Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXVI, No. 34_Los Angeles, California_Tuesday, November 6, 1973
Speakers Attack, Defend Prop. 1
BY SHERRY STERN
Staff Writer
They both claim to have the interests of all the people at heart. They both want to improve the education system. They both want to keep taxes at a minimum. Yet one man is in favor of Proposition 1, the tax-limitation initiative, and the other is against it.
A representative for each side spoke Monday at a debate sponsored by the Forum for Student Awareness. The proposition will be voted on today.
RICHARD FERRARO, a
member of Californians for Fair Taxation, spoke in favor of the initiative. Tom Kranz who spoke against it, is campaign coordinator of Californians for Lower Taxes.
Both men seem to have the same interests; however, their opinions of the impact of the proposition are opposed.
Kranz, an attorney and one-time field representative for Sen. John V. Tunney (D-Calif.), said he thinks Gov. Ronald Reagan initiated the issue so he could use it in his campaign for President in 1976.
KRANZ SAID the proposition doesn’t help the middle and low-income families. This is because it only calls for cuts in income tax but not
in sales or property taxes, he said.
Ferraro, a member of the Los Angeles Board of Education and coordinator of student teachers at USC, said the proposition would be good for taxpayers. He believes it is in the interest of citizens because it marks the first time the public has been given the chance to decide tax increases.
Both men claimed that their stand is in the interests of education.
Kranz said tuition at public universities and colleges will increase if the proposition passes. Ferraro said this could not be determined and that the quality of education will improve if the issue is passed.
KRANZ SAID the reason tuitions will rise is not because the actual funds for education would be cut, but because the money would be needed to pay off other debts raised because of budget cuts resulting from the proposition.
He also cited a study made by A. Alan Post, the state legislative analyst, which said that if Proposition 1 had been passed in 1958. only $6 billion would be available for state expenses this year. The budget this year actually was $9.5 billion.
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Caucus Urges Renewal Of Programming Board
The Student Caucus of the University Council recommended Friday that the Interim Student Programming Board be re-created to oversee the distribution of frozen programming fees.
The caucus also has recommended that a special election be conducted to determine the future of the student programming fee.
THE recommendations were submitted to the executive committee of the University Council in a three-page memo on the student role in governance.
The resolution to reestablish the programming board was developed in response to financial and leadership problems of student programs.
Student programs were left without central leadership after April 30. when the
charter for the old programming board expired.
It was expected that students would resolve the questions of student governance and programming fees by the end of the spring.
But because a constitution has not been approved for the Voluntary Student Association that won the spring referendum, no agency has been established to supervise the allocation of programming fees.
THE CAUCUS' memo to the University Council said, “On the ballot of last spring, there was no clearly defined question put before the students; the matter of the programming was not differentiated from administrative means for its implementation. or lack of it.
“Because of the diverse and poorly understood nature of the choices pre-
sented, and because of the poor voter turnout, it cannot be claimed that there was a mandate by the students.”
As a result, the caucus has adopted the position “that the only clear result of the spring ballot and assembly was an expression of concern over programming and student participation in it.”
TO FORM a ballot measure to resolve the questions of student governance, and programming and fees, the caucus has recommended that at least one public hear-
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\ andals Paint Tommy ^ ith UCLA Colors
Tommy Trojan felt the first splashes of the USC-UCLA rivalry when he was covered with blue and gold paint early Monday morning.
Jim Bowie, chief security officer, assumed that the responsible party was from UCLA. The incident occured between 2:30 and 2:40 a.m.
During the past few years Tommy Trojan has been covered to protect him from the usual pranks of Troy Week. However this year the attack came early—a surprise to Bowie.
The clean up of Tommy Trojan will be a two-day project. The statue itself is now clean but the surrounding brick area is going to be a problem because of the porous surface of the brick, said Tom Costello, a maintain-ance man.
Most students agreed with Bowie that the desecration was part ofthe rivalry.
DT photo by Danny Alaimo.
Tuition Group Votes To End Flat Rate
The Tuition Commission voted Thursday to submit to the University Council a proposal to eliminate the flat rate of tuition for 15 to 18 units.
Presently, students who take 16. 17 or 18 units pay only the unit rate for 15; in a sense, the 1 to 3 additional units are free. If the council accepts the commission’s proposal, tuition would be based on the exact number of units a student chooses to take.
The commission estimated that the university would receive additional income of from $1 million to $2 million if this proposal were implemented.
The student commission members also said the group was not ready to decide on a tentative proposal for the council until additional information is heard.
Information on how much revenue can be brought in from sources other than tuition is scheduled to be presented at Thursday's meeting, as well as a balance sheet on the university's budget for 1972-73.
Arnold Shafer, executive director ofthe physical plant, told the commission of methods being used to cut costs of maintaining the university. Shirley Lorenz, director of employment. reported that staff salaries at USC are considerably lower than those paid at other universities.
FKO AND CON—Richard Ferraro, left, and Tom Kranz differed on the effects of Proposition 1, Gov. Ronald Reagan's tax-limination initiative, in a debate Monday.
Ferraro spoke in favor of the proposition, Kranz opposed it. The election is today. DT photo by Michael Sedano.