Staff photo by Michael Yada
GETTING ACQUAINTED — Freshman Jill Hussey seems to be frightened by the sight of one of the many puppets on sale in the Student Union near the bookstore entrance. Hussey is a member of the women’s crew team, which is attempting to raise money for their upcoming season by selling these puppets. A long range hope of the team is to purchase new rowing boats, which will cost from $6,000 to $7,000.
Opposing groups meet on Raiders’ L.A. move
By Roger Gray
Staff Writer
Representatives of the Oakland Raiders, the Los Angeles Coliseum Commission, the Los Angeles Olympic Committee, UCLA, and the university met on campus last night to iron out differences over Coliseum renovations should the Raiders move to Los Angeles.
Officials of both universities had earlier expressed concern that construction of luxury boxes would eliminate several thousand prime seats in the Coliseum. UCLA even threatened to move to another stadium if the schools were not consulted before further renovation plans were made.
Pres. John Hubbard and Charles Young, chancellor at UCLA, met for more than three hours with A1 Davis, general managing partner of the Raiders.
"It looks like the differences are being resolved satisfactorily," Hubbard said after the meeting.
Coliseum commissioners Kenneth Hahn, William Robertson, Stephen Reinhardt, Robert Selick, and Jack Tenner also attended the meeting, along with Jim Hardy, general manager of the Coliseum, Bob Bennet, Coliseum architect, and David Simon of the Los Angeles Olympic Committee.
"It was a very constructive meeting. We ironed out a lot of problems," said Robertson, chief negotiator for the commission.
"There are still a number of problems, seating is one of them, but I can't go into details," Hubbard said.
"If we don't have three tenants in the Coliseum, the whole Coliseum will be in trouble," Hahn said before the meeting. "I don't want to trade two old friends for one new one."
He said that USC and UCLA*'are the scheduling priorities."
"The Raiders are coming, the Raiders are coming!" Hahn crowed as he disappeared into the president's .conference room where the meeting was held.
Young told reporters prior to the meeting he only sought "recognition of the problems of UCLA."
When asked about plans for the stadium, Davis, the manager of the Raiders, would only say "everything is only conjecture."
University officials estimated that the school would lose up to
11,000	seats, including 7,000 prime alumni seats, due to the renovations. However, figures distributed at the meeting indicated the loss would be about 8,037 seats. Of these, 1,753 would be "prime" seats.
UCLA would lose slightly more "prime" seats, 2,209.
Volume LXXXVIII, Number 10
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University of Southern California
Friday February 15, 1980
Copy Center losses questioned
Theft and free services alleged
By Carey Jue
Staff Writer
The Copy Center is surrounded by controversy over alleged losses incurred by student employees giving free copy service.
Sources within Financial Services report that the center, located in the basement of the Student Activities Center, is currently losing about $500 a month by giving away graphic services and theft.
These sources blame the deficits on poor money management and the lack of security by the center.
"I wonder how they (Financial Services) came up with that figure,"said Don LaPlante, Copy Center supervisor. LaPlante has not seen any financial problems with the center.
"I'm sure that there is some theft with the self-service copiers," LaPlante said. "But I feel that most students are honest."
LaPlante said he has not seen any problems dealing with cash register receipts. The receipts have been balancing, l^aPlante said. As for the center's security matters, LaPlante refused to comment. "I can't police every kid up front," he said*
Gordon Kemble, administrator of Graphic Services, said he has not seen any unusual losses by the center.
He said that the overall oper-
ations of the center are doing well. The center is financially in the black, Kemble said.
Because of the delicate nature of security matters, he declined to comment on security. However, he felt that security measures taken against students are adequate.
Since this matter has been brought to Kemble's attention, he said that he would review his security arrangements in the center and check into the
matter of employees giving away copies. Kemble believes that it is almost impossible for students to have copies made free.
Kemble said if $500 worth of copies were indeed stolen, a total of 16,000 copies would be missing. He doubts that that many copies could be stolen in a one month period.
"I can't imagine even $100
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Student leaders to meet with Carter about draft
By Carole Long
Gty Editor
Student leaders from universities across the country will meet with President Carter in the White House today to discuss domestic and foreign policy issues.
"Most of us are assuming that the draft will be the primary subject of discussion," said Jeff Gates, chairman of the Student Senate and the university's representative to the meeting.
Gates has been asking students and academic experts on campus for their opinions on registration and the draft since last Friday. "I've just been trying to get an idea of the public mood on the draft, to be able to represent the campus as best I can. It's a fascinating dilemma of representative democracy."
The campus consensus seems to favor registration of both men and women, Gates said.
"Those I talked to seemed to feel that the draft should not exist unless we have declared war," he said.
Although Gates has the consensus of campus opinion, he said he may advocate alternative views after hearing what other student leaders and government officials have to say.
"I'm not cast in cement for advocating the opinion here, although
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Fund raising blooms into big business on campus
By Tim Lynch
Staff Writer
Before the turn of the century, when the university operated under the control of the Methodist Episcopal Church, fund raising efforts were the responsibility of local ministers who literally passed the hat for contributions.
The church leaders were apparently more adept at saving souls than saving dollars, however, because the university was constantly plagued,
raise money, and his office employs a team of financial and legal experts who know whom to contact and what approaches to take in accomplishing that goal.
Last year, the university raised more than $37 million. "Money in the till," Nickell said.
Terms like "trustee-team solicitation," "closing ratio" and "estate planning" are key components of the operation,
»but despite the technical as-
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by a shortage of operating funds.
The university dissociated itself from the church long ago, but only in the past 25 years has fund raising become a big-time operation.
"It's a business now, and like any marketing operation, it has a bottom line," said Tom Nickell, vice president of University Affairs. "It's one of the few things at the university that can be objectively measured."
Nickell, who has worked at the university for 30 years in several fund raising capacities, was refreshingly candid in discussing his department's operations.
The goal, quite simply, is to
pects of fund raising, Nickell said success is linked with the achievements of the academic program.
"People in funding agencies know the quality of education here; they know we're not just a football factory. If we weren't a quality institution, we wouldn't raise a plug nickel.
"The best definition of public relations I ever heard is that good performance brings public appreciation. You can't make something out of nothing."
The success of the athletic program, while it generates publicity and creates a positive environment, is not a (Continued on page 11)