The Stetson Reporter

Welcome parents! Weekend story page 3 The Stetson Reporter 93rd Year, No. 20 mmmmawammmmmauamsm around^ Financial aid Financial Aid forms must be analyzed and the results must be in to the State Department of Education by April 1, 1981 if students expect to qualify for Florida Student Assistance Grants for next year. Make sure yours has been submitted. Wesley House Saturday, March 21, the Wesley House will be going to the beach for a brunch and day in the sun. We wili be leaving from the Wesley House at 8:00 A.M., and will return at about 2p.m.that afternoon. Anyone is welcome to come along.Cost-sharing for gas and food wffl be $1.50. No paper Next week's Reporter will be the last before the spring break. All announcements should be submitted by Monday, March 16, at noon. They may be sent to campus Box 1409 or dropped by the Reporter offices at 249 East Michigan. Greek Week Greek Week is coming! April 12-18 is Greek Week at Stetson. Look forward to the bed race, the banner contest, the Olympics, the Quiz Bowl and the all-new Fashion Show! More later! Get psyched! Graduating? Students planning to graduate in August, 1981-, December, 1981 or May, 1982 should apply for graduation in the Registrar's Office. On the Inside 'Florida's Oldest Collegiate Newspaper Stetson University DeLand, Florida Editorials Letters Crocker Burke Orchestra Greeks Nexus Sports 2 3 6 8 9 P. 10 P.12 P.M P. P. P. P. P. Bulletin Board P. 16 Hats fail to get tournament bid Friday, March 13, 1981 — ■——■■I We're staying home By JOSEPH NEGRON JR. Associate Editor Wednesday, Stetson Hatter basketball Coach Glenn Wilkes sprawled back in a comfortable chair in his office perched high above the Edmunds Center floor and reminisced about the 1980-81 Hatter club that had its flirt with, an NIT bid crushed by the Marquette Warners in the last game of the season. The Hatters opened the season on the road against the powerful Blue Devils of Duke University, and 9,500 screaming ACC fans sent Stetson packing back to friendly DeLand 8749. The Hatters regrouped and a week later defeated Otterbein and Appalachian State. Montgomery was sensational against Ap palachian State, scoring 26 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. The Hats were now 2-1. "Then Jim Ramsey hurt his shoulder," Wilkes noted. "After he was hurt in December, we lost 3 of our next four games." In double overtime, the Knights from UCF nipped the Hats, 75-73. In Tampa, South Florida came out on top, 73-72. "The question of why a team plays better at home than on the road has been asked hundreds of times by. coaches," Wilkes explained. "There are at least three reasons - players are out of their daily routine, they are playing in a new environment and the style of officiating is different." Continued on page 4 Jenkins gets hot over SA inaction Upset over the. Student Assembly's action Monday night that killed the proposed switch of Student Assembly elections to the spring, Dean of Student Affairs E. Garth Jenkins has questioned whether "members of the Assembly know what they are supposed to be doing." At the Monday meeting, Assembly President Regina Sargent requested a motion from the floor to begin consideration of the spring election issue. Jerald Jacobs, the chief spokesman for spring elections, did not want the measure brought up for discussion because he did not feel that there was sufficient support to approve the plan. After Sargent solicited the motion, there was noisy confusion in the body until Tim Ireland, the chief opponent of the spring election idea, explained to the body that the plan would die if there was no motion from the floor to Continued on page 5 Movie filming forces changes Due to the iilming of the movie "Ghost Story" on campus next week, afternoon classes in Elizabeth Hall wiU likely be rescheduled on two days, it was announced yesterday by the Stetson News Bureau. No list of the class changes was immediately available, nor was it known which days shooting would be taking place in the haUways of the building. There is even & possibility that Universal Studios will not comply with the university's request to film only on two days and only in the afternoon. A list of classroom changes wiU be sent to all students early next week. However, the relocated classrooms will be used oniy on the days when Universal is shooting inside the building. Students will be notified one day before an Elizabeth HaU filming through their head residents. During shooting days class change bells will be turned off the entire Continued on page 13 Reagan's proposed cuts would slice students By JOSEPH NEGRON JR. Associate Editor The official Budget Report delivered to Congress Wednesday by the White House calls for a $338 million reduction in student assistance in 1981 and a $1.16 billion cut in 1982. At the request of Budge Director David Stockman, the Senate Budget Committe, headed by Oregon Republican Orrin Hatch, is also considering drastic decreases in federally guarenteed student loans. Stetson Financial Aid Director J. P. Moore is concerned about the proposed cuts and the possible ramifications for Stetson students. "If aU of these proposed reductions take place, it wiU mean a severe reduction of funds available to students" Moore said, "and it could cut current financial aid packages by as much as $500 to $1,000. How much of this that could be made up by school money is not known at this time." Moore was cautious to project a specific financial aid scenario because these cuts must be approved by both the. House and Senate. However, Wednesday the Senate Budget Committee - considered by leading congressional observers to be the trend setter in dealing with these cuts - expressed strong support for the Reagan proposal and even raised the possibility of additional reductions in student aid. "There appears to be the possibility that the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (also known as the PeU ammendment) wiU be reduced from the projected figure of $1,900 to as little as $1,250. This, of course, would reduce the other ones by an equal percentage," Moore noted. Moore also expressed concern that the Reagan proposals would not provide the necessary capital for the National Direct Student Loan. He said, "This would reduce our capabiUty.to lend from about $500,000 to about $400,000. "The proposals dealing with federally insured loans range from putting a ceiling on the family income at $25,000 where there is no ceiling now to basing the loan on need. If they do either one of these, it will significantly reduce the availability of loans for students at Stetson.". University President Pope A. Duncan promised that he was working to tight these likely reductions in student aid. "First of aU, I think the potential for reduction of financial aid by the federal government is very serious," Duncan said. "While this wiU be of concern to students in the public sector, it will even more critically hit students in the private sector. "I am encouraged to find that there is considerable sentiment in Congress to modify the requests by the President dealing with student aid appropriations. It is important for those who are concerned about this matter to express that concern to their congressmen and senators."