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The Wichitan
Volume 73, Number 14
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Thursday,Feb.2, 1995
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New collection plan begins for defaulted student loans
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and outslanding Borrowers who defaulted on s1udcnt loans have been ~fauhcd borrowers who gl'31ltcd a ~ray of collrction. The Clinton administration ~ce11 gamishmen1 no1ices and the U~itcd States Dept S::tion.~~ays to object to the or Education announced in "So~e defaulters don't re• mid•hnuary that those who pay, their loans because they borrow money from the can t afford the month ly fcdtral government h.ivc 3 payment," ~id U.S. secretary new opportunity to pay off 0 ~ education Richard w their defaulted s1udcnt loans. Riley. "We now have option; Monthly payments can be that enable res ponsib le urangt:d based on income borrowers to make affordable and the outstanding Joan payments. But those who balance. If payment re fus~ to pay face serious arrangmcnt& arc not made sancuon.s," Riley added. borrowers may fac:c having their wagcs_gamishcd.
Defaulters arc ineligible for funhcr fcdcra.J student aid The U.S. Department of ( loans and grants). Their Educatio n will continue to dcfa~lt status 1s reported to coUect loans from borrowers c redit bureaus and thus who arc in default through dcfauhers risk hcing denied the Internal Revenue Service. credit cards or other loans . The IRS deducts money Defaulters who establish from defaulted borrowers· tax and honor a repayment plan refunds in order to repay their c an avoid IRS refund j()UIS. withholdings or cam income Under the new system, de · tax _credits they qualify to faultcrs will be notified by n:.cc1vc. mail that they can correct Leo Korn fe ld, senio r ~fa~cgboa~~ngo: advisor to the educatio■
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secretary for direct lending. added, " I cncoungc individuals who may have defaulted loans to lake advantage of this opponuni1y lo repay their loans at an amounl they can :ifford and g('t back into good standing " Collection of smdent loans by withholding of 1ax refonds began in 1986. L3St year, the educ:ition dcparim enl collected $ 598 m1l h on through IRS withholding of fcdcr.il income t:ix refunds from an cstimaccd 780,000 tupaycrs who were in default on a student loan. ln fiscal year 1994. de • faulted student loans cost taxpayers ~ome S2 4 billion. Default costs hit an all-time high of S3.6 billion tn fiscal year 1991. hut have dropped s teadi ly each year. A comhination of 1oughcr sanctions ag:um~I high-default schools and continued action against defaulh:rs arc s:aid 10 be main reasons. according to the educatioo department.
MS U fres hman Rond:i Edgar pulls down her woolen hat in an attempt 10 shield her ~ from the I() degree Texas wind chill. Dcspile the cold, she is determined 10 get 10 class. The batter cold comes suddenly on the heels of an otherwise warm winter. She reminisces on her life in the Caribbean and the wcahh of w.umth she h:ft behind in pur· suit of hi gher cduca1ion. According to inform111ion provided hy 1he lntcrnauonal Office, Edgar 1s one o~ 42 students who migrated lrom the Car1hbl'an as part of MSU's Jn1ema1ional Student Program. A.,;, of spring 1995, 250 in1crna11onal s1udcn1s were enrolled al MSU. and 15 of the 49 new mtcrnauon:il studcnLS enrolled this St!mcstcr ut from the Caribt-iean. ac• cording to the l n1cm:u ional 0ff«:c. Acco rd ing to David Brinkley, the new Carihhcan SlUdt!nts arc kci:ping w11h MSU's goal 10 enroll 120 Canbbean students hy fall 1996. Bnnklcy 1s hi:ad of the lnicrnmonal Prol!rams at MSU Brinkley said lJlC C:uih~an Enrollment Jm11auvc 1s a pilot program intendcd 10 at1rncl academically !?,ftcd scudcnL'- 10 MSU He also saal that. W date, 1hc pruicrt h:is scrH•J the un1,·crs11y wd l Bnnldcy s3 r hl' 1:?1 "he~rl· med by lhl· case wllh whu,:h the Can ht-oc:an scudcnti hJVC mtcgratc J in111 MSU and •·1dcr l"Ommun1til'.'s. tiy 1hc1r Wi.lhngnC"~s 10 d(' c,mununi~y ltnitce olnt.l by thl'1r llJdl'nuc acJisc"Cm~n1~·
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In a tribute to Native Americlll1S who first called Bri nkley also said Enrollment of Caribhc:an Siu• W ,ehiu. Falls home. dents on campus cxc:mplifies Thelma MurTdl donated :i MSU's compliance to Equal Dr. Garland R. Hadley I I ro MSU in July Emp loy ment Opponuni1y uic work was un· laws. These Jaws seek to en• veiled Monday, Jan. 30. at sure higher gr:iduation rates a ceremony in the atrium of among minon11es. Increased Dr Q.arland R. Hadley died lhe fain fi ne Ans Center. The bronze sculpture enrollment also attracts more last Tuesday in his Wichi1a 11Lled, 71it U gtrul of Wee • slalC dollars 10 MSU, accord· Falls home at age 58. Funeral services were held at Lunn·s Chj•Tah is a work by local ing 10 Bnnklcy. Coloni:il Funeral Home am.st Jack Stc\·cns. h 1s a minature version of the The Can bbc:in Enrollment Thursday, wilh burial ut larger LJ1un life version he lni1fa1ive was the br:iin child famil y plot in Lakesv1ew is currently working on. of Randy Glean. Glc.in 1s an ceme tery i n Mari etta , Thelma Murrell. who MSU graduate of Carib~:m Oklahoma. Garland had li\·cd donolcd the nUnaturc Sl.ltuc parentage. He alcr1cd umve_r· in Wichita Fall,,;, since 19X4 said of her contribulion," I sity officials 10 the a~~~cm1c with his wife, Kay Lynn. hope everyone e-njoys ii as and leadership capah1h11cs o f They were married July 16, much 35 I've en.joyed givTerrence Innis, Trevor and J9R7 in W1chi1a Falls. Garland graduated from ing 1t • Arlette Wildman and Carlos the University nf Okl:ihoma Wichita F.ills Str~a.ms and Gi llian Tho mas. Caribbean s1udcnL~enrolled ,al ~:~~~\~f-cr~ . .
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The university responded hy sending a recruiter 10 . ~he Caribbean 10 offer compeuuve scholarships 10 students. . These students h:ivc since estab lished a .ca~ihbcan Students O rganization o n c arnpus. C:irlos Th~mas. prcsidL•nc of the a.ssoc:1at1on. said ihear aim is to promote C •tihc:rn awan:ness and cu~~~re in me Wich113 Falls an.:a Thoma~ also s.11d two mai~ vch1, k s u5'!d to promot~ 1h1 s o hjl:..- u vc are tht:: C ~,bhnm Erpr,uwns Nrght • ti MJrch Jnd 1hc Annu:11 ;anqu,: t Jnd. Award s C,·.-cmony in Apnl. Ed~ar said she .and the Nh;.r C:in hhcan studcn1s_arc , •ful 1or the opp1'lrtumt1~ £~~t.c. h,• MSll. Herc !hey l~ltt:r1i.:ia,~ 3 higher educ.· ation ~.1~ ~onsukrahly lo\Ao·er pn ce ~~mp:1n:d u, ~1uJ) ;ng ,n ,h..: ('Jntitic::in. -.h, aJJ..:d
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Artist Jack Slotns. Thtlma McHam Murrtll, Rohy Christy, Kay Yta~tr and Presldtnt Rodriguel admire TM l..tftn4 of Wtt•Chf-Tah. Thf bronzt sculplurt, crtattd by Sltvtns. lkplcts a Comanche lndlan ramily testing Che wattr dtplh or tht Wkhila Rlvu. Murrtll donattd lht •ork In July 1994.
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Caribbean students enhance campus and community diversity Howle Prince ltporUr
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a nd V:t lleys . Inc . (WFS&V). a non-profit group comm1tcd 10 promot• mg economic development in Wicbtia F:ills. commis• s1oncd lhc work In a statemcnl relcascJ by WFS&V. proc~ds from the sale of the m1nia1urc Wrr -Chi· Tah arc car• marked to fund lhc larger 1han lifc•s11.C sculpture 1h~ U..gt11do(Wu -Cl11-Tah.
The statue dcpicu a Comanche Indian family testing waler depth at the base of the original falls of the W1c-hi1a river. The largeMhan• life. ..-er$ion is lo be pl.teed :ti the hase of the origmal falls of the W1ch11a river. The purpose of the
Wt..-e:•Chi-Tllh project, according 10 WFS&V, is 10 define Wichita Falls' roots by showing :m apprecialion for the Native Americans thal originally inhabited t his area . A Nauve American dano: circle will be incorporated into the s ight. WFS&V said il hopes Nalive Americans will use lhc site to d«:mon• stralc lhl"ir cultun:, music and dance. as well :;a.s showing the 1mponancc o( cuhural divcrsitv. The )arger•than•li(e sculplure wi ll cost $450.000. s o far S300,00 h:1s been raised. Twcnly • seven miniature Wec-ChiTah sculptures lltC available for urchase .
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,n lhc fa\le\l p,,, .. , hl c. Studcnl and Adminislr:itive Scrv1c.:cs a~ Chainnan, three manner. A d1~uphnary hearing Birdine s,ud hl' wa, i,1c. till ) mcmher~ hJving wa,;, ~ hcdukd Feh. I 10 de• un~urc of the current , 1a1us of c.:<1mpll'tc.:d a1 k.1.., one )Car of tcrmine whether a student 1hc ac.:cu~d. hu1 did , talc that 11:.1ch1ng Jl MSU . .anJ three al'Cu~ d of date rape will he lhc SIUdl'RI was IR good ,t udent\ l l.t\'i1 l11.:r.l a~ aMc 10 remain in <.ehool. The !>landing al MSU ..ophumuri.: or ahmc. wuh a According to thl' M SU GPA ol 2 0 or Jhovc. and 1nc1Jerll \\,IS rcponcd to the M SU police department on li ,;;t (I f c.:o un c.· ils and they mu, 1 not have a record C11mm1uec, for l!J<).a.lJ5. the ,,f prcvwu , d1 ~c1phnar y J.in. 19 Currc.:111ly, the Phillip Birdine. Dean of J1 ,c..1phnary '-: nmmutcc ha\ -.u,pcn,11,11 S1uden1,. ~aid he ha~ invc..\ti· the.: aulhority 10 llhL'tplme any pand L'on,..,.t, 01 Dr ll11w:1rd gated thl~ ~cxual a~sault ,tudl'nt Jppcanng hdon: H FJrrdl. 8.:th Ve.iii.-. Dr Srnu .:mnplarnt J nd colkc1cd ·nu, J..:l1o•n 111duJ\·, hut,,. nm f-k1Jn l-L·. 01 Rac hel Carl. \l:ll\·ment, fr.;,m \Aollnl',~S If hm1u:J to ull1c.:1.1I rcprnnand. .ind thL· thrl:'c ,111Jcn1.-. mL·ri1 1~ found in the allcia· pn11'1.111on. ~u,pen\ uin. or T he.: un1 vcr,..11y t.11~C1· 11cm10. 8 1rdml:' , J1d 1h~· pJrly L'\ pu\,1\IR. pltnJT) hc:1r1 n)! 1s ,l'parate ·1he.: Lt~mm11tn: 1nduJ<",. IU•lll JII) k!:31 acti..•n lJ ..C:n JnlVt,r p.1r11c, tn,·o \H•d "''II h<· upprnp11.111.•I) di,.c.1rlmcd 1hc.: \ '1lC Pl\•,11.frnt lnr h) 1h1· \IJIL' 11fTCXJ''.
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