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er.d Universities found that mere t'icks tnd Hcpsnics Era era-
daj;tir3 from hi gh schcoJ, but the percentage cf that group cttend
Inj ccllegs has decreased, according to an erticld in Tharodas
USA Todsy.
The report eoii the reason for that decrease b money.
"Education grants for the poor haven't kept pace with
increases in money far loans, attractive to middla-dass students,"
The report said federal grant ceiling have not increased pro
portionately with inflation. The maximum pant was $1,CC0 in
1 974; it is new 1 1,CC0. To keep up with inflation, the ceiling should
have been raised to $3,C0O.
Perhaps the most striking figure the asaociatiah's report
released shows a 7.9 percent increase in federal dd to whi:9
students ketweea 1273 and 1C33, i;d a 4.7 dscrsaaa in tid to
black students ever the sair.8 period.
Furthc? cuts prepceed this year itUI lend mcsentaa to that
trend. The cuts, suppcrtsd by Secreta cf Education
Cenrxtt, will decrease loan end grant fands and place a 14,000
Cv-!?, Cll H!i"Dn3i
All this isesss ve are mcsicj toward an even more elitist
rich. More than ever before, higher education is essential to
upward nobility. Therefbre, opportunity for advar.ceff.ent cr
even life, liberty and the pursuit cf happiness is becoming ever,
more limited to ihe'werithy. "
That the pattern ofdistributfe financial aid in the recent past
and the prospectus far the availability cf financial aid in the very
near future compromise eoudity and American principles is sir
not debatable. The afcrcmentlened. report's Spres scrssa
inequality, discrimination and denial of cppcfturdty. And the
"reason" and.'uti5catlen" posited by Eennett, who comet be
called a friend cf education, 'are merely eieuaes.
Students who can't get leans will have to give up their new cars,
Bennett says. The $4,0C0-aid limit will mesa lcw-ineo:aa students
Mythical sta
1V. D peiicemen pull up to a stoplight in
a mythical state that has a ridiculous
sesumt law.
will not be asle to go to their Erst choice ci scaoois, and prepesea
cuts will Urea grant money far kv;er-!necme students, fee said
As many students who depend on loans know, the new car . .
argument is a lot of bunk. As students also know, $4,000 will
almost bay a year at UNL, unless pa hsve some other substantial -"souree
cf mnds.'and if won't even gii you cnecisss rJ, Harvard.
What the aid cuts do is effectively exclude otherwise qualied -low
income students from the best schools. That is bad policy
because it ir contrary to the Constitution, and because it
decreases the pool of intelligent people on which ex nation must
draw to solve the problems of today and temcrrciv.
Furthermore, cuts won't provide more grant mosey for low
income students; that implies a transfer cf fands, 'while ths cuts
are in actuality aimed at depleting funds, thus decreasinf
expenditures.
Bennett's arguments merely throw a smoke screen over what is
in truth, intentional or not, a prc-jram cf legislating diseifeinn--tion
by making higher education unavailable to low-inscme Amer
icans. The program tskes education off the roil cf rights and
places it on the roll cf rich man's privileges. -
Wealthy people may remain America's greatest recourse, The
rest are being demoted somewhere below bituminous coal.
r-y Elrey." one patrolman sap to Ms
partner, "that tha? boy don't look like he's
got no seatbelt on."
"Quick, hit the siren Eugene. Give me
them binoculars,".
S ' kilil
Tom, a JtS-ytar-cld college criminal in
every reject hears the siren and casually
buckles Ma ssatbelt as he pulls to the
curb.
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"Out cf the car, bey." -
"Sony, cScer, but it miglit take a min
ute. You see, I'm all strapped in."
' "You didn't have that on a minute ago at
the stop Eign.w
"I beg your pardon cSeer, sir, but I
always wear my seatbelt. it's the law you
knew."
The two burly oScers drag the scream
ing student from his car, breaking his
sestbelt end beating him to a Moody pulp,
reacting mostly to the frustrations of try
ing to erieiee unenforceable laws.
Later, Tom, smoking a joint, tells his
friends cf the incident.
"It's & sii'pld law, ran," Eosco says, "I
"I do," Shelley says, taking a hit from
the doobie, "but not because it's the law. I
just think it's safer. I'm smart enough to
know that."
"Aw, get out cf here," they all say.
The next day, in this same mythical
state with the silly laws, cur public ser
. vants Eugene and Elrcy are at it sgsin with
the binoculars. . ;
"Lock in that house Elrcy. Looks like
single-ply to meJ . .
Ttie oncers, acting on a reasonable
cause, break down the front door and
crash through the bathroom doer, surpris
ing the elderly lady finishing a common
act.
"Oh my, goodness me," she says, trying
to tide the single-ply toilet paper, which is
ag:i$st the law in our mythical state for
saf ,2y reasons. It scratches, you know. Bat
it's less expensive and on her budget, the -elderly
Viola has a tough time making
en-is meet, so to speak.
''Locks like resisting arrest to me,
wk
r. v;i.il3 smokiM a joint she tells
her Mends cf the incident.
vl know two-ply is safer and easier on
you," she says, "but this is America girls,
and I didn't think the government could
tell you what to do with your own life."
"GL drl " Eaniet savs. "Don't voa
know that government cGoials these days
: nothing about citizens. If so, why are was so fortunate.
government offices open from 9 to 4:30?
Hell, everybody works during those hours."
"You're riiht," Flcrence says, "And why
the inconsistencies? If they can make me
wear a se albeit and make my buy two-ply
toilet paper, fcr my c vn health, then why
don't they ban cigarettes, cr alcohol, cr
handguns, ?,f Jch are equally as dangerous
in their own way?"
"Special interest groups!" Harriet says,
-"andTiO-dceho! cr-cigarettes- means no
sales taxes to squander away on young
folks."
"It sura locks I'e-o-i cn a state senator's
record," Viola says, passing the joint, "to
support a law so much concerned with the
public good, regardless whether it is
unconstitutional, cr whether it takes sway
from cur bask freedem cf choice. Dammit,
girls, I like Lir.:U-l2 toilet paper. I was
raised cn it. ILiedy squcaed Charniin
when I was a g';L"
"Ceaiies," Earsietsays, quite high now,
"there draary-eyed public sonants in the
state ccplte) buililr-j have nothing better
to do than p::s "fullle g;od" laws in our
mythical state, cr .7 that the farmers and
edaceten r :? well p i raw that we have
a strong cat ."rJly, zA new that we have a
video lattery In every s!.a eay pool hall. They
have nothing better to do with their time.
Keck, they might ts well be asleep."
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,T T ow that the ASUN (I promise not
j ! a sfegla 'Gcsundheit') elections are
ever (give cr take a lawsuit), I
thought I would use this week's column
and my marvelous sense of timing to give
my personal reflections on the whole pro
cess. This may be late, but I figure peo
pla are always mere ready to listen after
ths dust has settled than they are when
the frar Is flying (I got an A in Metaphor
j fall J.
discuss and listen to issues and even vote!
Finally, there is the vast majority of the
student body that doesn't give z dp the
people who bleep over the cam'fit arti
cles to gi to "Llecn Ccuaty" arj thc:-s
beloved ptreom,l3, Ike: a are tfe p eb
mho tfc'ak Lock i a n: "arir.?, Tar t is a
derartnent ?ture s .d Char "3 ii v.fri pu
get b'i:k f.e-i ye;? f..-e del!-? I'M v.hrn
yju buy kek at Ti:;.;. c:, C3 ths
namcees thea::..fj v.:.d den't cer.e.'der
sta .er.t g:v: mmen't vital cnoh c.cn to
t Le minutes toets.
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I don't take anything at face value
either. Cut the dar.g.r cf cynicism is that it
tt o cf:en Ir-rc b tet:l contempt and des
pair, f !y compL'rt to you ts's the form of
the reply v. Lids th? g"e A preacher Dwigfct
L r.eefy ? "e to il vho criticized his
vr:!::::c t'elrr:"!. f aid, "Well, I
Klce the i. ;y i'. 1 deif g it swhole lot better
than the v . f je u'n r.at d;lrg it.M Touche.
C:!f'.:L, L J.h-, I'e ti.-g rJ the whole
ga:g c: ly.xz " c:i i'Ms charge.
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I weuli lava to all-:; 3 r:i Cr.: :r
ments s:;arately, but r; ;eo ii rr.:,ieus.
So, g.. en Cat apathy is f 3 cat:; -.z f;rm
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First to the cynics. Llan, ! leva yeu?
sfci3. 1 was born with tha world in c-e
hand and a magsig glass in the ether
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