friday, feb. 12, 1993
cabrini college, radnor, pa 19087
Emergingstudentleaders 'weather'the weekend
Second in a series
Red tape stalls clearance process by Megan Flanigan news edltor
photo by Oawnrella Klopp
First-Year students Kim Forde, Kim Scarborough, Sheila McGrory, Lamar Stamps, Nina Sciarrotta and Gina Panasik. The annual event was cut short due to snow. Most of the speakers were not present becase of the weather. Despite the lack of speakers, the students made the best of the weekend by enjoying a game of Encore.
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Exercise is something students get when they have to straighten their financial records between the business office and the financial aid office. They walk to the business office because they did not know they still owed money. The business office informs the students that their aid had been adjusted, so they go to the financial aid to find out what happened. Students believe there is a lack of communication between the two offices. Dealing directly with the financial aid office, helps to resolve some of the turbulence Krista Milito, senior, said she experiences with her bills. "Rather than running back and forth from the Mansion to Grace Hall, I feel the two offices should be in the same building." ShawnMcAleer,sophomore,said he also thinksthe buildings should be closer together.
Milito also said she thinks the business office needs more space like the financial aid office. "Perhaps this would reduce some of the chaos that occurs when coordinating the students bills." Students run into problems with their records when financial aid papers are processed late, sending bad checks or do not pay their bills. Eventually, these things lead to re-registering for classes for students, according to John Barclay, chief financial officer, said. "It's a question of fairness." Other administrators said the whole process is not.so cut and dry, causing confusion along with some miscommunication. Arlene Dittbrener, financial aid director who will resign at the ~nd of the semester, said, 'There are thousands of things that can delay aid. It's a frustrating process." Some of the confusion occurs when students receive their bill and find their aid has
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Generalfund money is rarely seen by Steve May assistant copy editor Money. Everyone pays it. And, if you go to Cabrini College, many feel that you pay more than your fair share. All of the money that is paid at the college, including tuition, room and board, general fee, all other fees, fines and charges go into a hodge-podge account of untraceable money known as the "general fund." From this pool of funds the budgets for every department and facilities on campus are forged. Continuing Education students may pay for their education by the credit, but most other fulltime students pay a lump sumfortui1ion. Andall studentswholiveoncampuspayroomandboard charges. These facts are undeniable and all students know about them. At least, all students should. All of this information is in the Cabrini College catalog. Numbers on costs and expenses for the students are contained on page 119 of the catalog. This page also mentions extra fees, fines and charges that students are apt to pay. Finally, the tuition and room & board fees areshown along with the general fee. Chief Financial Officer John Barclay, when asked to explain the general fee, quoted from the catalog. "The purpose of the general fee," he said, "was to help pay for registration, library, health services, publications, student activities,
testing, and graduation." The current general fee per student is $480 a year, according to Barclay. Barclay said rhat,along with everything else, all the money generated from the general fee goes into something called the general or "unrestricted" fund. This fund is used to pay salaries, maintenance and benefits, and to buy supplies. The money to run the college comes from the unrestricted fund. This fund also includes departmental budgets and for campus facilities. Each department does its own projections for the budget. Budgets are either approved or disapproved by the senior staff person in charge of the division. Beyond that, Barclay gave an ambiguous answer on how each of the departments budgets were weighed. Some departments charge lab fees. These departments include fine arts, biology, chemistry, English and communications, psychology, and computer information sciences. Education majors pay a $35 course fee for their field experience, which is used to fund the resource center. Yet, according to several department heads, none of t_!lemever directly see the money.
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For the first time in Cabrini history, the With every spring semester at Ca- college is considering co-ed housbrini College, comes the hope of a ing. The housing proposal, if brand new beginning. The disap- passed by President Iadarola and pearance of cold temperatures, the the rest of the Cabrini hierarchy, reappearance of the robin, and the will split men and women up by painful cries of underclassmen tak- quads. floors or by rooms. Xavier ing part in the annual housing lot• HaU and all seven houses are betery. ing considered for co-ed expao-For those students who are plansion. ning to return for another year of Some other ideas that resident residential bliss. fear not. Re5ident life is throwing out onto the barlife is currently in the middle of or- gaining table is the option to live ganizing a bigger and better way for in 24 hour quiet floors/houses, and resident students to choose their onthe option to live in non-smoking campus housing. Not only is the new floors/houses. Both issues have plan more liberally organized, it will been concerns of the students that also get the students more involved as to have already been surveyed. Phone the actual selection of housing. hookup and local phone service in To be able t-0 get an accurate readall rooms, floors and houses desing of what the students real1y ignated for special interest groups. wanted, resident life distributed and wellness floors and houses arc questionaires primarily to those stu- also concerns that are being addents who are planning on returning dressed. to Cabrini next year. Although all this may sound exThe flier itself contains most of tremely interesting, nothing has been the basic information you would see etched in stone yet. Dr. Robert Bonon any other survey distributed by figlio wiU be meeting with Iadarola the school. However, on the back of on Thursday, February I I .
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