The Michigan Daily- Tuesday, November 5, 1991 - Page 3
Congress
to
student loan
by Stefanie Vines
Daily Government Reporter
Two different versions of the
Higher Education Reauthorization
Act, both of which include provi-
sions to eliminate banks from the
student loan process, moved closer
to final approval in the House and
Senate last week.
However, President George Bush
has threatened to veto any new legis-
lation incorporating direct student
loans.
The House Education and Labor
subcommittee approved $20-billion-
a-year legislation to reauthorize the
higher education law.
The House bill includes a provi-
sion to change the current student
loan program to a direct student loan
program. The new program would
drop banks from the student loan
system and make the Pell Grant pro-
gram an entitlement requiring
Congress to provide full financing
for the grants.
Senators Paul Simon (D-Ill.) and
Dave Durenberger (R-Minn.) intro-
duced a direct loan amendment to the
Senate Subcommittee on Education,
Arts and the Humanities. Although
the proposal was not voted on in the
subcommittee, it will go to the
Senate floor before Thanksgiving.
The Simor. L. .berger proposal
would use t-^e-avings in bank pay-
ments to exp d .;tudent aid to mid-
~d SellI
damage.
Remick said he could still do
some research, but that the work
scheduled for Saturday will have to
be postponed, adding that the delay
will cost him an extra ten hours of
work this week.
Napolitan said that repair work
will begin sometime in the next
couple of weeks.
"The biggest problem is replac-
ing the ceiling and floor tiles," he
said. He sai he is not sure whether
the Univer ant Department or
an outside tor will do the re-
pairs.
dle income students and would create
a direct student loan program similar
to the House plan. It would also
provide for a repayment mechanism
through the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) with payments based on a stu-
dent's income after graduation.
David Carle, Simon's press secre-
tary, said the Simon-Durenberger
plan is a hot political issue.
hear
bill
Education Secretary Lamar Alexander
oppose the direct student loan pro-
gram. Alexander notified both House
and Senate proponents that Bush
would veto any legislation that con-
tained a direct loan program.
"The administration is convinced
that there are far too many problems,
risks, and costs associated with the
direct loan proposals," Alexander
'Banks would not be involved in the new
process. There is a lot at stake'
- David Carle
Sen. Paul Simon's press secretary
"It would change the structure of said in a press release.
student aid completely. Banks would Tom Butts, executive director of
not be involved in the new process. the University's Washington office,
There is a lot at stake," Carle said. said the Simon-Durenberger proposal
Bill Bryant, the press secretary is a step in the right direction.
for Sen. Claiborne Pell (D-Rhode "h
Island), said Pell is opposed to the "The fact that the Senate is con-
direct student loan program because sidering a direct loan program is a
of he rogam' hidencoss.very good thing. The Simon-
of the program s hidden costs. Durenberger plan is a little too new
administrative part of it.T to evaluate completely, but it has
Department of Education said they many good provisions," Butts said.
don't have the resources to adminis- Other provisions in the House
ter the program," he said, and Senate legislation would im-
Bryant said using the IRS as a prove teacher education programs,
loan collector would be a violation increase the size of Pell Grants, and
of privacy. encourage states to develop early in-
Despite support in the House and tervention programs to educate chil-
Senate, President Bush and dren about higher education.
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South Africans strike
Youths from the squatter township of Khayalitsha, outside of Cape Town, stand in front of a burning
barricade yesterday. At least 17 people were killed as more than a million Blacks struck to protest a new sales
tax that Black leaders say the white-led minority government introduced without consulting them.
Shower spill floods
Me
by Barry Cohen
Flooding on portions of three
floors in the pathology wing of the
Medical Science I building early
Saturday morning resulted in damage
to three research labs, delaying sev-
eral projects.
Security discovered water several
inches deep in the hallway on the
4th floor about I a.m., apparently
from an overflowing safety shower.
Eugene Napolitan, administrator
of the Pathology Department, said
the spring return on the safety
shower - meant to cut off the flow
of water after a few minutes - had
been left open.
"Combination safety showers and
eye washes are in each of the hall-
ways for employee safety," he said.
Public Safety Dept. Lt. Gary Hill
HEARING
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and decrease the spread of HIV,"
Welch said.
The council meeting followed a
rally on the Diag yesterday at which
students and community members
spoke in favor of the ordinance.
Despite the insistence of the
speakers, few council members ad-
mitted to feeling much political
pressure. Councilmember Kirk
Dodge (R-2nd Ward) said he would
support the ordinance despite the
fact that 90 percent of the 200 calls
to his answering machine opposed
the ordinance.
The consensus among council
members was that the ordinance
said, "The damage could have oc-
curred in a number of ways. At this
point, we do not know whether it
was malicious or accidental."
This was not the first time that
the pathology wing had been
flooded, said Dr. Dar. Rennick, assis-
tant professor of pathology.
"The same shower a few months
ago had a weight put on it to keep it
from shutting off," he said. That
time, security shut the shower off
before major damage had occurred.
Rennick said that the police were
ruling the flooding malicious de-
struction of property, but security
officials would not confirm that.
The plant department removed the
water early Saturday morning, but it
had seeped through the floor tiles and
reached both the 3rd and 2nd floors,
would pass as the speakers list
dragged into the night.
Councilmember Larry Hunter
(D-1st Ward) said the vote would
reflect "the spirit of Ann Arbor."
"I think Ann Arbor is a progres-
sive community," Hunter said,
"While some people may oppose
this ordinance, there aren't many
who are vocally against it."
Councilmember Ann Marie
Coleman (D-1st Ward) agreed.
"There are gay, straight, bisexual
and heterosexual people in this au-
dience who spoke in favor of the or-
dinance," she said, "I also think
there were people here who opposed
it, and that's also reflective of Ann
Arbor. Ann Arbor is not of one
mind about anything as near as I can
tell."
damaging three labs.
"We do not know what analytical
equipment was damaged at this time.
We need to assess that," Napolitan
said.
Hill said, "As much as $100,000
damage could have occurred, but that
is just a guestimate. It could be
more or could be less." After a few
days; when the equipment has dried,
an official inventory will be taken to
access the damage, he added.
Napolitan said projects in the
damaged labs are continuing. One
section of the lab on the 3rd floor
was forced to relocate, and the lab on
the 2nd floor suffered only slight
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What's happening in Ann Arbor today
Meetings
Time and Relative Dimensions in+
Ann Arbor, weekly mtg. 2439 Mason, 8
p.m.
Anthropology Club. Dominick's, 7
p.m.
Ad Hoc Coalition for Fair Family
Housing. LGMPO, Union, 3rd floor,
7:30.
Speakers
Chris Berman. Rackham Auditorium,
5 p.m.
Furthermore
Safewalk, night-time safety walking
service. Sun-Thur, 8 p.m.-1:20 a.m. and
Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. Stop by
102 UGLi or call 936-1000. Extended
hours are 1 a.m. -3 a.m. at the Angell
Hall Computing Center or call 763-
4246.
Northwalk,North Campus safety
walking service. Sun-Thur 8 p.m.-1:30
a.m. and Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m.-11:30 p.m.
ECB Peer Writing Tutors. An-
gell/Mason Computing Center, 7-11.
Church Street, 7-9.
U-M Swim Club, Tuesday Workout. IM
Pool, 6:30-8:30.
Women's Rugby, Tuesday practice.
Mitchell Field, 5:45-8 p.m.
"The Oxbow Incident," film. Angell
Aud A, 9 p.m.
New Immigration Regulations.
International Center, Rm 9, 10:30-
12:30.
"Black People Take Their Freedom:
Southern Reconstruction 1865-1875,"
SPARK Revolutionary History Series.
MLB Rm B122, 7-8.
The Poetry of Vasyl Holoborodko, po-
etry reading. Rackham East Conf Rm, 4
p.m.
Fruits of the Vine Schmoozefest.
Hillel, 7 p.m.
Reform Havurah Study Break. East
Quad, Greene Lounge, 9:30.
Career Planning and Placement.
The Law School Application Process.
CP&P Conference Rm, 4:10-5.
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