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Vol. IXIV, No. 41
University of Southern California
____________Los Angeles, California
Thursday, November 15, 1973
Tuition Hike Backed By Faculty Senate
BY KARI GRANVILLE
Assistant City Editor
The Faculty Senate endorsed unanimously Wednesday a recommendation for a tuition increase in 1974-75.
The recommendation was made by the tuition commission. w hich last w eek offered a proposal that would increase tuition by $7 per unit.
THIS WOULD BE an
increase of $210 for students paying the flat rate for 15 to 18 units. The present rate is $2,700 annually.
But the increase, said Colin MacLeod, director of financial services,would not cover an expected $8-million increase in university costs, including a 5.5^ salary increase for faculty and staff.
‘“I do not see this coming (the $8 million), and it will not come as the recommendation of thetuitioncommis-sion.” said MacLeod.
The tuition increase would raise only about $4 million for the university.
MacLeod explained that for faculty and staff salaries to improve by lO^r. $12 million would be needed.
HE SAID the university expects cost increases in the following areas:
•	Utilities for physical plants, not including residence halls.
•Telephone rates.
•	Maintenance of new buildings.
•Staff benefits.
•	Contributions to the Teachers Insurance Annuity Association.
•Social Security, insurance. and workmen’s compensation.
MacLeod also said the university would like to improve academic programs and add more financial aid for students.
Alan J. Rowe, associate dean of the School of Business Administration and chairman of the tuition commission, presented the recommendation to the senate.
THE TUITION increase “is acompromise that does not meet all the needs Colin (MacLeod) pointed out.” said Row.
“But we feel it is a recommendation that is acceptable to the students and that the administration could work w'ith and live with.”
MacLeod and Rowe were asked to give reports after the senate voted Oct. 17 to study the university's financial situation.
Frances Feldman, professor of social work and president of the Faculty Senate, said the twro reprorts were the first step in the process.
IF ANY increases in faculty salaries are made in the coming year, the members of the senate agreed
that they must come from total university revenues.
This proposal was made to insure that salary increases were not a main factor in determining the rate of tuition increase.
Robert L. Mannes, dean for student life, asked Rowe about the extent of student participation in the decision to recommend a tuition increase.
Rowe said the nine students on the tuition commission represented every major organization on campus. He added, “The representation could be said to speak for the students.”
Then Mannes asked how the students voted on the proposal.
With only seven of the students present, Rowe said one did not vote, two abstained and four voted no.
The entire commission voted seven in favor of the recommendation, four against, and three abstained.
PROF SPEAKS AT HILLEL
S. American Jews Called Divided
BY SHERRY STERN
StafT Writer
A lack of progress in South American countries is the reason the Jews failed to build a strong community there, said a speaker at Hillel Wednesday.
The speaker was Walter Wolf, professor of biomedical chemistry from Uruguay.
W7olf feels the build-up of the Jewish community is important because Israel needs the support of other countries, and a large Jewish population could help swing public opinion in favor of Israel.
HE EXPLAINED that the Jews began immigrating to South America at the turn of the c ^ntury.
Uruguay and Argentina have the greatest percentage of Jews per capita in the world, excluding Israel. However. Jewish life is disintegrating there because countries aren't changing with the times and in some cases they are regressing.
“There is no generation gap in South America.” Wolf said. The children use the same slang and sing the same songs as their parents did w'hen they were young. Wolf said he didn’t know a gap
existed until he came to the United States.
While other countries were losing money and were low on resources, South America had plenty of food and was able to build up a large reserve of cattle.
Many Jews came to South America during World War II because the countries were not fighting.
YVOLFSAID the people living there have little or no reason to stay.
Almost all young people are leaving the country, Wolf said. They are heading for Israel or the United States. He said those remaining are
either too old or they were unable to make it.
Wolf said there are Jewish ghettos in the countries. However, they are spiritual rather than physical. Not only are the Jews segregated from the non-Jews, but the different groups of Jews do not associate with each other.
THE DIFFERENT types of groups are Polish Jews, Sephardic Jews (with Spanish descent), Russian Jews, and so on. Intermarriage in South America is when a Hungarian Jew marries a German Jew,” Wolf said. “And it is frowned upon.”
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Twelve Named as LAS Faculty Fellows
BY PETER WONG
Managing Editor
Twelve faculty members were named Wednesday as fellows in the newr Interdisciplinary Majors Program in the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences.
They will select three other LAS faculty members soon to join them. Then the group will select and guide up to 100 students in the program.
THE PROGRAM, described in Target 1980. the general plan for LAS. w ill offer students the opportunity to cut across departmental and divisional lines to create their own majors.
The faculty fellows are:
Division	of	Humani-
ties—Rosarie P. Armato, comparative literature; Eugene Briere, V^inguistics; Raymond A. Prier, Jr.,
classics; Franca Schettino, Italian; Dallas Willard, philosophy; W. Ross Winterowd, English.
Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics—Joel H. Parks, physics; Otto Schnepp, chemistry.
Division of Social Sciences and Communication—John E. Elliott, economics; James P. Kahan, psychology; Sally Moore, anthropology; Doyce B. Nunis, history.
THE FELLOWS were selected by a panel composed of John E. Cantelon, vice-president for undergraduate studies and LAS dean; Preston L. Dent, associate dean for curriculum and instruction; tw o faculty members and one student.
The LAS divisional deans participated but did not vote.
THE NEXT STEP in the program, Dent said, will be consideration of student applicants for the program.
Students are asked to file an autobiographical sketch, a statement of goals, and the reasons for their fulfillment. Faculty fellows and LAS officers will review the applications, which are due Jan.
7.
Student inquiries may be directed to Dent’s office. Administration Building 205.
Although the program is planned to accommodate up to 100 students, not all places will be filled.
WHAT MOTIVATED professors to seek these positions?
“I did so because I believe there is an important cause here in find-
ing superior students and giving them time and attention in a special way,” Schnepp said.
SCHNEPP WAS one of only two professors named from the natural sciences. Why?
“I have talked to people who are interested in the program, and they are a little hesitant to commit themselves to a time-consuming
endeavor without knowing more,”
Schnepp said.
He believes that one or more of the three fellows yet to be selected, however, will be from the natural sciences.
KAHAN, assistant professor of psychology, said. “I have a fairly strong feeling that the Interdisciplinary Majors Program is the place to be, because studies transcend traditional disciplines.”
SPEAKING ON TUITION—Colin MacLeod, director of financial services, addressed the Faculty Senate Wednesday on the proposal of a tuition increase for the 1974-75 year. DT photo by Bob Chavez.