Iranians allowed to remain in country
By Joe Boyle
Staff Writer
The Immigration and Naturalization Service has extended the temporary stay granted to non-immigrant Iranians living in the United States who indicate an unwillingness to return to Iran.
Because of the unstable situation of Iran, the INS will grant extensions of temporary stay to non-immigrants who qualify.
As for those non-immigrants whose applications for temporary stay have been denied, or who have been ordered to leave the country, departure shall not be enforced prior to June 1, 1980
Hearings for those Iranians who have been located as deportable aliens or those who are involved in deportation proceedings will also be postponed until after June 1.
The extension has a "humanitarian aspect,-' said Berthe Von Allmen of the University Student Services, "since there is a threat to the Iranians when they return to their country."
"When it all settles down
they'll be asked to go home," she said.
The new law will not affect students holding Fl student visas.
Permission to work will be granted to those Iranians whose departure has been deferred and
who establish appropriate need, or those who are willing to give up their non-immigrant status and be granted voluntary departure. The only Iranians who would be exempt from the new law are those who are willing to return to Iran or who have been convicted of criminal acts in the United States.
"Of course, any Iranian can still apply for political asylum if he or she can prove that they will be persecuted by the new regime because of politics, religion, ethnic group, or former associations with the old regime," said Ron Tasoff of the Tasoff and Tasoff legal firm in Los Angeles. The lawfirm's specialty is immigration and naturalization law.
Furthermore, many Iranians may qualify due to their family relationships or vocational skills, he said.
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Volume LXXVII, Number 15	University of Southern California	Wednesday. August 15. 1979
Up, up and away—No, these students aren't taking off on one last wild trip before the fall
semester. It’s just part of an award winning film by cinema professor Ben Shedd. See story page 5.
New treasurer discusses business of running university
By Merl Moore
In the handling of financial matters, the bottom line is as important to the university as it is to any business or corporation.
Basically we are concerned with profit or loss; and, therefore, we have to set a high priority on maximizing the return on our investments, said Peter Cheung, who was named Deputy Treasurer in June following the Board of Trustees establishment of a full-time, on-campus treasurer s office.
This is a departure from a long-standing custom in which the job of treasurer was a part-time responsibility of one member of the Board of Trustees. The adding of the title treasurer" to Colin Macleod s status as Vice-President of Finance occurred at the same time and reflects the university's need for greater concentration on the school's rapidly growing finances.
And rapidly growing they are. In the ten
years preceding June 30, 1978, the university's endowment funds increased $29 million to Slit- million, total investments have more than tripled from $69 million to $193 million, the annual operating budget and associated cash flow has risen from $67 million to $223 million and total assets have jumped from $182 million to $499 million.
'That, of course, adds up to big business," said Cheung, who had served as assistant treasurer since 1977 under the previous system.
Cheung explained that the university attempts to provide income that might be spent during the year, without having to touch the principal on the investment. At the same time it attempts to maintain a consistent growth in the investment principal that keeps pace with inflation.
One of the objectives of the Board of Trustees is to maintain a balanced budget. This conservative approach has worked
well in the past ten years or so. During that period, many top-rated universities such as Harvard, Yale and Stanford have been forced into deficit spending,' he said.
Cheung added that Harvard has approximately $1.3 billion of endowment, while the university hasonly about $140 million, making investment income account for a substantial proportion of Harvard's operating budget but only about five percent of the university's operating budget.
However, Cheung is quick to point out that having a full time treasurer does not necessarily mean that radical changes will occur, but he does admit that some changes will naturally have to be made to keep pace with the times.
"Economic factors are quite nebulous. A presidential election next year, the energy situation, inflation, the soaring price of gold, the declining value of the dollar, all these things could effect what will happen.
There are so many indicators to watch and all of them are very sensitive. And, of course, everybody construes everything differently," he said.
Cheung seems well suited for his role as Treasurer McLeod's right hand man. Only 27, he was born in Hong Kong, graduated from high school there at 16 and began work two years later at Hong Kong's second largest bank.
At the age of 19, he came to the United States to attend the University of Hawaii on an academic scholarship Upon graduation in 1973 with a degree in business economics and statistics, he went to work for Citibank in Hong Kong.
He was transferred to Los Angeles in January 1974 as an assistant to the president of Citibank. While in Los Angeles he enrolled in the university while till working full time. When he received an MBA in finance in 1975, he began working for the (Continued on page 8)
Two professors to work with city on solar project
Calvin Hamilton, Los Angeles City Planning Director, has announced that city planners will begin to explore the solar zoning principles currently being developed by two university architecture professors.
Based on a concept that could guarantee everyone equal access to sunlight, the innovative research in solar planning being done by professors Ralph Knowles and Richard Berry could drastically alter the zoning ordinances in Los Angeles.
The project is being funded by the United States Department of Energy's Solar Energy Research Institute through a $40,000 grant to the city of Los Angeles The university had previously received $45,000 from the institute to conduct its research.
At a recent press conference at City Hall, Hamilton called Berry and Knowles the absolute leaders in the field of solar planning.''
"We hope to build on their research capabilities. We want to explore the implications of their research and determine whether or not it can be done," he said.
Knowles and Berry have developed a "solar envelope" concept defined as the largest volume that can be erected on a parcel of land without shadowing the surrounding buildings. "This could change the whole approach to zoning in Los Angeles," Hamilton said.
The application of the solar envelope principle is intended to prevent any structure from casting shadows on neighboring buildings and thus interfering with their "sun rights."
Knowles explained he first developed the idea of the solar envelope six years ago when he was studying the pueblos of the Southwest.
"The Indians used the sun in extraordinary ways as a
and the land parcel's configuration and the surrounding conditions.
Hamilton, however, said that city planners hoped to test the solar-envelope idea in the Park Mile section of Wilshire Boulevard and the Encino area of Ventura Boulevard.
Hamilton added that the project has possibilities that may alter the complexion of the entire city. "It may result in more innovative architecture, giving us a more beautiful city," he said.	*
Berry pointed out that the solar envelope zoning would impose limits on building heights, but would not inhibit new construction.
"We're finding that concentrated building densities can be achieved without having to resort tc high-rise structures. The result could be, in time, a city that would be both more humane and more urbane," he said.
As increasing attention is given to harnessing the power of the sun to meet energy needs, solar energy zoning laws are likely to be more than a matter of aesthetic considerations. They will become a practical necessity, Hamilton added.
The city of Davis of northern California, already has included "sun rights" in its zoning laws. However, where the Davis ordinance applies only to suburban single family dwellings, the university-Los Angeles project would encompass commercial and multi-family facilities as well.
Noting that the use of solar energy has been primarily limited to the suburbs, Robert Oland of the Solar Energy Research Institute predicts that such projects will soon be seen in many urban areas.
He said that the current project marks the beginning of solar energy planning in an urban setting.
means of achieving comfort. I realized that their principles of never casting shadows on one's neighbor could be applied in a modern urban context," he said.
The size and shape of the envelope could vary, Knowles said, depending on the duration of the desired solar access
Ralph Knowles