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properly you own,” Beacon said.
“People who own a lot won’t be asked
to take a second mortgage.
“This is important for Nebraska
because farmers will no longer be hurt
by the amount of property they own.
A lot of fanners look rich on paper.
They have a lot of money tied into
their land. But from year to year, thpy
may only be living on $12-13,000.”
By removing the equity rule, Bea
con said, middle income families will
look like they have a greater need.
The bill also will create guaran
teed federal student loans, such as the
Stafford Loan, for all students regard
less of income. In the past, only those
showing need could get the loans,
Beacon said.
The bill will increase the loan lim
its to S3,500 for second year students
and to S5,500 for other upper
class students, up from $4,000 in the
past. Freshmen loan limits will re
main at $2,625.
The maximum Pell Grant also
would increase from $2,400 to$3,700
for the 1992-93 school year.
The income level of a family of
four to qualify for a grant also would
be raised from $30,000 to $42,000 to
make middle income students more
eligible.
“This could mean more money for
students,” Beacon said. “Those who
arc eligible will see larger grants.”
Otherchanges include making less
than half-time students eligible for
grants and removing the five-year
term limit on the Pell Grant. Students
will be able to keep their grant as long
as they arc making satisfactory aca
demic progress, Beacon said.
Beginning in 1995, the bill also
cuts schools from the student loan
program if their default rale is more
than 25 percent.
NU has a dclaull rate of approxi
mately less than 5 percent.
The House is expected to pass the
bill, and by the end of the summer, a
final vole will be taken.
President George Bush is expected
to sign the bill, which would go into
effect on October 1, 1992. L
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New UNL research center hopes to break
ground on future technology and progress
By Steffenie Fries
Staff Reporter
Vision became reality Monday
at the ground-breaking ceremony
for the University of Nebraska
Lincoln’s new George W. Beadle
Center for Genetics and
Biomaterials Research.
Charles Schroeder, vice presi
dent of development for the Uni
versity Foundation, lauded the
project’s progress.
“This project went from con
struction plans and bricks and
mortar... to one of vision,”
Schroeder said.
Nebraska’s Governor Ben
Nelson emphasized the possibili
ties that existed for both.basic and
applied research at the center, say
ing that the “opportunities arc ...
absolutely enormous.”
The center, which began as a
result of former Nebraska Gover
nor Kay Orr’s Nebraska Research Ini
tiative, is being built east of 17th
Street and south of Vine Street.
Once completed, the structure will
stand three stories high and span
130,000 square feel and house the
Center for Biotechnology, the Center
for Biological Chemistry, the Depart
ment of Chemical Engineering and
the Department of Biochemistry.
The total cost of the project is
$31.6 million, which includes fund
ing through a partnership of federal,
state, university and private sources.
Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey,
along with Congresswoman Virginia
Smith, have had significant influence
in the appropriation of federal funds
for the project.
Kerrey suggested the center be
named after liic Nobel-winning Ne
braska-born George W. Beadle.
Beadle, a native of Wahoo, re
ceived his B.S. as well as his M.S. in
agronomy at UNL. According to a
pamphlet released by UNL, Beadle
intended to return to his farm after
his schooling, but was persuaded
by Professor Frank Keim to do
graduate work at Cornell. He then
received his Ph.D. in 1931.
In 1958, Beadle was awarded
the Nobel Prize in physiology and
medicine along with Edward
Tatum and Joshua Lederberg.
Beadle is responsible for the “one
gene — one enzyme” concept of
modem genetics.
Kerrey said the center should
be a place not only for research and
development, but also a place for
individuals to be inspired — espe
cially the young.
To conclude the ceremony, a
tree was planted on the grounds.
This was to represent the growth of
knowledge, UNL Chancellor Gra
ham Spanicr said.
The expected date lor the
completion and dedication oflhc
center is fall of 1994.
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that did not match their interests or
majors, and the deadlines for many of
the scholarships have already passed.
Some students did not get lists at all.
John Beacon, director of scholar
ships and financial aid at the Univer
sity of Nebraska-Lincoln, said he has
not had any complaints about these
companies.
But, he said, “Anyone considering
paying for lists of scholarships —
Beware.
“Some of those companies arc le
gitimate,” Beacon said. “Others arc
not."
According to a July 1 article in The
Chronicle of Higher Education, in
some states,officialsarc winning judg
ments against illegitimate companies.
I he U.S. Postal Service and the
Wisconsin Attorney General’s Office
have won judgments against Califor
nia and Illinois scholarship compa
nies. Although neither admitted guilt,
both companies agreed to refund dis
satisfied students and to change ad
vertisements that investigators said
was misleading.
Legitimate scholarship matching
services do exist. But students need
not pay private companies for infor
mation that is available free from
libraries and counseling offices in
high schools and colleges, officials
said.
Six hundred schools and colleges
are contracted with National College
Services, which provides a scholar
ship Data Base that students can use
for a small fee or at no charge.
UNL docs not subscribe to this
service.
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Some of those com
panles are legitimate.
Others are not
Beacon
director scholarship
and financial aid
-ff -
But, Beacon said, students can
come to the Office of Scholarships
and Financial Aid and complete a
scholarship application, and the of
fice will take it from there.
“We’ll do the looking for you,”
Beacon said.
Beacon said that UNL offers more
than 1400differcnt titled scholarships.
Another service that students can
use to find scholarships freeof charge
is NebHelp.
NebHelp Director Deana Unger
said that students and parents can go
to NebHelp, located on 13th and O
Streets, and use two computer searches
that match students with scholarships
that they might be interested in apply
ing for.
Unger said that NebHelp also pro
vides several reference materials list
ing scholarships for students to look
through.
NebHelp provides assistance in
completing financial aid forms for
any college. From that and other
worksheets, Unger said, the service
can determine if students arc eligible
for a Pell Grant and how much money
from the grant they can expect to
receive.
Students can also come in and gel
college information handbooks for
schools across Nebraska and through
out the U.S., and students can call
other schools long distance from the
office.
NebHelp has offices in Lincoln,
Omaha and Kearney.
Unger said that NebHelp served
more than 50,(XX) people between the
three offices last year.
The Lincoln NebHelpoffice is open
Monday through Friday from 8:30
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. They do not take
appointments, and operate on a walk
in basis only.
Regents to discuss construction projects
By Andrea Kaser
Staff Reporter
The NU Board of Regents will
vole Saturday at its July meeting in
Scoltsbluffon whether to approve the
priority list of projects for the 1993
95 Capital Construction Budget Re
quest.
The list of 22 statewide projects,
reduced from 53, gives asbestos re
moval in Burnett Hall top priority.
The total cost is estimated at $6.07
million.
Richards Hall, which is known for
its leaky roof, lack of central air, poor
wheelchair access and ventilation is
18th on the list. It is the sixth project
listed for the Lincoln campus, and its
estimated cost is $7 million.
Joe Rowson, director oi public af
fairs, said that being 18th didn’t mean
that Richards Hall is low-priority,
considering the extensive needs of all
the campuses.
The regents also will vole on
whether to approve aCcn ter for Alba
nian Studies, which would be the only
one of its kind in the United States.
The University of Ncbraska-Lincoln
has an exchange program with the
University of Tirana in Albania.
The center would be appropriate
because of this exchange agreement,
Rowson said. But, he said, there has
been no financial commitment from
the university.
The regents also may approve
guidelines for the 1993*95 operating
budget, which would raise the budget
by 5.1 percent. But, Rowson said, the
guidelines do not include salaries or
tuition.
He said salary increases may be the
same as what slate employees would
receive, and changes in tuition would
not be approved until spring of
1993.