Daily |ji Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXVIII, No. 60	Los Angeles, California	Wednesday, December 17, 1975
Students question value of PAC in tuition hike decision
By Wayne Walley
associate city editor
President John R. Hubbard once said, “If you control inflation, I’ll control tuition.’'
And the $300 flat-rate tuition increase for 1976-77 announced last week was explained as due to national inflationary trends.
But, coincidentally, an official statement ofthe California Educational Facilities Authority, completed Sept. 30 and approved by the Board of Trustees, estimated a $290 flat-rate tuition increase for 1976-77.
That same report estimated tuition to be $5,000 per year by 1980.
Considering the coincidence between the report and the actual decision, there is some question within the Student Sen-nate whether the work of the President's Advisory Council on the matter was meaningless.
“The PAC failed miserably on this issue,’’ said David Blackmar, chairman of the Student Senate. “Individual groups put in a lot of work and it seems that it might have all gone down the drain.’’
But Blackmar said Hubbard told him Friday that the PAC might have been indirectly responsible for keepingthe tuition increase below 10%.
“President Hubbard said the board thought USC should increase tuition by 15%, but was able to talk them into a hike of less than 9.3% because of the PAC recommendation,’’ he said.
But the PAC never did make any recommendation on a tuition hike.
“President Hubbard gave the indication that he was unaware that the PAC did not approve the 9.3% limit set by the recommendation of the Resource Management and Planning Committee,” Blackmar said. “It was never mentioned to him that the PAC voted down the approval of the recommendation.
“But it does seem the increase was kept down to 9.26% because of the recommendation,” Blackmar said.
Betty Murray, executive secretary of the board, confirmed what Blackmar said he was told by Hubbard.
“Without the recommendation made by the PAC (of no more than a 9.3% tuition increase) the tuition hike might have been much higher,” she said.
“The board had originally asked for an increase of more than 10%, although I don’t know how much above 10% they were asking.
“But it is true the president
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KSCR to air next month at McDonald’s
By Nancy Babka
staff writer
KSCR. the student-run and financed radio station.will be expanding its range by broadcasting to the “Trojan wing” section of McDonald's on Figueroa and 28th Streets at the beginning of January, said Bob Moore, general manager of KSCR.
“We are especially pleased about this because it is the first public outlet for the station,” said Moore.
KSCR is now broadcasting to the Birnkrant Residence Hall dining area.
“We also hope to begin broadcasting to the Trojan Hall dining area and to the Webb Tower Apartment Complex about the same time we begin broadcasting at McDonald’s,” Moore said.
The lines for Webb Tower and Trojan Hall have been put up by the telephone company, but KSCR is awaiting the repair of some broadcast equipment.
The connecting lines for broadcasting to McDonald’s will be put up within a week, Moore said.
Moore said that he approached Ernie Filice, manager of McDonald's, and asked him if he would be interested in KSCR’s broadcasting into the “Trojan wing.”
Moore said that Filice agreed, and they set the broadcasting date for after the Christmas holidays.
Moore said. “We’re glad to have this public outlet, not only because KSCR will be able to reach people outside the university, but because people who live on the Row and the apartments in the USC area were complaining that they had to go sit in Birnkrant whenever they wanted to listen to KSCR.”
Filice said McDonald's will pay for the construction of the radio lines and will also pay a monthly maintenance fee to the telephone company.
In return, KSCR will give McDonald's free radio advertising, Moore said.
The “Trojan wing” is a dining area in McDonald's that is designed to cater mainly to USC students. Several murals depicting various aspects of USC life are hanging on the walls.
“We feel that having KSCR broadcasts will augment the USC atmosphere at McDonald’s,” Filice said. “I’ve been thinking of other ways to enhance the atmosphere, too, such as putting in bulletin boards where students can post messages.”
“After the broadcasting is begun at these four locations, (Birnkrant Residence Hall dining area, Webb Tower apartments, Trojan Residence Hall dining area and McDonald’s) KSCR is going to hold off for a while,” Moore said.
IT S NOT A BIRD—It's not a plane and it's not even jet, photographers Mike Ito and Bob La Bayne captured rising tuition! It's Santa Claus. Though many students the evidence that the jolly old man of the north is alive mistook Santa as being a trustee leaving on a private and living in the bell tower.
Total undergraduate enrollment up 19%; follows statewide trend
By Dorothy Reinhold
staff writer
Total undergraduate enrollment at the university increased unexpectedly by 19% this fall, following a statewide trend of increased enrollment in the larger four-year private universities.
Richard Dolen, acting executive director of Student Administrative Services, said that during the summer the number of students who certified that they would be attending the university this fall was 1.000 less than the certification for the year before.
“We were very worried over the summer because a drop in enrollment like we were predicting would have meant a drop in tuition, which we couldn't afford,” he said.
However, enrollment figures from the 12th week of classes show that the number of full-time undergraduates increased by 1.728 (19%), but the number of part-time undergraduates decreased by 1,005 (37%). The total number of undergraduates increased this fall by 723 (6%).
Figures released by the Association of Indepen dent California Colleges and Universities, of which USC is a member, show that full-time undergraduate enrollment increased 5.5% this year. This category remained the same or increased at 34 of the association’s 56 member institutions. At 22 col-
leges the number of full-time undergraduates declined.
The association also showed that the number of part-time undergraduates decreased 7.4% statewide.
Full-time graduate students at the university increased by 350 (16%) this fall, while part-time graduates decreased by 427 (7%). The total number ofgraduate students at the university decreased by 77 (less than 1%).
Statewide, the sharpest rise was in the number of full-time graduate students, up 14% from last fall, according to the association.
The total number of students in professional schools at the university increased by 127 (6%) this fall, compared to a statewide growth of 6.2% in professional programs.
The association's figures show that total enrollment jumped 5.2% in the state’s private sector of higher education, which is similar to the increases in both the University of California (4.9%) and the State University and College system (5.4%).
The university’s total enrollment this fall shows an increase of 800 (3%) students over last fall.
Morgan Odell, association director, speculated that the current tight economic conditions might be prompting students to continue their education instead of trying to find a job.