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Friday, May 4, 1934
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 83 No. 152
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New standards limit financial aid
By Pma Ahvcrd
Because of new progress standards for UNL
financial aid eligibility, undergraduate students can
receive federal aid for up to 183 credit hours or an
undergraduate degree, whichever is lesser, UNL's
financial aid director said.
Don Aripoli said students who received aid before
standards changed cannot continue that aid after
they receive their degree or take the 188-hour limit.
The standards change was required by federal
. regulation effective July 1, 1S83. The changes will
affect students who want to receive Title IV federal
aid for the 1084-85 academic year. Students apply
ing for guaranteed student loans, Pell grants, national
direct student loans, college work-study, supple
mental grants or state student incentive grants also
will be affected.
To fulfill the new satisfactory progress require
ment, students must complete at least two-thirds of
their attempted credits with a grade of "D"eor better,
Aripoli said. Previously, students had to pass one
half of attempted credits with a "D" or better.
The new regulations require all students seeking
aid to meet this new requirement, regardless of
whether or not they received aid the previous
semester, Aripoli said. Before the changes, he said,
only students who reapplied for aid had to meet the
old satisfactory progress requirement.
Grades of incomplete, W (withdraw) and no
report do not count toward completed credits, Ari
poli said.
Students who do not meet the new requirement
can make up any deficiencies this summer, he said.
Aripoli said he expects 1 ,500 to 2,500 students to
fail the new requirements, compared with 1,300
under the old regulations. Usually about three
fourths of the students who appeal the termination
of financial aid eligibility are accepted back, he said.
However, appeals are expected to increase, he said.
The new requirements are quite loose, Aripoli
said.
It's as student-orientated as we can make it and
still comply with regulations," he said.
New graduate satisfactory progress standards
are similar to undergraduate standards, he said,
except graduates can receive aid for a maximum of
150 credits or until the completion of graduate
studies.
Students who fail to meet the new standards can
re-establish eligibility by completing a minimum of
12 credit hours with passing grades or by re
enrolling after a three-year, absence, Aripoli said.
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The lcr-eoKght after "suspicious persons" who dominated the NUL police report and confused the
cops for two years were found Thursday. Here above sit the culprits. "We had us some fun," said
suspicious person number one (far left). More irrelevant news in the Daily Halfaskan inside.
Vietnam experience:
A long road back
By John Koopmaxi
The following story concerns a veteran of
the war in Vietnam.
Bill Foreman was drafted into the military,
sent to the southeast Asian country, wounded
and sent back to the United States as were
hundreds of thousands of other Americans
during the 1CC03 and early '70s.
In 1967, after three years at Peru State Col
lege, Bill Foreman decided to take a semester
break. He intended to go to Lincoln, work for a
couple of months, then return to Peru to finish
his studies and get his degree.
Some things just don't work out as planned.
Prior to leaving Peru, Foreman had taken a
selective service physical, as had most draft
age men of the time. As soon as he lost his
college deferment, Uncle Sam said "I want
you." Foreman's guarantee that he would
immediately return to college fell on deaf ears.
"At that time the sentiment was, 'You're the
right age, you're not in school, we're gonna :
have you,' " he said.
And have him they did. Five months later he
was on his vay to basic training at Fort Polk,
La. While there, many of the drill sergeants
said that most of the recruits would go to
Vietnam.
"I heard what they said, but I never really
considered that I would go," he said. "I always
denied it."
Foreman said he went through basic train- ,
ing in a state of shock and disbelief.
"A guy told me once that the U.S. owned me,"
he said, shaking his head. "I guess they did"
Foreman said he felt like he had been thrown
into jail. The compound was surrounded by
barbed wire just like a prison. "What happens if
you want to leave?" he asked. "If you tried to get
out they'd throw you in the brig."
After eight weeks of basic training, Foreman
went to the Medical Training Center at Fort
Sam Houston, Texas. He trained for 10 weeks
to become a combat medic.
While he was in medic school, Foreman said,
he was called in for an interview. Did he want
to sign up for more military time in exchange
for better training or Officers Candidate School?
No way.
Then are you prepared to fight for your
country in Vietnam? ,
I guess so.
Next.
Foreman received orders to Vietnam shortly
before graduation from medic school. After a
short leave, which he spent with his parents in
Blue Springs, he was on his way to the war. He
traveled by commercial airliner.
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Three candidates race for the Demo
cratic Congressional nomination Pca 7
UNL alumni Gena Klosner and Brad Col
erick release their first clbum tegsther
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Women's gymnastics team has "best re
cruiting season ever". . . . Pc3 11
Index
Arts end Entertainment 0
Classified 17
Crossword 13
Editorial 4
Off Th3 Wire 2
Sports 11
Most UNL residence directors have
master's degree, work experience
By Jcssthsn Taylor
Not many jobs require potential employees to
have 13 separate interviews, but UNL's director of
housing said many interviews are needed to deter
mine if a person would make a good residence
director.
Douglas Zatechka said people interested in jobs
with the housing department first are given pre
liminary screenings in March at one of the annual
regional and national placement conventions such
as Oshkosh, Wis. Zatechka said these interviews let
university housing representatives and applicants
see what each other has to offer.
"If they have what we're after, we invite them in
for an interview (at the university)," Zatechka said.
After arriving at UNL, the applicant is given 12
interviews in one day. Applicants meet with com
plex programs directors, current residence direc
tors, members of student government, Zatechka
and other housing employees.
' Based on the evaluation forms stating the inter
views general impressions ofthe applicants, Carolyn
Jakobsen, assistant director of housing, makes her
hiring recommendations, Zatechka said.
Zatechka said he looks for five basic characteris
tics in a potential residence director. These include:
The ability to relate to the other professions
needs of all university employees, not just students.
The ability to convey a sense of trust and know
when a student has a problem and where that per
son should be referred to.
The ability to feel comfortable in an "open sys
tem" in which records are not hidden from students.
The abiltiy to relate to the other professions
involved in housing and the rest of UNL.
The ability to be assertive. RDs should not sit in
their offices all day, Zatechka said.
Zatechka said five to six applicants already have
been interviewed and he said he plans to talk to two
to three more by the end of May, when he hopes to
fill the positions. There are four openings out of 11
positions, he said.