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Volume CXVI, Number 56
University of Southern California
Thursday, November 21, 1991
& MEDICINE
WEATHER
Giving birth made safe, comfortable by midwives
By Linda Sellers
Staff Writer
Midwifery, the old and beautiful art of delivering children, has returned to our society as a safe and more comfortable alternative to the traditional ways of giving birth.
When thinking about having a baby, many variables come to mind. How much will the hospital bill and the doctor's service cost? What will the surroundings in the hospital be like? Will the husband be able to witness the birth?
In many home maintenance organizations, private practices and hospitals, midwives are offered as an alternative to traditional prenatal care and actual delivery of the baby.
"Family support is very important when a woman is in labor," said Robo-beth Azari, nurse midwife at King / Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles. Angeles.
Midwives stay with the mother during the labor, delivery and recovery periods, Azari said. Doctors do not stay with the patient for the entire labor and delivery, but often arrive as the baby is ready to be born, she said.
Midwives are practitioners who are trained experts in dealing with low-risk patients, said Jenny Norman, a certified nurse midwife at County / USC Medical Center.
They stay with the mother throughout the entire process and are trained to recognize when a patient's labor is deviating from the normal course of delivery, Norman said.
If complications arise, a physician is always available for consultation and treatment, Azari said.
Midwives are trained to administer j alternative pain management, that j may not involve medication. The midwife will give a massage, bath or) shower as comfort measures, rather than medicine, Norman said.
Many midwives are registered nurses prior to receiving their license for midwifery, Azari said.
(See Midwife, page 2)
Senate quiet about arrest
No actions taken against vandal
By Glenn S. Griffith
Staff Writer
The Student Senate agreed Wednesday to take no official position on the arrest of one of its members last week, and one senator suggested that the matter be "swept under the rug."
Joaquin Madrigal, a freshman senator
voted in last month, was arrested early Friday morning for allegedly spray-paint-ing on the UCLA campus. He is facing charges of malicious mischief, which is considered a felony.
In the course of an informal discussion at the senate's regular meeting, Senator Dave Westra said: "I think we should sweep it under the rug. Things will quiet down. I think that's our best bet."
In a later interview, Westra explained the statement.
"I realize it was inappropriate," he
said. "It was poor judgment on my part to say that. I was just trying to find a way to help Joaquin."
Following the discussion, it was decided that the senate would not take an official position on the matter.
Because a motion was made to suspend Robert's Rules of Order, which govern the way the senate conducts official business, no vote on the matter was taken.
Madrigal declined to comment.
(See Sweep, page 6)
John Hoffman / Dally Tro|an
Fewer humans have come out this year to support Troy Week events and concerts.
Weak Troy spirit?
1,000 UCLA game tickets still unsold
By Ray Delgado
Staff Writer
Despite the long-standing tradition associated with Troy Week and the 61-year-old rivalry with UCLA, students and alumni alike say the spirit on campus this week has been lacking.
According to Larry McLaine, director of the university ticket office, approximately 1,000 tickets are still available for the game, a big difference from the 1989 season when the game was sold out by the end of June.
"It really depends on the status of the game," McLaine said. "This game doesn't hold as much importance as it
has in the past. If this was a make-or-break game, it would have been sold out weeks ago."
The decline in interest is revealed in other ways this year as well.
Though some 200 of the Bruin bears have been sold for students to drag from backpacks or bicycles, Jenny Peter, chairperson of Troy Week at the university, said she hasn't seen them.
"I think (the purchasers of the bears) have been taking them home or something," Peter said. " 'SC fans like to see a winning team, and when they don't win, they get upset."
Ed Soto, vice president of the Trojan
John Hoffman / Daily Trojan
But Schmutig, a German shepard puppy, is a proud — and hungry — Trojan.
Pride, a campus spirit organization, has also noticed a lack of enthusiasm on campus this week.
"From what I've seen, Trojan Knights are down, the Helenes are down, and spirit in general is down," Soto said. "Hopefully it will come back up for the basketball season."
Chris McElduff, a senior majoring in aerospace engineering and a member of the Trojan Knights, denies the Knights are any less spirited this year.
"I don't think that any group is down," McElduff said. "We know what tradition means. (Soto) doesn't (See Spirit, page 6)
TODAY:
Partly cloudy, 54/75
TOMORROW:
Sunny, 56/76
Sample denies estate involvement
Mansion ‘tentatively owned by trustees’
By Arwen Adams
Assistant City Editor
University President Steven Sample denied any involvement in the renovations of the presidential mansion in San Marino and his office in Bovard Administration Building in an address before the Faculty Senate Wednesday.
"You're only going to hear it once, so listen close," Sample said. "This is my Seeley Mudd Estate speech.
"It is a very large, very expensive piece of property now tentatively owned by the
trustees of USC," he said."Dr. Mudd provided in his will that ... the trustees of 'SC could acquire the estate in the following way. They had to take it, maintain it and make it the president's home for 15 years.
"That option became available in 1979. The trustees debated, knowing they would have to invest large sums of money. They decided it was a good business deal. I'm not going to comment on whether it was or not."
Sample, who relocated from the East
Coast to take his position at the university, said housing was discussed before he took the position.
"When it came down to my decision to be president, I sat down with a committee of two trustees . . . and they explained the situation to me. If a person were negotiating for a first university presidency, he would say 'I can't wait.' For a second or higher negotiation, however, presidential housing can be a problem.
"That place is a natural problem. It's huge. It's expensive. It's far more than any person could need. But after confer-
(See Denial, page 6)