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Tuesday January 12,1993 Vol. CXVIII, No. 1
Decreased federal grants tighten financial aid belt
By Dmitri Williams
Assistant City Editor
Long financial aid lines may be the least of student's problems this year as changes in state and federal education funding have made financial aid packages a little bit smaller and a little more complicated.
Last year's massive state budget shortfall was resolved in part thanks to a 15-percent reduction in the state's Cal Grant program. Students across the state saw a reduction in their grant packages. The maximum private sector Cal Grant was reduced from $5,250 to $4,498.
USC received roughly $1.5
million dollars less in Cal Grant money, according to financial aid officials.
The relatively good news is that USC students are not being hit as hard as state school students are. USC allocated enough money in grants and loans to compensate for the shortfall.
USC students are also fortunate in that they are not butting heads with enrollment caps that public colleges are being forced to use.
In fact, the registrar's office reported a rise in freshmen undergraduate applications, from 10,409 to 13,362 prospective stu-
dents, and in actual enrollment, from 2,388 to 2,429 for the 1992-93 school year.
"All the increases in enrollment and financial aid were expected," said Cathy Thomas, associate director of financial aid.
"We do projections and have a lot of historical data, so we have a good idea of what the freshman class is going to look like," Thomas said.
But because the university has pledged to meet students' financial need, without exception, the Cal Grant reductions have still hit students.
(See Cost, page 3)
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Former Trojan John Robinson returns as head football coach.
Coach Robinson back at helm of football program
By Matt White
Assistant Sports Editor
Everything old is new again at the helm of USC's troubled football program.
John Robinson, who coached USC football from
1976 to 1982 before leaving amid controversy for the Los Angeles Rams, was hired Jan. 3 for a second tenure as USC's head coach.
Robinson posted a 67-14-2 record in his seven years at
USC, leading the Trojans to three Rose Bowl wins and a National Championship.
Following USC, Robinson led the Rams for nine years, posting a mark of 79-73, and twice coming within a game of the Super Bowl.
Robinson was hired to replace Larry Smith, who resigned under pressure on Jan. 1 (see Smith, page 24). Moving to a return During the 1992 football season, in a time period that Athletic Director Mike McGee classified as "mid-November," Robinson, then a television commentator, asked McGee for advice con-(See Robinson, page 15)
Reactions about the changing of the guard
I By Jeff Wong
Assistant Sports Editor
Reactions to the return of John Robinson as USC head coach of the football team have been varied. Some people, including influential alumni and high-ranking university officials, have expressed the view that a change was inevitable and necessary.
"In this time and place, it's a wise thing," said Jon Arnett, a former All-America USC halfback during the mid-1950s. He also co-wrote a nine-page critical letter to Smith analyzing various aspects within the football program after the Trojans' 3-8 1991 season.
"I'm happy to see John Robinson back at 'SC," he said. "He's had a very good record at USC in the past, and I'm sure that he'll be able to get us winning again.
"They're going to lose some games, but what people expect (as reason for losing) is the other team's excellence. The past is the past. . . You just hope you don't lose that way. (Robinson) has a tough schedule and he's going to lose some, but not because of poor management and lack of preparation," he said.
(See Reaction, page 15)
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Trojan Knights members worked on shoveling out tons of sand In preparation for the bonfire.
Decision reached on Knights
Sanctions require groi ) to accept women members
By Andrew Asch
Staff Writer
Responding to a sexual harassment complaint against the Trojan Knights, a traditionally male campus service club, the University Review Panel decided to institute a three-year deferred suspension, in which the club must f > :ow certain sanctions, including the recruitment and maintenance of a substantial percentage of female members.
If the Trojan Knights do not comply with the new sanctions they could be suspended for three years. They plan to submit an appeal to the Student Conduct Office at the end of this week regarding the required admittance of women.
According to the sanction guidelines, the Trojan Knights must also sponsor sexual harassment awareness weeks for the university during their deferred suspension and send their new members to seminars dealing with sexual harassment and date rape that are approved by the Office for Women's Issues.
The membership sanction demands that 30 per-
cent of fall 1993 initiates be female and the club membership must be at least 40 percent female by spring 1996.
New Trojan Knight President Ken Short thinks the membership sanction is not necessary because the Helenes club, the Knight's all-female counterpart, already gives women a chance to be in a similar service group.
He also fears members and Trojan Knight alumni may balk at the new sanctions and dissolve the club rather than break the club's 72-year, all-male tradition.
Some Helenes would like the Knights to remain a single-sex organization, not only because they are sibling organizations but because as former Helenes President Gigi Houghton said, co-ed organizations tempt members to "flirt instead of work."
The future of both organizations is now uncertain. "My bet is that a year from now, they'll merge into one group or become co-ed," said David Crandall, director of Student Activities.
Houghton said she fears the two different philanthropic services the clubs provide would be lost or ignored in one larger club.
(See Knights, page 3)