Daily w Trojan
Vol. LXVI, No. 106
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California _
Tuesday, April 16, 1974
Trustees accept balanced ’75 budget of $139 million
BY PETER WONG
Editor
The Board of Trustees has approved a budget of$138.8 million for the year starting July 1. an increase of $16.3 million from the 1973-74 budget.
The newly adopted budget is balanced, and most of the increases are considered fixed costs, President John R. Hubbard said in an interview April 4.
The appropriation of $2.2 million for increases in faculty and
staff salaries is not considered a fixed item, though.
“We must recognize that the national financial crunch in higher education is both real and dangerous, and there is not yet any long-term solution,” Colin MacLeod, director of financial services, said in a statement in the Faculty Newsletter for April.
“The next few years appear to be critical. USC is projecting a balanced budget for next year, based on the assumption that we
Program board suit rejected by Marines
BY QUENTIN SCHAFFER
The suit filed with the University Judicial Council asking that new officers be elected to the Student Programming Board and that its actions be declared void was called invalid by Robert L. Mannes. dean of student life.
Stu Mollrich. a senior in political science, filed the suit April
1.	Mannes, along with Bruce Cohen, chief justice of the University Judicial Council, met with Mollrich and told him he had no grounds for a case.
“There’s no basis for disciplinary action and so the suit does not fall under my responsibility,” Mannes said. He told Mollrich to take his case to the Student Caucus.
Mannes referred to a letter sent out Feb. 15 to Student Programming Board members by James R. Appleton, vice-president for student affairs. The letter discussed written procedures, including Fee Allocation Board rules.
It also covered executive sessions or closed meetings, saying that it has been the past policy that all official business be done in closed sessions. Voting, on the other hand, is to be held in public sessions.
Mollrich contends that the board is acting without a charter and making up its policy as it goes along. He interpreted
Appleton’s letter as saying “to make improvements as you see fit.”
Mollrich said the board was not under a student-approved constitution. David Blackmar, a sophomore in philosophy and a member of the board, said it is operating under the 1972-73 charter now but that there is no official charter for this year.
Mollrich, who was asked to leave a closed session of the Student Programming Board March 31, said he wanted to sit in on its deliberations to find out its justification for denying funds to his academic nondiscrimination proposal.
The proposal called for a counseling center that would expedite complaints, he said.
"No one knows how the budgets were decided. If you have any enemies on the board, they won't give money to you,” he said.
Mollrich noted a correlation between the Student Programming Board and the budgets approved for various organizations.
He cited several examples, including the large budget received by MECHA (a Chicano student organization) this year ($8,093.42) probably because of the two new board members they have, he said.
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GODSPELL—Robin Livingston practices one of the numbers for tonight's production of Godspell, to be presented by the Trojan Chorale. The Stephen Schwartz musical will be presented in Bovard Auditorium at 8 p.m. DT pk> to by Bob Chavez.
will maintain current enrollments.
“The real emphasis over the next few years should be on continuing to build academic excellence , and on the quality of programs and student life that will enable USC to continue to attract high-quality students.
“Our financial future is dependent upon the excellence of our teaching, research and public service.”
The budget was prepared by the Office of Academic Administration and Research, under Vice-President Z.A. Kaprielian. and MacLeod’s office.
The Finance and Budget Committee of the Board of Trustees reviewed the budget before forwarding it to the full board April 3.
MacLeod prepared his statement following recent oral presentations to faculty and staff meetings.
Many questioned MacLeod about the administration’s decision to grant a 5% across-the-board salary increase to faculty and staff, an acknowledged exception to the basic university policy of merit increases.
“The decision was recognized as a difficult and controversial one, but is a response to a particular set of circumstances and outstanding commitments,” MacLeod said in his statement.
The administration’s position is that the decision is only a onetime exception to university policy. and that the increase —though less than the rate of inflation—is still generally in line with those in other major universities.
Besides the $2.2 million for salary increases, here are other items of the $16.3 million in increases in the 1974-75 budget:
•	Required to generate the new revenue—$9 million. This item
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CALENDAR DISCUSSED—John E. Elliott, professor of economics, spoke Monday at a President's Advisory Council meeting on the need to establish a new academic calendar. He said the need for an uninterrupted period of study necessitates a change from the present calendar. DT photo by Bob Chavez.
Academic calendar is discussed by council
BY MIKE MEYER
Continuing discussion of the university’s plans for calendar reform comprised the major part of the President’s Advisory Council meeting Monday in Town and Gown Foyer.
John E. Elliott, professor of economics, said that the need for a continuous uninterrupted period of student study is the primary reason for the support of the calendar change.
A faculty survey showed that 64% favored ending the fall semester before Christmas.
He said two plans, the 4-1-4 and the 4-x-4, have the greatest chance of acceptance, because the application of either would be more practical than the present setup, in which the fall term is interrupted by Christmas vacation.
The 4-1-4 plan would start the
fall semester two weeks earlier than it is started now, and there would be an intersession period in January similar to a summer term.
The spring semester would remain almost the same, starting just one week later.
An organized intersession period would not be mandatory in the 4-x-4 plan, but students and faculty would be encouraged to collaborate on worthwhile educational projects and research during this time.
It has not been determined whether faculty members would receive additional compensation for participating in the voluntary intersession term.
The general feeling was that some type pf academic innovation is necessary and desirable
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Election is invalidated; 17% vote
Because only 17% of the ballots for LAS representatives in the President’s Advisory Council election were returned, the election was invalidated.
The 12 undergraduate students receiving the most votes will serve as interim officers until a new election can be held.
The interim representatives were seated at Monday’s meeting of the council.
Voting fell far short of the 1/3 return necessary for a valid election, as specified by the Commission on Credentials and Elections.
The commission set the one-third as a figure at which students would be truly representative of their constituents.
About 7,800 ballots were mailed to students, 250 of which were returned, marked undeliverable. Out of the remaining 7,550 ballots, only 1,247 were returned.
Several means of electing regular undergraduate members are being considered.
Under the plan that is expected to be adopted, ballots would be distributed with fall registration materials.
Students would return their ballots at registration.
The interim student represen-
tatives and the three runners-up in each category—inde-
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erim reps announce
Students who received the most votes in the elections for the President’s Advisory Council and who will serve as interim representatives and vote totals are as follows:
For independents, 587 ballots were returned.
The winners were Joseph Flanagan, junior, political science (347); Randy Higashida, sophomore, psychology (284); James Lamb, junior, history (281): Mitzi Hamaguchi, junior, predental (278); David Blackmar, sophomore, philosophy (271) and Charles Solomon, junior, history (221).
Runners-up are Ann Velys. junior, education (202); Cyrus Davis, freshman, economics (195) and Leanne Reynolds, freshman, biology (194). .Representing the resi-
dence halls (359 ballots were returned) will be Steven Marks, sophomore, political science (154); Thomas Carter, freshman, undeclared (132) and Barbara Barton, sophomore, general studies (99).
Runners-up are Charlotte Weizer, junior, international relations (95); Marcella Foo, sophomore, biological sciences (90) and Hunt Braly, freshman, political science (88).
Fraternities and sororities (301 ballots returned) will be represented by Jim Ishii, junior, cinema (109); Brent Noyes, junior, education (107 and Kristin Hubbard, freshman, history (97).
Runners-up are Cynthia Allison, junior, journalism (81); Kathy Hawkins, freshman, biology (72) and Richard Reitzell. junior, biology (72)