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Lobby: Students address financial aid • ■ Continued from Pag* f really know what you r* talking •howl if you don't Hava an emphasis " she said Adams said the plans to focus her lobbying on immigration and affirmative action legislation Of Special concern, the said, is Sen sie Bill iJtW. the Immigration Reform Act If passed, the num ber of nmfesstnnal immigrants and scholars allowed into <he country would he drastically reduced We're going to Walk in there and say 'We don't want you to vote for lJM,1* she said 'We ll talk to them and explain it I hope they'll take us seriously." Informing the politicians about the issues is one of the main goals of the delegation. Adams said "We re really not trying to sway their vote, she said "We"re trying to educate them (mm a stu dent's perspective bee ause a lot of times they don't even know what** going on with us If we do •wav then vega, great ~ ASUO Fester*! Affair* Coordi nator and delegate Matt two* Scat ten will hew on financial aid Obviously our goal is funding federally financed aid to *tu dent*." he said Thing* are til •rally < hanging by the hour. and if* a matter of knowing what leg illation i» ready to happen Sav era! program* hare been targeted for cut* in this last round of appropriation* debate " (M primary concern i* the poa •ihdity of the gmummeni tuning student dim t loans. S.»uteri retd Direct loan* are given from the government rather than from a lending agency «u«:h a* a bank Thi* typo of loan raves student* a lot of money, he said "Direct lending is the greatest thing to happen to federally fburnt «t loans," he said "As *tu dents, we mutt address our con gre**tonal leadership and let them know how important these program* are." USSA delegate* participated (a a lelm lion process. and appro* imate)* 20 people applied iu« the 10 available position* 'We entphatited thing* like What will you bring bail to uun pu»f because that * been a weak point,” Wiiliamton taid "We wanted people personally involved in i**ues a* opposed to people who d lobbied before I think (the delegate* ! intern*! and commitment to educating their follow student* it what sets them apart ” A {tart from dedication the telection panel alto looked for diversity among the delegate* Another criterion wa* build ing up a group with diverse per ■MCI I vet, * said ScttMm. who km alto on the hiring panel "It w*t alt** really important that we chute people who were devel oping m leaders ” The President * fund, person al funds and fund raising will pay for the trip Group raises money after vote ends fundinq ■ ASUO: United States Student Assoc raised $10,000 tor Washington. D C trip By Jennifer Carter 4c*eMw fttm* The l 'mind Stale* Student Association delegates’ trip to Washington. D C won't be tweaking students’ (tanks Although University students an? unmnU-r? of the student organization through the ASUC). student* voted in 1004 and again in 1995 to no longer fund the local chapter of the organization Bmsuiff of this, student travel to attend USSA lobby days t an not he funded by student fees Therefore, in order to attend nest week * lobby day. the University's delegate* had to gather about $10,000 from a variety of source*, including the President * office, personal source* and fund rat* ing ASUO President (emitter Williamson said tin? *tu il«nl vide to defund USSA has hurt students because it lias made delegate* focus their time on fund rais ing and not on presenting information to students both before and after their trip "Basically, we've had to start over in the last two yaws, and it'* hard to put on programs when your having to fund raise," the said But USSA activity on campus, whether student fee funded or not. has tome *tintents worried I Mica use previous delegations inappropriately used student funds In 1994 when the group w«* still funded, delegate members US*M! distant e tootle few personal calls and also made untie questionable transfer* of charges from their travel account to other line items Cheryl Hunter. A^X) executive coordinator, laid she thinks {test misuse of student fee* was the result of organizational problems and not an organized attempt to inappropriately use student money “It was mow sloppy management." the said In artier to improve management of I ISSA a* well as fe« funded group*. Williamson said the ha* eras ked down on phone usage and ha* worked t lotely with comptroller* (student* who handle the financial transaclions of student groups) to make sure money it not spent improperly ASUO Executive member* must now keep a In* of their phone calls, which is rev iewed at the end of each month and Is then sent to University Tele com fcw vorifii ation The log not only kesrp* a record of who was called and when hut also what each phone call was about Williamson said she is also working on making sure studenls are aware of the different e* between sending students to lobby day and the University’s statu* as a USSA member Students voted not to provide delegates with student tees for the DU trip but did vote In mH to maintain the AS! <) ♦ ( v» \ member status. She said she thinks student* get confused about this distinction and think they are funding the DC trip* when in fai t they aren’t She said transfers from ASUO fund-raising line item* to a USSA fund raising line item do not infringe upon past student decisions "We have to follow state guideline* lo u*e stale money but tug to use fund raising money " she said "Fund raised money is not a mandators tm idental fmt ** Williamson said she is also working on making • dourer distinction between the ASUO ami USSA Although ihe ASUO federal affair* coordinator works with the national USSA affiliate to get Inter malinti about event* occurring on other campuses, this relationship doe* not need to require that the ASUO work for USSA or vice versa, she said "I'd like to see USSA a* more of an Independent ip that work* with the bdml ifhin > oordi nator but it not run by it." she said. "This year my focus has lawn to take USSA out of the ASUO office ~ China: TSO will have j peaceful demonstration ■ Continued from Page 1 go on for eight month* * t.ikewUe Shtitg fye Chen fubltc information officer for SO Mid he believe* th» United Slate* need* to *hoy* it* w eld loademhip in thi* ul uation He wrote in a letter to Ihe* idem Clinton that "the Unit ed Slate* mu*t clearly warn China lhal anv future threat* lo the peace in the Taiwan Strait will no longer lie loler atwd * Phone call* lo ihe Univ nr illy * Chine** Student A»m» nation were not returned hy pre** time At the Pentagon, Navy lajrt Mic hael [fciuhiedav cIcmm ttbod what he called a "carefully orchestrated*' diiftlng of Navy •hip* in order to strengthen the U S military preset* e nnu Taiwan t Knihlmlav Mild the two car rier* positioned near Taiwan convey a me*cage of precau lion and reassurance Alan Tsai, president nf TMt, •aid he i» weaned be* «u«e he doesn't know what to expert born ties t htnnw government "If a war * tailed. a lot cuf »t» dent* would go bat k to Tai wan to fight I would go." T*ai •aid. Tlie organisation will col ie* t signature* from students in front of the University Bookstore on Thursday to •end a letter to l*re*ldeol 13in ton in repeal of China's action* Hie group will also liave a (wen efni demonstration in fr*»nt of the IMt I FishbowI on Friday Forest village * APARTMEN IS L 1*001 • SauttUS • Weight Room • ()uiet • Hus to (ampus 2 Bedrooms, 1-7 Baths 687-1318 On Sp»mr» » Bultr < ofnc« of ; t W*k) H fhiltoM U t urtoc A I Freshman Seminars Spring Term 1996 PSY IW LING IW PHIL IW J IW J IW SPCR IW AAO IW PHYS IW ENG IW MGS IW RUSS IW m IW Introduction to Mental Illness Bdmguaiom Animal CoMGkHMMW Documentary Photography A Critical ltittmutum and History Mas* Media and Modern Sports Building Inclusive Communities Images of Disability and Difference (Set I) Budding Inclusive Communities Images of Disability and Difference (Sec 2) i The Ongm and Evolution of and The Search for life in the Universe Primary Intensity Lesbians m literature Since 1970 l lavue Set Ft Fantasy or the Future’ Russia Yesterday and Today (from Perestroika to the Present) Cascades Bmrcgion Biological and Cultural Foundations j !l-or more information, ie« jwtge H6 of the sprite Schedule of Classes. 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