CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Kansan, April 12, 1984
Page 7
Nicaraguan cancels KU speech
By the Kansan Staff
A Nicaraguan leader canceled his appointment to speak at the University of Kansas because of restrictions on his visa by the U.S. government.
The visa issued to the leader, Sergio Kramirez, allows him to travel only in London.
Ramirez, also a lawyer, historian and writer, was scheduled to speak at KU on April 24. Yesterday he told the students of his studies that he considered it unbeatable.
coming and undignified to his country to come to the United States under
Ramirez had also been invited to speak at Kansas State University, said Curtis Stansifer, KU director of American studies and professor of history.
Stansifer, who helped plan Ramirez's KU visit, said that when Rumrize applied for her visa last summer he needed to visit universities in eastern states.
But last week he received the restricted visa.
Stansifer said that he thought the
United States was not willing to give Nicaragua the opportunity to come to the United States to explain their view of the political unrest in Nicaragua.
This was not the first time a Latin American dignitary canceled his appointment to speak at KU.
Last semester a proposed speech by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a Colombian Nobel Prize-winning author, was given to the latter circumstances. Stansifer said.
But Stansifer said that he would keep trying to get a Nicaraguan speaker to KU.
KU students default on their federal student loans at a rate more than 7 percent below the national average. The Department of Education statistics,
The KU default rate for National Direct Student loans is 3.4 percent, while the national default rate is 10.5 percent. Of the 54 schools in Kansas that received the NDSL program, 15 have a default rate higher than the national average.
Jerry Rogers, KU director of financial aid, said that the low default rate
By the Kansan Staff
Loan-default rate is low at KU
might reflect the strong ties alumi kept with the University of Kansas.
"People who go here tend to feel good about KU," he said.
Those feelings create an incentive for students to repay their loans, he said.
Mildred Force, NDSL accountant at KU, said that of more than 12,000 people now repaying their National Direct Student Loans, 486 are delinquent.
KU grants about 1,300 NDSL loans annually, she said. This year, KU loaned about $1.6 million.
Foree said that KU's low default rate reflected a strong collection system
When students leave KU. she said.
they have an exit interview in which obligations, privileges and repayment
or a student defaults, the University sends four statements and calls the student before a collection agency is notified. Force said.
All Board of Regents schools ranked below the national default average and the highest rate among them was at State University, which had 5 percent.
Stanley Koplik, Regents executive director, said, "The whole table reflects the fabric and character of the institutions of students in Kansas schools."
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