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Volume XCVIII, Number 59
University of Southern California
Monday, April 15, 1985
Cafe '84 will have longer hours to serve afternoon customers
Student surveys indicate popularity of new complex
By Richard Hatem
Staff Writer
Cafe '84, the month-old dining facility in King Hall, is working to increase and improve its service to the university with changes in its menu, hours and customer satisfaction surveys.
The complex was originally open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., with a break from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Now, however, Primero's Pizza and the Gourmet Grocer remain open throughout the day.
Susan Hawkins, director of King Hall, explained that the hours were determined by public demand. "A lot of students want to come by and grab a Coke or a snack in the afternoon," she said.
The menu has received some additions recently, such as the seafood salad. Complaints have arisen, however, because of the price of the salad — $4.40 per half-pint.
"It's expensive, that's true," Hawkins said, "But it's expensive for us to buy, and it's fresh. So far it's been popular."
Meals involving shrimp are the most expensive items offered in the restaurant complex. "The jumbo shrimp we buy for the Oriental restaurant (Chopsticks) costs $9-$12 a pound," Hawkins said, adding that the price should change seasonally.
Eric Roberson, a professional chef and product manager for Cafe '84, said that with the onset of summer, more fruit selections will be made available in the salad bar.
Chopsticks, Primero's Pizza, and La Tortilla, the Mexican restaurant, have been the most popular so far, Roberson said.
"The Chinese restaurant has really suprised us with its popularity," Roberson said. He attributed this to the fact that "the food there is made fresh, right in front of you."
"And we've gotten a lot of good feedback on the pizza," he said. "People have compared it to pizza sold on the East Coast and we take that as quite a compliment."
But there have been complaints, too — especially about cold food at La Tortilla. "I noticed that, too," Hawkins said, "but 1 understand it's being taken care of."
Roberson said, "The chef (at La Tortilla) just wasn't keeping the food in the oven long enough."
Another problem Roberson has noted is the style of food preparation. "It's very exhibi-tory — you watch the people make your food.” Student workers are brought in early in the morning and taught exactly how to prepare the food. How-
ever, Roberson said, it's a difficult process to teach someone who has never worked in food services. This is why there is variance in the quality and size of some Mexican dishes.
According to “menu abstracts," which indicate the items that have sold the most, Fancy Pattys, the hamburger restaurant, has done well with both its Italian and French burgers, but has had problems with sales o£ the Mexican burger.
Roberson said the Mexican burger may be changed to include avocado slices, rather than a chile.
Another new addition has been the deli counter at the pizza restaurant, featuring salads frequently found in northern Italy. "In northern Italy, salad dressing doesn’t exist. They just add a little oil and lemon juice," Roberson said. "I think that 'au naturale' quality will appeal to people."
The customer reaction sheets have been available for the last week and will continue through next week. Susan Wilkie, assistant director of dining services, said, "We're trying to find out who our clients are: staff? students? Are they used to eating on or off campus? We want to know who it is we're serving."
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Summer classes may not fulfill new transfer plan requirements
By Nancie Mack
Staff Writer
Students thinking of-taking summer classes anywhere but at USC will have to move fast to make sure those classes fulfill the university's requirements.
On April 8, the university's new policy regarding the transfer of units went into effect. The old concurrent registration form, given to students who transfer units from other schools, was abandoned and replaced by the Permission to Register at Another Institution (PI) form.
The new form and procedure is "rather streamlined," said Anne Morley, associate director of admission evaluations. But it could also pose a problem for students used to taking classes during the summer without prior approval from the university.
The new transfer policy was enacted because the Committee on Academic Policies and Procedures (CAP) felt students were taking outside coursework which was not "acceptable in the departments' eyes," Morley said.
In the past, the university had one policy regarding the transfer of units: outside courses taken during the summer did not require prior approval. If the classes were taken during the fall or spring semesters, the student needed a concurrent registration form signed by the Admissions Office and his major department.
Now, "all semesters are to be treated alike," Morley said.
In most departments, general education and elective courses will not require any prior approval. Students who want to take outside courses should check a list of department requirements
compiled by the admissions office to determine if prior approval is needed.
Entitled "Departmental Requirements When Registering at Another Institution," the sheet explains which majors require prior approval for each category of classes (GEs, electives, pre-major and major coursework).
Four divisions — filmic writing, and the Schools of Architecture, Education and Nursing — require prior permission for all coursework taken outside this university.
When a student needs prior approval for outside coursework, he must fill out a PI form and submit it to the admissions office. If the desired units are transferrable, the admissions office will sign the form.
The student must then ask his department for permission to take the outside flass. If the department disapproves, the student will not be allowed to transfer those units to this university.
If the department allows the student to take the outside course, it will keep a copy of the PI form. The student will keep his copy of the PI form, as well as a duplicate admissions office copy.
Once the student has completed the course, he returns the admissions office copy and his transcript to admissions, where a transfer credit evaluation will be done.
If a student's major does not require prior approval, he can just go ahead and take the courses he wants, Morley said.
The university has an articulation agreement — or contract — with all community colleges in the state, Morley said. If a student takes electives or GEs at any of these schools, he does not need the
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Two ballots to choose president
Senate elects Ng to modified post
By Aaron Van Curen
Assistant Gty Editor
Pauline Ng, a junior majoring in accounting, was elected president of the Student Senate Friday morning. Two ballots were required because none of the three candidates — Ng, Kevin Bumes or Mark Decker — received a majority of the votes on the first ballot.
According to the senate's recently modified bylaws, Ng — a commuter senator — will serve as the senate's spokesman, appoint some positions on senate committees — including the Program Board chairman — and coordinate the operations of the senate and the Program Board.
Unlike previous presidents, Ng will not preside over senate meetings. That duty falls to Bumes, a Greek senator, who was elected vice president of the senate.
After the presidential election, Bumes and Decker were nominated for vice president, joining Chris Vivo and Tom Becktold, who were nominated last Wednesday. The vice presidential election required a run-off between Vivo and and Bumes.
After a heated contest. Vivo, a graduate senator from the School of Engineering, was elected graduate speaker. Vivo joined Darryl Stewart, the former graduate representative and chairman of the graduate program board, to vie for the position.
The eight graduate senators at the meeting split evenly between Vivo and Stewart. The tie was resolved after three ballots.
David Jefferson, a student community senator, made a lively speech to capture the vote of the undergraduate constituency for the position of undergraduate speaker. Jefferson, who received a majority of the vote on the second ballot, ran against Phil Clement and Daren Friesen.
Theresa Beaulieu, a graduate senator from the School of Business, was elected chairman of the graduate program board over Jose Serra.
Ng, said in the position statement that she gave to the senate that she will be "the key integrator of students and organizations." She plans to achieve this by using the president's position as chairwoman of the Council of Presidents — an organization of presidents of all recognized university organizations — to facilitate and encourage group action, thus increasing university cohesion.
She also said that the Council of Presidents is "an untapped resource from which senate . . . can obtain valuable ideas, comments and student support."
"I see the president as an assertive means of channeling information of activity between senate and the Program Board," Ng said. She added she hopes to direct programming funds to activities that implement and promote senate legislation.
PAULINE NG and MIKE SINGER