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Financial aid/draft bill nears approval stage By Cort Fernald Ot the Emerald A law that would link financial aid eligibility with a student’s draft registration status has been approved by the U S House of Representatives If the law wins full congressional ap proval financial aid applicants will have to prove they have registered with the Selective Service before they can receive PELL Grants, National Direct Student Loans, Guaranteed Student Loans and other financial aid under Title IV The amendment, authored jointly by Senators S I Hayakawa, R-Calif , and Mack Mattingly, R-Ga , is a "rider” attached to a defense appropriations bill, Ed Vignoul, director of the University's financial aid office, says he has "no idea how to implement the program,” and has no idea when it will become law More than 8,500 University students in 1981-82 have used financial aid under the Title IV program. Vignoul says that his office has no way at present to deter mine how many of those are males required by law to register for a potential draft The federal government, according to Vignoul, doesn't presently have a com posite list of every student receiving Title IV financial aid — only PELL Grants and possibly GSLs Oregon Senator Mark Hatfield op poses the amendment, calling it “one of the worse forms of government coercion.'' "I am outraged, shocked and apalled by this amendment," Hatfield says. Hatfield was not present when the amendment was introduced into the Senate “They sneaked it through by voice vote when the Senator wasn’t around,” says a Hatfield aide According to the aide, the senator is opposed to draft registration on the grounds it does not allow a registrant to note — with a check-off box — whether he is a conscientious objector. Hatfield will not support the bill with the registration amendment, when it returns to the senate "The Orwellian implications of this type of action endanger the freedoms of all Americans," Hatfield says Congressman Jim Weaver echoes Hat field's opposition and literary allusion saying the amendment is "leading us down the road to 1984 " Yet Weaver agrees with certain aspects of the amendment, specifically that a student should be registered when applying for government aid However, he says he strongly objects to the amendment on the grounds it “makes the University the policeman ” The University branch of the American Civil Liberties Union is also opposed to the amendment "This law is the latest example of how unworkable draft registration is and how much it has invaded our lives,” says campus ACLU director Doug Marker "If financial aid js tied to draft registration how long will it be before employment, admittance to college and drivers licenses are contingent on registration with the government?" Marker agrees with Weaver that the defense bill, with the draft registration amendment, is “almost law," and little can be done to stop it Krazy Kata Print t Copy — Krazy Kata ti | Copies * l self-serve * 5 "Limited Time Special" £ s KrazyKats I “ 1219 Alder | 1 1 ~ Kzeiyt - Mop y )uurf s;ex kzvJM GTFs, University may enter into dues arbitration The Graduate Teaching Fel lows Federation appears to be headed toward arbitration to solve a dispute with the Univer sity over union dues At a Thursday meeting, the GTFF and the University failed to reach an agreement con cerning a mutually acceptable method of handling a GTFF un ion dues increase, according to GTFF Pres Brenda Cochrane "Essentially, the University refused to pay for implementing the dues increase," Cochrane says. The GTFF maintains the University should pay the $675 to reprogram a computer so more dues can be deducted from GTF paychecks. 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Oregon, 97403 The Emerald operates independently of the University with offices on the third floor of the Erb Memorial Union and is a member of the Associated Press aaetstt M44MJ WMNt •ae-ssi i Editor Managing Editor Naws Editor Politic* Editor Photo Editor Aaaoclat* Editor* Mrghar Education UnivarWty'ASUO E tralura* Community Contributing Editor Clanaral Matt Advartntng Managar r.lataiftad Advartiamg Production Managar ControHat Marry E*tav* John Haaly Coft Earn aid Mar* Pyna* Dabbi* Howlatt Slav# Noo»* William Mogul David Brown Joan Nyland Dariana Qora Salty Oltar viohl Koch Joan Ownby Federation should pay the costs At the heart of the conflict is an interpretation of part of the GTFF contract with the Univer sity, says Shirley Menaker, graduate school associate dean. Article 4 deals with the handling of GTFF dues increases. Both sides contend Article 4 is vague And both sides inter pret the contract as holding the other party responsible for pay ing the cost of collecting more dues Fresh ) Blackberry J Ice Cream f rmncn rOCKLER'^ N«w Summer Hours Downtown, 10th A Olive 11 am 9 p m Mon Sul Noon 0 p m Sunday Campus, 13th & Hilyurd Mon Kn 10 a m 12 p m Sal A Sun 12 a m 12 p m The arbitrator will decide which party prevails under the existing contract. Under the general rules of arbitration, the decision of the arbitrator is final and legally binding. Last February the GTFF voted to temporarily deduct dues of $5.25 a month from GTF pay checks, an increase over the previous $4 80 a month The GTFF wants a more in volved dues structure — a type of sliding scale — with varying amounts deducted based on hours worked The University contends such a structure requires costly computer repro gramming "We feel that we've tried to be reasonable and we've offered to adjust the structure of the dues increase," Cochrane says "We re left with no option other than going to arbitration ’’ "When we parted (Thursday), I was under the impression we were seeking other means of solutions I had a fairly good feeling about it," Menaker says But when Menaker talked to Cochrane Friday morning, she says she found out the GTFF intended to file for arbitration "It puts us once again in an adversary position," Menaker says "The peculiar structure (the GTFF) set up has the charac teristic of being expensive," Menaker says of the GTFF dues increase plan The University offered some alternate methods of handling the dues increase, but appar ently the methods were not well received by the GTFF, she adds The GTFF offered to design a dues deduction system like the University's classified em ployees' system, but the University didn't accept this, Cochrane says imported Coffee & Teas
