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University of Southern California
Vol. LXVII, No. 8 _Los Angeles, California	Tuesday, July 16 1974
Programs board cuts fall budget; but lifts freeze
BY MARJIE LAMBERT
FIRST THINGS FIRST—Foundation for the Bing Theatre, which will house major drama productions, is currently under construction on Bovard Field. The
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theatre will be part of the Performing Arts Center. Photo courtesy of School of Performing Arts.
Structure completed in arts center
BY SYLVIA DISANTI
Editor
One structure has just been completed, two others are under construction, and another two scheduled to begin construction, in the multi-million-dollar Performing Arts Center.
The center which will be located on what was the Bovard practice field for baseball, will accommodate and centralize ofthe facilities for the Divisions of Drama, Music and Cinema. Some cf the presently occupied buildings, World War II temporary bungalows, will be demolished.
Just completed in late June is the Virginia Ramo Hall ofMusic, which will house a number of instructional studios. The $550,000 building was chiefly funded through a gift of Virginia Ramo, a university trustee.
Waiting list available for yearbooks
El Rodeo,the university yearbook is currently not available, although anyone wishing to purchase a yearbook may sign a waiting list. A new shipment of yearbooks is expected at the end of August, at which time everyone on the list will be notified by mail.
Coupons for yearbooks obtained with activity books were void as of July 1 and may j no longer be used to get an El Rodeo. Yearbooks are available only for $7.50 or with a receipt from Receipts Audit for a lost coupon.
A limited number of spaces on the waiting list are still available. After the list is full, there will be no way for anyone else to get a yearbook.
Persons may sign the list in \Student Union 400.
Already completed in the center is the Willis Booth Memorial Rehearsal Hall.
Another music facility, the Faculty Memorial Building, is under construction now, and is expected to be finished by early 1975. The 30,000-square-foot facility will contain administrative offices for the School of Music, classrooms, and rehearsal studios. The building, funded by Blanche Seaver, also a trustee. is being completed at a total project cost of $1.4 million.
With the occupation of Ramo Hall and eventually the Music Faculty Building, the need for the music facilities at the Clark House, 710 West Adams Boulevard, will be eliminated —though the School ofMusic expects to occupy it until spring of 1975.
Widney Hall, the present facility for music instruction, is expected to be converted into an alumni house.
Also under construction is the BingTheatre, which will seat 606 for major drama performances. The$l.7-million-structure is scheduled to be completed in June of 1975. Its chief donor is Anna Bing Arnold, a university trustee.
During the next four months, construction is planned to begin on two cinema buildings.
The Eileen Norris Film Theatre, which will be the only campus facility exclusively used for film viewings, will seat 350 and will exhibit both old and new films, and will also be used as a site for conferences with persons in the medium. Funds for the theatre were provided by the Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation.
Other facilities and classrooms for the cinema department will be housed in the Ann and Jack Warner Cinema Building, funded by Warner, a trustee.
As additional funds become available, several other center buildings are proposed. These include a library and archives structure, a Little Theatre for
specialized drama productions, several technical and instructional facilities which will be shared by all divisions in the center, a central administrative and research facility, and a new music auditorium.
As a part of the finished product, the center will have a landscaped mall that will extend from Heritage Hall through to University Avenue, said Anthony D. Lazzaro, vice-president for business affairs. The surrounding fences will be torn down around Bovard Field and this part of the campus, formerly isolated, will then be open to the direct flow of campus life, he said.
Although not part of the center, the proposed Annenberg Communications Center, willl also be located on the periphery of Bovard Field, adjoining the mall.
The Student Programming Board cut most 1974-75 budget allocations in half Sunday but voted to lift the freeze imposed on the funds last month.
Stonecloud, the literary magazine, and Freshwater Productions, a student group formed to present concerts at USC. had their budgets cut completely.
Stonecloud was previously budgeted for $2,700 and Freshwater had been allocated $29,000.
The Graduate Student Organization’s previous allocation of $6,075 was tabled until September, so a freeze on funds for the organization is still in effect.
The Independent California College and University Student Association, a student lobby for private colleges, received an allocation of $1,350, reversing an earlier decision by the board to give it nothing.
The previously written budget of $190,000 had to be cut in half after a referendum showed students wanted mandatory' fees abolished. Ifthe Board ofTrustees approves the result ofthe referendum at its October meeting, the collection of mandatory fees will be discontinued after the fall semester.
The revised budget is based on collection of fees for the fall semester, in addition to an undetermined amount remainingfrom last year’s budget.
Because the budget is based on fees being collected only in the fall, an emphasis was placed on fall activities. Some programs, however, did receive money for spring projects.
Graduate and professional
Graduate students and professional schools received a total of $8,966. The Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy received a tentative allocation of $1,900 each. The actual allocation to these schools will depend on the enrollment, however, as they usually receive a rebate of 100% of the fees paid.
The original allocation of$2,655 for the School of Dentistry was cut to $900. and the School of Social Work received $306 of its original $342.
Law students were cut from $1,794 to $810, and the School of Library Science received $450 of the $984 originally allocated.
The Education Graduate Organization had its allocation of $2,407 cut to $900.
Students from the masters and doctoral business administration programs received a tentative allocation of $1,350 of the original $2,853.
Engineering graduate students had their allocation cut from $1,345 to $450.
Academic/Educational
The Academic/Educational area received a total of $18,936, with the largest allocation going to the Campus Speakers Committee. The board allocated $10,800 for speakers, a cut from $12,000. The board had originally offered $15,000 ifthe university would match the funds, but this does not appear likely.
The California Public Interest Research Group received $720 of $1,647. The group is a Ralph Nader consumer organization.
Minorities for Action Now in Medicine, a newly formed organization of minority prehealth majors, received $846 of an earlier allocation of $1,890.
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MUSIC BUILDINGS—Construction continues on the Music Faculty Memorial Building, (left) expected to be completed in early 1975. Already finished is the Vir-
ginia Ramo Hall of Music. (Additional pictures on page two.) Photo courtesy of School of Performing Arts.