Montana Kaimin, February 24, 1993 Associated Students of the University of Montana

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Financial aid may be delayed if budget is cut By Sara Jablonski for the Kaimin Students may not receive financial aid on time for Fall Semester if budget cuts recommended by the Board of Re gents go through. The Joint Appropriations Subcom mittee on Education recommended Mon day to allocate $93.2 million for UM, about $ 12.1 million less than the current budget. Although no action has been taken, the regents have already as sembled a list of areas where budgets can be cut at the university. The UM financial aid office has been given a 10 percent budget cut scenario, which would make it impossible for the office to operate as it does today, Myron “Mick” Hanson, UM director of financial aid, said. “We are talking about a $45,000 cutin my budget,” said Hanson. In the past, on-time applicants have A LONDON transvestite slides into a spontaneous pose while descending Europe's longest escalator Photo by received their aid in plenty of time for at the Angel Tube Station. UM photojournalism student Dan McComb took this picture while Dan McComb fall semester, Hanson said. Next year, studying in London last semester. See related story page 3. however, he said there will be no guar antees that even the on-time applicants will receive their aid in time for fall. Last year, the financial aid office hired ASUM groups seek cash for z93-'94 budgets seasonal part-time help to speed up the asked by attending senators. traveling expenses requested. evaluation process. It will not be an By Michael David Thomas Staff Writer Lobbying will take place in the Mount “With about $300,000 to try and make option ifthe budget is cut, said Hanson. Sentinel Room in the UC from 3 p.m. to 9 up, we had to try and cut what we saw as “I really don’t think this office will ASUM groups and dubs are getting a p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. unnecessary expenses,” Hummel said. have to endure the cut, at least not the chance this week to lobby the senate on ASUM made executive budget Amanda Cook, ASUM vice-president, full 10 percent cut,” said Hanson. “It is behalf of their groups’ budgets. recommendations to groups’ budget said they tried to be fair to all groups way too early to panic.” Lobbying started Tuesday and will proposals available for groups and clubs when deciding on group budgets. Hanson does have a preliminary plan take place through Thursday. It is one of on Tuesday. “We tried to make executive recom ready though, and the worse cut will be the last chances for the groups to influ Executive budget recommendations mendations on a case-by-case basis,” at the front counter. He said a student/s ence the student senate before final were made by the ASUM president, vice- Cook said. waitingtime at the counter would double budgeting begins next week. president and business manager. ASUM’s regular Wednesday meeting if the full cut is implemented. Groups are gi ven 12 minutes each to Eric Hummel, ASUM business will be held at 6 p.m., but ASUM Presi The work load at the financial aid justify their submitted budgets. manager, said groups and clubs asked for dent Pat McCleary said the meeting will office could also increase if there is an During that time, ASUM executives about $300,000 over what has been be more of a break from the lobbying and increase in recipients next year. can explain to the group representative(s) budgeted for next year. He said one way will be used to introduce new business for Hanson estimates a 20 percent in why certain cuts were made and ques- to concede to all the groups was to deny next week as well as taking care of old crease in financial aid recipients at UM tions to the group representative can be entertainment and most out-of-state business. next year because there are more loans available than ever before. Students can receive a Stafford Loan even if they do not show a need, said Ted Below are the sites that are sacred Benson, Montana State University as American Indians work to protect sacred sites to Montana’s American Indians and sistant director of financial aid. One By PhuipBrasher the government to allow access to endangered by mining and other exception is a student who has already Assciated Press Writer land Indians consider sacred. threats, according to the Associa received the maximum amount of “We are attempting to reclaim a tion on American Indian Affairs. Stafford Loan money for the year. WASHINGTON (AP) — Ameri basic fundamental right, which is the • Badger Two Medicine, There are things students can do to can Indian leaders identified 44 right to practice our religion,” Jerry Blackfeet—oil & gas exploration help their files along, Hanson said. sacred sites that they say are Flute, a Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux • Sweetgrass Hills, Rocky Boy, The little things, like using pencil on endangered by tourism, develop from South Dakota, told the House Blackfeet—oil & gas exploration the forms, will eliminate mistakes the ment and vandalism, but they Native American Affairs subcommit • Kootenai Falls, Salish & financial aid office continually sees on haven’t agreed yet on the best way tee Tuesday. Kootenai—hydroelectric dam applications. Make sure all answers are to protect them. In Wyoming, U.S. Forest Service • Tongue River, Northern correct or the file will be delayed from The sites are spread across 10 officials this week announced a plan Cheyenne—mining & railroad being processed, Hanson said. states from Minnesota and Cali to bar vehicles this summer from • Chief Mountain, Blackfeet— The biggest delay during processing fornia, and include the Badger going to the ancient stone Medicine tourism & recreation is missing tax forms and incomplete tax Two Medicine area, sacred to the Wheel atop the Bighorn Mountains • Medicine Tree, Nez Perce, forms, said Sue Rufus, UM financial aid Blackfeet, and seven other sites in in Wyoming. In a memo released Kootenai—highway construction program assistant. She said the most Montana. Monday, Bighorn National Forest • Little Rocky Mountain, Gros common error are students who forget to Several Indian organizations Supervisor Larry Keown said he Ventre—gold mining sign their tax forms. are pressing for legislation that would restrict access to provide the • Crazy Mountain, Crow “All students applying for financial would make it more difficult for logging aid should make photocopies of their tax See “Sacred” page 8 forms,” said Hanson. IN THIS ISSUE ■ Page 3—The ■ Page 4—The Federal ■ Page 5—Good acting ■ Page 6—Senior runner ■ Page 8—Three Missoula Legislature's only bill Highway Administration doesn’t make up for not-so- David Morris heads into his homeless men battle the addressing abortion would wants more minority- real characters in Montana last season in the NCAA stereotype of “drunken, require doctors to provide owned businesses to work Repertory Theatre’s produc carrying championship free-loading transients” objective medical advice. on Montana’s highways. tion of ''USA.” dreams in distance events. with the sobering facts. Montana Kalmln. Wednesday. February 24,1993 2 EDITORIAL---------- Americans buy fairy tale with support of 'Clintonomics' Willy Clinton is indeed slick. nature of Clintonomics. Stiff but fair Slick enough to convince most It is important to reduce the Americans that his economic Column federal deficit, a bipartisan dis grace, but not at the expense of proposals will lead to economic by budget cuts prosperity if they only endure the eating away the country’s stock “shared sacrifice” of his plan. Jamie seed. Any fiscally and morally Some people did not understand Kelly responsible deficit reduction plan way past due me when I said that Americans are would cut government spending and While Montana’s Legislature has pragmatic. Well, there it is folks, leave the money to the people who put an unfair portion of the state’s staring you in the face. Three best know its worth— the middle deficit burden on UM, the Board of months ago, voters staged a coup will go to reduce the deficit and to class. Regents has even-handedly created a overthrowing a man who lied about fund worker retraining programs, Congressional Republicans are a list of budget-cutting options. The not raising taxes. Yet when Bill student loans, an upcoming vamp minority, but Clinton’s plan will not cuts are bullets that need biting. Clinton proposed raising taxes in health care and other social pass without severe amendments, Reading the list is discomforting. after a stated campaign promise to programs. Wonderfully sugar- especially in the energy tax, which If left intact, everyone will be af cut them, very few Americans coated, this plan appears on the will have the most severe impact on fected: administrators, faculty, staff, protested, and most approved of the surface to be an antidote to middle America because of its graduate students, out-of-state plan (about 70 percent in most America’s economic woes.

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