UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesdav, September 21. 1994
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Address updates necessary for aid
By Shannon Newton Kansan staff writer
Financial aid recipients need to remember to update their addresses.
If they don't update their addresses with the Office of Student Financial Aid by the Oct. 1 deadline, they could have problems renewing their financial aid.
Chris Johnson, assistant director for financial aid, said that in previous years, students had to fill out entirely new, free applications for federal student aid each year. But last year the renewal application process began, requiring students only to update the applications.
But problems arose when students didn't update their addresses. Financial Aid needs students' correct
addresses so that they can begin preparing to mail the renewal forms out. The forms will begin reaching students in December and are due Jan. 1.
"The renewal form is easier to complete because it allows the student to just update those items which have changed from the prior application year," Johnson said.
Johnson said the applications sometimes did not reach students because financial aid did not have the students' correct addresses.
"Last year, students waited for their renewal application, but it was probably sent to their previous address," Johnson said.
The U.S. Department of Education came up with the renewal application to make the process simpler, he said.
Students who don't turn in renewal forms still have the opportunity to fill out a long application, which is due March 1. But Johnson said that filling out a renewal form could decrease the chance that a student might make an error that could make the student's financial aid late or incorrect.
"If students turn the renewal application in by the deadline, it will enhance their chance to get the best possible aid package," Johnson said.
Most students who will be effected by the renewal process receive federal Perkins Loans, Federal Work Study, and the federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant.
Students who wish update their addresses may do so in the Office of Student Financial Aid, 50 Strong Hall.
Psychology classes require student research
By Jennifer Freund Kansan staff writer
Psychology faculty and graduate students need guinea pigs, and Psychology 104 students need a passing grade. Thus, a symbiotic relationship has developed between the two interests over a 22-year period at the University of Kansas.
David S. Holmes, professor of psychology, said the requirement for General Psychology students to complete five hours of psychological experiments benefited the students as well as the faculty conducting the experiments.
Students are required to participate as subjects or complete two term papers to receive credit for the class.
"Having such a large pool of students available is productive for the department in terms of research," Holmes said. "It's an advantage to the student because the more research that's published, the better reputation the University gets and the more
money that comes in. "Tuition only pays a fraction of what education costs."
Holmes also said students learned from participating in experiments.
"Some students don't see the value of participating," he said. "But it gives them some exposure to research."
While Holmes said using students for experiments had been successful in the past, he said he realized that there were some inherent obstacles experimenters encountered.
One issue that has been raised is the lack of minority students used in the studies, he said.
"The lack of minorities is a serious problem that we're focusing on," he said. "We don't know that WASPy middle-class students generalize to minority groups. It's an issue that psychology is behind on. It's especially hard to study ethnic issues in Kansas."
Holmes also said that every precaution was taken to ensure that students were not exploited by the experimenters. Each experiment must meet the standards of the Advisory Committee on Human Experimentation.
Holmes said that the committee is comprised of students, faculty, a lawyer and people from the Lawrence community.
Most students said they did not feel uncomfortable about the experiments or resentful at having to complete them to receive credit for the class.
Chad Denpsey, Maryville, Mo,
freshman, who had already participated
in one experiment said that he didn't mind being a subject.
"It wasn't tough," he said. "It's easier than writing a term paper. It's something different."
Dempsey said that he participated in an experiment that asked him to predict the sex of a person by what their job title was.