LAS issues new degree requirements
A revamping of the general education requirements for the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences becomes effective immediately, it was announced by university officials yesterday.
Currently enrolled students may meet degree requirements under either the new regulations or under those in the 1971-72 LAS Bulletin.
Among the major changes in the requirements are:
•	the physical educational requirement has been deleted;
•	the U.S. history requirement has been deleted; and
•	the maximum number of units a student may take on a pass/no pass basis has been increased from 12 to 24.
Previously, units taken on a
Registration continues
Registration and drop and add will continue today through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. until noon in the men’s gym.
Registration and drop and add will be closed Monday, Feb. 14, but will resume operations Tuesday, Feb. 15, in the registration building. A late fee of $10 will be charged for changes of program during the week of Feb. 15-19. Hours for changing programs will be 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, Feb. 15-18, and 8:30 a.m. until noon on Saturday, Feb. 19.
After Feb. 19, students may change programs only after petitioning the registrar’s office and paying a late fee of $25.
pass/no pass basis could not apply to the student s general education requirements or requirements for his major. Now a student may apply 12 units taken on a pass/no pass basis to meet the requirements. The foreign language requirement can now be taken on a pass/no pass basis.
These and other changes in the requirements for all bachelors’ degrees offered
through LAS were initiated originally by the General Education Committee. This is an ad hoc committee formed by John Cantelon, dean of LAS, that worked for more than a year in drafting a proposal for new degree requirements.
The ad hoc committee, chaired by J. Wesley Robb, professor of religion, presented its proposal to the university Curriculum
Committee in December. The Curriculum Committee approved the proposal with certain modifications Feb. 4. These modifications were confirmed by the university Student Scholarship Standards Committee yesterday, thereby becoming the official policy for the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
For other new regulations and the complete text of the new policy statement, see page 6.
University of Southern California
DAILY © TROJAN
VOL. LXIV, NO. 65
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1972
Tuition hike of $310 confirmed for ’72-73
By RIVIAN TAYLOR Editor
Tuition increases, which have been expected since last October, were formally announced today. The increases, which include a $310 hike in tuition for the average full-time student, will become effective with the 1972 summer session.
Tuition per academic unit will rise from $72 to $82. That means general tuition for the 1972-73 school year will be $2,460.
Tuition for those attending the Law Center will rise $450 to $2,600; tuition at the School of Medicine will also rise $450 to
reach $2,800; in Dentistry, which operates on a trimester program, a $300 increase will raise the year’s tuition to $3,150.
The go ahead for the tuition increases came last month when the Cost of Living Council (acting upon the recommendation of the Price Commission) exempted from price control the tuition fees and room and board charges of private, nonprofit schools, colleges and universities.
(Last November when the tuition increases were being contemplated, President John Hubbard predicted at his convoca-
tion that the Price Commission would not approve a tuition hike of more than five percent or $107.50.)
While announcing the tuition hikes, the university also reported that new funds totalling $94,780 will be made available to the Student Aid Office.
Also, the ASSC Emergency Loan Fund of $15,000 has been matched by the university in an equal amount. This fund is intended for emergency loans for a period up to 90 days and an amount up to $250. “There is no decision as yet as to the
Board bars law fees
By TIM TAYLOR Contributing Editor
The Board of Trustees has refused to allow university collection of the student-approved $1 fee for the Southern California Center for Law in the Public Interest.
Students voted 1,089 to 472 last October to assess themselves $1 per semester to support the center, a nonprofit corporation set up primarily to deal with environmental problems, consumer protection, and other related public issues.
The center had the support of both the People’s Response on a Better Environment (PROBE) and the Daily Trojan, versity would have collected the fee from students during registration, deducted its expenses, and then turned the balance over to the center. Those students who did not want to support the center would be able to have their money refunded.
The board’s action came at its regular bimonthly meeting last Wednesday and was reported to the Daily Trojan by President John Hubbard. Board meetings are closed.
“The board felt that the university should not act as a collection agency for an outside organization over which it has no control,” Hubbard said.
Hubbard also said that the board wanted to make it clear that its action was not a judgment on the merits of the center. The Board suggested that students could set up booths at registration and collect the fee themselves from those students who wished to contribute, he said.
Lee Blackman, ASSC vice-president for academic affairs, said yesterday that the ASSC will set up such a booth during next year’s registration. He also said that he was upset that the board’s decision came so late that it was impossible to set up
such a collection booth during this semester’s registration.
In other business at its meeting last week, the board approved the long-expected tuition increase of $310 per year. (See tuition story on page 1.)
Admissions figures were presented to the board which seem to indicate that there will be no further deficit for the spring semester. Fall admissions figures had shown that this year’s income would be about $1.2 million less than anticipated, and a corresponding amount was pared from the budget, Hubbard said.
Second semester admissions, Hubbard said, are on a par with last year’s second semester. “We expect to end the year dead level,”.he said, meaning that he does not anticipate any further budget cuts this year.
Hubbard also announced the formation of a Minority Affairs Commission to be chaired by Joseph Pruitt, a black assistant professor in the psychology department. The commission will be made up of students, faculty, and administrators and will be charged with discussing and making policy recommendations about minority problems at USC. Hubbard said that recent protests of the Black Students Union and MECHA over office space were not the causes of the commission’s creation, t>ut that they demonstrated the need for it.
Hubbard has asked the commission to present guidelines to him by the end of the semester.
The board also heard a presentation by Henry Blackburn, suggesting the formation of an organization to be called Students United for the University of Southern California. This group, Hubbard said, would provide systematic student input into university fundraising. The board was delighted by the idea, Hubbard said.
It was announced at the board meeting that the National Science Foundation will be granting $144,169 for an 18-month study of computer resource sharing between USC, Caltech, and UCLA. The study will analyze the practicability and usefulness of pooling computer facilities at the three universities.
Hubbard said he expects similar grants to be forthcoming for the study of sharing of library materials and academic programs between the three universities. These studies, he said, are the prelude to possible national networks of resource sharing.
The next regularly scheduled board meeting will be April 5.
amount of interest to be charged; it probably will be minimal,” said James Smith, director of student aid.
The university has also authorized an additional $200,000 which will be used to supplement fixed state scholarships, where allowed by the state. Officials estimated that as many as 700 students may fall in this category
Officials have repeatedly said tuition hikes are necessary, given the financial picture facing the university—a potential $1.2 million deficit for the current academic year. (The university has recently made budget adjustments that reportedly prevent the deficit; see story on trustee meeting, page one.)
In a letter written by Hubbard and circulated to students and parents, the university president cited increased operating costs in several areas such as the university’s share in Social Security payments and the expense, for the first time, of unemployment compensation.
The letter also said that additional buildings which become a part of the physical plant dur-ing this year and next will require approximately $600,000 for operation and maintenance.
“While we are implementing every possible means of internal economy in order to make teaching as cost-effective as possible, the aforementioned demands on our resources make it imperative that we increase tuition” wrote Hubbard.
But university officials maintain their economy moves, while saving as much money as possible, will not reduce the educational quality of the university. “Essentially, we’re trying to do what we do better with greater economy,” said Hubbard.
He said the university is maintaining its freeze on all unfilled faculty positions and is asking faculties throughout the university to increase their teaching loads, while it is continuing to review ari cut materials and supplies, e quipment and travel budgets.
At the same time, the university is “making every effort to raise as much new money for USC as possible,” and accelerating student recruitment efforts, Hubbard said.
He also said, “We are looking very closely at salary increases for the next fiscal year; there is the possibility of no salary increases for faculty and staff.” What is the possibility of another tuition increase for the following year?
“We fervently hope that there will be no tuition increase for the 1973-74 academic vear,” said Hubbard. “But to be realistic and straightforward, an increase remains within the realm of possibility.”
The last tuition hike—from $1,950 to the current $2,150—became effective in the summer session of 1971. One year earlier (summer, 1970) tuition was raised, from $1,800 to $1,950.
Construction of a new multi-level parking lot for dorm residents began during the semester break.
Access to 35th Street in front of the women’s dormitory complex will be limited to loading and unloading to keep the route clear for the construction trucks.
The street will be blocked completely at night to prevent anyone from parking and leaving their cars past 8 a.m., when the workers begin to arrive.
Residents of the Men’s and Women’s Complexes and Town and Gown dormitory must park in Lot B, behind the women’s dormitories while construction
is underway.
Twenty-four hour access to the Women’s Complex has been shifted from the EVK entrance to the Birnk-rant entrance, but doors on the 34th Street side of the complex will remain locked.
A Campus Security officer will be available in Lot B to patrol and escort women residents from the parking lot to the dorms.
The new parking structure will be built with prefabricated pieces which are being stored on a lot at Jefferson Boulevard and Vermont Avenue. DT photo by Will Hertzberg.