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Volume XCIII, Number 65	University of Southern California
Monday, April 25, 1983
Student senate angry, urges justification of tuition increase
ANDREW INNERARITY
No one was injured in Saturday's early morning fire which caused $50 thousand of sturctural damage to the tenth floor of the Residence West dormitory complex.
Two fires char Residence West
By Brad Hollingsworth and Carmen Chandler
Staff Writers
Two fires gutted parts of the tenth and fifth floors of Residence West dormitory early Saturday and Sunday mornings, causing $60,000 damage and forcing the relocation of 34 residents for the rest of the year. No injuries were reported.
"Twice in two nights is incredible," said Tyler Cummings, a university security officer.
Sundav's fire, which Los Angeles Fire Department investigators said was probably set by an arsonist, caused 55,000 worth of structual and content damage, mostly in the fifth-floor study lounge
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By Steve De Salvo
Assistant City Editor
Angered by what it termed an "insensitive" action by the administration, the student senate denounced next year's proposed budget — which calls for an 11 percent tuition increase — and questioned the university's justification for the hike.
"This is a very insensitive move on the part of the administration," said senate president Dan Dunmoyer of the budget, which was released Thursday. "We were told by them that the tuition increase was an opportunity to improve the university. But looking at the budget, I don't see them taking any bold moves to enhance the university's quality.
"Look at the library," he said. "They've budgeted an increase of only $200,000 there. That won't even dent the problems at the library. We want to know if students are still going to have to trip over books and sweat in there."
(The student senate has estimated a cost of $2.5 million to satisfactorily improve the library.)
Dunmoyer said administrators promised to specify the improvements that would take place as a result of the tuition hike — a promise which he said went unfulfilled.
"The budget report is very nebulous about where improvements are going to be made," said Dunmoyer, who has sent a six-page memo to university President James Zumberge protesting the administration's announcement. He said students would find the tuition increase "easier to swallow" if it was accompanied with an increase in the university's quality.
"If Zumberge guaranteed students a comfortable place to study, a recreation center and better parking — if students saw improvements — they might accept the tuition increase."
But Dunmoyer said the issues that are most important to students — improvements in both library and administrative services, the construction of a student recreation center and the creation of campus greenspace — are given only perfunctory attention in the budget report.
Senate president-elect Bill Lilia also had harsh statements to make about the proposed budget, which will go before the board of trustees next month for approval.
"All the report has is a lot of token statements," Lilia said.
The administration has earmarked $7 million for "quality gains" in the university and has proposed a major development campaign similar to the successful "Toward Century II" effort to pay for university improvements.
But Ingrid Calle, chairwoman of finandal affairs for the student senate, said 60 percent of the $7 million will go to the college of letters, arts and sdences, the school of engineering and the school of business.
"Most of that money will go to appoint new professors, upgrade the curriculum and buy new equipment. I question whether it is wise to put that much money into anything at this time," Calle said.
Dunmoyer said the new development campaign isn't scheduled to begin for at least another vear. He said it might be years until students see any substantial improvements in the library as a result of the campaign.
Security may get limited peace powers
By Annette Haddad
Assistant City Editor
Although University Security officers will probably not be granted full peace officer status by the Los Angeles Police Department, they may be granted a limited peace officer standing soon under an agreement that would partially increase their ability to enforce the law.
University administrators and LAPD offidals met Thursday to discuss an alternative to full peace officer status after last month's LAPD investigation that determined full status would be illegal.
"The LAPD is now looking at a limited peace officer status that would be a memorandum of understanding," said Jon Strauss, senior vice president of administration.
The memorandum would be an agreement between the university and the LAPD that would increase the power of the university force by giving security officers authority to make an arrest on probable cause.
However, when questioned Friday University Security officials said such an agreement would be the least desirable of the options available concerning a change in status.
"A memorandum of understanding will meet the least number of the needs we have," said Steven Ward, chief of University Security.
He added there is no established precedent in the state of California for use of the memorandum.
"Nobody knows how it
works. All procedures and all dedsions based on those procedures will be open to examination as we go along," Ward said, referring to the law enforcement power the security force would receive under the memorandum.
While such a memorandum of understanding with the LAPD would give security officers the power to make an arrest for probable cause, it would not grant any other peace officer rights.
As it stands now, security of-
ficers cannot detain someone whom they suspect of a crime unless they virtually witness the crime being committed.
Strauss said the university does not know when any change in the security force's status will occur. Many had been hoping that security would attain a new standing before the Olympics in 1984.
"The (dedsion of a new status for security) has been turned over to the LAPD's Planning and Research division," Strauss said, adding that
LAPD offidals have told him that "things are going well."
The Planning and Research division will further investigate the technicalities of the memorandum, and then it will submit the memorandum to the Los Angeles City Attorney for final approval, a LAPD offidal said.
Although attaining full peace officer status in the near future does not seem likely, it will not be ruled out completely, a se-
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University Security Officers are still hoping they will get full peace officer status, although it was recently ruled illegal by a Los Angeles Police Department investigation committee. With peace officer power, security would not have to call upon the LAPD to patrol such events as February's "Vietnam: Reconsidered" conference.
Graduate dean resigns post after 5 years
By Sheldon Ito
Staff Writer
Charles Oxnard, university professor and dean of the graduate school, has resigned from the deanship in order to devote more time to teaching and research. Oxnard, who was appointed to the position in Sept. 1978, is well-known for his theories on human evolution.
The resignation, effective July 1, was announced with "mixed feelings of pleasure and regret" last week by Cornelius Pings, university provost and senior vice president for academic affairs.
"I am pleased for Charles about the opportunities for research that this will make possible," Pings said. "At the same time, though, I know we will all miss his intellectual leadership and tireless efforts as dean to improve graduate education at the university."
Pings said Oxnard will continue his teaching as a professor in anatomy in the school of medicine and in biological sdences in the college of letters, arts and sdences. He will also continue as the chair of the committee on appointments and promotions, Pings added.
"I will, as in the past, rely on him heavily for his judgments in this most critical responsibility — the appointing and promoting of our tenured faculty," Pings said.
Since 1954, Oxnard has written five books and over 150 pa-
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