Designer will speak at midyear commencement
New apartments’ rent expected to exceed Webb Tower’s rates
By Nancy Babka
staff writer
The rental rates at the two new apartment complexes being constructed near campus will probably be higher than those of Webb Tower, but will not be “exorbitant,” a university official said Tuesday.
Paula Neve, director of administrative controls for the Office of Business Affairs, said that the rates of the complexes, which will be completed in time for occupancy in the fall semester, have not been decided.
But she said she doubts the rents will surpass university-computed figures of what the average student can afford to pay per month.
“Not only do we wish to avoid financial hardship for the students, we also realize that the apartment rentals will suffer if the rates are too high,” Neve said.
“As a result, we naturally want to keep the rates as low as our finances will allow.”
The two new complexes will provide the university with 1,020 more housing spaces next fall. Neve said rents will be higher there than at Webb Tower for several reasons.
She said the insurance rates of the new complexes will be higher than those of Webb Tower, so it will be necessary to charge a higher rent in order to help subsidize the insurance premiums.
The university is financing the construction of the two com-
plexes and three additional parking structures through part of an $18,750,000 tax-exempt bond issue. By making use of a bond issue, rather than conventional financing services, the university gets the advantage of a lower interest rate.
The interest rate for the new apartment complexes will be 7%, while Webb Tower’s rate is 3%. Neve said the rates at the new apartments will have to be able to support the higher interest.
Guy Hubbard, director of auxiliary services, said he could not anticipate exactly when the exact rental rates will be decided upon.
The apartment rental rates will be decided by the Office of Business Affairs and the Office of Student Affairs, who will be taking all expenses involved into consideration for their decision. .
Hans Reichl, director of residential life, said he hopes the complexes will be ready for occupancy for the fall semester.
Reichl told the Daily Trojan last October he was confident that the construction of the new apartments will help to ease the troubled housing situation.
The university met this year’s housing crunch—almost 1,000 students were on the waiting list for living spaces at the beginning of the semester—by leasing 511 spaces in apartment buildings near campus.
Reichl said, “We don’t know
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No new construction set for campus in near future
No new building projects on campus are planned for next year, but more than $18 million worth of construction will keep contractors on campus for at least the next nine months.
The Norris Cinema Theatre and the Bing Drama Theatre, are expected to be completed within 30 days. The Annenberg School of Communications will be ready this June while construction on the Schoenberg Institute, a library housing the works of the composer Arnold Schoenberg and a recreation of his studio, will begin within the month.
All four buildings are a part ofthe performing Arts Complex, which now stands on the site of the old USC baseball field, Bovard Field.
The center will also have a park-like setting between the buildings.
Widney Hall, the first building at the university, is currently being renovated into an Alumni House.
The renovation of Widney Hall is an alumni project and many graduates now in the building supply business have contributed nearly all the materials required for the project.
Ren6vation is scheduled for completion about June.
The new Financial Services Building next to Stonier Hall will be completed this March and will house Receipts Audit and the Bursar’s, Office, which is.now located in Owen s Hall.
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SO MUCH BY SO FEW—Students who walk around campus next year and see all the new buildings may not realize the effort involved in constructing them. They may not not think of the construction workers and their
tireless labor to mold steel and cement into works ot art that will last for decades. Here a few workers take a break from their job to enjoy a lunchtime get-together. DT photo by Mike Ito.
Charles Eames, an internationally famed designer, artist, architect, builder and cinematographer, will deliver the keynote speech at ‘he midyear commencement ceremonies on Jan. 27 at 11 a.m. inthe Shrine Auditorium.
Eames will also receive an honorary degree from the university, as will Jascha Heifetz, the violinist and professor in the School of Music and Theodore Cummings, a real estate investor and member of the Board of Trustees.
The ceremonies will be open to the public, and no tickets are required. Spectators are asked to be in their seats by 10:30 a.m.
All students planning to graduate midyear should be sure their names are included on a list posted in front of the Registrar's Office and. if not already completed, should make a degree check with the registrar.
Fitting and distribution of caps and gowns will be held in the commons lobby from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Jan 19 and 20. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Jan. 21-23 and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan, 26.
No orders, measurements or distribution of caps and gowns will take place on graduation day, and the garments must be returned after the ceremony.
The rental charges for degree candidates and faculty are $6 for a bachelor’s degree (cap and gown). $8 for a bachelor’s degree (with cap. gown and hood), $10 for a master’s degree and $11 for a doctorate degree.
The cap tassles may be kept as souvenirs.
SUT EEWER bikes STOLEN
Small increase in crime in ’75
By Justin Fox
staff writer
Campus Security does not have the charisma of the Los Angeles Police Department, not having cases pulled from its files for shows like Adam 12 or the Blue Knight, but its activities are duly recorded as are the activities of the police.
Security notes on master sheets all crimes or calls for assistance on or near the campus and on the Row. The number of crimes recorded for 1974 was 1,140, comprising rapes, robberies, assaults, breaking and entering and larceny. The 1975 figures have not been completed, security officials said.
However, some crime figures reported for 1975 were totalled Tuesday, showing large increases in grand and petty theft, as well as other crimes including rape, and a decrease in the number of bicycles stolen, since 1974.
John Lechner, director of Campus Security, said that the increase in petty thefts of 342 over 1974 is a minor increase. They primarily involved stolen
radios, calculators and books which would not be stolen if people would just hold on to them, Lechner said.
Grand theft—theft of at least $200—increased by 44 cases, prompting the installation of new locking systems. As many as 15 typewriters have been stolen, many ofthem from multipurpose buildings like the Student Union or the library.
The number of bicycles stolen last year has decreased by 102 cases, mainly due to the licensing of bikes, which Campus Security hopes to make mandatory. Security would then license the bikes for the state. A state-licensed bike would be less desirable to steal since it could be traced anywhere in California. Lechner said.
In comparison with other urban colleges, some data show USC to be comparable to other large universities in the number of crimes committed on campus. The Uniform Crime Reports for the United States, an FBI publication which includes crime reports from various campuses, reported 1,549 crimes commit-
ted at UCLA in 1974.
The FBI did not ask USC for its figures, Lechner said.
Lechner said that the reports are an invaluable aid to the FBI in pointing out the movement of crime on a national level, but Campus Security’s reports are of more importance to the university. ,
The FBI and Campus Security figures are not really comparable, however, because of different means of listing figures and the size difference ofthe universities.
Lechner said that the recording of security operations and crimes was not thorough until he arrived in 1971.
“When I came in, the crime statistics said that there was no problem on campus. Typewriter thefts were reported as ‘miscellaneous.1 and there just was no pressure to make accurate reports,” Lechner said.
Since 1972. monthly recordings on activities and crimes have been kept. The records are compiled into annual reports, showing the drifts in the types of crime committed over the year.
University of Southern California
Volume L '.VIII, No. 62 Los Angeles, California Wednesday, January 7, 1976
RAISING THE ROOF—The new apartment complexes on the corner of McClintock Avenue and Jefferson Boulevard aren't the only things going up, because rent at the new facilities is expected to be higher than that of
Webb Tower. Another complex is being built on the University Mall. The apartments, which will be ready in the fall, will offer living space for 1,020 students.
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