Volume Cll, Number 24
Seventy-Fifth Year of Publication
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University of Southern California
1912 — 1986
Friday, October 3, 1986
Women, minorities lack representation in faculty
By Rhoda Fukushima
Staff Writer
Women and ethnic minorities are underrepresented in the faculty, according to a 1984-85 affirmative action report published in the university’s reaccreditation self-study.
This conclusion is based on availability, which depends on the percentage of people trained and eligible for a position in a particular field, said Judith Stiehm, vice provost for faculty affairs.
"Where you have availability, you have a responsibility to meet it or reflect whv vou are not meeting it," she said.
Women are underrepresented by three or more in the School of Education, the School of International Relations, the chemistry, English, biological sciences, psychology departments and the doctorate departments in the Medical School, the report says.
Ethnic minorities are underrepresented by three or more in the Schools of Education and Public Administration.
According to the affirmative action report, Blacks, Asians, American Indians and Hispanics are considered minorities.
"These (categories) are not the result of deliberations but of plugging in the formula that the federal government provides," Stiehm said.
Sometimes minorities and women are available but are not hired, Stiehm said. "This is not a university-wide problem but the provost will ask why and there may or may not be a good reason," she said.
However, the university cannot blame those departments where there is a low availability of women or minorities, Stiehm said. "But if a department has a chance to hire someone very special, they take it, even if it's not really part of the budget or planning. It's a chance to beat the availability odds," she said.
The university is taking steps to determine the reasons for this underrepresentation.
"It is of primary importance to the provost’s office to see progress on this front," said Jerome Walker, associate provost. "I am delighted that Dr. Stiehm is giving it such attention. Most departments are aware of our attention. We couldn't be more serious about it."
Last year the provost met with the deans or chairmen of those departments that needed four or more female or minority faculty members to meet the availability criteria. "The provost did not preach or lecture or shame them," said Robert Biller, executive vice provost. "Rather, he asked them if there was any way to help in increasing the capacity to land excellent minority and women faculty."
In April 1986, a faculty group, the Committee of Affirmative Action and Ethnic Minority Faculty Recruiting, sent a memo to Provost
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Feature_
Songfest faces $1,700 debt
’86 musical production fails to benefit Troy Camp
By Kirsten D. Levingston
Staff Writer
Songfest, the university's annual musical production, raised no money for Troy Camp last year and is facing a $1,700 deficit because of overspending by its organizing committee.
Proceeds from the student musical benefit the camp, which is held each summer for underprivileged children. Troy Camp is run by students and completely funded by donations, said Bruce Seidel, the current Songfest committee chairman and executive producer of the show.
"(Songfest donations to Troy Camp) send little kids to camp who would never have a chance to go otherwise," said Seidel, a junior majoring in communications.
Barry Nelson, assistant director of the Office of Student Activities, said that the Songfest committee is in a "Catch-22" situation. On one hand, it wants to produce a show that is as artistic as possible, he said. On the other, Songfest wants to raise money for Troy Camp.
Songfest committee members are a group of "talented and creative students (who) want to do a great show," Nelson said.
For the show to be appealing to an audience, it must be publicized and organized well, which cuts into the Songfest budget. Nelson said.
He said that many people go to Songfest to see a quality show and to see family and friends who are participating in it, not necessarily to donate money to Troy Camp.
Each year the Songfest committee must estimate months in advance how much money the show will make. Nelson said the deficit arose
because of miscalculations by last year's committee.
"Last year they (the committee members) were overly optimistic," he said. "Each committee expects to sell out the Shrine Auditorium."
The deficit was also partially the result of a plan to videotape the show that failed, Seidel said. Copies of the videotape were to be sold.
"Due to a contractual (agreement) with the Shrine, it couldn't be made," Seidel said.
Traditionally, the university lends the committee the estimated amount and expects the money to be returned when revenues from the show come in, he said.
This year, before the committee can receive its loan, it must pay back last year's deficit, Seidel said.
He plans to borrow money from student organizations to cover the debt. Once the debt is covered he can use the loan money to repay the organizations, he said.
The committee had a "no-frills budget" but costs were still high. Nelson said. Rental of the Shrine Auditorium alone cost almost $19,000, he said. Last year's committee had a budget of $61,000.
Seidel said this year's committee has a $70,000 budget.
The sources of income for the show are ticket sales, a support group, corporate donations, advertising, the group application fee, and sweatshirt and program sales.
This year Nelson said he would like to have corporate sponsors cover the show's production
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Students prove to be Good Samaritans by reaching out to community groups
By Kimberly Nettles
Staff Writer
Community service is not a popular activity on campus.
With rush, football games, parties, homework and other social obligations, who has the time or the inclination to be bothered?
But there is a group on campus that is organized primarily to give back to the community what it hopes to get out of it.
This group, the Good Samaritans, is a student-run organization that has been recognized since 1983. Its president, Richard Liu, says the group was organized in 1981 to reach out to the neighbors of the university and to "catalize (sic) our love for all people, especially those less fortunate."
The Good Samaritans are about 30 students who are interested in a sharing experience, are empathetic to others and have a desire to serve the community.
Although the group is sponsored by the Newman Catholic Center, its members are of many different denominations, Liu said.
Liu, who became involved in the program during his freshman year, is part of a core group of students who have been instrumental in its success.
The group goes to primarily two facilities: St John's of God
University-owned apartment security jeopardized by faulty locks, negligence
By Aaron Curtiss
_ Assistant City Editor
The security of many students living in university-owned apartments may be jeopardized due to faulty locks that do little to help secure buildings, according to James Potter, a student community senator.
But Potter said he also blames lax housing standards and students with a "false sense of security" for some of the security problems that occur.
In a Student Senate meeting last Wednesday, Potter, along with other student community senators, cited many problems that "jeopardize the safety of the student community." The main problem, the senators agreed, is defective locks on gates and doors to the complexes.
"It's not safe to walk across your own complex at about 2 a.m. because the gate is blowing in the wind," said Potter, a resident at Century Apartments. He said the gate to his complex can be pulled open "with a good jerk."
The same situation exists at Cardinal Gardens, said Danielle Torres, a student community senator.
"Some girls are afraid to go down and get a Coke," Potter said. "It's that kind of uneasiness here."
William Thompson, director of housing and residence halls, said that if a lock is broken, it should be reported to housing immediately. "Somebody is out there right away to fix it," he said, adding that
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The Newman Catholic Center, which sponsors the Good Samaritans group.
Convalescent Hospital on Western and Adams, and the Central Juvenile Detention Center near the Los Angeles County / USC Medical Center. A diverse group of people are affected by the program.
"We talk to the retired, the physically handicapped, the mentally ill, the terminally ill, senior citizens and juvenile delinquents," Liu said.
"It's very uplifting, but it's also very depressing," he said.
"We talk to them in group sessions and in one-on-one situations. It requires a lot of emotional involvement."
'The kids in the detention center see us as a support system. We give them motivation and show them that there is hope," Liu said.
It is important to note that the kids at the detention center are suspect or guilty of criminal activity but are too young to be (Continued on page 6)
Inside
1 A Pac-10 Conference weekend preview.
1 Story on Oregon quarterback Chris Miller. Feature on freshman defensive lineman Dan Owens.
Inside FEUIFOIS
•	Concert review of Elvis Costello.
•	Review of ‘Peggy Sue Got Married’ starring Kathleen Turner.