Volume XCVV, Number 2
University of Southern California
Wednesday, September 4, 1985
Revised financial aid plan causes problems for RAs
By Diane Diaz
Assistant City Editor
A change in the packaging of financial aid for resident advisors has caused severe problems for some RAs, who now have to pay thousands of dollars more for tuition and living expenses than they had to pay in the past.
Until now, the compensatory benefits that RAs receive for working for the university have been in addition to whatever they receive in their financial aid packages. Under the new policy, the benefits are counted in their financial aid packages,
which reduces the amount of additional aid that they can receive.
Each student is packaged for a certain amount of financial aid, and that figure cannot be exceeded, no matter how the total is met.
"There is a federal regulation that says, 'For all financial aid recipients we must take into account all student resources/ " said Judy Christensen, assistant director of financial aid.
"In the past, the university inadvertently had been providing the room and board for resident
Playboy’s Pac-10 nude shots uncover university student
By Dana Glad
Assistant City Editor
Becky LeBeau is the university's only representative in Playboy's October, 1985 "Girls of the Pac-10" issue, but she is not a newcomer to the pages of Playboy. She has been a playboy model for "a couple of years," said Valerie Cragin, Los Angeles divisional vice president for the magazine.
Cragin said she did not know for sure if Le Beau, who uses a assumed name for her magazine appearances, is a university student, but added that she was sure the magazine must have researched the matter thoroughly before representing her as such.
Last March, David Chan, a Playboy photographer, came to the University Hilton to recruit female students, who would be offered $400 for posing in the nude.
Chan said in March that he does not usually get many applicants from this universi-
ty and UCLA. Three UCLA women appeared in the PAC-10 issc?.
Le Beau is shown reclining semi-nude in a blue satin robe in the issue.
An autograph party, at which Le Beau will reportedly appear, will be held today at 1:30 p.m. at the 32nd Streei Market.
Similar events featuring the models from Stanford and Berkeley were held in the Bay Area in late August.
Stanford students considered protesting the inclusion of two of their students in the magazine by placing anti-pornography flyers on Playboy's cover, the Stanford University News Service reported.
However, their lejjal counsel advised them against it, and students simply placed the flyers — which say the publication promotes "dangerous gender stereotypes and violence against women" — next to the cash register at a store near the campus.
advisors without counting it as a resource or part of the package," Christensen said.
Craig Hotti, a third-year resident advisor, said that the RAs were not informed of the change until they met for an RA retreat about two weeks ago.
"Some RAs are essentially working for free now because they can quit and still get the same amount of aid," Hotti said.
Hotti explained that while all students who receive financial aid are responsible for $1,200 in self help, resident advisors now have $3,750 added to that amount. This amount, $4,950, is more than one semester's tuition.
The resident advisors formed a task force, called Resident Advisors Fighting Together, and met with James Dennis, vice president of student affairs, and Logan Hazen, director of residential life to find ways of alleviating the problem, Hotti said.
"The response was positive. A lot was accomplished in a short period of time," Hotti said. "Our worry now is that the issue is just going to get swept under the table and nothing more will get done about it."
But Dennis said they are working on two things that can be done to help alleviate the problems that the RAs are facing.
"The first is by reviewing individual cases to identify possibilities for modification of existing packages within allowable constraints," Dennis said.
"The second is by reviewing, in general, ways to permit overall increas- s in student aid eligi-bili':y for student resident advisors," he said.
"The university is trying to find solutions to this problem. Our intent is to be fair and equitable toward all students and we plan to have both individual and general adjustments completed
(Continued on page 12)
ROCHELLE STEINER DAILY TROJAN
Having hassles moving in? The intersection of Figueroa Street and Jefferson Boulevard was the site of a six car smash-up involving a new freshman. See story on page 26.
18 students taken ill; tainted food at EVK, Tommy’s suspected
Food and water analyzed
By Catherine Miller
Assistant City Editor
Eighteen students have fallen ill to a bacterial or viral reaction since Monday night and have been treated at the Student Health Center, said Eugene Lawless, director of dining services.
"It seems to be food poisoning," said Dr. Allen Ebbin, a director of the Student Health Center. Ebbin is an epidemiologist, a specialist in this type of illness.
The source of the food poisoning has eluded health officials.
Some of the affected students ate at the EVK Dining Hall; others ate at Tommy's Hamburgers. Still others ate at an afternoon picnic in front of Bimkrant Hall. And some did not eat on campus, Ebbin said.
Ebbin said he is analyzing food specimens from EVK and different food handlers.
"It was a very hot day, and food might have spoiled," Ebbin said. "The food may have been supplied from a single source," he added.
Ebbin said that he was not absolutely sure at this time if the source of the bacteria was a campus eating facility or water contamination. "We’ve gotten four water samples from Pardee," he said.
It is also possible that a food service worker could have an infection and contaminate the food supply, Ebbin said.
"We look at the time and place of the ocurrence, and what they ate," Ebbin said.
"If a lot of people ate the same thing, then It's called 'suggestive' or 'presumptive,' " Ebbin said. "We'll know in about three days what caused it."
Lawless said that the Los Angeles County Health Department has been notified, and will investigate the outbreak within the next 24 hours.
"In conjuction with the LA County Health Department, we are taking cultures from all USC employees who handle food," Lawless said. "We are taking food and water samples also."
Robert Mear, general manager of food services at EVK, said that the matter was still under investigation and did not know if EVK was involved.
"Two students were sent to California Hospital for treatment, but were sent home," Ebbin said. "The rest have come to the health center."
Common symptoms of food poisoning include vomiting, nausea, headache and diarrhea. Symptoms of water contamination are similar, but those affected with water contamination will experience more diarrhea and less vomiting.
Some students suffering from severe vomiting were given medicine to stop the vomiting, but were just advised to drink uncarbonated juices and chew ice to alleviate the nausea, Ebbin said.
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