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9 am to 5 pm
A $10.00 discount will be made on all orders
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Carter proposes financial aid slash
Students protest higher ed cuts
By KEVIN RASMUSEN
Of the Emerald
Pres. Jimmy Carter s proposed
cutbacks in student financial aid
have sparked the protest of sev
eral University graduate students
who plan to notify the president of
their displeasure personally
According to Dave Mason,
graduate fellow in political sci
ence, "a small handful" of
graduate students in the political
science department have drafted
a letter and will send it directly to
Carter, protesting his recom
mended cutbacks.
"We are basically trying to edu
cate students and staff regarding
Carter's proposals Mason said
“Students are really starting to get
screwed, and it’s coming in
piecemeal so nobody notices We
see the beginning of an overall di
lution of the quality of higher edu
cation,” he added, “and it should
concern everyone
Carter s proposed budget cuts
entail eliminating the National Di
rect Student Loan program
(NDSL), cutting College Work
Study by 35 per cent and Student
Educational Opportunity Grants
(SEOG) by 45 per cent. The elimi
nation of NDSL would involve a
loss of $332 million of financial aid
for students. But, according to Vic
Gilliam, spokesperson for Sen
Mark Hatfield, R-Ore., "The Basic
Educational Opportunity Grant
program (BEOG) will still be
funded to its maximum .”
Mason indicated Carter has not
yet attempted to justify his moves.
“He ran as a people's President,
and he's turning right around and
ambushing a program directed at
middle-income families," said
Mason.
"Carter had the support of the
academic community, and now
he s pulling the rug out from under
us," said Mason Gilliam added,
We hope that what we've heard
is not true
But Mason, along with seven
other graduate students, is not
waiting around to find out. Theyve
drafted a letter of protest that
they re sending to Carter, and
they hope to stimulate student in
terest in letter-writing campaigns
and possibly even demonstra
tions on campus
Mason s letter accuses Carter
of backing off the Federal
government's commitment to
educational equality, making
higher education the exclusive
reserve of the wealthy again," as it
was prior to the 1950s
The letter further states that
such an action by Carter would
exacerbate an already intolera
bly depressed labor-market situa
tion by "throwing into the |ob
market” people unable to attend
school for financial reasons
Mason called Carter s proposal
"pure folly, not a wise and prudent
move by an administration trying
to restore faith in government.
Carter is just cutting to be cutting
Mason also added that a lot of
money is involved in terms of edu
cation, but that amount of money
is small in terms of the national
budget Hence, the budget for
education can become the "victim
of horse-trading, and it might get
lost in the shuffle," he warned
Therefore, Mason advised con
cerned persons not to bank on
Congress rejecting the proposal
What it comes down to, he said, is
"jobs versus education Sup
posedly, Mason indicated, the
money deprived from education
will go to business in order to
stimulate the economy Bui he
fears Carter is sacrificing long
range goals for short-term
economics
In addition, Mason said moves
such as this "could easily lead to a
dilution of education He cites the
recent course of events as illus
trating this: the raising of out-of
state tuition and a possible gen
eral tuition hike: the cutbacks in
the budget for the Wallace School
of Community Service and Public
Affairs made by University Pres
William Boyd: and now Carter s
recommendations
"Letter writing is very impor
tant, Mason urged, "but it s only a
first step I think it's necessary that
we m the academic community
convince those in Washington
that in the long run, education is
vitally important
Mason is concerned about the
absence of national coverage on
the issue He added. "We ve, in a
way, been deceived by Carter
"Were saying, forgo a couple
beers,; send a telegram It's cru
cial And if student response is
good, Mason also said there are
plans to organize campus de
monstrations to provoke fiscal re
sponsibility.
Guitarist to play
at Eugene Hotel
Jim Greeninger, accomplished
classical guitarist, will perform to
night in the Colonnade Room of
the Eugene Hotel His program
will include several classical
works not ordinarily performed on
guitar and the American Suite, an
original composition of
Greeninger’s.
The show is sponsored by the
Associated Students of Lane
Community College. Tickets for
the performance are $1.50 for the
general public and can be purch
ased at the EMU, the Eugene
Hotel or in the Student Activities
office at LCC.
Tickets will also be available at
the door the night of the show.
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