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Volume XCV, Number 28
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University of Southern California
Thursday, February 16, 1984
Bovard administrators peered out of their shaking windows to see Baxter Robinson rocking a throng of students in front of Tommy Trojan. Robertson, an L.A. musician, and his four-man band played a noon concert Wednesday as part of USC Concerts.
1985 financial aid to meet complete needs of students
By David Jefferson
Assistant Qty Editor
Vacant PR post filled
By Sheldon Ito
Assistant City Editor
The Student Senate approved the appointment of a new senate public relations officer at its weekly meeting on Wednesday, filling the position which became available when the former officer resigned last month.
Laura Sanano, a junior majoring in broadcast journalism and English, will assume the duties of publicizing the senate and its activities effective immediately, said Student Senate president Bill Lilia.
"We needed someone who could take the position and run with it," Lilia said. "I think she's well-qualified and a hard worker."
He said that Sanano is assuming the position at a busy time, with the senate elections and important issues such as the restructuring of campus programming coming up soon, but he is confident she can do the job.
"She took the initiative to come (to interview for the position) on her own — that's the kind of person we need," he said.
Sanano is replacing Mark Decker, who has continued to carry out his duties as public relations officer since his resignation on Jan. 23. Decker said he resigned to avoid possible conflicts of interest when he runs for senator in March.
Sanano said she applied for the position because "it sounded like a good opportunity to leam a lot about public relations."
She said the first thing she'll be doing is working with DeDe Brown, the senate elections commission chairwoman, to publicize the upcoming elections.
She said although she has had no experience working with the senate or in public relations, she has "worked with people a lot" and "spoken on behalf of the university many times."
"Ever since I've been here it seems like I've been promoting the university," she said.
Sanano said she has worked for the General Alumni Association speaking at "forums," where she expounded on the virtues of the university to prospective freshmen.
She has also spoken at orientations, is a member of the Helenes — "the official hostesses of the university" — and is currently working as a university tour guide.
Wednesday's meeting was Sanano's first, and she said she was impressed by the senators' enthusiasm.
"I like what I see," she said. "I've never been involved with senate, but I've always talked about senate in the speeches I've given."
She said she was looking forward to the rest of the semester.
"There's so much that needs to be promoted," she said.
ROBERT HELLER DAILY TROJAN
Student fees fund YWCA; money allocation studied
$8,713 spent on operations
By Athena Rellas
Qty Writer
The Student Affairs Budget Advisory Group, which allocated $8,713 to the campus YWCA for the 1983-84 school year, has recently completed an investigation in order to determine if the money, which comes from student fees, is being put to good use, said Susan Kanne, who compiled the report as the subchairwoman of the Women's Resource Center.
Kanne said that because this is the first year money has been given to the YWCA, the Budget Advisory Group is interested in knowing where and how the money is being spent and if it is being spent wisely.
"The money allocated goes to paying for the actual operation of the facility itself," she said. "The money from the classes offered goes toward paying the instructors and funding the workshops."
In past semesters the enrollment for these classes and workshops has been low and "instructors will be hired for classes only if enrollment is high," Kanne said.
"The only two basic workshops and classes were aerobics and self-defense, because they were the most popular last semester," she said.
Kanne said membership is between 50 and 100, a figure she considers low in light of the enrollment of approximately 24,000 students at the university.
"The facility is good, but it does not have enough members/' she said. "The less members it has, the fewer programs it can offer," she added.
She also said that she felt the Student Body health club in University Village has hurt the membership of the non-profit organization.
With the money from the operating budget, the YWCA is able to buy supplies, pay the wages of employees other than instructors, pay for publicity and any other items needed to help operate an efficient establishment.
The YWCA also receives money from a programming board which allocates money to all student organizations. This money pays for the workshops offered.
"I visited the YWCA several times and talked to several staff members in order to do the re-
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Zumberge: needed for
By Jennifer Cray
City Writer
Students will see the university improve greatly in the coming years at a cost that will be shared by both alumni and students, said university President James Zumberge in a speech before about 75 students Wednesday at Norris Cinema Theatre.
He acknowledged the "extraordinary" increases in tuition, saying the university is much more dependent on tuition for revenue than state-sup-ported schools.
Out of 20 schools the university competes with for students.
The university has made a number of changes in its financial aid program in an attempt to meet the monetary needs of students and to increase the speed and efficiency of the financial aid process.
"I've just completed my first year here, and there will be manv new features with the reorganization of the financial a.id program," said Fred Hessinger, director of financial aid.
In line with university President James Zumberge's commitment in 1982 to have the full need of all students met by the fall of 1985, the financial aid department has revamped its procedures for determining the types of aid packages students will receive.
Beginning with the freshman class of 1982-83, the university' initiated Zumberge's plan and pumped an extra S10 million into the financial aid program, said Michael Halloran, associate dean for the office of admissions.
Under the new program, aid packages for entering undergraduates are determined by a formula based on class rank and economic need.
The student's grade point average and aptitude test scores are figured together with family income to determine where the student stands in aid eligibility.
Students are then grouped into one of four categories, called quar-tiles, to determine the amount and types of aid they will receive.
Halloran said students in the uppermost quartile usually receive the highest percentage of gift aid. While those in the bottom quartile must meet a good part of their need through self-help, such as work study and student loans.
"However, we have a cap on the amount of self-help a student must provide," Halloran said. "Even if they're in the bottom quartile, we limit it to $4,000."
Of the $4,000, $1,500 is usually expected to come from work study, and the remaining $2,500 from loans, Halloran said.
"In this wav, we can reduce a student's debt at graduation to $10,000," he noted.
Hessinger pointed out, "$5 or $6,000 was not uncommon (for stu-
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alumni, student money university improvement
it is ranked 15th from the top in cost of tuition, he said.
"Somewhat mitigating" this year's projected 11 percent jump in tuition is the university's "full commitment" to getting financial aid to all students who need it, he said.
"We do not want any student not attending the university because he or she doesn't have the money."
Zumberge singled out the need for a better library, saying the library is one of the highest priorities of the academic plan.
He also cited the necessity of "facilities that will cost enor-
mous sums of money," including a new music practice building, an engineering research facility and natural science facilities.
Money is needed to make the improvements to maintain a ■quality university, Zumberge said. This year's fund raising ex-(Continued on page 2)