Alcala Yearbook 1993-1994

ALCALA NEWS

Year's End 1993-1994

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Funding_ shortage forces Financial Student sues for Aid to alter eligiabilitv criteri~ health endangerment In an unprecedented move, to corripete for the nght to re- Tibetan student, Eu Jin Fung the Office of Financial Aid an- ceive financial aid. Lo Hwang, has sued the Uni- nounced drastic changes in its "The OFA has determined versity for "blatant disregard of ■ criteria for eligibility for future that wrestling is the faire st health" and "human -----' semesters. means of pitting two contes- endeangerment." The OFA's acting press secre- tants against one another," said Hwang suffers from a glandu- tary, Myra O'Flugle unveiled O'Flugle. "We plan to have Fo- lardeficiency, whichcausedhimto .. So.__m_h ..... om•oi...re__..H.a..wangissuing_tomake the newly proposed plan at a rum AB set up with floor mats, grow to an unusual height. The UsD toservehishe'althn~s press conference last month. and we will provide protective regular diet of yak, which Hwang diets,withoutdramaticincreases Due to the similar dismal fi- headgear for the participants, ate in his native Tibet, provided in meal costs. nancialsituationofsomanystu- as well as NCAA referees to himwiththehormoneherequired "Yakisveryexpensive,"said dents, the OFA can no longer judge the matches." to make up for his natural defi- Caf Foodstuffs Acquisitions decide eligibility based on need The plan was sent to the ciency, but his health began to suf- Manager, Bella Hormuz. "We alone. board of trustees last week for fer after his USDmeal planfailed to regret that Mr. Hwang suffers "The University at present, approval. The board is ex- include the necessary yak supple-- fromthisproblem,butifwestart finds itself unable to fund the pected toapprovetheplannext ment. catering to his diet, we'll have to same number of students as it month, giving the OFA the fi- 'Tm not asking for much," said do it for every one - first dia– has in pastyears ," saidO'Flugle. nal go ahead to put the new Hwang. "I simply want to live an betic, then vegan, thenGodfor– "We have been forced to instate system into place. ordinary life, and I can't do it with- bid ... kosher!Wherewillitend?" new measures for deciding eli- Notices for schedules of outyak. Ipayfornineteenmealsa ThetrialissetforJune,inthe gi bili ty-- name 1 y phys ica I times and dates of the matches week; they could serve yak at least municipalcourtbuildingdown- strength. " are projected to be mailed out twice." town. In the mean time, The new plan would call for to financial aid applicants in Cafeteria officials lament Hwang must take a very ex- financial aidaplicants to faceoff mid-July, with the actual Hwang's problem, but insist pensive, special dried yak against one another in an arena matchestakingplaceinAugust. thattheycannotcatertopersonal capsular supplement. Tram Sham -- prepare to ante up for a costly ride The administration The last "free ride" had been working hard at USD is about to ~i:"◄tui to keep the news of the come to an end. Be- 'iJ91111,.._...,. impending tram fare ginning Spring semes- from spreading to the ter '95, the blue and students,inordertopre- white tram will begin vent an anticipated charging riders to take negative reaction, and them from point A to massive protests. point B. The reaction was far Since it was first less dramatic than pre- introduced at USD, the dieted, with only a num- tram has been a free - ber of car burnings and a service provided by The ride to class will start taxing your pocket-book next bomb threat on Pres. h U . •t year when the Transportation Dept. begins charging fares t e mvers1 y . ==='=================================== Hughes. "We never intended to keep will impose upon the riders. "Wearenothappyaboutthis USD wages war on old cars In an attempt to maintain the University's image as an affluent institution, the Council for Campus Beauti– fication issued a mandate which prohibits issuing parking permits to cars manufactured prior to 1988. "We have been playing with this idea for a long time now, said CCB chairwoman, Rosario Chucheca. "It is our job to keep USO looking as nice as possible, and avoid– ing the presence of junky, old cars is one way of doing that. The mandate will go into the tram service free," said Phil After much haggling, the com- situation," said junior Nick Berfoon of the USD Transporta- mittee aggreed upon the sum of Lupis. "We're forming a group tion Dept. "We just wanted the thirty nine cents, exact change. to fight the tram fare, and we'll sudents to become comfortable "We have to start paying for take the University to court if with the concept before we these things," said need be." started charging for it." boardmember Pamela Thwarp. The administration claims Thecommitteeofdirectorsfor "Each tram cost the University not to be worried about the

effect Jan. 1, 1995, and will pertain to students who matriculate after Fall 1990. Faculty are exempt. There's plenty of nearby off-campus parking," said Chucheca, "and of course we'll make exceptions for classic cars."

the Transportation Dept. spent $80,000 and we can't afford to several months debating the keep floating the bill for them. start-date for charging fares, as The students are going to have well as the actual fare that they to begin sharing in the burden."

growing student coalition against the tram fare, and is going ahead with plans to begin charging fares on schedule.