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University of Southern California
Volume LXVI, no. 126	Los Angeles, California	Tuesday, May 14, 1974
Business dean resigns; faculty pressure cited
GROOVING WITH THE GOOD SOUNDS—Linda Camp lost an estimated $8,000 due to the sparse Ronstadt sang for a crowd of 2,000 at last Saturday's attendance. DT photos by Gehrig Ikeda. rock concert on Cromwell Field. The benefit for Troy
$8,000 loss predicted after only 2,000 attend Ronstadt concert
BY SARAH HECK
Assistant City Editor
Ted R. Brannen. dean of the School of Business Administration. announced his resignation at a faculty meeting Friday afternoon.
Recommendations for an interim dean have been made by the executive committee of the school. Douglas Basil, chairman of the executive committee, expects the appointment to be made this afternoon.
Although Brannen has been unavailable for comment, many said faculty pressure was the reason for his resignation.
In the two-and-a-half years Brannen has been dean of the school several new and innovative programs have been initiated. Several students who have participated in these new programs, including Tracy Vin-ing, feel that these programs have caused dissent among the senior faculty members.
The new programs are a reorganization of the one-and two-year graduate courses. Instead of paging through the course list and selecting classes from the various departments to fulfill requirements, students have several block courses to choose from.
The courses offer the participant training and experiences in making decisions in the business world. However this training doesn’t come in the conventional method of attending one class after another, most totally unrelated to the other.
Instead of having complete control overtheir class and what they teaeh, the instructors must work together to design the program for the whole year, integrating into the block course all the information the students should be responsible for.
This results in an erosion of the individual teacher’s power although the courses are considered by many of the students to be more beneficial. Vining said.
Zohrab A. Kaprielian. vice-president for academic ad-
ministration and research, said there was no quarrel between the faculty and Brannen about the quality ofthe programs. He said difficulties arose over Brannen’s management of the programs.
"Dean Brannen’s style of performance was a little difficult for some of the faculty to absorb,” Kaprielian said in an interview.
Accordingto Kaprielian, some faculty members had met with President John R. Hubbard several times during the last two months to discuss the friction between them and Brannen Kaprielian said that when Brannen realized the extent of the dissent, he decided to resign. "He didn’t have the kind of
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support from the faculty that he needed.” Kaprielian said.
He said Brannen wanted to spend his time teaching and researching.
Students are circulating a petition to Hubbard protesting the pressured resignation.
However Vining, who is circulating the petition, thinks the chances of Brannen returning are slim. He said the students are very concerned about losing the direction and programs he has instituted.
"We may not be able to save the man but we’d like to pre serve his ideals," Vining said.
Kaprielian said that Hubbard will examine what the students have to offer. He added that there is no doubt in anyone’s mind that the programs will re main.
The administration, facultx and students were pleased with the innovative programs initiated by Brannen. some of which had been in the planning stages before Brannen accepted the position of dean. Kaprielian said
Students are planning an Open Forum Thursday at noon in the basement of Hoffman Hall to present both sides of the issue.
Only 2,000 people—half the expected turnout—attended Saturday’s festival featuring Linda Ronstadt, Dan Hicks, Honk, and Country Gazette, and officials said the concert did not break even.
A student involved in security at the concert gave an even lower estimate of attendance. He estimated that 900 advance tickets were sold, and no more than 500 were sold at the gate.
Troy Camp was to receive 40*7r of the profits (60% were to go to Ronstadt), but a spokesman for Freshwater Productions said, "We didn’t even break even. We lost money, that’s for sure.” Sales results not in Some estimated the loss to be $8,000, but a Freshwater
spokesman said it was impossible to quote any figures this soon after the concert. He added that he had not yet received Saturday's sales results from the ticket agencies.
Another Freshwater spokesman cited student apathy as a reason for the low attendance.
“Do the students want entertainment?” he asked. “Do they want music other than rock? If they don't support the shows we do present, how can we ever afford to present the kind of show they want?”
Rumors that the Grateful Dead or Ten Years After were headlining the show may have hurt sales. Many students were angry when they discovered the rumors were untrue, and as a re-
2 more colleges join financial aid lobby
BY AL FLORES
Executive News Editor
Two more private colleges added their names Saturday to a charter establishing a student lobby organization which will seek more financial aid for private schools.
Point Loma College and Pacific Oaks College signed the charter of the one-week-old Independent California College and University Students Association, bringing the total number signed to 16. including USC.
At a conference at California Lutheran College in Thousand Oaks, the groundw ork was started for the preliminary task—that of seeking the expansion of the California State Scholarship Program.
Student representatives from the 16 member-groups will now travel to Sacramento on May 21 to lobby before the California legislature.
The representatives will attempt to gain support for Assembly Bill 3862. a proposal for the Tuition Grant Pilot Program.
The program would provide $1 million in grants for 1,200 middle-mcome students entering California's independent colleges and universities, beginning in fall 1975.
The grants would cover one-third the cost of tuition, but not exceeding $900, for up to four years of undergraduate study.
The program is being sought because of the increasing strain on middle-income families to meet the costs of a college education.
While the enrollment of low-income students in independent colleges is substantial, and continues to increase, the enrollment of middle-income students not eligible for scholarships is declining.
In seeking the program, the association will work with student lobbies from the University of California and the State University and College Systems.
In addition, members ofthe association are urging member schools to encourage students that hold state scholarships to write to members of the California Assembly Education Committee, requesting their support of the bill.
These letters would be presented to the committee during its hearing of the bill on May 21.
Congressman Barry M. Goldwater. Jr. (R-Burbank) spoke to the association during the conference.
He told of the need to raise the ceiling for state scholarships and
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suit, did not attend the concert.
A spokesman said that the budget of $16,000 could never have accommodated those acts, and stressed that the concert organizers did not start the rumor.
Disappointed with students
Spokesmen said that they could understand why students might be disappointed. But they asserted that they were even more disappointed with USC students.
"Where else could you go to see a show like that for $4?” one spokesman said. “The show lasted four hours—and everyone there really seemed to love it. Maria Muldaur and Albert Brooks were in the audience, really enjoying themselves. No matter what anyone says, this concert was a damn good deal.”
Freshwater has asked the Student Programming Board for an increase in budget next year. Freshwater has requested $42,000, which is more money than any other campus organization has requested.
A Freshwater spokesman said he wonders if students are worth the group’s time and effort. However, he added that Freshwater’s purpose is to bring music to the campus, and that it will continue to present shows if students want them.