17 The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, March 8, 1983-Page 3 computers added to help financial aid office By BARBARA MISLE Three-hour waits outside the Univer- sity's financial aid office may be a thing of the past next month when 17 new computer terminals arrive to help speed up work, officials said yesterday. Each financial aid conselor will have a terminal in his or her office which will make student records more easily ac- cessible, said Harvey Grotrian, direc- tor of financial aid. WHEN A student submits an ap- plication for aid, his or her financial background is stored on index cards and filed on one of the office's six com- puter terminals. The additional computers, which cost $1,000 each, will allow a student's financial background to be entered immediately onto the computer and decrease the wait for students who call or stop by the office to check their records.. The computers will also cut down on errors when entering information into a student's file, which Grotrian says will help the office run more efficiently. "RATHER THAN add five or ten more staff persons and rely on Rolodex cards and paper files, we have chosen to rely on technology to bring efficien- cy," said Grotrian. The office won't save any money because of the cost of the terminals, but the new computers will help the office handle recent changes in financial aid programs. Stiffer eligibility requirements for federal financial aid and guaranteed student loans has made the application procedure more confusing, Grotrian said. SINCE 1981 the federal government has raised interest rates and adjusted eligibility standards in the GSL Program three times, including a man- datory needs test for students from families with income above $30,000. The computers are part of a long- term project to be completed by 1985. By that time, the system will be able to print follow-up letters to students after the office receives their applications. Daily Photo by WENDY GOULD Hollywood hang-ups Engineering sophomores Steve Zaidel and Tom Gawlick thumb through the selection of movie posters on sale yesterday at the Union. The sale will end today. Fla. town may lose charter HACIENDA VILLAGE, Fla. (AP) - The state senator who represents this; hamlet is campaigning hard to wipe it Off the map because it has "gone ber- serk" issuing thousands of lucrative traffic tickets. But residents say they've got the best Oolice department around. Last year, pickets for moving violations alone totaled more than $78,000, and the of- ficers raked in a full third of city revenue. "A CANCER" and "a disgrace," says state Sen. Tom McPherson, a Democrat from Cooper City. Today he will ask Broward County's 15 other lawmakers to endorse Hacien- da Village's disincorporation. The decision is up to the state legislature. Hacienda Village, a 34-year-old town four miles west of Fort Lauderdale on the fringes of the Everglades, has 27 police oficers. That's one policeman for every five dwellers in the 130-resident mobile-home population li minute numbe than 400 com Hacienda Vill crime rate. The rational serves as de was clear, a Dassdorf, who recently said: write enoughc over traffic tickets park where the entire our salary." ves. Paradoxically, the Mayor Sherman Crise retorts to the r of residents and more criticism with an obscenity. mercial. properties give "You talk about writing 5,000 tickets age the state's highest a year, and that's nothing," Crise said, a gold police badge flashing from his le inside the trailer that hip. partment headquarters "In fact, when I found out how many former officer, Pamela cars were going through here, I told the now works in Georgia, police chief to write double the number "We were expected to of tickets they've been writing, or I'd citations a day to cover fire each and every one of them." 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HAPPENINGS- Highlight The 21st Ann Arbor Film Festival opens today at the Michigan Theatre. The festival received more than 250 entries from independent filmmakers this year, 100 of which have been selected for presentation throughout the week. Winners will be named Sunday. Screenings are at 7, 9, and 11 p.m., and cost $2.50 for one show or $6 for an entire evening. Films Japanese Studies - The Twilight Years, 9:30 a.m., Lorch. Performances University Players -'"The Father,"8 p.m., Trueblood Theatre. Mosher-Jordan - University Honors Quartet performs Brahms string quartet, opus 51, no. 1, 10 p.m., Jordan Lounge. School of Music - Piano recital, Rachelle McCabe, 8 p.m., Recital Hall; Vocal Recital, Rebecca Schumacher, 8 p.m., Rackham Assembly Hall. Speakers Center for Human Growth and Development - Barbara Anderson, "Diabetes and the Family: Parent and Child Responsibilities in Treat- ment," noon, Rm. 1000, 300 N. Ingalls Bldg. Communications - Henry Geller, "The First Amendment and the News Technology," 3:10 p.m., Rackham Amphitheatre. Chinese Studies - Judy Wyman, "Watch Out for the Foreign Guests," noon, Commons Rm., Lane Hall. Geology - Robert Wintsch, "Chemomechanical Feedback Mechanisms in Ductile Deformations," 4 p.m., Rm. 4001, C. C. Little. Western European Studies - Hugo Brandt-Corstius, "The Miracles of *Dutch," 8 p.m., International Center. Industrial and Operations Engineering - Johan Strumpfer, "Searching for an Object which Reacts for Women-Margot Duley-Morrow, "Women's Herstory," 7:30 p.m., Unitarian Church, 1917 Washtenaw. Chemistry - Michael Doyle, "Those Ubiquitous Nitrogen Oxides and their Effects on Hemoproteins," 4 p.m., Rm. 1300, Chemistry. Ann Arbor Public Library - Lawrence and Karen Kersten, "Your Per- *sonality and the Ability to Love," 12:10 p.m.. Public Library. English Language and Literature - Harold Bloom, "Criticism, Prophesy, Canon-formation: The Sorrows of Facticity," 7:30 p.m., Rackham Amphitheatre. The Rudolf Steiner Institute - E. Katz-"The Image-Language of the Zodiac VI: The Leo Aquarius Polarity," 8 p.m., 1923 Geddes. Communications - Fred Fejes, "Current Issues in International Com- munications Research," noon, Rm. 2050, Frieze. Computing Center - Forrest Hartman, "Computing for Poets," 3:30 p.m., 176 BSAD. Meetings American Studies - mtg. for students interested in American Studies, 3:30 p.m., 364 Lorch. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - International Women's Day panel discussion on militarism and demonism, 7:30 p.m., 1420 Hill. Lesbian NEtwork - 6:30 p.m., Guild House, 802 Monroe. Public Relations Club - meeting with film "Opinion of the Public," 4 p.m., 1412 Mason. Spartacus Youth League - forum on "Women's Liberation through Socialist Revolution," 7:30 p.m., Conf. Rms. 4 & 5, Michigan Union. PIRGIM - Forum on "Michigan's Fiscal Crisis: Facts, Fallacies and How It Affects U-M," 8 p.m., Henderson Rm., Michigan League. Miscellaneous School of Art - seminar on "Marketing Arts in the 80s," 11:30 a.m., Art and Arch. Aud.; 7 p.m., Pendleton Rm., Union. Red Cross - Blood Drive, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Huron High School. Michigan Judo Club - 6:30 p.m., IM Sports Bldg. To submit items for the Happenings Column, send them in care of Happenings, The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI. 48109. L At the Michigan League we behold East Quad resident shoots self in dorm room (Continued from Page 1) said East Quad Building Director Lan- ce Morrow. Housing officials said they did not know where Katz got the gun, a .22 caliber rifle, the University has strict policies against, firearms in the dor- mitories. Even the rumor of a gun is enough to send campus security into ac- tion, said Dave Foulke, director of housing residence operations. But, he added, "It wouldn't be that hard for someone to smuggle a firearm in." Katz' roommate told housing officials he had never seen the gun. Foulke said a closed room with a few stereos on the hall playing could easily have hidden the noise. Added Ann Ar- bor Police Sgt. Harold Tinsey, "A .22 (caliber rifle) doesn't make a very big pop.,'I After the death was discovered, University peeracounselors held hall meetings at the dorm, some of which lasted until 7:30a.m. Some East Quad residents said that evey though the staff was being suppor- tive, they felt information was being withheld. "They had a hall meeting with counselors, but when we asked questions they were really vague," said one East Quad resident. This was the second known successful suicide committed in a University dorm in the last several months. In October, LSA sophomore Alisa Jean Principe took her own life in her Stockwell dor- mitory room. 1 764-0558 764-0558 1 On stage. On campus. Picture it. 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