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[[ $* .. ?y ,j{ ... ..+ . .... ,..... ............:::............3,.:, "."."..;..:,:. :.}::;"ii?:"Yi:^}:"i:J?:;;ii}:":t;"is i;ii::::j.?:,:.i::#::i.i'-::::::$:::;::;:j';:;:i::sit:{:::::::i:;::2 'U' won't get grant increases By KERY MURAKAMI While funding for Student Educational Op- portunity Grants was increased nationally last week by ten percent, the University will see none of these increases, according to a Univer- sity spokesman. No one is complaining, however. The Univer- sity was originally slated to lose $173,000 in SEOG funds. THOMAS BUTTS, the University's Washington lobbyist, said this quirk is due to state funding formulas. "After the money is sent to the state," Butts said,, "funds are ap- propriated to universities according to the relative need of their students. This year it worked out that we would actually lose a great portion of our funding." But last week, "the House appropriations subcommittee for the Committee on Labor, and Health and Human Services changed the for- mula and said, 'OK, nobody's going to lose anything," said Butts. Instead, whatever money was left was divided among the univer- sities with need. Butts gave credit to Rep. Carl Purcell (R-Ann Arbor), a member of the sub- committee, for pushing the change through. Lynn Borset, assistant director of financial aid for the University, said that SEOG's give financial aid administrators flexibility in dealing with students. "PELL' lets us make ad- justments in aid if there's a death in the family, or if they lose a source of income, but that's it. SEOG lets us give out money in case something unusual happens." BUTTS WAS pleased with the overall budget, although he said the "increases are still inadequate to make up the ground we've lost these past four years." Even though SEOG funding will remain con- stant, Butts said that increases in the cost of living will make it seem almost as bad as a cut. He is also concerned about the action that President Reagan may take to reduce the budget. "The President can ask to have the budget rescinded in January," said Butts, "and from all indications, they will." BILL KRUEGER, director of public affairs for the American Council on Education, was also worried about these recisions. "The President has to cut the deficit, and if he's not going to raise revenues (taxes), he's going to have to slash funds." "In the past," he said, "education has been one of his favorite targets. There's no in- dication that the president and budget director David Stockman won't come after us again." Krueger was still confident that Congress would protect education. "The Democrats gained two seats in the Senate, and retained philosophical control in the House. So essen- tially, it's the same Congress that wouldn't go along with his programs last year. "It was this Congress that passed the education bill last week, increasing educational spending by $970 million next fiscal year - $1.3 billion more than the President requested." Krueger said that he was "very pleased with the bill. Even though it doesn't make up for the erosion of financial aid during the Reagan ad- ministration, it's a step in the right direction." ":: :"i::"i:??:^i} :::::::::::::::......................................................:.::...... . :.: ::::.:: .'4i:O+:J:: {:: n".: .:v:::::. :v::::::::::::::::::::::::::. _: :": ::". :.::::: ;:f ":r :":N:: :.:.; ::.::;::::.:r: ... .4 .. ..... ... ..n.r .... . v, :w: ;. ::,:..}}i: .. vn":J .. r ' ". J{. .:,{. . .. '.."}... .. .yv.. ....:....... .... .v ......x. ff...n.....r ....n ......4.....+} ..................:.......... :..... r...n.. ...... ::. _::: ::" :v 44 b. l r 't d .. it vl, T.4 w .. I 0o Riegle ft (Continued from Page 1) HE ALSO said he "sees no indication that the attitude toward education ap- propriations has changed since Reagan's first term." Reductions in student aid, he said, also produced the last meeting of the state's college administrators in February 1982. Butts called yesterday's session "an opportunity for the presidents to interact among them- selves, to learn about trends in the economy, and to learn what's ahead in higher education." According to Thomas Wolanin, this future does not appear to be bright. Speaking aobut "re-authorization," the process by which student aid is renewed each year, Wolanin said he sees several "disturbing trends" beyond outright reductions in funding. He pointed to decreasing value of st- udent aid in comparision to overall college costs, the diminishing value of grants, and, in particular, the "over- reliance on loans" that is leaving many of today's students in debt. CONSEQUENTLY, he has noticed a "diminishing of the intellectual en- vironment," as students are less con- cerned with humanities and other traditional discipines and focus on only precasts Reagan cuts in educational those which can lead to a job. In ad- dition, he feels that the tendency toward loans has reduced minority enrollment. Clodius said he wonders how the government will deal with changing demographics in the next decade. But he foresaw an increase in minority enrollment, as minority populations continues to grow. Riegle said Reagan is leading an overall "sharp drift in national priorities" - away from higher education. "Higher education should be of the same importance as defense spen- ding," he said, even though funding for the Department of Education has been cut 20 percent in the last four years. "WE HAVE to stop spending billions of dollars to build nuclear weapons systems that we never dare to use," he added. Clodius agreed, saying that "when you get into Star Wars type ventures, the words social sciences and biological scienes become secondary." He then posed what he considered to be a key question: Will the Department of Defense be a willing partner in research with academic instutions? Athough some in the academic community mmunity are optimistic, others feel that universities are viewed with "deep distrust" by the military, he said. EXPANDING ON the question of research, he said that we must be con- cerned about scientific freedom, and "government intrusions into things which are better left to the univer- sities." As an example, he cited the government requiring students to register for the draft in order to recieve financial aid. Because of these dark clouds on the educational horizon, "the American people are faced with a challenge of historic dimensions," according to Riegle. "We must convince voters that a stronger education will improve their future," he declared. "we can't keep swimming against the tide. We must change the tide." CALLING FOR "a new and more compelling national debate on education, irrespective of political par- ties," he pointed to the Reagan budget deficits as a grave threat. "We're headed for a supply-side Ar- mageddon, resulting in increasing financial turbulance, unless something is done about those budget deficits," he predicted. The state of Michigan is particularly vulnerable to further cuts in higher education, he said, because another economic downturn would "put a critical financial squeeze on both the state and its Universities. The senator called for "a broader blend of voices" in making the general public aware of this threat. He encouraged the assembled educators to meet with their congressmen and "talk through the issues," creating "a level of active in- volvement beyond anything we've ever seen before." UNIVERSITY President Harold Shapiro called Riegle's speech "ap- propriate and realistic" and agreed that "we must build a national sen- timent of support for higher education." He also stressed the importance of supporting increases in taxation, and advocated "going out and fighting for our funding," instead of "just sitting back and letting someone take care of us." In general, the gathered educators were impressed with Riegle's emotional address. "I sensed his frustration, and I agree Junding with it," said John Hurd, Vice President for Student Services at Washtenaw Community College. Hurd thinks the "forces against even maintaining the present level of federal funding are overwhelming" and felt that the Senator's speech "put the whole thing in perspective." Richard Calkins, president of Grand Rapids Junior College, was "struck by his enthusiasm." He said that the senator gave a "dynamic speech" and described him as "very sensitive to higher education, and very aware of the financial problems." Pill proponents clarify proposal ' (Continued from Page 1) Hartman who serves on MSA's academic integrity committee. However, he added that even the mention of suicide could put someone who is already close to suicide over the edge. "I don't think it's appropriate that we move anyone closer to suicide," he said. KAREN MYSLIWIEC, SANS organizer, said her group is not promoting suicide pills as an answer to nuclear war. "Suicide pills have never been a solution," she said, ex- plaining that the proposal is simply intended to bring out the issue of nuclear war and to get people to deal with it. She added that her group did not add the suicide disclaimer into its proposal in order to receive an endorsement from f , -MSA. "We can stand by our own proposal," she said. "Sure, it would be great if MSA agreed with us." IN ADDITION to putting the suicide disclaimer into the test of the proposal, SANS has reworded its proposal in order to make it conform to MSA's ballot question rule. SANS has also taken out two phrases which MSA representatives found confusing. The measure originally read: "This proposal is intended to provoke serious thought and discussion of the urgent need to put a halt to the arms race. We believe that nuclear war threatens thinking of life in terms of the future and has the ef- fect of negating choice. The proposal now reads: "The purpose of this request is to stimulate serious discussion surrounding the catastrophic consequences of nuclear war. This request does not in any way endorse suicide except in a post nuclear war situation." According to Eric Schnaufer, MSA law school represen- tative, the old wording was confusing. He said the proposal is concerned with nuclear war, not the arms race and that the phrase "negating choice" was too confusing. 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