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$36,000 from last year split among groups
Senate: Rollover money from last year’s account distributed to organizations, programming
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College loan increase less than bill allows
Education: Congressional budget allows for less money than was allotted in bill signed by Clinton
By MARGARET CHAPMAN
Assistant City Editor
Now that Congress has passed its annual budget, the effects of the recent Higher Education Act, signed by President Clinton two weeks ago, are becoming more clear though the government did authorize increased funding for financial aid, the budget does not include many of the funding changes, a gov ernment official said.
Some of the funding changes that were proposed and passed in the act, such as increased Pell Grants, are being made, though not to the extent set forth in the authorization.
“The authorization is a goal. It's what we would like to see,” said David Foy, press secreUiy for Rep.
By JENNIFER KELLEHER
Staff Writer
The Student Senate decided to allocate a second round of funds to student organizations with the leftover $36,000 from last year’s senate, said Treasurer Hye Young Park.
Usually, when there is an excess amount of senate money, it goes to the next year’s senate. However, since the amount was so large, members decided to allow this year’s senate to have access to the funds.
“We want students who paid the programming fee to directly benefit from the hinds,” Park said. She said it is likely- that students who paid last year’s fees are still attending school.
The reason such a large amount was left over may be because last year’s treasurer was conservative, Park said.
“Our goal is not to foolishly spend our money,” she said. The funds go directly to students and not senate administrative needs, Park said. “We only took $1,000 to cover us this year."
Program Board received $24,000, the largest amount from the allocation of the rollover money, Park said. Program Board is the umbreU ^aiiiza-tion that funds recognized student groups on campus including International Student Assembly, the Black Student Assembly and Women's Studenl vsembly.
Only organizations that requested additional funding received parts of the $24,000, Park said. They include the Academic Honors AsscmbK and the Gay, Lesbian, Bi Assembly, which both received $3,000 and the Concerts committee, which received $4,000. Other groups received between $300 and $2^00.
The $11,000 remaining will pay for other items including course guides and a new housing guide, which will help students find non-university housing, Park said.
Trojan parade. (Left) Kyle Barisich, a senior majoring in music, and Allison Chu, a senior majoring in occupational therapy, were crowned Mr. and Ms. USC Thursday. Both were recently named as members of the Order of the Torch.
(Right) The USC marching band lead the the SoCal cheer with song girls and yell leaders behind them during Thursday night’s Homecoming Rally in front of Tommy Trojan. Hundreds rooted for the Troajns in Saturday's game against Washington.
Filmmaker donates $5 million
Donation: High-tech digital studio to be built for cinema school, donor’s alma mater
By JANET CHANG
Staff Writer
Robert Zemeckis, the Academy Award-winning director of “Forrest Gump,* donated $5 million to his alma mater, USC’s School of Cinema-
Television, it was announced earlier this week.
“USC was a great inspiration to me and an important stepping stone for my career,” Zemeckis said through a statement released through the School of Cinema-Television.
Zemeckis’ donation will be used to build a new facility that has already been named the Robert Zemeckis Digital Arts Studio. This facility will be dedicated entirely to digital production, said Marlene Loadvine, associate dean for external relations at the School of Cinema-Television.
Construction of the complex is
scheduled to begin in May 1999 and will be located within the Performing Arts Annex on 30th Street off campus. The facility will be the first addition to the existing complex since 1984.
“I’m hopeful that what I’m giving back to the university will give students the same opportunities that were afforded me when I was a student at the USC School of Cinema-Television," Zemeckis said.
The studio will feature non-linear digital editing and shooting systems, digital stages with motion-control computers, CGI classrooms and multime-
(see Donation, page 15J
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Population expert urges people to act now
LSCturO: Professor from Stanford University said time is *ripe’ to prepare for overpopulation
By ADRIANA GALA VIZ
Staff Writer
While many people believe that there are no present problems with the environment, Paul Ehrlich, Bing professor of population studies at Stanford University, urged people to act now to remedy overpopulation in a lecture
Thursday in the Gerontology Center’s Davis Auditorium.
Ehrlich, author of books such as “The Population Bomb” and “The Betrayal of the Science and Reason,” said he believes that if attempts to control overpopulation and protect the environment are started now, results will not be seen for 30 more years.
Ehrlich said that the time is ripe to begin preparing for overpopulation.
If someone had predicted the fall of Communism and the end of the Cold War when the time was “ripe," then all of the upheaval could have been prevented, he said.
(see Population, page 2)
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