University Daily Kansan, December 5, 1983 CAMPUS AND AREA Page 9 Woman faces jail if 75-guinea-pig limit is exceeded By United Press International WICHTIH A 64-year-old Sedwick County woman has been ordered to serve six months in jail for keeping too many gnus pigs at her home, in defiance of a judge's order. The jail sentence, however, would be suspended if Ellen Anderson agrees to a court order that limits her to 75 guinea pigs. The order, he says, should not be ordered to allow the guinea pigs to be inspected if she agrees to the limitation. Segwick County Humane Society officials, during a Nov. 18 inspection, discovered 362 guinea pigs at the woman's home, said Deputy District Attorney Hank Blase. District Judge John Foulston in March had ordered Anderson to reduce the number of her guinea pigs. End of loan payment program may hurt students By CHRISY FISHER Staff Reporter Some students will have to make large, multiple student loan payments each month if Congress does not renew the Student Loan Marketing Association's OPTIONS program, the association's director of financial aid said last week. The OPTIONS program, which expired Nov. 1 because of a lack of consensus between the House and Senate, allowed former college students to consolidate several loan payments into one payment schedule, which would be extended over a longer period of time. Jeff Weinberg, the associate director, said that students would be the losers if Congress did not extend or modify the program. Some former students, he said, would default on their loan payments without the program. THE STUDENT LOAN Marketing Association, also known as Sallie Male, will hold its annual meeting in New York on Saturday, October 10. work closely with lenders to promote the accessibility of student loan credit. Under the OPTIONS program, which began in 1981, Sallie Mae was authorized to combine existing student loans into one, new Guaranteed Student Loan at a 7 percent interest rate. Congress authorized this so students could benefit by having a more manageable payment plan — usually with a longer term or higher interest option could reduce a student's loan payment as much as 40 to 50 percent. Before the program expired, former students with outstanding Guaranteed Student Loans, National Direct Student Loans or Federally Insured Student Loans were allowed to combine these if the loans added up to more than $7,500. But if the students' loans totaled more than $5,000 but less than $7,500, the former students were still eligible if their loans exceeded than one lender, program or guarantor. WEINBERG SAID THAT last Monday, the office of financial aid was notified by Sallie Mae that it would not be able to offer this program any more because the stalemate between House and Senate subcommittees working on the bill had caused Congress to let the program's authorization expire. According to Dennis Martin, assistant director of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, a non-profit, private group that helps students pay for lectures, tests, a variety of issues prevented passage of the program's extension. Martin said the Reagan administration was against the OPTIONS program because interest rates did not rise. He guaranteed Student Loan's interest rate. Dyce Bonham, Kansas regional director for the Higher Education Assistance Foundation, said that the administration and the Office of Management and Budget also opposed a proposed extended time allowance and because the federal government directly guarantees the loan. program would save the government money. BUT WEINBERG SAID he was not convinced that the expiration of the "It may appear to save the government money," Weinberg said, "but it might cause students to default on school loans. The dorm is not going to save money." "It's a tragedy that this program's authorization was allowed to lapse. It can be very expensive for the government." Martin said that a question also existed about whether authorization should be extended just to Sallie Mae. Because of the program's high profit margin, other companies have expressed interest in the program, and they might still Sallie Mae should have a monopoly on the OPTIONS program. Weinberg said that because the program was successful, it was a sought-after investment by guarantee agencies and lending institutions. He said the government appeared to be the only loser in this program. would like to get involved in the program and, that they would like to see the program opened up to other institutions besides Sallie Mae. BONHAN THINKS THAT most guarantee agencies and lending institutions Not only did the administration have reservations about continuing the program, but the House and the Senate could not reach an agreement before Wednesday. Martin said negotiations bogged down when Rep. Paul Simon, D-III, and Sen. Robert Stafford, R-Vt, cannot reach an agreement on the bill. Martin said that Stafford's bill favored stricter guidelines with only needy people being allowed to participate in the program. He also wanted participants be checked every four years for eligibility. 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