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Aid applicants face delays, cuts By ANN PORTAL Of the Emerald Don’t expect to find a finan cial aid packet in the mailbox — at least for a while. Although the financial aid of fice is ready to begin handing out aid, it can't start until Pres. Reagan’s budget cuts have been approved. Financial aid director Ed Vignoul says he has no idea when that will be. “We do not know what our level of funding will be, and we don’t know when to expect a valid answer,” Vignoul says. The federal Department of Education announced Thurs day that Congress reached a compromise on the extent of cuts in the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant program. About 60,000 students will be eliminated, 40,000 less than Reagan had recommended The compromise decision is expected to end a freeze on processing applications, but Vignoul says it could be weeks before the notification filters down to the University office. By March 1 — the priority funding deadline — Vignoul’s office had received nearly twice last year’s number of requests. The financial aid office had received 2,000 more completed applications by last Friday. Vignoul says it’s too early to say if requests have really dou bled, or if students are just filing their applications earlier. Students who haven’t yet filed are probably out of luck, he savs. Graphic by Sioux Anderson in March, the financial aid office committed itself to notify ing students of their aid by May 1 Vignoul says he’s now plan ning to send a letter in the next few weeks indicating only the office’s assessment of the student’s budget, need and eligibility for next year. But those letters won’t be the aid offer. The delay will be especially hard on students who applied for aid for summer session, Vig noul says. “That’s really unfortunate. 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Work study and supplementary grants are “up a little” or at last year’s level. The Guaranteed Student Loan program for next year is up in the air, but the Oregon Scholarship Commission won’t process applications for next year until July, says Vignoul. He says he doesn't expect any for mal action to be taken on the program until Oct. 1, the begin ning of the year for GSL. Vignoul says University students who receive financial aid have a “very, very good” record of repayment. The default rate on student loans has decreased from 21 percent three years ago to 8 percent this year, “God knows it’s a high risk loan — and it’s money well spent.” But when students don’t repay, it’s “taking bread out of somebody’s mouth. I think it’s a moral obligation." Honesty among applicants seems to be another problem, according to Vignoul. Students cheat on their financial aid ap plications “more than we’d like to see,” he says. 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