Daily
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University of Southern California
vol. Ixv no. 14
los angeles, California
thursday, october 5, 1972
Annual giving vital to university budget
By Peter Wong
associate editor
One form of income that is sought after by the university fund-raisers is annual giving, which provides a small but important part of the university budget.
In 1970-71, the latest year for which figures are available, the annual giving program raised
about$2.3 million for the university, or about 2.6!% ofthe 1970-71 budget of $86.6 million.
The goal for the 1972-73 giving program is $2.5 million. Pat Nixon. First Lady and a 1937 USC alumna, is honorary national chairman for the program.
Six major areas
Annual giving at the university is divided into six major areas, each directed at a specific constituency.
The first source for funds is the alumni, and the major channel for their money is the Alumni Fund, established in 1948.
Contributors to the Alumni Fund may ask that their gifts be used toward scholarships, toward a particular school within the university, or for
unrestricted purposes, in which case the administration may allocate the money to what it believes are the most important needs.
The General Alumni Association. though not primarily a fund-raising organization, also encourages annual giving by providing that if an alumnus contributes at least $25 annually to the university, he automatically becomes a member of the association.
The Alumni Fund raised $30,766 for the university in 1960-61. $259,271 in 1964-65, and $353,115 in 1970-71.
Parents’ support
Another source for funds is, of course, the parents of university students, and the Parents’ League was founded in 1958 with fund-raising as one of its purposes. The gifts made by members of the league are used for goals related directly to students’ interests. The remodeling of the Student Health Center was partly funded by such money.
The league provided $31,762 in 1960-61, $16,360 in 1964-65. and $46,611 in 1970-71.
The largest source of financial support in the annual giving program is the 18 support groups, which donate money to specific academic units.
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ROTC takeover charges to be heard by judicial
By Loren Ledin
staff writer
The case of the ROTC 5—minus 2—will come before the University Judicial Council in the third week of October.
Rick Saslaw, one of the five charged in last spring’s takeover of the Air Force ROTC Building, has asked that his case be reviewed separately.
Sam Hurst, along with Rich Frishman, second year law student; Jim Glick. first year law student; and Jerry Reitman, graduate student in international relations, wish to be heard as a group. However, Hurst is in London on a university economics program and is not expected to return for the hearing.
“That does make for difficulty,” Carl Emerich, assistant vice-president for student affairs, said Wednesday. “I don’t want to hold up the hearing for Sam.”
Graduation controversy
A controversy has risen over the student status of Hurst and his subjectivity to the charges.
Hurst apparently graduated scot-free of the charges over the summer. But his degree was held up over a dispute caused by the language requirement. He petitioned, and was turned down.
Emerich had said earlier, “If Sam graduated, we have to assume he graduated innocent.”
But Emerich said Wednesday that Hurst is now subject to the charges.
“If Sam is forced to reenroll because ofthe language requirement. then he will have to come before the board when he returns from Europe,” he said.
Hearing set Emerich said the hearing will not be rescheduled because it might be several months before Hurst returns from Europe.
The five students face university charges for the takeover of the second floor of the ROTC Building the night of May 10th.
Their case was given to the Student Behavior Committee in June, who voted to turn the case over to the all-student judicial council.
COURT ACTION PONDERED
YAF may challenge ASSC fee
By Al Freisleben
staff writer
The campus chapter of Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) will attempt to force the university to refund the ASSC programming fee if the anticipated wording of a mail poll being prepared by the Student Affairs Division is not changed.
Jim Lacy, chairman of YAF, said Wednesday that the group wants the poll to ask students whether or not they desire a student government.
As is now planned, the poll will ask students if they want a reinstatement of the ASSC as it existed last spring or if they want an interim programming board to be created.
As soon as the results of the mailing come out, said Lacy, YAF will start campaigning for voluntary student government. Part of this would be an investigation of the possibility of filing a small claims court action against the university to recover one student’s $4.50 collected at registration, he added.
If the court ordered that the money should be returned, students would have reason to begin a class action suit, Lacy explained.
“The fee is collected on bogus and shady terms at present,” Lacy charged, adding that the university’s authority to collect the fee ended when the old ASSC constitution was suspended.
However, Carl Emerich, assistant to the vice-president of student affairs, said yesterday that the programming fee is a university fee, which binds the university to the collection ofthe money.
Emerich explained that a portion of the money collected this fall had been allocated for spending last springand that the sum remaining has not been used.
Within 30 days. Emerich explained, every registered student will receive an envelope containing a statement on the future of student government, a ballot, and a return stamped envelope. Students will be asked to complete and return the information within 14 days, he added.
Anyone 18 years or older by Nov. 7 who wants to vote in the November election must register by this Sunday. Persons who have moved since they last registered or did not vote in November, 1970 must reregister.
There will be a registration table near Tommy Trojan until Friday. Anyone who wants to register on the weekend may do so at the Registrar Qf Voters, 808 N. Spring St., in downtown Los Angeles. DT photo by Danny Alaimo.
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