Daily lip Troian
Volume LXVIII, Number 91
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Thursday, March 11, 1976
$54.9-million cancer hospital to be built at medical campus
By Denis Wolcott
Staff Writer
Dean named for School of Public Administration
A $54.9-million hospital specializing in cancer research will be built at the County-USC Medical Center sometime in the next several years.
The university plans to contribute about $6 million toward the building of the institute. The federal government has agreed to add $11.9 million and the Los
By Justin Fox
Staff Writer
The decision to reserve 50% of the space in all residence halls for freshmen has killed any possibility for returning male residents who were not assigned rooms in the second lottery to find campus housing next year, said Mark DiMaria, a student senator representing the residence halls.
DiMaria said that initially many men were waiting for the third lottery to bid for rooms in coed residence halls that so far have been open only to sophomores, juniors and seniors.
Understanding that it has been university policy to reserve 50°!c of the total space in residence halls for freshmen, many thought that their chances were good for getting into the coed facilities.
However, the Office of Residential Life’s ruling reserving the remaining space in existing coed residence halls for freshmen has had the effect of throwing many of those men waiting for the third lottery out in the street, DiMaria said.
The first lottery allocated spaces in the new university-owned apartments. The second lottery was held to determine
Angeles County Board of Supervisors declared on Tuesday they would pay the balance of $37 million.
Chancellor Norman Topping said the $6 million would come from private donations. He said the university has already received about $2 million.
The facility will be called the Los Angeles County-USC Cancer Hospital and Research Institute
which residents would be allowed to return to their present facilities. The final lottery, to be held Monday, will determine which residents can change facilities for next year.
DiMaria said the Student Affairs Committee passed a resolution presented by the Office of Residential Life last week that would open coed facilities to freshmen.
The rationale was that if the coed facilities were open, freshmen could move into the new Troy Hall apartments now being constructed off-campus and thereby relieve the housing crunch on campus.
The time when freshmen would be able to move into the coed residence halls and off-campus facilities has not been determined, but the committee has 7 * sent the resolution to the Board of Trustees for approval.
Even though the trustees nave not signed the resolution, and although it has not become official university policy, the Office of Residential Life jumped the gun and ordered that 50°Je of all campus housingbeopento freshman next year, DiMaria said.
He said that the first time dorm residents heard about this
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and will be run by the county, not the university, as reported in an article in the Los Angeles Times.
William Weitekamp, administrator for the cancer hospital, said" the Board of Supervisors approved the institute and signed contract with architects on Tuesday.
He also said the board announced its intention to complete the hospital, a requirement ofthe National Cancer Institute, which urged support of the project.
Topping said the board’s approval would assure the federal contribution for Los Angeles. Had the approval not come, he said, the National Cancer Institute might have urged support of another area’s project.
Weitekamp said he expects the site will be cleared in the early part of 1977 and that the hospital should be completed by 1980.
The new hospital will have 96 beds for cancer patients and will be the only center for cancer research in this part ofthe United States.
Weitekamp said it will be the only comprehensive regional facility in the Pacific southwest.
The concept for such a hospital has been under study since 1966 when the university started planning it.
In 1968 the Los Angeles County. Board of Supervisors agreed to join the university in development of the research center. In 1974 the supervisors resolved to put up $19.7 million towards the building of the hospital.
The board’s action followed a report by Harry L. Hufford, county chief administrative officer, that said the county’s ability to meet existing levels of health care is seriously threatened by decreasing state and federal aid.
Robert P. Biller, an authority on alternative forms of public organization, has been appointed dean ofthe School of Public Administration. President John R. Hubbard said Biller will assume his new responsibilities April 1.
Biller will succeed E. Kim Nelson, who has returned to full-time teaching after a five-year term as director and dean of the school. John J. Kirlin, associate professor of public administration is currently acting as dean.
“Our interviews with Biller reveal a scholar of fine intellect and sound professional judgment,” Hubbard said. “We expect him to lead our School of Public Administration to new levels of achievement in professional research and application.”
Biller is currently an associate professor of public policy in the Graduate School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. He also has served as chairman ofthe Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Health and Medical Sciences and as vice-chairman of Berkeley’s Department of Political Sciences .
In accepting the appointment, Biller commented on the stature and achievements of the university’s School of Public Administration.
By Peter Fletcher
Staff Writer
A sum of $17,500 that was lost by an accounting error has been given to the Campus Activities Allocations Board to allocate.
Mike Peterson, chairman of the board, said he was notified of the availability of the money about an hour before the board meeting on Monday night.
Of the money, 10% goes to the New Activities and Services Agency and 15% goes to cover administrative costs of the board. The remaining $13,125 was allocated to other campus groups Monday night. Peterson said.
The money had apparently been accidentally put in a separate account because of the error.
Jim Dennis, director of the Ot-fice of Campus Life and Recreation, told Peterson that the money was available to be allocated.
The board finished most of its business for the spring semester by allocating the funds in a five-hour session.
The Student Committee on Popular Entertainment received $4,700 from the original group’s $6,700 allocation that was frozen in January.
The money is for one medium-sized concert and four small concerts, Peterson said.
The group also received the last $2,000 of the frozen funds and an additional $6,500 to set up a major concert.
Peterson said the group is ex pected to report to the alloca-
“It has made a unique contribution to Southern California, while playing a major role nationally and internationally in the field of public administration,” he said. “Further, the school has nurtured the continued development of that community of scholars and professionals
ROBERT P. BILLER
that has accepted the public trust.
“The school’s faculty, students and alumni have long focused on the requirement that theory be given test in action and that professional practice be recognized as a generator of knowledge.”
tions board in two weeks on its progress in setting up the concert. If the group is unable to set up the concert, the funds will be allocated to other groups. Peterson said.
The Garden Theatre Festival received $2,500 from the board to set up a three-day program of entertainment. The festival will receive an additional $2,500 from the board when the Campus Speakers Committee repays the $2,500 it received for a speech by Jane Goodall, the noted anthropologist.
The board allocated $1,550 to
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Provost search nears completion
The provost search committee is in the final stages of its deliberation, said Paul Knoll, chairman of the committee. A decision is expected within a month.
Fewer than 10 candidates have been chosen for final consideration out of more than 175 applicants. Knoll said. He would not release any names.
President John R. Hubbard had originally asked the committee to make its decision by Feb. 1, but Knoll said the committee was unable to meet this deadline.
The provost will be responsible for all academic aspects of the university, except for the health sciences, and for all student affairs relating to the physical and intellectual environment, Knoll said.
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LOOK OUT!—Some members of the recently formed Frisbee Club took some time out from a meeting to see just what they could do. The club has been allocated $50 by the university, and hopes to go to its first
informal tournament in Santa Barbara next month. The club meets every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. in Heritage Hall. DT photo by Mike Seedman.
Ruling leaves many male residents without rooms
$17,500 lost, found; allocated by board