‘Breakdancing’ elephants end performance
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crty horse made big messes.
A clown from the next act took
advantage of the humorous possibili
ties of tnc horse’s accident before it
was cleaned up.
The Tokaji Troupe from Hungary,
the Marinof troupe from Romania,
and the Hernandez troupe from the
United States performed with a tee
ter-totter. Two people would jump
onto one end, catapulting a small
woman onto the the shoulders of two,
three, even four other people. Each
seemed to have the same act, although
the Hernandez troupe seemed the
most skilled.
The Soaring Stars took a turn at the
trapeze. A daring act, they still per
formed with a safety net. It turned out
to be a good provision. At the end, one
of the performers slipped out of a
trapeze artist’s grasp.
At this point, the stage was set for
a grand finale. The ringmaster began
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rapping. The Live Action Squad from T
New York City began to dance.
Assisted by his son, Mark Oliver,
Gebel-Williams brought out an entire
complcmentofelephants. Swaying to
the rap beat, the elephants paraded
around the ring, then put their front
legs on the back of the one ahead of it.
Showgirls in purple, yellow and
green wigs rode the pachyderms,
lending an atmosphere of bizarre
inner city to the affair. And finally,
after two and a half hours, the greatest
show on earth was over.
Although two and a half hours may '
be a little long for small children to sit
through, there didn’t seem to be any
major problems until after the per
formance was over.
The Ringling Bros, and Bamum &
Bailey Circus will perform at 2:30
and 7:30 p.m. today. Tickets are
$7.50 and $9.50.
As the ringmaster says at the end of
every performance, “May all your
days be circus days.”
Brian Shellito/Daily Nebraskan
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IMPORTANT
FINANCIAL AID
INFORMATION
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Students Awaiting Award Notices
Regrettably, not all students who applied for financial aid for the 1988-89 academic
year have received their award notifications. Students most likely affected are
those who were randomly selected for verification and those who did not submit
their FAFs to the College Scholarship Service until late spring or summer.
The delay in processing applications is due to the installation of a highly complex
computerized financial aid management system that has taken longer than
anticipated to put into production. Happily, the system is now operational with
only a few minor problems to be resolved. These minor problems have not stopped
us from making awards to more than sixty percent of all applicants, but until we are
certain of the systems ability to accurately perform calculations associated with
the verification process, we must proceed very carefully and cautiously.
Note: Not all students who are still awaiting awards will find themselves eligible
for aid. We unfortunately can not accurately predict who will receive aid how much
aid will be awarded until the system has performed its calculations. Moreover, some
students who received award notices earlier in the summer may not receive their
aid because they have not;
•sent us their original Student Aid Reports (SARS),
‘had financial aid transcripts sent to us from any and
all prior colleges attended, or
•signed their award notifications and statements of
purpose and returned them to our office.
Federal law prohibits aid officers from disbursing funds until all necessary
documents are on file in the Financial Aid office. Financial Aid is a partnership
between students and the aid officer and requires each to perform specific tasks
before any federal funds can legally be dispensed.
Students Awaiting Payment for Approved Grants/Loans
Friday, September 16th Ls the date targeted by the Office of Student Accounts to
mail Tuition Statements to students’ local addresses. The 16th Ls also the date on
which we expect to begin making refund checks to financial aid award recipients.
if you received a PELL Grant, SEOG, or state grant that exceeds your tuition and
fees, you should expect to receive a refund check for the balance. You can also make
arrangements to have the balance applied to your on-campus housing bill. 11 you
wish to make this arrangement, you should contact the Housing Office. All Refund
checks will be mailed to local addresses. If you have moved recently, be sure to make
an address correction in the Records Office, 107 Administration Building.
Perkins Loans (formerly NDSL) are scheduled to be disbursed in the Nebraska
Union on September 26th, 27th, and 28th. If you have been awarded a Perkins Loan
and acknowledged your acceptance of the loan by signing your Financial Aid
Notification and sending it back to the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid, you
should expect to receive a check for the amount according to the dates listed above.
Perkins loans awarded in the future will be disbursed through the Office of
Scholarships and Financial Aid on an ongoing basis.
If you received a Guaranteed Student Loan as part of your award package, and
followed the instructions on the application, you should expect to receive a check
for the amount of the loan within four weeks of processing. (Loans of less than
$1000 will be disbursed in one check; amounts over $1000 will be issued in two
installments.) Checks will be made available through the Office of Student
Accounts—110 Administration Building.
PLUS Loans are sent directly to the parents of students by the lending institutions.
SLS loans are sent to UNL for disbursement. These loans take the same
approximate amount of time to process as do GSL applications, and will be made
available through the Office of Student Accounts.
Reminder: Most financial aid is disbursed in two equal installments. One half the
total award at the beginning of the fall semester and one hall the total award at the
beginning of the spring semester.
All Students Who Have Experienced Delays in Finalizing
Their Financial Aid
University payment deadlines for tuition and housing will be extended for those
who qualify for financial aid but do not receive a final award notification in time to
' arrange funding for those payments. Generally speaking, payments of tuition and
housing will be deferred up to four weeks from the receipt of a final award
notification. This will allow sufficient time for processing Guaranteed Student
Loans and other loans.
It is important to understand that the University assumes all students arrive on
campus in the fall with sufficient funds to meet their initial expenses. The Office of
Scholarships and Financial Aid can help those with extreme need meet their initial
expenses through short term loans. Remember however, short term loans require a
cosigner (in most cases) and repayment within a prescribed period of time. Short
term loans also carry a minimal interest charge.Not all students may qualify for
these loans if they have a past history of loan default or late repayment. For more
information about short term loans, visit the Office of Scholarships and Financial
Aid, Room 51, Administration Building.
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