Lobby: Students address financial aid •
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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
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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
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