Friday, April 23, 1982
Eugene, Oregon
Oregon daily
Volume 83
Number 137
emerald
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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.