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Sports, page 16
Military spending will damage U.S.
Viewpoint, page 4
Cult band rocks L.A,
Life I Arts, page 7
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Volume CXIV, Number 49
University of Southern California
Friday, March 22,1991
Students spring into welcomed
vacation
By Liz Washburn
Staff Writer
Clouds may be looming in the sky, but Spring Break is here, and sun, relaxation and fun are in the minds of university students.
"I'm going solo to my condo in Puerto Vallarta," said Allison Schumacher, a sophomore majoring in international relations and journalism. "I'm going to sleep."
Ian Thomas, director of USC Travel, said the most popular "sun-seeking vacation" packages were trips to (See Break, page 10)
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Matt Siiber, an undeclared sophomore, leafs through a Mexico travel catalogue as he contemplates possible plans for Spring Break next week.
Pollution costs USC $20,000
Generator waste, illegal energy operation prompts settlement with AQMD
By William Merone
Staff Writer
The university has been fined $20,000 by the South Coast Air Quality Management District for “periodically testing and operating five internal combustion backup generators without permits to operate," AQMD officials said.
The fine places the university second on the AQMD's 'Top Ten" list of violators during the month of January, according to an AQMD statement released March 15. John Welsh, energy management systems planner, said
three of the generators in question were used to provide emergency power at Doheny Library, Parking Structure A and the Gerontology Center.
The AQMD requires all internal combustion engines over 50 horsepower to operate under a permit. Welsh said the regulation was put into effect in 1989.
"The problem is, we have (many different) generators," Welsh said. "We never had any reason to check (whether the generators had permits)."
Larry Berg, an AQMD board member since 1983 and director of the university's Jesse Unruh Institute of Politics, said he feels the university has not worked hard enough to ensure compliance with air pollution regulations.
"Until recent times the university was not doing its part as a responsible citizen," Berg said. "There was no organizational structure, there was no one person responsible
for meeting air quality standards."
h M ;	(See Fine, page 10)
USC tuition set to climb 6.4 percent next year
By Dave Hernandez
Staff Writer
For the 1991-92 academic year, tuition prices will increase by 6.41 percent to $15,300, university officials announced Thursday.
The increase is due mostly to inflation, said John Curry, the university's vice president for budget and planning. The figure represents a marked decrease from the early 1980s when tuition regularly increased at twice the rate of inflation.
Curry said the move is part of an effort by the university to keep tuition increases down to within a range of 0.5 to 1 percent per year.
That policy has been in effect since President James Zumberge came to the university 10 years ago when tuition rose annually by nearly 15 percent. Zumberge is retiring on March 31, though, and Curry would not speculate as to whether the new president, Steven Sample, would continue the policy.
Other reasons for the relatively low tuition inq^ase are varied, Curry said.
"We realized that we had to slow the rate of growth of the tuition increase," he said.
The increase is closely tied to the rate of inflation, which has fluctuated between 6.1 and 6.4 percent this year.
"We have argued that our price has to reflect the cost of doing business," Curry said.
The percentage increase represents an actual increase of $922 over last year's tuition and fees — including a $12 increase in the Health Center fee to $228, and an increase of $2 in the programming fee to $52.
As part of the overall final budget, Curry said the university is increasing the amount of financial aid available
(See Budget, page 11)
Zumberge reflects on his years at the helm
USC’s 10th president proud to leave academic legacy
By Alexandra Matisoff
Staff Writer
Retiring university president James Zumberge took time out from packing boxes in his office Wednesday to give some final impressions of his 11 years at the helm, and the storms he has weathered in that time.
Zumberge said he takes pride in the university's developments over the past five years, saying the school now attracts better students who are able to compete on a national basis with other schools that have traditionally produced award-winning students.
"Overall the university has shed some of its early reputation as being a jodt school, and as a place for white rich kids," he said. "I think its academic reputation is very much enhanced, and you can see that, in the fact that we have more Truman Scholars, a couple of Rhodes Scholars and Luce Scholars that are competing with the best in the country for major scholarship awards."
When asked what he considered to be his major accomplishments as university president, Zumberge demurred, saying "my answer might seem self-serving."
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This Is the first of a two-part series examining USC’s present and future as James Zumberge hands the lead-ershlp torch to new president Steven Sample.
James Dennis, vice president of Student Affairs, was quick to praise the outgoing president.
"He has continued improvement of the university on virtually all factors — the fund-raising campaign, the Olympic Games, facility development and our improved relationship with the surrounding community," Dennis said.
Dennis Dougherty, acting senior vice president for administration, said he would miss Zumberge's leadership, citing his fund-raising and campus-building achievements.
"I served under Dr. Zumberge for 10 years. He's a hard act to follow," Dougherty said. "Dr. Zumberge brought a great deal of leadership and integrity to the office of the president."
Zumberge said the future of the university looks bright, with few stumbling blocks. When asked whether he thought USC might be considered for an audit by the federal government, similar to the investigation into Stanford University's research accounting procedures, Zumberge said he did not see an impending audit.
"Our name has been mentioned from time to time, but I've had no communication from the Dingell (congressional) committee that they are going to send out auditors to USC."
Zumberge said the university feels it has nothing to hide in terms of its accounting methods for research overhead calculations.
"We believe that we have dealt honestly and fairly with the federal government in allocating our overhead charges, and we do not sit here quivering in anticipation of a federal audit," he said.
Zumberge also commented on the findings of the Knight Foundation Commission report on Intercollegiate Athletics, which charged that many college
(See Zumberge, page 11)