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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1987)
Editorial Restrictions on aid are absurd solution Kariier this year. Congress approved changes in higher education funding, increasing restrictions on Pell Grants and guaranteed student loans 'I he new restrictions are bad Many students who applied for federal pell grants this term found they were no longer considered "independent" unless they were 24 years old or earned more than $4,000 a year. This w ill limit severely many students' ability to attend the University, because their eligibility for financial aid will have changed, regardless of whether their parents included them as dependents in their tax returns, or whether their parents have contributed anything to their college expenses Students will also find that in order to receive guaranteed student loans, they must prove financial need, a strategy Congress adopted from White House proposals This change in the guaranteed student loan program, w ith others passed by Congress in September and approved bv Reagan, reduces projected outlays by $445 million over three years. This amount is more than the S.1S5 million cut man dated by the fiscal lt*87 budget resolution The obvious question is. of course, why is spending on education being cut at all. Higher eduction affects everything from the balance of trade with other nations who have made a greater committ ment to education to the basic standard of living of American society The growing awareness in the country is of the need for access to higher education, rather than the opposite. Only in the White House and on Capitol Hill is reducing support for higher education a good idea The Reagan administration's assertion that the students themselves are the principal beneficiaries of financial aid ig nores that one of the basic strengths of American society — social mobility — is based on education The new restrictions are another blow, in particular, to middle class students' ability to afford a college education The Reagan administration intends to go to work on more students next year by wiping out the $882 million \ocatlona 1 -education program and making loans even more inaccessible and expensive Allan Ostar. president of the American Association of State Colleges and Tniversities was right on mark when he commented that the administration was trying to “shift responsibility to college students for bringing down the federal deficit." Our representatives in Congress must be made aware of the high price the\ are paving to make a small dent in the deficit As a long-range solution to the deficit, cutting higher education funds is absurd Letters Policy The Emerald will attempt to pnnt all letters con taining fair comment on topics of interest to the University community Letters to the editor must be limited to 250 words typed signed and the identification of the vinter must be verified u hen the letter is turned in The Emerald reserves the nght to edit am letter few length or style letters to the editor should be turned into the Emerald office Suite 300. EMU JSigvf " YUPPIES Letters Scrutiny Invariably. the serious in tellectual scrutiny of traditional religious beliefs tends to generate a 'fork in the road" choice-point When that awareness juncture ts reached, one has the option erf remaining loyal to irrational faith asser tions or changing one's perspective m the direction erf carefully reasoned inferences For example some of us w ho were born into Christian families have since become "post-Christian agnostics ** As we learned to think critically for ourselves the irresolvable con flict between religious faith and secular reason gradualty fosterrd our turning awra> from the implausible doctrines ot Christianity The modes of inquiry we n come to rely on in our efforts to better understand the human condition lrnolve the scientific study of the natural world and critical historical analysts I found my self thinking about all of this upon reading the featured Oinstmas-time article on the modem studs of Jesus in the December 1986 issue of The Atlantic Monthly Among the questions posed in that rather comprehensive overview is Was Jesus simply another of those charismatic* who appear horn time to time, destroy some complacency, do Oregon DjiI\ Emerald Xftt Onego" t«r«K ■* ^ •&»*: Monaat mrouf/h Fnan e>r«c<* 3u'>">£ (*»r wMt ane kacatwnt &» f** o*0c» 0»<** £«•»*« Put»*!se»ns Co at me U*w*!*<*j( w Oegc»», Eugene Oeg»" #'<03 T*«e Emm ottrmm* mmematMthi o» me ummr» •mi*1 «Mcm o» me !twa **oo» c* me E«* •*e«~*-'>'»* L*mo" ana «* a »wmsw« o* me liKc e'*: ***•*» rne Emewets i* omaoe pnagegrp Tn»e unlawful o® uw e* t» o'osoe-ut.atee tn .»• owat a»<wr1 Suf CWiwmop P»OdvCWO« WanajK” OmMM AMn<*»l«g AilHiH."' 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M*.*** fcwev*” f^oottct^oK ««;••»* Hna* *3 Caws**'' *.*!'* hmmtmem (haMl» aii#*gr • Vi: :«♦ Asms* Ba-tv*j* Sjr«-i Be»*->s ^anar fcmarj Mjmua • vm Gonna „•»)* Cunm tor <to»* **.»-.• «,*» %*aac»* moG-m «oe ** « tapM *jr* Qb*Trt Ju**a *non* SaTCv**-; l Hang *.<* some good and bequeath to the human race the symbol of an ex emplary life?" Dispassionate intellectual analysis suggests an affirmative reply to that query, since there are no substantiated grounds for holding that Jesus was other than human. The point of this brief discus sion is that liberal higher educa tion should encourage consis tent critical analysis. If the realm of religious belief represents an exception, then surely 'psychological compart mentalization" will be the undesirable consequence. Ron Rousseve Counseling psychology professor Proud I am proud to live in America: however. I see a trend happen ing we must all 1* aware of. The Bagwhan Shree Rajneesh gave us a good example on a local {statewide) level: Move in to an area, with much needed mone> as bait and a very well organized master plan and tell the people what they want to hear Once they are in they can and w ill c hange the rules We do have problems: the huge national debt, the huge personal debts we each have and the trade deficits for our country To buy a product (with perhaps iess shiny paint, and a higher price maybe). 1 believe is cheaper in the long run We need our people working We are having prime land bought up at an alarming rate, tc be put to use and of course providing some much needed tabs bounds great' Already the rules art- changing., we are los ing more including our dignftv W e must do these same things — within our great country — somehow Mo one » going to ions after us w< have heard the same promises over and over, we mur each kiok out for ourwrtves and wort together I love line rising sun however i would uut want to see r ut uur flag <j«orge 5-> Mer^sci Traffic One year ago I asked Presi dent Oium to consider placing benches along 13th Avenue so students could sit instead of relaxing at the edge of the gutter. 1 think the problem and the solutions are obvious. Secondly, I think that a study could be done to close the area of 13th to automobiles There are just too many people in the streets here. Last but not least, the Univer sity could build a ramp north of the Department of Motor Vehicles on Franklin Avenue or over it. It's just bad news trying to cross there to link up w ith the trail systems. Dennis Stankie Graduate student Human race Through all recorded history humanity, as a general form of life, has been engaged in destroying Karth I refer to probably all racial or ethnic groups. For while it's true some racial and ethnic groups traditionally brought less harm than others, it hinged more on technical capabilities than principles and beliefs As the technologies and techniques of greater destruc tion were introduced to these folks, they all adopted them with a vengeance The human race is unworthy of inhabiting this fabulous, beautiful planet in a mobile, physical form The human race is willing to kill or damage itself It does so in order to acquire and or main tain frivolous conveniences and health-destroying luxuries We have been converting the Harden of Sanity and Abun dance into the Hell of Want and Disease There are a few remnants of the Harden remaining here and there, therefore there are ra tional grounds for hope and continued efforts at battling the forces of destruction and death Work for peace and love for life Tommi Walen Kugene
