The University Daily
KANSAN
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
Thursday, August 27, 1981 Vol.92, No.5 USPS 650-640
Only 'needy' students to get guaranteed loans
Staff Writer
BY BOB MOEN
Money, once so easily attainable by any KU program, will not be as easy to get in the future.
On Oct. 1, President Reagan's budget cuts will alter the low interest loan requirements so that the Federal Reserve can maintain its reserve.
If the student's family income exceeds $30,000,
the student will be eligible for a loan. Those below the $19,000 will be automatically eligible.
JERRYROGERS, director of the financial aid office at the University, has fewer guaranteed loans and benefits in the change.
Rogers said he did not know how many students would be affected because there was no way of knowing how many borrowers had family incomes above or below the $30,000 limit.
He said a statement or evidence of some kind would be required to show financial need of the student. So far, the government has yet to provide the specific details.
"It will cause a big problem in processing," he
adds. "Extra postage, extra time and extra delay."
Another change that has already taken effect, longer than 5 percent origination fee charged every student at UNC.
FOR INSTANCE, students who received a $1,000 guaranteed loan this semester would have$135 saved.
But the origination fee did not turn back the number of applicants. In fact, the number of loans dispersed and processed this semester is more than doubled that of last year's total.
Rogers said more than $15 million exchanged hands during enrollment last week between the financial aid office and 3,699 students who were trying to beat the Oct. 1 deadline. About 2,000 loan applications are still being processed by the bank, undoubtedly raising the dollar figure even higher.
Nationwide, about 3.6 million students are expected to borrow almost $8 billion this year.
The program specialist for the U.S. Department of Education in Kansas City, Mo., Steve Dorson, attributed the high figures to the few changes in the loan program this year.
But, Dorsson said, the Reagan administration will ask for additional changes in the following
"It's hard to say at this time what the volume will be, but it will be reduced significantly after processing."
"I'd say by 50 percent at least." she said.
KATIE STUDEBAKER, head of the student loan department of Anchor Savings Association, said she expected a "drastic cut" in the number of loans it processed.
Anchor Savings is the only bank in Lawrence that deals with Guaranteed Student Loans.
Since January, Studebaker said, the association has granted 8,700 loans worth almost
Other Lawrence banks and saving associations do not handle the loans because of either poor repayment or not enough resources to satisfy the demand.
Studebaker said Anchor was not worried about the repayment, but he would loans were gover- nance. **INMANCEL**
See FINANCIAL page 5
Taking a break
Two KU students find time between classes to study on the steps of Wescoe Hall amid the rush of the first week of school.
Former vice chancellor has new role
Grade gripes send students to Balfour's door
By LISA MASSOTH Staff Reporter
Disgruntled students are William Balfour's biggest business, and the largest percentage of them have been in the job market.
UNFORTUNATELY, no such place exists at KU.
As University Ombudsman, Balfour hears grievances from students and faculty at the University of Kansas. He is also a professor of physiology and cell biology.
In his annual report, Balfour said he had heard
that the last year, 61 of them con-
cerned grade problems.
halfour said he was in favor of an academic grievance committee with the power to change
"Students don't feel like they have a good hearing," he said. "They to the chairman of the department who usually backs up the department. There ought to be an objective hearing."
"I'm building a scenario like Wichita State's," he said. "The student talks to the dean of student affairs, who decides if he should take it (the grievance) to the committee."
Wichita State has used this process since 1969, Balfour said, and the committee has changed about 20 percent of the grades students have complained about.
But, as a faculty member, Balfour said he could easily see the other side.
"I wouldn't like somebody to come along and change a grade I've given," he said.
The University Senate executive committee, which has the power to act on Bailour's suggestion, did not move to form a grievance committee at its meeting yesterday morning.
Ernest Angino, geology professor and chairman of SenEx, questioned appointing such a committee because he said teachers cherished the work of students who had many students, the student didn't have a valid claim.
"You get some cases that are justified," he said, "but some students are just playing games.
JIM SEAVER, director of Western civilization and SenBex memorial grade was a teacher, a teacher and a staff member.
"Any time you bring in a third party, there is a problem," he said.
Should SenEx decide to provide an outlet fo
student grade disputes, they would take a recommendation to the University Council, which would vote on the matter.
The strongest argument against such a committee Balfour said, concerned professors changing grades in classes that weren't in their field. For example, a grievance committee member might be an engineering professor who was reviewing a grade given in photojournalism.
"He wouldn't be criticizing the student's work, but the way the course was taught and set up," he said.
One grade was changed last year as a result of a student complaint.
"The chairman of the department talked to the student and concluded that the expectations of the teacher had not been clearly explained." He said, "The grade was changed from a B to an A."
Ombudsman serves as KU's sounding board
Staff Reporter
By LISA MASSOTH
Even though he resembles old St. Nick, with his bush, white eyebrows and sideburns, the jovial professor hears students's complaints instead of children's wishes.
1. nan just resigned the vice chancellorship and was finding it hard to settle back and be just a teacher again." William Ballour, University of Haarsman said, explaining how he acquired the job.
"Besides, no one else applied."
Balfour was vice chancellor for student affairs from 1968 to 1976.
Hearing grievances from annoyed students and faculty is just one of Balfour's many tasks. He also runs the human biology program at Auburn and helps by病理学 a human biology seminar and advises students.
"I advised 104 students last week," he said.
"That's a record."
The job as ombudsman creates mixed feelings for Balfour
"Once I get into a particular setting, it's fine," she said. "I'll go there on (ombudsman affairs) on the calendar ahead."
on a grievance depends on what the problem is, he said.
Balfour provides a sounding board for all types of complaints and problems reported by both students and faculty members. Whether he acts
"I talk to the person who made them mad," he said. "I've gotten an occasional regulation changed that's hard on students."
Four years ago, a student went to Balfour with an employment form that had a clause at the bottom which said, "We reserve the right to talk to your neighbors." Balfour talked to the department that had the form and they changed it.
During his three years as ambudman, Balfour has heard many memorable complaints.
"One student had #400 in parking fines and he was mad because they wouldn't let him back in school," Bailour said. "The student said, 'I just want you to be treated to.' He lived in Jayhawk Towers!"
One of the new complaints Balfour heard last year was a result of probation and dismissal rules in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
The new requirements, which were passed by the College Assembly, are 1.0 for freshman, 1.5 for sophomores and 2.0 for upper classman. If these grade point averages are not maintained on probation for one semester, if his grades do not improve, he is dismissed from school.
"There were certain grade point averages to maintain starting last year, and it caught a lot of
William H. Balfour, University ombudsman, sits at his desk in Malott Hall.
SenEx requests sexual harassment policy advice
The University Senate executive committee said yesterday it could not make a decision on a sexual harassment policy until other groups could offer their advice.
By SHARON APPELBAUM
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Robert Cobb, executive vice chancellor, had given SenEx two drafts to review, one concerning employers and employees and the other concerning student-teacher relationships.
But George Worth, ex officio member of SenEx, had looked over the draft and told the group, "No individual or no pair of individuals really should be charged with doing this one all
SHIRLEY HARKESS, a member who examined the policies with Worth, said, "We don't really reflect the concerns of classified employees."
She added that she wanted to solicit responses from concerned groups, such as women's health.
Classified employees are workers who are not members of the faculty or administration.
"They have an important role to play in University policy. They're better situated to invite comment."
SenEx is composed of three students and six faculty members who are chosen to represent the institution.
And David Adkins, SenEx member, said, "I'd like to see the draft of the report for students go through the channels of Student Senate." Cobb later explained that he sent the drafts only to SenEx because "it is the only body with both faculty and students built in.
Cobb said he was open to SenEx asking for advice from other groups and said he would talk to Ernest Angino, SenEx chairman, on how to go about it.
HE PREDICTED that the policies could be presented in final form by the end of the semester.
The University had initiated the policies because of reports of sexual harassment at KU and other campuses around the country.
The University is required by law to make a sexual harassment policy as part of its affirmative action plan, but Cobb said he believed a policy protecting students was also necessary.
Cobb said the drafts were the result of "several hands over several months," including the office of Affirmative Action, University Council and the vice chancellors.
But SenEx members said they could still see several problems with the drafts.
For example, Worth mentioned a clause in both drafts suggesting that anyone harassed should first talk to the other person involved. Worth called that proposal "unrealistic."
COBB LATER SAID, however, that such a person could be harmed, if the harassed person did not feel threatened.
Worth also objected to the use of normal grievance procedures for harassed persons, saying, "We ought not to have them traveling around Strong Hall knocking on all the doors."
In other business, the committee approved the rewording of a policy that prohibited any University-required activities during finals week and stop day.
Harkess asked if the two policies could be joined into one University policy. But Angino questioned the legality of the mature and said he wanted to give Vickie Thomas, University general counsel.
Angino said the policy wasn't changed, only simplified. The rule is mainly designed to prohibit scheduling of basketball games during finals, but Angino also offered the example of a
See SENEX page 5
Hit-and-run accident kills Oskaloosan
Staff Reporter
Bv LILLIAN DAVIS
A Douglas County man was killed yesterday in an apparent hit-and-run accident on Highway 56 south of Lawrence.
A preliminary investigation conducted by the Douglas County sherriff's office showed Miesbach was struck while walking in the eastbound lane near the junction of Hightows 89
Trooper Bob Leahhew said Meisbach died of massive injuries to the head and torso.
William Miesbach III, 24, of Oskaloosa, was found about 6 a.m. by a passerby. Police said Miesbach had been struck by a vehicle traveling at a high speed.
Leahew said that Miesbach was hit by more than one vehicle but that he probably was killed by the first impact.
the involvement.
"He (Miesbach) was rolled over or dragged for quite a distance," said Douglas County Sheriff Rex Johnson.
He said the investigation was still in progress and he clarified comment on the description of any vehicle involved.
Gleaned that more than half the bones in Miesbach's body had been broken. He said that the body was found about 300 feet from where the first impact apparently occurred.
Investigators found a Yellow Cab stuck in a field along the one-half mile west of the bark. The heck was open.
Miesbach was an employee at Yellow Cab Co. of Lawrence and had repeatedly given false call reports to his dispatcher after 9 p.m. Tuesday, investigators said.
Neighbors told police they had seen a bale with recklessly in the area between 4 and 5 a.m. yesterday.
Police suspect that Miesbach abandoned the cake after making several attempts to get it out of the oven.
Police also said that Miesbach may have gone into a fit of rage before leaving the cab, apparently breaking the windshield and tearing out the microphone.
Leahew declined to comment on the cause of Miesbach's behavior.
Miesbach's employer, Ward Thompson, owner of Yellow Cab, told police he did not know why Miesbach had been so far out of his territory.
Thompson had reported the cab missing about 4 a.m.
Weather
Today will be mostly cloudy, with a 30
occurrence of rain, according to the
KU Weather Service.
The high will be in the low 88s, and the low will be about 59. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with a high in the low 89s
The weekend will be more of the same, partly cloudy and mudgy with highs in the mid to upper 80s.