Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

Frosh Aic Now In E by DebbieGrifffin gamecock Staff Writer A Basic Educationa Opportunity Grant (BEOG) Program to provide financial aid to freshmen is now in effect at USC, according to R.B. Jeter, director of the Financial Aids Department. The new BEOG program is designed to provide financial assistance tofincoming freshmen, paying up to one-half of their eiltire college cost. The grant is based on the student's financial need. The amount of the grant is based on the student's family contribution which is a set percentage of the family's income, the amount of funds available- for the program and the cost of the student's education since the grant may not exceed one-half of the cost. The maximum award that could be recieved under this program is $1400 per year minus the family contribution. For the 1973-74 academic year the maximum award available is only $452 due to the current lack of federal' ap propriations for the BEOG program. The minimum grant give your pur a sn' send he Soehn f r 254104: Ffect awarded is $200. Freshman entering USC for the first time on a full-time basis during the 1973-74 academic year are eligible for consideration for the grant. Students must be U.S. citizens or in the United States permanently with intentions of becoming residents. This includes present freshmen at the university as well as incoming freshmen. The BEOG program is designed for freshmen only this year. This is due to Congress' only approving enough money for freshmen financial assistance. There is a possibility tle program could be open to sophomoreslif federal ap proprioations were increased to cover all freshmen assistance with an additional increase to cover sophomores. Present and incoming freshmen in need of financial assistance for post-high school education in terested in the BEOG program can pick up a grant application at the financial aid office in the Pen dleton Building. Deadline for application is Feb. 1, 1974. ikin 04 U ~Lum 's Ro i. OPEN 11:4 20%05 In Jeter Minority Affairs Sponsors Contest 'he Minority Student Affairs Committee of the Student Government Association has planned an essay codtest for all minority students. The contest will run through November 7 and a cash prize will be given for the three best essays. According to Charles Grant, secretary of minority affairsessays are to be from 300-500 words and must be typewritten. The essays will be judged by members of the Minority Student Affairs Com mittee. Essays should be sent to Minority Student Affairs, SGA, Box 85140, USC. Specialty aft Beer a.nt Ikef' sh & Chi ps 10 AM 'TIL 12:00 PM lion. - Sat. Green Street Five Points Ho mecoming McKinne Explanat Rita McKinr *y, student body president, ga a a. statement Wednesday . concerning "un fortunate inferences drawn by some students, faculty and staff from the Homecoming article in Monday's Gamecock." Members of the Association of Afro-American students met with McKinney and Bob Craft of the Gamecock staff Tuesday. The point of protest for the Afro representatives and Homecoming Queen Gail Ransom was that there was no clarification of' why McKinney had refused, prior to ceremonies in Williams-Brice Stadium, to hand the sceptre to the new queen. Traditionally student body presidents have performed this function during the festivities. McKinney said in the statement her decision not to participate in the crowning "revolved around the planning events leading up to the Homecoming program in relation to the alumni office.. and had nothing to do with who the queen would be." Further, she said, "The student coordinators of Homecoming felt HELP W NIGI Apply: 1211 C University Union Cinematic Arts Preser ALFREI F;M JON FINCH BLLIE WHITRLAW - ANTHONY SI RusselL iouse-Iheatre pe Flnsh Gordon Issues 1oh that Homecoming does not take the interest3 of the student body into account. This was explained to the alumni office as the student coordinators asked the alumni office for financial support for activities which they felt would make Homecoming - more meaningful and enjoyable for the student body. The alumni office responded with a token $100 donation. "Because of their apparent lack of interest in making the event more relevent to the current student body, I felt my presence on the field at halftime would have indicated support that I did not feel for the alumni office." Concluding the statement by saying she hoped "the selections of a black Homecoming Queen this year and a married Homecoming Queen last year reflect the current thinking of the students," McKinney congratulated Ransom on being the choice of the students and reiterated that her absenc e from the field last Saturday night was "in no way a reflection on her as a black student or as a Homecoming Queen." A TTED qITS lIege Street ER IG A DEADLY ItS NEW TWIST FROM THE ORIGINAL HITCHCOCK I HITCHCOCK'S IENZY itEC McCOWEN-8BARRY FOSTER ANNA MASSEY- BARBARA WO-HUNT CRIBBINS-VMEN MERCHANT AFFER - ALFRED HITCHCOCK. h ter. . _... Shottering m