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University of Southern California
Volume L 'VIII, No. 31	Los Angeles, California	VVec/nesc/ay, October 29, 1975
Student Senate unit says alternative to tuition hike needed
By Wayne Walley
associate city editor Tuition may go up again next fall, but Glenn Sonnenberg, cochairman of the Student Senate financial affairs unit, said he feels there is no need for such an increase.
“Our unit is trying to solicit student support to find other alternative sources of funds for a faculty compensation increase rather than a tuition increase,” Sonnenberg said.
A report explaining the student view why tuition should not be raised must be completed by the unit in two weeks. The group will meet at 12:30 p.m. today on the second floor of the Student Activities Center to begin organizing the effort.
“Right now we are approaching the situation through the system. We have to construct a detailed report and support our position with data and proof, but we need people to help us do the research. We want student input,” Sonnenburg said.
“Tuition touches everybody and the students have to stand up and be unified. Obviously we need people to put in time and we need people wanting to not increase tuition to attend the meeting today,” he said.
Student involvement Dave Blackmar, chairman of the senate, described the financial affairs unit as an attempt to get more people involved.
“We want to develop our own student proposals with concrete evidence and we want to represent everyone, not just senate members and committee members,” Blackmar said.
He said the major function of the unit is to allow more people to get involved and give students a chance to help themselves and others.
“Due to the fact these issues are of magnitude, students won’t be doing something trivial, but something that affects us all,” Blackmar said.
Because of the deadline factor, this recommendation has become the number-one priority of the senate, he said.
The unit will function as an information-gathering body to coordinate all input and construct what Sonnenberg called “a general research paper.” Massive effort
This recommendation would eventually reach the President’s Advisory Council and the Board of Trustees.
“We want to organize a massive student effort, but we do not intend to be irrational. We will fight the battle on their terms, but we are prepared to use other avenues if outvoted by the President’s Advisory Council.” Sonnenberg said.
“We just hope we put enough fire into the effort to accomplish something,” Sonnenberg said.
“We believe any student should feel a need to participate, and later they should remember the proverb, ‘Don’t launch a gripe; there is no need to bitch,’ ” Sonnenberg said.
The unit hopes to have an office operating by Monday.
“We have to form a base for certain jobs and a place people can walk in to get an assignment,” Sonnenberg said.
He said the unit would even tually study the university’s fi nancial report, the administra tive budget, evaluations done b> the American Association ol University Professors, and any other sources available.
Other sources
Sonnenberg said the faculty is underpaid, but that it was not
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Sex discrimination in education is theme of women’s strike rally
“Alice Doesn’t” Day, a national strike day sponsored by the National Organization for Women (NOW), will be observed on campus today.
Juanita M. Mantovani, assistant dean of student affairs, will serve as moderator for the noon rally focusing on Title IX, the law which prohibits sex discrimination in education.
Speakers from the university will be Barbara Hedges, director of women’s athletics, who will speak on women’s role in athletics; Carol Foster from the Student Health Center, speaking on women in medicine; Barbara MacEachern, director of the master of liberal arts program, who will speak on the status of faculty and staff women on campus; Judith Stiehm, associate professor of political science, who will speak on women’s studies on campus and Sylvia Zaragoza, adminis-
trative assistant for minority affairs and one of the founders of El Centro Chicano, who will talk about women in dentistry.
Susan Burk, from the American Civil Liberties Union, will speak on sex discrimination in higher education.
A skit on abortion will be performed by drama students, and there will be music by Sue Fink, a feminist musician.
Ann Moody, author of the book Coming of Age in Mississippi, will hold a discussion group at the YWCA after the rally.
The speakers will be on the Student Activities Center patio from noon to 1:30 p.m.
Further information may be obtained at the YWCA Women’s Resource Center, 746-2307.
MELLOW MUSIC—A lunchtime crowd was entertained Tuesday as Sweet Potatoes, a country-western trio, performed on the Student Activities Center patio. The group, which has performed in the Santa Barbara
area for the last few years, included both contemporary country-western and bluegrass music in their concert. DT photos by Mike Ito.
Many students may be eligible for financial aid
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By Julie Fosgate
Approximately one out of three undergraduate students here is eligible for a state scholarship worth up to $2,700 but either doesn’t apply or fails to meet application deadlines, said Joel Abend, associate director of the Student Aid Office.
Students must file test scores, applications and financial statements by Dec. 6 in order to qualify for grants for the 1976-77 academic year.
Many students don’t apply because they believe they are ineligible because of their grade-point averages and financial need, but they are usually wrong, Abend said.
Students seeking state scholarships must first meet the financial need standards, determined through the Parents’ Confidential Statement (PCS).
Generally, a student may qualify if his parents’ income is below $35,000 annually, but each financial situation is judged individually, Abend said.
A major factor considered is the number of children in the family, and how many may be attending college simultaneously.
“Don’t prejudge your own eligibility,” Abend said. “It’s worth doing the paperwork to find out.”
A student meeting the financial need standards may then qualify for a grant in three ways.
The first requires the student to have a 3.5 or better grade-point average in the last two years of school, regardless of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores.
A score of 1,200 or more on the SAT is necessary for a student with a minimum 2.5 grade-point average.
Students who do not meet the requirements of either of the above categories may still be eligible for a state scholarship.
Those who receive a total score of 700 or more on the SAT are ranked according to grade-point average. Grants
are given to students in the first two categories and remaining funds are distributed to those with higher grade-point averages.
Last year, this grade-point average turned out to be about 3.05, Abend said.
There are many ways to qualify, but in all cases the SAT is required. (Even when a student is eligible on the basis of grades alone, the score must stiil be submitted.)
Most students here have already taken the test, Abend said, but those who haven’t must do so by Dec. 6.
The deadline for applying to take the test is Friday. Applications will be accepted until Nov. 14 with a late fee.
Students who have taken the test must obtain an additional report request and submit their scores.
Along with the financial statement and SAT scores, the application for the state scholarship must also be filed by Dec. 6.
Students who already have grants will be mailed their renewal applications directly.
Abend pointed out that a student must apply for a state scholarship in order to be eligible for any kind of financial aid next year.
Students who do not receive help from the state may then qualify for university funds.
USC is in a position to obtain a large proportion of state scholarship funds, and it is detrimental to both the student and the university if students do not apply, Abend said.
Further information concerning state scholarship requirements and deadlines is available through the Student Aid Office and at a table set up in front of the Commons complex.