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Volume CHI, Number 54	University of Southern California	Wednesday, April 8, 1987
Transfer credit agreements reorganized using computers
By Yamil Berard
Staff Writer
The reorganization of articulation agreements, which began last August, should conclude by July 1 with the implementation of a new articulation system coordinated by John Wright, assistant director of admissions evaluation.
Wright will oversee the work of the admissions evaluation counseling staff, while the evaluators will jointly handle the contracting of transferable units with the aid of a computerized system.
"Articulation will continue to be done as before except .that it will now be a team effort," Wright said.
Formerly responsible for credit transfers was articulation officer Joan Nay, who refused to comment on her reasons for leaving that position. Nay continues to be a university employee in the office of William Spitzer, dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
The time spent making articulation agreements, previously completed by hand, will be considerably cut with the installation of a computer system similar to the one used by the financial aid office, Wright said.
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It was an afternoon of laughs in front of Tommy Trojan Tuesday as students got a sneak preview of Comedy Night. At left, “Butterfly Man” Robert Nelson does a juggling act. At right, Leslie Eichel is mystified by the disappearance of a magic coin.
Court battle awaits university and city
Arraignment set for May 7 against researchers on radiation complaint
By Bryon Okada
Staff Writer
By John Perrone
Staff Writer
For the sixth consecutive year, the School of Accounting has been ranked among the top five undergraduate accounting programs in the country, according to a survey by a leading magazine, Public Accounting Report.
"We constantly are seeking ways to push toward new frontiers," said Doyle Williams, dean of the School of Account-
Both the university's general counsel and the City Attorney's Office are gearing up for their impending legal battle to decide whether the university and 10 of its researchers are guilty of mishandling radioactive materials at the Health Sciences Campus.
Arraignment for the charges is scheduled for May 7 in Los Angeles Municipal Court Division 81 in the Boshe Street Courthouse, said Mike Qualls, a spokesman for City Attorney James Hahn.
The arraignment is the result of a 179-count criminal complaint filed by Hahn on March 12. The complaint charged that the university and 10 research scientists at the Health Sciences Campus were illegally handling radioactive materials and neglecting the testing of research personnel to determine their exposure to radiation.
Qualls said that following Hahn's filing of the complaint, the arraignment is the next step in the legal process.
Gwendolyn Irby, deputy city attorney, is the scheduled prosecutor in the case against the university and the researchers.
Should the university and its 10 researchers need legal counsel beyond that of the university general counsel, the university will cover the financial arrangements of such outside counsel.
In addition to the counts against the university, a news release by Hahn named the researchers and the number of criminal counts filed against them as:
•	Peter Vogt, 21 counts.
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•	Daniel Levy, 15.
•	Robert Nakamura, 15.
•	Frederick Singer, 10.
•	Walter Wolf, 7.
•	Joseph Landolph, 3.
•	Gunther Dennert, 2.
•	Robert Maxson, 2.
•	Robert Fournier, 2.
•	Michael Lai, 1 count.
Qualls said no advance word
has come as to what steps are to be taken regarding the charges. But he said that the majority of the charges are for incidents, not documentation, as was previously implied in statements by university officials.
A spokesperson for the university general counsel said all questions regarding Hahn's complaint are to be handled by the Office of the Provost. Cornelius Pings, university provost, was unavailable for comment.
University law professor appointed to aviation commission by Reagan
By Linda Chong
Staff Writer
Magazine ranks accounting school among top programs in the country
ing, explaining the school's new research thrust in expert systems.
Williams said yesterday the program is keeping abreast of the changes that have come with technology.
"We are seeking to be on the leading edge," Williams said regarding expert systems that compile various auditing, accounting and taxation strategies of different experts onto a computer. This produces a comprehensive accounting philosophy made widely available to a broad base of practicing professionals and new faculty members.
The recent Wall Street trading scandals, he added, are "causing us to re-examine our programs," emphasizing the need to instill a high sense of social responsibility among the accounting students.
Williams said that the Public Accounting Report poll gives the only comprehensive survey of all of the country's accounting
programs. The top four schools in order were the University of Illinois, the University of Texas, the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton.
Public Accounting polls the nation's accounting administrators for the annual survey. In choosing their top five colleges or universities, Williams said the various administrators select on the basis of the academic reputations of the faculty members. He explained that academic officials acquaint themselves with those at other schools through their writings, at academic meetings and by evaluating the general quality of their work.
"(The accounting) program has a very rich tradition," said Williams, who has been the accounting school's dean since its inception in 1979.
He noted that Michael Moore, an accounting professor at the university, is the incoming president of the American Tax Asso-(Continued on page 2)
President Ronald Reagan recently appointed one of the university's law professors to serve on a newly established Federal Aviation Safety Commission, which will deal with the current state of airline safety.
Michael Levine, the Law Center's William T. Dalessi Professor of Law, will be one of seven members on the commission, which was established by Congress last October.
"It's a pleasure to be recognized," Levine said. "It's a big responsibility."
Other members of the commission include Joseph Kalt, a professor of political economy at Harvard University, and John Robinson, the dean of Emery University's business school. Levine is the only commissioner from the Southern California area.
The commission's chairman has yet to be selected by the White House, Levine said. Levine said he will have a better idea of what his duties will be after a commission chairman has been appointed.
"It (the commission) is basically a blue ribbon type of commission which will consider various studies in the air traffic agencies," Levine said.
None of the positions are paid, except for that of the executive director, Levine said, adding that monetary compensation is not the most important part of the commission.
"Frankly, it will really be quite an honor to be able to help the country a little bit," Levine said.
One of the issues the commission will be considering is how well the air traffic system has recovered from the recent air traffic controllers' strike,
Law professor Michael Levine is one of seven members on the newly established Federal Aviation Safety Commission.
Levine said. It will also consider whether the Federal Aviation Administration or a separate federal corporation should run air traffic matters.
"We'll be dealing with semi-technical material. We'll have to consult and consider whether the whole air regulation system is as safe as it could be," Levine said.
He said some of the commission's plans include on-site visits to FAA and National Transportation Safety Board projects.
"We'll try to meet some people and talk to them rather than reading documents," Levine said.
Levine said he received a telephone call late last
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