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Volume CVII, Number 14
University of Southern California
Monday, September 26, 1988
Model child care center established
New facility is first of its kind offered to county workers
By Bryan Culp
Staff Writer
County-USC Medical Center's newly opened day care facility, the first of its kind in Los Angeles County, should serve as a model for future ones, said Marjery Gould, chairwoman of the county child care committee.
"This is the pilot project of a self-sustaining child care facility," Gould said. “We want it to serve as a mode! for the community at large, both the public and private sector."
County-USC Medical Center was chosen as the first location for a child care facility because with 8,000 employees, it is the county's largest employer, she said.
The facility, which opened Sept. 6, is the first of its kind available to county employees, and one of the first gov-emment-sponsored child care centers in the nation, she said.
Gould said the county child care committee, formed by the Board of Supervisors in October of 1984, "began extensive work in this last year. Part of the reason it took so long is we had to set the model."
Some 24 children are supervised at the center by Barbara Schutte, the director, and four teachers. The facility has 75 possible openings for children of County-USC Medical Center employees. Schutte said she will hire more teachers as
ALENA TAM / DAILY TROJAN
Rosa Juarez picks up her son, Christopher, Friday from the recently opened County-USC Medical Center day care facility.
the number of students increases.
The center, open from 6:30 a.m. until 6 p.m., costs $65 for five days, with decreased rates for multiple children.
"(The day care center) is supported by the parents paying tuition for their kids," Schutte said. "That's the only way (the county) would do it. It's not a freebie."
John McClurg, administrative liaison between the hospital and the day care center.
said $50,000 of county funds was spent on the facility's construction.
Another $40,000 was put in a "revolving fund" that must be replenished by Child Development Consortium of L.A., the non-profit organization that won the contract to operate the center. The funds are used to purchase new equipment.
Many nurses with children now will work for County-(See Day care, page 8)
Intruders surprise showering women
By Nola Sarkisian
Staff Writer
Several male intruders recently seen in women's showers and restrooms have prompted University Security to remind students to keep access doors closed.
Security recently reported that a partially clothed man caught a custodian by surprise in a women's restroom. In addition, two female students last week reported "peeping toms" had interrupted their showers.
At 8:05 a.m. on Sept. 21, a female student taking a shower on the fifth floor of Marks Tower was startled when a man, roughly 5-foot-9-inches tall and wearing a black jacket and black pants, pulled the shower curtain open, according to Lt. Dwight Sanders of University Security.
The victim screamed and the suspect, in his mid-30s to early 40s, fled through the west stariwell door after touching the victim through the curtain.
"A witness saw him come in through the elevator, and she went back into the hall when she heard the screams and saw him leave," Sanders said.
The next day, at 8:45 a.m., Sanders said a man pulled back the curtain and poked his head into a stall where a student was showering on the second floor of Trojan Hall.
The student ordered the intruder to leave, and then screamed when he did not, Sanders said .
The man left through the west stairwell and the victim left to tell a friend.
Because of similar descriptions given by the victims, Sanders said the suspect in both incidents could be the same man.
In Thursday's incident, the student returned to finish her shower only to fall victim to a second voyeur, a male, 18-20 years old, wearing a white jacket and add-washed jeans. The suspect was described as being about 5-foot-7-inches tall and 140 pounds.
The suspect exited through the east stairwell when the student screamed.
Sanders said the student did not contact University Security until after the second episode.
In a third incident, a custodian found a "halfway dressed" man in the women's restroom, in the basement of Watt Hall. The intruder, 24, was spot-
(See Voyeurs, page 12)
Speech stresses ethics for faculty
Annual lunch provides opportunity for Zumberge to share concerns
By Karen Denne
Staff Writer
University President James Zumberge stressed the ethical responsibilities of faculty members and university research at the annual faculty luncheon at Town and Gown last Friday.
Zumberge, who has been president of USC for eight years, emphasized the responsibility of faculty members to make ethical and moral choices in their work at the university.
"Every one of us has heard of incidents of coercion, harassment, dishonesty, disputes over authorship, plagiarism, cheating or violation of regulations," he said. "USC is not an exception in this regard."
Zumberge told faculty and student leaders he had chosen the topic of ethics after receiving a letter from Robert Rosenz-weig, president of the Association of American Universities.
Rosenzweig had requested a copy of policies and procedures on academic integrity in re-
James Zumberge
search from all AAU institutions.
"I turned to see what our Faculty Handbook had to say about it," Zumberge said. "With regard to faculty, there is neither a statement of ethical principles, nor policy, nor code, nor procedures."
Four pages in the university handbook outline academic in-(See Speech, page 12)
Meeting will address dance proposal issue
By Chris Eftychiou
Staff Writer
Members of minority student organizations who are protesting the university's dance policy will meet with administrators Monday to rework what they claim is a "double standard" in events programming.
At issue is a recent proposal by administrators that would require identification checks and increased security at events, such as dances, held on campus. Minority student leaders last week angrily rejected the policy, saying it implies minority-attended events are more likely to spur crime.
"The university should have some faith in our organizations," said Sonia Santana, chairwoman of the Latino Student Assembly. "We're not going to let some guy with a chainsaw in."
The Asian Student Assembly officially rejected the latest proposal last Monday by unanimous vote. The Latino Student Assembly refused to vote on the proposal, and the Black Student Assembly has not officially voted.
The Gay and Lesbian Assembly of Student Services and the
International Student Assembly also would be affected by the dance policy. Representatives of those organizations could not be reached for comment.
The proposed identification checks and increased security requirements were drafted on Friday, Sept. 16, by Dave Crandall, director of student affairs. The dance policy is updated annually by Crandall's office.
'The university should have some faith in our organizations. We're not going to let some guy with a chainsaw in.’
— Sonia Santana, chairwoman of the Latino Student Assembly.
The new requirements were added after an incident occurred last spring when an individual brought a gun to a dance.
Previous policy required that student assemblies be responsible for security, fees, room capacity, advertising and liability for non-student visitors at dances.
Assembly leaders said such requirements constitute a dou-(See Policy, page 8)