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Volume XCVIII, Number 50
University of Southern California
Monday, March 25, 1985
Vice president of student aid fund named as new financial aid director
By Carol Ann Coates
Assistant City Editor
Frank Tarquinio, regional vice president of the United Student Aid Fund, has been named director of financial aid, ending a six-month search to fill the position after former director Fred Hessinger was asked to leave in July.
Tarquinio — described by Michael Halloran, dean of Admissions and Financial Aid as having good management experience — will take over the office on April 26.
Prior to working at the United Student Aid Fund — a non-prof-it organization that attempts to make students aware of various financial aid alternatives available to them — Tarquinio was associate director of financial aid at San Francisco State University, where he graduated in 1972.
Tarquinio said he became aware of the position in November 1984 when he had a business meeting with Halloran.
After returning home to San Francisco from the university, Tarquinio said he thought about the job and submitted his resume.
On Feb. 5 and 6, Tarquinio said he was given a very inten-
sive interview for the position, which was "an excellent process," and an opportunity for him to come back to the university and meet the financial aid director search committee.
"He will be a leader in the financial aid office that we can recognize as being permanent," Halloran said. "He has exten-
Tarquinio said he became aware of the position in Novet?i-ber 1984 when he had a busittess meeting with Halloran.
sive management experience and he knows the value of marketing."
Tarquinio said he was able to gather information during the interview to make his own decision and became impressed with the quality of education at the university.
"USC is very prestigious," Tarquinio said. "I felt that 1
could be very happy at an institution of that size and prestige."
Tarquinio said he was offered the position on March 13 and made his decision to accept on March 15.
On the subject of the Reagan administration's student aid cuts, Tarquinio said there are many options.
"It is my policy to watch carefully the dynamics in the Congress and in the White House," he said.
Tarquinio added he will reserve judgment on the Reagan proposals until the final decision is made. However, everyone who works in the area of financial aid is concerned with the president's proposals to reduce eligibility for aid and funding, he said.
Tarquinio said he did not have much information on the status of the the university's financial aid office and will assess the office for himself in April.
Since July 1984, the Office of Financial Aid has gone without a director after staff resistance to change led former director Hessinger to quit. The office has also been plagued with complaints of inefficiency, according to Student Senate surveys and other campus organizations.
S. Africa forum open to student opinion
By John Kirby
Staff Writer
In an attempt to gauge university views, the commission set up bv President James Zumberge to study USC investments in companies operating in South Africa will allow students, faculty and staff to present their opinions at its next meeting on March 29.
"We want the students and faculty to feel as though they are getting a fair hearing," said Carl Christol, professor of political science and chairman of the commission.
The idea to open the meetings to the public came up during the commission's first meeting March 22. The 15-member commission is comprised of members of faculty, staff and the student body.
"All members of the committee share the idea that outside views must be heard," said Lyn Hutton, university treasurer and commission member.
Individuals who want to appear before the board should turn in a two-page typed summary of the points they intend to discuss and submit it to Christol by Wednesday, March 26.
"The process is not designed to screen anyone out, but just to make sure they are serious," said Bernard Walker, president of the Black Student Union and a member of the commission representing the student body.
Besides the decision to include outside opinions, the commission's first meeting was primarily dedicated to gathering the research material to be used and discussing the parameters of the commission, Christol said.
"I have a very good feeling about (the commission)," Hutton said."No one appears to have to many preconceived notions. They are going into it with an open mind."
The commission was set up to study university investments in companies operating in South Africa and to stem the growing protests by students over the university's investment policies.
The recommendations of the commisssion — which will include both a majority and minority opinion — will be presented to university President James Zumberge. He, in turn, will turn the recommendations over to the university's Board of Trustees.
"Everybody on the commission is reputable," Walker said."It should carry a lot of weight" with the Board of Trustees, he added.
Although the decision is not final, the basic criteria by which the commission will judge university investments are the Sullivan Principles.
The principles are used to give companies a rating on a 3-point scale. The ratings are based on a company's actions in South Africa as they relate to conditions of racial equality within those countries.
Christol said that although the Sullivan Principles will be a basis for rating companies, the scope of the commission's recommendations will extend beyond the scope of the principles themselves.
STEVE FULTON DAILY TROJAN
University student Dean Horton receives commendation for originating the Escort Service.
All for drugs, Marxism, revolution
Radical revolutionary prepares for battle against Wally George
NORM LUBOW
STEVE FULTON BAIL Y TROJAN
By Ramona Hattendorf
Feature Editor
When people see the lean, long-haired, bearded Norman Lubow they think of hippies and Jesus.
When people hear the radical Lubow talk of drugs, Marxism and revolution they think of Charles Manson.
When Wally George has Lu-
bow, the founder of DRUGS (Drugs and Revolution will establish a Utopian Government for our Society), on his talk show, he has him thrown off.
Lubow thinks he is the first person thrown off George's "Hot Seat," a conservative talk show based in Orange County, for actually answering a question. And during a debate today
at noon in Bovard, Lubow will have another chance to match wits with George.
According to Lubow, when George asked him about the real knowledge — the Bible, Lubow answered "The Bible is the word of the devil."
"It totally freaked him out and he kicked me off," Lubow said.
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