Page 5 - ThePhoenix1982-83

October 7, 1982 Page 5 Aid euts intended to restore purpose Newspaper, radio, and tele- ble. i~~B!Jrvivalof these aid pro- aged by me financial aid the National Direct Student vision reports of substantial If it is true that student grams for ruturG':;tudents. administrator of each partici- Loan Program.- Although all cuts in Federal financial aid to financial assistance programs Federal financial essistance j)e!j~g GQ!!e9_e.Each school colleges do not participate in college students have trig- have underqone considerable is divided into three cateqor- receives a set amount Clf the NDSL program, 3,340 of gered a barrage of phone change in the past two years. ies. "Grants" are awards of money from tne Department them do. ThiS program makes calls to the U.S. Department There have been some reduc- money that do not have to be and when that money is gone" available low interest (5 per- of Education in Washington, lions. Most of the changes, paid back. "Loans" are bor- there afe no more SEOG, cent) loans that students must D.C. however, reflect an effort to rowed money which a stu- funds for the year. begin repaying six months Callers, both students and return the aid programs to dents must repay with In 1982-83 the Department after completing school (ei- parents, are often confused their original 'purpose, which interest. "Work-Study" pro- of Education will provide 440,- ther by graduating, leaving, or by misleading or imcomplete was to help students cov~r vides the chance to Y:'orkand 000 students with $278,400,- dropping below half-time sta- - information. Many have ex" the. C9S~.9f a .£_o~egeeouca- _ earn money to off.-se~college 000. ,in Supplemental tus). Up to 10 years is al- pressed fear that the govern- tion -~'not 'to catry the whole -, costs white attending -classes. Educational Opportunity lowed to repay the loan. ment has let them down; that burden. A successful return te . The Pell ' Grant PrOgram is Grants. Students will get up to Application is made to a college is no longer attorda- original intent will help ensure one of the best known of the $2,000 a year under this pro- school's financial aid adminis- Study tour _!o Mexico open - Federal student aid programs. gram. are de- trator who manages the loan Formerly called the Basic Ed- Grant programs fund. The fund is a revolving Publicity Mayan holy city; Merida, loca- ucational Opportunity Grant. signed to help the most account, designed to allow a The Mayan ruins of Mexico tion of Chichen Itza, Kabah Pell is often the first source of needy students get a college school to continually make .and Belize will be among the and Uxmal. The group will aid in a package which may education. The Pell Grant, in new loans as existing loans high points of Westem Mary- also visit Belize with travels to be composed of other Fed- particular, is targeted .to help are repaid. About 800,000 eral and non-Federal sources. land College's 23-day tour Xunantanich, an eany Mayan those students whose families students will receive NDSLs in this January. The trip, sched- site, Belmopan, new captial of In the 1982-83 school year, earn less than $12,000 per 1982-83; 10,000 more than in uled for January 4-27, is this recently independent 2.55 million students share year. Grant aid is not meant 1981,82. being led by William David, state, and conclude its visit to $2,279,040,000 in Pell Grants. to cover all college costs but Recently, Secretary of Edu- professor of political science Ambigris Cay for diving, .The U.S. Department of Ed- is expected to be combined cation T.H. Bell signed a and Sam Alspach, associate swimming and exploring the ucatlon uses a standard for- with a reasonable contribution regulation which provides in- professor of biology at the Westem Hemisphere's largest mula to' determine who from the student's family and centives for an institution to Qualifies for Pell Grants. Stu- college. barrier reef. individual self-help, generally reduce the default rate of its The tour will focus on nota- Reservations for the trip are dents should contact the col- in the form of loans, private NDSL program fund. A col- ble ruins near Mexico City, due by October 30. Aca- lege tlnanci al aid scholarships, and work. lege which has a default rate including the site of Teotihu- demic credit is available. For administrator to apply on the Another type of student fi- over 25 percent is asked to free "Application for Federal acan, an Aztec ceremonial more information, call the Jan- nancial assistance is the Col- turn responsibility for collect- city, and the National Mu- aury Term director's office, Student Aid." This is the form lege Work-Study Program. ing the debt over to the seum of Anthropology; Pal- 848-7000 or .876-2055, ext. used for all Federal student Designed to provide on-or off· Federal government. If an in- enque, noted as the great 247. aid programs. The Depart- campus jobs for undergradu- stitution is not prepared to do ment guarantees that each ate and graduate students this, and the default rate re- school will re- participating Cadet goes to Nor-fare ceive the money it needs to who need financial assist- mains 25 percent or more, the ance, Work-Study is usuaJly Federal govemment will cut 'pay Pell Grants to eligible managed by the coJlege fi- off NDSl funding. students. t . nancial aid administrator. The Guaranteed Student Ron Kyle as "physically demanding" as The Supplemental Educa- Some 950,000 students will Loan ·Program, much in the This summer WMC sent 14 you must climb for 6-7 hours tional Opportunity Grant pro- receive $528' million under news lately, makes available cadets to Advanced Camp. with 3Q.pound backpacks. At vides another mechanism for this program in 1982-83. low interest loans to students, This happens every year. the top they were greeted by making awards to students. A great deal of publicity has with the Federal govemment They also sent two cadets to 50 mph winds, but he saw "a SEOG is different from the been generated lately on Fed- paying the interest while a Airborne School. Not bad, but lot of great views." , Pell Grant in that it is man- eral student loans, particularly continued lo pqe 12 the came qlacler Then cadets are sent there regu- larly, too. However, for the first ph~se. The.camping site was WMC starts Continuing £' d. in fall time in the history of Western on a morrane, aplace where ·Maryland ROTC, a cadet W8;S the rocks had be~n pu~hed sent to' Northern Warfare up as the glaCier gilded Beth Piskora participate in discussions of terest in working with local Training, as Cdt Rich Harist down. The cadets leam~d Treat yourself to Continuing constructive criticism. For businesses and industries. :~~~r~he cold of Alaska this ~~~ t~~ :e~ia~~~h~oo~!a~:~ ~~UC~:~e~iSw:~"'b;iXo~:~~ more information on these She hopes to send WMC and the other courses, call faculty to off-campus. loca- First he flew to Ft. lewis, f::r~edw~~d to n~r~~s aT~~ this semester. Although extension 245. tions to lead workshops on where he proceeded to go course content is aimed at The Office of Continuing pertinent courses to the indi- overseas (yes, Alaska is con- vasse and to climb up ice- the non-traditional student, Education hopes to take a vidual companies. sidered oveFrseas).From theH~e faall'~;o~~~Ch:~~e~~I~.sCa~do~~ resident undergraduates and more active role since Dr. The third facet of continuing he flew to 1. Wainwright. IS _ graduates are welcome to Joan Coley was appointed education is to offer non- first night in Alaska was spent exercise, one of the girls lost enroll. coordinator on July 1, 1982. credit programs for college in light because of the mid- her crampon, something used The course entitled "Com- Dr. Coley says there are graduates. One of the work- night sun, something he de- to give the feet a grip. As the puters and Education" will "three focuses to continuing shops scheduled for. Novem- scribed as "really weird". He first man on his rope, Rich enable the student to learn education." The first of these ber, for example, is "entitled went from there to Ft. Greely. said he learned a lot about BASIC and learn to use a is to "address itself to the "Mid-Lite Career Change." For his PT test he climbed leadership, as he had to micro-computer for organiza- needs of non-traditional stu- The course will deal with Donnelys Dome, a small guide his handicapped group tional purposes. Another help- dents." She says the faculty issues such as careerllife mountain from which he could up the glacier. He discovered fur course is entitled "Getting of WMC is interested in planning, work values, finan- see the Alaska Pipeline. Then that he could do things he A Poem Started." 'Or. Del broadening the student body. cial Questions, and personal came the river phase. Rivers "never thought he could do Palmer, head of the Compari- She hopes that by attracting skills. Interested students are important in Alaska be- before." tive Literature department, will older students to campus, the should call the Office of the cause ~er.e ar~. not e~~!l~ a ~~ef:~t ~:-n~~n~lil~= instruct students on writing faculty goal will be achieved. Registrar for more information. ~:~~d ~~:~ot ~~e7~: ~s July 20, and the temperature poems. Class members will Dr Coley expressed an in- on the Tanana "River, where was between 10-20 degrees, -Pre-NursIng Students an gold was first discovered in and windy. They clirpbed the anyone else who has any HOUSE OF LIQUORS Alaska. It wasn't that COld, mountain in snow up to their interest at all in _nursing Rich said, "it was more like waist, and then glissaded should plan to meet with Carroll Plaza, Westminster 848-1314 fa~e second week was the ~~w~~/~i~ho~~~ii~~ ~t~;~ ~~::;f ~","eg~~.:e~~rt~i Homecoming Special! Mountain Phase. Here Rich bled around a lot, but "it was Nursing, October 6, 1:00-3:00 Molson Golden 12 oz. NR's 6 pak. leamed to rappel, build rope fun." (come any time) in Lewis Hall, $3.39 bridges, and other things And so WMC received its Room 202. which would help him climb first Northern Warfare, or Nor Please call the. department present coupon mountains. The week culmi- War, cadet back to mainland secretary, Susan Bowersox, 'fT"'=~~I~:~~~~=~!"~;~~~=~:e~!c'/-:'~~i.tth~:.~~= n,~~ .. ~~,~ __ ; _ _.__ expires 10/13/82 -.. -..-.._.-.._._.