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Late fees go to fund academic programs
Students who fail to pay by Jan. JO deadline can collect heavy charges
By JASON CARTER
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USC m«y charge one of the highest tuitions among private schools in California, bul It could always be higher. Just ask any stu dent who did nol submil a check to the university by thr tuition pay ment deadline. Jan. 10.
Lale fees may br one of thr greatest nuisances for students trying to keep their account* balanced between tuition payments, health insurance bills and tab fees.
“(The late fee) is sort of like thr . loan shark of thr university,” said Brandon Ahu, a senior majoring in communication. ,
A student may br charged as much as $300 in latr tees if the university dors not receive a tuition payment by thr third wrek after thr Jan. 10 deadline
If no psyments are made 60 days aftei tlie deadline, tlie stu dent's account is said to be delinquent When this occurs a hold may be placed on the account keep mg the student from being able to register for classes.
"A student may he prevented from registering until he oi she brings the student account current." said Betty Cowin, associate director for Bursar Administration. “But once the account is current ... he or she may register once again."
For some students, though, the situation can be more complicated.
“In serious cases of high balances from previous terms the registration for the new term is subject to possible cancellation." said I see Pmi pagp 141
Resnet problems continue
Pardee residents using Macintosh computers say they have trouble logging on to high-speed connection
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Bul Vicente, a music major, aaid she had difficulty regularly access ing the Internet with liar Macintoah computer during the
fall semester.
"It’s pretty sporadic," ahe aaid. "Itli not dependable at all *
,< Vicente is part of a group of atu-dents using Macintoah computers living in Pardee lower who aaid thev have experienced problems with their Internet service aince thr beginning of the fall semester Although Vicente aaid aha is happy that her Internet service has
been working fine since Jan. IS, other students aaid they atill have prob lems connecting to the network
The Internet was down Jan. 19 for a few hours, said Rebecca Brown, a freshman majoring in viaual arts and paychology. Brown, who uaes a Macintoah computer version OSX, or operating system 10, aaid the Internet works about half of the time.
"Its a very complicated multi layered path from your desktop to anywhere you travel on the Internet,* said Kay Ferdinandsen.
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It's challengina to figure out specifically what the problem ia," said Mike Pearce, ISD deputy chief information officer.
The iaaue is aiao not laolated in one reaidence hall. Ferdinandsen said
"Pardee Tower didn't experience any apecific or unique problems." she said. "It was a general problem that people were experiencing.” i
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Flexcar debuts program on campus
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The Flexcar program recently inetated in conjunction with USC’s Transportation Services allows regfs members to rant vehicles at an hourly rate. USC is the only Los Angeles college to be part of the program.
USC one of 17 locations where hourly rent-a-cars are available
By MARYBE1 GONZALEZ
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For those tired of asking friends for a ride to the grocery store or to the mall or just fed up with all the costs associated with owning a car. there is a solution closer than they think.
The answer is not Campus Cruiser or even a taxi service, but the Flexcar, program. The car-aharlng program allows members to borrow cars at an hourly rate of about $10 an hour. The program stationed one of its cars at USC for members to use.
"This is a way to offer customers with another option," said Brian d’Autremont, director of Transportation Services.
He said his officr would some times receive phone calls for requests to borrow a car for a couple of hours, but had no way of doing so. With Flexcar, the request could be met, dAutremont said.
USC is one of 17 locations in Los Angeles that participates in the Flexcar program and the only south
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Technology program provides job training
Community; Located at the Shrine Auditorium, IMSC gives neighborhood kids a chance to learn about computers
By GREG DAMIANO
Staff Writw
Although the Shrine Auditorium imposes a certain level of glamour onto the corner of Figueroa Street and Jefferson Boulevard, it also guards one of USC’s least visible philanthropic ventures.
One would be surprised to see what energy fills a small office hidden behind a small door on the Shrine's Jefferson face. This is the location of USC's Integrated Media
Systems Center, a computer lab maintained by USC Civic and Community Relations.
Mark Bielak, a former teacher of speech and radio television at USC, is fidgeting around like crazy. And as the director of the Central Los Angeles Multimedia Tech Center, hr constantly sits down only to get back up again to find some new press release.
The IMSC was originally founded as the Multimedia University Academy, which helps low-income school kids find free job training.
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Textbook sales strong with new competition
Books: Even with debut of new Senate Web site, students flocking to bookstore
By MOAN REED
Contributing Writer
The Pertuaati University Bookstore is maintaining strong textbook sales despite competition from online dealers. Bookstore representatives report that book aales for this semester are expected to be up over those of last semester, continuing the trend of the last four or m five yeara.
Even in the electronic age where students have a variety of online options when it comes to buying their course materials, the university bookstore is sustaining a strong hold in the market in part by focusing on stu-
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