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Volume C, Number 6
University of Southern California
Friday, January 17, 1986
Financial Aid Office to offer seminars for '86 applicants
By Gordon Gary
Staff Writer
The Financial Aid Office will offer a series of seminars in the Norman Topping Student Activities Center from Jan. 21 through Feb. 21 for students applying for financial aid for the 1986-87 academic year.
The talks will be open to new and returning students and their parents, and will include information on the various aid programs available, deadline dates for each program and eligibility determinations for assistance.
In previous years the seminars had been conducted under the guise of a "Financial Aid Awareness Week", but had a poor turnout those years, said Frank Tarquinio, director of financial aid.
Tarquinio said he "certainly expects the turnout to be better this year" because of added publicity through flier campaigns and the mailing of 10,000 financial aid packets to students at home.
This year, "the office sent out financial aid application packets to all students who demonstrated a need for, or applied for financial assistance last year," Tarquinio said.
The seminars will be conducted by managers and counseling staff from the Financial Aid Office and will include instruction on completing financial aid applications, including securing of parents' 1040 tax forms and "other basic information."
The Financial Aid Office reminds students that the filing deadline for the Cal Grant and the priority deadline for University financial aid is Feb. 11, 1986.
In January, seminars will be held on the 21st from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.; on the 23rd and 27th from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.; and on the 30th from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. In February, they will be held on the 1st from 10 a.m. to noon; the 4th from 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., the 5th from 11 a.m. to noon; and on the 10th and 21st from 10 a.m. to noon.
Financial aid awards in danger
Gramm-Rudman Act may force cuts
Anti-apartheid protestors punished by UCLA court
By Abu Faij Dowlah
Staff Writer
Three UCLA students arrested last April for an anti-apart-heid sit-in demonstration in front of Murphy Hall will face a disciplinary tribunal at the university's Sunset Recreational Center on Jan. 24.
Diego Maldonado, Matt Kogan and Ingrid Landa — majoring in mathematics, music and political science, respectively, will face a six-member disciplinary tribunal consisting of two students, two administrative officials and two members of the faculty.
Although all civil charges have been dropped, the UCLA administration has continued to pursue the case.
"We may even be expelled from the university," Maldonado said.
Uncertainty has surrounded the tribunal and the specific charges to be brought against the defendants.
Refusing to elaborate on the particulars of the university's case, the UCLA Hearing Coordinator's office said only that the charges against the students were confidential.
Darlene Skeels, Director of Information at UCLA, said, "I don't know much about it (the tribunal)," refusing to speculate on the possible disciplinary measures the defendants might face.
Meanwhile, the Black Student Alliance and the Progressive Student Alliance have planned to sponsor a rally at the trial to extend support to the students and to reiterate the call for divestment of U.C. funds in South Africa.
In a similar demonstration on this campus last April, nearly 400 university students participated in an anti-apartheid rally in front of Bovard Auditorium without incident.
By Matthew Gaven
Staff Writer
Federally funded financial aid often is the first to fall under the budget ax when cutbacks are announced. The new Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act, recently signed into law, may once again force financial aid onto the federal chopping block.
The federal budget plan, which was named for its legislative sponsors, calls for balancing the federal fiscal budget and eliminating the national debt by 1991.
The act will work toward the elimination of the over $2 trillion national debt by cutting available federal funds in installments of $36 billion a year if the President and Congress fail to voluntarily meet certain goals that lead to a balanced budget.
Michael Halloran, dean of ad-	■
missions and financial aid, described Gramm-Rudman as "a fairly unique and interesting bill because it tests some questions of constitutionality and the existence of social programs such as financial aid."
"I talked to various people at the College Board, UC and CU systems to see what they knew of Gramm-Rudman," Halloran said. "There is not expected to be any immediate impact for this year.	——
"My contacts close to people in Washington say what little cuts do come this year would be in the Department of Education in the area of jobs."
"Budget reductions for this fiscal year cannot affect. . .financial aid allotments, with the exception of GSLs (Guaranteed Student Loans)," he said. "Last year”s budget funds cover this year's program, while this year's budget allotment will cover next year's program."
Halloran pointed out there are actually three major pieces of legislation that directly affect federally subsidized financial aid. They are the Gramm-Rud-man-Hollings Act, the Budget Reconciliation Act, and the Budget Reauthorization Act.
The Budget Reconciliation Act is designed to
'There is secured list of areas from which the president cannot cut funding. Education, including financial aid, is not on that list.' — Michael Halloran
keep federally funded programs budgeted for level funding from year to year.
The Budget Reauthorization Act declares which financial aid programs are to be federally funded. This act was first drafted under the Johnson Administration and is usually revised every five years.
Halloran said there is a secured list of areas from which the president cannot cut funding. Education, including financial aid, is not on that list, he said.
The president does have the power to cut federal funding from the work-study. Pell Grant, GSL and Supplemental Grant programs to account for the spending reductions if he chooses, Halloran said. ———— "There are other options available to the president before he begins to cut funding for financial aid," he said. "These options include tax increases, which President Reagan has strongly opposed in the past.
"Next year is an election year. If budget cuts are necessary, they may amount to three or four percent reductions in the allocation letter from the federal government," Halloran said.
The allocation letter discloses how much money the federal will provide the university for
A student at last year’s anti-apartheid rally on campus. Three UCLA students face disciplinary action for their participation in a similar rally held on that campus.
government financial aid.
Halloran said revenue from the department of education has declined over the past four years.
In those instances, the university has picked up the difference in funding from the previous year, Halloran said.
President James Zumberge has often voiced his commitment to fully support the financial need of the university and Halloran said if that policy is to be changed, it must come directly from Zumberge.
"Intent (to maintain the current policy) is still there, but resources, in the face of federal cuts, are not bottomless," he said.
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Father of ‘Song of Troy’ dies of a heart attack
By Sharon Nazarian
Staff Writer
So here's to Southern California;
Here's to the cardinal and gold;
Here's all the Trojan warriors;
Fighting like the knight of old;
Here's to love and here's to honor;
Deep in their hearts they hold;
And here’s to victory;
Win the game, keep inside the hall of fame;
The glory of old SC.
'Song of Troy' (former USC fight song) By Charley Kisco
Charles Kisco, the composer of "Song of Troy," an old USC fight song, died on Dec. 8, 1985 of a heart attack.
Little is known on campus about Kisco, but his words of conquest that were once used by the marching band are still among the songs of USC.
"It (Song of Troy) was used as one of the school songs, but it hasn’t been used for many years. That is why many students don't know him," said Tony Fox, assistant director of the Trojan Marching Band.
But Fox noted that the song is on some of the marching band's record albums.
The current fight song, "Fight On," was written by Milo Sweet and Glen Grant, and was chosen as the official fight song in a 1922 contest.
"Fight on" came in second place, but was chosen as the official fight song, according to records in the University Archives.
"This song proved to be a very popular fight song," said Paul Christopher, university archivist. Christopher said that it was used even in World War II on board an American ship as it went into battle against the Japanese.
Sweet, a dental student who graduated in 1925, died in 1979.