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Volume XCV, Number 60	University of Southern California	Thursday, April 12, 1984
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Sporting a cardinal and gold striped tie. actor John Ritter receives the Alumnus of the Year Award. See story on page 9.
Freshmen honors housing deletes academic program
By Catalina Camia
Assistant Gty Editor
Applications from incoming freshmen honors students wishing to live in the Marks Hall for Dean's Scholars are currently being distributed, although one of the original objectives of the program will not be implemented during the first year of its existence.
Sheryl Lucarelli , director of college and school relations, and Logan Hazen, director of the office of residential life, said that applications have been sent out to students as they are notified of winning a Dean's Scholarship, despite confusion about whether or not an academic curriculum will be offered to students living in the building.
Although only 12 students — six males and six females — have committed themselves, Lucarelli expects more applications to be returned before the April 23 deadline.
An original proposal for the program stated that an academic curriculum would be offered to the students living in the building, as a supplementary addition to the courses in their majors.
While this may have been one of the intents of this living arrangement, Joseph Kertes, assistant dean of the division of social sciences and communication, said the advisory committee is immediately concerned with recruiting students to live in the building and staffing the residence hall with a faculty resident and two student resident advisers.
"The idea of having an academic base (curriculum) seems not to have been accepted," Kertes said. "We were enthusiastic about that being a
component of the program, but it was just one component."
Irwin Lieb, vice president and dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, said he would like to clear up the misunderstanding about the academic intent of the program.
"A distinction must be made between an academic program and academic activities," Lieb said. "There will be many academic activities, but there will be nothing available for credit, such as an academic program."
Lieb said the original idea to have this type of academically enriched living situation began with the division of social sciences and communications recruitment committee.
While the idea of having a separate residence hall for Dean's Scholars is sound, it is impossible to offer an academic curriculum because the students who will be living there will have different majors and different interests, Lieb said.
"The people who first suggested the program made the mistake of thinking that only social science students would be involved. When it was realized that it would be more than social science students, then it was also realized that it would not be feasible to offer an academic program," Lieb >aid.
He said a funding source for the activities offered in the dean's hall has yet to be defined, but it will possibly be from a combination of funds from the office of residential life and the academic departments.
Dean's Scholarships are available from every school and department that has a dean, from LAS
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Students may get discounts on Apple personal computers
By Jason Knott
City Writer
The university is continuing its negotiations with Apple Computers to obtain a discount for students wishing to purchase the Macintosh personal computer, said Harvey Eastman, director of Academic Computing for the university.
These negotiations come in the wake of Apple's announcement that it will begin offering discounts to universities not included in a discount consortium that was formed in January, he said.
The Apple consortium is a group of 24 schools that receive 60 percent discounts on the Macintosh computer in return for a $2 million investment.
While schools such as Stanford, Michigan University and Dartmouth were included in the consortium, this university was not.
Eastman said that currently only faculty members can get the standard 35 percent price reduction on computer equipment and that students must purchase equipment from outside the university.
"We want to get a deal like that for the students," he said. "We're in the middle of negotiations right now and should know something in about two weeks."
Eastman said that the deal must first be approved by the university.
If an agreement is reached with the computer company, the Macintosh will be available to students for approximately $2,000, Eastman said, adding that he has received a lot of calls from interested students.
This week's Chronicle of Higher Education reported that Apple is offering only a 22 percent to 26 percent discount to universities, but Eastman hopes to get a larger price reduction.
He said there may be some stipulations made by Apple involving the prospective deal.
He said a $1 million dollar investment by the university has been the stipulation on a number of deals, but that investment would be over a period of a year and a half.
"So if (the computers are sold) for $2,000 each, and if we sell 1,000 of them, we've made the investment back. The stipulation puts a bit of responsibility on the university," Eastman said.
The Chronicle of Higher Education also said that Apple wants schools to guarantee the computers will not be resold by students for a profit.
"It appears that you can do what you want with the computer after you buy it," Eastman said. "The rumor is that it is going to be difficult to enforce that."
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McDonald’s, Trojans suit up for an Olympics pool party
By Robbie Asghar
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The McDonald's Corp. has made an important contribution to the university and the-Summer Olympics by financing the Olympic Swim Stadium, said Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee President Peter Ueberroth, university President James Zumberge and corporation spokesmen Wednesday.
Speaking to several thousand franchise owner-operators at the McDonald's Operator Olympic Celebration on the Howard Jones Memorial Practice Field
and pool area, he praised the corporation's role in the preparations for the Summer Games, and reassured donors that their money was well spent.
"You are partners in the Olympic Games," Ueberroth told the audience. He also spoke of the company's commitment to "Three C's" (Country, Community and Customers).
In a short speech, Ueberroth said such sponsorship is significant because the donating corporation is not merely looking out for its own interests, but for those of "a great, great institu-
tion like USC and the Olympics."
The one-hour celebration, which was sandwiched by two large feasts, featured swimming and diving exhibitions by university students and area swim clubs, the Trojan Marching Band and Song Girls, and a mock 50-meter relay in addition to the brisk statements by officials.
Zumberge, who addressed the owners from Germany, Japan and Australia in their native tongue or accent, spoke of the (Continued on page 3)
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Big Macs and fries were left on the grill as McDonald s employees picnicked with seafood and style Wednesday. The feast began on Howard Jones Memorial Field and flowed into the Olympic Swim Stadium.