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Volume LXVIM Number 68
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Thursday, February 5, 1976
Vendors
find new way to stay cool
By Marie Denunzio
Staff Writer
Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, or the bacteria will get us.
—Unsung song of catering truck patrons
University students will now be able to sleep peacefully knowing that they will never have to worry about purchasing spoiled food, as long as they patronize the Golden Scarab Vending Truck.
In accordance with a California State Law effective Jan. 1, the Golden Scarab has installed mechanical refrigeration for all perishable items, including sandwiches.
The law, which is enforced by the Los Angeles County Health Department, recommends that all vending wagons or trucks comply with the temperature requirement of 50 degrees this year and 45 degrees next year, said Steve Pinkey, director of the southwest headquarters of Environmental Management District Service.
Golden Scarab Catering Trucks run at 40 degrees through their new refrigeration unit, in addition to the ice carried for the cold drinks.
The catering service is run by a family of five brothers and five sisters. Two of the brothers, who identified themselves only as Ed and Dave, said they take turns driving the truck while their sisters make the sandwiches each morning beginning at 2 a.m.
“People have a bad impression of catering trucks,” Dave said. “They think we are either going to try to cheat or poison them and they come here with that attitude.
“Sometimes they say rude things and I really get offended. It’s good food. I eat it.”
Dave said he feels that they have one of the best catering trucks in Los Angeles. “We’re always really careful about the food. One time after the girls had made the sandwiches, we found that one of the mayonnaise jars had a chip in it. We threw away a whole day’s worth of sandwiches just because we didn’t want to risk getting a piece of glass in one of them.”
He also said they have begun making their own doughnuts. Originally they purchased pastries from a bakery. At one time they faced a $500 fine for improp-
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Student aid will increase if state budget is adopted
By Don La Plante
Associate Editor
The number of state scholarships and colle’ge opportunity grants will increase sharply next year if the budget proposed by Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. is adopted by the legislature.
The proposed budget calls for an increase of about 10% in the number of state scholarships from 36,180 to 40,312. The number of college opportunity grants would be more than 50% above this year’s, from 8,162 to 12,783.
The maximum award for a state scholarship winner will in-
crease in 1976-77 school year from $2,500 to $2,700.
The college opportunity grant program will have an award maximum of $3,400 With 6.825 new awards available next year, more than double the number of new grants that were available this year.
While the number of state scholarships and grants will increase, there is no increase requested for the graduate fellowship program. The budget recommends that the number of scholarships remain at 1,080, with 280 awards available for new applicants.
The increase in the state scholarship program should be particularly advantageous for private universities such as USC: During this year. 46% of the scholarship winners enrolled in private universities, using 81% of the funds for the program. The rest was divided among students enrolled in the University of California and the State University and College system.
Private college students would also benefit from the increase in the maximum award because the average award to private college students has in-
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Federal assistance per student could decrease, officials say
But Wagner said that the grants will also be available to seniors and that a greater number of part-time students will be seeking the federal money.
This means that $1,400, which is the maximum aid a student can expect from the federal programs this year, may decrease to about $1,000 next year, said Michael J. Scarpelli, director of the Student Aid
Office.
This decrease will be due partially to the way the BEOG program is set up, Scarpelli said.
Unlike California State Scholarships, which are awarded on the basis of academic merit and need, the federal grants are allocated according to need only. Therefore, more people will be applying for the grants.
Furthermore, the three government agencies that administerthe programs have requested a 19% cut in the budget—a cut of $1.67 billion, W'agner said. These agencies are the Office of Education, the Veterans’ Administration and the Social Security Administration.
Still more massive cuts in federal student aid have been proposed for the 1977-78 academic year in President Ford’s budget, which was sent to Congress in January.
Wagner said the university administration hopes Congress will not accept such a disastrous cut in student assistance.
FROM BOTH SIDES NOW—She's looked at clouds from up and down but still somehow. . .classes continue, rain or shine. Barbara Pomykalski,a sophomore in public relations, and friend brave the elements as they hurry across campus Wednesday. The rain ended the drought that had plagued Southern California since Dec. 12, but it is doubtful that any further precipitation could dampen the students' enthusiasm for the new semester. DT photo by Mike Ito.
By Justin Fox
Stall W riter
Although Congress has appropriated more money for student assistance, two university spokesmen said there are indications that the number of federal dollars per student will decrease for the 1976-77 academic year.
William Wagner, special assistant to President John R. Hubbard for academic record services, said Wednesday there is little likelihood that the award per student will increase next year due to the greater number of students applying for financial assistance.
In comparing the figures that Congress has appropriated for financial assistance with last year. Wagner said the net dollars per student will decrease.
Wagner explained that about $8.8 billion was appropriated out of the federal budget by Congress for student assistance this year.
This money in part finances four federal student
programs for three years. These programs are the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program (BEOG), the Supplementary Educational Opportunity Grant Program, the College Work-Study Program and the National Direct Student Loan Program.
Freshmen, sophomores, juniors and part-time students are now eligible for BEOG grants. Next year the program will have an increased budget of $55 million.