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UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Friday, March 6, 1987
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USFFA Charges
Mismanagement
Rec Center Accusations Dumbfound Administration
By mc ISLAND
Interchange between the USF Faculty Asstxiation
(USFFA) and the USF Administration has taken a new tack in
recent days, as President Michael lehmann has attacked the
University's Financial decisions.
However. administration
negotiator Daniel Julius dUavowi
any responsibility for a controver
sial portion of a January 29. 1987
confidential  memorandum to the
Board of Trustees.
Salary Totals Questioned
"According to University
documents, reads a USFFA letter
to all members dated February 26.
1987. the University budgeted
for a $479,000 decrease in overall
faculty salaries (full and pan -time |
for Ihe 1986-1987 acadermic (fie)
year."'
Totals dropped from an actual
expenditure of SI2.872 million in
the 1985-1986 school year to ■
budgeted $12 393 million for
1986-1987. according to USFFA
docu ments.
"It just doesn't make sense."
said Ix-hmann. especially when
coupled with a rise in staff salaries'
from S 10.973 million to $11 478
million in 1986-1987. an increase of $505,000 stated the
USFFA   letter.
"Why is the Administration
threatening hi lay off faculty when
it has already reduced the faculty
wage bill?" wrote Lehmann
March 2 letter, points to the report
ofthe firm of Dcloite. Haskms and
Sells, University auditors, who
MM that .i sy 84 million loan"
obtained by the University will be
used tor computers, scientific
equipment and "to construct a new
student health and recreation
center."
Julius said he was
"dumbfounded" at thc assertions
that he had. himself, lied to the
Board of Trustees, as implied in
Lehmann's February 24
memorandum.      which      asked:
"Who is lying.' And who isn't'"
"I was told" that the Rec Center
was totally funded by private donations, said Julius, who clarified
his statement by saying that "Fr.
(Philip) Callaghan (Executive Assistant to University President Fr.
John Lo Schiavo) told me that, and
I wrote it."
University officials had not yet
seen the USFFA charges as the
Foghorn went to press and would
otter no comment for attribution
until they had analyzed the
USFFAs position. However,
anonymous sources did stress that
it has always been understood thai
a portion ofthe Rec Center would
For Commentary, see page 7.
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back by private contributions
In addition, they noted that the
Health and Recreation Center was
a separate budget area, sealed ofl
Irom all other financial aspects
university administration to cut
teaching budgets at the same time it
is increasing the same number of
administrators and their salaries'.'"
he asserted.
Rec Center Financing
\s demolition for the long-
awaited Koret Health and Recreation Center nears. squabbling has
broken over financing sources tor
the new complex
A confidential memorandum
dated January 29, 1987 and written
by Julius, slated
(hat "it is an outright lie that the
new recreation center is being financed with salaries saved trom
USF's academic programs
"All funds for Ihe recreational
center have been raised through
private gifts to the University."
However,   the   USFFA.   in   a
"There is no mingling of
monies." stated one source. "The
implication that the Rec budget is
siphoning off money from the University budget is incorrect
However, Lehmann is con
vinced ami has stated (hat he and
other USFFA members believe
lhat "the I'niversity will lay ofl
lacullv. in order to pay off interest
on ihe debt" they have incurred.
Julius, however, sees the whole
question as an unfortunate
sideshow We need to get on with
lhe real issue which is negotiations, in order to get an agreement."
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The Ecstasy and the Agony. . .
Tom Hellincrs reflects (In- r .mm of emotions I SI" fans have endured during lhe recently completed
rollercoaster men's basketball season. I he Dons ended Iheir 16-11 effort lasl Saturday al SI. Mary's, lakinga
close 72-62 loss, lor more details, see Sports, page II.
USF Hosts PacRim Confab
By (;rm.ok\ Kl \i I
American merchants can com
pete in. and even dominate, (he
commerce of (he Pacific Rim if
they educate themselves m the
cultures and economics ol ihe In
I asl
This message was delivered by
business and political leaden
during ., conlcr.
ence held last weekend in lone
Mountain. Business and communications with (he People's Republic of China. Japan and South
Korea were the subjects of the
two-day event sponsored by LSI l
School ot l-.ducation.
Keynote     speakers     included
Mayor Diane I"cinstein and Donald
A. Weadon. an important interna
tional        lawyer        based        in
Washington. D.C.
In her halt hour address. Mayor
leinstein asserted (hat "America is
finding lhat today we cannot compete in a world economy." After
identifying a $3 trillion market in
the Pacific Rim, she called for in
novation hy American businesses
io "shrink the Pacific Ocean into a
river " and to make San Francisco
the     gateway  to Asia."
WeadOfl announced thc* discov
en. of a "secret magnetic field" ot
the American continental shell as
the cause ot IS businessmen's
difficulties in deahnu widi Pacific
Rim nations
"When we fly over that field, a
small latch in the back ol our heads
is activated, and our brains fall
out." he explained. He focused on
what he sees as the death of
common sense' on the part of
Americans doing business over
seas
Weadon felt such sense could be
resurrected by educating Amen
cans in how both Easterners and
Americans conduct business, and
determining a manner lo combine
both for the maximum mutual he
nelit
The  conlerence   spcakcis
also addressed other
issues of conducting business in
the Pacific Rim, including: busi
ness and government relations,
trade and manufacturing patterns.
U s internal cooperation lo meet
external competition, international
communications and cultural understanding, legal issues and
anti trust laws, consulting and
education
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