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Volume XCVII, Number 12	University of Southern California	Wednesday, September 19, 1984
Mondale speaks on campus
By Sheldon Ito
City Editor
Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale attacked President Reagan's record on nuclear arms control in a speech interrupted several times by booing and chanting students in front of Bovard Auditorium Tuesday afternoon.
"Mr. Reagan is the first president since Truman not to reach any arms control agreement with the Soviet Union/' said Mondale before a vocal crowd of several thousand. "He is the first president since Hoover not
By Jennifer Cray
Assistant Qty Editor
It is not unusual for politically active people to be overwhelmed by strong partisan feelings after a politician speaks, but after Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale's speech Tuesday afternoon most people wanted to talk about how rude they thought the crowd was.
"I was embarrassed at the way the Republican students heckled him. I was embarrassed to say I go to USC," said sophomore Brad Pomerance, after Mondale spoke in front of Bovard Auditorium.
The Republicans at the speech made themselves heard, often at the expense of Mondale's speech, which was regularly disrupted by the pro-Reagan chants. The students, organized by Trojan College Republicans, appeared as intent on voicing their opinions as on listening to
to meet his Soviet counterpart."
The former vice president also criticized Reagan's plans for a "Star Wars" anti-ballistic missile defense using space-based weapons, calling it a "trillion-dollar effort with no scientific basis."
He said while U.S. differences with the Soviets are "deep, we must meet with them on the common ground of survival."
"President Kennedy told the truth when he said, 'We must never negotiate out of fear, but we must never fear to negotiate.'
"Today, we have a president
the presidential candidate.
Though the pro-Reagan students were clearly more vocal than the Mondale supporters in the crowd, there didn't appear to be many more Republicans than Democrats present.
As California Lt. Gov. Leo McCarthy introduced Mondale, he atacked Reagan's record as president. After cutting him off several times, Republican student groups chanted, “bullshit."
Less than two minutes into his own speech, Mondale could not finish thanking the several local politicians who introduced him before he was interrupted by booing from pro-Reagan students.
He immediately responded, "Let me tell the Republican hecklers one thing: USC is not the Republican convention where you can silence people who want to talk about arms (Continued on page 5)
whose platform is committed to prevailing in a nuclear war," he added. "We need a president pledged to preventing a nuclear war."
Many of the students, however, were intent on displaying their support for Reagan by disrupting Mondale's speech.
Many students in the audience were Reagan supporters. They interrupted Mondale several times with boisterous chants of "Reagan, Reagan," "peace through strength" and "bullshit/ bullshit."
Mondale stopped his speech to lash out at the hecklers, the president and the Republican Party.
Referring to the Reagan supporters in the audience, he said, "They've got a Republican Party that is spending three times as much as we because the fat cats are financing them.
"They've got a president who's running all over this country and not answering a' single question. They've got a president who's not telling them one thing about their future," he said, struggling to be heard over a crescendo of both cheers and boos. "They've got a president who's held fewer news conferences than any President in modem history."
Mondale dismissed the Reagan administration's argument that Soviet leaders are "too old and infirm" to meet with Reagan, saying, "They weren't too old and infirm to meet with a hundred other foreign leaders over the last four years.
The Democratic candidate also accused Reagan of opposing "every effort of every president of both political parties to control nuclear weapons since (Continued on page 7)
Crowd chants and boos in reaction to Mondale visit
Head of ISA sets goals for year
By Rebecca Esquibel
Staff Writer
The newly elected president of the International Students Association, Harouna Niang, said his goal is to get American students and international students at this university to get to know each other.
"There is a necessity for international cooperation because we are living in a world where nations have to interact more than ever before," Niang said.
Niang is former president of the African Student Association and has been involved with the ISA for three semesters. A native of Mali in West Africa, Niang is a second year business student.
He said he chose to attend this university after advisement, adding that culture shock was not too bad for him because he had traveled in Europe and other countries. However, he said many international students are not as fortunate as he.
"There are problems (in adapting to a new society) because most of the time there are obstacles in understanding foreign students, like with language and culture," he said.
But he said he is glad that the number of international students attending the university is increasing and that the administration is welcoming them.
"The fact that the number is increasing shows that there are no obstacles or barriers for international students (wishing) to enter," Niang said. "We must encourage international students to come here and study."
When these students find themselves with a case of culture shock, the association tries to help them adjust.
"Our main goal is to help them adapt and to
help them understand about life on this campus," he said. "You have to be open-minded to cope with the new things you are facing and the differences you encounter."
One of the main reason Niang feels it is a good idea for American and international students to meet each other is that it will help them when they begin their careers.
"The fact that this university has people from different countries and cultures makes you ready for experiences such as with international corporations and government jobs," Niang said. "You can leam how to deal with people from other cultures."
He said his main concern is that students and staff are not taking advantage of the opportunity to leam about other people, adding the number of international students on campus gives students "the opportunity to leam about new places."
The association is planning events to get international and American students to meet socially, he said.
The association's first event will be an international food fair on Oct. 24. They are also planning an international festival and have an international calendar, with pictures of international students in native dress, in the planning stages.
Also upcoming, he said, is an international cinema club, to be co-sponsored by the office of international students and scholars, which will show films dealing with the colonization of dif-ferent-coun tries.
"I would like to say to foreign students that they should not stay ap'art, they should get involved in campus life. And I would like to ask American students to make it their goal for this year to attend at least one international student event," Niang said.
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Student requests for loans increase following trend
By Angel Blazquez
Staff Writer
More university students are turning to loans to put themselves through college — following a national trend toward borrowing — although the administration has said the increase is not as great here as at other universities.
"The increase in student borrowing has not been as bad at this university as it has been nationally," said Michael Halloran, dean of Admissions and Financial Aid. "Although it is still a serious problem, particularly among graduate students and transfer students."
Four national, higher-education associations surveyed student aid recipients over the last year and found more students are borrowing money to finance their college educations. The results were based on the financial aid records of 13,200 students at 324 colleges and universities nationwide.
Although tuition increases have been the major cause of increased borrowing nationally, Halloran said aid has increased with the rise of tuition at this university.
"Each of the last four years, USC students have had better packages and have not borrowed as much. The increase has been more in the graduate program than the undergraduate program," he said.
About $80 million in financial aid was distributed to university students last year. Most of the student borrowing was done through Guaranteed Student Loans, a government-sponsored program in which a student borrows directly from a bank, credit union or other commercial lender.
Students who do not apply for university financial aid are eligible to apply for a Guaranteed Student Loan.
"The increase in student borrowing was recognized as a major problem at this university three years ago and the administration has taken major steps to control it. We still have more student borrowing than we'd like to see," Halloran said.
The first steps to lowering student borrowing took place during the 1980-81 academic year, and again in the 1981-82 academic year, when the administration began putting more money into grants, he said.
He said this increased commitment was partially the result of cutbacks in federal student loans by the Reagan Administration, forcing the university to fill the gap.
The undergraduate limit for student borrowing at this university is $10,000, Halloran said, though the majority of students do not get packages that large.
"One of the major concerns when student borrowing increases is that students are incurring debts beyond their capacity to pay it back," Halloran said.
Another problem with increased student borrowing is that more students refuse to pay back their loans. Default rates are higher at this university than at other colleges, though they are not a "serious problem," Halloran said.
"The interesting thing is that the determination of the default rate
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