer
In line with its new ap-proach to budget management, the administration recently launched four programs designed to control budgetary expenditures more efficiently.
Efficiency is the key goal behind the policies, said John Curry, director of management planning. In these inflationary times the university has found that it must be more sensitive
Vermont Avenue businessmen doubt City council plans for redevelopment
By Marc Igler and Laura Castaneda
Staff Writers
The support of the Vermont Avenue business community to the new redevelopment plans proposed last week by Los Angeles city officials is lukewarm at best.
“Sure, it’s a good idea," said Irving Lai, owner of the Lo-Temp Refrigeration Co. “But we’ve all heard about these redevelopment programs for years, and nothing ever seems to happen.’’
The new redevelopment program, an addition to the Hoover Redevelopment Project which was established in 1966, calls for improvement of three areas surrounding the university.
One of these areas being considered for redevelopment is the commercial frontage on Vermont Avenue between Jefferson Boulevard and Adams Boulevard.
Under the new plans, the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) will attempt to provide
for that redevelopment by working with a citizens panel to create a plan to be submitted to the city council in December.
Oscar Jaurequi, a CRA community liaison officer, said that the plan will be financed through surplus taxes, accumulated in recent years from existing area businesses. But an assistant to city councilman Gilbert Lindsay said that no definite financial allocations have been made.
“I’m not at all sure of where we’re getting the money,” said Robert Gay, executive assistant to Lindsay.
Councilmen Robert Farrell and Lindsay proposed the expansion of the Hoover Redevelopment Project in response to concerns expressed by constituents regarding the physical conditions surrounding Exposition Park.
In a notice sent on Dec. 22 to area residents and businesses, it was stated that the emphasis of the proposed redevelopment effort would be
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to the quality of service it receives for the money it spends, he said.
“During the ’70s, the university experienced a tremendous growth period because inflation had not yet set in and we were still experiencing the tail end of the baby boom,” Curry said, adding that, during its period of economic growth, the university concentrated more on «xpansion than efficiency.
Now, with enrollment declining and inflation on the rise, the new administration has seen that the efficient management of expenditures may keep costs at a minimum and may prevent tuition increases from outpacing family income, he said.
Accordingly, the administration designed the four projects to cut down on paper work, operation time and confusion, Curry said.
The projects include the following:
A program designed to consolidate enrollment and student aid processes.
A financial accounting system to provide budget managers with an accurate account of available resources.
A “sponsor projects information program.” This means a catalogue listing sources of federal and private funds will
be available to university budget directors.
A computerized transcript system to minimize the time that it takes to process admissions material.
Denise Dougherty, vice president, comptroller and primary designer of the programs, said the enrollment/student aid system should increase efficiency by eliminating the paper work created by the separate billing process used by the university during the admission period.
Under the new system, slated to begin by next fall, all financial information regarding enrollment, residence, dining and student aid will be included on the student fee bill.
“The new system will allow students to have an immediate and accurate assessment of university costs and all student aid available to them from a given source,” Doughtery said.
By the same token, the financial accounting system should permit budget managers working within the university’s 300 departments to slash their way through the thick papier work jungle.
“Next fall this system will serve both the administration and the academic community with more immediate and or-
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4Pinchhitters’ are champs in second annual Quiz Bowl
Trivia contestants compete for $4,000 in prizes
By Pauline Marquez
Staff Writer
The second annual Quiz Bowl, an event mixing the choicest aspects of quiz shows, college bowls and trivia contests, brought hundreds of excited observers and dozens of boisterous contestants to the Birnkrant Dining Hall last Friday night.
More than 300 students assembled in Bimkrant to cheer, jeer and applaud the various teams competing for S4.000 worth of prizes.
Twenty-four teams comprised of up to five residents and representing every floor in the North Complex, (Birnkrant, EVK, Harris and College-University) competed in the event sponsored by the North Complex Resident Student Development Staff.
The names of the teams were as creative — or unusual depending on one’s frame of mind at the time — as their costumes.
On the “Tourists” team, freshman Nancy Watt and her teammates had applied red rouge on their faces to simulate a fiery sunburn. The rest of the “Tourists” costume consisted of loud Hawaiian print shirts, plastic leis, and tacky Bermuda shorts.
“We’ve got to win, we’re representing the fourth floor of EVK!" Watt said.
Other teams included “Classy Trash," "George Sleeze and the Social Disease,” “Head Rush and the Blown Chunks” and “Premature E.”
The "Pinchhitters” team, representing the fifth floor of Birnkrant resident halls, was declared the champion after the five-hour event. Team captain Randie Schwartz and team members Lourdes Rojas, Robin Sovell, Angie Fernandez and Beth Swofford each won a two-day ski trip to Heavenly Valley.
During the first round of elimination, participants were asked questions from a variety of general categories. The questions ranged from easy to not so easy to difficult. Some students were asked to list the four sections of a full orchestra, to identify Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood” and to define existentialist philosophy.
Lauren Moulton, head resident advisor for College-
University, was pleased with the event.
“A lot of love and care went into making the evening what it was,” Moulton said. “I am very happy with the response from both the students and the staff. I think the high point of the evening came when Liz Hayward received the standing ovation as the lone member of the 'Casino Royale' team.”
More than 60 companies provided prizes and the
Food Service donated dinner for the winning floor in Birnkrant.
The event was modest in scale but apparently inspired some students to pursue greater goals.
A member of- the “Classy Trash” team, freshman Tim Campbell, said, “We, the members of the ‘Classy Trash' team, are going on to the Johnny Carson show after this!”
Staff photo by Jessica Friedheim
TODAY TRASH. TOMORROW? — Classy Trash, adorned in costumes of plastic trash bags, was one of 24 teams to compete in the $4,000 Quiz Bowl, held Friday night in the Birnkrant Dining Hall. About 300 spectators watched the teams, which represented various floors of the North Complex (Bimkrant EVK, Harris and College-University). Pinchhitters, with a home field advantage, won the academic/trivia contest and were awarded a ski trip to Heavenly Valley.