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Volume CVII, Number 60
University of Southern California
Monday, December 5, 1988
New music program
Students get ‘hands-on ’ experience
By Ken Press
Staff Writer
The School of Music's new undergraduate degree program in recording engineering gives students an edge on jobs in the entertainment field, recording industry executives said.
The program, officially recognized last year, includes a comprehensive curriculum in all aspects of recording and related equipment.
It features a "hands-on" state-of-the-art control room, complete with a 40-channel mixing console and a 32-track digital recorder, which cost nearly $750,000, said Larry Livingston, dean of the School of Music.
The equipment "should put USC in serious contention with other recording arts (schools) around the country," Livingston said.
The major requires students to take a core curriculum of "well-designed, specific courses in recording theory and technology as well as hands-on experience with the best facilities of any school in the world," he said.
Recording industry executives agreed that practical knowledge and experience of such equipment are necessary to compete for jobs in Los Angeles, the recording capital of the world.
"Nowadays, (recording) engineering is getting very complicated. Any experience makes it easier to get a position as an engineer," said Andy Wilde, vice president of Solid State Logic, a major mixing console company.
"If there is a choice between (See Recording, page 8)
TOWARD THE WATER
MICHAEL KIM / DAILY TROJAN
David Gracia, a member of the diving team, keeps in practice during the off-season.
Senate circulates GE questionaires
Results to be published next year to help students make decisions in course selection
By Robin Silberstein
Staff Writer
A survey to gauge student opinion of classes is being circulated in 150 general education courses by the Student Senate and the general education committee, said a committee member.
"The purpose of this survey is to get some feeling for how students feel about these GE classes
and publish this information so students in the future can make decisions about what classes to take," said Vidal Graupera.
The seven-question survey allows students to rate specific areas of the classes as being very good, good, average, poor or very poor, said Renee Raithel, committee chairwoman.
Raithel said the survey was to help students choose quality courses rather than "Mickey Mouse" classes.
William Spitzer, dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, has been the group's "one guiding light" in its efforts to encourage various departments to cooperate with the survey, she said.
(See Survey, page 8)
Alumni salaries surveyed
Career center plans to compare results to wagesof other grads
By Kaci Anderson
Staff Writer
The Career Development Center is surveying 1988 USC graduates' careers and starting salaries to compare them to other university graduates, an official at the center said.
The survey, mailed randomly to more than 2,000 graduates in October, asks about current employment positions, starting salaries and whether the alumnus will be attending graduate school, said Jerry Houser, associate director of the Career Development Center.
"We need the statistics to orient current students to the transition from school to work," Houser said. "The information may affect their career decisions."
The center began the survey because of frequent student information requests, he said.
"I assume it's never been done before because of the time requirement," he added.
Houser said he spent several hours a week drafting, editing and getting the surveys approved before they were mailed.
By tracking a student's path to either graduate school or the job market, the surveys help evaluate student career goals, campus recruiting and job placements, he said.
The engineering and business schools help sponsor the cost of printing and mailing the sur-(See Salaries, page 6)
Rose Bowl tickets limited; increase in demand due to team’s success
By Ka.ci Anderson
Staff Writer
An increased demand for Rose Bowl tickets may leave some students disappointed because not everyone will receive tickets for the Jan. 2 game, a USC Ticket Office official said last Friday.
"Last year, all the students that met the deadline got tickets (to the Rose Bowl), but we also had a lower demand," said Tom Johnson, university ticket .manager.
The success of this year's team, which finished the season ranked fifth in the nation, has increased the demand for Rose Bowl tickets, Johnson said.
"We're 10-1. We've had a more successful season. Our average atten-
dance has been higher. Unfortunately, that kind of demand follows through," he said.
Students had to submit $40 with each activity card coupon and also received season basketball tickets.
Johnson said only season ticket holders were allowed to submit coupons and estimated the office had received between 4,000 and 5,000 by the Friday deadline.
Rose Bowl officials have allocated only 40,000 tickets for USC staff members, students and the 45,000 season ticket holders, Johnson said.
"We hope to spread the shortfall evenly among all the season ticket holders," he said.
Students said they waited for about (See Tickets, page 9)
MICHAEL KM I DAILY TROJAN
The line for Rose Bowl student tickets extended out of the Ticket Office, down the stairs and out of the door at the Student Union Building last Friday.