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( ?? Financial aid still aval By Tammy Line cent, while housing About 650 students contact the percent, Edwards Financial Aid Office each day during average cost for the end of the summer and the first campus undergrade ttwiw v? avuvvi) nwviuillg IW UtlltC per year, inese prj personnel. fect families whose Recently, 800 students telephoned crease accordingly, and 250 people visited the office in According to f one day, said Ray Edwards, associate ficials, early planni director, of financial aid and portant thing a st scholarships. finance his educati The office has applications on file problems in the pr from more than 11,000 students who aid. need assistance for the 1983-84 There are, howe> academic year. Of these, 6,500 have still open for those applied for need-based aid, and the funds for 1983-84. remainder are loan and scholarship Among opportur applicants. Pell grants, he sai Last year's enrollment figure for funded nrocram. the Columbia campus approached undergraduates onl 24,000. Of these students, 34 percent based strictly on received some sort of financial aid, maximum of $1,8< Edwards said. not have to be repi Financial aid programs have in- Pell grants are o creased in the past few years. As ad- throughout the y? ditional funds become available, students who ap; more and more students apply for receive aid by th aid- semester, Edwards Tuition for the year rose 22 per- A second optioi (JSC seeks dismis By David Hill USC is trying to be dismissed from a lawsuit brought by the parents of a Sigma Nu fraternity pledge who died Jan. 25, 1980, during a fraternity party at the university. The suit, filed in June in Richland County Court of Common Pleas, stems from the death of Lurie Barry Ballou, a 20-year-old fraternity pledge who died at the fraternity's lounge. Shortly after the suit was filed, USC sought to be dismissed, claiming the university is part of state government and so cannot be sued without its permission. No other action has been taken, said Paul Ward, general counsel to the university. SIGMA NU fraternity is also named in the suit brought by Sanford Ray Ballou of Johnsonville. The fraternity's national corporation, Executive Director Maurice Littlefield, and chapter officers John Stelling and David Crigler are accused of creating and allowing dangerous and unlawful activities I STKIDERS 1 1 concert hall MICHAEL BOLTON HAS CANCELLED ! TOMORROW - SAT. SEPT. 10 j "SEABOARD" this tues ... tflGHTHAWKS _ . Fhrker presen your fatfc BSHHRj HBflBflflH 8?3ffl MSB | |- ' ' [ "' : ' m isi BtaManaiBBaBtfnBHHitoMHBHHiHiHiVflH ^ Tocnterthc r.nkcr TopoftheC la<wSv i liable, official says ; costs went up 17 Guaranteed Student Loan program, said, making the Edwards said. This is a long-term, an in-state on- low-interest educational financing iate about $4,450 loan program open to those with an ice escalations af- income of up to $30,000 a year, incomes don't in- A needs test must be administered Edwards said. before loan approval if the appliInancial aid of- cant's income is more than $30,000 ng is the most im- he said. The loan repayments in this udent can do to program begin six months after a stuon. Delays create dent completes his education. ocess of receiving Qualified students applying for a Guaranteed Student Loan at this ... ~ f _ ? *. _1 I J' C 1 _ 1 1 a icw upuuus ume snuuiu receive iuuub oy uci, i i who arc seeking and loan applications for the 1984 spring semester should be completed ilties available are no later than Nov. lt Edwards said, d. This federally Several commercial companies ofis offered to fer consumer education loans, and ly. Pell grants are these loans must be repaid monthly need, provide a at 18 percent interest, he said. X) a year and do In addition, Edwards said, a few lid. companies in the business communiffered continually ty make loans to employees or their ;ar and qualified dependents for educational expenses, ply now should Students can apply for none middle of the federally funded part-time jobs said. through the university's Student i available is the Employment Office. sal from lawsuit and hazing to be conducted without adequately regulating the pledging process. Ballou's attorney, Olin Purvis of Darlington, said a hearing on the university's claim probably will be held within 60 days. The case probably will not come to trial for at least a year, Purvis said. USC President James Holderman and Vice President for Student Affairs James Campbell are accused in the suit of failing to provide proper supervision, care and custody of the students. THE SUIT alleges Ballou was forced to drink enormous amounts of alcohol, and then forced to extremes of physical pnrlnranp^ Ballou's body was found face down on a couch in the Sigrm Nu lounge the morning of Jan. 25. Richland County Coronei Frank Barron ruled Ballou died of stangulation, choking 01 his own vomit while unconscious. | CAROLINA WOMEN'S I ! CLINIC ! fl Frcgnancy testing by urine or blood I Abortion Counseling and Services with free medications " All methods of birth control: Pill, IUD, Diaphragm available A VD, Herpes testing and treatment ? I Pap test and other female problems f Ail contacts strictly confidential, we care about you ? a 2009 Hampton St.. Columbia, S.C. | | 803-256-0128 J ts ZbOO chances vcepstakes. no purchase is necessary Void where prohibited All entries must be received Leadership conference scheduled for September By John Deiner Taking the initiative to lead will be the general theme when USC student leaders and their potential predecessors meet at the Leadership Conference for Student Governmnet Sept. 27. The conference will be held in the Russell House ballroom from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and admission will be free. Participants at the conference will include student organization leaders and students who want to become leaders. the big-time leaders, but harder to recognize the ^ potential leaders," Randy I Lamkin, student develop- ^ ment coordinator, said. Lamkin said a strong ef- i fort will be made to reach them in programs such as dorm government and '! University 101 classes. The conference is sponsored by the Student m Government Association, Randy Lamkin the activities office, the Student development coordinator Carolina Leadership .. Program and Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership fraternity. "The conference could not be a success without the combined resources of the four groups," Lamkin said. BESIDES THE organization's interaction, Lamkin said he hopes student interaction at the conference will encourage student leaders to get to know each other better. Participants will stay together as a group throughout the day, he said. Another goal of the coordinators is for students to develop both personal and organizational skills as a leader, Lamkin said. Speakers at the conference will offer tips on how to be mentally conditioned for leadership roles and will give advice on how to be an effective leader. "We want to get students to recognize the key things essential to effective leadership," Lamkin said. A PRESENTATION by Omicron Delta Kappa will open the conference, which Lampkin said, is still being organized. Students will attend faculty and staff led panels of their choice, and from there, the panels will break down into smaller groups for "brainstorming" sessions and other exercises, Lamkin said. A reception will close the conference. Application forms are available at the Russell House information desk. IT ? I ^ I Hr. Dry Cleaning I Mon.-Fri. 7:30-6pm I Sat. 7:30-2pm I Enter the Parker Top-of-theClass Sweepstakes and you could win something that can give you a real advantage in life. Your ownTexas Instruments home computer. While you're at it, pick up something better to write with, too. A Parker Jotter ball pea Its microscopically-textured ball grips the paper to help prevent messy blobbing and skipping. And it writes up to rive times longer than most ball pens. Ixx)k for sweepstakes entry forms and details at your college bookstore. But do it soon. 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