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Work-study bill incommittee UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA H STUDENTM uutm NtmNEWSPAPER rai'tK Montana Kaimin Legislative Bureau reaching more students, would allow Another college finance officer said more middle income level students the Baucus bill would help persons Helena financial aid. Seventy per cent of the such as married veterans who “get montana Rep. Max Baucus, D-Missoula, work-study money would go to just enough benefits not to qualify" yesterday asked a Senate committee students meeting federal standards for work-study funds. Lee Graham, to accept a state work-study bill to while the remainder would be used to representing the Miles City give the state more control over work hire students not qualifying under Community College, said there is study programs and provide more federal regulations. Federal "plenty of loan money around" and a aid to students not qualifying under standards are restrictive. They allow great number of students “who want the federal program. only low-income persons to to work." While members of the Senate participate in work-study programs. KAIMIN He said a state work-study program Missoula, Montana 59801 Education committee warmed up to Don Mullan, financial aid director at would help many more students. arguments by Baucus for a state the University of Montana, asserted Wednesday, March 6,1974 Volume 76, No. 70 work study program, they were a bit that rising taxes are undercutting the Mullan later told a reporter the more cool towards the $608,000 ability of middle income and farm national commitment to work-study price tag on the measure. families to send their children to looks gloomy. From 1972 through college. A state-administered work- 1974 the federal government The bill would add $400,000 from supported the program at a cost of federal grants and $432,000 from study program could help these students, he said, even if they do not $270,200,000 according to figures iW m k private sources to the state share, ■ ■ meet federal strictures. compiled by Mullan. Nixon’s according to a fiscal note proposed budget for the next fiscal accompanying the bill. The total “ In the bind of rising costs and year drops the federal share to BK 1 amount in the program, $1,440,000, declining resources.. many students $200,000,000, he said. would allow 1,800 students to work have dropped out of school," Mullan during the summer under work- said. University students have a While federal funding for work-study study grants. That is the same as the “strong distrust” of loan did not increase during the three 1969-70 level of students employed. indebtedness, he said, and would school years, the costs of attendance Last summer only 500 Montana rather leave school than entrench at the University of Montana rose' I 9 university students worked on work- themselves in large loan agreements. more than $100 per year, he study jobs, Baucus told the indicated. He called the strict federal standards committee. for work-study grants "horrible, One lawmaker said he was leary of He said the measure in addition to unreasonable and unrealistic." pumping more money into the 1 | m university because of alleged work- t J study fund misuse. m ■ I H 9 1 Last year several UM officials went to R r M I l a a Problems force gambling bills trial on charges of misusing federal I w work-study funds within the athletic i p l si back to conference committee department. They were acquitted; Montana Kaimin Legislative Bureau By accepting the Senate Nonetheless, auditors of the Office amendments, the House would have of Education, a branch of the Helena speeded passage of the bills, but with Department of Health, Education No revenue for the state and lack of revenue for the state and with and Welfare, has recommended that problems with enforcement were two no gaming control commission, the University pay back $268,000 to reasons representatives gave for many representatives said they the federal government. Federal placing two gambling bills in joint wanted to try and come to terms with officials have not decided if they will conference committees, and the Senate on the amendments. require UM to repay the money. JIM reconsidering whether to place However, the House rejected the l l l p y f another gambling bill in a amendments, except for HB 507. Mullan told the committee a conference committee. widespread incident of work-study ; ' mmf, % fund misuse “cannot happen again." j*; . Measures to legalize sports pools, Amendments rejected in HB 703 and W m S m ' ' ! '%?£$*>''' M S He said later that he has been given certain card games, bingo and raffles HB 705 would set up bingo and ■ - ■ ' ':«HI received consideration after raffles and would have legalized full power over the work-study program at the university. Previously representatives voted not to accept poker, bridge, cribbage, hearts, his authority stopped after he had Senate amendments to the bills. panguingue, pinochle, pitch, rummy, FOUR ABER HALL STUDENTS, part of a group of 12, streak around the Oval whist and solo. approved a student for the program, in an attempt to break the UM streaking record. Miller Hall holds the record, Death in the Senate of a gaming he said. set last night, with 17 bare students. (Montana Kaimin photo by Bob Gibson) control commission and provisons House Majority Leader Larry for control of gambling would put Fasbender, D-Fort Shaw, said to enforcement of any approved accept the Senate's amendments gambling on local officials. The deleting state controls was Missoula streaked by 47 students provisions were not adequate for “ ridiculous" and that it would be enforcement some legislators “totally irresponsible of us to The University of Montana reported The incident sparked several streaks • Nine members of the Sigma Chi claimed, while Rep. J. D. Lynch, D- abdicate our responsibility," by its first case of streaking last night at including: Fraternity who streaked twice up and about 10 p.m. Several UM students down University Avenue in Missoula. Butte, contended the “mickey concurring in the Senate's •. A group of 17 students from Miller reported seeing three streakers, clad mouse" gambling measures needed “irresponsibility." Hall, who set the record for the only in red, white and blue paint and no enforcement. largest number of streakers for the Earlier reports indicated that a The vote to send the proposals to a tennis shoes, humming the Stars and streaker would dash through the When introduced this session in the conference committee was closest Stripes Forever. One streaker was night. The students streaked around Craig and Miller Halls with torches UM-ldaho State University House, HB 507 legalized on the sports pool bill. Initially the carrying an American flag—the and ski masks. basketball game last night, but the punchboards, sports pools, slot representatives voted to accept the others were carrying blue chemical attempt was thwarted by large machines and coin-operated Senate amendments on a 46 to 42 torches. • Twelve Aber Hall residents who numbers of policemen at the machines. After making it through vote. They reconsidered and streaked through the Oval wearing entrances to the Field House. the House and Senate, the bill rescheduled the measure for debate nothing. legalized sports pools. today after a 37 to 36 vote. The streakers ran through an inch of In a telephone interview, one of the newly fallen snow. The temperature • Six students from Craig Hall who original three streakers said, "we do Commenting on whether to accept Senate amendments to the card was 30 degrees. streaked around their dormitory, not believe in crass and vulgar Senate amendments to the bill, games bill were rejected 59 to 31 and wearing ski masks and tennis shoes. displays—this is a true art form.” Lynch said, "The Senate didn't do the amendments to the bingo and raffles The three streakers, all UM students butchering, the House did the bill were rejected 59 to 29, thus streaked from the fifth floor of Aber butchering. Don’t try to band-aid this sending these two bills to conference Hall across the Oval and into the bill, it’s already dead.” committees. showers at Craig Hall. Volinkaty criticizes police Missoula police are selectively right to enforce it, but he doesn’t enforcing certain city ordinances to believe citizens “are offended by a protect business interests, Richard person standing in front of Jekyll and SARC submits final recommendations Volinkaty, city police judge, said Hyde's with a can of beer." A recommendation to fund the services and personnel by organizations by the University during a press conference yesterday. Campus Recreation Director's salary delegating duties of the former Dean Center. Volinkaty told the police that if they with money budgeted for the former of Students' office to existing "Police like to be able to have a law to can prove there was damage to Dean of Students’ salary was among academic departments and student • Delegation of individual use against different people," property or littering, he will impose a the proposals submitted to the services.