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. e iA 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 Continued from page 1 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 H 0 T T U R DEN S E E S C A P iW RIT E F OR T HE M IC H IGAN D A IL Y _ I Ii SENORS!2R Absolutely t1-e last week for senitr portraits! When: This is the last week! (Nov. 4- Nov. 8) . Time: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Place: 420 Maynard/Student Publications Bldg Fee: $ 5 for first-timers $ 10 for re-takers No Appointment Necessary! I TO LANDS FAR AWAY WITHOUT LEAVING ANN ARBOR. DISCOVER THE OASIS. RELAX IN THE WARM, SWIRLING CURRENTS OF A HOT TUB PRIVATELY ENCLOSED IN A LUSH INDOOR OR OUTDOOR GARDEN SETTING. GROUP RATES AVAILABLE. 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