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LA Times: “Community Service: Clinton Plan Has Familiar Ring at USC: University Launched Topping Fund After Watts Riots to Aid Cash-Strapped Scholars”

Topping Scholar Alumni: Boris Ricks, Thao Dang, Vivian Hernandez, Carl Beverly, Kelly Flores March 7, 1993 – Last week, President Clinton–following through on a campaign promise–unveiled a proposal for a national service plan that he said would foster a new civic spirit and help pay for the cost of college education. If approved by Congress, the program would begin this …