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PFC: Students encouraged to voice opinions, concerns m uununuea irom rage 1A Each student group is given 20 minutes to present its case. The PFC then debates the proposed budget, line-item by line-item. PFC members can also cross-ex amine the program’s representa tives. Reid and Ivory wanted to re main active in student govern ment and decided participating in the PFC was a good way to do that. “1 wanted to get involved in ASUO, and it brought a good op portunity to work witli student programs and build relationships on campus,” Ivory said. Reid thought underclassmen were not being represented in stu dent government and saw his chance to pahicipate through the Student Senate and PFC. Today, there are three underclassmen on the 18-member Senate. The PFC officially began five years ago, when it was formed out Aid: Netscape browser required to apply online • Continued from Page 1A takes you through it, just skip ping over the parts you don't need, or you would leave blank.” Using the Internet could make the financial aid application process easier, but not necessari ly faster, she said. Transmitting the data via the Internet would give the federal agency a head start at crunching the numbers, but a domestic version of Netscape must be used and a signature form must be sent through the mail to confirm the application. If a printer hookup is not possible, a signature form is sent to the applicant. This may prolong the process, she said. The average turn-around time, from sending in an application to receiving an offer, used to take up to two or three months, but it is now half that time after the first group of applications are processed, Houck said. “It will seem longer to those who apply early,” she said. "If you apply later, it may be possi ble to achieve an award letter faster, but by then all the money is gone.” The kinds of problems that stu dents run into the most include understanding the parent finance section of the application, she said. Some students' parents are Will you pass your Mineralogy Midterm today? Find out by reading your horoscope in the Classified Section. divorced and don't know they need to use the financial state ments of the parent they are cur rently living with or receiving supported from. Questions like these should he taken to the University Financial Aid Office. “[Students] can always cal I and ask us,” she said. To keep the process running smoothly, students are advised to follow several guidelines, Houck said. First, students should till in all the appropriate parts legibly. “It could make a very big dif ference when it comes to the so cial security number or the birth day,” she said. Second, students should read the instructions carefully and completely. If students have any questions, they can call the office at 346-3221. "Students need to know they are more than welcome to give us a call and ask questions,” Houck said. “No question is stu pid. It's not the most straightfor ward process, and we know that.” Students may also call the U.S. Department of Education at 1 800-4-FEDAID to ask questions about applying for federal finan cial aid. of the Incidental Fees Council, a larger government body that had included the EMU board, the Ath letic board and the ASUO pro grams. The budgets approved by the PFC cover basic costs for student programs every year, Johnson said. Fund raising and grants can supply additional support for stu dent programs. Groups that miss budget deadlines or require addi tional funding can submit an ap peal to the PFC in the spring. “It's frustrating sometimes. No body really knows what we do. It is one of the most important places for student incidental fees," John son explained. "Many students don’t realize the PFC funds pro grams students use every day." The PFC will recognize inde pendent students during the bud get hearings. This allows students to voice their support or criticism of a program before the PFC sets that program’s budget. But Reic said lit; had never seen an inde pendent student speak for 01 against a program. "I think it is a huge missing par of ASUO," Reid said. "Until then is full awareness of what tin ASUO and student governmen do on campus. I can’t expect stu dents to come in, but it woulr have a huge influence on me if stu dents came in to voice their sup port in favor of organizations.” Volkswagen Bug revs up for a comeback The world’s best selling car will return with a sleeker design and a higher price tag By Jim Suhr The Associated Press DETROIT—The Beetle's back, but the new Volkswagen bug isn’t exactly the easy-to-fix, easy-to-af ford, noisy-to-drive car that made road trips to distant campuses and rock concerts decades ago. The new generation of Beetle comes with air conditioning, re mote-control electric locks, six speaker stereo and a $15,000 price tag. Two decades since the last new Beetle was sold in the United States, Volkswagen on Monday rolled out a restyled version of the homely little car that became an improbable, wheelie-popping movie star named Herbie in 1969 Disney movie “The Love Bug." Although it boasts more power and less flower than the original Beetle, it now offers a dashboard bud vase as standard equipment. Volkswagen is counting on nostalgia-smitten drivers to search out the new Beetle when it hits the U.S. and Mexican markets by die end of March. VW expects to sell 50,000 in its first production year. “It's the rebirth of a legend, a love affair continued, a dream come true," Volkswagen board member Jens Newmen said dur ing the car’s unveiling at the North American International Auto Show. Though the 1999 model shares the same general ladybug shape and a few other quirky, Beetle-esque touches, the resem blance to the slow and groovy runabout is sheet-metal deep. California-designed, it will he made in Mexico with antilock brakes and dual front and side air bags. The new Beetle is also larg er inside and out — and more costly, with a base U.S. sticker price of $15,200. Thirty years ago, it went for under $2,000, or less than $10,000 in today's dol lars after adjusting for inflation. The original Bug’s unconven tional air-cooled, rear-mounted engine has given way to a mod ern water-cooled, four-cylinder engine in the car’s front, where it will drive the front wheels. The new Beetle has sleeker lines, for sure, but borrows some quirky retro touches from the old Bug: big, round speedome ters and gauges, bulbous fend ers, passenger grab handles and built-in running boards. ‘‘We cannot deny [the old Beetle’s) origin or the magic of its shape,” said Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piech. The move to resurrect the Beetle marks a big change for a company that for years tried with only limited success to di vorce itself from its econocar heritage that began with the humble Bug, which was born in 1938 and was last sold in the United States in 1979. A marketing blitz begins this spring, aimed at tapping fond memories of the old Beetle. Among the one-liners in new Beetle ads: "If you sold your soul in the 1980s, here’s your chance to buy it back.” Alluding to theold Beetle’s slowness, one ad jokes, “0-60? Yes,” Martin Wintern, Volkswagen’s technical development chief, called the new Beetle “an uncon ventional statement of individual ity"—much as it was decades ago. Born 60 years ago under Adolf Hitler’s guidance, the Volkswa gen —German for “people’s car" — was meant to offer affordable transportation for the nation, modeled on what Henry Ford had done for Americans. The next year, Nazi Germany launched World War II, and most of the Wolfsburg plant was turned into a weapons factory. After the Nazi defeat, the bombed-out factory was rebuilt and the hardy little car became a huge success that symbolized Germany’s postwar economic recovery. DANCE SHOES BALLET • JAZZ • TAP FOLK • MODERN CAPEZIO • BLOCH • FREED • CHACOTT LEO'S TIGHTS TOPS CAPEZIO • DANSKIN • DANCE FRANCE MARIKA • BARISHNIKOV • and MORE! 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