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University Daily Kansan, March 26, 1981 Page 9
Student aid may be delayed
By KARI ELLIOTT Staff Reporter
The Reagan administration's decision to suspend support Pell Grant applications last week will affect the student's entire financial aid package.
Pell Grants, formerly known as Basic Education Opportunity Grants, are the foundation of financial aid on which loans and other grants are based.
"If processing does not begin by May 1, it may be Aug. 1 before the backlog is handled." Joan Holland, assistant director of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, said yesterday.
"Any delays in processing will delay the student eligibility report to the institutions," she said. "One award must be another, and it just starts snowblowing."
AT THE UNIVERSITY of Kansas, the financial aid office awards Pell
Grants by May 1, but this year it might be later.
The formula for determining how much low-income families should pay toward their children's college education has not been settled.
A family's contribution is based on its total income minus some cost of living expenses. This inflation factor was to rise by 12.5 percent, but the Reagan administration wants to eliminate the increase.
KU financial aid office can make an estimate on the Pell Grant, Jerry Rogers, financial aid director, said.
"It isn't fair to base an award on an estimate, then the student may not get that much money later," he said. "But other aid money may not be available."
ROGERS SAID IT was important for students to accept their awards as soon as they got them.
"If students accept by the end of July, or possibly the first of August, they should get their money in the fall," he said.
The processing delay is an 'un- comfortable situation' for the financial aid office, Rogers said.
If the delay continues, it will mean a savings for the Reagan administration, William Blakey, counsel to the House Education subcommittees, said.
"The money won't be spent unless students enroll and receive the grants." he said. "Some students won't enroll unless they know they have a grant."
HOWEVER, HOLLAND was hopeful the students would receive their award.
"There are going to be changes in the award program," she said. "If the changes require legislative approval, the regulatory, it will take more time."
Regulatory changes, such as adjustment in the inflation index, do not need congressional approval.
Nationalway, $2.6 billion is awarded annually in Pell Grants. Five million students apply for the grant, and 2.6 million receive an award.
Spring fun means sprains at Watkins
By ALVIN A. REID Staff Reporter
Warm weather allows outdoor activity and that means a busy schedule for Watkins Hospital's physical therapy department.
"Spring semester and warm weather bring our heaviest load of patients," Jan Garber, director of the Watkins Hospital physical therapy department, said people have been able to play games and run and generally just get out and go.
Last spring more than 500 students were treated by the department, and Garber said this figure would be higher in students knew the department was there.
"Most students have no idea they can come here for treatment for such things
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"A lot of people are frightened by the use of electricity or sound waves on their bodies," Garber said. "But both have some drawbacks, so much more comfortable than pain."
"Our department is staffed by four individuals and myself, all of whom have at least a B.S. in physical therapy. We accept all referrals, but we are not responsible for any student should feel free to come here if he or she feels they need our services."
The Watkins facility is one of three physical therapy departments in the Lawrence area, Garber said.
After a student's fourth free visit, treatment is $2 to $$, she said.
DAVE KRAUS/Kansan staff
Bill Keih
Jeanaffer Palmer, Overland Park freshman, reads a book for class as she donated blood yesterday morning at the Blood Center of Kansas University Council and the Panhellenic Association. The drive continues today from 9:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. in the Kansas Union Institute.
Gerry Riley
from special selections during our GRAND OPENING SALE. expires May 1.
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a speaking contest addressing the topic
"The most significant legal issue of our time."
- speeches memorized, 6-8 minutes
- judged by law professors
- contest held on Law Day, May 1.
Questions, contact Eric Behrens for more information, 749-5135.
THE MUSLIM STUDENT ASSOCIATION (MSA)
Invites everybody for this informative lecture
"ISLAM: ANALYSIS OF THE PAST,THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE"
By Professor "HAMEED ALGAR"
Professor of Persian and Islamic Studies at the University of California—Berkley; and an Islamic Scholar who has been writing extensively on Islamic History.
FRIDAY 27,1981----7:30 PM
FORUM ROOM, KANSAS UNION
LAWRENCE, KANSAS