health, computer crisis led Himstreet to resign
BY MARJIE LAMBERT
Campus Editor
The financial health of the university depends on the enrollment, and for the past three years, the enrollment has depended on William C. Himstreet. associate vice-president for student affairs.
Last fall, a crisis occurred that threatened the financial wellbeing ofthe university. When it was over. Himstreet had resigned. and the Division of Student Administrative Services —which Himstreet had headed—had been moved from the office of the vice-president for student affairs and now reports directly to the president.
Himstreet's resignation was due to illness, which the crisis had only aggravated.
William G. Wragner. dean ofthe Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in the College of Letters. Arts and Sciences, was named special assistant for academic record services.
Wagner, an expert on compu-
ter technology, asked Himstreet to remain in the division on a consultant basis, which he agreed to do, spending half his time in the division and half of his time teaching business communication
The crisis was a result of a
WILLIAM C. HIMSTREET
newly installed computer system. The system, which was supposed to be a major step in facilitating information storage and retrieval, backfired.
Designed by Information Associates, Inc., the system was
eventually to have included all admissions, registration and financial aid data.
Everyone involved with the computer system seemed to be excited about its potential.
“When it’s loaded, it gives us beautiful information about the student body that wedidn’t have before. The profile on each student is tremendous," said Himstreet.
The university began by inputting all admissions data.
“The admissions system is a beautiful system, but the input ofthe material is too slow. It was designed really to put up with a constant flow,” he said But the applications came in during a three-month peak period.
“The dilemma right now is that the system is not efficient when it serves only admissions. Until the other areas are com pleted. it won t benefit us." he said.
Later, when all the divisional data is in the system, it will be able to handle the peak flow of
applications, but it wasn’t prepared for last fall.
“We recognized some problems around the first of November, when we first started inputting things. I think we kept hoping, as we became more familiar with the system and as the operators became more skillful, the problem would clear up.” said Himstreet.
The system broke down just before Christmas vacation, and the university fell far behind in sending out acceptances both to spring and fall semester applicants.
“We had Kelly Girls, students and faculty wives over here. A good portion of the building worked overtime seven days a week," Himstreet said. “I just had to have some time off for sick leave.”
“Appleton said he'd come over and assume responsibility, but. at the same time, the administration felt that what it really
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Daily f§ Trojan
Volume LXVII, Number 81
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California_
Thursday, February 27, 1975
Pharm students want health services
BY PETER BOYER
Staff Writer
The needs and problems ofthe students on the Health Sciences Campus are totally neglected by the main campus administration, said John Freudiger. president of the Associated Students of the School of Pharmacy.
Freudiger. a junior in pharmacy, said pharmacy students are dissatisfied and many of the students feel alienated from the activities and services of the main campus. The School of Pharmacy has been located on the Health Sciences Campus for one year.
The university has begun evaluating the performance of administrators.
The pilot phase ofthe evaluation system has been completed and consists of evaluations of Maurice B. Hamovitch. dean of the School of Social Work, and Carl Shafer, associate dean of curriculum for the School of Social Work.
The evaluations were taken the week before Christmas vacation A joint committee of the Faculty- Senate and the Council of Deans will meet the week of March 10 to review the results of the pilot project.
At that time, they will make any changes that may be necessary in the program s procedures or the evaluation forms.
“The evaluation of administrators is a new instrument, subject to change after experience,” said Paul Hadley, chairman ofthe joint committee and associate vice-president for academic administration and research.
“The preliminary feedback that we re getting on these First evaluations is very good,” said Milton G Holmen, associate dean of the School of Business and chairman of the University
The pharmacy students’ complaint centers around the issue of the health service fee. Pharmacy students are required to pay $22 per semester for health services—the same amount as students on the main campus. But health sciences students have no health facility on their campus.
Freudiger said the inconvenience of driving to the main campus, approximately a 30-minute drive, has kept most pharmacy students from utilizing the Student Health Center.
“Students on this campus are paying $22 a semester, and. if the
Administration Committee of the Faculty Senate.
“We will be taking the outcome of the pilot study to consider any changes before we continue the evaluations,” Holmen said.
The ultimate goal of the program is the evaluation of all academic vice-presidents, deans, directors and department chairmen.
“The intent is to first ask and encourage every dean and associate dean in the university to be evaluated in the spring," said Holmen.
“Following that we’ll encourage all department chairmen and vice-presidents to be evaluated. There is no way we can force anyone to be evaluated, though.”
Holmen expects the evaluation process to take approximately two years.
The idea of an evaluation of administrators was conceived last spring by the University Administration Committee, but the procedures for the pilot project were developed by the joint committee.
The evaluation is not intended to be an instrument that can be used as the basis for termination of an administrator’s
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fee increase is approved, $32, and getting nothing for it,” Freudiger said.
Freudiger cited a statement made by Addie L. Klotz, director of the Student Health Center, who, in justifying a student health program, said that a student health center must be readily available and conveniently accessible in order to be effective.
Freudiger said that the services provided at the main campus were acceptable, but are neither conveniently accessible nor readily available.
‘There is no use in having facilities at all if they’re not accessible,” Freudiger said. “The services are available on the main campus, but how accessible are they? As far as we re concerned. services are available in New York. but they’re not accessible.”
Freudiger said that some students simply go without needed medical attention due to the inconvenience involved in utilizing the health facilities on the main campus.
“There was one guy going up
the stairs here who slipped and tore his toenail off and his foot was bleeding profusely. He was unable to drive over to the main campus, so he said to hell with it,’ wrapped a towel around his foot, and went to class.
“Another time, a girl slipped and sprained her ankle. We tried to take her over to the County Hospital, where the medical students receive their health care, and they would not see her.
‘‘The only way they would see her was if she went in as a regular patient. We called in and made an appointment, but even then she didn’t get in until two days later. If she had been a med student, she would have been seen right away.”
Students at the School of Medicine on the Health Sciences Campus are allowed to use the facilities of the County-USC Medical Center for their health needs, and Freudiger said that those services should also be available to pharmacy students.
Freudiger has voiced the complaints of the pharmacy students by voting against the prop-
osed health fee increase during a meeting ofthe Student Caucus, of which he is a member. He said he believed an increase was necessary to the health facility on but the main campus, but such an increase wouldn’t help students on the Health Sciences Campus.
In the last two weeks, steps have been taken to make health services more readily available to pharmacy students. Last Thursday, the Student Caucus approved an amendment to the health fee increase which would require all monies collected from health sciences students to be used only for providing health services for that campus.
David Blackmar. a member of the Student Caucus, said the caucus took the action because th^ students on the Health Sciences Campus rarely benefit trom any programs that they pay for on the campus.
In order for them to have health care that's accessible, it's imperative for them to have
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HAMMING IT UP—Two members of the Great Salt	Admission is $2 with student I.D. and $2:50 without.
Lake Mime Troupe entertained a group of students	The event will be sponsored by the Student Activities
Wednesday, in front of Tommy Trojan. The performers	Office. DT photo by Michael Levine, will appear March 8 at 8:30 p.m. in Hancock Hall.
First evaluations of deans are completed
BY CINDY EISLEY
Assistant City Editor