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no. 17
University of Southern California
los angeles, California
Wednesday, october 11,1972
Hubbard gives Ingle support
By Betty Gaynor and Leonard Leger
President John Hubbard made a definite statement Tuesday in support of Dr. John Ingle, dean of the School of Dentistry.
After more than an hour of intense questioning at a special meeting of dental school faculty and students, Hubbard finally made the statement which many at the meeting had been waiting for.
Hubbard said the purpose of the meeting was to explain the situation created by the allegations against Ingle made by alumni support groups. In addition. Hubbard wanted to tell why he chose to set up an advisory committee to judge the allegations and where he stood on the matter.
“Instead of Ingle denying the allegations and the other side continuing the charges, and instead of my making pronouncements, I wanted to get credible, objective third party judgment,” Hubbard said. He stressed the committee is purely advisory and he will not make any changes unless he is convinced they are necessary.
Many members of the faculty, including Dr. Clifton Dummett and Dr. Nathan Friedman, questioned the validity of the committee. Dummett said it was the responsibility of the American Dental Association Accreditation Committee and not a special committee to evaluate dental schools. Friedman thought the committee was unnecessary because most of the allegations are already known to be false.
Remained firm In response, Hubbard remained firm on his decision to
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form the committee.
Asked if the committee’s report due Oct. 18 will be used as the basis for his decision, Hubbard said, “I am going to subject the report to close scrutiny before there is any public disclosure.
“I have made it clear to the committee that it is advisory only. I am presuming that any statement positive or negative will have documentation.
“We still want the best dental school we can have. I feel that the best way to refute those kinds of charges is by using this method.”
The allegations have become a major issue in the school with both sides fighting it out.
Students wear buttons
Students and faculty in the school support Ingle and have gone as far as having buttons with “We Need Dean Ingle” printed on them.
The other side printed cards with questions dealing with Ingle's competency and sent them out to support group members.
The meeting between Hubbard and the students managed to turn up some interesting comments by both students and Hubbard.
Hubbard was asked his personal opinion of Ingle.
“There has never been any doubt in my mind on his ability.”
He was asked if he supported Ingle and, after a pause, said, “I not only support him, but I thought I supported him all the way.
“I cannot understand where or why these allegations came about.”
The meeting ended with Al Cutri, dental school student body president, presenting Hubbard with a petition with more than 450 signatures on it along with a “We Need Dean Ingle” button.
The petition said the students endorsed Ingle as dean of the school. The button was given to Hubbard with the words, “If you wear it, you’ll never have to say it.”
By Peter Wong
associate editor
Faculty salaries at the university have been increased substantially in recent years, but they have not kept pace with those of other universities or with the rising cost of living.
That is why the university administration is considering another increase in faculty salaries, and why student tuition may be increased by as much as $200 in 1973-74.
Two groups are studying the factors that may cause an increase in tuition, including projected increases in faculty pay. The university’s Financial Affairs Committee and the staff of Z.A. Kaprielian, vice-president for academic adminis-
tration and research, are doing this work.
No recommendations have been made yet and no decision will be reached by President John Hubbard and the Board of Trustees for a while, but the administration has indicated that new income from an increase in tuition would provide money for pay raises and cost increases.
$89 per unit?
Should the administration decide to increase tuition $200 over the current $2,460, the actual unit rate would be increased $7 from $82 to $89.
If student enrollment is at least at the level of fall
1971—and the administration has indicated that the total
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enrollment will be higher than that—then from 19,129 students taking 201.329 units, the additional income from a $200 increase in tuition would be about $1.4 million a semester, or $2.8 million a year.
This would assume that the number of units taken in fall 1973 would be at least on the level of fall 1971.
However, if tuition continues to climb, the number of students and the number of units taken may decline, causing financial problems for the university. This happened last fall when enrollment dropped 8% from fall 1970.
Of course, should the university be successful in its student-recruitment campaign for the fall 1973 freshman class, as it was in this fall’s freshman class, then enrollment should not drop.
Diminishing returns?
But whether hikes in tuition can continue to pay for all of the university’s cost increases is doubtful, for USC tuition, though still low in comparison with other leading private universities, might soon reach a point of diminishing returns.
The $310 increase in tuition for 1972-73 provided enough revenue for university cost increases of$5.3 million, most of which were in government programs the university had no control over.
Some $1.1 million was allocated for increases in faculty and staff salaries in 1971-72 and an additional $519,000 for
1972-73.
But the amount of increase in salaries must be incorporated into future budgets because such increases cannot be offered one year and denied the
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MURRAY WEINER
By Loren Ledin
staff writer The owner of the MJM Catering Co. angrily refuted charges Tuesday that he is involved in a payoff with the university’s food service department.
Murray Weiner, MJM’s owner, said yesterday that Walter Rudametkin’s story that Weiner paid off a university official to receive an evening catering contract on campus is a lie.
“I’m not getting rich here,” he said. “It’s a living. There’s no reason for a kickback.”
Rudametkin, owner of the Golden Scarab Cafe, said in the Daily Trojan Tuesday that Weiner had to pay off someone to get the contract.
“He’s nothing but a leech,” Weiner said of Rudametkin. “He
harrasses other drivers, makes stops that don’t belong to him.” 9 years at USC
Weiner said he has been involved with the university for nine years, four years with an exclusive contract.
“The only reason I’ve been on campus so long is because I give good service and low prices,” he said. “Everyone is happy with the service.”
Weiner’s catering company has three trucks, two of which serve the campus. Weiner, who drives one vehicle himself, said he is on campus from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day.
“If I was making so much money I wouldn’t be driving myself,” he said.
Weiner denied that he had ever spoken to Rudametkin.
Rudametkin said in Tuesday’s Daily Trojan that Weiner told him he didn’t have the money to get the USC contract.
“I talked to one of his drivers once,” Weiner said. “I told him he’d better get some more food on his truck.”
As for his contact with Herbert Harbeson, director of residence halls and food service, to whom Rudametkin pointed as a possible key figure in any payoff, Weiner said, “He does nothing for me and I do nothing for him. We only communicate over my contract.”
Weiner leveled one more blast at Rudametkin. “This guy is like the Stanford football team,” he said. “They lose and they spend the next day crying about it.”
Extensive campus construction begun last year has resulted in the completion of a new dormitory and apartment building, a three-level parking structure and a gerontology center. But work goes on—nearing completion is the new fine arts building pictured here in the spring at the outset of its construction. Planned for the future is a baseball stadium to replace Bovard Field, which will be transformed into a performing arts complex. DT photo by Danny Alaimo.
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