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Volume CIV, Number 3	University of Southern California	Wednesday, June 3, 1987
Samuel Mark, director of the office of hispanic programs, will receive the Order of Isabella the Catholic (right) when he is knighted today by a representative of King Juan Carlos I of Spain
SIR
SAMUEL
MARK
Promoting culture gets Mark knighted
By Colin Burt
Staff Writer
Samuel Mark, director of the office of Hispanic Programs for the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, will be knighted todav at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel by the Honorable Pedro Tembourv, Counsel General representing King Juan Carles I oi Spain.
Mark will receive the Order of Isabella the Catholic, a title established in 1875 by the then King Ferdinand VII, "in recognition of his fine work promoting Hispanic culture through the university."
Although the ceremony takes place in early June, Mark has been aware of his nomination for over a year and said that he is
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Medical campus breaks ground for new hospital
By Beth Laski
The university and National Medical Enterprises, Inc. have combined forces to create a S105 million USC University Hospital and Richard K. Earner Medical Plaza. Groundbreaking ceremonies for the project will be held today at the university's Health Sciences Campus
The noontime event will take place at the site of the new medical complex, on a portion of the 8.5-acre site bounded by San Pablo and Alcazar streets in Los Angeles.
"This is probably the most important event in the life of the School of Medicine since its founding (in 1885), and will add an absolutely essential resource that will give us opportunities we simply have not had before," said Dr. Robert Tranquada, dean of the School of Medicine. "It will provide us with a resource that will allow us to stav at the cutting edge of medical science."
The medical plaza, which is scheduled for completion in 1990. is named for Richard Earner, a university’ alumnus and chairman and chief executive officer of NME. The site will feature the 283-bed USC University Hospital, an ambulatory care center, a medical research center, a medical guest facility, and a multi-level parking structure.
The hospital and medical plaza will be financed, constructed, and operated by NME. General medical policy and practice for the complex will be established by the university, which will also staff the facilities with faculty physicians from its School of Medicine.
Now, the School of Medicine has 800 full-time. 60 part-time and
3,000	voluntary faculty members, making it the tenth-largest medical school faculty in the nation.
"Completion of the USC University Hospital and it? surrounding facilities will give us a link to a leading and respected university and the School of Medicine, and we share the excitement of the USC medical faculty about the potential of this complex," Earner said
Medical specialties of the hospital will include cardiov ascular services, high-risk oOsietncb and neonatal intensive tare. neurok>^\ and neurosurgery’, organ transplantation, orthopedics and other innovations in health care.
The specialized focus of the hospital and its surrounding complex will reinforce the university's programs in medical research and education. By providing students with exposure to a greater diversity of
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Claude Pepper
Edward Schneider
Symposium proves aging can be positive
By Amy Adkins
Staff Writer
The university's Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center hosted a symposium and to show that aging can become a positive experience and to provide information about healthcare and policy improvements for America's rapidly growing elderly population.
Congressman Claude Pepper, D-Fla., who is widely known as "Mr. Senior Citizen," was the keynote speaker for last Friday's "Aging in the 21st Century."
Pepper, 85, is a member of the Congressional Subcommittee on Health and Long Term Care and has been instrumental in passage of legislation on behalf of the elderly. He was largely re-
sponsible for elimination of mandatory retirement for all workers, for the creation of Meals on Wheels, and for the provision of Medicare coverge for hospice care.
Pepper said that a partnership of science, government and business is essential to "raise the visibility and priorities of aging," and that such a partnership would be an "immense step toward meaningful programs" for the elderly.
Pepper also said that corporations are realizing the need for contribution and implementation of social programs through private support instead of relying on the government to provide such programs.
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Conference to discuss student affairs, athletes
By Aaron Smith
Staff Writer
The National Conference on Student Affairs and the Student Athlete will be hosted by the university on June 8-9 to discuss the responsibility of higher education institutions in providing a more complete college experience for student athletes.
The purpose of the conference is to "improve communication between the student affairs and the athletic components of higher education," said James Dennis, organizer of the event and vice president of student affairs.
Among the issues scheduled for discussion are drug education and testing programs, career counseling for the student athlete, and a variety' of perspectives on athletics from athletic directors, academic advisers, coaches, and athletes.
The conference, which will be at the University Hilton, is intended to provide professionals with specific ideas on enhancing services for the student athletes on their own campuses.
The program will be highlighted by Richard Lap-chick's presentation of a recent NCAA report on student athletes and college attendance. Lapchick is the Director of the Center for the Study’ of Sport in Society at Northeastern University.
Other speakers will include Pat Haden, a former USC and Los Angeles Rams quarterback and Rhodes Scholar, football coach Larry Smith and a variety of other educational and athletic administrators.
"A gathering like this is long-needed," said scheduled speaker Edward Birch, vice chancellor of student affairs at UC Santa Barbara. "It’s an excellent opportunity to come together and learn about possible ways to help the athlete become more a part of the mainstream."
Another speaker, Richard Perry, Athletic Director at the University of California at Riverside, said he thought the issue of drug testing was of vital
importance to the conference.
"There is considerable resentment among athletically oriented people that the student athlete is being singled out for drug testing, as opposed to cheerleaders or student senators," Pern. said. "It's a fair question but the answers are not so obvious."
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RICHARD LAPCHICK