Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 30, 1985 OIJ loans prompt restrictions Cases of loan fraud involving studen- ts; administrators, and contractors, at Ohio State University have prompted the U.S. Department of Education to put tighter restrictions on loan and grant eligibility. In fiscal year 1984, 366 prosecutions were made at Ohio State University for grant and loan fraud. Among those prosecuted were students, administratators, and con- tractors. One hundred and thirty of the cases dealt with Pell grants. Students lied aid applications. The end result of the violations may be new Pell grant forms. However, new forms would not be released until 1986 or 1987. - The Ohio State Lantern College gives jobless students free schooling If students at Lyndon State College in Vermont can't find a job after graduating, they can always go back to school - for free. The college is offering this year's graduates a free semester of study if they can't snare any jobs in their fields within six months of graduation. In order to qualify for the program, seniors have to follow five steps recommended by the school's career services office: career identification, resume writing, research on potential employers, writing to employers, and a critique of interviews with employers. About half of last year's graduates followed these steps and all got jobs within six months. - The Chronicle of Higher Education Anti-hazing bill introduced hazing illegal. If the bill becomes law, hazing will be punishable by a $5,000 fine and two-and-one-half years in prison. The bill was introduced on behalf of the parents of James L. Lenaghan who died almost a year ago ofralcohol poisoning after a Zeta Chi fraternity dinner at American International College. - The Chronicle of Higher Education California student dies in elevator A student at the University of Califor- nia - Santa Barbara - was killed earlier this month when he attempted to escape from a crowded dormitory elevator full of students who were posing for a group photograph. James Howard, a freshman, died when his body became wedged in the elevator shaft, according to a college spokesman. About 20 students had crowded into the elevator when it started to descend slowly. Howard apparently tried to escape, the spokesman said. College and state safety inspectors are investigating the incident, he said. - The Chronicle of Higher Education Bill limits California university tuition Student fees seem to go up, up, and away every year. But in California, it appears some relief may be in sight. These increases would be limited at California universities if a bill in- troduced in the state legislature, which has won support from a coalition of university officials, student leaders, and lawmakers, is passed. If the bill becomes law, sudden, large increases in fees at the University of California and California State Univer- stiy systems would be limited. The bill seeks to limit increases to 10 percent a year. And if it is passed, the increases will depend on the amount of state support available for certain university expenditures. Tight college budgets forced fees in these school systems to jump between 30 and 62 percent a year during the past several years. It is also supposed to eliminate higher fees that graduates now pay over un- dergraduates. - The Chronical of Higher Education Colleges was compiled by Daily staff writer Steve Leiken. It appears every Wednesday. about dependency status, income, and other key factors. Administrators and contractors often filled out applications as though they were students. They received, but most were caught. In some cases, collection agencies asked for the money back if a grant was paid before the fraudulent material was discovered. Now, the Education Department is planning to verify more information on The Massachusetts legislature is con- sidering a bill to make fraternity ychology prof. leads R C director search (Continued from Page 1) decision would ultimately be up to LSA's executive committe. HOWEVER, STEINER told RC- students at a meeting last fall, that if, they didn't find the candidate accep- table he or she would not be appointed. While students at the RC may not have a wide knowledge of Douvan, her peers at the University think she can handle the position. "I would think she would be superb," said associate chairman of the psychology department charles Morris. "AS A SCHOLAR she is excellent. She has been spending a lot of time at the undergraduate and graduate level," he said, adding that she has been able to keep in touch with the students that way. Morris, who says he has known Douvan for 20 years, said she has the leadership skills to run the Residential College. "She is able to work with people ef- fectively, she leads with direction. She can lead the community without issuing mandates," Morris said. STUDENT input is a trademark of the RC. Thomas Juster, the director of the In- stitute for Social Research (ISR), called Douvan a "remarkable woman.' Douvan was the study director for the Survey Research Center of ISR from 1951-1958 and a research associate from 1959 to 1961. She has co-authored two books during the last couple years which study the role of men and women in society. "(SHE) pays a lot of attention to students," said Juster, adding "she is the kind of person who is willing and anxious to share knowledge with young people." Some say this is her best quality. "She would be excellent at the kind activities the Residential College depends on," the transmitting of knowledge and wisdom," Juster said. MERSEREAU has no question as to her qualifications for the post. "None of the other candidates have a higher profile around the Residential College than her," Mersereau said. "My feeling is she is extremely qualified," he said, adding, "because a director has to have a kind of academic clout to run a program with the Univer- sity." SHE HAS put in her time administratively and would be able to handle the job administratively, he said. "I have the highest opinion of Libby Douvan, as a scholar, a person, a scien- tist... she's first rate," said Juster. Douvan is a Catharine Neafie Kellog Professor, an endowed chair; one of the highest honors awarded at the Univer- sity. Douvan is a 1946 graduate of Vassar College and has a Masters degree and a Ph.D from the University. She is the author of many books on social psychology and is a nationally renowned figure on adolescents and changing family roles. IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and United Press International reports OPEC nears price-cutting plan GENEVA, Switzerland-OPEC edged toward agreement Tuesday on cut- ting prices for the second time in its history, but oil ministers ended a second day of emergency talks without completing details. The president of the cartel, Indonesian Oil Minister Subroto, said the 13 ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries would meet again Wednesday morning. Pressure on OPEC was heightened when an important ally, Egypt, with- drew from the meeting as an official observer early Tuesday saying it would go its own way. Egypt is not a member of the 13-nation group. A rare special session had been scheduled Tuesday night, then canceled. Venezuelan Oil Minister Arturo Hernandez Grisanti said a committee of car- tel members that met earlier in the evening had been unable to present a single pricing proposal to the full group. The size of proposed price cuts was the main point of contention inside the closed-door meeting, according to Indonesian Oil Minister Subi oto, OPEC's president. "We made progress in the sense that we narrowed" the difference in views among the ministers, he said during a break in the talks. He said there had been no agreement on specific price cuts. FDA approves first herpes drug WASHINGTON-The government yesterday approved the first prescrip- tion pill to treat initial and repeat bouts of genital herpes, saying those who suffer worst "will benefit the most." The Food and Drug Administration said the drug will not cure herpes, but is expected to slow the spread of the disease and provide the first long-term relief to some of the estimate 5 million to 20 million Americans afflicted with the contagious virus. An FDA spokesman said the drug, acyclovir, will be on the market by Feb.11. It is manufactured by Burroughs Wellcome Co. of Research Triangle Park, N.C., and will be sold by prescription under the trade name Zovirax. The FDA said studies have shown a few mild side effects, such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headaches and dizziness. Meese -seeks Senate approval WASHINGTON - Edwin Meese, battling for Senate confirmation as attor- ney general, defended his conduct yesterday and said a special prosecutor had found his actions were in line with the highest ethical and legal standar- ds. Meese appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the first time since a special prosecutor cleared him of criminal wrongdoing last year, and sought to convince its members that he is fit to be the nation's highest law enforcement officer despite new controversy about his ethics. As the hearings opened, the committee obtained a copy of an internal report from two lawyers in the Office of Government Ethics, the gover- nment's watchdog agency, that concluded Meese's activities in two financial dealing violated federal ethics standards. Meese, 53, was nominated last year by President Reagan to replace Attor- ney General William French Smith, but his nomination was derailed by questions about his personal finances and other dealings. Senate GOP demand cuts WASHINGTON - Senate Republican leaders, confronted with an unyielding Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, bluntly told the White House yesterday that the entireeffort to cut fedeal deficits could unravel unless the Reagan administration agrees to a substantial reduction in its military buildup. Weinberger "cannot be a draft dodger" in the war against deficits, Ap- propriations Committee Chariman Mark Hatfield (R-Ore.), declared after a closed-door meeting at which the defense chief said he could accept no fur- ther cuts in the propsed fiscal 1986 budget of $277.5 billion to be submitted next week. Hatfield said the only alternative to a balanced package of spending cuts, including a freeze in defense spending, is a "tax increase, a substantial tax increase in the very near future" that President Reagan opposes. He later said a defense spending freeze was a "minimum requirement" for an overall reduction package. He said he is "irreversibly committed" to a freeze and believes the Senate will support one. Pope cites worker exploitation CIUDID GUAYANA, Venezuela - In the blazing heat of Venezuela's in- dustrial interior, Pope John Paul II condemned the exploitation of workers and "dehumanizing" effects of technology yesterday in a rousing farewell speech before going on to Ecuador. "Work exists for man," he declared during an outdoor Mass in Ciudad Guayana, a city of steel, iron and aluminum industries, "but man is not to be the slave of the machine of technology." Cheering followers responded: "The working masses await you." In his homily, the pope declared that the church stands beside the worker and spoke out against social inequities, especially in the Third World. Venezuela was the first stop on John Paul's sixth Latin American tour. He arrived yesterday afternoon in Quito, capital of Ecuador, and will stay in the country until Friday. He then goes to Peru, and to Trinidad-Tobago in the Caribbean. "How long must man and the men of the Third World, put up unjustly with the primacy of the economic-based processes over the inviolable human rights and, in particular, the rights of workers and their families." The pope : told the excited crowds in Ciudad Guayana. j USbe 3irbijan IBuilg Vol. XCV -No. 99 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967 X) is published Tuesday through Sunday during the Fall and Winter terms and Tuesday through Saturday during the Spring and Summer terms by students at the University of Michigan. Sub- scription rates: September through April - $16.50 in Ann Arbor; $29.00 outside the city; May through August - $4.50 in Ann Arbor, $6.00 outside the city. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. 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