Stetson Reporter

otter v'o- e*tf Wo. 4 Sfefson University DeLand Florida October 10- 1975 Director Moore Explains Financial Aid System bj Daa Feather .M*,te; t -ast week's Reporter carried an editorial critical i lb, I'inaaeiat Aid siperation at Stetson. Because ai the ns-iiw-. raised and Ihe interest generated by that view, the bt-p-srtvs interviewed Pan Moore, dbreetor af Financial Aid, s ' - cial Aid slirertor Dan Moore has charged that the -. ii last week's editorial are based on erroneous '«o That editorial indicated that a student applying s - ...I ss-Sj - r . - . sst participate in the work study program ar forfeit .- s * fmaisial aiii package. Tbe writer further charged ta.;-« : nancial aidoffice cnforstcs this peiicv inequitably, ! - * iter evplain financial aid procedure, Moore first is-' -s,« >e tlire*- nsajor categories of assistance a i the Work .-si«st> 3'- .gram funoed 111 per cent by federal funds and 20 .a-r *-s; --sv Stetwti -orovides on-canipus jobs that pay $1.78 aer has;; i-r ia bouts per week; b ■ the Mational Direct Lean t-jwlvs .< per rent bj federal funds and II per cent by tt'-'.-si arsivistes the student with a low-interest loan -.. -.«-'' Iter graduation: r» the fent-to-Aid ffunded cn- ;i-= -. -trtsom is an outright gift. . s -ter; Does,- student lose everything when he turns - -. - - work 5tudj ' ii,* . - M3.. ilie basic policy relating tn work programs is t. .s - uoent -cf uses ms work as a part of his financial aid .« ..s.s be tanrsot rrccivr a grant*it-aid from the The reason for ttnsis that the grant-in-aid is a gift ;.. 'nivsirsiiy. amounting to a tuition remission, and is . r«L\ swarded after ai! other sources have been tapped « .-S..13- bir a student's financial need ttbe difference -s-i-.-!,ei - ota* expenses for a year in school and what the -!s..-ls t -.'id-tsr his parents stan provides w".,-; t stTaot-ui-atd ss given, it is normally asserted that -in ,';s-.'--sity and the student are both doing everything i.s^s, t. -, keep the student in school, An effort, through „..=r- • . i be made by the student or else he is not entitled to ■hi ..'.. i-<m the University. tt -,' sat about the student who can't work, or one who -ei-s-. •« an earts more nff-campus? Hi This rule is not intlewble and must, as all other rules, be varied to meet the particular ctreunudanpes and needs of the individuals and ihe school. As examples- a student who cannot work bestause of interning does net lose the grant; an independent stusieot whose need ts so great that we cannot approach this need through our programs maj have tu work off-campus, In which cast: his erant would not be removed. If a dependent or independent student with College Wsirk Study and a tirant-lis-AM elects to work off-campus, and wc have come close to satisfying his teed, he must drop ins grant if he refusers the work study, If the pay off-campus justifies dropping both, iher presumably he is in just as good, or better, p-strlon that befsTe, The criteria here is how close we have come la satisfying Ins computed need. In no ease will a student kise Ms loan or financial ,'ic other than grant*m-aid as a result of dropping his Cel'.ssie Wisrt, Studj it; fan financial aid be awarsled for a period less than a year* M: Certainly. We assign a ark study and other financial Please torn ta pagv 3- Rain Leakage Damages Library Floor by Jo Bavidsmeyer Rssrenl prf-biesr.-*. with thc air-tondisinner in Stetson's library have staused a eoaiinual dripping of water rrotn the ceiling to the flcor ef the stndj area, Mr, Meyers, the referent'*- librarian, oehevesi that the prsiblem was not due lo the recent ralic*. He thougnt the water was coming from condensation from the air- ecudtttoning system built into the ceiling-a problem that lias often plagued trie library before The dripping water was first noticed Thursday, October tt, when a student reported to an luibeiicvbig student working at the c rcuiatioo <lesk, that "li«, raining in the hbi'arj:" Since its construction, ten jt-ars <-eo, the dufont Sail 3 ibrarj has suffered similar a.i--conditianine problems. The leakage travels from etit place tsi another each year, t.ast year it was located toward the bach ef the library, near the reference section. For sortie long-time library personnel ,t has become almost a game to guess where ihe dripping will ,sppear nest, This year's leakage us near the long tables set up in the downstairs study area. The library is very fortunate ir. hat me the leakage here. Here it can do no harm to the books, only to passing students. In previous years so3ne books were damaged by this air-conditioning problem. The onlj damage this ystar Is water-stained carpet and ceilim;. List ye,.r the leakage was tesnporarsly fixed bj cieasnsag out the entsre air* condilasning system As or Mondaj the maicienance departmt-ni had been unable to attend tc« this year's teak The library's temporary soluti3jn was tbe strategic placement of trash cans beneath the falling water. Hewc-vci. list* ts'it.ps.-,:r;. ,'Ol-jtion i a uses t?. s »-;-. aroolems. The trash s;,-.r.- plac-efl in thr midch af ,* walkway makeit difficult f-sr studests to get to ttit book? nearby Also me s aii- suntelisne-s au-rfli«w -iarine the main, sioiii, it-veis ir-rs shsnsage to thr- rtrjHl VLnday there was a rice of s*ater four feet across surraijndlrsg She irasr car..* The m a ' n t e it a ti c e department she-ald s,h.>ii nave this year's se-lotw- it ihe library's fluod. SGA Convention Approved By SAC Ussy wirwpr Cky Henderson expJoins the Student Goveromenl' propose! btrforo Ihe Studmt Affairs Committee. The proposed Student Government Associatton convention to study student opinion concerning the efficiency and representativeness of the Student Affairs Committee, Student Union Board and Judiciary Council was unanimously approved al Monday's Student Affairs meeting. Cam- pinging be- the twenty eonventson seats ia still being held, The Convention, drafted by seven members of the Student Action Coalition will hopefully use the findings as a basts for organising a new student government, simiiario the ones front years prior to ton Twenty student positions are available. The convention calls for two representatives from each student dorm, two representing students in Fraternities, anil two renresen- tatives for off-campus students, Wheeler House and Honors House are included m the off-campus representation. The thirteen original SAC student members will immediately be incorporated as conventwn representatives Ear their elected eonstituencies, Carnpaiagsng is still tn progress The SAC voted in allow eaneM-ites te rampaign from October «through October ». Those wishing to run ie-r 3--;fts;e.s en the convention mast sign op in Uh lobby ..(the t'aritoa Student Union RaiMaatr, '"lectsotis far £>- conu-rrtirn candidates ha-., beta -.-,-t *c*r Oeieoer 31, ,-utri «"s?'-s-it~.- on the ;*Jst. Pianist Performs Tonight liana ¥ered, Israeli piamst, will perform tonight is Oisabelfa Mali at 8'i» p.ni Ms. Vered will play three movements from Stravinsky's Petronchka, Variations in C miner by Beethoven, and Debussy's La CathedVale Engioutie, Preludes. Book 1 After intermission, Ms. Vered will compete her performance with Chopin's etudes, The accomplished pianist has established a w«se reputatson as a pianist in Europe, South America, the i'nsted States, Canada, and Israel, At the age of fifteen, liana began her career, graduating with first prue from the Paris Conservatorie, Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, she has played with most of the great orchestras of the world. These include The tendon Symphony Ctarhestra, the Royal Philharmotiic, the Boston, Israeli and Baltmunore Symphonies, She toured Africa this pst summer under the direction of Maestro Torkanowsky, This vear she plans to appear with the Boston Symphor.j. trr-e- New Philharmonic of London, the Hamburg and Baltimore Symphonies. In the new$.»* Profs Jjttpir#»fojis ol Europe -•«- P* 8 tawdlorils or M'i? «„„„„.„„»„..„p. 10 ¥andollim C««s©«f Soyna's Breokcfown