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by Melissa Peerless
Daily Higher Education Reporter
For the first time since the
early 1950s, 23 private northeast-
ern universities say they will make
decisions about prospective stu-
dents' financial aid without con-
sulting each other.
The schools, including Ivy
League and traditionally all-
women's institutions, cancelled
their annual "overlap meeting,"
pending an investigation by the
U.S. Justice Department.
The meeting is normally held at
Wellesley University each March.
The Justice Department alleges.
that by sharing financial informa-
tion on common applicants, the
universities could make identical
financial aid offers to more than
10,000 students admitted to more
than one institution.
The investigation, which began
in 1989, also alleges that the uni-
versities are using the "overlap
meetings" to fix tuition prices,

faculty salaries, and financial aid
rates.
By discontinuing the meetings,
the universities save themselves
from future problems but also open
themselves to suits from students
who feel that the amount of finan-
cial aid they received was less-
ened due to the collaboration.
'We did not agree on
identical financial aid
packages
- Robert Durkee
Director of Public Affairs,
Princeton University
"We did not do anything
wrong," said Robert Durkee,
Princeton's director of Public Af-
fairs. "We have pooled information
on students only to ensure that
each school has the latest, most
accurate assessment of students'
financial needs and to help ensure
that students choose a college

based on academic and persona
considerations."
"We know the Justice Depart-
ment is concerned, so rather than
disrupt the discussion, it was de-
cided that it was better to not go
ahead and concentrate more on
keeping up conversations with the
Justice Department," he said.
Justice Department officials re-
fused comment.
Regarding possible student law
suits, Durkee said, "We did not
agree on identical financial aid
packages. Because most schools
have similar aid allocation formu-
las, similar offers emerge."
In addition to Princeton, the fol-
lowing universities are involved in
the "overlap" group: Harvard,
Yale, Barnard, Wellesley, Wes-
lyan, Colby, Trinity, Bowdoin,
MIT, Tufts, Amherst, Smith, Mt.@
Holyoke, Williams, Columbia,
Cornell, Vassar, Bryn Mawr, Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, Brown,
Dartmouth, and Middlebury.


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and if nobody could make any
money at crime, there wouldn't be
any crime."
Liddy gave mixed reviews on
President Bush, praising his for-
eign policy, but terming his han-
dling of domestic issues "a disas-
ter."
"He could fix that by getting rid
of (White House Budget Director)
'Dick Darman," he added.
Liddy shied away from making
predictions for the 1992 presiden-
tial election, but he did say the
-race is "George Bush's to lose."

He also mentioned that he
heard rumors of a "rather cynical"
plan for the Democrats to run Rev.
Jesse Jackson.
"The proposal is to nominate
Jesse Jackson, run him against
George Bush in 1992, and say
'OK, we gave you your shot.'"'
Finally, Liddy was asked if he
had a message to students.
"There are sweeping across the
campuses, not just this campus,
but the campuses of the United
States, the virus of political cor-
rectness. Resist it. It is being hoist
upon you by your 60s-residue pro-
fessors. It is an acid which will
corrupt your intellect."

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amount of payment to

Disabled advocates plan fall events

by JoAnne Viviano



"We have tried to help our-
selves but now we've done every-
thing we can do. We've changed
the admissions process to allow
less people in the program, and
gotten the university to provide a
little extra money for research
TAs. Many grad students have re-
thought how many sections we will
teach. By taking two sections in-
stead of three, we can spread what
little money there is out more,"
said Johnson.
Iowa TAs are organized through
the departments in which they
teach, not unionized as a whole
body.
Like Iowa TAs, Yale University
graduate student educators are not
unionized. They have found this
lack of organization to be the
greatest obstacle in their dealings
with their administrators.
"Grad students are being forced
to take second and third jobs just
to earn enough money to survive,"
said Mary Renda, a Yale grad stu-
dent who was a TA for the past
four years. "They can't live on the
money they're earning. I had to
quit. The pay's just too low."
"We are in the midst of build-
ing a union. We're just trying to
get strong enough to make formal
requests of our administration and
have them take us seriously and
try to answer them," she added.

In order to highlight a need for
improving services for the disabled
at the University, two groups work-
ing toward this goal have united
their efforts.
The Barrier Free Computer
Users Group (BFCUG) and the
Learning Disabilities Society
(LDS) held their first joint meeting
last night to plan events for Invest
in Abilities Week next October.
The week is organized by the Uni-
versity's Services for Students with
Disabilities and the Affirmative
Action Office.
The groups are proposing sev-
eral presentations, including a

consciousness raising display, a
video presentation with a panel
discussion, an explanation of the
Federal Americans with Disabili-
ties Act, and a computer technol-
ogy presentation by various corpo-
rate venders.
BFCUG buys equipment for the
Low Vision Area computer room
on the fourth floor of the UGLi.
That equipment includes large
print screens and software, braille
output, and voice output.
John Warner, BFCUG presi-
dent, said facilities now available
to the disabled are only a fraction
of what his group would like to ob-
tain. "We've only scratched the




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located, not across the board,"
said Special Assistant to the
Provost Kay Dawson.
The Provost relied on input
from the Provost Advisory Com-
mittee on Excellence in an Era of
Revenue Constraints to determine
amounts each department had to
cut. He also consulted with the
deans and the vice presidents in
each unit.
Administrative departments are
handling the cuts in different man-
ners.
The University's research de-
partment, which faces an $89,067
reduction in base funds, did not fill
an associate vice president posi-
tion and a secretarial position -

both of which were vacated earlier
this year.
"The associate vice president is
involved in coordinating new re-
search activities. We lost someone
who could be out talking with fac-
ulty, and directing them to sources
of funding," said Judith Pitney, di-
rector of planning and administra-
tion services.
Overall, however, Pitney said
the office was not hard hit. "We
knew we had to cut back and had
the money in hand."
Assistant to the Vice President
for Student Services for Finance
and Personnel Rodger Wolf said
his office was only "somewhat
prepared for the process."
Wolf said the cuts in his de-
partment are not finalized yet, but
the $29,756 that they must trim

surface," he said. "Our goal is to
get enough funding from the Uni-
versity so no one with a physical*
disability is at any disadvantage."
LDS is a new student organiza-
tion founded by Emily Singer. The
society presents faculty recogni-
tion awards and sponsors tutoring
for learning disabled students. The
group will also host Dr. Geraldine
Markel of the Reading and Learn-
ing Skills Center for a lec-
ture/discussion in April.
Singer said her organization's@
main problem is funding. "What
we really need is a full-fledged
Learning Disabilities program at
this university," she said.
from their budget - which
amounts to less than 1 percent of
the budget - will reach both the
Office of Student Services and its
subordinate departments.
Wolf predicted the reduction@
will not affect the quality of ser-
vices provided.
Vice President for Government
Relations Richard Kennedy said
although he was not surprised by
the almost $6,000 cut from his of-
fice's base fund, the department
has not formulated a specific strat-
egy to handle the cuts.
Kennedy added- that the Univer-
sity's Washington office could be
affected. "(The cutback) will have
an impact on how effective we are
in lobbying for things that are im-
portant to students, like student.
aid."



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Deon Wagner, an LSA junior.
Wagner said lower-income stu-
dents often face a discouraging
"brick wall" when considering

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where they are going to find the
funds to pay for an education.
It's just sad that people who
are poor are expected to strive for
the same goals as everyone else,
while society effectively locks
them out," Wagner said.
Several students also com-
mented that heavy work schedules
were causing academic difficulties
and high stress. Nursing School
Senior Lisa Warriner described re-
sorting to a 40-hour a week job
when the financial aid she was
awarded did not come close to
covering her needs.
"Do you want to take eight
years to get through school or do it

in four years and work 40 hours a
week?" is a question Warriner said
she had to face.
The forum was one of six being
held this spring by the Michigan
Student Educational Fund
(MSEF), a student-run research
organization based in Lansing. A
scientific survey, in addition to the
forums, is part of a study commis-
sioned by the state to investigate
the result of shifting educational
costs.
"It is not enough to say there is
a student need," said MSEF Re-s
search Director Peter Lutz, adding
that direct effects need to be iden-
tified.

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