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USC chronicle, vol. 16, no. 4 (1996 Sept. 23)
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b y Ca ro l Tu cke r
M a rk T ap e r H a l l o f Hum an i t i e s
i s unde r go ing a m a jo r th ree -
s t age renov a t ion p ro je c t th a t
in c lud e s r e v amp in g c l a s s r o om s
and aud i to r ium s w i th mu l t i–
m ed i a c ap ab i l i t i e s and c r e a t in g
two new s t a te–o f– the– a r t
in s t ru c t i on a l c en t e r s .
A s p a r t o f i t s c omm i tm en t t o
unde r g r adu a te edu c a t ion , the
B o a rd o f T ru s t e e s tw o y e a r s a g o
app r o v ed a F a c i l i t i e s Imp r o v e -
m en t Fund th a t g en e r a t e s $ 1 2
m i l l i on annu a l l y th r ou gh a tw o -
ye a r tu i t ion su r ch a r ge . The
fund s a r e t o b e in v e s t ed in s tu -
d en t h ou s in g , c l a s s r o om s , t e a ch -
in g l ab o r a t o r i e s and o th e r a c ad e -
m i c and adm in i s t r a t i v e f a c i l i t i e s ,
w i th a sp e c i a l in i t i a l emph a s i s
on h ou s in g and T ap e r H a l l .
Th e g l i s t en in g n ew f a c i l i t i e s
on th e fi r s t and s e c ond fl o o r o f
T ape r H a l l a re the t ang ib le
r e su l t s o f th a t in v e s tm en t . Th e
Co l lege o f Le t te r s , A r t s and
S c i en c e s i s fund in g th e th i rd -
fl o o r r en o v a t i on s , wh i ch in c lud e
th e n ew L an gu a g e C en t e r and
th e W r i t in g C en t e r .
“T ap e r i s on e o f th e m o s t
u s ed bu i ld in g s on c ampu s and
by Meg Su l l ivan
O the r co l lege s and un ive r s i t ie s
may fo s te r a ch i l ly c l ima te fo r
good tea ch ing , bu t USC i s t ry ing to
en cou rage and rewa rd e f fe c t ive -
ne s s in the c la s s room th rough the
Cen te r fo r Ex ce l len ce in T ea ch ing
in the Leavey L ib ra ry .
Hav ing eme rged th i s mon th
f rom a yea r – long re s t ru c tu r ing ,
the CET now boa s t s an expanded
m i s s ion , i t s f r s t fu l l – t ime d i re c to r
and p lan s fo r b r ing ing c la s s room
in s t ru c t ion in to the In fo rma t ion
Age .
“We ’ re pay ing even mo re
a t ten t ion than eve r to the tea ch -
ing fun c t ion and con s ide r ing
whe re tea ch ing need s to be
bee fed up , so tha t we ’ re g iv ing
s tuden t s good va lue fo r the i r
tu i t ion do l la r s , ” sa id R i cha rd Ide ,
v i ce p rovo s t fo r unde rg radua te
s tud ie s . He head s the CET ’ s s ix -
membe r boa rd o f gove rno r s .
Dan ie l le M ih ram , fo rme r ly
a s s i s tan t un ive r s i ty l ib ra r ian fo r
in s t ru c t ion and re sea r ch , ha s been
named d i re c to r o f the
cen te r . A F ren ch l i te ra tu re
s cho la r who la te r be came a l ib ra r -
ian , M ih ram ha s an ex ten s ive
ba ckg round in tea ch ing and con -
ven t iona l app roa che s to l ib ra ry
managemen t , and a g row ing
expe r t i se in in fo rma t ion te chno lo -
gy and e le c t ron i c innova t ion s fo r
l ib ra r ie s . In the pa s t , CET ’ s d i re c to r
ha s a lway s been a fu l l – t ime p ro -
fe s so r .
“No ma t te r how dynam i c the
d i re c to r wa s , the p ro fe s so r s t i l l
had a fu l l – t ime comm i tmen t in h i s
home depa r tmen t , bu t I ’ l l be f ree
to devo te a l l my ene rgy to the p ro -
je c t , ” she sa id . “Good tea ch ing ha s
a lway s gone on a t USC , bu t I wan t
to inv igo ra te i t by en cou rag ing i t
and rewa rd ing i t . ”
Founded in 1990 , the cen te r i s
be s t known fo r be s tow ing annua l
$5 ,000 awa rd s fo r ou t s tand ing
tea ch ing to two fa cu l ty membe r s
and $1 ,000 to a tea ch ing a s s i s tan t .
Le s s we l l –known i s the fa c t
c on t inu ed on pa g e 6
S ep t em b e r 2 3 , 1 9 9 6
In s i d e
CADEM IC SENATE 2
OOKS IN PR INT 3
ALENDAR 8
OR THE RECORD 11
C h r o n i c l e
LUME 16 NUMBER 4
T ak in g a C l o s e L o ok
A t th e T enu r e S y s t em
f o r a w id e r an g e o f c ou r s e s , ” s a id
N an c y V i ck e r s , LAS d e an o f
cu r r i cu lum and in s t ru c t i on . “ I t ’ s
v e r y h e a v i l y s ch edu l ed and thu s
a f f e c t s th e d a y – t o –d a y e xp e r i -
en c e o f a l a r g e numb e r o f s tu -
A Cen te r
T ea che s
Ex ce l len ce
T ape r Goe s H igh -T e ch
W i th Ma jo r Renova t ion s
c on t inu ed on pa g e 10
S t e v en Sp i e lb e r g j o in s
USC B o a rd o f T ru s t e e s
2
Th e “L o r en t z fl a sh l i gh t ”
12
P u b l i s h e d f o r t h e USC F a c u l t y & S t a f f
by Meg Su l l ivan
N
ew l y h i r ed f a cu l t y m emb e r s
a t Am e r i c an c o l l e g e s and
un i v e r s i t i e s r a r e l y g e t t r a in -
in g in m e th od s o f in s t ru c t i on o r
r e c e i v e m e an in g fu l e v a lu a t i on o f
th e i r t e a ch in g . Ind e ed , a S ch o o l o f
Edu c a t i on s tud y sh ow s , m an y in s t i -
tu t i on s e f f e c t i v e l y d i s c ou r a g e th o s e
wh o t e a ch w e l l .
R e s e a r ch e r s a t th e s ch o o l h a v e
c omp l e t ed th e l a r g e s t s tud y y e t o f
l i f e on th e t enu r e t r a ck , c ondu c t in g
mo re th an 300 in te rv iew s w i th
f a cu l t y m emb e r s and adm in i s t r a t o r s
a t a d o z en pub l i c and p r i v a t e in s t i -
tu t i on s o f h i gh e r edu c a t i on .
Th e in s t i tu t i on s s tud i ed w e r e
cho sen r andom ly , b a sed on the
re se a r ch de s ign . USC w a s no t
am on g th o s e r e v i ew ed .
Th e r e s e a r ch e r s d i s c o v e r ed “ a
s y s t em g on e aw r y , a s y s t em b ad l y in
n e ed o f r e f o rm , ” a s y s t em in wh i ch
in s t i tu t i on s s end m i x ed m e s s a g e s t o
jun io r f a cu l ty reg a rd ing wh a t ’ s
e xp e c t ed o f th em . On e un i v e r s i t y
p r e s id en t t o ld th e r e s e a r ch e r s th a t
c on t inu ed t o pa g e 5 W i l l iam G . T ie rney and E s te la M . Ben s imon
Co lo r in a h igh - te ch aud i to r ium .
U N DER GR A D U ATE
IRENE FERT IK
IRENE FERT IK
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHRONICLE S ep t em b e r 23 , 1996
E d i t o r
Ch r i s t in e E . Sh ad e
A s s o c i a t e E d i t o r
M e l i s s a P a y t on
S t a f f W r i t e r s
E r i c M ank in M e g Su l l i v an
C a r o l T u ck e r
C o n t r i b u t i n g W r i t e r s
J am e s L y t l e M on ik a Gu t tm an
Ch r i s t oph e r T ed e s ch i
S t a f f P h o t o g r a p h e r
I r en e F e r t ik
C a l e n d a r E d i t o r
L ind a A rn t z en iu s
T e c h n i c a l E d i t o r
E l a in e P an
B u s i n e s s M a n a g e r
W and a H i ck s
P r o d u c t i o n O f fi c e M a n a g e r
F e l i s C in t r on
E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r , USC N ew s S e rv i c e
W a yn e S a g e
Un ive r s i ty o f Sou the rn Ca l i fo rn ia Ch ron i c le
( ISSN 1 0 5 3 - 5 7 3X ) i s pub l i sh ed w e ek l y on
M ond a y s , S ep t emb e r th r ou gh Ap r i l ( e x c ep t th e
w e ek o f Th ank s g i v in g , tw o w e ek s b e f o r e and a f t e r
Ch r i s tm a s , and th e w e ek o f sp r in g b r e ak ) ; and
b iw e ek l y M a y th r ou gh Jun e , b y th e Un i v e r s i t y o f
S ou th e rn C a l i f o rn i a , N ew s S e r v i c e , KAP 2 4 6 , 3 6 2 0
S . V e rm on t A v e . , L o s An g e l e s , CA 9 0 0 8 9 - 2 5 3 8 .
P r in t in g b y R od g e r s and M cD on a ld . P e r i od i c a l
P o s t a g e P a id a t L o s An g e l e s , C a l i f o rn i a .
Sub s c r ip t ion sW e ek l y d e l i v e r y o f 3 3 i s su e s a y e a r .
U .S . d e l i v e r y b y P e r i od i c a l M a i l i s $ 2 0 .
Adve r t i s ingF o r d i sp l a y ad v e r t i s in g r a t e s , c a l l
W and a H i ck s , 7 4 0 - 2 2 1 5 .
Po s tma s te rS end add r e s s ch an g e s t o Un i v e r s i t y o f
S ou th e rn C a l i f o rn i a Ch r on i c l e , Un i v e r s i t y o f
S ou th e rn C a l i f o rn i a , N ew s S e r v i c e , KAP 2 4 6 , 3 6 2 0
S . V e rm on t A v e . , L o s An g e l e s , CA 9 0 0 8 9 - 2 5 3 8 .
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J o in s USC B o a rd o f T ru s t e e s
S
t e v en Sp i e lb e r g , an a r t i s t
who h a s ch anged the
c ou r s e o f c on t emp o r a r y
Ame r i c an popu l a r cu l -
ur e , h a s b e en e l e c t ed t o th e
un i v e r s i t y ’ s b o a rd o f t ru s t e e s .
“A s a f i lmm ake r , S teven
Sp ie lbe rg h a s rev i t a l i zed the
s s en c e o f c l a s s i c a l m y th and
t o r y t e l l in g f o r ou r t e chn o l o g i -
a l a g e – p r e s en t in g b o th wh a t
s c l a s s i c and en t e r t a in in g and
wh a t i s th ou gh t fu l and t r an -
c end en t in Am e r i c an cu l tu r e , ”
a id P re s iden t S teven B .
Samp l e .
“A s a fi lm exe cu t ive and
pr odu c e r w i th a t r a ck r e c o rd o f
bo x - o f fi c e and c r i t i c a l su c c e s s ,
Mr . Sp i e lb e r g und e r s t and s b o th
he bu s in e s s r e a l i t i e s and th e
re a t ive r i chne s s o f ou r p re -
m inen t 20 th - cen tu ry a r t
o rm , ” s a id S amp l e . “W e a r e
pl e a s ed t o w e l c om e h im a s a
memb e r o f th e USC b o a rd o f
r u s tee s – the d i s t ingu i shed
g r oup o f l e ad e r s r e sp on s ib l e f o r
g u id in g th e o ld e s t and l a r g e s t
pr i v a t e r e s e a r ch un i v e r s i t y in
he Am e r i c an W e s t . ”
Sp ie lbe r g h a s d i re c ted
nd / o r p r odu c ed fi v e o f th e 2 0
o p - g r o s s in g fi lm s o f a l l t im e .
ET , T h e E x t r a t e r r e s t r i a li s s t i l l
he b i g g e s t g r o s s in g fi lm o f a l l
t im e in th e Un i t ed S t a t e s and
C an ad a and se cond on ly to
J u r a s s i c P a r kw o r ldw id e .
H i s S c h i n d l e r ’ s L i s t w a s an
in te rn a t ion a l mo t ion p i c tu re
e v en t , r e c e i v in g s e v en O s c a r s ,
in c lud in g B e s t P i c tu r e and B e s t
D i r e c t o r , a t th e 1 9 9 3 A c ad em y
Aw a rd s . Th e fi lm w on e v e r y
m a j o r B e s t P i c tu r e aw a rd f r om
the c r i t i c s ’ g roup s , and
Sp i e lb e r g r e c e i v ed th e D i r e c t o r s
Gu i ld o f Am e r i c a Aw a rd .
J u r a s s i c P a r k , wh i ch h e a l s o
d i r e c t ed , s e t n ew s t and a rd s f o r
th e c r e a t i on o f fi c t i on a l r e a l i t i e s
and h a s be come the b igge s t
g r o s s in g fi lm in m o t i on p i c tu r e -
h i s t o r y . H e i s cu r r en t l y d i r e c t in g
T h e L o s t W o r l d : J u r a s s i c P a r kf o r
r e l e a s e n e x t summ e r .
A
m on g th e o th e r m em o -
r ab le f i lm s he h a s
d i r e c t ed a r e J aw s , C l o s e
E n c o u n t e r s o f t h e T h i r d
by Me l i s sa Pay ton
The A c adem i c Sen a te in -
s t a l led 1996 -97 o f f i ce r s and
e x e cu t i v e b o a rd m emb e r s a t i t s
Sep t . 18 mee t ing and w a s
e xpe c ted to app rove re so lu -
t i on s on hum an e app r o a ch e s t o
a dve r se emp loymen t a c t ion s
a nd on r e f o rm in g th e f a cu l t y
g r i e v an c e p r o c edu r e .
Of fi c e r s and e x e cu t i v e b o a rd
memb e r s a r e :
• P r e s id en t o f th e f a cu l t y :
Erw in Ch em e r in sk y , L e g i on
Le x P r o f e s s o r o f L aw ;
• A c ad em i c v i c e p r e s id en t :
Sa r ah P r a t t , p ro fe s so r o f
hum an i t i e s ;
• Adm in i s t r a t i v e v i c e p r e s i -
den t : Su r a i y a R a sh e ed , p r o f e s -
s o r o f p a th o l o g y ;
• S e c r e t a r y g en e r a l : T .C .
Cheng , L loyd F . Hun t
Pr o f e s s o r , e l e c t r i c a l en g in e e r -
n g / e l e c t r oph y s i c s ;
Memb e r s a t l a r g e :
• M . M i ch a e l App l em an ,
p r o f e s s o r o f b i o l o g i c a l s c i en c e s ;
• C a r o l yn C l in e , p r o f e s s o r o f
j ou rn a l i sm ;
• N a jw a H an e l , l ib r a r i an , s c i -
en c e and en g in e e r in g ;
• R ob e r t S t e l lw a g en , p r o f e s -
s o r o f b i o ch em i s t r y and m o l e cu -
l a r b i o l o g y .
Ch em e r in sk y s a id th e p r op o s ed
r e s o lu t i on on ad v e r s e emp l o y -
m en t r e a c t i on s – l a y o f f s , j ob
t r an s f e r s and s a l a r y r edu c t i on s
– w a s in r e sp on s e t o a c c oun t s
su ch a s th a t o f a long t ime
emp l o y e e wh o h ad b e en h and -
ed h i s l ayo f f no t i ce w i thou t
w a rn in g o r f o l l ow -up c oun s e l in g
on b en efi t s and j ob s . F a cu l t y
m emb e r s und e r s t and th a t l a y -
o f f s and j ob ch an g e s a r e s om e -
t im e s n e c e s s a r y , Ch em e r in sk y
s a id , bu t “ th e r e ’ s n o a t t en t i on
r i gh t n ow t o m ak in g su r e i t ’ s
d on e in an hum an e w a y . ”
The g r iev an ce p ro cedu re
r e s o lu t i on w ou ld pu t th e f a cu l t y
on r e c o rd a s opp o s in g d i sm i s s a l
o f g r i e v an c e s b y th e ch a i r o f th e
F a cu l t y T enu r e and P r i v i l e g e s
App e a l C omm i t t e e .
“A m a j o r p r ob l em w i th th e
p r o c edu r e i s th a t i t a l l ow s d i s -
m i s s in g a g r i e v an c e w i th ou t a
h e a r in g b y a p an e l f r om th e
T enu r e and P r i v i l e g e s App e a l
Comm i t tee ,” Cheme r in sky
s a id , “ and th a t g i v e s th e f a cu l t y
m emb e r n o a l t e rn a t i v e bu t t o g o
t o c ou r t o r g i v e up . ”
O th e r A c ad em i c S en a t e g o a l s
f o r th i s y e a r a r e t o c omp l e t e th e
Fa cu l t y Hand b o o kand t a ck le
su ch i s sue s a s the fu tu re o f
he a l th s c ien ce s , the ro le o f
d ep a r tm en t ch a i r s , th e d r a f t in g
o f a c od e o f e th i c s f o r f a cu l t y
m emb e r s and th e d e v e l opm en t
o f b e t t e r p r o c edu r e s and c r i t e -
r i a f o r p e r f o rm an c e -b a s ed s a l a r y
r e v i ew s .
Cheme r in sky a l so expe c t s
th e A c ad em i c S en a t e t o m ak e
r e c omm end a t i on s on e x t end in g
b en efi t s t o s am e - s e x p a r tn e r s
o f f a cu l ty membe r s and on
imp r o v in g b en efi t s f o r r e t i r ed
f a cu l t y .
Th e A c ad em i c S en a t e ’ s n e x t
mee t ing w i l l be W edne sd ay ,
O c t . 1 6 , a t 2 : 4 5 p .m . , in th e
F a cu l t y C en t e r M a in D in in g
Room . Non -membe r s who
w ou ld l ik e t o a t t end sh ou ld c a l l
7 4 0 - 7 1 7 1 . ■
K ind, Ra id e r s o f t h e
L o s t A r k, I n d i a n a J o n e s
and t h e T emp l e o f
D o om , Ind iana J on e s
a n d t h e L a s t C r u s a d e ,
Emp i r e o f t h e Sun ,
H o o kand T h e C o l o r
P u r p l e.
H i s Amb l in En t e r -
t a inmen t f i lm s , fo r
wh i ch he se rved a s
p r odu c e r o r e x e cu t i v e
p rodu ce r , in c lude
th e B a c k t o t h e F u t u r e
t r i logy , W h o F ram ed
R o g e r Ra b b i t ? , An
Am e r i can T a i l, T h e
L a n d B e f o r e T im eand
Tw i s t e r. Amb l in
En te r t a inmen t a l so
co -p rodu ced T h e B r id g e s o f
M a d i s o n C o u n t y.
Sp i e lb e r g h a s b e en a c t i v e in
t e l e v i s i on a s w e l l – p r odu c in g
ne two rk and synd i c a ted p ro -
g r am s and sp e c i a l s , in c lud in g
the Emmy Aw a rd -w inn ing
“T iny T oon Adven tu re s”
and the an im a ted
“An im an i a c s ,” w inne r o f a
P e ab od y Aw a rd , and t e l e v i s i on ’ s
t op - r a t ed “E .R . ”
In 1 9 8 7 , Sp i e lb e r g e a rn ed
th e A c ad em y o f M o t i on P i c tu r e
A r t s and S c i en c e s ’ I r v in g G .
Th a lb e r g Aw a rd in r e c o gn i t i on
o f h i s c on s i s t en t e x c e l l en c e in
fi lmm ak in g . A y e a r e a r l i e r , h e
w on h i s fi r s t DGA Aw a rd f o r h i s
d i r e c t i on o f T h e C o l o r P u r p l e .
In 1 9 9 4 , h e f ound ed th e n ew
s tud i o D r e amW o rk s SKG w i th
J e f f r e y K a t z enb e r g and D a v id
G e f f en .
Sp i e lb e r g , wh o r e c e i v ed an
hono r a ry do c to r o f f ine a r t s
deg ree f rom USC in 1994 ,
s e r v e s a s a m emb e r o f th e USC
S ch o o l o f C in em a -T e l e v i s i on ’ s
bo a rd o f coun c i lo r s and h a s
d on a t ed t im e , m on e y and l e ad -
e r sh ip t ow a rd d e v e l opm en t o f
the c inem a s choo l ’ s s t a te -o f -
th e - a r t p r o g r am s and f a c i l i t i e s .
Sp i e lb e r g i s a m emb e r o f th e
bo a rd o f the Ame r i c an F i lm
In s t i tu t e and th e A r t i s t s R i gh t s
F ound a t i on . H e i s ch a i rm an o f
th e S t a rb r i gh t F ound a t i on , an
o r g an i z a t i on d ed i c a t ed t o p ed i -
a t r i c c a r e and r e s e a r ch th r ou gh
u t i l i z in g th e r e s ou r c e s o f th e
en te r t a inmen t indu s t ry . He
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UN IVERS ITY OF SOUTHERN CAL IFORN IA
IRENE FERT IK
Adolescence presents difficul-
ties in adjustment for teen-
agers, parents and physicians.
Written for practitioners of ado-
lescent medicine, this com-
pletely revised volume by
Lawrence S. Neinstein, execu-
tive director of the Student
Health and Counseling Service
and Faculty/Staff Clinic also
provides a wealth of information
for anyone involved in adoles-
cent health matters. “Working
economists, may believe the
world is headed toward eco-
nomic stagnation and explosive
population growth, Richard A.
Easterlin, professor of econom-
ics, sees rapid economic growth
as our future – although it won’t
always be smooth sailing – and
explosive population growth as
a passing phenomenon. In this
volume, he goes beyond his
own discipline, drawing upon
sociology, political science, psy-
chology, anthropology and the
history of science in order to
arrive at his own longer–term
view.
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Westview Press, $60.00
Immigration to the United
States has become a con-
tentious topic in this country in
recent years. David M. Heer,
professor of sociology and direc-
tor of the Population Research
Laboratory, presents an exten-
sive overview of the immigra-
tion field, providing a coherent
framework for immigration
analysis. Through examples of
the data and trends of immigra-
tion to the U.S., he examines
such topics as the history of
immigration laws, the patterns
and impact of immigration and
proposals for change. But
change, writes Heer, requires
participation in the process:
“Without effort from all citi-
zens, the democratic form of
government cannot succeed.”
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Humanist Press, $15.00
Critical thought is alive and
well today, providing the basis
or a new age of enlightenment
n the 21st century, insists
Gerald A. Larue, emeritus pro-
essor of biblical history and
rchaeology and an adjunct pro-
essor of gerontology. Larue’s
ewest book is about
reethought — critical thinking
nd independent reasoning. “It
ecognizes brave men and
women who dared to question,
o challenge, and even to upset
he claims, opinions and beliefs
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IVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHRONICLE September 23, 1996
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They are available at the Pertusati University Bookstore or by special order. Edited by Christine E. Shade.
with adolescents is exciting,
challenging, and sometimes dif-
ficult and frustrating,” writes
Neinstein. The book addresses
critical issues such as birth con-
trol, fatigue, hepatitis, mononu-
cleosis, sports injuries, sexually
transmitted diseases and eating
disorders, as well as drug use,
acne and normal physical
growth and development. A sign
of the times, perhaps, is the
inclusion of chapters on youth
violence and suicide. An exten-
sive resource and services
appendix is included.
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Peter Lang Publishing Inc.,
$37.95
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wright Edward Bond’s directori-
al process and covers profession-
al productions of several of his
works, including Summer, The
War Plays, and Jackets, among
others. Ian Stuart, assistant
professor in the School of
Theatre, reconstructs the
rehearsals and productions
through interviews with Bond,
one of Britain’s most contro-
versial left-wing dramatists,
and with the actors and
designers involved in the
process. ■
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Promotion and Tenure: Community and Socialization in Academe
by William G. Tierney and Estela M. Bensimon.
Here are some basic - but frequently overlooked - steps
for helping new professors flourish in a
department or institution:
• Establish ongoing forums for new faculty
to seek advice and discuss their needs.
• Have the dean (or chairman) meet with
each candidate every year to discuss prob-
lems and propose remedies.
• Establish a clear process for how often and
by what means faculty members’ teaching
will be observed in the classroom.
• Provide incentives for senior faculty to serve as
mentors and consider how their performance in this capac-
ity might be evaluated.
• Understand that individuals from underrepresented
groups may be called on frequently to serve as role models
- counseling minority and women students and serving on
committees - so take care not to overburden them with
extraneous assignments.
• Explain what the institution and department can do to
help find employment for faculty members’ partners, since
accepting a teaching position often involves relocating.
• Offer information about housing, schools and day care.
• Provide sample syllabi for courses taught by faculty.
• Complement formal and written tenure information with
informal communication.
• Introduce new faculty to others with similar research
interests.
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minorities often get left out of informal social circles.
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t can be as simple as providing a map of the city to
new faculty members, as fundamental as letting them
know when meetings are scheduled, or as serious as
hepherding a new scholar’s research.
“I view part of my role as protecting
junior faculty from being asked to do
too many things that I know won’t
count toward tenure.”
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IVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHRONICLE September 23, 1996
eaching was paramount. A
epartment head at the same
chool said that research had
he top priority there.
The researchers – William
G. Tierney, director of the
enter for Higher Education
olicy Analysis,and Estela M.
ensimon, a researcher at the
enter – are the co-authors of
romotion and Tenure:
ommunity and Socialization in
cademe (SUNY Press, 1996).
Job candidates are rarely
sked to demonstrate their
eaching skills, Tierney and
ensimon reported. Instead,
olleges and universities tend to
ely on letters of recommenda-
on from professors in the
pplicant’s specialty; many
tudy respondents said they
eeded help with their teach-
ng, but few had ever received
.
“It’s not that the junior fac-
lty – who carry the heaviest
eaching loads – don’t care
bout the quality of instruc-
on,” Bensimon said. “The
tenure system only rewards
research. Invariably, the quality
of instruction gets short-
changed.”
Student evaluations, hastily
completed at the end of the
year, usually constitute the only
measure of a professor’s effec-
tiveness in the classroom,
Bensimon added, and those
who receive good evaluations
often complain of being penal-
ized by a system that puts the
highest emphasis on research.
“All too often, what an insti-
tution requires for tenure varies
from department to department
and from school to school. How
it is evaluated varies tremen-
dously. More often than not, the
criteria for what it takes to get
tenure are unclear and unstat-
ed,” said Tierney, lead author
of the study.
T enure can be awarded after
a teacher’s trial period. Once
granted, it protects the teacher
from summary dismissal and
helps to safeguard academic
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xploring a new field
that promises to
enrich the lives of
people who suffer dis-
bilities, the first-ever book
ublished on occupational sci-
nce features the work of sever-
l USC faculty members.
Occupational Science: The
Evolving Discipline examines
he form, function, and mean-
ng of human occupation and
ffers insights into how clinical
herapists can work with
atients.
The book also argues that
ccupational therapy is far more
han simply helping a client
egain physical abilities and
chieve a measure of indepen-
ence in spite of disability – it is
bout constructing meaningful
ves based on occupation –
aily, personally meaningful
ctivities.
Edited by associate profes-
or Ruth Zemke, and professor
lorence Clark, both of the
epartment of occupational
herapy, Occupational Science
ncludes a chapter co-authored
y the late Penelope
Richardson, an associate profes-
or at the School of Education,
who underwent occupational
herapy after suffering a cere-
ral aneurysm.
The chapter, written by
Richardson, Clark and Bridget
Larson Ennevor, describes a
new approach to occupational
therapy based on Richardson’s
experiences during her recovery
and Clark’s role as Richardson’s
occupational coach.
Using this approach – “occu-
pational storytelling and occu-
pational story making” – sur-
vivors learn to use occupation as
a means of connecting their for-
mer selves with their evolving
selves, of becoming more pro-
ductive, and of enjoying a better
quality of life. The process is a
collaboration between therapist
and survivor.
The chapter, “A Grounded
Theory of Techniques for
Occupational Storytelling and
Occupational Story Making,”
was also based on Clark’s
Eleanor Clarke Slagle lecture,
the premier annual lecture
delivered within the occupa-
tional therapy field.
C
lark’s Slagle lecture
quotes Richardson as
having eloquently
stated that occupa-
tional therapy involved “recy-
cling the old me into the new
me.” While everyone faces
challenges in developing them-
selves as occupational beings –
individuals engaged in produc-
tive, personally meaningful
activity – some obstacles are so
large that overcoming them
seems impossible. A serious dis-
ability is one such obstacle. In
these situations, the survivor
(the word Richardson preferred
to “patient”) looks at his or her
previous life with bewilder-
ment, wondering how possibly
to reclaim one’s old life and
sense of self.
R
ichardson’s and
Clark’s article focuses
on how occupational
story telling and occu-
pational story making specifi-
cally can be used clinically to
“nurture the human spirit to
act.” When we see survivors as
occupational beings, said the
authors, we can enter into a dia-
logue in which we embrace the
survivor’s perspective. We can
analyze the history of the sur-
vivor as an occupational being
and thus understand what
meaning different activities
hold for the survivor. We can
use this information to imagine,
with the survivor, a future of
immersion in this meaningful
activity – and then help create
that future.
As the preface to the book
states, “People are shaped by
what they have done, by their
daily patterns of occupation.”
By drawing on threads of their
past occupational selves, indi-
viduals who are struck by dis-
ease or disability will be able to
reconstruct their lives with a
sense of continuity.
T
he new discipline of
occupational science
was pioneered by
Elizabeth Yerxa, for-
mer chair of USC’s
Occupational Therapy Depart-
ment. Other contributors from
that department include Mik
Carlson, assistant professor;
Anne Dunlea, assistant profes-
sor; Linda Florey, honorary clin-
ical faculty; Gelya Frank, associ-
ate professor; Julie McLaughlin
Gray adjunct instructor;
Cynthia Hedricks, assistant pro-
fessor; Jeanne Jackson, assistant
professor; Zoe Mailloux,
instructor; and Diane Parham,
associate professor. Alexander
Moore, professor of anthropolo-
gy, also contributed.
A
dditional contributors
to the book include
physicist Stephen
William Hawking,
anthropologist Jane Goodall,
artist J. Seward Johnson, and
anthropologist Mary Catherine
Bateson. ■
&RHGLWRUVRI 2FFXSDWLRQDO6FLHQFH 7KH(YROYLQJ'LVFLSOLQH 5XWK=HPNHOHIWDQG
)ORU HQFH&ODUN freedom. Newly hired profes-
sors do undergo an annual
review by their peers, but the
evaluators may pull their punch-
es. “It’s hard to tell a colleague
that he’s not performing as well
as he should,” Tierney said.
“Someone needs to say, ‘You do
this well, but you need to do
that better.’
Women and minorities tend-
ed to be the worst served by the
system. They’re more likely to
be assigned to less-valued activ-
ities, such as counseling stu-
dents and serving on commit-
tees, and they’re less likely to
find mentors when they need
help, the researchers found.
“The problems our study
uncovered may help to explain
the high attrition rates among
these groups, who remain poor-
ly represented among the
nation’s tenured faculty,”
Bensimon said.
While the tenure system
emphasizes research, tenure-
track faculty members at every
type of institution said they
were pressured to produce
quick results for publication
in journals. They said they
steer clear of research ventures
that might be risky or time
consuming.
“I want tenure,” one assis-
tant professor confided, “and
that makes me averse to taking
risks. I might go down a road
that could lead to a big break-
through in my field. Or it could
lead nowhere. Where would I
be then?”
Administrators at large
research universities often urge
junior faculty to win research
grants if they hope to win
tenure. “Scholars should have
the academic freedom to study
what interests them most,”
Tierney said.
The work of junior faculty
seeking permanent status is
often judged by outside experts
who then advise the tenure
committee, which is composed
of senior faculty from through-
out the university. “We learned
that outside referees are often
asked, on short notice, to evalu-
ate scholars whose work they
know little or nothing about,”
Bensimon said. “In such cases,
justice is not being done to the
faculty member’s work.”
This study is one of the
first comprehensive, scholarly
investigations to bolster the
growing demand for tenure
reform. “We have looked objec-
tively at the system,” Tierney
said, “and found evidence that
it does not work as well as it
could. It doesn’t even work for
those who stand to gain the
most from it – i.e., junior faculty
members en route to tenured
positions.”
“We are not calling for the
abolition of tenure,” Tierney
said. “We do believe the current
system cries out for radical
reform. We need to do more
than just tinker with the system;
we need to overhaul it com-
pletely.”
Tierney is the author of
Building Communities of Dif-
ference: Higher Education in the
21st Century. Bensimon is the
author of Redesigning Collegiate
Leadership: Teams and Teamwork
in Higher Education. Both are
professors of educational
administration and policy. Their
study was supported by grants
from the Lilly Endowment and
TIAA-CREF . ■
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHRONICLE September 23, 1996
dents. We felt it was important
to make those facilities
advanced, so we could bring
state–of–the–art technology
into the classroom and
enhance a facility that was due
for an upgrade in appearance
and appeal as instructional
space.”
In addition to work on
T aper Hall, the university con-
tinued to upgrade student
housing this past summer.
Marks Tower and three build-
ings at Cardinal Gardens apart-
ments received complete
face–lifts, which included data
connectivity, while many other
residence halls and apartment
complexes were upgraded with
data access and new telephone
lines.
The first phase of the T aper
Hall project, completed in
the summer of 1995, upgraded
two auditoriums and 16 class-
rooms, restrooms, hallways and
corridors on the first floor. All of
the areas were outfitted with
new fire suppression systems,
ceilings, lighting, floor finishes
and upgraded tech-
nology.
During the past
summer, three more
auditoriums and 15
additional class-
rooms on the second
floor were renovated
and received the
same upgrades. The
third stage, expect-
ed to be completed
by January, marks
the opening of the
new language and
writing centers on
the third floor.
Karen McCoy,
senior interior
designer in Plan-
ning, Design and
Construction, said
the first, second and
third floors have all
received new furni-
ture, including ergo-
nomic chairs, fresh-
paint, and refurbished light fix-
tures with electronic sensors
that turn on an off automatical-
ly.
The auditoriums were gut-
ted and the old wood fixtures
removed, and retrofitted with
clean and bright fixtures and
comfortable furniture.
“Our biggest complaint was
that the spaces were very dark
and dingy - and not very pro-
gressive,” McCoy said. “We
were trying to brighten the
spaces as much as possible.”
In addition to improving the
aesthetics of Taper Hall, the
university tried to be as “for-
ward-thinking as possible,”
McCoy said, to allow for tech-
nological expansion in each
instructional space. Each room
has a “technology wall,” for
instance, which includes empty
conduits for future additional
cables.
Moreover, the
auditoriums, which
seat 130 to 319 peo-
ple, are furnished
with multi–media
facilities suitable for
large audiences. Each
auditorium features a
VCR and laser disc
player. Connections
are also available to let
instructors project
data from their own computers
onto the large projection screen.
In addition, Taper Hall’s 31
classrooms all have
multi–media capability. All
rooms have Ethernet connec-
tions to USC-net and the
Internet and are outfitted with
retractable projection screens.
Instructors will be able to check
out audio-visual carts with a
VCR, laser disc and a computer
for these rooms.
Three “electronic class-
rooms,” one on each of the first,
second and third floors, will be
equipped with computers for
students as well as large–screen
projection facilities. An instruc-
tor can pop a CD-ROM into a
computer and project it onto
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“The upgrade of the Language
Center not only fosters undergrad-
uate education, but also the
university’s emphasis on interna-
tionalism.” r 1$1&< 9,&.(56
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The university is concentrating its
renovations on the residence halls,
since most parents of freshmen
want their kids to live on campus.
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he large screen. Students will
e able to work on computers at
he desks, which will have
ookups for their own comput-
rs as well.
To reconfigure the Lan-
uage Center and Writing
enter, the third floor was gut-
ed and redesigned, McCoy
aid. The Planning, Design and
onstruction office worked
with architects Lance Bird and
eff Russell of La Canada
Design Group and a small com-
mittee from LAS to tailor the
esign to the instructional
eeds of the Language Center,
ormerly known as the language
b, and the Writing Center,
ickers said.
The Language Center was
edesigned to reflect a major
hift in the way language
taught - from a teacher–
entered classroom to a more
tudent–centered approach, in
which students learn at their
wn pace and working in small
roups, explained Dan Bayer,
irector of the Language
enter.
The new center consists of
hree components, which are
eing consolidated into one
rge area:
• An Information Commons.
The large, open space features
ods of about 60 computer
workstations with Internet
IVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHRONICLE September 23, 1996
E \ &KULVWRSKHU 7 HGHVFKL 7 he promise of gene
therapy includes the
power to deliver help-
ful genes to specific
cells, supplementing defective
genes with good ones.
The challenge of the tech-
nique includes the puzzle of
sending the right genes to the
right spot.
Nori Kasahara, assistant
professor of pathology and bio-
chemistry in the School of
Medicine – and one of the
newest members of the
Institute for Genetic Medicine
– specializes in developing
miniature packages to ferry
genes to their ultimate
destination.
His strategy involves nesting
the genes inside harmless
viruses, or vectors, and then
allowing the viruses to infect
target cells.
“Viruses are ‘machines’ that
have evolved over millions of
years specifically to put their
DNA into a host cell,” said
Kasahara. “So it’s beneficial to
take advantage of their natural
properties.”
Vectors designed to enter
only certain types of cells make
for safer therapies, since they
eliminate the possibility of
genes entering cells that don’t
have the genetic machinery to
regulate them. It could be dan-
gerous, say, to insert a gene that
produces insulin into cells that
do not normally produce the
hormone.
“With targeted vectors, the
cell knows what to do with the
gene,” Kasahara said. “We’d
like to make tools for gene ther-
apy that are more precise, safer,
and that work better.”
Kasahara recently developed
a way to target vectors to specif-
ic cells using a class of viruses
called retroviruses. When cer-
tain molecules are attached to
the outside of a retrovirus, the
retrovirus can only infect cells
that possess receptors matching
those molecules. Such a lock-
and-key system outfitted with a
hormone called erythropoietin,
for example, can enter only
blood cells carrying erythropoi-
etin-specific receptors.
< et retroviruses tend to
enter only human cells
that are dividing,
which means that the
genes that Kasahara delivers
must be targeted to cells in
growing tissues – for instance,
cancer tumor cells.
But gene therapy often aims
at non-dividing cells, like the
lung cells of cystic fibrosis
Viruses as Lean Gene
Delivery Machines
patients.
Some gene thera-
py trials have used
another kind of virus,
called adenovirus, for
gene transfer.
Adenoviruses can
infect almost all cell
types, even if they
aren’t dividing.
3 lus, aden-
oviruses can
be delivered
in higher con-
centrations than
retroviruses, since
they are physically
sturdy and can with-
stand being packed
tightly together.
“The two vectors
are like opposite
sides of the same
coin,” Kasahara said.
He hopes to find a vector with
the desirable qualities of both
sides of that coin – a vector that
will infect only
particular cells, but will enter
cells even if they aren’t actively
dividing.
“There’s no universal vector
right now,” he noted. “Every-
thing has its advantages and dis-
advantages.”
The search for new vectors con-
tinues. Kasahara’s lab
will move to the new Institute
for Genetic Medicine building
this winter, where he will work
with a variety of viral systems
geared to delivering genes to
exactly the right address. ■
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access, similar to those in the
Leavey Library. Previously, the
computer labs were shoved into
classrooms, under–utilized and
under–equipped, McCoy said.
• Six conversation labs.
Decentralized in the past, the
labs are now housed in rooms
with glass walls, giving the
space an open quality but main-
taining privacy. These rooms
provide comfortable areas for
students to practice foreign lan-
guages and plan group projects.
• Lounge areas. One main
lounge room will offer current
foreign–language periodicals
and include a VCR and televi-
sion for viewing videotapes or
satellite feeds of foreign lan-
guage newscasts and other pro-
grams. Two additional lounge
areas will be equipped with
consoles for television sets and
wireless headphones.
The upgrade of the
Language Center not only
fosters undergraduate educa-
tion but also the university’s
emphasis on internationalism,
Vickers said. “It’s a place for
people to work and to relax in
an international atmosphere,
and a space for international
students and American stu-
dents to be together.”
'DQ%D\HU GLU HFWRURI7 DSHU+DOOn VU HGHVLJQHG/DQJXDJH&HQWHU The Writing Center has
been reconfigured to create a
more unified space, expanded
and updated with current tech-
nology. The area, at the south
end of the third floor, will offer
semi–private study carrels for
one–on–one tutoring, the major
service provided by the center.
It also features one “electronic
classroom,” which will be used
largely for classes in the Writing
Program. The center is staffed
by writing program instructors
who tutor students.
Although the Writing Center is
currently used mostly by fresh-
men, more students at higher
levels are expected to use it
when the new General
Education requirements take
effect, said Jennifer Welsh, the
center’s interim director.
“People will be learning
writing skills during other years
(besides their freshman year),
and many departments will be
offering courses linked with
writing,” Welsh said, “so the
Writing Center will become a
more focused resource as writ-
ing becomes more important
across the university.”
The renovations make the
center more professional, Welsh
added, which “gives us a better
relationship with the rest of the
university and is more con-
ducive for work.” ■
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHRONICLE September 23, 1996
Calendar
Beating Life’s Little Trials
Readers of Redbook know the work of Judith
Viorst from her column, which has appeared in
the magazine for over 20 years. The best-sell-
ing author and poet has seven collections of
poems, including It’s Hard to be Hip Over Thirty
and Other Tragedies of Married Life. Her novel
Necessary Losses was on the New York Times
Bestseller List for over a year. She is also the
author of nine books for children, including Try
it Again, Sam and Alexander and the Terrible,
Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Viorst reflects
on the creative process and the role of creative
writing in contemporary society on T uesday,
Sept. 24, at 7 p.m., in the Annenberg
Auditorium. Tickets, available from the USC
Ticket Office at 740-7111, are $10 to the gener-
al public, $5 to USC faculty and staff, and free
to students with ID (from Rm. 100 in the
Gwynn Wilson Student Union Building). For
more information, call 740-2167.
Autumn Leaves
Noted biographer Noël Riley Fitch is among the liter-
ary glitterati assembling at Town and Gown for this
year’s Fall Festival of Writers. The author of Anaïs: The
Erotic Life of Anaïs Nin and
Sylvia Beach and the Lost
Generation, gets together
with fellow wordsmiths of
the USC Master of
Professional Writing
Program to celebrate the
event’s 15th year. The
evening reception features
readings by poet James
Ragan (The Hunger Wall),
screenwriters Frank Tarloff
(Father Goose) and Sy
Gomberg (When Willie
Comes Marching Home),
playwright Jerome
Lawrence (Inherit the Wind),
author/humorist Shelley
Berman (Up in the Air) and
authors Aram Saroyan (The
Romantic), Shirley Thomas
(Men of Space) and S.L.
Stebel (The Boss’s Wife).
Larry Heinemann, whose second novel, Paco’s Story,
won the 1987 National Book Award for Fiction as well
as Chicago’s Carl Sandburg Prize, will read from his
new novel, Cooler by the Lake. The free event, which
includes a book signing, is Wednesday, Sept. 25, from
6:30 to 10 p.m. For more information, call 740-3252.
Music at Noon
Well, 12:10 p.m. actually. Musicians from the School of
Music tune up for a new series of popular lunchtime
programs at the United University Church, 817 W.
34th St. The series begins with works by the English
composer and lutenist John Dowland, performed by
renaissance lutenist James Lidgett, and works by
Bach, performed by violinist Linda Wang. The pro-
gram also features a young cellist from the studio of
Eleanore S. Schoenfeld. Lunch is provided for those
attending the first of this year’s weekly free Music at
Noon performances on Wednesday, Sept. 25, from
12:10 to 12:50 p.m.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Monday, Sept. 23: Hillel Food Drive.
Last day to drop off non-perishable
canned foods for SOVA, Los
Angeles’ Jewish Food Pantry. Hillel
Jewish Center, 3300 S. Hoover St.
(747-9135)
Monday, Sept. 23, 12:15: Center for
Inernational Business Education and
Research. “Thailand: A Partner in
Progress,” a speech by Nitya
Pibulsonggram, Thailand’s ambassador
to the United States. Hancock
Auditorium. Free. (740-6893)
Monday, Sept. 23, 6 p.m.: Artists’
Receptions. “T ales from Afar: An
Exhibition Documenting the T ravels
of the 1995 Architectural Guild
T raveling Fellows” opens at the
Helen Lindhurst Architecture Gallery ,
Watt Hall, 2nd floor. Free. (740-2097)
Sunday, Sept. 29, 2 - 5 p.m.: “V essels –
Ellen Green Slatkin’s Reflections of
Inner Journeys.” USC Hillel Gallery ,
3300 S. Hoover Blvd. Free. (747-9135)
Tuesday, Sept. 24, 7 p.m.: USC
Spectrum Presents. Author Judith
Viorst speaks about her work.
Admission: $10, $5 (USC faculty and
staff), free to students with ID (from
Gwynn Wilson Student Union
Bldg., Rm. 100). (740-7111)
Wednesday, Sept. 25, 6:30 - 10 p.m.:
15th Annual Fall Festival of Writers.
Members of the USC Master of
Professional Writing Program read
their works. Participants are James
Ragan, Frank Tarloff, Sy Gomberg,
Jerome Lawrence, Larry
Heinemann, Shelley Berman, Noël
Riley Fitch, Aram Saroyan, Shirley
Thomas, S.L. Stebel. Town and
Gown. Refreshments served. Free.
(740-3252)
Saturday, Sept. 28, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.:
Used Book Sale. Proceeds benefit the
Literacy Center. Los Angeles Public
Library. Mary Mcleod Bethune
Branch, 3665 S. V ermont Ave. (732-
0169)
LECTURES & SEMINARS
Monday, Sept. 23, noon: Population
Research Seminar. Kofi D. Benefo
(Brown University) presents
“Cultural Hybridization and
Changes in West African Family
Structure and Fertility.” Population
Research Laboratory, Rm. 387,
Research Annex, 3716 S. Hope St.
Free. Lunch provided. (743-2950)
Tuesday, Sept. 24, noon: Cancer
Center Grand Rounds. Jeffrey Weber
(medicine) speaks on “Immune
Responses to T umor Antigens in
Melanoma Patients.” Norris
Comprehensive Cancer Center,
Tower 7th floor Conference Center,
Rm. 7410, Health Sciences Campus.
Free. (764-0800)
Tuesday, Sept. 24, 12:15 p.m.:
Psychiatry Speakers’ Forum.
Barton Blinder (psychiatry) discusses
“Eating Disorders.” Clinical presenta-
tion by Deborah Malters (child psychi-
atry). Marcia Kraft Goin (Adult
Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic), modera-
tor. Hastings Auditorium, Hoffman
Medical Research Center, 2011 Zonal
Ave. Free. (342-3711)
Tuesday, Sept. 24, 3 p.m.: Department
of Electrical Engineering Controls
Group Seminar. Ettore Panizza
oël Riley Fitch is among the authors featured in the 15th Annual Fall Festival of
Writers, Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 6:30 to 10 p.m., in Town and Gown.
IVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHRONICLE September 23, 1996
University of Milan) speaks on
Vehicle Control Systems and
onnectivity (The Point of View of
e Car Manufacturer).” Seaver
cience Center, Auditorium. Free.
40-4451)
uesday, Sept. 24, 5:30 p.m.: 0D[
D GH ,QVWLWXWH 6HPLQDU Swiss
riter-in-Residence Jörg Steiner
esents “Writing, Reading and
iving, a Swiss Author in a Bilingual
ity,” in German. Max Kade
stitute, 2714 S. Hoover St. Free.
43-2707; 310-985-4318)
ednesday, Sept. 25, 4 p.m.:
RQRPLF 'HYHORSPHQW 6HPLQDU zsef Moczar (Budapest University
Economic Sciences) discusses
Hungary in Transition.” Kaprielian
all, Rm. 319. Free. (740-8335)
ednesday, Sept. 25, 4 p.m.:
H XU RVFLHQFH 6HPLQDU Alex Reyes
Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg)
esents “Summation of Unitary
ynaptic Potentials in Layer V
yramidal Cells.” Hedco
euroscience Auditorium.
eception follows. Free. (740-9176)
hursday, Sept. 26, noon: 86& /LYHU VHDVH 5HVHDU FK 6HPLQDU Michael
allcup(pathology/biochemistry
nd molecular biology) presents
A Novel Co-Activator Protein
hat Assists Steroid Hormone
eceptors in Activation of Gene
ranscription.” Ambulatory Health
enter (Old Doheny Building),
uditorium, Rm. 102, 1355 San
ablo St. Free. (342-5576)
hursday, Sept. 26, 6 p.m.:
WHU QDWLRQDO 5HODWLRQV 'LVFXVVLRQ Security and Defense Issues in the
esidential Elections.” Speakers:
arry Caldwell (Occidental College),
ffrey W. Knopf (international rela-
ons) and Stephen T oulmin (multi-
hnic and transnational studies).
ancock Auditorium. Free. (740-7794)
riday, Sept. 27, 10 a.m.: 2EVWHWULFV Q G *\QHFRORJ\ *UDQG 5RXQGV hn Klutke (urogynecology) dis-
usses “Methods to Diagnose and
reat Urinary Incontinence in
omen.” LAC+USC Medical
enter, Women’s and Children’s
ospital, first-floor auditorium, Rm.
L-7, 1240 N. Mission Road. Free.
(226-6931)
Friday, Sept. 27, 11 a.m.:
+HPDWRORJ\ &RQIHU HQFH Mark J.
Fisher (neurology) presents “New
Approaches to Stroke Prevention.”
General Hospital, 1200 N. State St.,
Rm. 7441, LAC+USC Medical
Center. Free. (764-3913)
Friday, Sept. 27, noon: ([HU FLVH 6FLHQFH 6HPLQDU “The Role of the
Glutathione System in Acute Stress
and Aging” by Julie Andersen
(gerontology). Physical Education
Bldg., Rm. 107. Free. (740-2492)
Friday, Sept. 27, 1 p.m.: : 9 7 5XVFK (QJLQHHULQJ +RQRUV &ROORTXLXP “Interviewing Skills” by Gerald
Houser (Student Affairs). Grace
Ford Salvatori Hall, Rm. 106. Free.
(740-4710)
Friday, Sept. 27, 4 p.m.: 3KLORVRSK\ &ROORTXLXP Frank Arntzenius (phi-
losophy) presents “Suicidal Time-
Traveling Pool Players.” Mudd Hall
of Philosophy, Rm. 102. Reception
follows. Free. (740-4084)
:25.6+236
Tuesday, Sept. 24, noon: 7 XHVGD\V DW )LVKHU “Working on Paper: Pastels,
Part II,” an adult hands-on work-
shop. Bring lunch; dessert and bev-
erage provided. Fisher Gallery.
Reservations required. Free. (740-
4561)
Thursday, Sept. 26, noon - 1 p.m.:
6WDI I 'HYHORSPHQW : RUNVKRS “Weight Watchers at Work” with
Darlene Scalzo (Weight Watchers).
Von KleinSmid Center, Rm. 101.
Admission: $120 per 10-week
session (ongoing). (740-0126)
086,&
Wednesday, Sept. 25, 12:10 p.m.: 0XVLF DW 1RRQ Musicians from the School
of Music perform. United University
Church, 817 W. 34th St. Lunch pro-
vided. Free. (740-7111)
Wednesday, Sept. 25, 8 p.m.: 86&
6\PSKRQLF :LQGV Douglas Lowry,
conductor; Antoinette Perry, pianist.
Works by John Adams, Marc
Carlson, Grainger, Stokes, Spike
Jones and Charles Ives. Free. (740-
7111)
Thursday, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m.: 6& -D]] DW *U RXQG =HU R USC jazz
combos and musicians from the Jazz
Studies Program perform. Free.
(740-3119)
Friday, Sept. 27, 8 p.m.: 86&
6\PSKRQ\ Gisele Ben-Dor, guest
conductor, Hiroko Kunitake, pianist.
Adams: Chairman Dances;
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.
2; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4.
Bovard Auditorium. Admission: $5,
$2. (740-7111)
Monday, Sept. 30, 8 p.m.: 86& )DFXOW\ 5HFLWDO Patricia Cloud, flute soloist.
Hancock Auditorium. Admission:
$5, $2. (740-7111)
),/0
Friday, Sept. 27, 7, 9:45 p.m. and mid-
night: '.$ 0RYLH William H. Macy
and Frances McDormand star in
Fargo, directed by Joel Coen. Norris
Cinema Theatre. Admission: $3.
(740-1945)
Daily through Oct. 17: ,0$; 7KHDWHU The Living Sea, 10 a.m., noon, 2, and
6 p.m.; Special Effects, 11 a.m., 3, 5, 7
and 9 p.m.; Antarctica, 1, 4 and 8
p.m. California Museum of Science
and Industry, 700 State Drive,
Exposition Park. Admission: $6.25,
$5, $4.25, $4 ($3 Monday and
T uesday with USC student or facul-
ty/staff ID). (744-2014; for groups
and advance bookings, 744-2016)
86& 5$',2
Saturday, Sept. 28, 6:30 a.m.: 5DEELW (DUV 5DGLR “Tom Thumb,” told by
John Cleese; music by Elvis
Costello. 4 p.m.: : RUOGZLGH -D]] Gene Parrish introduces the 17-
piece Stockholm Jazz Orchestra,
with special guest conductor and
tenor saxophone soloist Bob
Mintzer. 8 p.m.: 7KLVWOH DQG 6KDPU RFN “Old and New.” Fiona
Ritchie features multi-instrumental-
ist Marryn Bennett. Sunday, Sept. 29,
noon: 7KH )LUVW $UW Gene Parrish
presents “The Day of Judgment,”
vocal music from Chicago’s Music of
the Baroque, in excerpts from
T elemann’s Der Tag des Gerichts
oratorio. 7 p.m.: /RV $QJHOHV &KDPEHU 2U FKHVWUD Placido
Domingo, conductor; Ralph
Morrison, violin; Douglas Davis,
cello; Allan Vogel, oboe; Kenneth
Monday, bassoon. Mozart: The
Marriage of Figaro, Overture; Haydn:
Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat, Op.
84; Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C for
Strings, Op. 48; Mozart: Symphony
No. 35 in D, K385 Haffner. KUSC,
91.5 FM. (743-2165)
6325 76
Thursday, Saturday, Sept. 26, 28, 7
p.m.: : RPHQn V 9 ROOH\EDOO USC vs.
Hawaii and UCLA,
respectively. North
Gym. Admission: $5,
$3. (740-GOSC)
Friday, Sept. 27,
12:30 p.m.: : RPHQn V 6RFFHU USC vs. San
Jose State
University. Howard
Jones Field. Free.
(740-GOSC)
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+HOHQ /LQGKXUVW $U FKLWHFWXU H *DOOHU\ “T ales From Afar: An
Exhibition Documenting the T ravels
of the 1995 Architectural Guild
T raveling Fellows.” Runs through
Friday, Oct. 4. Hours: 10 a.m. to 6
p.m., Monday through Friday; noon to
5 p.m., Saturday. Watt Hall, 2nd floor.
Free. (740-2097)
+HOHQ 7 RSSLQJ $U FKLWHFWXU H DQG )LQH $UWV /LEUDU\ “BLITZ,” a multi-
media installation by artist Paul
Tzanetopoulos, questions the nature
of information and the role of the
library in the age of information.
Runs through Dec. 6. Hours: 10 a.m
- 6 p.m., Monday through Friday; 1 -
8 p.m., Sunday. Free. (740-1956)
86& +LOOHO “Vessels – Ellen Green
Slatkin’s Reflections of Inner
Journeys.” Paintings and ceramics
representing the flow of life. Slatkin
uses fingers, hands and traditional
tools to apply paint, washes and
glazes. Runs through Oct. 14.
Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
Friday. USC Hillel Gallery, 3300 S.
Hoover Blvd. Free. (747-9135)
)LVKHU *DOOHU\ “Christopher Brown:
Works on Paper,” the first compre-
hensive survey of West Coast artist
Christopher Brown’s prints and pas-
tels. Features the artist’s large (48 in.
x 42 in.) pastels and etchings of
birds. Brown’s work explores memo-
ry and its effect on recorded history.
Max Schulz, curator. Runs through
Nov. 2. Hours: noon to 5 p.m.,
T uesday through Friday; 11 a.m. to
3 p.m., Saturday. Free. (740-4561)
1DWXUDO +LVWRU\ 0XVHXP “In the
Dark,” a 4,000-square-foot interac-
tive exhibit, explores the ways in
which animals, plants and people
have adapted to the world’s darkest
environments. Runs through Sept.
22. “The Flintstones Din-o-scov-
ery,” fun facts for kids in the
Dinosaur Hall. Runs through 1996.
900 Exposition Blvd., Exposition
Park. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
T uesday through Sunday.
Admission: $6, $3.50, $2. (Free the
first T uesday of each month and for
children under 5.) (744-DINO)
0XVHXP RI 6FLHQFH DQG ,QGXVWU\ “A
Clementine Collection” features a
model of the Clementine satellite
and images of the Earth, moon, sun,
and planets recorded during its lunar
orbits (Aerospace Hall). Also
“Creative Computers,” computer
graphics and audio demonstrations
at 10:30, 11:30 a.m. and 1:30, 2:30
p.m., daily. 700 State Drive,
Exposition Park. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5
p.m., Monday through Sunday. Free.
(744-7400)
&DOLIRU QLD $IU R$PHULFDQ 0XVHXP “Selected Pieces from the Permanent
Art Collection” features late 19th cen-
tury landscapes, contemporary assem-
blages, paintings, prints and sculptures
with an emphasis on the 1960s, wood
sculptures from Zaire, fine and docu-
mentary photographs and decorative
arts. Runs indefinitely. 600 State
Drive, Exposition Park. Hours: 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m., T uesday through Sunday.
Free. (744-7432) ■
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Richard Ide, vice provost for undergraduate studies, and Danielle Mihram,
newly appointed director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching in the
Leavey Library.
Clinical T rial on
Oral Insulin Begins
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esearchers at the
School of Medicine
recently announced
the beginning of a clin-
al trial to determine whether
ral doses of insulin can prevent
T ype 1 diabetes in individuals at
sk of developing the disease.
Two study centers are being
un by USC faculty: one at
AC+USC Medical Center and
nother at Childrens Hospital
os Angeles.
Since Type 1, or insulin-
ependent, diabetes tends to
un in families, many individu-
s with parents, brothers or sis-
ters with the disease are at
increased risk of developing it
themselves. The new trial will
evaluate the ability of orally
administered insulin to delay
the onset of T ype 1 diabetes, or
to prevent it altogether.
Insulin is typically taken by
injection to provide adequate
levels of the hormone to T ype 1
diabetes patients, whose bodies
have stopped or drastically
reduced its production.
But the current trial uses
insulin in pill form for people
who have not been diagnosed
with the condition.
“The crystalline insulin in
the capsules is absorbed direct-
ly into the lymphatic system,”
said Adina Zeidler, professor of
medicine. “From there, we hope
it will act as an immunomodula-
tor that will stop the body’s
immune system from destroy-
ing insulin-producing cells.”
Zeidler is the principal
investigator for the study at
LAC+USC. Francine Kaufman,
associate professor of pediatrics
at the School of Medicine, is the
principal investigator for a sec-
ond trial center at CHLA.
“Approximately one in
every 600 children has
diabetes,” Kaufman said.
“Through this trial we hope to
determine whether an insulin
capsule – or perhaps low doses
of injected insulin – may
prevent or delay diabetes.”
Both researchers are now
recruiting subjects to take part
in the trial. Zeidler’s center
focuses on minority communi-
ties in the Los Angeles area,
while Kaufman’s program seeks
children for the study.
The scientists stress that the
trial is for individuals who are at
risk of developing insulin-
dependent diabetes, and not for
patients who are already under-
going treatment for the disease.
Participants must be
between the ages of 3 and 45
and first-degree relatives of peo-
ple with insulin-dependent dia-
betes. Second-degree relatives,
including cousins, nieces and
nephews, aunts and uncles,
should be between 3 and 20.
The program offers free dia-
betes screening to potential
study subjects. Those at moder-
ate risk of developing the dis-
ease – determined by a test that
screens for antibodies against
insulin-producing cells – will be
able to enroll in the four-year
study. Subjects will receive rou-
tine examinations and diabetes
screenings every six months.
T en research centers are par-
ticipating in the study nation-
wide. The two USC centers are
the only study sites in Southern
California.
A different form of the
disease called Type 2, or non-
insulin-dependent diabetes,
usually occurs in adults over age
40 when the body loses the abil-
ity to use the insulin it produces.
The project is funded by the
National Institute of Diabetes
and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases in cooperation with
the National Institute of Child
Health and Human Develop-
ment, the National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
the National Center for
Research Resources, the
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
International and the American
Diabetes Association. ■
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IVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHRONICLE September 23, 1996
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The following are newly listed positions at the university and previously listed jobs that had not yet been filled as of September 23, 1996.
HZ-REV83&
IS Director (Systems Administrator)
(Decentralized) (JC165707) - Req. 04150 -
EC2 Annenberg Center for
Communication -- (Grade L)
evelopment Officer III (Director, Corporate
& Foundation Relations) (JC129325) -
Req. 04386 - Engineering Development -
- (Grade K) Internal Candidate Identified
evelopment Officer III (JC129325) - Req.
04101 - University Advancement/Regional
Development -- (Grade K)
ublic Communications Specialist (Media
Representative) (JC129119) - Req. 04456
- USC Public Relations -- (Grade K)
omputer Consultant Specialist (Applications
Consultant - End-user Support)
(JC165423) - Req. 04531 -
SBA/Information Resources -- (Grade J)
nior Manager/Auxiliary Services (JC143023)
- Req. 04113 - Hospitality/Commons --
(Grade J)
omputer Services Consultant II (60%)
(JC165411) - Req. 04354 - LAS/College
Computer Center -- (Grade I)
ecial Events Program Coordinator
(JC129315) - Req. 04328 - Center for
International Studies/Pacific Council --
rade I) Internal Candidate Identified
udent Programs Advisor II (JC137615) -
Req. 04566 - Academic Records &
Registrar -- (Grade I)
dmissions Counselor (Assistant Director)
(JC137307) - Req. 04315 - Undergraduate
Admissions -- (Grade H)
udent Programs Advisor I (T utorial
Coordinator) (JC137611) - Req. 04418 -
Academic Achievement Program --
(Grade H)
udent Services Advisor I (50%) (JC137519)
- Req. 04344 - LAS/Art History -- (Grade
H)
sistant Manager/Auxiliary Services
(JC143015) - Req. 04115 & 04126 -
Hospitality -- (Grade G)
dministrative Assistant (JC111019) - Req.
04530 - SBA/Ooperations, Information
Resources (Grade G)
ustomer Service Representative (JC143017)
- Req. 04144 - Bookstore/Catalog (Grade
F) (Internal Candidate Identified)
opy Machine Operator II (JC151011) - Req.
04143 - Bookstore/Pulse (Grade E)
aterial Handler II (JC155011) - Req. 04142 -
Bookstore/Edutech (Grade E) (Internal
Candidate Identified)
yroll Processor I (JC113207) - Req. 04503 -
University Payroll (Grade D)
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hysician (JC199307) - Req. 04208 - Student
Health & Counseling Services (Grade
95)
Accounting/Financial Director (Deputy
Director of Administration) (JC113435) -
Req. 04036 - Engineering/ISI (Grade M)
Computer/Electronics Engineer, Sr.
(JC167315) - Req. 31780 & 31792 -
Engineering/ISI (Grade M)
Computer/Electronics Engineer, Senior
(JC167315) - Req. 31531 -
Engineering/ISI (Grade M)
Computer Scientist (JC167207) - Req. 31534A
- Engineering/ISI (Grade M) Note: posi-
tion is located in the Wash. D.C. area.
Development Director-Managerial (JC129327)
- Req. 04010 - EE-Systems/IMSC (Grade
M)
Senior Administrative Director (Assistant
Dean Human Resources and Planning)
(JC111051) - Req. 04490 - Dentistry
(Grade M) (USC Employees Only)
Computer Services Engineer Consultant
(JC165931) - Req. 04041 -
Engineering/ISI (Grade L) Internal
Candidate Identified
MIS Director (Decentralized) (JC165707) -
Req. 04040 - Engineering/ISI (Grade L)
Program Director (JC133019) - Req. 04188 -
Center for International Studies (Grade
L)
Program Director (JC133019) - Req. 32291 -
USC Radio (Grade L)
Program Director (JC133019) - Req. 04347 -
LAS/Wrigley Institute (Grade L)
Project Director (JC135019) - Req. 04051 -
WESRAC/NASA Far West Regional T ech
T ransfer Center (Grade L)
Senior Clinical Administrator (Assoc. Director
for Administration) (JC111095) - Req.
04210 - Student Health Center (Grade L)
Systems Programmer IV (JC165319) - Req.
30264A, 31289A & 31532A -
Engineering/ISI (Grade L) Note:
Positions are Located In The W ash. D.C.
Area.
Systems Programmer IV (JC165319) - Req.
30869 - UCS/UNIX Systems (Grade L)
Arts Laboratory Manager (T elevision
Production Facilities Manager)
(JC169019) - Req. 32226 - Cinema-TV
(Grade K)
Career Center Manager (60%) (JC137711) -
Req. 04430 - Career Resources Center
(Grade K) Internal Candidate Identified
Development Officer III (Director of Major
Gifts) ( JC129325) - Req. 04455 -
Engineering Development (Grade K)
Development Officer III (JC129325) - Req.
04341 - LAS/Development Office
(Grade K)
Development Officer III (JC129325) - Req.
31310 - University Advancement/Annual
Fund (Grade K)
Development Officer III (Director of
Foundation Relations) (JC129325) - Req.
31800 - University Advancement/
Development (Grade K)
Development Officer III (Director of
Development) (JC129325) - Req. 31307 -
University Advancement/Development
(Grade K)
Industrial Design Engineer (JC177119) - Req.
31791 - Engineering/ISI (Grade K)
Program Manager (JC133015) - Req. 26328 -
Annenberg School (Grade K)
Program Manager (Director, Delinquency
Control Institute) (JC133015) - Req.
04196 - School of Public Administration
(Grade K)
Program Manager (JC133015) - Req. 32333 -
SBA/Career Resource Center (Grade K)
Program Manager (Associate Director,
Residential Services, Housing &
Residence Halls) (JC133015) - Req. 31460
- Auxiliary Services/Housing (Grade K)
Program Manager (JC133015) - Req. 30251 -
LAS/Earth Sciences (Grade K)
Programmer Analyst IV (JC165223) - Req.
04061 & 04069 - AIS (Grade K)
Project Manager (JC135015) - Req. 04005 &
04007 - Facilities Management (Grade K)
Project Manager (JC135015) - Req. 04052 -
WESRAC (Grade K) Internal
Candidate Identified
Student Services Manager (JC137527) - Req.
04316 - Admissions & Financial Aid
(Grade K)
Systems Analyst II (60%) (JC165815) - Req.
04281 - Academic Records & Registrar
(Grade K)
Systems Programmer III (JC165315) - Req.
04037 - Engineering/ISI (Grade K)
Radio Program Host, USC Radio (JC193023) -
Req. 31832 - USC Radio (Grade K)
Systems Analyst II (JC165815) - Req. 31325A
- UCS Micro-Computing System Support
(Grade K)
Systems Programmer III (JC165315) - Req.
31535A & 31778 - Engineering/ISI (Grade
K) Note: position is located in the
Washington D.C. area.
VLSI Design Engineer, Senior (JC167403) -
Req. 30267A - Engineering/ISI (Grade K)
Auditor II (JC113711) - Req. 04502 - Internal
Audit (Grade J)
Computer Consultant Specialist (JC165423) -
Req. 31978 - LAS/Administration (Grade
J)
Computer Consultant Specialist (Computer
Consultant-Webmaster) (JC165423) - Req.
31561A - SBA/Information (Grade J)
Consulting Programmer II (JC165511) - Req.
30269A - Engineering/ISI (Grade J)
Note: position is located in the W ash.
D.C. area.
Electronics Hardware Engineer (JC167311) -
Req. 31790 - Engineering/ISI (Grade J)
Programmer Analyst III (JC165219) - Req.
31036A - AIS/Software Systems (Grade J)
Programmer Analyst III (JC165219) - Req.
31850 & 31851 - University Libraries
(Grade J)
Senior Editor (Associate Editor) (JC129023) -
Req. 04205 - USC News Service (Grade
J)
VLSI Design Lab Engineer (JC167163) -
Req. 30998 - Engineering/ISI (Grade J)
Accountant I (JC113419) - Req. 04212 - Public
Safety (Grade I)
Career Services Advisor (JC137707) - Req.
32007 - SBA/MBA Career Services -
(Grade I)
Computer Services Consultant II (JC165411)
- Req. 30861A & 30868A - UCS/User
Services (Grade I)
Data Network Engineer IV (JC167119) - Req.
30256 - Engineering/ISI (Grade I)
Data Network Engineer IV (JC167119) - Req.
04078 - UCS Data Networking (Grade
I)
Editor/Writer II (JC129015) - Req. 04219 -
USC Radio (Grade I)
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University Advancement/Development
Communications (Grade I)
Manager, Auxiliary Services (JC143019) - Req.
32188 - Dining Services/Seaver (Grade I)
Manager, Auxiliary Services (JC143019) - Req.
31471A - Housing (Grade I)
Manager, Auxiliary Services (JC143019) - Req.
31584 - Purchasing/Auxiliary Services
(Grade I)
Manager, Auxiliary Services (Residential
Chef) (JC143019) - Req. 31476A -
Hospitality Services (Grade I)
Manager, Auxiliary Services (JC143019) - Req.
04110 - Hospitality/Commons/Grill
(Grade I)
Program Specialist (Education Program
Specialist) (JC133011) - Req 04382 -
Asian Pacific Institute (Grade I)
Program Specialist (60%) (JC133011) - Req.
31458A - LAS/Joint Educational Project
(Grade I)
Program Specialist (Opera Manager)
(JC133011) - Req 04156 - Music (Grade I)
Note: Position for Nine months only
Program Specialist (JC133011) - Req. 04020 -
SBA/MBA Career Services (Grade I)
Program Specialist (Associate Director)
(JC133011) - Req. 04432 - SBA/MBA
Executive Program (Grade I)
Contracts & Grants Administrator I
(JC121011) - Req. 04108 - Contracts &
Grants (Grade H)
Curator (JC141019) - Req. 04443 - Cinema
TV (Grade H) (Internal Candidate
Identified)
Degree Progress Counselor (JC137119) - Req.
04280, 04393 & 04395 - Academic
Records & Registrar (Grade H)
Development Officer I (JC129319) - Req.
04425 - SBA/Office of External Affairs
(Grade H)
Editor Writer I (Communications Coordinator)
(JC129011) - Req. 04431 -
SBA/Entrepreneur Program (Grade H)
Graphic Designer (JC171315) - Req. 32335 -
SBA/Support Services (Grade H)
T ravel Service Supervisor (Student Sales
Manager) (JC127015) - Req. 04415 - USC
T ravel Service (Grade H)
T ravel Service Supervisor (Corporate Sales
Manager) (JC127015) - Req. 04416 - USC
T ravel Service (Grade H)
Payroll Specialist (JC113217) - Req. 04065 -
Payroll Services (Grade H)
Safety T echnician II (JC119011) - Req. 04162
- Safety & Risk Management (Grade H)
Production Assistant (JC193107) - Req. 31833
- USC Radio (Grade G)
Word Processor III (50%) (JC1113115) - Req.
04177 - Engineering/EE Systems (Grade
G)
Administrative Assistant (JC111019) - Req.
31434 & 31915 - EE-Systems/IMSC
(Grade G)
Administrative Assistant (JC111019) - Req.
04383 - Engineering/Dean's Office
(Grade G)
Administrative Assistant (JC111019) - Req.
31513A - Gerontology (Grade G)
Administrative Assistant (JC111019) - Req.
04349 - LAS/Physics & Astronomy
(Grade G)
Administrative Assistant (JC111019) - Req.
04401 - Patent & Copyright (Grade G)
Administrative Assistant (JC111019) - Req.
31955 - Small Business Development
(Grade G)
Administrative Assistant (JC111019) - Req.
04253 - Social Work (Grade G)
Program Assistant (50%) (JC133007) - Req.
04420 - Fisher Gallery (Grade G)
Program Assistant (JC133007) - Req. 04335 -
Language Academy (Grade G)
Program Assistant (80%) (JC133007) - Req.
32050 - Gerontology (Grade G)
Program Assistant (JC133007) - Req. 04324 -
LAS/Center for International Studies
(Grade G) (Internal Candidate)
Administrative Budget Assistant (JC111021)
Req. 04175 - Engineering/EE Systems
(Grade G)
HD Payroll/Personnel T echnician (JC113311)
- Req. 31544 - Admissions & Financial
Aid (Grade G)
Buyer I (JC157015) - Req. 31488A -
FSS/Purchasing Services (Grade G)
Assistant Manager, Auxiliary Services
(JC143015) - Req. 31585 -
Bookstore/Edutech (Grade G)
PC Engineer I (JC167007) - Req. 31466A &
31467 - Bookstore/PC Service (Grade F)
Secretary II (JC111015) - Req. 04100 -
International Development (Grade F)
Secretary II (JC111015) - Req. 04018 -
SBA/Finance & Business Economics
(Grade F)
Secretary II (JC111015) - Req. 31977 -
SBA/Information & Operations
Management (Grade F)
Inventory Coordinator (JC155027) - Req.
04491 - Dentistry (Grade E)
Computer Operator I (JC165007) - Req. 04501
- AIS/Computer Operations (Grade D)
Office Assistant I (JC111111) - Req. 04444 -
Cinema TV (Grade D)
Office Assistant I (JC111111) - Req. 04342 -
LAS/School of Religion (Grade D)
(Internal Candidate Identified)
Cashier II (JC113011) - Req. 31557A - Ticket
Office (Grade D)
Research Laboratory T echnician I (JC185011)
- Req. 04185 - LAS/Space Sciences
Center (Grade D)
Assistant Child Care T eacher (JC159007) -
Req. 31982 - LAS/Early Childhood
(Grade D)
Sales Associate I (JC143011) - Req. 29889 -
Bookstore (Grade D)
Arts Laboratory T echnician I (JC169007) -
Req. 31947 - Fisher Gallery (Grade D)
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Nursing Supervisor (JC 187639) - Req. 2434,
2435 - USCP General Adm. - (Grade HH)
Medical Secretary (JC 111083) - Req. 03225 -
USCP Surgery - (Grade HD)
Clinic Assistant (90%)(JC 187603) - Req.
03222 - USCP Surgery - (Grade HC)
Projcet Assistant (JC 135007) - Req. 04025 -
Cancer Center - (Grade G)
Research Lab T ech II (50-100%)(JC 185015) -
Req. 03193 - Cancer Center - (Grade F)
Animal Lab T ech I (JC 185707) - Req. 03187 -
Vivaria - (Grade D)
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MIS Director (JC 165707) - Req. 03245 -
USCP Surgery - (Grade L)
Development Officer III (JC 129325) - Req.
03227 - SOM Development - (Grade K)
Laboratory Manager (JC 185119) - Req. 2415 -
Pediatrics/CMC-HMRC - (Grade K)
Laboratory Manager (60%)(JC 185119) - Req.
03134 - Preventive Medicine - (Grade K)
PC System Analyst (JC 165807) - Req. 2446 -
USCP Surgery - (Grade I)
Program Specialist (JC 133011) - Req. 0842 -
IPR - (Grade I)
Project Specialist (JC 135011) - Req. 0833 -
IPR - (Grade I)
Project Specialist (JC 135011) - Req. 1259,
2053, 2058, 1260 - Preventive Medicine -
(Grade I)
Statistician I (50%)(JC 185507) - Req. 0841 -
IPR - (Grade I)
Statistician I (JC 185507) - Req. 2052 -
Preventive Medicine - (Grade I)
Administrative Serv . Coord.(JC 111027) - Req.
0581 - Medicine/Cardiology - (Grade H)
Administrative Serv . Coord.(JC 111027) - Req.
2442 - USCP Surgery - (Grade H)
Computer Srvcs Conslt.I (JC 165407) Req.
1541 - Preventive Medicine - (Grade H)
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- USCP Surgery - (Grade H)
Graphic Designer (JC 171315) - Req. 2913 -
Peds/Instructional Imag. Center - (Grade
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHRONICLE September 23, 1996
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esearchers are devel-
oping an intriguingly
simple new way to
generate extremely
hort bursts of coherent radio
nd infrared light for possible
se as a scientific in-
trument – and other purposes.
The device, invented by
Thomas C. Katsouleas of the
chool of Engineering and
hree collaborators, consists of
othing more than a narrow
centimeter-or-so wide) corridor
ned on both sides with a series
f metal plates (capacitors) that
an be given an electronic
harge, set in a gas-filled tube.
commercial laser aimed down
he corridor between the plates
ompletes the apparatus.
The plates are charged in
uch a way that opposite
harges face each other directly
cross the corridor, pluses
ways facing minuses, in the
ollowing pattern:
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<><><><><><> The device is simple, but
he physics that makes it work
not.
When the plates are ener-
ized, a “static wave” consisting
f as many crests and troughs as
here are pairs of plates is
ormed in the gas. Katsouleas
nd his collaborators have been
sing thousands of volts to
harge the device.
When the laser is fired, it
reates a “piston” in the form of
n ionization front, a boundary
etween room–temperature gas
molecules and molecules ion-
zed by the laser pulse. This
iston travels down the runway
t a speed close to that of light,
ushing the static wave before
it and squeezing the static
wave’s crests and troughs
together like an accordion as it
pushes.
(By relativity theory, objects
– and for relativity, the static
wave counts as an object – com-
press in the direction of motion
when accelerated to near–light
speeds in what is known as the
Lorentz transformation, after
the Dutch physicist Hendrik
Antoon Lorentz who first
described it .)
The relativistic effect trans-
forms the standing wave into a
burst of light (or actu-
ally, a brief radio
transmission), consist-
ing of precisely as
many waves as the
original static pattern.
The wavelength of
the transmission
depends on the pres-
sure and (to a lesser
extent) the composi-
tion of the gas in the
tube. “The output is
an analog of what you
start with,” Katsouleas noted in
an early report in Science on the
invention, “but scrunched up.”
An opaque piece of mica at
the end of the tube blocks the
laser light. The radio or infrared
pulse goes through it, moving in
the same direction.
By varying the pressure and
composition of the gas, along
with the width of the corridor,
quite precise control of the
wavelength of the resulting
radio burst can be achieved over
an extremely broad band of
wavelengths: the device can
produce pulses in wavelengths
ranging from 10 microns (in the
far infrared) up
through 10–centime-
ter radio waves.
Because the pack-
ets consist of so few
waves, the duration
of each pulse is
extremely brief –
picoseconds (one bil-
lionth of a second).
By using only a single
pair of plates, pulses
of femtosecond (tril-
lionth of a second)
duration can in prin-
ciple be obtained.
And though the
wave front is far less
powerful than the
laser pulse that trig-
gers it, because the
wave front is so brief,
the resulting illumi-
nation can be
extremely bright, if
the corridor plates are charged
with high (1–million volt)
potential.
P
hysical chemists are
extremely interested in
possible instrumenta-
tion uses for the device,
Katsouleas says. These scien-
tists use brief pulses of
far–infrared frequency radiation
to, in effect, take stroboscopic
pictures of extreme-
ly short-lived inter-
mediary steps in
chemical reactions.
The “Lorentz
flashlight” can easi-
ly generate precise-
ly this kind of radia-
tion and do so at a
fraction of the cost
of alternatives –
alternatives that are
in some cases multi-
million–dollar
installations consuming a whole
room or even a whole floor of a
building.
Katsouleas noted that for
one band of emissions used by
physical chemists, only one
source of useful pulses exists in
the whole world: a single instal-
lation in the Netherlands.
“We believe that using this
technology we can create com-
pact, effective instruments to
perform the same tasks much
more economically – for a few
thousands of dollars,” he esti-
mated.
Besides basic research on
chemical bonding, more prosaic
technological applications need
cheap, compact and reliable
sources of tunable radiation. Air
pollution control officials mea-
sure concentrations of pollu-
tants with instruments using
such radiation; so do other
chemical detection instru-
ments, including those used in
airports to find minute concen-
trations of contraband chemi-
cals, either narcotics or explo-
sives. “It is possible that this
technology may find a niche
here,” said Katsouleas.
T
he group is interest-
ed in another possi-
ble application of the
technology. By leav-
ing one or more of the charged
capacitor plates lining the corri-
dor uncharged, or by using
capacitor plates of different
sizes, the resulting radio pulse
can be given a specific, tailored
profile. This may be useful in
signaling applications, such as
military radar “friend-or-foe”
recognition systems, or to create
signals that could easily be
picked up through a clutter of
efforts by an enemy to jam com-
munications.
The shorter the wavelength
of the light produced, the
more potential uses. Ideally,
Katsouleas and his collaborators
would like to be able to create
devices that could emit radia-
tion in the near-infrared, visible
or even ultraviolet spectra. The
group is exploring methods to
do this by using plasmas of
hydrogen ions as the working
gas in a micro version of the
tube, in which the corridor
plates are etched into two 1-
centimeter–long glass slides.
Katsouleas is an associate pro-
fessor in the department of elec-
trical engineering/electro-
physics, and associate dean of
engineering for student affairs.
He is working with Warren
Mori, an adjunct associate pro-
fessor in the UCLA department
of physics and astronomy. The
research is providing USC grad-
uate student Peter Lai with
his Ph.D. dissertation; and
USC post-doctoral researchers
Roland Liou and research engi-
neer Patrick Muggli are helping
to develop the device.
The continuing research is
supported by the Air Force
Office of Scientific Research
and the U.S. Department of
Energy.
Katsouleas, Mori, Lai and
UCLA professor of astronomy
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University of Southern California chronicle, volume 16, number 4 (1996 September 23). Published for the faculty & staff. Published weekly on Mondays, September throught April (except the week of Thanksgiving, two weeks before and after Christmas, and the week of spring break); and biweekly May through June.
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USC chronicle, vol. 16, no. 4 (1996 Sept. 23)
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