Car
ter plan to aid college stii3eei not exact
Utopia
fcyJoe Starita raskani thinking Ritchie said. VHie state needs to fcet
As lonfc as the ntan calls for monev trt SIS .000 and $25 .000 lose benefits to VOlved by putting more money Into Uiev
Warning- College students dobg hand-,.ube ?deposited in local banks and credit those with incomes over $25,000. - pot -to help middle-income students as.
springs over President Cartels plan to in
crease financial aid for students from middle-income
families may Want to reconsider
their position.
Flipping-out with high expectations
over the Carter; proposal jmay be hazar
dous to a student's health; said Jack.
Ritchie, UNL director of scholarships and
jfinancial aid.
Carter announced last Wednesday a $ 1 .2
billion national aid program that would
include grants of $250 for students from
families with incomes between $15,000
and $25,000.
The plan Would provide federally subsi
dized loans for . students from, families
with gross incomes up to $47,000.
Hie problem With Cartels proposal,
Ritchie said, is seen in where that federal i
money would be deposited and in Neb-
6 -
unions, Ritchie explained, there will be an
incentive to make money on It rather than
help students. -
As long as KebraskanS look on federal
aid as Welfare, he added, the money will
not filter down to benefit students who
need it.
Ritchie said the solution is to but this
federal money In the hands of the uni-
'Tm not Sure t can justify a. program
Hot working now lor those In the $20,000
weu as lower-uicoiiM? 6iuuciii. - .
The number of UNL students from mid-
those in the $30,000 and above, Ritchie
Said.. .: ' ve , .
Pride also , would prevent many UNL
students from getting under the. Carter
plan, Ritchie said, y '
wfo Nebraska, federal aid of any kind is
versny not in tne business community, looked upon as Welfare. .
, When the money gets dropped into "Parents go down to the local bank
the business community there's just too with the, attitude that ny kid isn't going
much of a buddy system at Work, he said. 4 to apply for any Welfare. It's the good
A buddy system, Ritchie explained; ole work etWco freebles for us."
allows those With an income of $40,000 . If Nebraska Work ethic is a handicap
or more to get special favors from the local, for UNL students from middle-income
bsmkc V families, Ritchie Said the state of Nebraska
ITiose favors get loans for students from also must provide more financial help.
Wealthier families. , UM& for students ftom middle-income"
Ultimately, he said, a situation occurs families is almost void in this state,"
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to $25,000 range and have it expanded to;. ?com cs VTT;
.000 and above. Ritchie oeiween anu
ndaily N n
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accurately determine, Ritchie said. .
lie said, 8,500 to 9,000 UNL students
have applied for' some type of financial
. "Some help Is givdri to 5,200 to 5,500 ,
.of those who have applied,' Ritchie said.
fTfcat fit4nte ira all ffrtnt famillM With
intfimesunriftr SI 2.000. -. -'.'-
, TTie remaining 3,500 or so are given -
uu ucip, i liuimiiai tuiiuuui. nicy e ,
all from families with incomes at $15,000
j. 1 M : ..
Ritchie said the best alternatives for
UNL students trom middle-income tamiaes -is
to try for a federally insured student
loan and to get a part-time job. .
We now have a job-locater service that
finds Dart -time work in the Lincoln com
mumty ana on campus tor miacue-income .
students, Ritchie said. - " - , :
: : v Aiso, ine reaeraiiy msurea siuaeni
loans are. set. up for middle income stu-
; Lincoln are hard to get' these loans from
because it's not lucrative for them. - v ;
The smalltown,4 home-town bank is a
student's best bet for getting a federal
3:; insured student loan.
closings
Agency policies
rmine
help dete
snow
1 By Kris Hansen
At 6:30 ajn. 'Monday, UNX CianceHor
Roy Young and several staff, members
decided to close "the UNL campus because
Of heavy WowVTinngmg 'a day of rest and
relaxation for students. v . ,M
Dr. Richard Fleming, , assistant to the.
chancellor, said the decision was made on .
information gathered ,from the National .
..Weather Service, the lincoln Civil De
fense Agency, UNL Physical Plant and
the police. v vV
"It's a studied decision to close down,"
Fleming said. "I was up at 6 ain. listening
to reports. We closed until noon and con
tinued listening, and the forecast said the
weather would continue, so We didn't see :
much point in opening.' -
The major points the . 'staff considered f
were street iand parking lot clearing and
bus schedules, Fleming said; , -v. : :
"We have to get the staff in, along with
many students who live at home or in .
apartments, he said. ."Since the streets -,
weren't cleared in the city, we called it
off." - ' - ' . ; - : . - V
Students can call the university switch-!
board to learn if classes have been cancel-:
ed, but Fleming recommended listening to v
the 'radio. ' -'
We have a system with all the '
stations," he said. "As soon as we make ;
our decision, our staff gets but "to all the
radio and television stations immediately,
as well as the switchboard.".. "..'.
Class make-up will be arranged by in
dividual instructors. However, Fleming said '
he did not think students were losing much,
time. -
l suspect many students are taking
this time to work ahead or catch up, since
they're confined to their homes or the ,
residence haHs, he said.
Fleming added that many students had
pitched in to keep residence haD services
functional, since many staff members
could not get to the halls.
Contrary to rumor, the school recently
has dosed several times, he said!
"We've been in a dry cycle the last few
years and just haven't had the snow, but
we shut down several times in the 70s, he
taid. School closed one afternoon last year,
he said. ' - .
School will be closed during the day if a
"storm builds up rapidly, he said, but stu
dents are released at different times than
'the Statehouse to avoid traffic problems. .
- "Releases are calculated to help every
body get home as quickly as-possible,
Fleming said., - r
"mJ'A J' reikis; ) r-1
Aw I
Despite an 8-inch snowfcll Sunday niht, these stents were far frcni tzzr;-: UzzZzy trd r;
cancellation of classes. See related story on page 6.
red td crjcy
Bill
mav solve nira
By Gail Reid
1 mviiTr
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Testimony heard by the Nebraska Legis
' latures Public Health and Welfare Commit
tee Tuesday favored the institution of a
medical student loan program to encourage
doctors to practice in rural areas.,
"". The Nebraska Medical Student Assis
, tance Act, if passed, would allow a maxi
: mum loan of $7,000 a year and not more
.than $28,000 over a four-year period to
ten new students a year.and not more then
; forty students in any one academic ye:r.
, The bill would require recipients to
practice in an area lacking doctors. After s
each year of practice in a medical shcrtc;i
area the amount of one year medicd lozn
would be canceled.
: Milligan Senator Richard Maresh sdd
'his bill, LBS44, is needed to solve ' the
physicians shortage In rural and some
urban areas. . -
- JThe loan prograi.ii would allow students
to make an early decision to return to rural
areas and it would enable them to ccmply
vich iriai decision, Said BiitTi NyquLt,
a. medical student and a student senate
member. , '
Other scholanhip 'programs like armed
service and health service scholarships the
doctors away from Nebraska, but this bill
'would allow students the option cf staying
in Nebraska.
Paul Young, chairman of fcr.'!y prac
tice at the University of Nebra:l'3 I Ic-Ic-1
Center, sdi Nebraska will-be '
stUucnts Al rnimn in t St-
state fbaf.cid support arJ ape
uhich rcquL"S stui;nts v. ho j ;
Ion ct theh: hert J ht:rc.:t.
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