THE • SUNY -Cobleskill May Issue Volume 5 Number 5 • Carnival Weekend Dry Up Policy The WhirlwfDd salutes Professor Abrahamsen, who each year oversees Abrahamsen and everyone who con­ the event, the Association for Retarded by Maja Wuserbach tributed time, service, and money to Children, Planned Parenthood the percent of all college students drink. the '83 Carnival Weekend, especially Mary Beatrice Cushing Library. To coincide with the rise in the This statistic has led to a movement of the Ed Psych Class! Colonial Heritage. Single Parents and drinking age, colleges across the public concern about the social, per­ Six local charities will share in over the Iroquois Indian Musewn will all country have begun efforts to reduce sonal and economic costs of drinking. A $3,000 raised recently in the annual benefit from the weekend. the conswnption of alcohol by students, group known as Mothers Against Drunk Cobleskill College Carnival-Auction. Congratulations on a job well done! therefore helping those with drinking Drivers is also politically pressuring According to Dr. Harold problems. for the fight against alcohol abuse. The University of Connecticut has New procedures on "carding" are banned drinking in the public areas of widespread. Students at SUNY Albany student Aid Budget the donnitories. The college officials must now show two verifications of say that their reason for the new their ages and have their hands stamped before drinking at the pub. Dear Students: stuaenlS. Tnougn no new money Ls regulations is to confonn with the latest requested for the NDSL program, the stale legislation, which increased the Rhode Island requires that a police officei' check ages at the large parties. By now each of you has probably revolving funds mean that over $S5O drinking age from 18 to 19. There is also million will continue to be available to a national concern of C()lIege-level . Some colleges have made It clear that heard on the evening news and read in your local or university newspaper students in 1984. The amount of money alC()hol abuse. while they seek to confonn to the law of <.the institutions, they are not about President Reagan's proposed available in future years depends on The effectiveness of the new policies students meeting their repayment varies from college to college. One of "policemen" responsible for the changes to the Federal student violations of the students. If a student financial assistance programs apon­ obligations and thereby keeping the the most important results is that revolving funds healthy. If former stricter regulations decrease the rate of claims he is of age, or uses fake lD., he sored by the Department of Education. I would like take this opportunity to students, now in default, repay their vandalism, which frequently is related deserves the right of privacy and he to explain the budget we have requested. loans, over $640 million could be added to alcohol. Joseph Tolliver, director of should be responsible for himself. Many students, administrators and The key principle behind this to the revolving funds. student activities at Barnard College The three remaining programs: others have noticed the difference since proposal is that a stmplHied and c0n­ claims that his college policy of proof 01 College Work-study, Pell (Grant) and age at campus parties has led to more the policies went into effect. SUNY solidated student aid program will Albany's pub has had a 30 percent drop benefit both the student and the the Guaranteed Student Loan Program creative parties, whereas before they (GSL) ·will ensure the type of student just bought a keg and told everyone to in profits since it began asking for the American tnpayer financing the double Identification. student aid programs. Simplifications financial assistance hoped for but drink up. never realized, under the six Within the last year, five states­ The Chronicle of Higher Education, will also dramatically reduce the ad­ ptoUam which conducted its own survey, ministrative burden which your in­ arrangement. Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, The Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) drinking is stitutions now face in administering the New York, and Ohio-have raised their concluded that " excessive and Auxiliary Loan (PLUS) programs on the rise, but that awareness of six Federal aid programs. Reducing drinking ages, and 19 other states have not make low interest loans available to drinking problems _among college and thls burden will improve your In­ done so since 1976. eligible graduate and undergraduate National surveys show that over as university officials is." stitution's ability to deliver student aid. We have asked Congress not to students (GSL) as well as parents -----. prov:lde new funding for the State (PLUS) by paying lenders interest St udent Incentive Grant Program while the borrower is paying off the (SSIG), the Supplemental Educational loan. The combined program is the Opportunity Crant Program (SEOO( largest of the Federal fmandal aid and the National Direct. Student r..om; programs. The budget which we sent to Congress • Program (NDSL). We' ve asked Congress to increase funding for requests $2.04 billion to cover the costs College Work-study (CWS) and Pell of the GSL program in 19M. It also Grants. Under the new budget we ex­ includes a rescission of $900 million for pect a higher loan volume and a higher 1983 fundings. The $2.04 billion loan average for the Guaranteed represents a decrease frem the 1982 Student Loan Program (GSL). GSL appropriation of almost one billion dollars. SSIG was established in 1972 in order The proposed reduction does not to provide states an incentive to represent a reduced commitment to the establish their own grant and GSL progrll:m. On the contrary. scholarship programs. Currently all because PreSIdent Reagan's Economic states have met this challenge and offer Recovery Program has successfully very attractive scholarship and grant reduced interest rates, the actual cost programs. Known under a variety of of the program is steadily decreasing. names, these state programs awarded Although the program will cost one over 1 billion dollars last year. Thus, billion dollars less than in 1982 one after 11 years, the incentive provided billion dollars mo~ will be available to by the SSIG program has successfully student borrowers. generated more dollars than the About 2.64 million students and Yip. • • Yip . .. Yip. .. YEEEEHA! Federal govetnment could possibly parents received GSL and PLUS loans have hoped. in 1982. The average loan was $2,222. SEOO was designed to supplement Under President Reagan's 1984 budget the Pell Grant. Administered by the the average loan is expected to be Student Government financial aid office on. the campus, the $2,454. The number of recipients will program was to prOVIde students with increase almost 300,000. Improved the financial means necessary to have economic conditions will let all of this Election Results some choice in which institution to happen with one billion dollars less of attend. The problem with SEOO is that the taxpayers' money. it is not targeted to help those students In 1984 we are proposing some who really need federal assistance. If changes to the current law governing our proposed budget is accepted by the the GSL program. We estimate that President Kristen Peck Congress, the new SeU-help Grant these changes alone will save $126.9 program will provide needy students million in 1984 and $204.7 million in 1985. V.P. _______Marcel Bouthillette with the choice previously reserved for Currently students who wish to borrow the privileged. under the GSL program do not have to Begun in 1958, NDSL is the oldest of demonstrate fianancial need if their Treasurer Own Scott the. Federal Student Assistance f~y income is under $30,000. (The programs. Over the past 25 years the reqUIrement that need be demonstrated Secretary Tammi Lindroth Federal govenunent has given schools for students whose family inC()me is participating in the program over 12 over $30,000 was, in fact, implemented billion dollars to establish revolving only last year.) Our 1984 budget loan funds on the campus. The loan • fund is for the use of current and future Cootinued eo page 7 Congratulations! Lacrosse Nationals May 11th - • WHIRLWIND. May 12. 1983. p. 2 Editorial Greetings to you all! Well. this Is it folks. a time of dread and delight. Finals and graduation have rolled around once aga in. With this being the last editorial written by me, I'd like to take the time here to say I've enjoyed working on the Whirlwind and I've especially appreciated all the talented writers whose articles form the backbone of this paper. Thank you one and all. And t hank you, readers! As I write this , I have the mixed emotions that some of you may Maja Wasserbach Michelle Kinney also be experiencing when you think of leaving Cob leskill. There's the anticipation of the new and unknown, yet the unmistakable MAJOR- Bus i ness Ad · MAJOR-Business Ad - sadness of having to say goodbye to a trusted friend. ministration ministration . I know, however, that the Whirlwind Is being left In the ex· HOMETOWN-Saugerties, HOMETOWN-Glens Falls. NY tremely capable hands of two writers who have contributed much New York INTE R ESTS-Pholography. time and effort to Its pages this year. I' m pleased to announce that I NTE RESTS-Painting, weekend excursions, spending Michelle Kinney and Maja Wasserbach will be taking over as next writ i ng , hiki ng, spending money, collecting spoons, year' s co-editors. I' m positive they are going to do a fantastic job money, weekend excursions,.. softball with this paper and I wish them both the best of luck. I hope those tennis PAST MEMBER S H IPS­ freshmen Interested In becoming Whirlwind staff members w ill PAST MEMBERSHIPS-High Botany Club, Art Clu b, Student get acquainted with M ichelle and Ma ja.