Hiring freeze aims to reduce budget deficit
By Tim Lynch
Staff Wnter
In an effort to reduce the university's current budget deficit, Zohrab Kaprielian, executive vice president, announced yesterday that no vacancies in full-time jobs (paid out of the general fund) would be filled until July 1, the beginning of the new fiscal year.
A shortfall in the projected spring enrollment, combined with rapidly escalating utility costs, left university administrators with no alternative, Kaprielian said in a memo to vice presidents, deans, and directors.
The policy, implemented Monday, prohibits department heads from hiring new employees unless there is a critical need or problem affecting the department's operation, Kaprielian said. Requests to fill vacant positions have to be documented and approved by an ad hoc hiring committee.
Budget transfers — taking money out of one account and using it elsewhere to meet a need — are prohibited, Kaprielian said.
John Schneider, director of personnel, said a similar hiring freeze in 1978 worked successfully in reducing a deficit. He did not know how many vacancies would remain unfilled during the hiring freeze, and he would not speculate on whether it would create any hardship in the university's operations.
Task force recommends Orange County program
By Tim Lynch
Staff Writer
A university task force, in its final report, has concluded that there is sufficient academic interest and financial resources to establish a satellite educational facility in Orange County.
"A majority of the task force membership believe there is a substantial Orange County population that is not currently served by USC's programs or to whom USC would be a more desirable alternative," the report stated. "The likely benefits of a new facility outweigh the risks."
The committee, in its 32-page study, recommended that the university emphasize graduate and professional studies along with an array of continuing education programs at a single location
Harvey Stedman, who chaired the task force, pointed out that the venture, if carried out, would not represent the . establishment of a new, separate campus.
"Control of the programs would be vested completely with the faculty' (and administration) at the main campus," Stedman said. Regular tenured faculty would provide the ma-
jority of instruction and the programs offered would be available at the main campus.
If university officials accept the committee's recommendations, the facility would begin operations in the fall of 1981, or soon thereafter. "The committee suggested that the university not rush into this, but there is sufficient need and interest that we not wait indefinitely to make a commitment," Stedman said.
In its findings, the task force addressed several risks and potential criticisms of a move into Orange County.
The facility, as envisioned, would be self-supporting and would not require any diversion of funds from the main campus. Revenues generated from tuition, and alumni donations specifically earmarked for the Orange County facility, would tprovide operating and support funds.
During the initial phase of development, the university would work out of an existing building for three to six years. The committee suggested that the interim facility be located in the Irvine-Newport Beach-Cos-ta Mesa area because of the (Continued on page 8)
Staff photo by Wayne Lavtna
STEPPIN’ OUT WITH THE BIGGIE — The Trojan Marching Band won the sweepstakes trophy at the
1980	Songfest Saturday with their segment of the program, entitled "Steppin' Out on the Row.” Songfest was held at the Greek Theatre.
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Volume LXXXVIII, Number 59 University of Southern California Tuesday, May 6, 1980
Foreign student applications increase despite losses due to Iranian crisis
By Galen Gruman
Staff Writer
Iranian students comprise the second largest group of applicants for the fall semester despite the current crisis in Tehran. However, most of these students are already living in the United States.
The loss of Iranian students had caused a drop in international enrollment earlier in the year, but the losses are expected to be recouped from increased applications across the board, said Joann Stedman, director of international admissions.
The high number of Iranian applications re-
ceived so far, about 300, may be due to a crush of applications in the wake of the political turbulence in the Middle East, Stedman said. The same was true a few years ago when Ethiopia went through political turbulence, she said.
International applications are expected to increase in the near future but the size of the various groups could change due to political events throughout the world.
One reason for the increase in international applications may be an increase in the price of British and Australian universities, making Ameri-(Continued on page 8)
Gay elephants frolick across pages of arts catalog
Cartoonist creates humor through drawings
By Laura Nicholson
To some people an elephant is an elephant. But to cartoonist Bemie Gruver an elephant can be a mad scientist, a tap dancer, an angel, and even a guitar or anything else for that matter.
For the past two years Gruver has been drawing the frolicksome, gay elephants that parade across the catalog of the performing and fine arts section of the College of Continuing Education. Originated two years ago, the elephants have been used in newspaper ads,' flyers, posters, and of course, the catalog.
"I think I've got a hot character here," Gruver said.
Gruver drew his first elephant cartoon in
1978	as an advertisement for the College of Continuing Education. Terri Shannon, the program's coordinator, requested a cartoon that would depict the idea that an artist is trapped inside of every person, straining to get out.
"Elephants, I guess they came about as a fluke," Gruver said. "The only thing I could think of big enough to put an artist in was an elephant."
That first illustration showed an artist painting while trapped inside of a droopy-eyed elephant. The ad was very successful and it por-
trayed the feeling the department wanted.
■Hie following semester the office couldn’t find a graphic artist who could meet its needs and decided to ask Gruver to illustrate the new catalog.
"His past credits indicated that he was indeed very talented and very creative," Shannon said.
Gruver knew catalogs were usually straightforward and tried to impress people with refined artistic talent and taste. In other words, boring. Gruver decided to add humor to the catalog not only to make it entertaining, but to get people to keep turning pages.
"The thought was, that if you could be in good taste and still add a little humor," Gruver said. "If we had a little humor they (readers) might at least be willing to read the catalog."
Gruver used humor when he illustrated his first catalog but didn't use elephants, he used human characters. This seemed logical since the catalog was, after all, for people.
But Gruver wasn't pleased with the results. "I thought that wasn't funny. I don't know what made me go back to the elephants," he added.
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