The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, May 30, 1979-Page 3 Surplus in work study allocation By PATRICIA HAGEN "we got almost 100 per cent of what we The average award for the ap- A surplus of funds in the University's asked for." This was "unanticipated," proximately 1,200 students who had federally supported work/study he said. Usually only a percentage of work/study jobs during the 1978-79 program is expected for the 1978-79 the request is allocated. academic year was between $700 and fiscal year, according to an Office of THE NATIONAL work/study $1,000, according to Tatum. Financial Aid spokesman. program is funded through the Depar- The University requested an ad- "We expect a surplus from the end of tment of Health, Education, and ditional $300,000 from federal Winter (Term)," said John Tatum, assistant director of the Office of 'People decided to do things differently this year .. . Financial Aid. The exact total of unused . money cannot be calculated until after they decided not to use the full amount (for which the end of the fiscal year, which is June q i 30, when requests for reimbursement -e qual are received from work/study em- -John Tatus, financiala officer ployers, said Tatum. ANY FUNDS left over at the end of the year must be returned to the federal Welfare. Students who qualify for the authorities in January, and all but $189 government to be reallocated. program are hired individually by em- of the request was received, Tatum Tatum gave several possible reasons ployers, both on and off campus, for a said. for the expected surplus. He said the variety of jobs, ranging from main- THE REQUEST was based on the possibility of a surplus was unusual and tenance to research. Students must assumption that qualified students could not recall a time when money had prove financial need to qualify. would earn between 62 and 65 per cent ever been returned before. "Fewer Students are given an uthorization to of the amount offered in previous years. students were working than in previous earn up to a certain amount in gross This year, however, "even less was ac- years," Tatum said. "Fewer people wages. The employer pays 20 per cent tually earned," said Tatum. decided to earn the money offered of the students' hourly wages and the "It's difficult to predict" the amount them." remaining 80 per cent is covered by the of money students will decide to earn, Another reason, Tatum said, was that federal grant. °he explained. "People decided to do 'U' officers discuss state - expected things differently this year ... they decided not to use the full amount for which they qualified." Tatum said campus employers have noticed a problem in getting students to work this year. He speculated that student attitudes about working while attending college may be changing. TATUM CITED, "an upturn in loan applications." Students may feel they don't have time to work, he said, and may depend on loans instead. He also mentioned that recently liberalized regulations allow more students to qualify for federal loans. Data is being collected, Tatum said, to help predict the amount of money necessary to fund the program. He said he hopes to identify reasons students decide to work and whether the available jobs fit student needs. Tatum said next year more students will qualify for work/study jobs because of an increase in the number of jobs authorized under the program. "We will make more offers this year (1979-80) than we have in the past," he 'si request for salary info By SARA ANSPACH The University's executive officers did not reach a decision yesterday on whether the University should comply with a state Senate Appropriations Committee request to submit staff salary information by name, according to Interim University President Allan Smith. However, the officers did discuss "a number of alternatives" to the Senate committee's request, Smith said. Vice-President for Academic Affairs Harold Shapiro acknowledged that a "whole spectrum" of possible courses of action were discussed. SMITH SAID before a decision is made he will look at the salary infor- mation which has already been sent to the committee, and said he will probably talk to Appropriations Com- mittee chairman Sen. Jerome Hart (D- Saginaw). According to Smith, the executive of- See DISCLOSURE, Page 10 r toda lagic from the past Daily Photo by LISA KLAUSNER 'These gloves may have completed a fashionable wardrobe at the turn of the century, but today they complete a display at Ragrop, 121 W. Washington Street, a vintage clothing store. made hand-held calculators a necessity, plans to in- troduce a "talking Language Translator" at the Summer Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago next week. The firm's officials said the device is designed for world travelers as a communications aid, and for language students in learning pronun- ciation. The "highly-styled hand-held device" is programmed with everyday vocabulary and - hrases, and can form thousands of phrases by linking its vocabulary words. Half the Language Translator's 1,000 word capacity will be spoken and displayed, while the other half will be displayed only. The machine will be able to translate English, French, German, and Spanish, in the "most generally accepted accents." The Language Tran- slator will be availabke to the public in September with a price tag of $250.00. searching for people to volunteers as group leaders and receptionists. The center, which offers its ser- vices free of charge, is located at 1679 Broadway Ave. Call Norma McCuiston at 483-1418 for more in- formation. Happenings ... at noon, pianist Randall Benway will be featured in the Pendleton Arts Information Center's Music at Mid-week program in the Michigan Union ... FILMS: A Coming of Angels, Aud. A, Angell Hall, 7 p.m., 8:40 p.m., and 10:20 p.m. On the outside The notorious Daily weather forecasters claim the sun will shine today. They also say the tem- peratures will rise to near 70', and the low will be in the mid-40s. If it rains today, we're sending them to - Harrisbulrgon a DC-10. Fingertip translator Volunteers needed Texas Instrument, Inic., the Dallas firm that The Broadway Parent/Child-Drop-In-Center is.