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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1978)
■ here now? ! and returning |ents flooded the lege’s counseling i in the Com ity Center Mon- and Tuesday ¡ng questions, ig out schedules forms and erally getting ualnted. Fall Ses began Mon Sept. 25. Approach to aid cuts tension one Lally Print Financial Aid Depar- at the College, can ipplying for Financial le easier for students by a peer counselor ! and several types of I assistance. students when ap- ir Financial Aid feel less ortable when talking dent Pat Fontaine. Pat tone who has“been fore.” She is currently t in the College Work- irogram, and works in incial Aid Department I the tension that many experience. ine’s line of work is 'Peer Counseling”, students applying for il Aid feel apprehen- esaid. “For many it’s rence between going to sr not.” Fontaine feels s can relate to her she too has gone the process of filling h after form. Those can be a little in ng," she said. aine gets help from other students: Lisa ¡1, Melanie Bryant, and sell the sudents helping Is, it gives the Aid coun- tore time to spend With ihoneed special atten- ontaine said. ®d Thompson, Finan- I officer, instigated the k "We were shor- f and the students were ill hard to get a hold of |e said. “Pat is very “Sable and very capable Rthe work.” Thompson said students have unlimited access to Basic Grants. “The reason being,” Thom pson safd, “is that the grants are funded by congress as an intitlement program”. He said that it means that as many students as show need funds, they will be available. To qualify for a Basic Grant, which pays $200 to $900 per academic year, the student must be single with an income of less than $3200, and have no assets. The Basic Grants are a “free gift” , meaning the student doesn’t have to pay it back. The College Work-Study program is a Federal program. If a student qualifies, he can work up to 20 hours a week on campus. The pay is from $2.65 to $2.85 an hour. The advan tage to the program is that the student doesn’t commute, and the hours are, flexible, accor ding to Thompson. “And if you’re working in your Major area,” said Mr. Thompson, “you can get a good job reference.” The Guaranteed Student Loan is money made available through the local banking system. It pays up to $1500 in terest-free for as long as the student is in school, and a post school nine month period. Payback installments are from $32 to $35 a month. The in terest rate during the payback period is 7 percent. Talent Grants are sponsord by individual departments in cluding Performing Arts, Athletics, Journalism, Student Goivernment, etc. Anyone, in terested in a Talent Grant should contact specific depar tment heads. Law Enforcement Education Program, (LEEP) is a tuition payment for full/part-time currently employed Law En forcement officers. State Need Grants are grants from the state of Oregon to needy students. Money is available up to $500. All of the programs men tioned above require full-time student status except for Basic Grants and LEEP funds. Ap plications are available at the Financial Aid office and the counseling office in the Com munity Center. For senate Election deadline nears Students wishing to run for one of 20 Associated Student Government senate positions should pick up their petitions in the Student Activities office as soon as possible, according to Dave Riggs, ASG vice- president. The petitions, which must have the signatures of 30 students, are due in the ac tivities office by Friday, Oct. 6. Elections will be held Wed nesday, Thursday and Friday, Oct. 10, 11 and 12. Along with the petitions, students wishing to get cam paign information into the school paper, the Print, must turn in a biagraphical infor mation sheet, also by Oct. 6. These forms area available at the Student Activities office. “There seems to be a lot more interest in student gover nment this year than lait,” said Happie Thacker , ASG media director. “There have already been several petitions turned in and a lot of people sounded in terested in getting involved during new student orien tation.” Senators are elected for the entire year and serve on a wide variety of college committees that help determine school policy. There are also tuition reimbursements avilable for outstanding senators each term. Insurance options open for sickness, accidents Four accident and sickness insurance plans are being of fered this year to college students. The deadline for enrolling in the plans is Oct. 6, said Bonnie Hartley, college health nurse. Hartley said students who “are not covered by their parents’ insurance would be wise to participate” in the in surance programs, offered for the first time this year through Lloyds of London. Bonneville Institutional Services, Portland, is administering the insurance plans locally. Two. student accident in surance options are available. Plan I provides “schooltime only” accident coverage with- a premium of $6 per term. Plan II provides 24-hour coverage for accident, at a cost of $13 per term or$36 for a full year of coverage. Two sickness insurance op tions are also available. A low budget plan, Basic Plan A, provides minimal coverage for illness, hospitalization and ac cident insurance. Cost is $16.65 per term or $50 per year. Basic Plan B provides twice j the dollar coverage of Plan A for $33.35 per term or $100 per year. Plan B also includes major medical coverage for catastrophic conditions with a $100 deductible amount. Students may enroll for the plans at thé cashier’s office in the Community Center. CLACKAMAS COMMUNITY