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Vol.61No.7t>
©   Central Michigan LIFE
Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859
Telephone's 774-3493^7743830
14 Pages
tudent loan abuses go unchecked
by SUE GLENN
LIFE Staff Writer
When officials in the financial aid world invented Guaranteed
Student Loans, they most likely intended the loans to be used to
help diligent students get through school without starving or
begging in the streets. '        •
Perhaps these well-meaning financial aid workers overlooked
that students will be spenders and thus perhaps use the low interest,
loans, which are not based on family income, for something other
than educational purposes.
For example a CMU junior from the northern part of the state
once applied for and received a State Guaranteed Student Loan for
$1,000 to help him pay for a summer session at CMU. The only
Fire destroys
plant offices
by JAMES ISELER
UFE Staff Writer
The Midland nuclear power plant suffered "several hundred-
thousand dollars damage" to temporary office space Wednesday
when the second fire to hit the facility this week swept through 23
trailers.
All the trailers in the 60 by 144-foot complex were gutted and
Consumer's and the fire department officials will be sifting through
the debris for the next few days, said Norm Saari, Consumer's
public affairs spokeman.
No workers were hurt but four or five firemen suffered muscle
sprains, according to Capt. Dallas Mowery of the Midland Fire
Department.
The fire was reported at about 2:45 a.m. and was completely
extinguished by 8 a.m., according to fire department officals.
Saari said only a "skeleton" security force was on duty when the
firewasjpepprted. ^ v_ ^ :,
*•JSne fffeuglTfef suffered a.pulled shoulder muscle*andj ■will be out
of work for a while, Mowery said. . •»
Saari said there is no firm estimate on damage but indicated there
was "several hundred-thousand dollars" in damage to the buildings
and contents. "
The temporary office complex stored operating procedures for
workers once the plant began operating, Saari said.   <
Many of the documents were duplicated and stored on computers
at the utility's Jackson headquarters. ,_    „„ '   „ •   .
(See "Nuke''—Page 12)
SA wants to
disperse funds
byKRISPIOCH
LIFE Staff Writer
The power of allocating funds to student organizations could
return to Student Association if Student Body President Jim Krzeminski gets his way.
A written proposal which would bring funding authorization back
to SA was submitted to Vice President of Student Affairs James
Hill Wednesday by Krzeminski, Grand Rapids junior.
Since last fall dispersement of funds to student organizations has
been determined by the Student Budget Review and -Allocation
Committee which is under the jurisdiction of Student Affairs. Prior
to that SA distributed funds to student organizations.
, "The structure of SBAC would be the same, but it's the principle
of it that I want to change. For student government to be a viable
organization funding should be under the students' constitution,"
Krzeminski said.
"SBAC would be as it is set up now except be under SA's constitution. SA would £?»t have any control over it," he said.
Although making no commitment Hill was receptive to the idea,
"The proposal deserves some consideration. I have set. up
meetings to discuss the proposal," Hill said. He will meet with
Assistant to the Vice President of Student Affairs Sharon George,
who is in charge of SBAC and Associate Dean of Student Affairs
Glenn Starner.
("It is probable as to whether the proposal will be utilized.'! cannot
say at this time, because there is a lot to be considered," Hill said.
The fate of SBAC will be on the line Thursday when Krzeminski,
Hill and George will meet to discuss the proposal.
(See"SBAC"-page2)
stipulation attached to the loan was he used it only for school and he
began paying: it backiit 7,percent interest nine months after he left
college. ■'    - '
The loan helped him pay for school, but he only used approximately $50, which left him with nearly $1,000 to use as he
pleased.
"I paid some bills, blew it and had a good time," he said.
And such is the problem with Guaranteed Student Loans.'
Robert Walling, director Of Financial Aids, said it is fairly easy to
abuse the loans for two reasons. >
First, since" students, are not required to report their families'
income when applying for a loan, they can receive a loan without
their parents knowing about it, Walling said.
"The present loan application doesn't require parental consent at
all," he said. "Since they don't need to report the income students
don't need their parents to sign it."
Another factor which makes the loans easy to abuse is the difficulty to prove the money a student is spending on non-educational
items is actually the loan money.
Walling explained it is often easy for a student to borrow money
to pay for school and then buy a car with money he made over the
summer.
"The question then comes up: if a student Is eligible for a loan, is
that abuse?" he said. "If a student gets both a loan and a car, are the
two related?''   .
One of the aspects of the Guaranteed Student Loans that appeals
to students is no interest gathers on the loans while the student is in
college. Instead, the interest is subsidized .by the federal govern-
ment' ' (See"Weak"-pagell)
Give pedce a chance
CMUFEPHOTOSBYWUMMlANCASTEti
Protesting President Carter's plan for peace-time
registration was the order of business Wednosday during
an anti-draft rally conducted in front of Park Library. Tom
Kostrzewa, left Mount Pleasant resident, introduced
speakers which consisted mostly of students giving their
personal views on the draft (See related story page 3.)
1980's great headcount begins
Students to receive census forms
by KRIS PIOCH
LIFE Staff Writer
The United States Census
reports should be received
today by students living off-
campus.
Nationwide today the
questionnaires will go into every
home in the country'in the 1980
decennial census.
The forms are to be filled out
Census Day, April 1, and be
mailed   back   to   the   Census
Bureau.
"Students are counted in
Mount. Pleasant rather than in
their hometowns because they
attend school a majority of the
time, said Bob Whalen, district
manager of the area Census
Bureau.
Students who live off-campus
will receive the regular
household questionnaire that
asks about 20 questions. One in
six households will receive a
longer  version  of  the  report
asking more detailed questions.
Students that live on campus
fall into the Special Place
Operations division of the
Census Bureau since they do not
have a set place of residence.
Those in special place
operations will receive the
individual census report which
asks name, sex, race, birthdate
and marital status, A slightly
more lengthy report with • 33
questions will go to one-sixth of
the special population.
The     questionnaires * for
(See "Census"—page 2)
n Brief
Central Michigan Community Hospital will
sponsor five free classes for people with
diabetes and their families beginning April 2 at
7 p.m* For more information call 773-7941, ex.
387 or 362.
Today LIFE features a
glimpse of other campuses throughout the
country,
page 3
Central Michigan
student trainer Tom
Falan was at his best in
Texas when he saved a
man's life while with the
baseball team,
page 8
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