Staff Writer
In brief_
Bush says ‘time is right’ for progress toward world peace
WASHINGTON — President Bush, propelled by the political upheaval in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, proposed a dramatic cut in U.S. and Soviet combat troops Wednesday night, saying in his first State of the Union address “the time is right to move forward.”
With ambassadors from across the world in attendance, Bush told a joint session of Congress, "We are in a period of great transition, great hope, yet great uncertainty...
“The events of the year just ended — the revolution of ’89 — have been a chain reaction, change so striking that it marks the beginning of a new era in the world’s affairs.”
From the Associated Press
Index
February honors Afro-Americans
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Thirteen rooms at Embassy have no students in them at all, said Mike Cra-gin, complex manager for Embassy.
Students dissatisfied with Embassy cite such problems as an erratic tram service to campus and an inadequate meal (dan.
"The meal plan is the worst I've ever seen. You're basically held captive by the times that you can eat your (See Embassy, page 19)
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Volume CXI, Number 15	University of Southern California	Thursday, February 1, 1990
Financial aid ‘gift’ awards will increase
By Thomas Chan
Staff Writer
Starting this fall, juniors and seniors will enjoy increases in "gift" forms of financial assistance, and the deadline for submitting tax statements has been extended for the first time, said Tom King, associate dean of Admissions and Financial Aid.
"Gift packages (for students submitting their applications on-time) will rise by the same percentage increase as their increase in need but can't go higher than the percentage increases in tuition," King said. "Sophomores who have increased need will also enjoy grant increases in their packages."
These increases, in contrast to the five-percent reduction suffered^bv some students for the 1989-90 academic year, come at a time when the university is also simplifying the filing process.
By requiring fewer forms to be submitted for the student's application to be labeled "on time," the university aims to "simplify the process (in order) to have more students on time," King said.
In past years, students with late applications suffered aid cuts, but this year late applicants will not be as severely punished. All students will still receive 100 percent of their demonstrated need, King said, but the ratio of gift aid to loans will be reduced for late students.
"The quality of their lot will change,
(See Aid, page 19)
Senate rejects proposal
Vote barely stops mandate requiring two IDs in election
By Bob Elston
Staff Writer
The Student Senate voted for the second time in three weeks to reject a proposal to require voters to present two forms of identification before casting a ballot in the Spring senate elections.
The proposal, authored by Antho-
ny DeBarry, chairman of the Elections and Recruitment Commission, aimed to prevent tainting of the election by students misrepresenting themselves to vote more than once and by candidates having friends who are not students cast a vote for them.
Last year the Student Senate election was nullified on these grounds.
The proposal was defeated 9-8 with one abstention after lengthy debate.
The swing argument in the debate (See Senate, page 18)
Access fixed as Security guards area
By Dave Banks
Staff Writer
University Security has put a 24-hour watch on two doors leading into Century Apartments while an emergency work crew tries to repair the high tech Access system that a Century Apartments resident demonstrated yesterday could be opened with a well-placed kick.
Access system manager Terry Riley said Wednesday evening that the hardware used to magnetically seal the doors appears to have been mounted incorrectly.
A magnetic plate was off level by about 3 / 16ths of an inch, Riley said, and that students' kicking the door made the plate slip even more.
A representative from Securitron Corp., the system's distributor in Southern California, inspected the locks Wednesday afternoon with Riley and found no physical defects. Riley said the representative suspected that one lock was not receiving enough voltage and could not hold the door shut properly.
"The magnetic lock should have held. I want some answers," Riley said.
Riley added that security guards will remain at the doors until the work crews replace the magnetic plates and replace the frame to another outside door.
Some Century residents have criticized the security system's effectiveness. Brian Dean, a junior majoring in mathematics, said he is outraged that rents in the apartment were raised, in part, to pay for a faulty security system.
"My rent went up 30 bucks a month from last year," said Dean, a two-year Century resident. "I'm looking to get a rent reduction or maybe a rebate for the past couple of months I've had to pay for the thing."
Bill Thompson, housing services director, said in an earlier interview that housing costs to students were increased by about nine percent to pay for "the rising cost of living, added staff members. . . new programs and building development."
Thompson was not available Wednesday to comment on how much of that increase contributed to the new $1.5 million Access system.
University Security chief Steven Ward said that security patrols have been increased "300 percent" with Access.
"We had known that the door was defective for some time, and we increased some patrols to monitor the area until it got fixed," Ward said. When the system is'fully in place, security can monitor
(See Access, page 3)