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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Feb. 7, 1986
Campus/Area
20 percent could lose aid at KU
By Lori Polson Staff writer
President Reagan's proposed budget cuts may put some KU students in a financial bind, the director of financial aid said yesterday.
The proposed cuts would decrease federal financial aid to 20 percent of the college students who are now eligible to receive aid.
Jerry Rogers, director of financial aid, said students from middle- to low-income families probably would lose the most from the cuts.
"It has to hurt somewhere along the line," he said.
Reagan presented his budget plan to Congress on Wednesday. It requested an immediate $1 billion cut in the Department of Education for fiscal year
1986 and additional cuts to save a total of $2.6 billion in fiscal year 1987.
Although the budget cuts won't officially affect students until the 1987-88 school year, Rogers said, there is a good chance that the interest rate on guaranteed student loans will be increased next year.
The 5-percent interest rate for GSLs probably will be raised to $1\frac{1}{2}$ percent next year, he said.
"One of the reasons the program is so expensive is because the government is paying all this interest for all these loans," he said. "The cost must be absorbed somewhere."
The government also may change its payment schedule for Pell Grants next year, he said. Pell Grants are free financial awards based on need.
Rogers said the amount of money awarded to each student might decrease but the University wouldn't know for sure until later this spring.
The Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program probably would be discontinued for the 1987-88 school year, Rogers said. If that happens, the University could lose $460,000 in aid to students
David Amber, vice chancellor for student affairs, said it was too soon to tell whether the expected decrease in financial aid would cause a decline in enrollment at the University.
"It would depend on whether or not we would have the resources available to help those students who would not be able to attend school without aid," he said.
Black students to attend conference
By Brian Kaberline
Staff writer
Staff Writer
A group of students plans to leave today for a weekend of work and play at the 1986 Big Eight Conference on Black Student Government.
The conference, sponsored by the University of Missouri, will feature workshops and presentations for leaders of black student organizations as well as a gospel music program, a student pageant and parties for the students and their advisers.
Although the conference is directed at students from Big Eight schools, students from across the
country plan to attend, conference organizers said yesterday. The theme for this year's meeting is "A People United Will Never Be Divided."
The delegation from the University of Kansas will include Vernell Spearman, director of minority affairs; Michele Van, assistant director of minority affairs; officers of the Black Student Union and the winners of KU's Mr. Ebony and Miss Essence pageant.
Eddie Watson, president of the BSU, said many students planned to attend the conference and the Inspirational Gospel Voices, a KU group, would
perform in the gospel program.
KU's Mr. Ebony and Miss Essence for 1986, Anthony Butcher, St. Louis freshman, and Karen Franklin, Kansas City freshman, will vie for the titles of Mr. Ebony and Miss Essence for the Big Eight conference.
Speakers for the conference include Michael Middleton, one of the founders of the conference, and Thomas Jenkins, president of Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo. The keynote address will be delivered by syndicated columnist William Raspberry.
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PRE-MED STUDENTS
Representatives from the University of Kansas School of Medicine will be on campus to visit with students on an individual basis on the following dates:
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- Monday, February 24
- Monday, March 3
- Monday, March 17
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