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. OQlIU monday, September 1 7, 1 973 lincoln, nebraska vol. 97 no. 1 1 w M eager help from students trips PACE v. Student Affairs adds post J by Bob RaJston In the upper righthand corner of a UNL tuition statement there are two small boxes. One is marked ."YES" and the other is marked "NO." The two boxes are for the Program for Active Commitment to Education (PACE). Forty students at'. at UNL this year partly because other students marked the "YES" box last year and contributed $3.50 to PACE. PACE received $15,000 last year, according to Jack Ritchie, director of the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aids Two-thirds of this was given as grants to high-need students. A student's need is determined by the parents' confidential financial statement, Ritchie said. PACE grants of $300 to $500 are given to students with the greatest need, he said. r he remaining third of the PACE money is set aside for emergency use for short-term loans and grants, file max;mum amount given for loans is $100. "T hrjre no a lot of students who benefit from !',-' Cr"," Ritchie said, "not only those who receive PACL, l.ut students with lower financial needs. PACE owns up money for them which would have been given to highei m-ed students." Karen Richardson, chairperson of the ASUN ir,h'o Committee which fostered and PACE, said she believes many students misconception that PACE is strictly a vho'arhip. 10 riiiilents who received PACE grants this 10 3io minority students, said Ritchie. !'..o has another difficulty, Richarson said. .I nr.-'ent aid to students has decreased, "ACE have til so declined. Hun publicize: have the 1 1 This is why the donation system has been changed this year, she said. In 1971, PACE'S first year, $3.50 was included in tuition costs, and students had to subtract it if they did not want to give to PACE. Some students complained that they unknowingly paid for PACE, so the system was changed in 1972 to make students add $3.50 to participate in PACE. According to the Faculty Committee on Scholarships and Financial Aids, PACE collections dropped materially, from $53,741.90 in 1971-72 to $10,172.25 in 1972-73. This year, two totals are shown on the tuition statement in an effort to make PACE donations simpler, according to Richardson. She said she believed the new system made PACE costs easier to see. However, some students have indicated they thought they were being ordered to "pay total number one" under the new system. In fact, the line reads "It will indicate your desire to participate in PACE when you initial the YES box and pay total number one." Ritchie said he believes the Board of Regents might discontinue PACE if the program doesn't start expanding. Richardson said she also is concerned about the program. "I think the regents are tired of having PACE put before them every year for evaluation," she said. "I think that some of them are beginning to feel that there's a lack of student commitment." She said she believes PACE will recieve more money this year because of the change in the tuition statements and increased publicity. it 1 J AT r is f I H II V i mwCi i l If I X3 fjbv y jgpo The Office of Student Al'ins has added a new cable' t post to if, Structure, act . ti ' h,. n ..:tu:r, vice chaticc'llc.t lor bi. i At';iii'.. A d i r e (; t u r f development is to tak: (tin',,, program;, and '.emc, tnw headed by the din ; , ( ' developnient , rv . s developinent , ' . :. ii f n t .1 1 1 ji VM '! 'i"-.lci,t "Thesr logically be ;; J a.- i !,..,. !- oeration," t- sai-!. The new 'incctru ot sturient development ",! r, ..;, v' student 4.u !. foreign student ii counsoltnrj center, career planning and placement, conduct referrals tvi i!ie coordinator ol fraternities, soi ori tins and cooperative living units The position of director of student development services has U;en vacant since Hairy Cannon left the post to become vice president for Student Affairs at Northern Illinois University. ''; ; ! said H.j! ns. the the "ariith direclot lent development proeiams. acting director of student ment. Anderson, coordinator of i a t e t n 1 1 i (? s , sororities and tooperaiives. will head a search committee of faculty, staff and ol studi will devlopn students to find candidates for the job, f3ader said. Bader said ho has recommended that the committee seek qualified women and minority candidates. "I feel this job provides us with an excellent opportunity to bring women or minority candidates into a top position in Student Affairs," he said. A candidate should have a doctorate degree and some experience in supervising a professional staff, Bader said. He said he expects another Student Affairs cabinet post, director of Minority Affair, to ho fx.i 'ipied soon. He said the search commitlee is now ready to report on its recommendations.