-•«v v -.•;:•:•;..;. S >i>v Volume 1 Number 1 College at Lincoln Center, Fordham University Collector's Item Overspending by CLC clubs and publications in 80,-81, and a misunder- Where's the standing about the amount of money available to the SABC for funding 81-82 were the main causes of the budgetary CLC Students Hit bungle said Robert Goode, the Director Money ? of Student Activities, in his office on November 30. Goode claimed in 80-81 By Mifch Berger SABC used up a $14,000 surplus left A blanket acceptance of Incorrect By Reagan Cuts over from 79-80, and overspent by $2,000 budget figures by the Student Activities in addition to Its operating budget of By Laurie Loisel will become totally ineligible next year;- Budget Committee (SABC), the Director almost $40,000. 130 students out of 750 who receive Pell of Student Activities, and the United On paper it appeared as if the SABC money Will be knocked out of the award; Student Government (USG), has crippled Maura Larkin, a Fordham sophomore, had safely allocated $56,000. Without received $150 less in Pell Grant (formerly schedule. Other students should expect' the operating budgets of the five student checking its actual funds-in-hand SABC reductions. Nationwide, the Federal publications at Lincoln Center. The El Basic Education Opportunity Grant- passed its funding allocations,on that BEOG). award money this year. Dee Government projects that 250,000 of the Pueblo Journal, the Humanities Journal, figure. This was confirrnfj&Slby Don students currently receiving Pell awards the Pre-Law Society Journal, Aries and Arbucci's award was cut in half. Another Vandergrift President of this USG on Fordham student, an Excel junior, will be made ineligible. the newly-formed Observer have seen December 1. Guaranteed Student Loans: The their combined allocations shrink from received one-quarter of the grant she continued on 3 was awarded last year. David Delaney proposed restrictions and reductions on $28,123.31 last year to $4,482.71 this the GSL program will deal a particularly year. received $50 less this year than last year. heavy blow to .the CLC community.-In EXCEL governing structure.'" 1981-82, CLC students borrowed $7.5 million in GSL funds. Should the* Full-time Lines Lost "Cutting of faculty lines," refers to proposed cuts pass intact, this sum will the recent decision of Academic V.P. Dr. be drastically reduced next year. A great By Mitch Berger Joseph F.X. McCarthy to leave unfilled number of students may be restricted in for at least this year three full time the amounts of their loans or, worse, "We the faculty caucus of the College positions at CLC. In a phone interview at Lincoln Center, are angry and deemed ineligible. On a national scale, on Dec. 4, Dr. McCarthy said .that this those most seriously affected by the concerned at the absence of. communi- was done because the full time cation and lack of consultation apparent losses in this program, are the enrollment afCLC had declined by 147 independent students who, though they in recent unilateral actions.(taken) by students. A loss of 1500 out of 30,000. the administration." This is the opening may be from two-income households, credit hours was also cited by Dr. depend upon loans to cover tuition of a "resolution of concern" that is McCarthy, who said, "We'd rather cut being circulated among full time faculty costs over and above their living unfilled positions than have to fire expenses. These students are simply at Lincoln Center. The faculty, 36 of people." Dr. McCarthy also explained whom attended .a meeting on unable to come up with lump sums of that this action was taken as part of an tuition. Wednesday, December 2, and drafted effort to enlarge the average class size the resolution are angry since the at Lincoln Center to 24 or 25 students. Work Study: The College Work resolution says, "the 'recent actions in Dr. McCarthy did not feel that classes of Study program was unaffected by the cutting full time faculty lines, the such size "affect the standard of first round of budget cuts. However, the new proposals include an $80 million proposed Science/Psychology continued on 3 evaluation and the challenge to the cutback in CWS funds -• a 15 percent cut. According to Anne Prisco, "This USG. The two share a class which means that things are*, really• bad addresses the nuclear issue and Sandra Gov. Carey visited CLC on Nov. 19 because traditionally W.S. programs Posting — was equally concerned about why These Lincoln Center students are have been strongly supported." The approval was being delayed. "She ' exact number of Lincoln Center (Diedre) didn't get the approval to put among the thousands of college stud- ents across the nation who are feeling students involved in the work study them up and there wasn't really a program is unavailable. No Goode definite reason," said Ms. Varano. the'Initial effects of the Reagan budget cuts. The first round of 12 percent cuts Social Security: Under this By Jessica Roe Ms. Arbucci returned to the Students have already gone'through; another program, money is awarded to students Affairs office and was told she could put At the end of October Deirdre Arbucci round of 12 percent cuts are proposed. whose parents are disabled or up two posters but none of the fliers she deceased. On a typical campus, 20 walked into the Student Affairs office had prepared. Should these cuts pass, students will be much more affected. Anne Prisco, percent of the students receive Social with an armful of posters: By the time Ms. Varano brought up this Issue at a she left, she had started a chain of Lincoln Center's financial aid Security benefits. Congress has USG meeting. The USG members administrator met with United Student accepted a proposal to phase out the events that would involve herself, the seemed concerned about the exact United Student Government (USG), and Government representatives and other entire program by 1985. There is no way cause of the delay. Ms. Varano said, of determining how many CLC students the Student Affairs office in a tension- "They (the USG) told me they would interested financial aid recipients to filled bureaucratic wrangle. alert them of the impending cuts. She are affected by these cuts. request to have the written posting National Direct Student Loans and The posters concerned a speak-out policy sent to them." feels that the cuts students received against nuclear technology at Hunter this year are only the tip of the iceberg: Supplemental Educational Opportunity In a phone discussion with Mr. Goode "The cuts that went through already did Grants: NDSL and SEOG are two College. Ms. Arbucci brought them in to on Wednesday, November 11, Don Van- be approved for posting. She was told not affect CLC students to a great programs which are not major suppliers dergrift, President of USG, requested a of financial aid at Lincoln Center. Their that Robert Goode, the Director of copy of the posting policy. He was also extent. Most students had already had Student Affairs and the person their applications processed before the losses will be minimally felt here. assured by Mr. Goode that any delay in However, students who do rely on these responsible for approval of posted approval was due to his being unavail- changes became effective. People materials, was unavailable. Diedre left usually attempt to take action about funds can expect reductions. Nation- able and not due to the nature ot tne ally, NDSL funds have been reduced by the posters so he could approve them anti-nuclear posters. these things when it is too late." when he was able to. When she returned Just where do students at Lincoln $100 million, the interest rate on the the next day with hopes of picking up In an interview, Robert Goode Center stand? How are they affected? loans has gone up one percent, and her posters, she was told they had not yet reitereated that Ms. Arbucci's problem another Interest rate hike of two percent with the posters did not arise because of Pell Grants: Anne Prisco projects been approved. She was also told that that 17 percent of CLC Pell recipients continued on 3 Mr. Goode was away arid would not their content. He went on to say that return until the end oMhe week. She students post only two copies of posters asked Dr. Hartmann, the Associate advertising outside groups and/or there's more inside... Dean of Students, to approve the activities. He said he arrived at this posters but was told that the matter was number to avoid what he called a under Mr. ©code's Jurisdiction. "poster pollution" problem. The Source page 2 Returning to the office the day she Mr. Goode also said that he thought expected hlm'back, Ms. Arbucci was that "the Initial concern of the USG was Editorial Page and Comment pages 48,5 told there was still no word on her unjustified." Posting policy could be posters. Ms. Arbucci was shocked when opened up for discussion through his - One More for the Road page 5 ;::;l<pn.e. of the secretaries told, me that the Office, he -addled, and "If a number of groups continue to have the same Observer Centerfold .pages 6&7 .posters were too political and she didn't concerns then I'll have no problem Fordham's Championship Season page 8 "miriKthey would go qp." '•...- amending It (posting policy) to the At this point, Ms. Arbiiccl SpoKeto- • extentJ)]at It Is.effective for all parties AW Revved Ifp T.