volume Ixv, number 73
thursday, february 15, 1973
Daily Cj® Troian
university of southern California los angeles, California
Equal employment director replies to critics
By Loren Ledin
associate editor
Barbara Shell sat in her office as campus director of equal employment opportunity, pondered the question, and smiled.
As the traffic buzzed below the Parkview Building on Exposition Boulevard, she said, “I really feel there’s a lot to be done. There have been instances when women faculty members have made higher positions due to our efforts. Those things have made it all worthwhile.”
With that. Shell brushed aside a suggestion that recent tensions in the Commission to Study the Status of Women could cause her to resign from her post as commission chairman.
“I raised six kids and I never could resign from that.” she added.
Shell has been under fire recently from several members of the women's commission who have questioned the success and influence of their organization and several
aspects of Shell’s handling of the commission.
Shell took time out Wednesday to reflect on the situation and touch on several points including:
•	The current disharmony in the commission can obstruct the progress that the commission is making for women on campus.
•	The criticism expressed toward her by several commission members have left her puzzled as to their purpose.
•	Some administration officials have done nothing to implement equal opportunity for women.
Of the dissatisfied commission members. Shell said, “I really don’t know' what they want. I honestly don’t know.”
Several members of the women’s organization have aired their dissatisfaction during the past week. Complaints have ranged from the inactivity of the administration to implement the programs of the com-
mission, to the mechanics of the organization as chaired by Shell.
Some members have said that Shell runs the commission as if she were trying to obstruct progress for women on campus.
Shell said Wednesday that progress has been made for women but it could be lost if the commission is disrupted.
“I really felt badly when I heard the complaints but not for me. I was just sick for the commission members who have been working so hard,” she said.
Shell stated that the top goals, such as the landing of a woman in a top administrative position or as a vice-president. and the qualization of faculty salaries between men and women, are still to be reached.
“But these people have got to be cool,” she said of critical commission members. ‘'They have to realize that if they play it smart they could end up in the top positions.”
Shell agreed that certain adminis-
tration members have been little help in the commission’s goal of achieving equal opportunity for
women.
“Some ofthe administration members were just giving lip service to equal opportunity,” she said.
Members of the commission speaking out against Shell have declined to be identified in print because of fear of reprisals against them. Shell was asked if she knew of past reprisals.
“I'm amazed if there was ever such an action. It wasn't brought to me,” she said.
It is possible, she admitted, for faculty members to have found themselves threatened by their department chairmen.
Shell also said that meetings ofthe Commission to Study the Status of Women have usually ended in shouting matches between members.
She said this would be her last effort as a commission chairman.
Health center asks committee to double student fee next fall
By Rock Albers
The student health fee, currently $32 a year, will be doubled beginning in September if a recommendation by the Student Health Center is approved.
The potential increase follows last week’s announcement that USC’s annual tuition rate will be increased $240 in the fall.
The Student Health Advisory Committee will act upon the recommendation w’ithin the next few weeks before forwarding it to James Appleton, vice-president of Student Affairs.
Appleton said Wednesday that a decision would probably not be made until late spring.
The current health fee, which was last raised $8 annually six years ago, is extremely low in comparison to the fees of universities that USC identifies with.
In comparison, UCLA’s annual fee is $88; Stanford’s, $112; Yale’s, $156; Cornell’s, $600; Case Western’s, $70.
California State Colleges charge $45 annually.
The recommendation for the increased health fee is part of a study prepared by the Student Health Center explaining its current and potential operation in the university community.
With a new director and new approach, the center is in a transitional period this year.
Dr. Addie Klotz, a nationally recognized innovator in the total university health concept, was named director ofthe center last July following the retirement of Dr. Paul Greeley, who founded the center in 1946.
Klotz believes in “consumerism in health care—getting input from patients themselves, those
people for whom we’re trying to develop a program.”
With this philosophy in mind, she has initiated a Student Health Advisory Committee which meets regularly to decide what the stu-dents want and need in health care.
The center discontinued 24-hour hospital care this fall after a study revealed that previously an average of only two of the center’s 22 beds were occupied each day.
This service was taking one-fourth of the center’s annual operating budget.
The money saved through this elimination has been diverted to offering free lab tests and X-rays, which previously were an additional expense for the student, and providing several specialists for consultation each week.
Through the input of the Student Health Advisory Committee, the center has a new volunteer Help Center with counseling services for personal problems and will soon have an Underground Health Center, where students can come in and rap in the basement of the center.
With additional funds Klotz said that the center could increase its staff of four physicians to cut down on the waiting time for a visit or appointment and to increase the efficiency of the health care.
More funds would allow the center to improve the quality of its new programs and offer new services such as “health education, odt-reach programs in the residence halls, programs for the commuters, married students and those living in rather isolated conditions around the campus,” she said.
Ground broken for shopping center
Groundbreaking ceremonies Wednesday for the new Security Pacific branch bank marked the beginning of construction for the University Village mall.
The village will eventually include approximately 100 shops, ranging from glass blowing to flower vending, and a multipurpose market. They will be located from Figueroa Street to Vermont Avenue. All buildings currently located in this area will be destroyed, with the exception o f Shrine Auditorium and the fire station.
Victims of the renewal that are now located on Jefferson Boulevard will be offered contracts in the village to establish new shops in contemporary decorum.
Sterling Leach of Cleveland and Associates, architectural firm for the village, has designed a mall atmosphere that will include a fountain and many trees. There will also be an open-air diner similar to that of Farmer’s Market, specializing in American, Chinese, Mexican and soul foods.