Support group initiates financial aid program
By Annette Haddad
Staff Writer
President James Zumberge and senior vice presidents Jon Strauss and Cornelius Pings, have initiated a new student financial aid program through the university’s primary support group, Bingham Cherrie, executive director for development, said Thursday.
Cherrie said that the program was developed because of the “critical need” for financial assistance to be continuously available to students.
Cynthia Whipple, associate director for development for the Associates, a university support group, said, “We wanted to find a project that would be most helpful and beneficial to students and where we at the university needed to help the most,” Whipple said.
The Associates Scholarship Award and Loan Program will be awarded to eligible new students, both freshmen and transfer, beginning in the 1983 academic year. The program, funded by the Associates, will supplement tuition costs and possible cutbacks in federal student loans.
The criteria for eligibility for the scholarship program is based on merit. High school students with a grade point average of 3.5 or better and a combined Scholastic Aptitude Test score of 1,150 and transfer students with a GPA of 3.5 or better will be considered for the award. Leadership and community involvement will also be considered in the selection process, which
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Budget process reworked; schools gain more control
By Steve De Salvo
Staff Writer
A new concept called “revenue center management,” has been instituted by the university in an attempt to improve the budgeting process.
The management plan, started this fiscal year, decentralizes the decisionmaking process by giving budgetary responsibility to the deans and directors of the various schools and departments— or “revenue centers.”
“The idea behind this new plan is to bring decision-making to the right level for right decision making,” said Jon Strauss, senior vice president of administration. “The people best qualified to make intelligent budgetary decisions are those closest to the academic level.” Through this restructuring, Strauss said, the quality of academics may improve. Deans of the schools have realized the importance of tuition-generated income, he said. As a result, they will make it more attractive for students to enroll by improving the quality of education, he said.
“What we’re doing is revolutionizing the way the universty manages itself.
By doing this we think we can promote academic excellence.”
Previously, the responsibility for generating revenue for budgets rested almost entirely upon university deans. If a school did not meet its budget, Strauss said, the directors and faculty often placed the blame on others.
“Now, they (directors and deans) are entirely in charge. They are responsible for generating revenue," he said. As a result, the faculty has become increasingly aware of the importance of tuition increase, leading to a more prominent role in recruiting prospective students, he said.
“It won’t take schools long to realize that tuition is a big source of revenue,” Strauss said. “And to ensure their survival. they will improve the quality of their program to attract students.”
In the past, there have been problems with budgets of various schools within the university. Some schools have complained that their costs for educating students were more than in other schools.
The result, Strauss said, was that (Continued on page 13)
Voting pamphlet gives alternative
Professor claims objectivity
By Belma Johnson
Staff Writer
Political activists can be objective, politicians can be honest and a pamphlet prepared by a political activist about politicians' proposals can be an objective guide for the November election.
That is the view of professor Larry Berg, who teaches politics and is director of the university’s Institute of Politics and Government. Yet, Berg, an active Democrat, researches for a non-par-tisan, non-university-affiliated political pamphlet.
This year's recently published edition summarizes all 15 propositions on the Nov. 2 ballot, and includes two county and two city propositions in its appendix.
A non-profit group. Town Hall, sponsors publication of the pamphlet and aims for an objective analysis of political issues, because the ballot summaries prepared by the state are written by the legislators who write the measures. Legislators hope that Berg remains objective.
Berg is a staunch Democrat and a volunteer consultant to a Democratic campaign committee.
“I think that if you discipline yourself, you
can produce materials that do not have a particular bias,” he said. “It takes training as a social scientist to conduct systematic research.”
Berg said he has worked in staff positions with several Democrats, but added that he does not believe that this experience or the fact that he is a teacher limits his objectivity.
“I don’t separate politics from political science. I don’t hold the theory that I have to be aloof to be objective,” he said.
“(Politics) is my business. That’s what I teach.
I	have seen it, been in it. I like it. I like the people in it ”
He said he trusts politicians too, despite a somewhat common belief that politicians are crooked.
“There are politicians who are corrupt. Most professions could not stand the public eye that is on politics. My experience in politics has been good.”
Berg uses his experience, both practical and theoretical, when he weighs and summarizes the issues for the political pamphlet.
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Southern California	Friday, October 8, 1982
Photo by Craig Stewart
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS — Even a tree cannot conceal the majestical Mudd Hall tower on a balmy autumn day.
Volume XCII, Number 24
University of
University’s energy consumption down 2 to 3 percent
But approaching winter months may increase usage
By Brenda Wong
Assistant City Editor
The university’s consumption of energy decreased during May, June and July and increased in August. Overall, however, it is using between two and three percent less energy this year as compared to last year by this time.
Al Palmer, coordinator of energy management, said figures for May, June and July were 7.8 percent, 17 percent and 5.2 percent less, respectively.
But with the approaching winter months, Palmer expects the rising cost of natural gas to compensate for the decrease. “We hope to maintain (energy usage) where it is, but very likely, it will climb on us," he said.
Palmer pointed out that the addition of Parkside Tower, the Seeley G. Mudd Building and the air conditioning of the
Taper Hall of Humanities may account for an increase in the university’s energy' usage.
Electricity composes approximately 75 percent of the university's total utility cost. Palmer said. "We’ve always put a major emphasis on saving electricity,” he said.
He added with its emphasis on energy conservation, the university has one of the lowest operating utilities budgets of any American university.
“We’ve got the lowest utilities budget of any university in the United States when you compare the operating budgets to the square footage of buildings, the student population and the related activities (happening) on campus.
“This is true because we have a mild climate here. At Harvard or Michigan, they would need more heating and
more air conditioning. But we are still one of the lowest anywhere,” Palmer said.
“Our utility budget is approximately
2	1/2 percent of the university’s total operating budget. We’re going to keep it at that area and not exceed that (figure),” he said.
The university spends between $600,000 and $800,000 each month on utilities, which includes natural gas. lighting and electricity, Palmer said, as he outlined the university’s energy conservation program.
Since 1972, the university has increased the square footage of buildings by 40 percent.
"We’re using quite a bit more energy now (than in 1972). But buildings are being used longer hours than in the early ’70s,” he said.
“Many of our buildings were designed when energy' was cheap, and (as a result) have inefficient systems. The Law Center has a very inefficient heating and ventilation system. It requires cooling on a 50-degree day when it’s in use.
"Today, our buildings are much more efficiently designed because building codes call for that,” Palmer said.
To save energy, the university has installed various devices. In the Taper Hall of Humanities, motion sensors have been installed that can automatically turn off the lights if no one is in the room.
On the chillers of air conditioners, optimizers regulate their operation, much as an automatic thermostat would. According to a Department of (Continued on page 7)