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Volume CXIII, Number 27
University of Southern California
Thursday, October 11,1990
Man may be connected to phone threats
By Brian McDonough
Staff Writer
A recent rash of threatening phone calls to female students appears to be the work of one man who possibly is connected to the university, a University Security official said Wednesday.
Security reports indicate that five of the seven threatening calls reported since classes began were similar in the specific nature of the threats, and the caller used the same first name in three of the calls.
The caller seems to have a familiarity with university housing and its telephone system, said Lt. Art Blair of University Security.
In one incident, the caller knew the victim's room number, Blair said. He also suggested that the caller might be figuring out his victims' phone numbers through the sequential numbers assigned to most university housing.
The calls also tend to be made at the same time of day, Blair said.
In two of three cases that the suspect gave a first name, victims told security that the caller threatened to tie them up, rape them and slit their throats with a knife. In two other incidents when the caller gave no name, similar threats were made, according to the reports.
Three of the calls were made to residents of Troy complex. The first occurred on Sept. 4, and the other two were made during a two-hour period on Oct. 6, according to reports.
On Aug. 29, a caller claimed to have the victim's roommate hostage and threatened to kill her.
The caller apparently knew the hair color of both the victim and her roommate, and described clothing the victim of the call had been wearing. He also demonstrated some knowledge of the victim's apartment building, Blair said.
The victim said this was not the first time she had received such calls, according to the report.
(See Phone, page 6)
100 percent aid to return
New policy to affect 1991 freshman class only, officials say
By Glen Justice and Bob Elston
Staff Writers
After months of deliberation, university officials announced plans Wednesday to return to a financial aid policy designed to meet 100 percent of student-demonstrated financial need beginning next fall.
This aid policy is an effort to attract more freshmen to the university by offering a morel competitive financial aid package.
"It is my conviction that financial aid was not a positive factor in the enrolling of (the 1990) freshman class," said Cathy Thomas, director of financial aid.
She said the goal of the new policy is to attract 2,800 freshmen next fall, about 400 more than this year's freshman class.
This policy will only affect next year's freshman class and subsequent classes, said John Curry, director of budget and planning.
The new plan is a departure from a policy established last year that left incoming students of modest academic achievement with gaps in their aid packages.
The university's financial aid package covers student need through grants, loans and student self-help — such as work-study jobs. But this year, freshman
students with lower academic achievements were "gapped" — their aid packages failed to meet their demonstrated financial need.
Officials concede that while the university was gapping the bottom of the academic class, other universities with more attractive aid policies were drawing away a portion of the university's applicants.
"While we were belt tightening, other institutions were loosening their belts, expanding their financial aid budgets," said Richard Ide, former chairman of the task force on undergraduate enrollment. "We were going in the wrong direction and put ourselves in what appears to be a noncompetitive position."
The gapping system was implemented (See Aid, page 16)
A different point of view
Kris Chun I Dally Trojan
Looking skyward from VonKleinsmid Center, the globe on top of the bell tower can barely be seen. The chimes that are heard daily throughout campus every hour and every half hour originate from here.
Recruiting efforts successful
Hispanic enrollment grows
By Glen Justice
Staff Writer
Increased recruiting efforts have managed to boost Hispanic student enrollment at the university over the last three years, and some expect the surge to continue.
Fall enrollment figures are not yet available, but officials predict the Hispanic population will continue to increase.
"I see it doubling or tripling in the next few years," said Abel Amaya, head of the Hispanic interest group El Centro Chicano.
"The largest reason is the large number of Latinos we have in the Los Angeles area — it's almost double the blacks," Amaya said. "We (the university) need students. Because the pool is so large, I
This is the third in a series of articles examining racial issues on campus.
think this is where the students are going to be. It's economic survival for USC. At some point, we are going to have to say 'Where are the students?' "
The Hispanic student population has increased from 813 undergraduate students in 1987 to 1,186 in the fall of 1989. The number of graduate students also has increased, from 260 in the fall of 1987 to 334 last year.
"If you look at the total student population we have, we could have done better," Amaya said. "But we are going to have to pay attention to the growth we (See Hispanics, page 16)
Jewish student group
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proposed to senate
By Annette Chadney
Staff Writer
A new student organization, whose founding was proposed at Wednesday's Student Senate meeting, may officially add its name to the list of groups funded by the senate if approved by formal vote in two weeks.
The Jewish Student Assembly was proposed in a bylaw amendment by author Sam Sheldon, vice president of the senate. The measure is sponsored by senators Erin Pelofsky and Brian Lipshy.
Members of the senate have two weeks to make their constituencies
aware of the proposed organization and then will vote on its official membership to the Program Board.
According to Sheldon, if approved, the organization will be funded by the senate and allowed a budget of between $4,000 and $10,000.
Sheldon said the organization would take its stand among other similar organizations such as the Latino Student Assembly, Asian American Student Assembly and Black Student Assembly.
The organization would give Jewish students the opportunity to be part of (See Senate, page 7)