Thursday, October 29, 1992
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Vote Nov. 3
CAMPUS NEWS, Page 2
North Idaho College's Student Newspaper
Slichter replaces Roy as ASNIC president by Dominic Howord Rerreario,, Ediror Follo win g 1hc resignatio n of ASNIC President Shan1anu Roy dur to fin ancial difficul1ies, Vice prcsidcn1 Marurecn Slich1er has taken 1he oflicc. Roy was elec1cd prcsidcni or 1he Associa1ed S1udcn1s of NIC lnsr spring. According 10 Roy. he was 1old 1hnt he would receive grnni-in.nid money from the foreign aid fund. However. af1 cr he wo n 1he clec1ion. 1he NI C Boa rd of Trus1ecs decided to cul foreign aid and mix 1h01 money into the rest of 1hc academic grn n1 -in-nid funds. Wh en Roy reg istered for fall ~cmcs1cr. he wn$ informed thnl he would 1101be receiving nny money. "Aricr I fou nd ou t about 1hc foreign aid money chilllge. I had 10
pay my luition ou1 of my savings," Roy snid. "II was a big shock to me, I go1S500 las1semester." Roy reali zed he could not afford 10 go to school wi1hou1 a job and 1hereforc resigned his position. "I stepped down because or lack o r lime and money," Roy said. "I j us1 do no1 unders1and why they 1hrivc on athlc1es; a1hlc1cs gc1 all the g ran1 -in -aid money. The pur pose of school i~ to gel an cducn1ion. "I have been shnf1ed around for no rcnson. We should be treated mon: fnirly: · Roy is nn engi neering ~tudcnl from Calcuna, India. He hopes to co nlinu e hi s edu ca ti o n n1 th e Uni versi1y of Idaho.
See ASNIC Page 4
Aid bill alters student funding, elegibility
photo by Mary Olivieri A BLAST FROM THE PAST - The mum/no sun over NIC reveals a rus/tc display of
golds and greens near Post Hell . reminding students that Old Men Winter , finals and holrdeys are on the way.
by Patricio Snyder EteC'llti1•t> Editor New federal financi al aid legislation will citpand student eligibility bu1 may ac1ually decrea se 1he amoun1 each studen1 ge1~. according to Jille Shankar, NIC direc1or of financial aid. The new legisln1ion went into panial effect Oct. I and will be fully active for 1he 1993-94 ~chool year. The change in s1uden1 eligibilt1y comes for an alteration in the calcula1ion of s1udent financial need, 1he difference be1wecn 1he cos1 of educa11on and 1he cs1im11tcd amoun1 1he student and family can pay Consideration of home ,·aluc:/dcbt and tam1l)' farm
value/dcb1 hos been climinu1ed with 1he new needs calcula1ion process. In addi1ion, no asse1s will be used for independent stud~nt~ or parenis of depcndenl s1uden1s who earn less 1hun $50.000 and file lhe 1040A or 1040EZ. The dependent s1ude n1 contribu1ion has been lowered. In 1992-93. dependent ,1uden1\ arc c;,i.pected 10 contribute 70 perccn1 of their income after tn~es. With the new bill, 1h01 1."Qnlribu11un will be 50 pcrcenl of their income after sub1roc1ing taxes and a SI, 750 Income Prot~tion Allowance. The: new law will make students eligible for for the S13fford S1udtn1 Loan regardl~s of income. Th~ limi1 will be mi\<'d from from S~.625
see AID Page 23