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Volume XCVII, Number 22	University of Southern California	Wednesday, October 3, 1984
Students, administrators and relatives participate in a candlelight procession honoring late IFC President Rich Brown, who died in a July car accident.
Candlelight service honors late IFC President Brown
By Joann Galardy
Campus Editor
Candlelight illuminated University Avenue Monday night as a procession of family and friends journeyed to United University Church in a memorial service for Rich Brown, the former Interfratemity Council president who died in a July auto accident.
The church was completely filled as members of the Greek community came together with family, friends, and university administrators to share memories of Brown as a son, friend, and student leader.
Throughout the service, friends and family spoke informally about Brown, a business major and member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, praising his personality and leadership.
“We gather here tonight to
celebrate a life," said University Chaplain Alvin Rudisill as he began the service. "Because Rich was a special person and a special friend, we must celebrate what is good and true and beautiful."
Rudisill was the first of several speakers to reflect on Brown's leadership qualities during the service, and he explained the importance of the university in Brown's life.
"This university is a most unusual place," he said. "Here you pursue dreams and ambitions, and USC was the fulfillment of Rich's dream."
Brown's mother, Mrs. Vincent Brown, spoke briefly and shared part of a letter Brown had written to his father earlier in the summer. In the letter the 21-year-old Brown wrote, "Dad, (Continued on page 6)
Effort to coordinate tram with Escort Service
By Claudia Ishino
Staff Writer
Effective next Monday, the Tram Service will extend its route from EVK Residence Hall to 28th Street until midnight, said Joanie Cuzick, supervisor of customer relations for the physical plant.
The extended hours are a part of a new effort to integrate the tram and escort services, said Dennis Archambault, special projects administrator and adminstrator in charge of Escort Service.
The decision to extend tram service was made Tuesday in a meeting with the special projects administrator, the director of security, transportation supervisor, general
transportation manager and escort supervisor.
The tram schedule extension is the first step in a project to re-evaluate the tram routes. Cuzick said there is another meeting scheduled next week which will establish any other changes.
"We're in the process of re-evaluating and establishing what we can and cannot do," Cuzick said.
Cuzick said that a survey will be put out to get students' views on the Tram Service.
The university's Escort Service has cut back its service area and now transfers calls to the Tram Service. If a person requesting an escort is on a tram route, escort will not pick up the student.
"We do not provide service where the tram goes," Archambault said.
Instead, the caller is given the time of the next tram or the phone number of Tram Service.
Archambault said many students abused Escort Service
because "everyone loves a door-to-door, free taxi."
Complaints from students have been numerous, he said.
"We have received a lot of irritated calls, but it's to be expected. We cannot be a party to waste."
Escort Service provides transportation for students, faculty, staff and visitors of the university, and goes as far as a half mile from campus, Archambault said.
Escort runs seven days a week from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. The Tram Service's schedule varies according to the route and runs from 5 p.m. to midnight.
Archambault said the bottom line concerning escort is "if you feel afraid, give us a call.”
Escort Service has a yearly budget of $46,000, Archambault said. This includes expenses such as cars, repairs, gasoline, and salaries for personnel, Archambault said.
Escort Service handles 38,000 calls a year. Each year there has been a 50 percent increase in the number of calls.
Overspending causes cuts in the student loan program
By Stephen Lawson
News Editor
Students with federal Work-Study assistance cannot convert that aid into a National Direct Student Loan this year, said Michael Halloran, dean of admissions and financial aid.
Halloran said the university usually has enough budget flexibility between federal funds for Work-Study and for NDSLs to allow a few students to convert these forms of aid either way, but it overspent on federal loans last year and wants to avoid the same problem this year.
The university receives about $1 million from the federal government each year for student loans, and adds to that about $3.5 million it receives in payments on past student loans, Halloran said.
It also receives about $3 million each year in Work-Studv student wages paid by the federal government.
Last year, the university spent more on NDSLs than it received from the government and from loan payments, Halloran said. He said the difference was made up with funds for other university loans.
"We ended up overspending by something like $200,000. I think we had the capacity," Halloran said. "I don't think we turned people down for USC loans."
In plannning for this year's allocations, however, the university tried to avoid the same problem and decided not to allow conversions from Work-Study to loans. A few students, on an individual basis, will be allowed to exchange loans for Work-Study.
"If we oversupply, it's preferable to do it in Work-Study," Halloran said.
He said the aid is planned a year in advance in a complex packaging scheme based on individual needs. The funds being used now were requested in fall of 1983. The university requests funds from the government on the basis of all the individual need figures provided bv students on their financial aid applications.
"We try to optimize student packages and to avoid going into USC funds any more than have to," Halloran said. "We try to predict what will be the best combination, and we always end up predicting better in some funds than in others."
Trojan Challenge spoofs university life
By Diane Olivo
Staff Writer
Trivial Pursuit may find itself replaced as the favorite board game among university students: Trojan Challenge, an ironic spoof of university life developed by two graduates, is now on sale.
Joyce King-Stoops, assistant dean of special student services, and her daughter Amy Dundon, a real estate broker, developed the Monopoly-type board game last September.
The mother-daughter team has given the rights to distribute the game on campus to the USC Affiliates, who plan to use the money raised for scholarships.
"It isn't just a Monopoly takeoff; it has a little more strategy," Dundon said.
Trojan Challenge consists of a board, which has various geographical points of the university in their approximate positions, two dice, six markers, forty tokens, and three kinds of cards: "We Are SC," "Go Trojans Go," and an activity card for each activity square.
Two to six players may play. The object of the game is for a player to be in the best financial position at the end of the game.
Each player begins with $6,000 credit. Players start the
game by passing "Entry,” similar to the "Go" space in Monopoly, except here players must pay tuition.
The player then goes around the board and may have to pick a "We are SC" or "Go Trojans Go" card, which usually results
in a gain or loss of money. Some cards charge for parking. Dundon said the card ideas came from her and her mother's own experiences.
One special feature of Trojan Challenge is "Trojan Gold," (Continued on page 6)
MIKE MELSON DAILY TROJAN
Amy Dundon and Joyce King-Stoops (from left) show off their new game “Trojan Challenge.”
EVK-28th Street tram route extended to midnight