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The 9-0: A haven for intellectuals?
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Spikers need victory against UCLA for an NCAA tourney berth
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Volume CVIII, Number 63
University of Southern California
Friday, April 21, 1989
Fountain of Youth
Raad Sieharman / DaHy Trojan
Water cascades down the sides of the Alumni Park fountain Thursday.
In Brief
From the Associated Prtsts
LOCAL
22-year-old man arrested for Orange County death
GARDEN GROVE — A high school friend of a 21-year-old woman found dead in a remote canyon was booked Thursday on suspicion of her murder.
Cameron Seaholm, 22, of Lake Elsinore, was arrested after authorities received a tip that he had been driving the black Pontiac Fiero that belonged to murder victim Denise Marie Duerr, 21, of Garden Grove.
Duerr’s body was tound Wednesday evening in a remote canyon area just east of the Orange County line.
INSIDE
Viewpoint...................................... 4
Komix............................................. 6
Security Roundup........................ 6
Performance.................................. 7
Sports............................................16
WEATHER
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Cloudy and cooler, high in low 70s, low in upper 50s Weekend —
Partly cloudy, highs near 70, lows in mid-50s
Student Senate names new supporting cast
By Bryan Culp
Staff Writer
Student leaders appointed to 17 supporting roles in the Student Senate were confirmed in Wednesday's senate meeting.
Anthony Faber and Bethani McNeil were appointed executive assistants to President Tara Brigham.
"I can't do everything/' Brigham said. "They will be my left and right hands."
Cathy Craig, the new executive director of the Program Board, plans to increase the scope of campus programming, Brigham said.
Ed Konjoyan, a junior majoring in accounting, will remain treasurer.
"He turned around the financial aspect of this organization," Brigham said.
She said her chief consideration in
making appointments was a positive work ethic.
"I looked for people with the attitude that they wanted to go out and get things done," Brigham said.
Anthony DeBarry, the new elections and recruitment chairman, is one example.
DeBarry, a freshman majoring in political science, said he is glad that his energetic attitude mattered more than his experience.
Past holders of DeBarry's position have been on the receiving end of many allegations, but he expressed confidence that next year's elections will run smoothly.
"The problem this year was flaws in people, not in the rules," he said. "My election will be water tight. I will scrutinize every rule. If someone
(See Senate, page 2)
Health center pap tests OK, director says
Not sent to inaccurate lab in Tarzana, women told
By Tracy Imes
Staff Writer
Women who visit the Student Health Center for pap smears shouldn't worry about the accuracy of results from its lab, because USC's facility does not work with the Tarzana laboratory found last month to have misdiagnosed 21 percent of its pap tests, officials said Thursday.
"Our pap smears are not read at that lab. We use Central Medical Laboratories, said Dr. Allen Ebbin, the health center's director.
Pap tests help detect cervical and uterine cancer, infections, and hormonal imbalances.
The health center processes 60 pap smears a week during the school year, Ebbin said.
Kenneth Kizer, director of the state health services department, and state Atty. Gen. John Van de Kamp say they plan to go to court to revoke the medical license of the Central Pathology Services Medical Group for incorrect diagnosis of more than 200 pap tests.
Central Pathology processes 700,000 pap smears annually, with more than half of those tests given in the Southern California area.
Dave Hanser, a quality control expert at Central Medical Labs, said the university has been a client for 14 years, and stressed that care is taken.
"We are state certified and we review 30 percent of our cases that have a negative reading," Hanser said. "The state requirement is 10 percent, but we stress quality.
"If a clinician disagrees with our diagnosis we will review it, and if necessary have a third party review it at no charge to the doctor or patient."
Many labs pay their technicians on a case-by-case basis, but Central Medical technicians are on salary.
"Some lab technicians that are paid per case will go wild and read as many as they can," he said.
Hanser said that the closing of Central Pathology has not created a flood of clients for Central Medical Labs.
"Central Pathology is losing business," Hanser said. "We picked up two new accounts, but our clients are from referrals and word of mouth."
Norman Hartman, spokesman for the state health services department, said the inaccuracies of the Central Pathology lab are rare.
"California's physicians and women can have confidence in the cytotechnology labs," Hartman said. "This was a very rare case, and it is our belief that no one is as bad. By and large, the labs operate very well."
The federal government found the inaccuracies in January. Health services officials investigated
(See Test, page 6)
Restructuring in LAS
Journalism professor named to new dean position
Felix Gutierrez, a professor in the SchootofJ, by Dean William of Letters, Arts
programs.
TTie administrative restructuring came after Spitzer appointed a committee to determine how student could be met more efficiently
Joseph Kertes, associate dean of humanities and social sciences, and Peter Shugarman, associate dean o' natural sciences.
Moore and Shugarman will continue as professors at the university, while Kertes will work with Gutierrez
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