The Michigan Daily - Saturday, July 9, 1983 - Page 7
Women may gain political power
Mrs. Reagan at breakfast," the Democratic governor MORE THAN 1,000 feminists have gathered for the
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) - Women have only said. convention, which will focus on practical methods of
started to exert the potential political power that can In the ceremony at a theater straddling the San An- extracting political power from the gender gap.
make them the nation's decisive voting bloc, the tonio River, White thanked the caucus for its support Through seminars and workshops, the activists are
National Women's Political Caucus was told yester- and talked of the future. learning and planning how to win in the 1984 elections
day. "WOMEN HOLD the potential for political power and beyond. The gender gap is the name given to
"We are on the brink of an explosion of woman that is unmatched by any other group in America women's voting patterns and attitudes toward
power," caucus chief Kathy Wilson said at yester- today," he said. "You have the power to be the most Reagan and most Republicans since 1980. That year,
day's formal opening of a three-day convention. powerful voting bloc in national politics." for the first time known, women voted differently
TEXAS GOV. Mark White, elected in 1982 with the Caucus founder Bella Abzug added, "Women will from men.
backing of the caucus, told the more than 750 decide who will be the next president of the United Women split their votes between Reagan and Jim-
delegates and alternates that they have political clout States." my Carter, while men were voting for Reagan by a 20
and that President Reagan has not awakened to that White, Wilson, Abzug and others arrived for the percentage point margin.
new fact. convention's opening on a tour barge that plies the Women have been more negative about Reagan,
"The man in the White House doesn't understand river through the downtown area. Music was giving him lower job ratings than men and rating
the gender gap. He thinks it means sitting closer to provided by a mariachi band. him less likely to care about people.
House of Judah cult
members leave camp
ALLEGAN (UPI) - Defiant mem- there is probable cause to believe they
bers of the House of Judah sect left have been or may be abused and
their religious camp en masse yester- neglected, a court official said.
day to attend a custody hearing prom- Sunday's death of John Yarbough, 12,
pted by the death of a 12-year-old boy prompted an inspection of the 22-acre
severely beaten for refusing to do his trailer camp, occupied by 100 followers
chores. of the self-described prophet William
The public was barred from attending Lewis.
the preliminary hearing before Allegan THE BOY'S mother, Ethel Yar-
County Probate Judge George Grieg brough, 33, faces manslaughter charges
on the fate of nine boys and two girls and a possible 15-year prison sentence
Y aged 5 to 16. His decision ultimately for the slaying. She was being held in
could affect about 44 other children at the Allegan County Jail pending a
the camp. preliminary hearing July 13.
AUTHORITIES said the 11 children Lewis, 60, insists members of the
were removed from the camp in nearby group do not abuse children and said
Grand Junction following an inspection "God killed the boy." He said young
Wednesday of the "primitive" com- Yarbough consistently refused to obey
. pound by county health and juvenile of- orders and carry out his daily chores.
ficials. Some showed signs of severe AS HE LEFT for the hearing, Lewis
physical discipline, investigators said. said state and county officials are
The court could place all 55 children trying to destroy the religious group by
in foster care homes if Greig decides causing dissension among its members.
Interest rates for
student loans to drop
By JACKIE YOUNG student loan rates were hiked from 7 to
Interest rates on Guaranteed Student 9 percent. The increase was approved
Loans will drop from 9 to 8 percent this under the condition that if treasury bill
month for students borrowing for the rates dipped below 9 percent over 12
first time, if treasury bill rates don't in- months, student loan rates would drop
crease, according to University finan- to 8 percent, said Butts.
Students applying for aid this fall
cial aid officials. won't be affected by the change which
Under a law passed by Congress in i ceue og noefc et 3
1980 student loan rates must drop to 8 is scheduled to go nto effect Sept. 13.
percent if treasury bill rates - the in- said Elaine Nowak, senior financial aid
terest rate on federal bonds - is less officer. Only students seeking federal
loans for the first time this winter will
than 9 percent over one year, said ,be affected by the change, she added.
Thomas Butts the University's "Lenders will still get the same
assistant to the vice president for returnthat they reenget," said
academic affairs in Washington. r se e g s
The law was a compromise between Butts. "but a special allowance con-
the House and Senate in 1980 when tributed by the government will pick up
the extra cost."
Through a glass darkly
The new Detroit Edison Building on Main Street is framed ina window of the
present one, as the old gives way to the new.
Proposed tougher rules may block student aid
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must live on their own for at least one . the proposed rules are not necessary, ber of students declaring themselves ficulty of collecting all the
year after and two years prior to the because it isn't clear more students are independent because the age com- as well as analyzing and val
time they apply in order to be con- abusing the current system. position of the average student hasn't he said.
sidered financially independent, More students are declaring them- changed much over the years, Grotrian Under the proposed rules'
Grotrian said. selves financially independent because said. insurance that the money
UNDER THE rules, however, a the average age of students attending The proposed changes would add distributed any better
distinction would be made between un- college nationwide has risen, therefore nearly a page and-a-half to financial aid equitably) than it is n
dergraduate and graduate students more students are actually paying their forms which would make applying for Grotrian.
allowing students whose parents don't own education costs, said Harvey student aid more complex. The authority to determin
pay for graduate school but did sub- Grotrian, the University's financial aid Grotrian wrote a letter to the ts should be considered fin
sidize undergraduate education to be director. education department last month dependent is currently in
considered independent. AT THE University there has not criticizing the proposed rules urging place - in the hands of adm
University financial aid offibials said been a significant increase in the num- them to consider the "increased dif- who work with students, Gro
added data
idating it,"
"there is no
would be
(or more
ow," said
e if studen-
incially in-
the proper
ninistrators
trian said.