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Wednesdav, February 14, 1979
University Daily Kansan
KU's financial awards up, defy national trend
Staff Reporter
The number of federal grants given to KU students has increased, according to Jerry Rodgers, director of the office of financial aid.
However, a government spokesman said recently that fewer students were receiving federal grants.
The government said the number of loans and the size of the loans had decreased because of a `c`, 'computer drive to weed out malware'.
"The number of awards has gone up every year," he said. "And the dollar amount of the awards has also increased."
Rodgers said not all awards for the 1978-79 school year had been made, but he expected about 2,100 awards. Year 2,014
Rodgers said last year's average grunt was $880 and this year's award was $840. He said the maximum amount
Rodgers also said that cheating or inaccurate financial information was not a problem at KU.
"Since this is the first year of computer checking, we don't really have an established trend of students at KU that are checked," Rodgers said. "But when a student is selected we want them to be financial and financial aid statement to check that everything is in order."
"For the first time, the federal government is operating a validation program based on random selection of the app users, and the program will be rolled out."
be selected for validation. But then again, no KU students could be selected because the selection operates on a national basis.
Rodgers said a student from KU had been randomly selected and inaccurate information was discovered.
He said, "In this student's case, we found that she had been claimed as a dependent on her parent's income tax statement, but stated that she wasn't. So, in this case, she did falsify her application."
However, Rodgers said cheating cases at KU were "spotty."
"Considering the numbers that apply, we haven't found too many falsifications," he said. "And sometimes the mistakes are
He said investigation and prosecution of those who supply false information was done by the federal government.
"We really only deliver the federal money," Rodgers said. "The control of it is all on the federal level. We do, we have the responsibility to point out discrepancies of information that we might notice. And we can only hope that the federal government will prosecute because people just can't keep getting away with cheating."
Rodgers said KU did not have a computer validation to check only KU applicants.
"We do, though, make periodical checks of student applications in our office," he said.
The government said that last year 1.1 million students or 30 percent of all applicants were found ineligible. However, the number of false applications found by the computer service, under the random selection method, had doubled that number.
Railroads, rail workers' union testify against coal slurry pipeline
Staff Reporter
By TAMMY TIERNEY Staff Reporter
TOPEKA-Representatives of railroads and rail workers' unions had their day in court yesterday as testimony on a proposed coal slur pipeline in Kansas rolled on.
Railroad representatives voiced opposition to a bill that would grant Energy Transportation Systems Inc. of Wichita, the city's largest "main" in laying down its 1,400 mile pipeline.
They testified against the pipeline to members of the Kansas House Judiciary Committee. The pipeline would carry a gas leak from the Burlington River to Wymong Utrough Kansas to Arkansas.
Eminent domain is the state's right to take land from landowners when it is needed.
At stake for the railroads are the 14,000 jobs in Kansas that the railroads say the pipeline would eliminate. The railroads also have to raise prices if they cannot haul coal.
At stake for Energy Transportation Systems is the $31 million it says it will lose if eminent domain is not approved and the nineline must be re-rooted.
Henry Schultes, general counsel for the Kansas Railroad Association, said the bill was a desperate attempt by the company to be designated as a common carrier.
"That's the only way they can get rights of eminent domain," he said.
A common carrier is available to any
"No matter how well it is constructed, that pipeline could break. When it does, it would spread 1,500 tons of coal over the landscape in 30 minutes," he said.
Jack McLaughlin, representative of the United Transportation Union, warned legislators about the possible ecological implications of the pipeline.
company needing transportation services. That status would benefit the company because common carriers are granted eminent domain.
"We can handle it' is more than a television slogan," he said. "The railroad industry can handle the increased demand for coal and is depending on the increased business from coal to rebuild what they've lost in the last 10-15 years.
However, he said, the pipeline would not actually be a common carrier because it would not be regulated by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Pat Hubble, a lobbyist for the Kansas Railroad Association, said the company could lay the pipeline without the right of eminent domain. He said the bill was an attempt to get a "foot in the door" to extend its rights to include private property.
HUBBLE SAID the pipeline would cause rail rates to rise.
"The important thing here is underutilization. The more the railroad is used, the cheaper our rates will be. The agricultural community would be better served by the fact that coal goes over the same lines as wheat," he said.
"ETSI says there's enough coal for everyone, but the shares we lose will have to be recycled into other sports and sporting other goods. That means farmers will have to pay more to transport agricultural goods and either the companies that supply it or the food or farmers will get less for their produce."
Bryan Whitehead, Kansas Legislative director for the Brotherhood of Airline and Railroad Clerks, echoed Hubble's sentiments.
STATE REP. Mike Glover, D-Lawrence, led the committee questioning the rail workers' representatives. He expressed skepticism about the job needs of the rail
"We should not permit a coal slurry pipeline to derail the Kansas railroads."
"How much should we inhibit a technologically sound method of transporting coal for an expected loss in jobs?" he said.
"We're not talking about technological advancement," he said. "And, I don't think your question can be answered until ETISI goes up." The cost of a coal deal is cheaper by slurry than by rail.
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