Seventy-Fifth Year of Publication
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Volume Cll, Number 29
University of Southern California
1912 — 1986
Friday, October 10, 1986
University seen by official as future collegiate leader
By Terry Allen
Staff Writer
While assessing the status of higher education in this country before the Student Senate in Bovard Auditorium on Wednesday evening, Ronald Kimberling, assistant secretary for post-secondary education for the Reagan administration, said this university is likely to become a national collegiate leader as the West becomes the nation's new business and economic center.
"If you look at the statistics and what is going on in the West, you see that the nation's focus will shift to the West in the next century. I think you are going to see the California era coming into full bloom," Kimberling said.
Kimberling praised President James Zumberge's recent proclamation that this university is a "Pacific university," saying that such a status would allow the university to make the most of the coming golden age of the West.
Kimberling also briefed student senators on Congress' long-awaited Higher Education Act, a piece of legislation he said is expected to benefit higher education.
Among the act's provisions is a clause designed to inject more money into the government's educational grant and loan pool while restructuring repayment plans after graduation. He said Congress voted to experiment with the new plan —which tailors loan payments to a student's ability to pay after graduation — to improve student payback rates by making student borrowing obligations more manageable.
The Higher Education Act will also crack down on students who borrow more than their established financial need, Kimberling said, by tightening up the definition of the "independent student" and revamping some existing borrowing guidelines.
Students receiving financial aid will also be required to maintain at least a "C" average under the act's new guidelines, Kimberling said.
While praising a good background in the liberal arts, Kimberling offered his advice for postgraduate success.
"Zero in on your top talent," he said. "Pick something you're good
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New LAS dean finally chosen
William Spitzer to head college after yearlong search
By Rhoda Fukushima
Staff Writer
Exactly one year after being asked to serve as interim dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, William Spitzer was appointed dean of the college Wednesday.
"I am very pleased that he agreed to accept the position," said university President James Zumberge. "He has excellent academic qualities and outstanding administrative ability."
At the request of the LAS Faculty Advisory Committee — a committee composed of four members from each of the LAS divisions — Provost Cornelius Pings met with Spitzer to see if he would accept the position, "given his excellent service of the last year, the massive outpouring of faculty support and his own personal integrity and stature," according to a memo that Pings sent to LAS faculty.
"Being 'acting' anything is difficult," said Maria Pellegrini, committee member and associate professor of biological sciences. "In spite of this, he's done a remarkably good job. He has made a lot of progress in moving programs forward and in hiring eminent faculty "
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Hillel center’s cook bakes up idea for fast bagel breakfast on the run
"good, reasonable, inexpensive food and still break even," Gittelman said.
Most customers are students although sometimes university maintenance workers or gardeners stop by. "Often people involved with Hillel or the community who happen to be here for the day buy bagels," she said.
The center also sponsors Sunday brunches twice a month "for anyone who wants a good breakfast or who just wants to get involved. You don't have to be Jewish," said Gittelman,
Bv Jennifer Lewis
Staff Writer
For those of you on your way to class in the morning who haven't had time to make breakfast, the Hillel Bagel Shop has the answer.
Located in the university mall in front of the Hillel Jewish Center (across from the 32nd Street School), the Bagel Shop sells bagels and cream cheese, coffee and oranges on Mondays and Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Lisa Gittelman, Hillel's cook, first came up with the idea of selling bagels when she was an undergraduate studying theater at the university.
"I thought of it when I was a student here. We don't have good bagels (in the area). And Rabbi Laura Geller has always wanted to have kosher food available for students," she said.
So Gittelman and Geller, along with Hillel's program director, Marcia Tatz, decided to make the idea happen this year and opened the Bagel Shop on Sept. 10.
Everything is kosher, which means that "the place where the food is made has been approved by an orthodox rabbi," Gittelman said.
On Mondays and Wednesdays, Gittelman, who runs the shop, starts her morning at 6:30 so she can go to Schwartz Bakery on North Fairfax Avenue to buy fresh bagels.
The shop features plain, egg, pumpernickel, and onion / poppyseed bagels for 75c each, coffee for 25* a cup, and oranges for 25c apiece.
There is cream cheese, butter and strawberry preserves to put on the bagels and sometimes there are "specials and surprises, like lox spreads," Gittelman said.
"Most people get the bagels toasted if they have time before class because they taste better," she said.
While the "Bagel Shop started out very slow, it has started to pick up as people remember it's here," Gittelman said.
About 15 to 20 bagels are sold per day, but Gittelman said she hopes to bring that number up closer to 30.
The Hillel Jewish Center is not trying to make a profit — rather, it is interested in providing
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Ever get the munchies while walking to class in the morning? You can take care of them at the Hillel Jewish Center’s Bagel Shop.
who said she often went to the brunches when she was a student.
Gittelman, who is doing her graduate work at UCLA in folklore and mythology, is particularly interested in traditional ethnic foods. "Sometimes we serve traditional Jewish food like blin-tzes, which are rolled-up pancakes filled with pot cheese or cottage cheese that are sweetened."
The brunches cost $4, or $3 with a Hillel activity card.
The activity card is a membership to Hillel that gives discounts on meals, programs and T-shirts and makes the holder eligible to be on Hillel's student board.
Spitzer initially had declined to be considered for the position.
"Having been in the position for sometime, I began feeling a sense of identification with the position and responsibilities," Spitzer said. "There was also substantial expression of faculty
WILUAM SPITZER
support, which I hadn't expected. I see some problems and I think I can help. It's an exciting prospect."
Spitzer said his ultimate objective is to improve the quality of the college's faculty, students, instruction and scholarly activities. "We want to consider new and existing programs that afford new opportunities for students and faculty. We have
the chance to become really outstanding."
Spitzer7s appointment caps a yearlong search to find a replacement for Irwin Lieb, who was fired last October. Zumberge has never given an explanation for the firing.
Spitzer, formerly dean of graduate studies and vice provost for research, was appointed interim dean on Oct. 8, 1985. He joined the faculty in 1963, and currently holds appointments in the materials sciences, physics and electrical engineering departments.
In January, the prefix "interim" was dropped from Spitzer's title, fully enabling him to exercise the responsibilities of his position, said Robert Biller, executive vice provost.
In April, a search committee submitted a list of four names to Pings and Zumberge for consideration.
Dale Rogers Marshall, then associate dean of the College of Letters and Sciences at the University of California, Davis, who was considered the front-runner, declined the university's offer to visit the campus for a second time. Marshall accepted (Continued on page 3)
New head of financial aid and admissions appointed
By Denise Hendricks
Staff Writer
The admissions and student aid director at the University of Pittsburgh has been appointed dean of admissions and financial aid, according to a memo issued Tuesday by Lyn Hutton, senior vice president of administration.
Joseph Merante will replace Michael Halloran, who accepted a position as special assistant to Hutton in July.
"I know him from professional experience. I think he's an outstanding choice and will do a
pal lecturer at the Snowmass Institute for Admissions, Marketing and Strategic Planning,” Hutton said in the memo.
Merante serves on several financial aid and admissions boards, including the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, and the College Entrance Examination Board.
Advertisements for the position were placed in the Chronicle of Higher Education in July.
Hutton said she was pleased with the number of applicants and their caliber. Candidates came from within the university as well as from other institutions.
great job," Halloran said.
"We are just so pleased he has accepted the position and is coming. We think he'll be outstanding," Hutton said.
Merante, who has been at the University of Pittsburgh for nine years, will assume his new position Nov. 10.
From 1969 to 1977, Merante was the director of admissions at Duquesne University, where he received both his bachelor's and master's degrees. He received his doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh.
"Dr. Merante is nationally recognized for his innovative marketing program in the field of admissions, being the prind-
The deadline for applicants was in mid-August.
Hutton said she was pleased with the number of applicants and their caliber. Candidates came from within the university as well as from other institutions.
There was no formal search committee, but candidates were interviewed by Cornelius Pings, provost and senior vice president of academic affairs, administration and financial aid committee members, colleagues from the staff, and alumni who have been involved with the administration, Hutton said.
Merante could not be reached at press time.