Proposed Rent Hike Vexes Vital Vittles Pub Book Outlines Benefits
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58th Year, No.3 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHIN~TON, D.C. Saturday, September 10, 1977 Proposed Rent Hike Vexes Vital Vittles Zac Casey don't think the Corp will have any one third of the cost for maintaining The space Vital Vittles occupies trouble covering an increase of this a security guard." size." Shuerman explained this phe· • S liIMER ',1 in Healy basement could be reo classified as a high rent district, if the Benton argued, "The majority of nomenon saying, "True, the store and MOth"R" ,SAl university's proposed one hundred to our profits are poured back into the store offices don't get housekeeping SAT&SUH11AJ1; one hundred and fifty percent rent corporation; .while the remainder services, but then again, Vital Vittles ~AftD - YOO-T~ hike goes into effect, say Student goes toward funding academic and generates a lot of garbage for the rest . We "ST S Corporation officials. social services for the University, of the University. "Absurd," retorted ~RO~l!N VC As to the effect this might have such as the new recycling program Benton. "There isn't a store in the on prices at Georgetown's student UNICYCLE and financing an ac world responsible for the garbage its run grocery store, Corp VP John ademic scholarship for future' G.U. customers make." Benton said that he didn't have any studen ts." "Something's got to go," said exact figures, but speculated that We use a lot of electricity in the Benton, "we either cut services or prices would definitely go up. store,"Benton said," but for the rent raise prices. The money will just be The Corporation, which netted we pay we don't even get house flying out the window, and only God approximately 7,000 dollars in the .keeping services and have to supply knows for what!" last fiscal year, paid approximately $2,800 in rent. f\~ Benton agreed that the Corp. Patrons of Vital Vittles will be paying more if proposed rent hikes go into effect. should be expected to cover over· Subcommittee Requests -head cost, but pointed out that the current rent paid should be more than enough considering the small space they occupy. Differential Tuition Hike Water Bil Evaporates Surplus "The rent established in the origi!lallease between the University by Tracey Hughes the Water Authority had previously recommendations before the whole by Val Reitman be re~ched for comment. and the Corp was designed to show A planned recommendation by MCFC this Wednesday . Contrary to University officials' been about a half a year behind on . Miller stated that the additIOnal that the Corp paid sufficient enough the Main Campus Finance Com their billing and therefore the Univer· Meanwhile the compensation sub anticipation of a $285,286 utilities difference between the $182,636 rent to make it a separate un·t fro mittee's subcommittee on Tuition committee plans to recommend that surplus, the utilities budget is now sity hadn't expected the additional deficit and the projected $285,286 the Un' er't" I' d BI t Itt d . '" IV Sl y, exp aIne en on,~ and Admissions includes proposals to faculty compensation be increased $182,636 in the red, according to bill. Miller also commented that surp uds wetn fowar tS. cOY,ermg m- and I think 2,000 dollars is more than hold across· the· board tuition in the water rate doubled this year, between 7·9.3% for both faculty and figures furunished by George Lasnier, crease cos s 0 opera IOn. enough to show that." creases to the level of inflation and non-teaching academics such as ad University Comptroller and William causing an increase from last year's Associate Dean of students, Wil to impose an additional fee of $200 bill of $150,000. The Vice President missions personnel. Miller, Vice President for Planning liam Schuerman, defended his po· on all incoming students for the fall Last year tuition rose for all and Physical,Plant. for Planning and Physical Plant sition saying, "any auxiliary or· of 1978. added that he'd "budgeted for the students by $250 contrary to an Miller stated that the deficit was ganization of a University must be The proposed 200 dollar increase original subcommittee re primarily due to an "unexpected" price increase, but not for the able to cover its physical plant costs, would be used to fund the financial additional half year expense." commendation of a $230 increase for water bill and utility rates that have or it cannot continue to operate." aid needs of that year's students. upperclassmen and $280 for in soared in the past few years. Miller Though the University budgeted Asked if the Pub and the Center Cafe According to a working paper pre for a surplus this no longer exists coming freshmen. Compensation in said he budgeted $240,000 to cover were covering these costs, Mr. Shuer· pared by the subcommittee, " creases last year amounted to a 6.5% water charges for the year, and because upon the recommendation man commented,"It's not a question financial aid funded from tuition of Miller, Vice President for Ad· hike for faculty, cut from an original according to schedule the University of if they are?, they'll simply have revenues will 'buy time' until George raise of 7%, and a 5.5% for was billed $239,000 before the first ministrative Services Daniel Altobello to." Shuerman failed, however, to town can reach' its goal of providing authorized the transfer of funds from non-teaching academics. closing of the books in July. give any concrete description of how financial aid through endowed in· Since former President· Henle However, between July and the the utilities budget. According to they intended to do so. come." Miller, the money was used to cover announced his intention to reach auditors'~ close, the University was Scliuerman admitted that he was Committee sources speculate that faculty compensation at the' 80th billed an ~dditional $170,000 which the cost, of an approximately unable to pin down the rent increase the recommendation will draw heavy $42,000 Johnson computer system, percentile for Class 1 Institutions as Miller said were charges that the D.C. to the exact dollar, but said,"With as fire when the Tuition and Com estimated by the American As Water Authority was getting "caught as well as a $90,000 telephone much money as Vital Vittles makes, I pensation subcommittees make their expense and a $50,000 Security Planning and Physical Plant VP sociation of University Professors, up on", to bring the University up to the goal of the faculty senate has Union illcrease. Altobello could not William Miller. date in billing. Miller explained that been to reach this figure by fiscal year 1979. Lottery Proposed In a report to the compensation PAC Calls For Limits On CIA subcommittee Dr. Daniel Martire recommended that the University by Kevin Mager he might be introduced by the Kram admitted that "the CIA has grant compensation increases of 9.3% Recent revelations linking the professor to someone else" in the as much a right to be here" as For Kissinger Class over the next two years in order to agency. Georgetown University Medical anyone else, but it in an open, not a by Greg Kitsock proposal to Krogh's office on Thurs reach the 80th percentile. This now Center to CIA mind·control experi· Kram added that, in any event, clandestine way. The PAC hopes to A lottery is the only fair way of day. However, at press time Krogh represents the maximum increase ments has prompted the Peoples "you could wind-up with a dossier elicit the support of the Student had not yet had time to review the called for by the committee. on you, compiled partially by one of deciding who will be added to Henry :Action Cause to call for the adoption Government in its efforts to have the Kissinger's spring semester seminar, plan. The compensation subcommittee of guidelines to limit the agency's your professors. The CIA is the only guidelines adopted. "It will be our task to see that Dr. will also urge the Office of Student organization allowed to secretly start the Foreign Service School Academic recruitment activities at Georgetown. Assistant to the President Charles Council decided at a meeting last Kissinger has as much contact with Development to raise more money PAC's proposals are similar to such a dossier on someone for the Meng commented that while the Sunday. students as possible," Lutes said. from outside sources because they purpose of recruiting_" those already implemented at How· matter of CIA recruiting has not "Almost all the seniors are won However, he added that he disagreed contend it is impossible to reach the ard University and prohibit the re In 1975 the Senate Select Com come to the University's attention as deJ;ing how they can get into this with the aims of Students Opposed 80% through the annual budget mittee on Intelligence issued its lease of a stUdent's name to the CIA a serious problem, "we are very c1ass,"Council Chairman Mark Lutes to the Appointment of Kissinger alone. without that student's expressed con· report on covert and clandestine concerned about our faculty mem told The HOYA. However, Kis (SOAK), a group seeking to oust In addition, the tuition sub sent. In addition, they require any relations between the CIA and U.S. bers being used by the CIA without singer's course in Contemporary Kissinger from his position as Univer committee plans to recommend that professor associated with the intelli· Universities.