News
Grant rules cause chaos
By Loretta Carter
Of The Print
Newer and stricter rules
governing the issuance of Pell
Grants are the cause of chaos
in the Financial Aid Office this
term, said Kathy Scheer,
Financial Aid co-ordinater.
Her office was not notified
about the changes until late
July and the new rules and re
quirements weren’t available
until August. This resulted in
late award letters and more
detailed work for the staff
when time was short. Scheer
said this resulted in a heavy
burden which was felt by both
students and staff members.
The Financial Aid Office
had to validate all the applica
tions they received before
term. It was necessary to hire a
new person for this position
on Oct. 4. Scheer said some of
the major changes are that all
independent students under
the age of 23 must provide a
copy of their parent’s tax
returns for 1984, plus a
notarized affidavit of no sup-
port to prove their in-
dependence. Everyone who
was validated also had to pro-
vide signed statements in
dicating whether they had any
untaxed income.
All data has to match the
original application submitted
to Financial Aid. If it didn’t
match, it would have to be re
submitted, which then took
another three weeks for the
responses. Scheer said this
resulted in 70 percent of the
students who were eligible for
the Pell Grant being held up.
“Next term will be fine, no
problem,” she said. However,
all students will have to re
apply in January.
Last year only 30 percent of
the Pell Grants were validated.
STUDENT GARY MONAHAN is helped by Kathy Shear at the
Financial Aid desk.
Photo by Dan Wheeler
This year it rose to 65-70 per
cent. Pell Grants are awarded
on need and are the most com
mon of all Federal grants
available. There are still
students waiting to recieve the
Pell Grant Awards, she added.
There are about 30,000
Oregon students receiving Pell
Grants last year. There will be
about $4.9 million in grants
awarded to the students this
year. Students at the College
who did not recieve their Pell
awards for Fall term because
of the delay were given other
financial aid through the of
fice for tuition and to buy
books.
The College issued 611 Pell
Grants in 1984-85. All finan
cial aid programs are being
considred for more new
regulations nationwide, Scheer
added.
In pre-season play,
Clackamas was 0-6, playing
against tough teams. Coach
Neshvad stated that he wanted
to get the team ready for
season play and that he
wanted to get all of the
frustrations out ahead of time.
Now he thinks that the
strategy is going to pay off. He
says now that the team is
relaxed nothing is going to sur
prise them.
“I predict to do a little bit
better than .500 (a little better
than average). After the pre
season games, I* had doubts,
but now I think it is a good
goal to try to win seven or
eight games. The thing we do
not need is injuries. There is
not a strong bench and if we
have many injuries we’d be in
trouble,” Neshvad said.
Barlow Hall grows
a brand new wing
By J. J. Schoessler
Of The Print
Out of the ashes of the
Smuckers fire has risen a new
facility adjoining Barlow Hall
that should provide a positive
learning and work environ
ment for the nursing school
and the law enforcment train
ing classes. The inhabitants of
the new addition generally
agree it has helped many, in
cluding teachers, students and
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SOUTH WING OF Barlow hall during and after construction.
Photos by Dan Wheeler
administration. The new wing
seems to be a better location
for all concerned, being cen
trally located on campus.
“The addition was begun
last fall to house the nursing
and law enforcement classes,”
said Bill Ryan, Administrative
Dean of College Services and
Planning. Ryan said “The
construction is 99.9 percent
complete and right on budget.
He said the decision to build
onto Barlow Hall was a suc-
cesful one.
“It seems that the added
space is needed even more,
now that enrollment is up 25
percent by head count and 4.7
percent by full timé student
count,” said Gloria Tomlin,
secretary to the president.
Charlotte Lissy of the nurs
ing department was sharing an
October 15,1985
office in Clairmont Hall, but
now has the luxury of her own
office in Barlow. “We have
practice equipment built in
now and there is more space
with the new layout. It feels
good to be in the mainstream
instead of just being tacked
on,” she added.
Karen Lever, Community
Services and Womens Pro
grams Coordinator has her of
fice in Barlow Hall. She said
she is happy about her new
location.
Ken Koopman, who works
for the public information of
fice at the College, moved
from Clairmont Hall Barlow
after a stop-over in the jour
nalism trailer, where they were
housed this summer. “I feel
like I’m on the pitchers mound
again in this new location, and
I am interested in talking to
students with success stories.”
Ken will write these stories
of various accomplishments
and publicize them through
the news media to help pro
mote the College.
If this sounds like you, drop
by Ken’s office arid make a
suggestion.
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