Volume XCII, Number
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University of Southern California
Tuesday, November 9, 1982
New advisory group to review 1983-84 budget
Replaces last year’s planning and management committee
By Michael Molinski
Staff Writer
The newly formed budget advisory committee of the university will meet for the first time next week. President Zumberge has announced.
The committee, which replaces last year’s resource planning and management committee, is one of several newly formed groups that advises the president on specific subjects.
Doyle Williams, dean of accounting, will head the committee. In addition to Williams, the committee will consist of five faculty members from various departments, one dean, three assistant deans, the direc-
tor of the university bookstore and four students.
“The committee will represent the best interests of the university at large in providing input on budget proposals,” Williams said. “It does not have the authority or responsibility to determine the actual university budget.”
Ingrid Calle, chairman of the financial affairs and research action unit of the Student Senate and one of the four students appointed to the committee, said, “We’re hoping the committee will be a lot more effective and more involved in the budget process than it was last year.
“Last year, the committee
members were not given enough information regarding the budget so that intelligent decisions could be made,” Calle said. “Our input can be very valuable on the committee, but if we are kept in the dark we can’t very well fulfill this potential.”
The functions of the committee, as outlined by Zumberge, will be to “review trial budget guidelines and principles on which subsequent center-by-center budget development and the projected 1983-84 budget will be based.” The committee will report its recommendations in early January to the president and will then receive a second budget projection due
‘The committee will provide advice on overall university issues such as tuition rate and salary increases. ’
in March.
The students on the committee were chosen by the Student Senate but have not yet been approved by Zumberge, Calle said. All four are business majors.
“The committee will provide advice on overall university is-
KSCR may resume broadcasting this week
By Kathy Libby
Staff Writer
After an absence of 1 1/2 years, KSCR, the campus radio station, will be broadcasting again. It has not been on the air because of lack of funds.
Scott Chase, general manager of KSCR, plans to be on the air by the end of this week. “I am emphasizing planning on being on the air as early as possible. There may be things that come up.’’
An excerpt from a Jan. 12, 1982 Daily Trojan article.
Something came up.
Except for a few “off and on again” appearances last year, the station, (83 AM) has not been on the air legally since June
1980.
It has been plagued with a plethora of problems ranging from in-house bickering, to the unsuccessful attempts to solicit donations. It has been unable to secure a
permanent site on which a studio can be built.
The station has been tied up in bureaucratic red tape and has been hindered by a lack of student involvement.
Repeated attempts by authorized people to broadcast have been unsuccessful.
Regardless of the problems, KSCR, the student-operated radio station, is on the air.
When asked by the Daily Trojan, university administrators did not know whether the station was in operation.
A summary of the events surrounding KSCR since June 1980, follows.
Chase cited many reasons why the station has not been on, including problems with finding a suitable place to build a studio and funds to finance its construction.
Although the station has not been authorized to air for 2 1/2 years, a month
ago someone went on the air again, without authorization from the general manager.
In-house Bickering
What many people couldn’t do for over two years, a football player by the name of Mike Roth did in one night — he got the station on the air. Roth’s “get it done now” attitude has resulted in a personality conflict between himself and Chase. Yet Roth’s actions have probably helped revive interest in the forgotten station.
Roth, a staff member of KSCR, wanted to have a Christian talk show, and became very frustrated when he could not go on the air immediately. So without the approval of Chase, Roth managed to open the station about a month ago — in an outhouse-sized shack adjacent to the Jefferson Building — and began airing.
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sues such as tuition rate and salary increases,” said Christine Glogow, assistant dean of human resources and a member of the committee. “It will not deal with individual program budgets.”
It will meet an average of twice a month.
“As a member of the Faculty Senate, part of my plan for the committee is to look at the extent to which academic salaries have deteriorated,” said William Steier, professor of electrical engineering and also a member of the committee.
"I hope the committee’s advice is taken seriously,” he continued, “but that remains to be seen. Last year, the budget office didn’t want the input that much. I hope that isn’t the case this year.”
John Curry, executive director of budget and finance planning, will also be affiliated with the committee.
Senators redefine priorities
By Carmen Chandler
Staff Writer
The Student Senate met for over six hours Sunday night to re-evaluate its role and to determine what it considered to be the most important issues facing students.
After the first two hours of discussion, the senate concluded that “student interests are superior to all competing goals and values in the structure of the university,” said Dan Dunmoyer, president of the Student Senate.
In the following four hours, the senators and cabinet members defined what they thought were the most important issues to students: library services, tenure status of professors, security, tuition, green space, student governance of student facilities and representation on the board of trustees.
“The purpose was to let our hair down, to talk about where we are at as a senate,” Dunmoyer said.
The Student Senate, Dunmoyer said, perceives its role as the protector of academic excellence and of the most efficient support services for students. “We must be responsive to student interests.
“Students are the only group on campus who see all aspects of the university,” he said.
“There are certain areas where I am fed up with the ‘Mr. Nice Guy’ technique,” Dunmoyer said.
One of the issues deemed as important by the senators is the quality of the university’s libraries.
“We have not had concern coming from the top levels. The services in the library' are (Continued on page 2)