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House and senate rescind financial aid cut
Letter-writing campaigns — protests in
Washington — public outcry, who says that
grassroots activism isn't heard in the corridors of
government?
Two weeks ago the Senate and House of
Representatives rejected Pres. Ronald Reagan's
proposed cuts in financial aid. That's good news
for students The administration's budget
guidelines are still tentative, so the House and
Senate rejection of finanical aid cuts may or may
not stick. Though, the University's financial aid
office has been notified of “tentative” aid alloca
tions for 1982-83.
Those aid allocations are comparable to
1981-82 funding, according to Ed Vignoul, finan
cial aid director. There are reductions but not as
“drastic" had Reagan's cuts been passed This
means University enrollments will not show a
marked decline from students unable to continue
because of reduced financial aid
Reagan’s proposed financial aid cuts weren’t
completely nullified by the House and Senate —
they do not officially expire until April 22. That
means if Reagan chose, overriding the rejection
by the House and Senate and the thousands of
students and parents who wrote letters or rallied,
he could reintroduce all the financial aid cuts.
The Office of Management and Budget
EYEBALL TO EYEBALL
(which David Stockman heads) is holding the $44
million in college work study funds that Reagan
wanted to cut. It's hoped that the University's work
study funds — presently estimated at $1.2 million
— may be closer to this year’s level of $1.4 million.
That's more good news for 1982-83 if Reagan
doesn’t step in and enforce the cuts. But, the
following year's (1983-84) proposed financial aid
cuts have not been rescinded
Strangely, in this climate of budget cuts, the
University estimates an increase in federal money
for National Direct Student Loans This year the
federal share was $548,859 — while $567,705 is
expected for next year.
The financial aid picture is not totally bright
Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant
allocations suffered a cut close to 25 percent —
from $942,797 to $703,920
Some aspects of next year's financial aid are
still undecided Pell Grant allocations are not yet
set The Pell Grant program is the largest of the
financial aid programs. The reason allocations
have not as yet been decided is that the amount
the student’s family will be expected to contribute
has also not been determined Once again the
Office of Management and Budget is holding up
the contribution schedules.
While the financial aid outlook is heartening —
it’s definitely not as encouraging as it should be
At this university, David Burns, who coordinated
the ASUO's successful letter-writing protest of
Reagan's financial aid cuts, deserves credit for
the House and Senate change Equal credit can
be given to every student and student's parents
who voiced their disapproval of the financial aid
cuts.
The grassroots activism that caused the
House and Senate to reject Reagan’s recom
mended cuts is in danger of fading now that some
degree of success has been achieved Vignoul
says it best when he says to "keep the cards and
letters coming " It’s a ceaseless struggle, with
obvious benefits
letters
Declares C.J.
Goddamn, Well I declare
C.J. works very efficiently in a
group. He seems to contrive his
own strain of effectiveness mo
tivation whenever he becomes
involved in socio-emotionally
coordinating tasks and goals
He has a great asset in his
rewarding power, some degree
of referent power, and would
certainly have it in legitimate
power. On the surface he
appears as an effective execu
tive figure He looks, talks, and
sounds like an executive au
thority and has the personality
for it; a personality that is per
sonable, warm, and effective
He is the winning candidate for
his congeniality, smoothness,
and for his plans for growth (but
not in the "cancerous” vein as it
is in say, Los Angeles)
I believe that C.J. must have a
lot of substantial support and is
probably even highly endorsed
in terms of the quantity of in
dividuals as welt as the number
of supporting organizations. For
example, C.J. is a member of the
University's greek society and
he would undoubtedly have
significant support there Also,
not only does he have the sup
port of the Emerald, but one of
the university's non-greek
organizations, specializing in
showing movies on campus,
has voiced support for his elec
tion: the subculture of Sac's
Circle of Friends
Now that this matter con
cerning Kevin Koun's relation
ship with the SPA (Students for
a Progressive Agenda) has
been cleared up, it is my sincere
wish that the remainder of the
University's organizations will
take time to consider their en
dorsements and follow through
to select their choice for their
candidate to office, particularly
ASUO president Be it Mickey,
C.J., or Mister Kouns
In closing I wish to say that
with private acceptance, I
choose to support C.J. Balfe for
the office of president of the
Associated Students of the
University of Oregon
Konnoth Loom
Senior, psychology
Thanks
Much appreciation is due the
Emerald for taking upon itself
the bewildering task of sorting
out the "veritable mob" of IFC
candidates, and offering its en
lightened endorsements After
all. it’s easier to leave that "time
consuming task of picking and
choosing" to the all-seeing, all
knowing Emerald staff. Indeed,
many of us are confused about
many other time consuming is
sues I suggest we all give up
our decision making ability to
the Emerald's Philo
sopher-Kings, so we
needn’t concern ourselves with
such mundane things as the
way $2.2 million of our money is
spent Thanks to the Emerald, I
can vote the partyline and have
time for a cold brew and a little
TV.
Tom Bkkland
Canon Hall
IFC future
Issues? There are actually is
sues that candidates for ASUO
offices should address?
Whether you know it or not,
there are issues that should be
addressed by candidates for the
Incidental Fee Committee As
one of 35 candidates, the two
most important issues are
whether the incidental fees
should be increased due to
additonal enrollment declines
and the amount of actual con
trol the IFC has over athletic
department support
Incidental fees should not be
increased in the future as a re
sult of reductions in incidental
fee revenue due to a decline in
enrollment; neither should the
ASUO programs, including eth
nic and minority student unions,
be placed on the chopping
block What should be done?
The support that the athletic
department receives should be
the area that is reduced The
athletic department has the
ability to replace any lost reven
ue much more easily than other
IFC funded programs
The IFC deserves to have total
control over how its revenues
are being spent Presently, the
athletic department receives a
fourth of the fee that each
student pays at registration
This amounts to over $1 2 mil
lion this year Yet, the athletic
department does not tell the IFC
where and how this money is
actually being spent You de
serve to know how this money is
being spent, especially since it's
your money
The IFC needs to have strong
leadership to solve these prob
lems They won't be easily
solved, but with your support of
my candidacy they will be
Dale Penegor
IFC candidate
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