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The Pace Chronicle Volume II, Issue XVIII
Inside News.........3,4 Feature...........2,4 Health...........5 Opinion.........6,7 Entertainment.....10 Sports.............11,12
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40 Acres: Page 7
New Standard
Health: Page 5
Pace University, Pleasantville/Briarcliff Manor, NY
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Saying Goodbye to Financial Aid Shawtime Moore
Featured Reporter Shawtime.J.Moore@Pace.edu
Every spring, bundles of anxious college students collaborate with their parents to gather the most recent tax documents, sit down and prepare to answer a series of questions intended to determine the financial aid they should receive the following semester. To many students the Federal Application for Student Aid (FAFSA), is the saving grace that allows them to attend the school of their choice. When the aforementioned is threatened, the livelihood of all college students receiving federal aid might be in jeopardy. In Feb. of 2011, the US government introduced the Budget Control Act as an amendment to the original Education Sciences Reform, which would substantially increase the national Debt Ceiling. The United States Debt Ceiling was written into law to limit the amount of national debt issued by the United States treasury. It was previously 16.394 trillion dollars in 2011 and had
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been reached yet again in 2012. Despite the Debt ceiling being reached in late 2012, the treasury allowed the US government to continue spending. The United States government then proposed two options; the first was an augmented budget plan that would substantially decrease spending and the second was to increase the Debt Ceiling by 700 billion dollars to cover the
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costs of the 2013 year. Congress could not come to a consensus by the March 1st deadline, so according to the American Tax Payer Relief Act passed in Jan. of 2013; there will be automatic budget cuts in a series of departments amounting to 85 billion dollars. The Republican Party believes that the cuts will reduce the deficit, and technically it will but
it will also decrease the amounts of jobs available for the American citizens. One of the major points of President Obama’s campaign for the 2008 election was to create jobs and lower the unemployment rate. In an interview with Professor Weishaus he explained “None of the private sector companies are really hiring, and if they are then the positions are low paying, have inadequate health benefits, and if available, little pension plans.” Because of this the United States government will be forced to spend more money to create jobs. So the efficacy of the budget cuts leaves citizens with a few unanswered questions. One of the sectors that will be majorly affected by the cuts is Higher Education and according to Professor of Economics, History, and Political Science, Howard Weishaus, if the Act is put into action it will largely affect the populations of college students at both Pace university and college campuses across the nation. “Within the 85 billion dollars that the SeContinued on Page 3 “Saying Goodbye to Financial Aid”
the Pace Perk
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As Pace’s master plan to redo the Pleasantville campus and sell off the Briarcliff campus approaches, many wonder what might be lost in the transition. Among the concerns of students lies the uncertain future of the Pace Perk, the student-run, late night eatery on the Briarcliff campus. A legitimate fear is that when Briarcliff residents get moved to Pleasantville, the Perk and all that it has to offer will be left behind. Luckily, that is not going to be the case. “There will always be a Perk,” said senior marketing major and Pace Perk employee Daniel Cassidy. “It’s what the students want.” There can be no argument strong enough to counter the fact that the Perk is a hit among both Briarcliff and Pleasantville students. From the minute that the cash register opens at 9 p.m. there is a line of people waiting to order.
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Pace’s future duel-campus consolidation brings many opportunities for students and the Pace Perk.
Students hang out at the tables in the lounge, break their stress in a game of pool, play video games or watch television on the 50 inch screens and even play the piano. The upcoming Pleasantville move does not discourage staff at the Perk from renovating the current facility with newer technology, a broader menu and even special expansions. “If we can get the extra space in the storage room it could become a game room,” said Associate Professor of Marketing and Advisor and Chairman of
the Pace Perk Kathryn F. Winsted. “The Perk received a new turbo-shaft oven which allowed us to enhance our menu with additions like fries, tater tots, crispy chicken nuggets and better tasting pizza.” Though it is certain that the Perk will be coming to Pleasantville, the exact location remains undecided. The current location of the bookstore, the Environmental Center and the basement of North Hall are all potential settings though it will most likely be worked into the blueprint for the
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new Kessel. When the Perk finally arrives in Pleasantville it will be bringing desserts that Pleasantville students could only dream of getting in the Pleasantville cafeteria. These include anything form freshly made cakes to an assortment of brownies. Along with the sweets that the Perk will be providing, there are talks of new opportunities for students as well. “We are thinking of putting in a student run convenience store,” Continued on Page 4 “The Future of the Pace Perk”