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Friday, April 23, 1982 Eugene, Oregon Oregon daily Volume 83 Number 137 emerald . *\ I Photo by Bob Bailor Former Pres. Gerald Ford spoke Thursday afternoon at a press conference In Eugene. Ford advocates support of U.K. By Dane Claussen Of ttf Emerald C.J Balfe won the ASUO presidency Thursday defeating Kevin Kouns by a slim margin in the general election, held Wednesday and Thursday, which at tracted the highest voter turnout in 28 years Almost 2900 students cast ballots. Balfe’s victory margin of 4.4 percent and a 4-3 split on the Incidental Fee Committee between rival coalitions in dicates that there there was not total support for the "Greek-law school” tick ets. only concentrate on a single goal — preserving higher education.” "I hope C.J. proves me wrong. . and that he is a change from Rich Wilkins," Kouns said. Balfe called his victory “one of the greatest things that ever happened to me.” He also said, "I couldn't have done it with out the help of my best freinds.” Both referendums on the ballot — one requesting increased funds for Recrea tipn and Intramurals and one polling students about subscriptions paid to the Emerald through incidental fee money — were ok'd by substantial margins. i nere s noinmg like a competitive race," Balfe said at a celebration party after the election. He added that the margin was just about what he had predicted A junior in psy chology, Balfe was backed by the Inter fraternity Council and the Oregon Daily Emerald He received 1,508 votes to 1,363 votes cast for Kouns and his running mate, Ken Packman Kouns and Pack man campaigned on the Students for a Progressive Agenda platform. I J C.J. Balfe ine him referen dum increasing in cidental fees $1.50 per student per term will raise $56,000. The ballot measure was approved 1,801 to 1,058. The non-binding, opinion question about the Emerald subscription was passed by voters 2,327 to 522, an 82 percent margin. In the race for the Incidental Fee Com mittee, the vote to tals of those who won posts, are: Mary Catherine Shrauger, 1,403; Betzy Fry, 1,373; Jeffrey Nudelman, 1,349; Mary Alice I have respect for them,” Balfe said of the SPA “I'm proud of them because they're a coalition that stood up for what they believe in.” Balfe is currently administrative assis tant to ASUO Pres. Rich Wilkins, while Kouns is co-director of SEARCH and Packman is an ASUO comptroller. ' I’m disappointed not so much because we lost but because I had hoped that if we ran an issue-oriented campaign that affects students, students would turn out to vote,” Kouns said. He also said that he was disappointed that voters supporting Balfe "see student government as having tunnel vision to Holmes, 1,295; Bart Hill, 1,221; Rick Braun, 1,203; Dianne Ritterband-Mason, 1,193. They were followed by Devin Wate, 1,178; Gordon Mallon, 1,109; David Lesser, 1,007; Ted Marks and Stephen Pacheco, 997; Mark Spence, 612; Bob Mead, 554. The results for Student University Af fairs Board positions that required a vote were; 2-Journalism/Speech; David Bauer, 151; Cathryn Curran, 126; 3-Business/Economics: Pat Widner, 300; Erin-Michelle Willis, 156; 12-Psychology/Anthropology/Sociology. Scott Herbers, 74; Mike Rivers, 66. The United States should support Great Britain if peace negotiations fall through in the Falkland Islands dispute, former Pres Gerald Ford said Thurs day “I think Secretary of State Haig, under the leadership of President Reagan, has been doing what should be done," Ford said at a Thursday afternoon press conference at the Val ley River Inn If non-military solutions fail. "The United States has to step up and support Great Britain " Ford said he "basically supports" Reagan's domestic and foreign policies although he criticized the administra tion for not foreclosing on $71 million in loans due from Poland “In effect you are subsidizing martial law in Poland, and getting the Soviet Union off the hook," Ford said The United States and the Soviet Union should reduce their stockpiles of nuclear weapons through a mutual agreement "A bonifide reduction by both the Soviet Union and ourselves is the answer " Ford, in town for a Boy Scout ban quet and to campaign for Gov Vic Atiyeh, criticized Reagan and Congress for not compromising on the federal budget "They have to give up political posturing If there's no compromise, both should be blamed." The best way to improve the econ omy — and lower interest rates — is to reduce the federal deficit, Ford said He suggested that Reagan balance the budget by increasing revenues and stretching the proposed 5-year defense budget over 5V'? or 5% years But Ford cautioned that his defense budget plan doesn't imply he is soften ing his endorsement of a strong mili tary "I was a hawk, I am a hawk, and I intend to be a hawk.” Huling places restrictions on financial aid By Ann Portal Of lh» Emtrmkt In a reversal of previous financial aid policy, the University's administration has decided that students can't receive financial aid for more than three terms during the 1982-83 academic year, according to an announcement Thursday by the University financial aid office Students will be able to choose the three terms they want aid, but will have to find other funds — possibly Guaranteed Student Loans — if they want to attend all four terms, says Ed Vignoul, financial aid director The change is necessary because of a dramatic shift in the number of students requesting aid and in the amount of aid available, Vignoul says More University students have requested aid each of the last six years, while every federal financial aid program has stayed the same or declined "Obviously, changes have occurred and we had to reassess our policies and consider the most equitable way to allocate our limited funds," Vignoul says. "I don’t think this is unreasonable " The same three-term policy was adopted by Oregon State University last year A letter explaining the new policy is being mailed today to the 1,250 students who requested aid for all four terms The letter asks students to indicate the three terms they want to receive aid and return the letter to the financial aid office by May 3. Altogether, about 4,700 students completed the financial aid application process by the March 1 filing deadline Vignoul says there probably will not be enough money to fund requests received after that date However, he says the new policy should enable the financial aid office to assist more students than it did last year. Of the students who applied by the March 1 deadline last year, 700 didn't receive aid because they were eligible for less than $2,000 "This (the new policy), hopefully, will allow us to pick up everyone who completed the application process by March 1he says. The cutoff date for applications has moved forward drastically over the past six years During the 1976-77 school year, students who applied by December still received aid for spring term of that scho year. Two years later, the deadline had moved up to h y 1. For the past two years, the official deadline for nding has been March 1. Vignoul says he doesn't expect the change to have a significant effect on summer term enrollment. Al though more than 1,000 students requested aid for all four terms, a large number typically decline summer aid after they receive it, because they change their summer plans, he says. In addition, it shouldn’t be difficult for students to obtain Guaranteed Student Loans for the term they don’t receive funding, Vignoul says He encourages students to apply for GSLs as far in advance as possi ble However, only GSL applications that include this summer are being accepted at the moment, because the federal government has not yet determined the guidelines for loans for next year. The interest rate for GSLs remains at 9 percent and begins compounding six months after the student permanently leaves school. The GSL forms issued according to revised federal regulations should arrive sometime in June, Vignoul says. The financial aid office still is hoping to send financial aid offers by June 1, but Vignoul says students who want aid for summer term should know that none will be available until July 1, when new federal regula tions become effective.
