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SCA WOLFF TANNING BOOTH AVAILABLE (402) 474-1974 UNIQUE TECHNIQUES IN HAIR DESIGN & TANNING in the Reunion • 16th & W Streets • 905 N. 16th I JOYCE’S SUBS 1 & THE PCIB Reunion Food Court 6-DAY-SGBEER-SPECIAL Buy any Half-loaf Sub at Joyce’s and Buy a $1.00 Beer at the Pub for 50</ Monday, June 11th thru Saturday, June 16th THE REUNION FOOD COURT UNL office ready to help students with financial aid problems, questions By Jennifer Davis Staff Reporter The Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid proves to be most bene ficial to students who meet deadlines. Many steps arc involved when it comes to applying for financial aid, but the most important one is getting the proper forms in on time, said John Beacon, OSFA director. Beacon said students who think they would qualify for some type of financial aid need to begin the proc ess by completing a Family Financial Statement (FFS). This form is made available to students at the financial aid office. __ Next, students must mail the work sheets in tiic provided envelope. These forms will be sent to the College Scholarship Service in Iowa where they will indicate the estimated fam ily contribution and through a for mula to determine a student's need for financial aid, Beacon said. The formula simply subtracts the cost of attending school from the student’s family contribution which equals the student’s need, he said. Other factors also arc considered, such as the family’s income, student’s income, assets, size of household, number of family members attending college and age of the person bring ing in the income, he said. Beacon said it is important to know when to file. A student can mail the FFS as early as January 1 for the following school year. Applicants who have their forms in by March 1 are considered priority applicants and have a belter chance to receive campus based aid than those who wait until after the March 1 deadline, he said. “Sixty percent-of applicants re ceive some type of financial aid,” Beacon said. Many different forms of aid exist, ranging from grants to loans, which help students pay for college expenses. Some types of aid available at IJNL arc Pell Grants, Supplemental Educa tional Opportunity Grants, College Work Study, Perkins Loans, Stafford Loans (formerly Guaranteed Student Loans), Plus Loans, Stale Student Incentive Grants and scholarships. SSIG, SEOG, work study and Perkins arc campus-based programs which arc offered only to priority applicants because of limited funds, Beacon said. The university will award more federal money this year than in the past, he said, with about S34,865,0(X) being awarded. There also is a 12 percent increase in loans and an 11 percent increase in work study money, he said. Students must realize the rights and responsibililies that accompany financial aid, Beacon said. For ex ample, he said, when students apply for loans, they arc required to take an entrance and exit interview which explain me importance oi paying nack their loans and not defaulting on them. Students can learn more about their rights and responsibilities and get answers to their financial aid ques tions by visiting the financial aid office in room 16 of the Administration Building. The office is open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. throughout the school year. Continued from Page 5 Now I 1/2 to two generations have used Cliffs Notes to help them under stand literature, he said. Some former students tell him, ‘‘I never would have gotten through college without your notes helping me out,” Hillcgass said. Although they probably would have graduated anyway, he said, it’s satis fying that his notes helped them. And Hillcgass is pleased to know he has succeeded. “It is most satisfying to find out that the idea that surfaced in 1958 has developed to its present form,” he said. $§ -m m ] * FROM THE HEART & LASTING FMPRESSK)NS ^ S TWO UNIQUE SHOPS IN _^ H 7///S HISTORIC HAY MARKET Jjj ■ 700 F STREET Haymarkct Juclion THIRD FLOOR M I LMf ^OORS j I S8h0u'aw^s^sS^ers--c / • Guaranteed h Pm'1°Pm Sa^Q AVAII~ABL F I / • you^irr,wi,9e»'^r®rspm // •Fu»ypa/ri,. y fo w°rk // / / / ffigat **^5“”* / — £au“'- ,reef) // ZLJLpoyer^F^/u I