PFC: Students encouraged to voice opinions, concerns
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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
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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
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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
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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
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blance to the slow and groovy
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California-designed, it will he
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price of $15,200. Thirty years
ago, it went for under $2,000, or
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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.
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