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North Idaho College
entinel Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Volum e 39, Number 11
frid:l), April 19. 1985
Student aid in trouble by Ed McDonald Students planning 10 attend a college Grants would 1101 be eligible for the or unvcrsit y duri ng fiscal year 1986 program. should be concerned with how the lJ pchurch said I hat b)' establishing a Reagan adminstrauon's proposed financeiling of S32.S00 for GSL chgib11ity, cial aid cuts will affcxt them, according more than I million students will be to Jim Upchurch, NIC director orfinandropped. Furthermore, the entire procial aid. gram is endangered by the administraUpchurch stressed that the proposed tion 's proposal to cut spcC1al allowances cuts will not affect students who receive for lenders. Pell Gran~ and rud from College BasMajor b:tnks ba,·c threatened not to ed Programs next ran. Instead, anycuts paniopa1e in the GSL program if the accepted and passed by Congress will go proposals arc ac:cep1ed b)• Congren 1nio effect the following fall. There is n possibili1y 1ba1 the GSL Upchurch said the propascd changes program may be affected as earl) as nnt will have at lc.ut some impact on al l fall. Upchurdl said, bccall5e for the past itudcnts r~lving financial aid. Some or 1"'0 years the Dcpartmen1 of Edu.:auon the change5 include: csUlblishing a ceil(DOE) has misjudged their csumatcs of ing of S32.S00 for total family income the toi.al number of needy s1udcnts. The 10 determine if 3 student wu: be eligible rnuh 1s 1h.a11he DOE has l..cpt borTOY.· for n Gunr:inteed Student Lonn (GSL); ing from the nc:(t year's appropriations. pulling a S2S,000 adju.~1ed gro\\ income and so (ar II tw. "borrov.ed" ncarl, cap on clig1b1h1y for Pell Gran ts. NaS(i()() million · tional Direct Student Loans, Sup plemental Gduc:nionnl Opponunit) Co~ocntl} . s1uden1s v.ho need GSu the most arc bClng asled by the Grants and College Worl.-Study adminmruion to pay for the DOE's erThr admlols11111lon also w:rnts to rors. Upchurch said. lbc adnurusirauon enact a $4,000 cop on 10101 flnancull :ud Y. lnll lOtnm the lughcst GSua\'l.ilable nn) student receive~. Upchurch ):Ud, 10 needy students from S2, 100 to $2,000 and pointed out that thi! propaS41 1iu1c:id of ta•ina 1Ud lrom less nttdy would nffect ncurl) 190 NI C student) ,1udcnu who currrntl) rc.:ehr :rn a,cragc of U~hurch said that II IS djrflC'.IJlt to tell about $4,800 each Y.hat the mood LS m Con&,rClS concernIf Congrts) accepts the proposed llli the ,mi~. So far, tht Dtmocrats budget, the cuts will nmount 10 n 25 per· ha~c been unable to prnmt All 3.lter· cent drop in funding for higher educa natM' budget. and the only chmce that lion Y.hcn compailld to fu.nding for 19 S some leguJators sec for l.3vlllg currtnt and will offcct ever)• onr of the S.3 aid fundmg IS through a frttu million students currently rccein ng federal financial aid dolln~ . Upchurch For tbc time bcloz , both Idaho and stressed. its post-secondary in.s111utioru lune Iii· Under tht propoSNI bu~. more lie choicr but to "'an and Stt If the proposed budget b accepted b} Congress, than 2 million current rC<."1pients would be dropped from programs while all be said. lcb.ho rccip1cnl) ma) lose 0\ er S6 nulbon tf the budget u atC"Cpted. Others "ou!d c~perieoc:c a reduction 111 aid they arc pre5cntl) rC1.-ci\ mg. Also, "If we're rcall> interested m fin.a.ncial aid, "c better v. ntc 10 our connearly 28 percent (800,000) of lhc 2.S gremncn," Upchurch said million students no" rcccw1ng Pell
(_in_s_id_e_th_e_s_e_n_tin_e_l__) Tag-team duos to duel. .............................. p. 3 WistfuJ writer reviews rites ......................... . .. p. 8 Student survey nixes nukes . .......................... p . 10 Campus parking tickets a rrested ...................... p. 13 Cardinals succumb to late-inning muffs ........ . ...... p. 18
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Snake's alive; mice get second chance b) Jeannie Allenberg
Barrymore hasn'l had a buc 10 cat s111ce December. and he 's sllll turning up his fangs at all the tempting litllc mice being offered 10 him. Bsrr}-more is the biolog) lab's pct Ht1i11an boa constrictor. and lnmuctor Vern Poncr said the snake isn't sick-he's JUSI not hungry. Poncr S3.ld it isn·1 panicularly uncommon for such a snake 10 go on a several week fast. although Barrymore normally puts the squeeze on a couple furry little mc.als every two "eeks or so. Right no" , Barrymore is 1101 his usual charming self: his eyes arc glazed over, nnd bis greatest show of nmbilion is " hen be occasionally sidMlirhcrs a woutd·be meal. According Lo Poner. the snake's odd behavior can probably be auributed to the fact that he's abou1 due LO slide out of his ,..jnier's skin. In D«cmber of 1983. Barrymore became famous across the Uni1ed Stares "'hen he man3ged 10 elude his captors for LWO ,..eeks. . Unless the stubborn serpent rcgairu his appetite soon. the biology lab Y.111 be hopclcssly overrun with liulc rodents, Porter said.