Page 2-Tuesday, February 28, 1978-The Michigan Daily Carter plan may hike 'U' student aid $5.5 million By RON DeKETT The University could have its student financial aid funds increased by more than half the present $9.97 million amount if President Carter's proposed $1.2 billion student financial aid subsidy ' meets U.S. House and Senate approval, ' according to Harvey Grotrian, associate director of student financial aid. The Carter proposal could possibly give the University an additional $5.52 million in financial aid monies, x Grotrian said. THIS MEANS between 5,000 and 8,000 students currently not receiving any form of financial assistance because their family income is too high would be eligible for some form of fiscal aid. "We have made some rough analysis of the data we have available and we are estimating for the three campuses - Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint - COUPON COLOR COPIES r REG. .95 NOW .60 SLIDES 1.20 NOW .7I T-SHIRTS 1.90 NOW 1.25 DOLLAR BILL COPYING ABOVE BLUE FROGGE Featuring XEROX 9200 and 6500 BRING COUPON EXPIRES 3/12 that the legislature Carter has proposed means an additional 9,200 individual awards," Grotrian said. Eligible students often receive more than one award. THE NEW AWARDS would come in the form of Basic Educational Oppor- tunity Grants (BEOG), Guaranteed Student Loans and the Work-Study Program. Almost $1 billion of the proposed fun- SNOW TIRE SAFETY WASHINGTON (AP) - To ensure that snow tires provide the maximum margin of safety, the Tire Retread In- formation Bureau (TRIB) has recom- mended some tips for winter tire care: Snow tires should carry the same in- flation pressure as conventional tires. For every 10-degree drop in tem- perature, a tire may lose a pound of air pressure. Underinflated tires can cause erratic steering, excessive wear and make an engine use more gas, advises TRIB. Don't mix radials with snow tires of bias-belt or bias-ply construction. Front radial tires should have rear radial snow tires. The best tires should go on the rear for better traction and braking, TRIB adds. ds would be earmarked for BEOG. The figure is high because Carter's proposal raises the family income ceiling from $16,000 to $25,000 and entitles the student whose parents earn less than the $25,000 ceiling to an automatic grant of $250. According to Grotrian, the automatic grant is unique in the philosophy of financial aid because, "It is the first departure from the sole-need concept." UNDER THE sole-need concept, the student must demonstrate financial need before a grant is awarded. In addition, the grant portion would make substantially more money avail- able to low-income families. In a press release issued last week, Grotrian said, "Parents with an annual income of $12,000 and two children, one in college, would be eligible this year for $716 un- der the Basic Educational Opportunity Grants program. If the President's plan is passed, they would be eligible for $1,030." Between $70 and $90 million in finan- cial aid monies would be channelled through Guaranteed Student Loans. The family income ceiling would be raised from $25,000 to $40,000, making 96 per cent of the families in the U.S. eligible for government subsidized education loans. GROTRIAN ALSO said there is an ef- fort to eliminate the ceiling limit from Carter's proposal in the case of guaran- teed loans. The elimination of the ceiling would make only four per cent more families in the U.S. eligible for the loans, and as paper work to determine need would be reduced, the time bet- ween application and receipt of a loan would most likely be shortened. Under the plan the Work-Study Program would receive approximately $150 million and create jobs for 280,000 more students throughout the nation. Reaction to the proposal has been mixed. The Michigan Student Financial Aid Association (MSFAS), made up of financial aid officers.from the state's universities and colleges, which held its winter session in Southfield last week, could not reach a consensus over Car- ter's proposal. "SOME MEMBERS of the financial aid community strongly endorse the proposal, others take a more conser- vative view," Grotrian said. Grotrian is the president of MSFAS. MSFAS will conduct hearings in East Lansing beginning March 9th before it determines its position. However, the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators has gone on record supporting the proposal. In the press release following the MSFAS meeting, Grotrian said, "What we find most encouraging is that-the President's proposal represents an in- crease over the $3.8 billion already recommended, with the new money going largely to students who, because of the current income restrictions, have been almost entirely out of the grant, loans and work-study programs." MINORITY STUDE:TS i HOUSING HASSLES? WHY NOTO CO-OP FALL 1978? Member Owned, Member Controlled, Low Cost In- ter Cooperative Council Affirmative Action Commit- tee sponsors a short informal presentation on co-op living with slides and refreshments at: TROTTER HOUSE Washtenaw by South University TONIGHT-Tuesday, Feb.28 7:30-8:30 All are welcome-Check it out. For more information contact Bill Beasley at 761-1058 riIEY !GR APUA F/NO SENIOR... I -Are you worried/anxious about your future? -Does it bother you that your parents' expectations for your future differ from your own? -Would you like to put your University experience (both academic and social) into perspective? Take part in an informal group experience in which graduating seniors will share their personal/professional concerns associated with leaving school. The group will meet four or five times after spring break for two hours per session, and will be facilitated by two r Peer Counselors who are also graduat- ing seniors. Stop by COUNSELING SERVICES, 3d floor of the Union, between 8 AM and 5 PM (764-8312) to pick up registration materials. Registration is quite limited and interested persons should act quickly. Clericals campaign By MITCH CANTOR five policies in an attempt to satisfy ard for eve union members: " The un A group of University clericals, the * The union will engage in a "militant mation to Organizing Committee for Clericals fight for increased wages," according action con (OCC), has instigated an all-out cam- to Bartlett. This will mean insisting on the union w paign for the formation of a new union the hourly raise instead of asking for it. One issu( by spring. * Democratic bylaws will play a criti- ter of stud The OCC, which claims the support of cal role in the distribution of power. The origin over 600 clericals, must collect another Policies such as paying union officers manent em 500 signatures from University cleri- at clerical wages would be part of an at- wants all c cals before it can file to the Michigan tempt to avoid tyrants among the lead- new union. Employment Relations Commission ers of the union. , "The Ur (MERC) for the right to have an elec- * The union will urge greater partici- amount of tion'which would establish a union. pation on the part of the rank and file, and it inc THE 3,300 University clericals had "also an attempt to distribute the power said. previously formed a union which was among the various levels of the union. "ANYB affiliated with the United Auto Workers " A more effective steward structure versity sh( (UAW). However, its members decided will provide an accessable outlet for member o to decertify their union approximately union members. The OCC proposes a sity) try an a year and a half ago. proportion of approximately one stew- t workers) ry 50 clericals. ion will supply more infor- members about University cerning clericals and what ill be doing to react. t still up in the air is the mat- ents and part-time clericals. al union only included per- nployees, but the Committee lericals to be included in the riversity has an enormous students and temporaries, reases every day," Bartlett )DY WHO works for the Uni- ould have the right to be a f a union. They (the Univer- nd slip it (the group of studen- into the student structure in- for new union stead of the worker structure." PART OF THE effort to counter this is the solicitation of signatures from students and temporaries. Bart- lett admits, however, that MER C .hasn't decided whether they will accept these along with the signatures of the permanent clericals. (Bartlett claims the new union will be a much stronger voice for the workers than their original union. "We intend to seize an independent voice," he said. Also emphasized by the committee member is the balance of power among the members of the union. "We see it necessary to oust the bureaucracy and build a democratic union. We would really like people to be aware that the management is screw- ing the shit out of us," he said. "Most clericals felt that the union was ineffectual," said Tom Bartlett, a member of the publicity committee of the OCC. "We felt that efforts to have a democratic union were being hand- strung by the UAW." Though University clericals have not decided on whether their new union would be affiliated with any interna- tional union, Bartlett said consideration will not be discussed until the union if formed. ASIDE FROM the question of UAW affiliation, the new -union will institute Birth defects are forever., unless you help. TO PROTECT THE UNBORN AND THE NEWBORN March of Dimes membership Meeting ANGELL HALL AUD. B 8:00 P.M. Feb. 28 Supreme Court e nies appeal for feder WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court, denying an appeal from Ken- tucky, said in effect yesterday that the federal government does not have to help pay the costs of court-ordered busing to achieve racially desegregated schools. The justices rejected without com- ment an appeal by Kentucky Gov. Julian Carroll seeking permission to ask for federal help in paying for busing in the Louisville area, one of hundreds of school districts across the nation carrying out court-ordered busing. THE COURT'S action bars, at least for now, any hope other state and local school districts may have had to get such federal help. A racial desegregation plan in effect since 1975 for schools in Louisville and surrounding Jefferson County, Ky., has made necessary the daily busing of some 23,000 students. "The drain on state and local funds . . ilfunding of busing . is quite real and devastating," In other matters the court: Carroll's appeal said. THE GOVERNOR had challenged the constitutionality of three federal laws prohibiting federal funding of busing for desegregation. A federal judge in Louisville and a federal ap- peals court already had upheld the laws. In urging the court to turn down Ken- tucky's argument, the Carter ad- ministration argued that the federal government is under no obligation to help defray desegregation costs. "Indeed, states may well be less likely to violate a citizen's rights today if it means paying the costs of making good those rights in the future," the Justice Department told the court. "THE UNITED States did not violate the constitutional rights of the children in Jefferson County; the county and the state did," government lawyers said. the snn arbor film cooperative Presents at AUD. A, ANGELL HALL TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 THUNDERCRACKI (Curt McDowell, 1975) 7 &9:15s-AUD A The long-awaited Ann Arbor Premiere of an X-rated feature by two favorites of the 16mm Festival-Curt McDowell and George Kuchar, who wrote the script. "Erotica at its most hilarious . . . an outrageous parody of the old dark house plot . . . sex is great fun in this film, which is absolutely, definitely not for prudes."-Kevin Thomas, L.A. Times, "Genuinely touching, frightening, and sexy ... a dark and stormy night, an assorted group of strangers (four men, three women and a gorilla) stranded in a remote Victorian mansion, and a crazed hostess with her husband pickled in a jar."-John R. Taylor, SIGHT & SOUND. Plus Short: A FILM ABOUT SHARON (Barry Spinello). An insightful look at an attractive young performer in erotic films. Articulate and engaging, Sharon reveals a personality and understanding that brings remarkable warmth and humanity to her chosen vocation. Explicit sexual sequences. Rated X. Wednesday: John Ford Festival: THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE-7 p.m.only THE SEARCH ERS-9 p.m. only * Let stand a ruling that federal courts may force the government to speed up settlements of disputed Social Security benefit claims. Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Joseph Califano had asked the court to overturn the ruling, contending that it "threatens significantly" to disrupt his ability to administer Social Security benefits nationwide "in an even-handed and orderly manner." " Left intact two lower court decisions orderng construction to begin on a long- elayed and eontrover- sial housing project for)ow-incone minority families in a residential sec- tion of south Philadelphia. The court's action appeared to clear the way for start of construction on the Whitman Townhouse Project. " Refused to interfere with price ceilings imposed by the federal gover- nment for natural gas sold across state lines. Train wreck clean-up polstponed (Continued from Page 1) NTSB BOARD member James King said from his Washington office that in- vestigators in Waverly speculated that when the Louisville & Nashville train derailed there on Wednesday, a broken wheel on the propane tanker scored the tank. On Friday, the, pressurized liquid ex- panded while lying still in the afternoon sun, pushed through the weak spot in the tanker's hull caused by the derailment, and the "tank let go," King said. Twelve persons were killed. Sixty miles west of Waverly, near Cades, Tenn., about 100 persons asked to leave their homes on Sunday after an Illinois Central Gulf train derailed were living in a temporary, shelter yester- day. Officials said about 50 gallons of sodium hydroxide had leaked from one of the 24 cars in the 140-car train derailed. Also, there was a fear that fumes in two empty propane tankers, could explode. 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