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All 14 new student senators will need to show leadership — page 4.
A tube-side chat with Tracey Ullman and James Brooks — page 9.
sports
Only a string of superlatives describes Chip Hobson — page 28.
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Volume CIV, Number 46
University of Southern California
Thursday, March 17, 1988
CHRISTOPHER FLANAGAN DAILY TROJAN
Blair Underwood of "L.A. Law” was part of a drug awareness panel at a teleconference Wednesday. Shannon Doherty (below) of ‘‘Our House” fields questions from the audience before she stormed out complaining of too few opportunities for audience members to ask questions.
Drug abuse broadcast
disappoints students
By Michael Lambert
Staff Writer
The first College Satellite Network broadcast from the university was greeted by an embarrassingly small crowd in the Leonard Davis Auditorium on Wednesday, as students were told to sit together to give the impression of a larger crowd.
Many people left after learning that the panelists — which included singer David Crosby, actress Holly Robinson of "21 Jump Street" and actor Blair Underwood of "L.A. Law" — were not in the same room as the audience. They were located in a temporary studio in an engineering building across the street from Andrus Gerontology Center.
Rick Murray, associate producer of the program, said the panelists weren't in the auditorium with the crowd because it wasn't large enough. The program, titled "Drugs: Where Are We?" was
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Business school names first dean since fall of 1986
By Jordana Bieze
Staff Writer
After an 18-month nationwide search, a new dean with a flair for fund raising has been hired for the university's School of Business Administration.
Jack Borsting, currently the dean of the School of Business at the University of Miami, will assume his new position on July 1, President James Zumberge announced Tuesday.
More than 30 nominees were considered to fill the vacancy created when former dean Jack Steele resigned on Nov. 1, 1986, said Cornelius Pings, senior vice president of academic affairs. Six nominees were eventually selected for a campus visit, during which they met with business school faculty members.
Borsting "seemed to have a strong background . . . and a clear sense of what he wanted to do to make USC come out on top," said Vickie Ropp, adjunct assistant professor of business communications, who met Borsting when he visited the university three weeks ago.
Borsting stressed the business school's need to develop a "clear vision and mission," Ropp said. "What the department keeps saying is that we're surviving, but we're not growing."
University officials agreed that a permanent dean will benefit the school.
"We're always better off when we have a permanent position," Pings said.
Doyle Williams, who has been acting dean of the business school since Steele's resignation, said the quality of faculty members and student recruits has continued to increase during the-last year, but "always, of course, there is that cloud of uncertainty."
Before working at the University of Miami, Borsting served in the Pentagon as assistant secretary of defense from 1980 to 1982. That experience, coupled with his administrative background, makes him an ideal candidate, said Jim Krause, assistant director of the university's Entrepreneur Program.
While at Miami, Borsting strengthened the bonds between the business school and the surrounding corporate community with lectures, forums and internships. During this time, alumni and corporate donations increased tenfold.
In a telephone interview from Miami, Borsting said he does not plan to concentrate onlv on fund raising when he comes to the university.
"USC's got a very good business school, so we need to continue to capitalize on the positive aspects," he said. "But even a good business school can be improved."
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Applications for private universities decline
Public institutions beat out USC, Stanford, Pepperdine
By Karl Kahler
Staff Writer
USC is not alone among private universities that are experiencing a decline in applications, as more and more students are apparently choosing public institutions.
The admissions offices of Stanford, Pepperdine and USC — three private universities with comparable tuition rates — have each reported fewer applications for the fall of 1988 than for the fall of 1987, while the California State University system and UCLA reported more.
The apparent decline in applications to private universities prompted the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities to conduct a study of application statistics for 20 private universities, said Paul Long, director of admissions at Pepperdine. The results of that study have not yet been made public.
USC has not released up-to-date application figures, but Joseph Merante, dean of admissions, financial aid and registration, said last week that the university has received about 9 percent fewer applica-
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Comparison of Application and Tuition Rates
School	1987-88 Tuition	Applications Fall ’87	Applications Fall ’88	Change
USC	$11,498	Not available	Not available	down 9 percent^
Stanford	$11,880	16,884	15,880	down 6 percent
Pepperdine	$11,120	2,796	2,737	down 2 percent
UCLA	$1,431#	29,000	31,000	up 6.5 percent
t Estimated percentage tt California residents
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