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KS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TOPEKA, KS 66612
VOL.104,NO.89
THE STUDENT NEWSPAP
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1995
(USPS 650-640)
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Federal loan cuts could hurt KU students
Balanced-budget amendment may necessitate change
By Robert Allen Kansan staff writer
Rep. John Kasich, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Budget Committee, held town meetings earlier this month to discuss the possibility of de-subsidizing federally subsidized Stafford Loans.
Balancing the federal budget may come at a cost to some KU students.
Interest on subsidized student loans that accumulates while students are in school is paid by the federal government. Students must pay all interest on unsubsidized loans.
Diane Del Buono, director of the Office of Student Financial Aid, said that de-subsidizing Stafford Loans could cost students who have the loans an average of $2,200.
Del Buono said that if the cuts occurred, students would need an additional three years to repay the debt.
"That is a need-based loan, so it's going to be our needy students that are affected by these proposed cuts," she said.
Kasich proposed the cuts to comply with the balanced budget amendment, which was approved by the House. The amendment is now being considered by the Senate.
Bruce Cuthbertson, an aide to Kasich,
said Congress was considering budget
cuts in all agencies except Social Security.
Del Buono said that eliminating subsidies for the Stafford Loan and the other programs could spell disaster for college students.
"If it happens, I think there will be students who will not come to KU," she said. "They will have payments that become so large, they'll feel they can't remain in school."
The subsidized Stafford Loan and the Pell Grant are the only federal sources of money for students who can show financial need. More students receive the former.
"There are many students who have need but few who qualify for the Pell
No more money
KU students with federally subsidized Stafford Loans may owe the government an additional $2,200 if Congress de-subsidizes the loan.
Currently* If De-Subsidized*
Average cost to KU student $11,800 $14,000
Years to repay at $170 per month 10 years 13 years
* 1994-95 figures, + estimated
- 1994-95 figures, * estimated*
Source: KU office of Financial Aid
KANSAN
Grant."she said.
Not only may students be affected but the University may suffer also, said Michael Shaw, chairman of the Faculty Senate Financial Aid Committee.
"There is definitely a possibility of serious impact on the University as a whole," he said. There are 8,260 students with Stafford Loans. "Were these loans to become suddenly more burdensome, I could see big enrollment effects."
But not everyone is as concerned.
Dan Hubbard, president of College Republicans, said that other sources of financial aid for students were available.
"It's important to stress that this loan is only one in a whole slew of opportunities to get money for education," he said.
Opposition to the proposal has grown quickly and now includes the American Association of Colleges and Universities. And recently students at Ohio State held a rally to oppose the proposed cuts.
Some students at KU are also opposed. Eddie Gunter, Kansas City, Kan., junior, said his Stafford Loan was vital to his education.
"I wouldn't be at KU if I didn't have it," he said. "My family can't support me, and my grades aren't good enough for scholarship."
Del Buono said that students could voice their opinion on the issue by calling 1-800-574-4AID. Callers will be connected to their representative's office. The call costs $3.65.
Rape reported at McCollum
An 18-year-old KU student reported Monday that she had been raped by an acquaintance earlier that afternoon in McColum Hall. KU police said.
Rozmiarek said KU police were looking for the suspect, who is described as a white male, 5-feet-9 and 150 pounds.
suspect had known each other since the beginning of the semester but did not have a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, she said.
Police said the rape occurred sometime between 12:45 p.m. and 2 p.m.
Valerie Crow / KANSAN
By yesterday afternoon, KU police had not made any arrests.
Sgt. Rose Rozmiurek of the KU police said the suspect also was a KU student. The victim and the
Black achievements honored
KU Inspirational gospel singers Manisha Patel, Overland Park junior; Kim Evans, Madison, Wis., sophomore, and Kim Rials, Lawrence senior, practice for their upcoming production. They will perform with the national group "Love Productions" on Friday night.
Historian to speak tonight
By Eduardo A. Molina
Kansan staff writer
Phillip True Jr., a historian and the owner of Computerized Educational Resources, a distributor of history materials on Africans and African Americans, will kick off African-American history month at the University of Kansas with a speech at 6:30 tonight in the auditorium of the Spencer Museum of Art.
The speech, "Knowledge is Power," will stress the importance of education for African Americans.
True calls power "the ability to define reality and have others accept your definition as if it were their own."
Alexandra Leblanc, New Orleans freshman and a member of the Black Student Union, said education was important for younger African Americans.
"This time is important because a lot of young African Americans are
trying to get that education," she said. "Education is a step for Black students to get that knowledge that can take them to different places."
Phillip True
Williams, assistant director for the Office of Minority Affairs, said True's speech would address the theme for this year's history month, "Reflections of 1895." The theme ties in the lives of Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. Du Bois, whose knowledge put them in positions of power.
Julius
Events Calendar
In 1894, True began Computerized Educational Resources, which is now the largest educational software publisher of history materials on Africans and African Americans.
The theme for this year's
Black History Month is
"Reflections of 1895."
Here is a list of events this
week. All events are free.
Feb. 1 — Historian Phillip True will give a speech, "Knowledge is Power," at 6:30 p.m. in the Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium.
Feb. 3 — Love Productions, a dance and drama troupe, and Inspirational Gospel Voices, a singing group, will perform at 8 p.m. at Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
Historic leaders of 1890s bridged gap of transition
By Eduardo A. Molina Kansan staff writer
The achievements of Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. Du Bois will be the focus of this year's African-American history month, which begins today.
Julius Williams, assistant director for the Office of Minority Affairs and coordinator of the month's events, said this year's theme, "Reflections of 1895," was an attempt to recognize the contributions of Washington, Douglass and Du Bois.
1896 was a historic year for Black history, Williams said.
"This year was significant because Du Bois, an advocate of human rights, got his Ph.D. from Harvard," Williams said. "Washington, an advocate of compromise, delivered the 'Atlanta Compromise' speech, and Douglass, an abolitionist, died."
Sherwood Thompson, director for the Office of Minority Affairs, agreed that 1895 was an important year in Black history.
"It was a period for hope of freedom and liberty," Thompson said. "African Americans started getting equality under the law and opened businesses. They got educated, but they went back to their communities to help."
Thompson said the period bridged the chasm between slavery and freedom.
Sonya Douglas, Kansas City, Kan., senior said people of all races could learn from the month's events.
"It is extremely important not only for Black people but also for other people to see the accomplishments that Blacks have made in history," Douglas said. "These kinds of events shouldn't be celebrated once a year but throughout the year."
Tracy Walton, Kansas City, Kan., freshman, said African-American history month was an opportunity to show part of her culture to non-African Americans.
"The importance of this month is to make people aware of the achievements that we, African Americans, have made in this country." Walton said.
Williams said the events would be a collaborative effort to offer a more positive perspective of African-American culture.
"These are a great combination of events that will offer to this campus a rewarding and positive side of African-American culture." he said.
The keynote speaker for the month is Charles Johnson, who will speak at 8 p.m. Feb. 8 in Alderson Auditorium at the Kansas Union.
Johnson is the author of "Middle Passage," a novel about a freed Black man who stows away aboard a ship in 19th-century New Orleans and discovers it is a slave ship bound for Africa.
Man and Beast
KU's animals provide useful research that could benefit humans and entertain us.
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Help wanted: Sorority men
By Matt Hood Kansan staff writer
Greek house waiters enjoy many benefits of the job
A room full of 40 hungry women. For some men, it's a fantasy; for others, it's a job.
"It's a job that isn't really a job," said Brian Wiedeman, Leavenworth senior.
The sorority — bastion of sisterhood, realm of women — is also a workplace for the waiters who work there serving meals.
He's been a waiter at the Pi Beta Phi sorority house for two years.
"It's clockwork after a white." he said.
The tarnished brass clock on the wall, Roman numerals etched on its face, reads 5:30. Wiedower slips a white jacket over his plaid button-down shirt. It looks like a lab coat, but it's the required uniform. With fluid strokes, he strikes three chimes signaling the start of the dinner hour.
in the kitchen, Aaron Butler, Salina senior and second-year waiter, slices through layers of
In the dining room, the women have arrived, and dinner is under way.
Wiedower stands sentinel-like between the swinging doors of the kitchen. He scans the room. The heaping salads that had been the centerpiece of each table have begun to dwindle in size. The hum of conversation is punctuated by laughter and the clatter of dishes.
Butler, Wiedower and their fellow waiters get their meals free at the sorority. The job takes 10 to 15 hours a week to serve lunch and dinner and set up a breakfast buffet for the next day.
cheese and noodle. It's lasagna night.
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As the lasagna disappears and the water glasses go dry, the women summon the waiters with raised hands.
During the meal, six waiters work the room in shifts. While two or three are attending to raised hands and empty plates, the others are in the kitchen filling plates of their own.
Wiedower said his job entailed serving food and bringing seconds and refills to the women. After the meal ends, he and the other waiters clear the tables and clean the kitchen.
Brian Wiedowen,
leaventhrown
senior, waits
on Anne
Hayes,
Prairie Village junior,
and Nikki Blocker,
Marysville
juniur, during
dinner at the
Pi Beta Phi
house.
Edmee Rodriguez/KANSAN
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