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Dorm bill deferments to continue until aid is awarded By Jim Beckman Staff Reporter Residence hall students who have not received their financial aid awards will continue to have their housing payments deferred until they receive their awards, said Sue Gilder sleeve, assistant director of Univer sity ol Nebraska-Lincoln housing for business services. However, only students who ap plied for financial aid by Aug. 1 will receive immediate attention said John Beacon, interim director of the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid. In August, Beacon said, he real ized that about 2,800 students who had not received their awards would probably not receive aid by the time tuition and housing bills were due. Bcaum said tuition payments will be deferred until Oct. 2s Awards were delayed by a number of problems caused by a new software system being integrated with the old computer system at the office, Bea con said. James Griesen, vice-chancellor for student affairs, and Doug Zat echka, director of housing, approved a letter Beacon sent to students in August explaining that their housing and luition fees would be deferred until their awards were processed. Beacon then gave the student list to UNL housing to verify which stu dents were entitled to deferred pay ments. Students who applied for financial aid in mid-August or later probably will not receive housing payment deferments, Beacon said. “We do realize," he said, “that Aging research forum commences today By Bryan Thomas Suff Reporter The University of Nebraska-Lin coln will host the Fifth National Fo rum on Research in Aging today and Thursday at the Nebraska Center for Continuing Education on East Cam pus. “One of the main goals of the forum is to re-emphasize the impor tance of social support networks to physical and menial health.” said Rosclec Yeaworth, dean and profes sor for the College of Nursing. Yeaworth also said that people in policy-making positions need to look at how their decisions affect the social networks of all people. Doctors, nurses, social workers and those doing research on aging will attend the forum. Between 20 and 28 stales will be represented at the forum, which will feature 50 separate sessions. Some of the featured speakers include Andrew Achenbaum, re search scientist at the University of Michigan’s Institute of Gerontology and professor of history at the Univer sity of Michigan; Reubin Andres, research fellow and honorary visiting physician in the Gerontology Re search Center at the National Institute on Aging in Baltimore, Md.; and Yea worth. Posting ID numbers may violate law noAnce t n the method of grade listing. GRADES from Page 1 knowledge of the law.” Ellen Campbell, also from the Family Policy and Regulations Of fice in the Department of Education in Washington D.C., said the office has received “a lot of questions about it.” Campbell said these questions result from unclear language con tained in the Buckley Amendment. While the law restricts the release of student files, it does not deal directly with the posting of grades. Even with the vagueness in the law, there has been some change in uiw iiiujiuu ui ^idui/ iiduiig. “I have a recollection that at the time that (the law) went through, there was some discussion,” said Edward Zimmerman, UNL physics and astronomy professor. “Prior to that time, some people had posted grades by name,” he said. According to Rooker, while grades arc still listed by name at some universities, there has never been a case where a school has had its fund ing cut. In all cases where complaints have been filed, solutions have been worked out with the universities in volved, Rooker said. Godfather's Pizza. V LUNCH BUFFET $3.49 All You Can Eat Pizza And Salad Mond&y-Friday 12th & Q — 474-6000 S. 48th & Hwy. 2 N. 48th & Vine sonic -ludents scih in laic .-<■ n ioT legitimate reason-* Gildersleeve said all studenis w ho have not received their aw ards should come to the housing office 1010 Sea ton Hall to sign a lormto acknowledge a deferment of their housing fees. “We hope that students won't wait for adeadline but will pay their bill as soon as their check comes in," Beacon said. He also said he hopes studenis don’t try to deceive the office by ignoring financial aid eligibility forms, which may report no need, just so they can continue to put off their payments. Gildersleeve said she would defer payments for students who find they’re not eligible for financial aid and have no other immediate means to make payments. Beacon said housing and luilion payments will be deferred until the original group of students that applied before Aug. 1 have been awarded. About 10 percent of this group have not received awards yet, he said. Beacon said he thinks the software, called the financial aid management system, will be functioning properh by next year and will al low fal I a wards to be sent out by the end of the spring semester. “We don't want th is to happen year after year,' Beacon said. 990 Wednesday NO COVER at Mingles! Ail drinks and beer 99C Includes mixed drinks, blended drinks, call drinks, ice cream drinks, premium drinks, all domestic and import beers. 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