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October, 1980 - Alcala View - Page 3

USD'S Budget Process at Work by Lorraine Watson

A special "Tuition Committee" reviews our current tuition rate taking into consideration past increases, inflation, average tuition charged at comparable universities and other factors. They develop tuition rate which eventually must be approved by the President and the Board of Trustees. The priorities which are deve– loped by the budget committee are a result of input from the various departments. These prior– ities are funded through additional income generated generally by increased tuition. Because re– quests far exceed the amount of funds available in the budget, the process of prioritizing requests facilitates the decision-making process. In the recent past, new personnel, salary increases and benefit improvements have head– ed the priority list. The task of developing a bal– anced budget is not an easy one. Every request must be critically reviewed since funds are clearly not unlimited. The goal of the committee is to get the most and the best out of the funds available. Once the committee is satisfied that this has been accomplished, the budget recommendations are forwarded to the President and subsequently to the Board of Trustees for approval.

their departmental needs for the next fiscal year. These requests are reviewed by the administrative department head or Dean and they form the basis of the recommend– ations which are taken to the budget committee for review and approval. The starting point in the work of the budget committee is the current year's projected income and expense-this becomes the "base" in planning for the coming year. The focus is on two major areas: developing a recommend– ation on tuition charges for the next year and setting priorities for budget expenses.

Each year administrators, faculty, staff and students participate in planning the University budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The budget committee consists of administrators and faculty from each of the schools and major functional areas, a representative from the Staff Employees' Association, and one undergraduate, one graduate, and one law student. Before the budget committee meetings, which begin in early November, a great deal of back– ground work takes place. Each department develops a set of budgetary requests based on projections and assumptions of

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June, Joy and Liz Aleman happily display their Service Award Certificates which were presented on August 28th by Dr_ Hughes. Both June and Liz will celebrate 10 year anniversaries, while Joy approaches her fifth year. Another family combination was Phylis and Patti Doyle (not shown) . Around Campus by Sue Howell

SR.HELEN LORCH - Student Affairs I always vote because an Irish Catholic Democrat always votes!

WHY DO I VOTE? AL NORRIS - Physical Plant

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I vote primarily for no other reason than just to show my displeasure and dissatisfaction with the present government and the present system our govern– ment works in, but I think it is a responsibility of the voters or at least those who are citizens, to vote if nothing more t han to show t his. MIKE REYNOLDS - Public Relations I vote because it is a way of exerting my influence, especially when there are so many people that don't vote. Not only do I vote, but I campaign for the ~ candidatesw ho I believe in. I feel that mul tiplies my influence. I like to have a say in thi ngs.

MARLEEN BRASEFIELD - Continuing Education I would prefer to vote if we had direct elections ol candidates. I resent my vote being lost in the electoral college, but I think I vote because womer; fought so hard to get the vote. DR. STEVEN SCHOENHERR - History Department I always like when W ill Rogers, famous American humorist, said that he never voted because it only encouraged him. This election seems to be one of those cases where people don't vote because it only encourages them. I don't agree with Wi ll com– pletely, but I vote - or don't vote.