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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1992)
Take Off! Mw* Trawl Nrtwort Struggling students turn to loans for aid (A!’) - Chiiil Goodwin works at Soars during thi> day and tends bar sit night to help pay his way at the University of Wis consin-Milwaukee He's tired, and he's broke most of the time The 20-year-old sophomore Is one of a growing number of college students caught between tuition hikes and financial aid cuts “Over the summer you make the money and try to stay above water until Christ mas," Goodwin said "Then you work over Christmas, get your tan return Un k and try to last through the spring " Fodonil. state and institutional aid rose li-ss than 8 |>urvenl Iasi year rind tin- maxi mum amount available from the federal gov ernment's principle grant program fell (rom S2.400 to S2..HH1. according to figures re leased last week by the College Board, an association of 2.800 colleges and universi ties Tuition and other costs rose an average of 1(1 percent at public colleges and ? percent at private sr bools Iasi year, the College Board said To make up the difference, students and their families have been forced to turn to loans In Goodwin's case, lhat means $2.MM) in loans to cover tuition, books and foes lor one year going to school lull time Living expenses are up to him "I have enough money to survive, but I had to borrow Sf> (or gas from my roommate Society expects us to become professionals, and to do that we have to go to school. But actually to be a student is very hard/ Giavanna Alvarez-Negretti, Emerson College student today, und I nndnd up SIB in thn holt: after buying groceries." ho s.nd Goodwin said students liko him develop a routine; work, study, tlion work some morn. Glitvunnu Alvnrez-Nugralli transferred to Boston's limorson College from thn Univer sity of Puerto Rico, whom n single Poll Grant covered lu;r tuition, room und board But Emerson was much more; exjumsive Thn 2t~yi<uf-old junior lives with relatives and c ommulcs to school to cut ux|»enxes As a day student, she pays $17,200 a year lo live on campus would have cost $22,550 "I have $1,000 in work study and $4,000 in scholarships, hut the rest is all loans," Alvaruz-Negretti said. Carrying so many loans is not uncommon. In 15 years, loans have increased from mak ing up 17 percent of financial aid to 50 per cent, according to the U S Department of Education. "We're in danger of having education for the wealthy, and the poor need not apply." said Joe Langis, executive director of State Student Association of Massachusetts, which represents students in puhlic higher education. A sluggish economy hasn't helped, ha said Students find fewer jobs uvailuhto "Every cent counts," said Alvarez Nogretli. relaxing after class Ixifore going to her part-time job at a shoe stori^ "Society expects us to become profession als, and to do that we have to go to school," she said. "Out actually to be a student is very hard " Her friend. 19-yeur-old Brett Nix, had planned to pay his way at Emerson with a small inheritance. But the money dried up after one year Now Nix works two jobs to pay for u single television production class ut Emerson and two more classes at nearby Bunker Hill Community College. "I'm trying to go back to school full lime, hut I’m trying to avoid loans," he said "Un less I hit the lottery, I figure if I really push I cun gel a degree in six years." Some students consider financial debt part of the education experience. Jean-Max Hogarth and Clarence Zachcry Jr. took out nearly S.tO.OOO in loans while undergradu ates at Yale University. EmtIR OUR WMGN-A-IMIRT CONTI IT AND YOU COUtD WIN KM RUCK! WORTH Of CRLATJANSRORT fTUfF |A| ffATCN-MINMOf (Vf M(T AND OTHIK AMAZINC MOUNTAIN VtDfOl MISSING PHYSICS IS FOOLISH. BUT MISSING THIS IS INSANITY. ClTATOTAUrOXXIANWOWT T-tMiprr AiKXimir fmi with THt PUMCHAM Of AMY JANtPORT MOOUCT tun* to win a nut janwokt SWIATSHIKT. tWIAIVANTi AND T-tMIRT. THI»n A W1NNIA IVtltV DMT (JO HANC ON TO THAT RAMfTl KWH BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU We’ve Got It All! 485-8226 1917 Franklin Blvd. KISS A DUMMY SAVE A LIFE!!! Here’s your chance to learn C.P.R. and to certify for the Red Cross C.P.R. certificate $10.00 Fee Includes: • 4 Hours of Personal Class instructions • Instruction Booklet • Red Cross C.RR Certification Card Date for C.P.R. class: Tuesday, October 20th 5pm - 9pm (C.P.R. classes held in the Student Health Center Cafeteria) Register Early. Limit 6 people. 346-4441 Cancellation must be 24 hours before class or no refund. Sponsored by the Student Health Center, Office of Public Safety and the Lifestyle Planning Program