Daily fp Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXXI, Number 50
Los Angeles, California
Monday, May 2, 1977
23% of full-time undergraduates vote in Student Senate elections
By David Rosenbaum
Staff Writer
Despite the Joint Elections Committee's insufficient preparation for the Student Senate elections held last Wednesday and Thursday, 23*7r of the 10.000 full-time undergraduate students here voted.
“Our organizational shortcomings kind of hampered us,” said Jerel Yamamoto, the committee chairman. Nonetheless, 2.309 students cast ballots. Voter turnout in past elections generally has been less.
He recommended that next year's elections committee not wait until the last three weeks before the election — as this year's committee did — to begin publicizing the campaign, and that candidates consider giving preelection speeches.
The 16 winning candidates and their constituencies are: Lisa Boyd. Maureen Flanagan, Dale Head, and Anita Knutson
—	Independents/Student Community; Terence Hill, Theresa McLean, Adolfo Molina. Fay Van Blake, and Luz Villasenor
—	Commuters; Bill Dauster,
Ronald Oestreich, and Craig Settles — Residence Halls; and Susie Barry, Suzie Nora, Rolando Pasquali, and Steve Wetzel — Row.
Results of a referendum that would direct the Student Senate to seek recognition from the Board ofTrustees as the official student government here will not be known until graduate students have had an opportunity to vote on the matter — within the next 10 days in the graduate school departments, Yamamoto said.
There were few problems in running the election, he said, although some students complained of difficulties involved in obtaining the proper ballots relating to their constituency.
One problem was that there are no lists of which students belong to which constituencies, Yamamoto said. “We made the assumption everyone (claiming a particular constituency) was telling us the truth,” he said.
Other student complaints charged candidate Rolando Pasquali with campaigning too near the voting booth,
Yamamoto said.
He added that one black candidate was forced to change his Row candidacy to that of an independent. Mike Pinkett, a member of a national fraternity not recognized by the Interfraternity Council here, claimed his fraternity would be officially recognized here next year, said Glenn Sonnenberg, chairman of the Student Senate.
But a candidate — unless presently a member of a university-recognized fraternity or sorority — cannot run as a Row representative, Sonnenberg said.
The newly elected student senators will have their first orientation meeting May 12, when they will receive reports from the various Student Senate committees, as well as background information relating to campus issues, Sonnenberg said.
At the meeting, senators will nominate themselves for the positions of senate chairman, vice-chairman and executive (continued on page 8)
Faculty issues panel recommended for fall
A proposal for faculty panel discussions on various intellectual topics scheduled for the fall semester has been approved by the Student Senate and now faces further review by President’s Advisory Council committees.
The panel discussions — and idea proposed by Robert Linnel, director of institutional studies — would be open to all students and faculty, and would focus upon such issues as energy, population control, the food crisis and various other topics of current concern.
“Students should get involved with the important issues of our time,” said Linnel. His idea for a faculty panel discussion with student participation grew out of his concern about the energy crisis, and the impending doom it holds for the nation in 10 years. Linnel feels that students today must begin to confront issues and problems facing them in the near future; panel discussions would provide an awareness of these issues.
The idea must meet with approval by the Academic Affairs Commission of both PAC and the Senate. However, the prospects for implementing such a program look hopeful, said Glenn Sonnenberg, chairman of the Student Senate.
The Senate approved the idea because ‘the proposal agrees with the Senate’s objective of expanding the academic and intellectual environment on campus and outside of the classroom.” Sonnenberg
said.
Sonnenberg feels that faculty panel discussions would be beneficial for at least two reasons. First, “USC has many good faculty members who have much to offer in intellectual discussions”; and second, students would get an opportunity to listen to and engage in discussions on a variety of stimulating topics.”
When asked about the outlook for student participation in the -discussions, Sonnenberg said: “Frankly, some SC students would not be caught dead in an environment which offers them an intellectual challenge, but many others would respond to such an activity.” It all depends, he said, upon the publicity and upon the willingness of the faculty to participate.
Publicity, Sonnenberg said, would be the largest cost of such a project. He hopes that a number of organizations on campus can provide the necessary funds — among these are the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the Student Senate and the New Activities Service Agency — an agency which often provides funds to new activities on campus.
If approved by the PAC and Senate committees, the discussions should begin in the fall. The first of these may be a discussion of energy, with faculty members from political science, international relations, philosophy, chemistry, public affairs, and other related disciplines participating.
USC’s emergency aid system: many sources with one goal
BY PAT McKEAN
A student is raped and beaten as she walks to Doheny Library late one night. Another student is struck by a car as he rides his bike across the intersection of 34th Street and University Avenue.
A student tumbles down a flight of 22 stairs in the Bovard Administration Building. And a football
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player suffers a broken ankle while practicing on the football field.
All these students, although hurt in varying degrees, require immediate medical attention. The university medical center is 15 miles from campus. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the inhabitants of on-and off-campus student housing facilities and students, faculty and staff here during the day are far from expert, professional and quick help.
It has been estimated by John Lechner, director of Campus Security and Parking Operations, that there are about 20 to 25 calls for medical help a week that go through the security office.
Many other calls will be made directly to the Los Angeles Fire Department Station 15 rescue unit or a private ambulance agency. And in still other instances, the victim of an emergency medical situation
Pat McKean.a Daily Trojan staff writer, is a junior in journalism.
is given a ride to a treatment center by friends or
passers-by.
This creates a maze of tangled procedures in an emergency, but most of the time, the system seems to work. All of the agencies and offices involved said they try to put the injured or sick person ahead of the red tape and bureaucracy that could delay medical aid.
The seriousness of the injury or sickness, as noticed by the first people on the scene of the accident, dic-
tates a lot of wrhat happens in the first few minutes after a person is stricken.
In most cases, precaution is taken to insure the safety of the victim. If an officer, resident adviser or other official thinks it would be too risky to move the person, an ambulance is called.
But if it’s obvious the victim would be in no danger if transported by a form other than by ambulance,
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there are several alternatives to be taken, depending on the time of day and week.
If it’s between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Monday through Friday, the Student Health Center at 34th and Hoover streets is the place that has a full-service emergency room staffed by a physician. The telephone number is
746-5344.
“We do a lot of the transportation to the health center and give minor treatment,” Lechner said. “But when there is any doubt as to the seriousness of the situation, we call an ambulance. From the time of a call to Campus Security to when an ambulance arrives is usually less than five minutes.”
Lechner said this is possible because there are four patrolmen, three foot patrolmen, a captain, a lieutenant and himself on duty during the days. He added that someone in the office would immediately help an accident victim on campus no matter what they are doing at the time. The majority of the accidents are reported in the physical education area, he said.
Lechner said his men have been trained to aid students and that most officers have training that includes the basic first aid to be administered at the scene of an accident. “That means getting the person ready for the ambulance and doing real emergency
work if it’s needed.”
But, if the accident occurs after 8 p.m. or on weekends, there are a couple of choices for minor emergency treatment, if Security Officers can’t provide it.
The Student Health Advocate Program, a program in which students help other students, has a knowledgeable staff certified in first aid and is available in College-University Residence Hall 112, said Addie Klotz, director of the health center. The telephone number is 746-5050.
For quicker, professional attention, though (definitely the only choice during a major emergency situation), an ambulance is usually able to make it to the scene in a matter of three to four minutes after a call. The closest service is provided by the Los Angeles Fire Department, which has a rescue unit located on
All these students, although hurt in varying degrees, require immediate medical attention. The university medical center is 15 miles from campus.
Jefferson Boulevard near Hoover Street.
The fire department and Campus Security have worked out an arrangement whereby the first call should go directly to Campus Security at 746-6000. The security, with a push-button system, can call the rescue unit. An officer will meet the unit at the nearest gate and direct it to the accident scene. This method has been the quickest and most efficient way of making sure that Campus Security can direct the rescue unit to a building or area that might otherwise be difficult to find.
concluded tomorrow.