Professor withholds resignation; university to make alternate offer
OH YEAH — The Reggie Knighton Band performed on the Student Activities Center patio. Concerts and speakers provide a relaxing interval between classes. DT photo by Marc Corman.
AID MAY INCREASE
College expense relief <
By Shari Cookson
Staff Writer
Congress is considering two pieces of legislation that would provide additional financial assistance to families of college students.
The tax credit bill would allow families to deduct $150 from their IV78 federal income tax for each college student. In 1980, the deduction would rise to $200 per student. It has been approved by the Senate and a Mouse compromise committee.
The other bill would increase existing student aid funds. The Senate has already passed such a bill. The House will vote on the proposal within a week.
One of the sponsors of the tax credit bill, Sen. Bob Packwood (R-Ore.), said in a televised public
policy forum that a basic virtue of the bill is it would provide autonomy to people carrying the burden of educational costs.
"Do we want a system whereby the taxpayer is free to choose, and depending on his choice, he can make a simple subtraction from his income tax? Nobody in the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare or at the college of his choice needs to be involved. The decision is made by the parent and his child or by the part-time students putting themselves through school," Packwood said.
Those favoring the student aid bill claim it would give more money to the students who need it most, whereas the tax credit bill will affect rich and
By Robin Oto
Assistant City Editor
William Van Cleave, a professor of international relations, has agreed not to submit his resignation at the request of Zohrab Kaprielian, executive vice-president.
Van Cleave, who has been employed here for 11 years, has served as a member of the United States delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT). He was also a consultant to the Central Intelligence Agency and is presently a consultant to the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
V'an Cleave has been offered a professorship at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.
Kaprielian told Van Cleave the university wanted to make a competitive offer before he left. Van Cleave had not heard from him until Wednesday, when Kaprielian was informed of Van Cleave's intent to resign within the week.
He (Kaprielian) said he was going to take a personal interest. I would prefer to stay in a civilian university — (but) the situation or conditions in
poor alike, regardless of need.
Houston Flournoy, vice-president for governmental affairs, said the university supports the student aid proposal.
"Let's fact it, $150 in tax credit won't go too far — especially at private colleges," he said.
The student aid proposal is aimed at helping students from middle-income families ($15,000-$25,000 a year).
Back in 1965, the government started general grant programs to help low-income families (below $10,000 a year).
Now, over a decade later, middle-class families feel squeezed out of college because they are too "rich" to qualify for relief programs and too "poor" to pay. Many families in the (continued on page 6)
the school might not be good," Van Cleave said.
Sources said Van Cleave's possible resignation may be due to conflicts within the department involving future direction and plans for the school. Another reason learned was competition between Van Cleave and James Rosenau, director of the international relations program.
"Interdepartment politics could have a lot to do with it. It's really ridiculous for (the university) to allow someone of Dr. Van Cleave's stature to leave without putting up some kind of fight," said Keith Payne, a graduate student in international relations.
"A lot of graduate students are depressed about it, we're trying to find ways to get him to stay," he said.
The students are circulating petitions and have asked alumni to contact the administration, opposing Van Cleave's resignation.
Sources said Rosenau is not opposed to the possibility of Van Cleave leaving the university.
"It's still very much an internal matter," Rosenau said.
"I have no idea whether he's going to leave or not. One never knows what one's colleagues are doing," he added.
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University of Southern California Volume LXXV, Number 18	Thursday, October 12,1978
Students found guilty in $1,500 furniture theft
By Niki Cervantes
Staff Writer
Three university students, one of them president and another former vice-presfident of the Student Community Council, have been found guilty in the theft of $1,500 worth of university furniture.
Ron Mcfalhany, community council president, received recommendations from the Student Judicial Council for one year's probation.
Steve Machado, former community council vice-president and administrative assistant to Guy Hubbard, executive director of auxiliary services, and Mark Sarkowsky, received recommendations that they be suspended this semester. The council recommended permanent loss of university housing and office-holding rights for all three students.
Machado is unsure if he will file for appeal. Sarkowsky was unavailable for comment.
The recommendations made by the judicial council are used as guidelines for university action. If the university decides to follow the recommendations, the students may appeal the decisions.
McLlhaney said he plans to appeal the decision. If his appeal fails, Mctlhaney will be removed from his position on the community council. According to one anonymous source, if Mctlhaney's appeal fails to either reduce or prove him innocent of the charges, he may take the case to civil court.
Machado is unsure if he will file for appeal. Sarkowsky was unavailable for comment.
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New women settle down wild West
By Brad Avery
Staff Writer
name," said Oz Hasan, a resident and a junior in aerospace engineering.
All is quiet on the western front — at least for awhile, anvway. Men's Residence West, formerly a bastion of restless and sometimes destructive Trojan males, has finally been subdued.
And the reason is women. At the beginning of this semester, the word "Men's" was tom off the side of the 11-story brick-and-concrete building, leaving "Residence West" as the only indicator that the building had been integrated with the opposite sex.
An equal number of men and women now occupy the 7-vear-old residence hall, which houses 320 students in 40 eight-person suites and 10 one-person studios. The suites each have four bedrooms, a living area and a bath.
What makes the arrangement unique, however, is that men and women live on-the same floors. The building has been divided down the middle, with the men's suites facing Cardinal Gardens and the women's facing the intramural field. When residence halls were integrated in the past at the university, it was usually done by floors, with men and women using separate elevators to get to "their" floor.
Most students living at the residence hall feel the change was made in an attempt to quiet the place down. "Last year we had kind of a bad
"The guys were throwing things out the windows. Last year a girl almost lost her eyesight when she was hit by an egg," Hasan said. "And two years ago my roommate was hit with a broken bottle."
Some students mentioned that "general rowdiness" prevailed in the building and that last year a couch was thrown through a window. Other residents told of holes in the walls where fists went through them. 'There are definite signs that this place used to be rowdy," one girl said.
The windows have since been sealed up at Residence West, and the incidents of roughhousing have diminished considerably. "We still have a few problems/' Hasan said, "But nothing like last year — and the girls have made the difference."
To hear everyone tell it, not only have the girls quieted the place down by their presence, but they have also been responsible for making the men feel easier in social situations and generally making the dorm a more pleasant place to live.
"Sure it makes life easier — my girlfriend lives just two floors away," said trie Maher, a senior in business. "It's natural that it should be this way," Mahe:' added.
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HI THERE — Male residents of Residence \A/est welcome women to the newly-coed residence hall. DT photo by Rick Goldsmith.