UP FROM 1973-
University assets double
By John Antczak
Staff Writer
The university's total assets have reached $499 million, nearly double the figure for 1973, according to the university's financial report for the fiscal year 1977-78.
The figure represents an increase of $213 million or 74% in the past 5 years. Interest-earning assets of $220 million provided $6.4 million that was spent on university operations in fiscal 1978, the report said.
The report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1978, also shows the annual budget at $223 million, up $24 million over last year. Of that figure, $94 million came from tuition and fees and $80 million from gifts, grants and contracts. That represents increases of $10 million and $8 million in revenues, respectively, from those sources over last year.
In the report, President John R. Hubbard said Toward Century II, the university's general fund-raising effort, has received gifts and pledges of $182 million, but donations to endowments have lagged behind.
Bing Cherrie, director of Toward Century II, said the lag is relative to the success of donations for purposes other than endowments. Century II donations have met 69% of the $265 million goal. Gifts to endowments total $56 million, which is 51% of the $111 million goal for endowments. But that figure is still above the projected figure for the time period, he said.
Cherrie said endowments are more difficult to fund than other programs because donations must be sought from individuals. Most corporations and foundations will not give to an endowment, he said.
Throughout the report, the importance of the Century II program to the future of the university is repeated.
The report said the level of faculty salaries has put the university into the top category of the American Assn. of University Professors rankings for major research universities.
The ranking means that 80% of major research universities have lower salary levels. However, Robert Coffey, chairman of the employment and remuneration subcommittee of the Faculty Senate, said it doesn't necessarily mean salaries are adequate.
"If I could categorize the mood of the faculty, there are some who would say salaries have not kept up with inflation relative to other factors in the economv and thev have fallen behind.
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Volume LXXV, Number 25	University of Southern California Tuesday, October 24,1978
Ideal concept for Middle East Center approved; faculty expresses concern
By Carole Long and Marsha Johnston
An ideal concept of the Middle East Center was approved Monday but the faculty expressed concern that the administration had not consulted them in finalizing the agreement.
The Executive Committee of the President's Advisory Council agreed to take positive action to ensure that the center retains the legitimacy that opponents have questioned.
The committee will vote Nov. 2 on a joint resolution between the Faculty Senate, Student Senate, staff caucus and Council of Deans.
"One would hope that the questions of control, salaries, programs, and who students and faculty are, would be worked out in such a way as to seize the academic opportunity," said Charles Oxnard, dean of the Graduate School.
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bagpipers, one of several alumni groups that performed on campus Saturday during the homecoming festivities.
Swastika painted on Jewish fraternity house—antisemitism seen as cause
By Robin Oto
Assistant City Editor
A swastika was recently painted on the front door of the Sigma Alpha Mu house, a predominantly Jewish fraternity.
Half of a swastika was also spray-painted on a sidewalk in front of the house.
"It seems to me there's a lot of antisemitism here. I'm bred of it. (But) there's nothing that can be done about antisemitism, it's too big a thing," said Jim Hausberg, the fraternity's president.
Hausberg said a foul-smelling substance was dumped on the front porch of the house the day before the swastikas were found.
"It was really disgusting, like a whole bunch of fish rolled in something and set on fire," he said.
"Fraternity pranks happen all the time but it's kind of weird it happened two nights in a row," said Paul Arshawsky, the fraternity's vice-president.
"I really don't think whoever did it realized what they did — they were so insensitive to what a swastika means to a Jew," said Mike Wittem, assistant director of residential life and the fraterni-
ty's adviser.
Wittem said it has not been established the two incidents were related.
Arshawsky said pranks had been played on the fraternity before,' but never involving direct antisemitism.
"When you get to religion, it's something pretty low. The swastika ignites something in a Jew," he said.
"A swastika to someone who's Jewish is very scary — you think of six million people being killed. Unless you're Jewish, you don't know what it really means," Hausberg said.
Although no one has been blamed for the incident, Hausberg said a rival fraternity was at first thought responsible for the swastikas.
"It's not really fair to blame it on a frat. I don't know who it was," he said.
Arshawsky said antisemitism friction has occurred since the house began competing with larger fraternities in Inter-Fraternity Council sports activities this year because of a membership increase.
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John Marburger, dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, said he regarded the academic program as almost completely open.
"The idea is that there is a concept, and it may or may not work. We're going to have to assert strong leadership and strong controls to see that it does work," Marburger said.
"Even though I'm Jewish I would vigorously support the university, in the Jewish community as well as elsewhere," said Solomon Golomb, a professor of electrical engineering and a past president of the Faculty Senate.
"It seems to me that having a meeting like this after the contract is signed is really kind of a waste," said Jay Savage, a professor of biology and past chairman of the President's Advisory Council, referring to the meeting with Zohrab Kaprielian.
"The administration is put in the position of defending the decisions it's made and quite a few people are upset because they didn't have an opportunity to say they didn't like it in advance,"’ Savage said.
Kaprielian explained why faculty had not been consulted prior to signing the agreement.
In many of the administrative decisions, a lot of people are involved but the faculty as a
whole hasn't been involved, Kaprielian said.
"The whole thing has been talked about among groups in the International Relations Department and general administration," Kaprielian said.
Besides the concern of the lack of faculty involvement, the committee voiced several fears about maintaining quality in the program.
Critics of the agreement have claimed Saudi Arabia would be the major focus of the center. This feeling stems from the fact that Saudi Arabian alumni suggested the establishment of a center and encouraged funding by American corporations.
"I think it should be a Middle East Center and not just a Saudi Arabia Center," said Grant Beglarian, dean of the School of Performing Arts.
"Let's be very sure the center has first-rate Israeli scholars, first-rate Greek scholars, and first-rate people to talk about the disastrous laboratory called Lebanon,'' Beglarian said.
Houston I. Flournoy, vice-president of governmental affairs, said there has never been any suggestion in any of the discussions that the Middle East Center would be limited in any way to Saudi Arabia.
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International clubs ask CAAB for more funds
By Shari Cookson
Staff Writer
This university has a significant international student population — 3,500 foreigners representing 103 nationalities. As these students strive to understand their new environment and to get involved, they feel the university must understand their needs and the contribution they are trying to make.
"We are more Trojan than some Americans. The university is our home in this country so, of course, we are involved in it," said Khaled Take, undergraduate representative for the Student Senate.
Take said foreigners and Americans must leam to interact.
"The first step is being able to sit in the same classroom. The next step is harder. We must understand how Americans think," Take said.
"The foreigners that come to this university will hold high posts in their own countries. That is why we must develop a bond of trust and friendship while we are here," he sa>d.
Take said that if these future leaders understand American culture, there will be better international relations in years to come.
More national groups are becoming active in campus life, said Dennis Alfieri, vice-chairman of the Student Senate.
Several international clubs have gone to the Campus Activities Allocation Board for funding.
After an appeal to the review board, the Iranian Student Club was given $510. Now the Cubans, Indians and Armenians are also requesting money.
Stan Kiyota, chairman of the allocation board, feels the pressure when outspoken, energetic foreigners come to him with allocation proposals. He wants to fund groups that will benefit the entire campus population.
The International Students Assn. currently has its funds frozen by the review board. It cannot use its $10,000 allocation.
"The organization is in a state of turmoil. They are not organized," Kiyota said.
The International Students Assn. is an umbrella for all foreign students. It should function to promote interaction between different nationalities, said John Wasson, assistant director of the Office of International Students and Scholars.
International clubs go to the association for money but the association does not have funds to give them.
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