Nonpartisan chosen interim director of IR school
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Senate opposes tuition increase
By John Frith
Staff Writer
A nonpartisan biology professor has been chosen to serve as interim director of the troubled School of International Relations.
Jav Savage, a professor of biology and associate director of the Allan Hancock Foundation, "would stand above philosophy, factions and personalities," said John Schutz, dean of social sciences and communication.
"He will get persons of good will working to get the school back on its feet, " Schutz said.
Schutz said Savage, 30, was chosen from outside the division of social sciences because he could best serve as an impartial director.
Savage was chairman of the President's Advisory Council cil from 197b through last spring and served as associate director of the Hancock Foundation for 15 years.
Savage admitted he was totally surprised when Schutz and John Marburger the dean ot Letters, Arts and Sciences, approached him about the postition, two weeks ago.
"It snot something I'd had in mv plans at 'SC," hesaid.
I do have some good administrative skills, and I know mv wav around USC. Marburger and Schutz impressed me with the immediacy of the problem," he said.
Even though the faculty had no say in his selection. Savage expects little resentment toward him.
"The facultv made the recommendation that someone outside IR should come in; someone who had credibility as a fair person, with no axe to grind," Savage said
'It was the recommendation of the former director
Games Rosenau). In fact it was one of the conditions of his resignation."
Savage said his first concern was taking care of the discomfort many students experienced from the conflict over the direction of the school.
Many students have expressed fears about the effects the conflict has had on the school and its faculty
Savage said two committees will be established — one to find a permanent director, the other to aid the school in developing a philosophy on how to teach international relations. The latter committee will be comprised of scholars from outside the university.
Savage hopes to have at least an informal agreement on the composition of the search committee within two weeks.
Savage, who will not be named permanent director, predicted that the full-time director would not be from the university.
"It will probablv be no one in-house." Savage said. "The deans and the vice-presidents are saving we have to get someone from outside."
Savage does not expect the search committee, to have trouble finding applicants. He predicts it will take about a • year to find a replacement.
"The school has a long and distinguished history, and a number of the faculty are well-known. 1 would think it would be a very attractive position, presuming the faculty can work more closely as a team
Pros, cons of center voiced to committee
A special committee of the President's Advisory Council heard the opinions of community members concerning the Middle East Center.
The committee had invited members of the community to provide anv information that thev felt should be considered before the committee presents its list of proposed guidelines to President John R. Hubbard.
Neil Sandberg from the American Jewish Committee said there should be full disclosure ot the sources of funding for the center, and guidelines should be set as to how academics will relate to the center's development.
The committee also heard from Joshua Kheel. Harvey Schechter and David Lehrer, all from the Anti-Defamation League of the B nai B'rith, and from James Rosenau, director of the Institute for Transnational Studies and former director of the university’s School of International Relations.
Representatives from the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee have already expressed their disapproval of the way the university has handled the plans for the center.
A status report will be given by the committee at a Faculty Senate meeting Wednesday.
"We are moving with all liberate speed to get up these recommendations (for President Hubh rd), but the job won't be done right if we move too fast," said Carl C istol, committee chairman.
Sandberg said he and th ’ther guests before the committee were warmly and graciously rece;. ed at the meeting.
"I made it clear at the outset that I didn't see myself and the Jewish community as adversaries of USC, but rather as people seeking to help USC solve a serious problem, he said
Lehrer agreed with Sandberg that the guests were welcome and said the committee seemed interested and eager to hear B'nai B'rith's opinions.
CALLS FOR CEILING
IN RETROSPECT — Students experiment with electricity in 1928 unaware that their images will be part of the Trojan Gallery, a traveling photo exhibition of the university s first 100 years. See story on page 10
By Shari Cookson
Assistant City Editor
The Student Senate drafted a report that opposes any tuition increase above 8.5%.
In the second draft of the budget, yet to be seen by campus constituencies, the administration proposed a 10% tuition increase.
Initially, the administration had proposed an 8.5% increase that would raise the per-unit cost from $14(1 to SI52. With a 10% increase in tuition, unit cost would be $154.
The Student Senate is concerned that the student-consumer is not receiving a "reputable product."
Students have been unjustly taxed for universitv endeavors that do not directly influence teaching, the report said.
I he university continues to depend on tuition as the major source of revenue, said Suzanne Nora, chairman of the Student Senate
Tuition now pays for an estimated 80% of the operating costs of the university'. By 1982, it is projected to pay 81.6%, Nora said.
A ceiling must be placed on tuition dependence or it could get out of hand, the report said
The student community is frustrated and insulted with the lack of quality services on campus, the report said. These services include counseling, student facilities, financial aid, security, parking and housing.
Uniess steps are taken, the lack of services, plus the university's average academic ratings will hurt enrollment, the report said.
With the School of Music being the only department at the universitv to make national ratings, one might tend to question paving $154 a unit, said Jeff Gates, senate chairman of student services.
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"It's a challenge too. People who come in as deans and directors often like challenges — they don't like being in the same rut,'' he said.
Savage inherits a difficult job — trying to heal a bitter and divisive conflict over the direction the school should take.
"The older school (of faculty) is professionally-oriented, training students for the posts of diplomats and the foreign
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Quality of Law Center examined
in light of declining scores on bar
JAV SAVAGE
Volume LXXVI, No. 9
University of
rojan
Southern California	Friday, February 16, 1979
By Ralph Sanchez
Staff Writer
Of the 180 students who graduated from the university's Law Center last June, 70% passed the California bar exam on their first attempt.
Compared to other years, this was a low figure for the school
"We re trying to figure out what happened," said Larry Ra-ful, assistant dean of the Law Center. "Every year the bar changes its grading techniques.
Last year's test could have been a more difficult exam.
An average of 80 to 85% of the university's graduates passed the bar exam on their first attempts. After two attempts, 95% of the graduates were usually able to pass the exam
A comparative analysis of the UCLA Law School showed 82% of their graduates last year passed the bar on the first attempt.
A spokesman for UCLA said thev too had experienced a drop,
but onlv 3% from previous years.
Despite the decline in the number of students who passed the bar at both UCLA and the universitv, the two schools were still way above the overall state average of 52% .
Raful said he believes the drop has nothing to do with the classes offered bv the school. "The classes are essentially the same," he said. "They're not any different from other years."
Still, compared to Harvard, the Law Center rates higher in the percentage of graduates that pass the bar. A 1976 statistic showed onlv 72% of Harvard's law graduates passed the exam, compared to USC's 88% .
Nevertheless, success in passing exams whose difficulty changes from year-to-year and region-to-region may not be a sole indicator of quality.
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