Daily W Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXXI, Number 29	Los Angeles, California	Tuesday, March 22, 1977
PINTFUL OF LIFE — Lauren McGuire, a senior in broadcast management, gives blood as part of the drive sponsored by the USC Blood Program Board. Blood may be donated throughout this week from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p. m. on the second floor of the Student Activities Center. DT photo by Mark Kariya.
Health center to sponsor eye clinic twice weekly
Generally, the ayes have it. But if your eyes have had it, the Student Health Center may be able to help when its new optometry clinic opens soon.
The clinic, located on the first floor of the center, will open sometime within the next two weeks, said Rita Clayton, the center’s assistant director.
The clinic will be headed by Eric Ericson, who has conducted research involving contact lenses.
The services will include examinations, contact lenses and frame glasses, Clayton said.
The clinic will be open all day on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Appointments may be made when the clinic opens by calling 746-5352. The schedule of days may be changed later, however, depending on student needs, she said.
Students, staff and faculty members will be allowed to use the facility on a pay-for-service basis.
Spring enrollment down from fall, maintains same level as last year
By Gary Linehan
Staff Writer
Enrollment for the spring semester is down slightly from the fall but is at about the same level as last year’s spring semester, said James L. Jones, director of Student Administrative Services.
Total enrollment for the spring is 22,181. This reflects undergraduate, graduate, full-and part-time students who were enrolled at the end of the fifth weekofthe semester, Jonessaid.
He said about 200 more students may be added later as late fee bills are paid and late registration is completed.
Enrollment is down 2,297 from the fall semester. Jones said spring enrollment is generally lower than it is in the fall.
“This is a normal phenomenon in most colleges,” said Veronica Tincher, research associate of the Office of Institutional Studies. She attributed the attrition to students who have graduated, lost interest, are academically or generally unprepared and left school for personal reasons, among others.
Of 10,550 full-time spring students, 6,358 are men and 4,192 are women. There are 7,148 part time students, 2,275 graduate students, and 2.218 students in professional schools, Jonessaid.
This compares to 24,478 for total fall enrollment. There were 11,294 full-time undergraduate students in the fall. Of those, 6,794 were men and 4.500 were women, Jones said.
Although enrollment figures are lower than last semester, there is no appreciable difference in class sizes this semester. Jones said this is because the decline is distributed over the entire university.
The College of Letters, Arts and Sciences has the largest number of students this semester, but Jones did not quote figures for specific schools.
He said the enrollment figures are important for the school because they indicate a healthy
status. “Our enrollment figures are staying up, when other schools are having difficulty in attracting and maintaining good students.
“Nationally, so many schools are suffering from declining applications and enrollments. We are not having these problems, which speaks well for the academic policy here.’’
While the student population is down slightly this semester, the outlook is brighter for next semester, Jones said. Applications for fall for freshmen and transfer students are up 10^
over last year at this time.
Applications of both freshman and transfer students for this semester surpassed the number of applications received last year. 590 freshman applied for the spring, while 557 applied last year. Transfer students submitted 798 applications this semester. as opposed to 649 last year
The ratio of men to women this semester is four to six at the undergraduate level. It is about the same at the graduate level, but there is only one woman to every two men among part-time students.
Program will promote student-faculty dinners
By Elizabeth Thompson
Staff Writer
Students living on campus will soon have the opportunity to get to know faculty and staff members on a personal level, through a program developed by the Office of Residential Life.
Students who sign up for the program will be invited to dinner at a faculty or staff member's house, said Mike Banks, a graduate in college student personnel work who has been doing field work with the Office of Residential Life.
“The purpose ofthe program is to get faculty and staff together with students in a relaxed atmosphere where each can shed their roles, where they can just sit around and chat and enjoy the conversation,” said Gerry Williams, administrative assistant to the associative director of residential life. “It’s an opportunity for students to see staff and faculty in action outside of the classroom.”
Williams said the university often concentrates on developing the intellectual side of students while ignoring the emotional side. The program will give faculty and staff the opportunity to develop a feeling of commitment and caring for students on an individual basis, she said.
“It will be on a quite personal basis,” Banks agreed. "Faculty members will be personally inviting students to their homes.”
Banks said each faculty or staff member involved in the program will invite five to seven students to dinner at his house, probably on a Sunday afternoon orearly evening. The students will be chosen from a signup list in the residential life office. Transportation arrangements will be left to the students, although faculty and staff members will make certain that at least two students with cars are invited to each dinner, and that their names and phone numbers are given to those students without cars, he said.
Faculty and staff are very interested and enthusiastic about the program. Banks said, adding that if the program proved successful, it might be expanded to include alumni members.
“Success of the program probably depends on the response of the students,” he said.
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LUNCHTIME ALTERNATIVE
Tacos take their stand
If you have tired of the recently opened Salad Shoppes as an alternative to the Commons or Grill for meals, Food Services has provided another lunchtime prospect — Buenos Tacos.
Located opposite the pizza stand on the Commons patio. Buenos Tacos offers a variety of Mexican food from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The menu includes tacos. 60cents; burritos. 55 cents; enchiladas. 55 cents; chile rellenos. 60 cents; tostadas, 45 cents; and a selection of soft drinks.
Tom Bevan. assistant director of Food Services. said Food Services decided to open a taco stand because ofthe popularity of Mexican food and the way it sells on campus and in the surrounding community.
“We anticipate growing pains.” said Paul Copeland, director of Food Services, “but once we streamline the operation, we plan to have specialty items at least once a week.”
The taco stand appears to be a joint effort of the members ofthe Food Services staff. It was named “Buenos Tacos” by Christine Coreas, a student employee. Many of the sauces used at the stand were provided by Bob Guzman, Commons manager.
Buenos Tacos is another in a recent trend of specialty food shops opening up on campus.
“The trend is what the students want. Students are busy and fast foods are in. We’re trying to provide choices,” Copeland said.
In the future. Food Services plans to provide a lemonade stand that will serve pink and regular lemonade and a “Squicken Chicken” shop to eventually occupy a space in the Grill.
New varieties of sandwiches will appear in the Commons. Copeland suggested fresh strawberry and cream cheese on raisin bread.
Additional innovations planned by Food Services can be expected after Easter.
HOT SAUCE ABOUNDS — Louise Hitchcock enjoys some of the cuisine offered at Buenos Tacos. DT photo by Douglas Gray.