R - O - C - K at the Forum
Edward Siegel / Dally Trojan
John Mellencamp performed at the Great Western Forum Wednesday night. He played selections from his latest album and did four encores before closing the show. See concert review, page 9.
Volume CXVII, Number 24	University of Southern California	Thursday, February 20, 1992
Nurses find jobs in bad economy
Postgraduate salaries high
By John April
Staff Writer
During this mean season of high unemployment, graduates of the nursing baccalaureate program say they are finding jobs more easily than they might have expected.
Almost all of this year's 30-35 expected nursing graduates will land a job in the nursing field with salaries starting between $36,000 and $42,000 per year, said Janelle Del Carlo, a nursing school recruitment and admissions coordinator.
So far this year, almost 100 graduates from undergraduate nursing programs in the United States and Canada have received jobs at the USC Medical Center with starting salaries of $36,000 per year, said Bonnie Asada, director of retention and
recruitment at the center.
A comparable number of positions may open this spring, depending on the turnover rate, Asada said.
However, university graduates do not receive preferential consideration, she said.
At St. John's Hospital in Los Angeles, college graduates hired as nurses are paid between $32,000 and $35,000 per year to start, said Penny Bresky, manager of retention and recruitment at St. John's.
Bresky said vacancy rates for new positions are currently low. Though she said she could not predict the number of openings for this summer, last year St. John's hired 10 new nurses.
Five of those positions were filled by incoming college graduates, Brensky said. The other jobs were taken by staff already working for the hospital.
The USC nursing school
(See Nursing, page 16)
Alum seeks election
Wetmore running for county supervisor
By Heather Reid
Staff Writer
After the June 2 county elections, USC’ alumnus Dean Wet-more hopes to find himself replacing Kenneth Hahn in the Second District Seat of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
"Having an alum in office would be beneficial to the university because many of my (proposed) programs are aimed at the neighborhood around
USC," Wetmore said.
"I believe the university is a great asset to the community and it has done much to redevelop the area and foster improvements," he said. "Anyone that attends USC knows about pride, and I want to take some of that pride and apply it back into the community."
USC lies within the second district, an area that is home to 1.8 million and stretches from (See Wetmore, page 7)
Greek candidates stress improvement of Row’s image
Communication with other groups emphasized
By Lore Unt
Staff Writer
Establishing greater communication between Greeks and the rest of the student community and improving the image of the Row were the major themes of the Greek Student Senate candidate debate Wednesday night.
About 30 students attended the debate among the eight candidates, which was held at the Greek Honors house and moderated by a representative from the Daily Trojan.
Candidates were allowed to give short introductory speeches and then faced questions from the audience and the moderator.
All candidates stressed the need for Greeks to communicate with campus organizations.
Michael Hardesty and Tracey Harris suggested that Greeks and non-Greeks
could work together through philanthropies.
"I also support a Greek awareness week on campus that would explain what the Greek system does," Hardesty said.
Another candidate, Todd Carper, also wanted campus groups to take a greater interest in Greek and non-Greek activities. "IFC, URSC and the senate should all work together to unify the community/' he said.
Several candidiates stressed more involvement by campus publications. "The addition of a Greek page to the Daily Trojan would help improve the Greek image," said Danika Talmadge.
Harris added that publicity and recruitment would also be helped if Greek public relations chairs sent higher-quality press releases to the DT.
(See Debate, page 8)
Edward Siegel / Dally Trojan
Candidates for Greek Community Student Senate seats debated Wednesday night.