Seventy-Fifth Year of Publication
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Volume CM, Number 37
University of Southern California
1912 — 1986
Wednesday, October 22, 1986
Former judge’s efforts recognized
Chief legal officer given new role and title as VP
By Cari Meisinger
Staff Witer
The university's chief legal officer, William Hogoboom, has been named vice president and general counsel of the university.
Hogoboom currently heads the five-person legal staff that represents the university in all legal proceedings and negotiations. As general counsel, he also advises the president and the board of trustees on legal matters.
His title was changed in recognition of his contributions to the university, said Lyn Hutton, senior vice president of administration.
"Bill Hogoboom has done an excellent job of building up the Office of the General Counsel in the past three years," Hutton said. "We were most fortunate to have recruited him after his retirement from the bench in 1983, and he has brought to his work with us the same qualities of prudence and leadership which characterized his years in the judiciary."
Hogoboom, who has a master's degree in public administration and a doctorate in law from the university, was a judge in the Los Angeles Superior Court from 1968 to 1983 and was its presiding judge in 1977 and 1978.
He has taught at the university's law center, the Whittier College School of Law and the California College of Trial Judges.
In 1985, Hogoboom authored the "California Practice Guide, Family Law" and in 1970 and 1972, co-authored the "Attorney's Guide to Family Law Act Practice, Continuing Education of the Bar, California."
Currently, Hogoboom is president of the Constitutional Rights Foundation and the California Children's Lobby.
Proposed hospital discussed
Competition, indigent care fuels controversial debate
By Kirsten Levingston
Staff Writer
The County Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday to continue discussion next week on whether to approve the proposed construction plans of a medical complex near the Health Sciences campus which will serve as a teaching hospital for university medical students.
Joseph Van Der Meulen, vice president for health affairs, said White Memorial Hospital, which is within one mile of the proposed hospital site, opposed the plan and has voiced concern over competition that may result from the building of another community hospital.
Van Der Meulen said that while there is an abundance of hospital beds in the area for primary care, "we feel that doesn't apply to tertiary care," which is what the new hospital will be offering.
Primary care is provided by a family physician, secondary care describes care by a specialist, while tertiary care employs state-of-the-art technology, Van Der Meulen said. Academic teaching takes place at tertiary care hospitals, he said.
Nationwide there are 12 tertiary care beds for every 10,000 people, Van Der Meulen said. In Los Angeles there are only 4.4 beds for every 10,000 people, whereas Boston has 20 beds for the same number of tertiary care patients.
Opponents of the proposed plan have also voiced concern about the ability of the poor to receive treatment at the new hospital.
We are "concerned about the indigent care issue," Van Der Meulen said. Every hospital has a certain percentage of patients that do not pay for care, he said, and the percentage at the new center will be equivalent.
An indigent-care fund will be established from hospital profits and will help pay for the treatment of patients who cannot afford to pay for their own care, Van Der Meulen said.
The current plan calls for the construction of a 283-bed hospital including ambulatory care for referred patients, a 75-room hotel, and a parking structure. Van Der Meulen said.
He said the hospital staff will be composed of university faculty members, a majority of whom would work at both County-USC medical center and the new hospital.
The hospital is expected to attract quality doctors for the tertiary care facility as well as the county hospital. Van Der Meulen said.
The plan is a joint effort between the university and National Medical Enterprises, the nation's second largest health services company. According to the plan, the university will purchase the land on which the hospital will be built, and the medical enterprise group will fund, build, and manage the complex.
Construction of the facility was scheduled to begin by the end of 1986, however, it will be delayed due to the nine months of deliberation over the project, Van Der Meulen said.
Students reminded to behave themselves while in San Francisco for Stanford game
Administration wants discretion, safe driving in Bay Area
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By Bryon Okada
Staff Writer
University administrators are encouraging students who are going to the Bay Area for the Stanford game this weekend to use discretion while they are enjoying themselves.
"They do represent the university," and students' actions ultimately "reflect on them," said Robert Mannes, dean of Student Life.
Friday at about 8:45 p.m., he said.
Ludwig said that although things have been "pretty well controlled in past years," he will be on hand for both the reception and the football game to help with crowd control.
However, he said some incidents are bound to occur when a rivalry exists between two such universities.
Stanford students have been
Although only a handful of administrators will actually be present at the weekend festivities, Mannes said they would like to remind students to represent the university in a positive light.
Mannes said that a cocktail party and reception will be held Friday evening from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Hyatt Hotel on Union Square.
A $5 donation will be requested to attend the indoor rally, which is open to alumni and students, said Don Ludwig, director of intramurals and recreation.
In addition, an open-air rally will be held in Union Square on
known to try to kidnap signs, pompons, and even Song Girls, but "Our students aren't angels by any means either," Ludwig said.
The reception has been moved to the Hyatt from the Westin St. Francis Hotel, which hosted it last year.
Last year, the management at the St. Francis complained of extensive damages to the hotel after university students got out of hand. Robert Wilhelm, general manager of the St. Francis, in a letter to James Dennis, vice president of student affairs, said that he and his staff "were shocked with the behavior of the representatives of a fine school like the University of Southern California."
Wilhelm said elevators were vandalized, mirrors were pulled from walls and broken, furniture was destroyed and 15 telephones were either stolen or damaged.
One student was arrested for assault and battery at the hotel.
Mannes said that although the university has been sympathetic to the hotel's problems in the past, and that it hopes things go better this year, it must be stressed that the university cannot be responsible for students' actions when they are off-campus.
Word from the Bay Area is that hotels will be beefing up security and limiting the number of people in each room, Mannes said.
Besides Ludwig, Mannes, David Koch, director of intramural games, and Barry Nelson, assistant director of student activities, will also be in Palo Alto to assist with the reception and the football game.
But Mannes said they do not plan to get involved if students run into problems with the police. All they can do is suggest that students remember they are representing the university.
Mannes also suggested that if students drive to the game, they "drive as safely as possible."
But usually the majority of the problems occur after students reach Palo Alto and not on the road, Mannes said.
Mannes said that the police in San Francisco are used to dealing with a wide variety of people and will not be intimidated by students.
"I don't know how tolerant the San Francisco police will be," he said.
Local nightclub rocks for Stanford weekend
By Azniv Ketenchian
Feature Editor
Whether the result of this weekend's football game is victorious or not, every student visiting Stanford should still go to ONE STEP BEYOND in Santa Clara and experience entertainment at its very best.
"We are a live version of KROQ," said Stan Kent, owner of the nightclub. Located in the heart of the city, the club offers a little bit of Los Angeles, New York and Europe rolled into one.
Open daily from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., ONE STEP BEYOND offers live entertainment on selected nights by such groups as Berlin, Sparks, Fishbone and Wooden Tops. On other nights, disc jockeys, including Kent, offer a diverse selection of music ranging from old Motown to new wave.
"We don't want to restrict ourselves," Kent said. "People here are here to dance, and we play what they want."
Trying to break away from the typical brass, wood and fem entertainment clubs, Kent created ONE STEP BEYOND with an "ever-changing interior" in mind, turning it into a "live radio station in an art gallery on a construction.''
While a student at Stanford on a scholarship from England, Kent was shocked that "people in such a technologically progressive area were so far behind the times."
After receiving his master's degree in aerospace engineering and working for eight years, Kent was financially able to open his dream nightclub in the industrial area of Santa Clara, avoiding a disturbance in residential areas.
Kent borrowed the name ONE STEP BEYOND from a Madness song which expressed his desire to "send the Santa Clara area one step beyond."
The interior of the nightclub is comprised of "art collections" featuring kitchen appliances hanging from the ceiling, murals on the walls, subdued lights — to make visitors think they are in New York
—	and employees in bizarre outfits.
"We never throw anything away," Kent said. "Instead, we turn it into art."
The club also offers a wide varietv of snack-oriented foods, including breakfast for the late-night dancers.
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