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Gynecol By Rita D. Ford Oimicock Staff Wrttwr Young women who frequent USC's Student Health Center's Department of Gynecology may have observed the absence of one of its two physicians. Dr. George Fagan, a gynecologist who came to work for the center in November. 1977. left this past May. Dr. William Potts, associate director and gynecologist at the center, said Fagan was "unable to accept the adjustment from the state of Illinois to the state of South Carolina and from the nature of his previous practice to the nature of the practice in student health." "When he came here November 1, he came here from active practice in gynecology from the state of Illinois," said Potts. "And in association with our circumstances did make it possible for our student volume in the second semester academic year 1977-78 to be increased. He did not Athletic budget proposed i ii^srs STORE HOI -41 1201 Rosewood ] (Across from Fairgro 799-8300 2009 Beltline Bh (Boulevard Plazi 738-9029 mt U)ifew* rumiriMir^iiiiTrti-rf^iirr1 "T'l Hill - - - ogist qui find, however, that it would be as ( simple to be a gynecologist for t young people alone as he had 1U It ..? J L. ?? UN/UgUl IV WUU1U UC. j c POTTS SAID he was not aware r of Fagan's "failure or unhappiness of adjustment," and that Jfce decision to leave the Wallace Thomson Student Health Center was entirely Fagan's. Potts said because Fagan's i family was in Illinois, he was Knntonlln alnna in thin MWWIutvuv Ul WHO UVyilUllUilliJf and that, Potts said, contributed & greatly to his difficulty of ad- v justment in this area. I Although Fagan was not happy ? in the student health program at USC, he returned to work as a it- ? * T?!J fi- - + gjriicvuiugisi at uic university 01 Illinois. Potts said the different s natures of the two programs ac- t count for this apparent r discrepancy. fc F "OUR PROGRAM here is built I on an action pattern that I have s By DON FOBES N?ws Editor v A $3,481,630 budget for USC's p athletic department received $ tentative approval recently by the Sj Intercollegiate Activities Com- c mittee of the university Board of 5 Trustees, subject to final approval $ by the entire board later this r summer. u The 1978-79 proposed budget is nearly $353,000 higher than last $; year with revenues projected to be a about $330,000 greater than last tl year. b in# aaAfti * ? ik): muN.-)AI. 9:00-6: LOCATIONSDr. I 6911 N. unds) I (Arcadii I 7J d. 503 i) (Triangle C r* i I w f "" J n ! - ? - - ......''t.,,, irt-. i-o d-ft--.-. J to OlllliCJ ?tablished," said Potts, who has >?en with the health center since L973. "That may be good, bad or indifferent, but it's based on a very tkxse interrelationship between the X?i ? ' ... mjfuvuui ana uie patient. It's based on a very open expression type of thing in which I expect any student to be able to say anything to me that she wishes and I expect tier to accept a similar relationship n return," he said. This liberal relationship between ynecologist and patient does not wrk well for all physicians and all utients, Potts acknowledged. He aid it was "contrary to the pattern if practice that Dr. Fagan was iccustomed to following." "He's going to return to a type of ? mucin practice wmcn is going to e based on the way he defines that elationship rather than on the >asis of how someone else does it," ?otts said of Fagan. "Conequently that will become aceptable to him and the patients he VvO THE BASKETBALL program res allotted $449,000 and the S/\f Ko 11 ^ ? ? ? i/uvuaii |/iu($ram was allotted 1,209,600. Although nearly all ports departments received inreases over fiscal 1977-78, the asketball allotment was down BOO. This is a result of an NCAA uling limiting the number of ssistant coaches. Other major allocations were 212,000 for the Gamecock Club nrt l<iA9 SflA ffti> ?* ywviww >vt wwmnnnu BllUM U1 lie athletic "department. The udget for non-revenue sports, 00 Trenholm Rd. i Lakes Plaza) 32-3805 Twelfth St. ity, West Columbia) ^91-3200 ggggSB^ at Healt . Potts said the USC health program does not deal with the "mechanics of gynecology" but is active in many areas. "WE'RE INVOLVED in many phases of counseling and discussion, not just in association with the field of medicine but counseling reputable to sexuality," fuiiH Pntto "I'm ??"? ? *?? A AAA fWJT DUVUJJiy interested in educational features of all kinds and this is somewhat different from what is the case for many. I believe that this was difficult for Dr. Fagan to adjust to," he said. Potts said he doesn't anticipate any major changes in the services rendered by the health center now that it is short one doctor, but he did say there will be a slight reduction in the yearly student volume. "There is no question that one physician and two nurses and one secretary-receptionist cannot do the same amount of work that two physicians and the same personnel including baseball, soccer, track and women's sports, is $672,530. Hie women's budget is $295,850, an increase of $76,615 over this past year. Two resolutions were also tentatively approved, both concerning a 1977 audit of the USC Intercollegiate Athletic Department. One resolution requested non-cash gifts held or to be received by the Gamecock Club be converted to ca^h'-assoonaspractical." It.als? auaix-u^ipai me president of .the university should delegate tne [Qc* h Center can do," Potts said. "Our ability to see and care for the problems involved will be back to the level it was before Dr. Fagan came. Instead of projecting a student volume of between 8,000 to 8,500 visits per year, it is my expectation ? and this doesn't mean different students, this means total student contacts ? we will go back to 6,000 to 6.500." Next fall semester the vast majority of patients will be seen by appointment. For acute emergencies personnel will always be available to render health care on an immediate basis, according , to Potts. "That Was tho PARA hpfnro Hr Fagan came and it will continue to ! be the case after he's gone," said Potts. "Dr. Fagan was with us a specifically short period of time, so .? rather than having to make changes to accommodate his absence, "re were still in the process of making changes to accommodate his presence, now we'll simply reverse the situation^" * i i i advisory committee to act in these matters. THE SECOND resolution nmviilA/1 atifhArivatiAn nf liWima full scholarship memberships by the Gamecock Club, ine scholarships would be worth $25,000 and would only be allowed to pass to one beneficiary. The <irsai!ition continues, "the total contribution will be held bv the University of South Carolina Education Foundation in the name } it ttnn **+ , w uie uamecocK uiud as a perpetual endowment fund." ( UY WHERE THE TEAMS nr a aa \ ThoLangost foam Supplier* fn the Cano/htas ? V averse] ) i J