friday,march 30, 1990
cabrini college, radnor, pa 19087
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Junior Joe Martini (left) pulls a move on sophomore Daniel Francis during a Jello-wrestling match during Superthon weekend. For more photos see pages 6 &7. (Photo by Mark Gudas)
Feds 'get tough'with stâ–Ądents by Kelly Reed Defaults on Guaranteed Student Loans have risen to the point of forcing the federal government into taking action against students and institutions that are not paying back the loans. "Here at Cabrini I would say that 99 percent of the students who have loans are paying them back," Kelly Jennings, Cabrini's loan officer said. Since 1965, the federal government has helped millions of students pay for their education by guaranteeing loans made by pri-
vate lenders. Guaranteed Student Loans, also known as the Stafford Loan allow students to borrow from $2625 to $4000. Payment of the loan begins six months after graduation. According to U.S. News and World Report of those loans there is approximately $53 billion worth that was borrowed by 24 million students that are now currently in default. The government has devised ways in which to get these "deadbeat" borrowers to repay their loans. From confiscating tax refunds,
to reporting them to credit agencies, to the extreme of prosecuting them, the government has taken a "get tough" policy with the defaulters. The default rate here at Cabrini is a low three percent as compared to other colleges where the default rate is as high as 25 percent. For students who attend colleges with high default rates, getting a student loan is becoming more difficult. In fact, Citibank corporation, the nation• s largest lender of stu
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Housing
List to help alleviate crunch by Carlo Jacono Working with the handicap of not having an additional residence hall, the admissions and resid~nt life departments have been forced to use the tool of the waiting list earlier than ever before this year. The March l start is one month earlier than last year and over a month sooner than the prior year. Prospective students who enrolled at Cabrini before the March-I deadline were guaranteed housing. Those who entered after that date were placed on the waiting list. As of March 27, zero males and six women are on the list. "Resident life gives us a round number of returning students which in tum we trim down to allow for flexibility," Nancy Gardner, director of admissions, said. That number started at 29 beds open for males and 90 for females. That number swelled to 41 and 91, respectively, with the reconfiguration of housing for next fall. The reconfiguration took the form of moving the majority ofretuming men out of Xavier and into another house on residential boulevard. Seventy-two percent of residents on campus are female, while 28 percent are male. The lottery process for returning residents that ends March 30 will detennine the final numberofopen beds. There are 490 full-time residency spaces on campus, and with the assumption that 354 students are returning, that leaves 136 open beds. If the lottery process (with each returning resident having to submit a $100 deposit by March 30 to guarantee housing) shows more spaces, than the number of open
beds grows. ''It is important to stress to those returning students who do not get in their $ 100 deposits by March 30 that they will not, or it will be difficult, to get housing in the fall," John Doyle, director of residence life, said. The lottery process is earlier than usual this year due to the enrollment management committee's request. The reason for the sooner date is that this year's lottery is essential in detennining the number of freshman beds. May , l is the common reply date of acceptance for freshman. Gardner said, "The problem with the lotf!"ry being the usual mid-April date is that it is too late in giving the word to prospective students. They must know if they have a residency space. "Prospective students will receive word on the open number of beds the first week of April this year, (at the latest April 16) which is plenty of time to decide.'' Gardner added that new students who give a deposit and don't get housing will be able to get their money back. According to admissions, when freshman enrollment reached 25 for the men, and 80 for the women, the waiting list was enacted to allow for the flexibility of choice. In a memo sent to department heads in late February, admissions stated that all new male residents are subject to the waiting list. All new female residents who live within 20 miles of campus are subject to the waiting list with all new women residents eventually being subjected to it. All prospec more Waiting on 5
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Honeststudents are gettingcheated Quayle comesto town by Anna-MarieKarlsen Time is running close to the end of another semester, and preparations are underway for finals. Many students want or need good grades to do well in their classes. Some students will go to great lengths to receive those grades. In a recent anonymous poll of Cabrini students, 29 percent of the students who returned questionnaires said that they would cheat in order to get better grades. The reasons vary from desperation, to not wanting to do the work required. To many people, that may seem like a travesty of
education. One person's cheating may seem harmless enough, but it affects a lot of others. In some classes, the teacher may grade on a curve, and if a cheating student happens to get a high grade, the honest students begin to suffer academically. According to the Cabrini Student Handbook, the penalties for a convicted cheater are usually decided on by the instructor. It can be as little as having the grade lowered on the paper or test, and as heavy as suspension or expulsion from the College. "I think the major factor in cheating is that some students have a moral and ethical ambivalence about more Cheated on 4
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Last Wednesday, March 21,Vice President Dan Quayle was in Daylesford for a luncheon to raise money for local republican races. The luncheon was at Jimmy Duffy's restaurant on Route 30. After the meal, he held a brief press conference in which he reportedly "sidestepped questions" as to whether or not he would
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endorse republican gubernatorial candidate Barbara Hafer. Quayle said that he would give his support to Hafer after the primary elections, but also stressed that the republican party is big enough for pro-life and pro-choi_cecandidates to co-exist. Quayle was also briefed on the growing tensions in Lithuania, and he believes that Gorbachev will handle the situation in a peaceful manner.
What do John O'Hare, Iceland and basketball have in common? (see page 11)