The Michigan Daily-Thursday, January 17, 1980-Page'3 Educational aid: Rising each year sign up now Union League Bowling! Monday night for men Thurs. night-mixed league at Union Lanes open:Mon.F 1pm Sat- Sun. By MARY FARANSKI Slightly more than a year after the Middle Income Assistance Act opened the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) and Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) program to a large number of students, the federal aid programs appear to be running smoothly. Because most student aid application processing is computerized, the higher number of applicants has been handled with only small increases in the number of staff workers in the Department of Education's Student Financial Aid sec- tion, according to spokeswoman Jane Glickman. Funds for the program are not a problem, because, Glickman said, "If there are more eligible studen- ts than there is money for, Congress has to come up with more money. "THE INCREASE in students getting grants and loans is tremendous the past few years," Glickman added. The Mid- dle Income Assistance Act, passed in November 1978, removed the family in- come'ceiling for students applying for GSLs, and also raised family income and assets levels allowed for un- dergraduate students being considered for aid. Allocations for the BEOG program for fiscal 1979 (October 1978-September 1979) were $297.3 million,-as compared to $178.2 million for fiscal 1978. The amount lent by banks for GSLs during fiscal 1979 totaled about $2.984 billion, while the previous year's figure was $1.959 billion. The Department of Education has also 'increased the size of staff that looks into student loan defaults. THE NUMBER of students in the GSL program in Michigan also showed substantial increases this year. The ac- tual number of borrowers went from 34,471 in fiscal 1978 to 53,077 in fiscal 1979, a 53.9 per cent jump. The actual dollar figure rose 64.5 per cent. "The demand for student loans appears to be very strong," said"Patrick Cummings sof the Michigan Department of Education. Cummings suggested that although much of the demand probably can be attributed to the Middle Income Assistance Act, lending may have been more attractive to banks. The federal government covers the GSL 7 per cent interest rate while the student is in school, and also pays lending in- stitutions an extra percentage based on the quarterly average of 91-day Treasury Notes minus 3.5 per cent. During the last quarter of last year, this meant that lending banks were being paid a total of 16 per cent interest on money they lent under the GSL program. THE LORD FOX Now Serving Lunch Mon-Fri 11:30-2 pm Dinner Hours 4-10 pm Featuring Ann Arbor's largest selection of fresh seafoods, steaks and wines. Special flambeed desserts. Old-fashioned hospitality striving for a balance of American and Continental dishes. 1112 miles east of US 23 on Plymouth Rd. 662-1647 or 668-9290 I r^ POETRY READING with Martin Walsh and Kees Snoek Reading from their works. Thursday, Jan. 1 7 7:30 p.m. NOON LUNCHEON Homemade Soup & Sandwich 75C Bob Stechuk Post President LSA Student Gov't Council 8 Student Organizer "STUDENT ACTIVISM IN THE LATE 70 s & NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE 80 s" Friday, Jan. 18 noon Consumers to pay for information calls: Bell GUILD HOUSE, ,82 Monroe (corner of Oakland) 1.1* SWAK, Cleo, a Bronx zoo giraffe, gives her month-old daughter Donna a s affection. Zoo-goers will have to wait until spring to see the new ad though, since hermother says she is too young. LSA-SG favors divestme rejects student fee hike LANSING (UPI) - The state Public Service Commission agreed yesterday to let Michigan Bell Telephone Co. charge its customers for information, but refused to approve a plan of the scope the phone company had proposed. The PSC's plan - unanimously ap- AP Photo proved by the panel - sets a 20-cents per call charge for customers who make more than 20 calls to directory how of assistance in one month. ldition, BELL - IN its third request to charge for information - had wanted to charge customers for all assistance calls in excess of five in one month. The utility regulating panel had twice before refused the phone company permission to charge for the infor- mation calls. The directory assistance charge will in South not take effect until June 1981 and will be implemented on a three-year trial basis. "WE FEEL the plan we proposed was better," said Donald Lambe, a Bell assistant vice president. "But basically the commission decision is in the public interest and we're pleased that the principle of charging for heavy use of directory assistance has been established in Michigan." In reaching its decision, the PSC agreed with Bell's claim customers who overtax directory assistance should carry the cost. Only six per cent of Bell's residential customers will find themselves paying for information calls because most phone users make fewer than 20 request for directory aid each month, the PSC said. But this six per cent of customers currently accounts for more than 46 per cent of all directory assistance calls, the panel said. -THURSDAY-' .PITCHER. NI-GHT $1.00 OFF ON PITCHERS UNTIL 11P.M. Rhythm and Blues COURTESY JOHN MOONEY ' One Block South of South U. By DAVID MEYER The LSA Student Government (LSA- SG), during its first weekly meeting of Winter term last night, approved a con- troversial resolution supporting University divestment from firms doing business in South Africa and decided to reject a proposed increase in the mandatory student government fee. The divestment resolution, proposed by Council Member Beth Lori, called on the Michigan State Legislature "to pass ?*he package of bills requiring state in,- stitutions to divest from all' cor- porations that do business Africa." THE RESOLUTION had been tabled from the last LSA-SG meeting on Dec. 5 because council members could not agree on the relevancy of the issue in relation to LSA-SG. Council Member Paul Liu, however, asserted that the LSA-SG constitution specifically provides for the council's jurisdiction over any matter of general concern to the student body, even if it is a non- academic issue. The council then ap- :\ \ j.. -tai' eas---, - -" - - F"ILMS School of Public Health-Noontime Film Fest, Can We Fish Again?, Pigeon River Forum, Aging of Lakes, 12:10p.m., SPH Aud.II. Habitat Film Series-Exploding Cities, Growing DollaIrs, 12:30 p.m., Old Arch. Aud. (Lorch Hall). Mediatrics-Oliver, 6:30, 9:15 p.m., Nat. Sci. Aud. Ann Arbor Film Coop-Manhattan, 7, 8:40, 10:20 p.m., Angell Hall, Aud. A. Computing Center-Basic Use of the Keypunch, Use of the IBM 029 Keypunch, 7-10 p.m., Multi-purpose Room, UGLI. SPEAKERS English Department-J. Hillis Miller, "The Ethics of Reading," 4 p.m., Modern Languages Building, Lecture Room 2. Center for Japanese Studies and the Department of Far Eastern Languages and Literature-Edward Seidensticker, "Tokyo in the Meiji Period," 4p.m., 200 Lane Hall. Committee of Students, Faculty, and Community Concerned About Iran-ACLU representative, Prof. Daniel Fusfeld, Prof. K. Allin Luther, "Forum on Iran and the Harassment of Iranian Students," 7:30 p.m., Michigan Union Assembly Hall. MEETINGS PIRGIM-General recruitment meeting, Michigan Union. Michigan Economic Society-Organizational meeting, 5 p.m., third floor, Econ. Bldg. Undergraduate History Association-Mandatory meeting, 7 p.m., Room 229 Angell Hall. Michigan Christian Fellowship-Meeting, 7 p.m., Michigan Union (check at entrance for exact location). EXHIBITS Slusser Gallery-"Art/Book/Art," Watercolors, acrylic paintings and collages, Prof. William Lewis, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Slusser Gallery. Union Art Gallery-"Ceramics, Sculpiture, and Printmaking," Joan Gallup and Paulene Benio, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Union Art Gallery. 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