University of Southern California
DAILY m TROJAN
VOL. LXIV NO. 59
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1972
Tuition hike of $310 expected
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ON A CLEAR DAT —In Los Angeles, no one can
quite see forever, but the view from the fourth floor of the Student Union was only slightly hazed by red smog, as the shadows began to creep up
on Alumni Park, in the foreground, where Alumni Park's fountain can slightly be made out. DT photo by John Schwarz.
Peace Corps may face cutbacks
By BRIAN ROBINETTE
Gloria Myklebust, USC's Peace Corps liason. has expressed concern over the proposed Congressional cutback in Peace Corps funds, which she believes would discourage students from volunteering.
Ms. Myklebust. who serves as director of student services in her university capacity, vehemently disagrees with Joseph Blatchford, Peace Corps director, who said that should the agency's funds be cut. the difference would be made up by decreasing the number of volunteers now involved in the program. Blatchford. she said, had asked Congress for $84 million and said she heard it would be half that amount.
“I would be most upset if the Peace Corps cut back in volunteers," said Ms. Myklebust. “The Peace Corps is the best form of diplomatic relations this country has. simply because of the nature of the volunteers."
If the number of volunteers is decreased. Ms. Myklebust fears Blatchford would not be able to supply the new programs that would appeal to applicants. Student interest in the agency, she feels, would then wane.
“The students will be discouraged. because there would be nothing for them, she said. Why should they apply? "
If the funds are cut. she said, rather than curtail the volunteers. the agency should streamline its administrative staff in Washington. D.C.
"Volunteers in the Peace Corps are paid the equivalent
of the amount they would receive for the same vocation in the country they're serving in. she said. “Yet. there are people in Washington earning 8. 10. 15. 30. even 40 thousand dollars a year."
Ms. Myklebust, who previously served in the Peace Corps from 1965-67, was employed by the agency from 1967-68 to serve as the USC liason. She is not salaried, however. As liason. she supplies information to prospective Peace Corps applicants and helps facilitate any activities conducted on campus.
Ms. Myklebust expressed disapproval over the manner in which Blatchford has directed the Peace Corps.
“Since he's been director, Blatchford has changed the image of the Peace Corps. The image used to be the young college graduate willing to do something.”
Such changes include the family program plan, in which a husband can have his family sent along with him if they meet the basic requirements. Another has been Blatchford’s recruitment of order and more skilled technical volunteers.
“Blatchford's idea of using skilled personnel is a good one. but it is impractical because of the lack of motivation. " she said.
Another problem the Peace Corps faces, she said, is that the agency is becoming too institutionalized.
“The longer the Peace Corps stays in Washington, the more it will suffer from the Washington bureaucracy."
Free dance in Birnkrant
A free rock concert and dance will be held tonight in Birnkrant Women’s Resident Hall at 8 p.m. Music will be provided by Chicasaw. Food and drinks will be free. The dance will be held in honor of the players and coaches of the freshman football team, who will be introduced.
By PETER WONG Staff Writer
President John Hubbard is expected to announce soon that the university will increase tuition $310 a year starting in the fall, it was disclosed at the ASSC Executive Council meeting Thursday night.
ASSC President Kent Clemence told the council about the increase immediately after the council voted 12-0 to establish an emergency loan fund for student use. with $15,000 from reserve funds of the Fee Allocations Board, which manages student-paid fees.
After the meeting Clemence told the Daily Trojan that Hubbard informed him of the planned tuition increase for 1972-73 only this week, and that Hubbard had not yet decided when to make the announcement to the general student body.
If the $310 increase is correct, tuition for one year will be $2,460. starting in the fall. But is was not immediately clear whether Hubbaid's figure is just a formal university recommendation to the Board of Trustees, or an actual increase that has already been appro . ed by the board.
During October, the trustees approved a tuition increase of up to $370 for 1972-73, but no decision on a figure was made until an evaluation of Phase 2 of President Nixon's economic policies was conducted.
Hubbard said at the President's Convocation Nov. 9 that the university was running a $1.2 million deficit in its current budget of $91.7 million. A week later university officials announced that fall enrollment had dropped about 8% from fall of 1970, and that because total
IFC judicial dismisses complaints against Delts
The case Delta Tau Delta vs. Married Students, involving a damage suit filed by the students, was dropped by the Interfraternity Council Judicial just prior to Christmas vacation due to insufficient evidence.
Apparently the students do not intend to appeal the decision. They had asked $50 for personal damages allegedly suffered at the USC-Oregon football game Oct. 9.
One of the students claimed that, while seated in front of the fraternity's section at the game. he. his friends and their wives were hit by beer cans and other objects thrown by the members. A brief fight took place, in which one of the students was allegedly struck by fraternity members.
The first formal complaint was brought Nov. 9 in the ASSC Student Court. However, the court, at the urging of students and administration. decided it did not have jurisdiction.
Robert Mannes, dean of student life, then referred the case to the IFC Judicial, the fraternities' disciplinary body.
The judicial decided that the married students had no sound evidence on which to base their claim.
Convention hurries work
In an attempt to finish the major part of its work before final exams, the ASSC constitutional convention will meet twice next week in the Student Activities Center.
The convention will meet at 3 p.m. Tuesday and 4 p.m. Thursday.
Delegates will hear Tuesday the report of the committee on the executive and legislative branches, headed by Dan Smith.
That committee was to have
given its report Thursday but the committee will hold a second open hearing today at 2 p.m. in Student Union 311. George Millburn. a convention delegate, is scheduled to make a presentation to the committee.
The report of six other convention committees are expected to be submitted before Jan. 20, so that a proposed constitution can be put together before the deadline Feb. 8.
student enrollment had fallen instead of risen, expected income from tuition was short, leaving the large gap.
Next year the university will aim for a budget $1.5 million lower than this year’s budget, it was announced Dec. 2.
It was not clear whether the Price Commission, a key agency in Mr. Nixon’s Phase 2 economic policies, will be involved in any way over the $310 increase. Hubbard said Nov. 9 that he felt the commission would not allow an increase of more than 5%. or $107.50.
Lee Blackman. ASSC vice-president for academic affairs, presented the proposal for an emergency loan fund for student use. He had been working on the details of such a fund since the summer.
The council passed Blackman's proposal as an ASSC bylaw. which establishes an ASSC Emergency Loan Commission of six students and three administrators. one each from the Business Office, the Student Aid Office and the office of assistant vice-president for student affairs, and a nonvoting student chairman.
Comission members will have the responsibility of administering the fund, but the Student Aid Office, through its director, James Smith, has agreed to do all the necessary paperwork.
Next week Blackman will ask the Fee Allocations Board for $15,000 of the estimated $20,000 in reserves to start the emergency loan fund. If the board grants the request, which Blackman told the council is probable. student members for the commission will be selected by a special panel.
The first loans are expected to be granted about Feb. 1. They will not exceed $250 each, although the Student Aid Office may make exemptions because of extreme need. Repayments must be made in 90 days; interest will be 1% or $1. whichever is greater. This comes out to 4% if computed annually.
Loans may be made to any student taking six or more units. The student must be 21 or have the signature of a parent, although the age limit will be lowered when state legislation allowing those 18 and older to sign contracts becomes effective in March.
Blackman emphasized that the major criterion for granting a loan will be a student's need as it hears on his continuation at the university.
He is hoping later for a 2-tOTl matching fund from the university so that the funds available for loans will total $45,000.
Both Hubbard and Dan Nowak, acting vice-president for student affairs, said that they are willing to supply extra staff if needed in the Student Aid Office for the new program. Blackman said.
“Now we can point to this and say that we are really providing and ASSC-sponsored service for the student body." he
said.