Montana Kaimin, April 2, 1982 Associated Students of the University of Montana
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University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Associated Students of the University of Montana Montana Kaimin, 1898-present (ASUM) 4-2-1982 Montana Kaimin, April 2, 1982 Associated Students of the University of Montana Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy . Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/studentnewspaper Recommended Citation Associated Students of the University of Montana, "Montana Kaimin, April 2, 1982" (1982). Montana Kaimin, 1898-present. 7372. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/studentnewspaper/7372 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM) at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Montana Kaimin, 1898-present by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Financial aid director expects no ‘substantial’ drop in aid By Jan Brenny returns were required only when Opportunity Grants and Student Kaimin Reporter they were requested by the college Incentive Grants would all be cut scholarship service. completely. “I see no way they’re (Reagan’s A resolution passed by Con By 1983, if “fully enacted," the programs) gonna fly," Mullen said. gress Wednesday will cut financial Reagan administration's budget “ It’s inconceivable to me that aid to University of Montana slashing will cut UM’s aid by the Congress will go along.” students by 4 percent for the following amounts, Mullen said. Mullen said he thinks funding for 1982-83 school year, but for 83-84, However, he said he does not think student aid for 1983-84 will end up “the battle is yet to be fought,” this will happen. according to Don Mullen, director somewhere between what it is now • PELL Grants (formerly Basic and what Reagan wants it to be. It of the financial aids office. Educational Opportunity Grant) Mullen said $3,145,740 was will help students if both they and would be cut from $1.9 million this their parents keep their con dispersed from the office for the year to $1,140,000. 1981-82 school year, but that next gressmen "sensitive to their con year, federal aid available at UM • the Work/Study program cerns," he added. will be cut $200,000 to $400,000. would be cut from the $814,000 Mullen said the decline in The Department of Education awarded this year to $287,000. available funds will affect UM’s also will require students to submit • the Guaranteed Student Loan enrollment, but that it is impossible income tax returns for both program would go from $2 million to predict how much. themselves and their parents along to $500,000. Some students are receiving aid with all 1982-83 applications for • National Direct Student now who do not need it and they aid, Mullen said. Previously, tax Loans, Supplemental Educational will still attend school next fall, Mullen said. He said out-of-state students may have to attend schol in their own states due to lack of montana money but Montana students who have been attending or had plann ed to attend schools out of state may decide to attend UM. Mullen said he doesn’t expect a truly substantial drop in financial kaintin aid after 1983. Friday, April 2,1982 Missoula, Mont. Vol. 84, No. 80 "I expect in the long run to see a continuance of the approximate current expenditure," he said. But, MARILYN LEMAICH admires some plants on sale in the University he added, with the continuing rise Center Mall Wednesday afternoon. Jay Wilcox, owner and operator of in inflation, students will actually the Forever Green plant business based in Tacoma, Wash., showed his Freshmen enroll early be getting less and less money. wares yesterday also. (Staff photo by Sam Richards) to receive benefits Many freshman scholarships By John Bulger According to Ken Wood of the Kaimin Reporter Social Security Administration in Missoula, cuts in the programs are Nearly 60 students enrolled at to be awarded during UM Days a result of feelings in Washington UM Spring Quarter are still high By Laura Harrawood mined on the basis of financial sending in a written application or school students of have graduated that needs are different now than Kaimin Reporter need and scholastic ranking. by attending UM Days. All from high school in the past three they were in 1965 when the student Talent scholarships of amounts up scholarship candidates are money program was initiatied. months. The University of Montana will to $500 are awarded in music, evaluated on the basis of class The program will slowly be rank and the American College The students have chosen to award more than 100 freshman drama, dance and art on the basis phased out with 25-percent cuts scholarships during its annual UM of musical and academic potential. Test (ACT) scores. Test scores enroll this quarter to receive Social each fall until 1985, when benefits Security student benefits. Days program, scheduled for April The UM Foundation Excellence may be improved by taking an will no longer be paid. 5 to 7 this year, according to Fund provides $10,000 to $15,000 additional one-hour scholastic Students eligible for Social Securi A large number of students are ty were required to enroll in program director Deanna Sheriff. for the freshman scholarships. The aptitude test, SCAT-II. eligible for aid because they are (See related story on page 1.) money is raised by the foun According to Lynda Hober, college before May 1 to receive the dependent children with only one money, as Social Security benefits A total of about $35,000 will be dation’s annual Excellence Fund assistant director of the financial parent living. awarded in both freshman and Drive, a nationwide fund-raising aids office, students will likely for college students are now being Mike Akin, director of ad- phased out due to recent legisla fine-arts talent scholarships. campaign that secures private score about the same on the tion. Cont. on p. 8 Freshman scholarships range support for the university. Three SCAT-II test as they did on the from $300 to $600 and are deter- private endowments, the Andrew ACT and SAT tests, but will not B. Hammond, Sadie H. Fox and jeopardize their chances of receiv Marie H. Wallace Scholarships, are ing a scholarship by taking the ‘Peep hole’ found in shower room other sources of funding for the additional test, since the higher freshman scholarships. Talent score will be considered. By Lance Lovell Two holes were discovered in small wooden door, which is scholarships are funded through UM Days participants wishing to Kaimin Reporter the northeast corner of the marble- locked by a small nail that is various separate endowments and apply for a music scholarship must walled stall. The holes are in the inserted into the door jam. can be obtained in addition to a audition with members of the An alleged “peep hole" that first stall of the women’s shower It was also discovered that the freshman scholarship. music faculty. Scholarships for leads from a women's shower stall room. joint-sealer that was placed in the A student can apply for a singers and pianists are available into a maintenance room was One of the holes, which is about corner of the stall was no longer freshman scholarship by either discovered yesterday in the five feet up the wall, appeared to be there. This could not be seen from Cont. on p. 8 women’s lockerroom at the Men’s clogged with chewing gun. The inside the women’s lockerroom. Gym, after the Montana Kaimin other hole is located about three The crewman, who wished to received an anonymous tip. feet up the wall. remain anonymous, said it was UM Days program The University of Montana Upon further investigation, it impossible to tell whether the holes Physical Plant responded im was learned that the holes lead into are natural or man-made. He mediately to the rumor, sending a a pipe chute located in the back of said he couldn’t speculate on what to be held April 5 to 7 crewman to investigate the shower a maintenance room, in the gym. caused the holes because the stall. The pipe chute is enclosed by a building is too old. By Cindy Palmer and wilt feature live music and Kaimin Contributing Reporter entertainment. The dispatch operator at the There will be numerous guest Physical Plant informed the Mon The University of Montana’s UM speakers, including Dr. Gary tana Kaimin that Johnson Brothers Days program, held April 5 to 7, Applegate of the Institute for Building Maintenance and will host 600 high school seniors. Reality Therapy in Los Angeles, Supplies were contracted to main The program provides prospective Calif. Applegate will discuss reality tain the gym. students with educational infor therapy techniques that examine Ted Johnson, spokesman forthe mation in an effort to recruit the needs that motivate people. firm, contradicted this, saying that qualified students. Other activities include campus UM is responsible for the UM Days is made possible tours given by the advocates, films building's maintenance. through the efforts of 14 separate about registration procedures, The Kaimin verified that the campus committees, which are meetings with advisers and staged university is responsible for the coordinated by Deanna Sheriff, classes that are given by UM maintenance by asking the janitor UM alumni director. Advocates, an professors who have agreed to on duty. Isaac Picket-Pin Sr., the organization made up of about 80 give a lecture on a topic in their janitor, said he has been employed volunteer students, conducts all department.