‘Daily Trojan’ converts to computerized system
By Carole Long
Assistant Gty Editor
Typewriters and paper will soon go the way of the dinosaur when installation of the Logicon-Intercomp computer system is completed in the offices of the Daily Trojan. ^
The system will consist of twelve video display terminals (VDTs), three terminal control units, a main computer, a high speed line printer that will print 400 lines a minute, two tape punches and a computer card reader.
A wire service will also be hooked into the system to be used as background and for late sports stories, said Michael Schroeder, managing editor of the Daily Trojan.
Acquisition of the $220,000 system was made possible through an $86,000 grant from the Gannett Foundation and a $25,000 grant from the Times Mirror Corporation.
An increasing number of college and university newspapers are installing computer systems, but the Daily Trojan facility will be one of the largest in the country, said Clarence Anderson, university editor.
The computer system will be used by the office of student publications and university publications, as well as by the newspaper.
The system will also be integrated with the central university computer system, providing better text management and storage capability.
In case the system breaks down, there will be a number of backup systems.
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DT photo by Linda Letoovtcs
PRINT OUT—The Daily Trojan will become completely computerized this summer. The Logicon-Intercomp computer system includes video display terminals and a high speed line printer that prints 400 lines a minute. The new system also includes an AP wire and will speed up production by several hours.
FIVE-YEAR DECREASE SHOWN
Figures refute black, Chicano enrollment claim
By Teresa Watanabe
Staff Writer
The incoming minority student population has steadily decreased in the past five years — but not to the extent some minority students have daimed.
Statistics from the Office of Institutional Studies showed that in a 1974 sample of freshman students 38% were minority. The figure decreased in 1976 to 35% (based on all freshmen) and 30% in 1978. The white student population increased from 67% in 1974 to 70% in 1978.
Black students have claimed there was a 36% decrease in balck student enrollment. Figures for the total enrollment are still being compiled but in the freshman class black students actually increased from 1974 to 1976 but decreased by about 11% in 1978.
Chicano enrollment in the freshman class has also dropped. While they comprised 11% of the class in 1974 the figure fell to 9% in 1978 — about a 28% decrease.
Statistics before 1974 are relatively unreliable, said Veronica Tincher, head of Information Services.
Bobbie Rodgers, an assistant director in the Office of Admissions, believed the drop reflected radsm in the recruitment process. Rodgers said polides implemented by Jay Berger, director of admissions, curtailed both innerdty and out-of-state minority recruitment.
She said she actively recruited at both minority and nonminority schools until Berger became director in 1976. Concerned about raising the quality of students, Berger
*	concentrated on recruiting at suburban schools out-of-state, Rodgers said.
He assigned areas previously covered by Rodgers to other assistant directors, some of whom recruited only at the "elite" schools. They refused to also recruit at the minority schools in the area, she said.
"When other assistant directors go to Washington, D.C., a predominantly black rity, or New York, they go to the elite schools but leave the minority schools out because they're scared.
"But I have gone to schools in areas known for their radsm and have been received very well," Rodgers said.
Berger told Rodgers that a lack of money prevents more active minority recruitment.
"There always seems to be money around until it comes to minorities," Rodgers said.
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Minority students protest against admissions policy
By Bob Conti
Staff Writer
While some students celebrated Cinco de Mayo, minority students across University Avenue carried picket signs to protest the university's admissions system.
Students marched in front of Bovard Auditorium carrying signs that read, "Down with double standards," and "(President) Hubbard, we are glad to see
you go."
They chanted statements such as, "Stop racist admissions," and "Berger (Jay Berger, Director of Admissions) out, minorities in."
The group said although administrators claim only qualified students are admitted to the university, Hubbard has publicly stated that "he can admit anyone he wants," said Mercy Marquez, chairman of
MEChA, a Chicano student organization.
Spokesmen from both MEChA and the Assodated Black Students of Southern California (ABSSC) said there were some basic reforms they wanted to see in the admitting policy and in university curriculum.
The groups wanted to see a minority admissions program in which recruiters would seek out qualified minority students.
The groups are concerned about figures provided by James Appleton, vice-president of Student Affairs, which show
declining minority enrollment.
"We aren't asking for a decrease in the standards," Marquez said. "We want them to find people who meet the standards."
The groups also felt there should be an increase in the quality and number of ethnic studies courses.
They said there should also be tenured minority faculty members.
The group has demanded the removal of Berger, Thomas Nickell, vice-president of University Affairs, and James Jones, director of Student Administrative Services.
All three administrators have refuted charges that they discriminate against minorities (Daily Trojan, April 27, April 20. May 1 and May 2). Berger responded to specific charges of racism by Sharon Ulmer, a former employee in the admissions office (Daily Trojan, May 2).
Marquez and Count Mingleton, treasurer of ABSSC, said the university must make a public commitment to bring minority students to the university.
They also said the problem was an economic matter by which poor students ifno do well academically do not always receive the financial aid they need in order to attend a school that costs as much as the University.
They believe a revamping of the financial aid system would alleviate this problem.
"We see (the administration) not involved in the minority community.. .they can regulate however they want to."
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Volume LXXVI. Number 52
Thursday, May 3, 1979
DT photo by Richard Levttt
PROTEST—Minority students demonstrate in front of Bovard Auditorium protesting the university’s admissions system. The students called for the resignations of President John R. Hubbard and Jay Berger, director of admissions._