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Financi By ROBERT LAMB USC Times Financing a college education these days may pose as stern a test as a student is likely to encounter in any classroom ? and there is no sign the rising cost will level off anytime soon. ine ounooK is ior rising costs, R. W. "Pete" Denton, treasurer arid vice president for business and finance, said. "But we're doing all we can to hold down the cost, and I still believe that a university education is a bargain." Denton's forecast came on the heels of across-the-board increases in the costs of an academic year, now totaling an estimated $6,523 for a full-time, in-state, undergraduate student. The good news was the increases, averaging just under 5 percent, left USC competitive with other institutions of higher education. The cost per year for an instate student ?at Clemson University, for instance, is $6,722. On the other hand, Denton said the increases put USC high in cost when compared with other southeastern flagship universities. USC tuition rose 4.9 percent to $2,818 for the academic year, which is lower only than that of the University of Virginia at $3,890, and the University of Maryland at $2,829. Tuition is only part of students' cost of attending college for an academic year. Both room and board at USC also went up about 5 percent, and books will cost about 5.3 percent more than last year. There is still room for thrift. Housing can cost as little as $1,354 or as much as $3,090. Meal plans range from $1,278 to $1,680, and books, estimated at $495, can from one course may he having sex with The Con Don't you hate wa change that for les Outlet has a huge feet for the dorm r can afford. We cai won't cost you a for come in today anc some comfort betw you and the cold, bare floor. j I < < ^s A LAUREL ST. GERVAIS ST. j K c/2 ? >1 U3 ?3 o ? 3 s X w < GREEN ST. r .. Russell Col,se"m House " BLOSSOM ST. (803) 779-5606 1700 Huger Street, Colunr Co&( i Eh;/.?: ?! * I HOURS: Mo ial aid ht "The outlook is for rising (l costs. But we're doing all we can to hold down the cost, and I still be- ^ lieve that a university ic education is a bargain." w R. W. "Pete" Denton J Treasurer , lo D study to another. Still, by the time th the student tacks on other expenses, such as transportation Gi ($735) and personal needs de ($2,206), the cost of a year at USC de jumps to an estimated $9,474, Bob Godfrey, associate director of pa student financial aid and scholar- a ships, said. toi "For a non-resident student the ne total rises to an estimated $13,705, sc which is quite alarming," he said. gr Apparently, the alarm has gone 0U off among students, too. Godfrey's ch office has been swamped with ap- ^ plications for student aid for h 1992-93 ? 13,687 as of July 19. "That exceeds the total number we received for 1991-92, 12,674, ^ and we still have seven or eight months to go because we're still processing applications for the ^ spring semester and for summer school," Godfrey said. td A federal higher education bill *U1 passed recently by the House and ^ supported by President Bush, would offer larger direct grants to ^ the poor, if the government has the 3111 money, and change the limits on ?"? borrowing to make loans available ^ to even more students. i tio For 1991-92, Godfrey's office or processed applications for more $51 than $46 million in financial aid. $71 Of the total, $37,590,000 (81 per- mc . someone who had sex with someone who has AIDS. nforts of H dking on a cold, bare 1 s than you think. Cog( selection of carpet r oom or apartment. An i also make custom a Il2'x9'^ ^ Many other size jiil Car II OutU nday - Saturday 9am t ilps pay ] ;nt) was for loans, $6,654,000 4 percent) was in grants, and >,094,000 was in work-study vards. Another $3.4 million in holarships went to approximately ,800 students ? up from >89-90, when about $2.9 million ent to 2,690 students. The figures mean many of toly's students are incurring heavy :bt to get an education, a devepment that both Godfrey and enton see as a worrisome sign of e times. "It's a very troublesome issue," odfrey said. "Many of our stu:nts will graduate with a huge bt to repay." "I think we as a nation are now lying for the 1980's, which were nprinH r\f ctrf*at PYrpccAe " Hon ^ |/V11V/U U1 V/VVVUvJVO, n said. "On the other hand, it f iver has been easy to go to hool, and within the state a deee from USC is still a tremendis bargain. "I can tell you this: what we i arge for our product ? a college ucation ? isn't anywhere near e cost of providing it, and no , atter how you look at it, going to ^ liege is not as expensive as not ^/jj ing educated." Tuition increases for 1992-93 on SC's other campuses ranged >m 4.95 percent at Spartanburg 20 percent at other regional jgr; mpuses. For resident students, W ition at Spartanburg rose from Ip ,010 to $1,060 per semester; at r, >astal Carolina, it went fro ,010 to $1,085, up 7.43 percent; d at Aiken an 8.72 percent in:ase pushed tuition from $975 to i| ,060. On the regional campuses, tuin for resident students with 62 fewer earned hours rose from 82 to $700 a semester, and from 30 to $840 for those with 63 or m m / J? , ' ^h^?3H lb lay to rest your fear of AIDS, use condoms. A ome... floor? You can lill Carpet Mill emnants perd at prices you rea rugs that is available also. ? pet 1 jf b o 6pm J higher col ' T' """" ' ~ - : ? w% Zl ** m* "My##*-*'*-* - ,*y: && : " ^BpP^ *>&m2mi ffiS % jji-im y .I~' Jp> ' ''"'ij^ppiiwi* 1)11 III '"' * K^*~" _ mmm0K0tiHft{it[m*^ v ilsHIr sp i nd be true to one another. 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