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Volume CXIV, Number 6	University of Southern California	Wednesday, January 16,1991
J«ff Wachner / Dally Tro|an
Hundreds gathered in front of Tommy Trojan at noon Tuesday to protest the possible use of force against Iraqi troops in Kuwait.
Late fees charged to fewer students
By Glen Justice
Assistant Gty Editor
A student peace rally drew a crowd of more than 750 people in front of Tommy Trojan on Tuesday, kicking off "Human Rights Week" with one of the largest student protests on campus in the past decade, University Security said.
Students responded with cheers and chants to a venue that included more than 20 student, faculty and guest lecturers speaking out against U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf.
The rally — sponsored by USC Students for Peace and Justice, a campus special-interest group — took place without incident, said Lt. Art Blair of University Security.
In less than two hours, the crowd swelled from at ut 100 curious onlookers to a loud hoard that spoke out openly against the policies of the Bush administration.
First they clapped. Then they (See Rally, page 7)
Officials report most spring tuition paid by deadline
By Annette Chadney
Assignment Editor
Despite a new federal law requiring universities to hold Stafford Loan checks until Jan. 4 — a week before tuition payment deadline — university officials said an increased number of students paid tuition on time this spring.
"We assessed less late fees this year than last," said Ted Andrews, director of Student Financial Operations.
The last day to pay tuition without being assessed a late fee was Jan. 11.
"Every semester more students realize the late fee is there and the administration is holding to it," Andrews said.
He said this semester's tuition payment process went smoothly.
A change in a federal regulation required the university to hold Stafford Loan checks until Jan. 4. Previously, students received their loans in December.
Instead of passing out 8,000 loan checks over a period of five weeks, the university was forced to hand them out in five
days, Andrews said.
The new regulation was implemented in an attempt to keep students from spending their money on items other than tuition, Andrews said.
"Congress feels the program is in a lot of trouble right now because of the high default rate," he said. "This was an effort to reduce default rates."
Andrews said the university has imposed a late fee for the past three years as an incentive to get students to pay their bills on time.
Students are charged $100 each week for the first three weeks their bills are not paid, and $25 for the fourth week, he said. Following this, a 12 percent annual finance charge is imposed, he added.
Andrews said 3,940 students (13 percent) failed to settle their accounts through deferrment or payment — which translates into $394,000 in late fees.
"But the majority of the students have always paid on time," he added. "It's the few that don't that we always hear about."
Students who cannot pay their entire bill on time can opt for an extended payment plan, Andrews said. Through the
(See Fees, page 6)
Rally prompts memories of USC protests gone by
By Paul Malcolm
Staff Writer
Twenty years ago, Henry Slucki, professor of psychiatry on the medical school campus, spoke in front of Tommy Trojan asking for peace.
Yesterday he asked again.
Many students expressed surprise at the size of yesterday's peace protest at noon in front of Tommy Trojan, but for Slucki and other faculty on campus, the rally brought memories of the university's activist past to mind.
"I can see from the rally that we have very much the same spirit as we did then, both in numbers and intensity," Slucki said. "What we're seeing now is one of the basic physical laws. George Bush has to realize for every action there is going to be a reaction."
Slucki, one of many faculty members who opposed the Vietnam War during the late sixties and early seventies, evoked that era during his speech yesterday.
"At that time we, the students and staff, joined together against (President Lyndon B.) Johnson and the war in
Southeast Asia," he said. "Today we are here with the same demands as always. All we are saying is give peace a chance."
Although there have been protests on campus over a number of issues, it was the
protest against war in the Persian Gulf that resembled the heyday of the university's activism after four students were killed by National Guardsmen at Kent State in 1970.
(See Protests, page 19)
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A protester shouted peace slogans at university onlookers during an anti-Vietnam War rally held on Oct. 15,1969. The day was designated as Moratorium Day by organizers of the protest.
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