Student Life, February 24, 1971, Vol. 68, No. 54

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"The program which I'm again submitting this year would benefit approximately one million more students than are currently receiving aid.

Reporting: G.C. Thelen Jr. AP Writer Washington (AP) - President Nixon renewed his request Monday

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a revamping

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$64-4-million expansion of collegestudent aid so an additional million low-income young people could receive federal education subsidies. Repeating his commitment that "no qualified student who wants to go to college should be barred by lack of money," the chief executive told Congress in a special message:

Spectrum will be the official name for the assembly center. The new name will be dedicated Friday. The Institutional Council chose the name from proposals made by the Executive Council and the Athletic department. The dedication will begin Friday evening at 7:30 with Glen Taggart, USU president, conducting the activities. Marion 0. anks, assistant to the council of the twelve of the Church of Jesus hrist of Latter-day Saints will ive the dedicatory prayer and ddress .

virtually plan last at least students interest-

Direct Aid Failed "It would assure that federal funds go first , and in largest amounts, to the needie st students, in order to plac e them on an equal footing with st udents from higher-incom e families."

Students from families making over $15,000 are five time s more likely to attend college than young people whose families earn less than $3,000, he said.

named Spectrum Melinda Anderson 'Life Writer

Congress killed a identical administration year, largely because 300,000 middle-incom e would lose eligibility for subsidy loans.

priority in part because no workable formula for in stitutional aid has been developed, he said. Eligibility Maximum

Needy First

Assembly center

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Roger Williams will be featured in a piano concert afte the dedicatory ceremonies. Everyone is invited to an open house in the new ce nt er from 2:00 to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. The building wil1 be cleared after the open house and the doors will reopen at 6:00 p.m . A reception for former basketball lettermen will be he ld on the north concourse from 6: 30 to 7:45 p.m. Students will not be included in this reception bu they will be able to enter the Spectrum to w8.1t for the game with New Mexico State to start. The game schedule will be slightly changed with the freshman team playing after the varsity game. The varsity game begins at 8:00 p.m. as usual.

The President 's proposals again failed to meet the request of higher education organizations for direct government aid to colleges and universiti es. But Nixon did renew hi s unsuccessful request of last yea r for a National Foundation for High er Education within the government to finance education and explore methods for direct federal aid to institutions. The budget request for this foundation, however , was $100 million compared to $200 million in 1970. Dr. Sidney P. Marland Jr ., commissioner of education , agreed that colleges desperately need direct aid. But the administration decided to make low-income students the No. l

Under the President's studentaid proposal, the e ligibility m axi mum would be $10,000 a year taxable income for a family of four. Maximum government aid would be $1,400 a year per student through a mix of grants, workstudy payments and subsidized loans , except for students attending high-cost colleges who could receive an additional $1,500 a year in subsidized loans. In general, lower-income students would receive mostly grants and work-study payments while higher-income youngsters would receive subsidized loans. The President's proposal would increase government subsidies to colleges from $970 million this year to $1.6 billion in fiscal 1972.

Professional panel to speak on drugs A Logan lawyer and three directors of the Drug Crisis Center in Salt Lake City will discuss drug abuse today at 12:30 in the Sunburst Lounge . Franklin Gunnell, Logan attorney, will discu ss the legal aspects of using drugs. Gunnell defended many of the USU students who were arrested last year on drug charges. Van Huffner , the chief director of the Drug Crisis Center, is one of the three representatives who

will be coming from the cente r. Huffner has made numerous public appearances concerning drug use and sho uld be well qualified to a nswe r any questions posed by students. The panel, sponsored by the st udent activities board, will be on the same format as previous panels. Each panel member will be given a short time to express their views on the subject and then the remainder of the time will be left open for questions from the a udience .

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DEDICATION FRIDAY - Work men planted trees Monday in preparation for the dedication of the Assembly Center this weekend.


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