Student Senate plan attacks tuition hikes
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Ex-medical professor dies at 73
Taught at university for 30 years
By David Wharton
Staff Writer
Dr. Henry Le Reiv Harris, who dedicated his medical abilities to both this university and the people of Los Angeles for more than 30 years, died from a heart ailment on Sept. 24. He was 73.
Harris originally came to the USC Medical School in 1944 after receiving his medical degree from Louisiana State University. He studied otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat specialization), completing his 12 months of internship and eight months of his residency through the university at USC-County Medical Center.
The doctor became an official otolaryngological specialist
when he received board certification from the American Otolaryngology Society, said his widow, Mary Harris.
Harris began his work with the university as an instructor in 1950. At the same time, he joined Dr. Howard P. House in a local practice.
“Dr. Harris was with me when he first started practicing a number of years ago, and he was a very fine ear, nose and throat man,” House recalled.
Four years later, during the Korean War, Harris joined the armed services and served as the assistant chief and chief of the ear, nose and throat department at Walter Reed Army Hospital, Mrs. Harris said.
After the war, Harris estab-
lished his own practice on Wilshire Boulevard, but continued to teach for the tmivers-ity and worked at many hospitals in the Los Angeles area, she added.
"Dr. Harris was very active in his field, teaching at USC, Children's Hospital,’’ House said as he explained Harris’ enthusiasm for his work.
The otolaryngologist served for many years as a consulting staff doctor at the local Orthopedic Hospital and also worked at the Hospital of the Good Samaritan. Harris helped found the ear. nose and throat section at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital and was the section’s first chairman, his widow said.
Vermont Ave. grade school breaks negative stereotypes
This is the second of a three-part series on education within the inner citv and the university's relation with schools in the community.
By George Aguilar
Staff Writer
For years, inner city schools have been stereotyped as providing its students with inferior educations. Students have been identified as lazy and with learning deficiencies. Teachers have been accused of trying to transfer out of schools and lacking in professionalism.
Vermont Avenue Elementary School, however, is breaking all those stereotypes with an impressive record: Student test scores are up and the school has one of the lowest teacher turnover rates in the city.
Vermont Avenue is typical of an inner city school, an atmosphere not exactly conducive to education.
Located in the heart of a large minority population, its students are primarily Hispanic and their parents are uneducated. The crime rate is high.
Being an inner city school, it has special needs, disadvantages and advantages. The school, however, is still beset by problems that affect the whole school system: integration, overcrowding and tight budgets.
The campus, located on Vermont Avenue and 27th Street, is typical for an elementary school. All classrooms are housed in the main school building, and there is also a large playground. But there are differences between inner city schools and suburban schools.
“The first difference is the size of the school and the different makeup of the students,” said Phillip Donia, principal of the Vermont Avenue school, which boasts an enrollment of 1,749 students: large compared to other elementary schools.
Hispanics make up 82 percent of the student body, blacks 17 percent and whites and Asians total one percent.
Another difference is in the amount of funding the schools receive. Inner city schools acquire additional money from federal and state governments because of Title One, a law which gives schools with large minority populations more funds.
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By Charla Foster
Staff Writer
There may be more students rallying for "the buck” than for the Trojans Saturday as the USC/Stanford homecoming game marks the Student Senate’s first large-scale effort to stop rising tuition costs.
Student Senate members will be distributing buttons touting “THE BUCKS STOP HERE!” as part of their 1981 plan to prompt students to utilize their “political powers of affecting change on campus,” said Andrew Littlefair, chairman of the Student Senate.
Speaking to a group of student organization members, Mark Slavkin, chairman of financial affairs for the Student Senate, said, “The buttons are a way for us to get our message across in slogan form.”
Slavkin outlined the seven-point plan which focuses on submitting the tuition issue to the university at-large in hopes of involving student leaders, and prompting student committee members to “drive their points home” to administrators in each committee.
He said student rallies and button-wearing are two effective ways students can react to the administration, stressing the importance of wearing the buttons on their jackets in front of adminstra-tors on homecoming day, “in front of the lady in SAS (Student Administrative Services), and everywhere else.”
Littlefair said student reactions such as this greatly affect the administration, adding that he “had never before heard President (James H.) Zumburge or the administration acknowledge that there is a problem with tuition, and I think they are now concerned about it and that we’re finally getting the message across.”
Littlefair reiterated this statement by recalling to the audience a recent speech in which the president called the tuition issue the senate’s “key issue,” and added that “if we’re (the administration) not responsive, we are going to be in trouble.”
“I’m committed,” Littlefair continued. "The senate is committed and we’re going to spend a lot of energy on this . . . but it’s going to be up to the members of your (the student’s) organizations. We have to be united on this.”
Slavkin then outlined the seven issues in the Student Senate Resolution, a document recently passed by the senate expressing its opinion, will and intent of this year’s tuition issue.
“Number one, unless they (the administration) fear that the tuition won’t be there, the university has no incentive to cut costs,” Slavkin said.
“Number two, the university is dependent on tuition for 80 percent of the operating budget. It's been 80 percent for the last 10 years and they’ve done nothing to alleviate the cost.
“The third point is that the endowment money, which now is in
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I SHOULD HAVE STUDIED - No. this 32nd Street School student did not just get his midterm grade in organic chemistry. The 32nd Street School is a magnet school offering classes focusing on performing, fine arts, science and math.
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