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Somr staff members receive notification about possible hospital employee downsizing became of severe county budget shortages
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lacing $2.9 million in l>udget cuta, thr Ixm Angeles ( minty-USC Healthcare Network will likely have U> reduce staffing by abuut 20 full-time physicians and decrease aei vice* acroaa the hoapital by eliminating 100 beds, taid Di Ronald Kaufman, senior aaaociate dean for udmwiatfatkMi tar the Keck School of Medicine
Tlie phyaiciana. all faculty member* of thajteck School al Medicine, could he Arad outright but will morr likely be tranaferred to other hoapitala or private practice*. Kaulman taid. A* department* within the hoapital organise their budget*, which Stephen Kfan. dean of the Keck School of Medicine, haa to approve by July I individual tranalers or layoff* will be determined, Kaufman added.
Because staff contract* arr rrworked each year, physicians said they were lau worried about their own jobs than thr decline in the hoapital'* aervicea.
"I get thr letter aaylng I could be fired every spring," said Dr. Nancy Dow, aaaociate profeaaor of clinical pediatrics at LAC-USC. "If you were a young doctor suiting out, it might bother you, but I m nol overly concerned."
Thr county reworks the County Personal Services Agreement, its contracts with the hoapitala phyaicians, each year. This year's budget cuta. however, aie the Arat since the 1995-1996 fiscal year, when the county cut $)2 million, said Kaufman, who handles thr hospital's dealings with thr counte.
Thr hoapital, which serves numerous uninsured patients, has aiao not received a budget increaae to com-(•enaate foi riae* in the staff a coat of living for the paat seven year*. Kaufman aaid. He added that hoapital
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More than 60 people attend the panel sponsored by the School of Social Work
By SUSAN TAM
Contributing Writei
Prowar and antiwar paneliit* explained their views in a heated debate at "The War with Iraq: What * NextT on Tuesday afternoon at thr Hamovitch Research Center.
More than 60 people attended the teach-in, aponaored by students from the School of Social Work, aaid atudent oifuiizer Liu Tran, a graduate student in social work. The event ended in a candlelight vigil to those whose lives are affected by the war.
faant countries induding hia own mother's taleviaion in Calcutta, India. Ha wanta to organise an alliance between USC and UCLA antiwar activiata, he aaid.
Nick Stein, aaaociate director of the Catholic Center apoke about the role of religion and apirituality in timea of war.
“Diacuaaion* of religion have permeated the whole war dialogue," Stein aaid. "One of the laigeat antiwar movements on campua la found in a coalition of religious groups for peace."
Stein asked listeners to close their eyes for a moment, find the "peraonal place of solace within, take a breath, and breathe out anxieties of I aaa MM*. paga 111
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The staff, originally aet up with a podium flanked by room for two apeaker* in either side, shifted slight ly at the beginning of the forum when Art Goldberg, an antiwar activist, changed his seat to be next to the other antiwar apeaker*. leaving Niei* Hrenzen, a USC law profeaaor and a prowar advocate, alone at one aide of thr atagr
T.J. Ghoae. founder of aeveral oiganizations, including California Schools Againat the War (CSAW), was the first to apeak. Ghoae told the audience about the moment that sparked his induction into activism
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to table die confirmation because shr had received a complaint about thr restructuring of the Philanthropy Fund Board.
One of the co-cooidinators, who was approved during Matt Weir’s administration, was upset because he had not been Informed by Senate of the deadline to re-apply for his position as Philanthropy Fund coordinator.
After a discussion of the situation. Senate voted to approve the Mann-Lammon appointment to the position because Senate could not make an exception to the application deadline.
Under the restructuring of Philanthropy Fund, which is thr largest of Senate's funding boards, the board will now operate out of die Senate office rather than thr
Philanthropy Fund Board position receives some resistance before vote
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Suff Writer
Student Senate continued the new administration’s transition Tuesday night when it confirmed a number of appointments made by Senate President Harold Mann and Vice President Deborah Lammon for various positions within the organization.
Senate confirmed the following individuals: Jenny Lorch to director of campus affairs; Courtney Wong to director of development; Chris Ward to treasurer; Ali Khan to parliamentarian; Jeans Marinelli to secretary, Erik Salazar to director of academic
affairs; Jessies Marek to director of community affairs; Jordan Orsolini to director of leadership fund board; Jacey Reid to director of philanthropy fund board; Gabe WUlhite to director of political affairs; Joe DeMiero to director of promotions; Pam DeFino to director of public relations; Jordi Higueras to director of Senate Alumni Association; Ryan Hartigan to director of technology, and Dan Gold and Ali Rubin as co-director of elections and recruitment
Half of the appointments were approved unanimously while the other half were by large majorities.
The only position to receive notable resistance from Senate members before it was confirmed was that of the director of Philanthropy Fund Board.
Brigid McManama initially moved
By ANNIE MUSKE-DUKES
SUIT Writer
In the last few weeks, a new disease has begun to spread all across the world. SARS, or Severe Acute Respiratory Disorder, is believed to have first appeared in the Guangdong province of China in November. Since then, travelers have spread the disease to numerous countries.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are jointly investigating the disease.
Little is known or understood about SARS. Researchers believe it is a type of retrovirus but are unclear on how it is spread or how to treat it There is no cure for the disease, although drugs are being developed to fight it
Sonata confirms 16 directors to executive board positions.
. • * :•' ' Commuter senator David Chasin introduces a resolution that would support the troops fighting in Iraq.
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