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February 22, 1973 THE TRANSCRIPT Page 3
MICH AFX TEMMEN of the Video Exchange in New York City will
speak on "Art in Video Tape" at Forum tomorrow. The lecture, to be
held at 10 a.m. in Chappelear Drama Center, is the last in this term's
series.
Fraternities
By John Glascott
Although pledging increased
slightly, some feel this year's fall
rush experiment inconvenienced
OWU's fraternities. Deferred
winter rush will probably return
next year, if Interfraternity Council
(IFC) President James Bowie
gets his way.
Bowie, a junior, said he will support
the switch to deferred rush.
The deferred system, used the
three years prior to this year,
schedules formal rush and
pledging for the first week of
winter term.
Bowie's proposal needs the
approval of IFC's seven-membe- r
cabinet and WCSA. Bowie said he
is optimistic about WCSA passage
since IFC proposals are seldom
blocked.
Under fall rush this year,
pledging occurred the seventh
week of the term. Each fraternity
was permitted to take a maximum
of 20 pledges fall term and 15 more
during the rest of the year.
In an attempt to bolster
pledging, IFC set March 3 as
another pledge day. The houses
will open for formal rush Feb. 28.
Dave Amirault, coordinator of
fraternity affairs, said another
pledge day is planned for the
spring, but no date has been set.
Bowie called the present in- -
Trustees Study
A special committee was
established last week-en- d to study
the feasibility of direct press
coverage of Board of Trustees
meetings. Board President Grant
Young said the committee was
suggested by the Board's Student
Affairs Committee and received
Executive Committee approval.
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Find Fall Rush Inefficient
formal fall rush system "really
raunchy." He said the system puts
a financial strain on fraternities
because they have to bear the cost
of rush parties all fall. He added
that over Christmas vacation new
pledges sometime "lose interest in
the house and the house loses interest
in them."
PERCENTAGE OF MALE AFFILIATES 50
PERCENTAGE OF FRESHMEN MALE AFFILIATES
UPPER CLASS MALE AFFILIATES-52- .3
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Admissions and the Alumni
Center would also move into
Elliott.
A long-rang- e fund-raisin- g pro-Joh- n
ject was announced by
Press Coverage
The Committee will consist of
Young, Board members and
The group was formed in
response to repeated requests for
entrance to Board meetings from
The Transcript and WSLN. Junior
Scott Livingston, WSLN news
director and Transcript editor-elec- t,
also presented a request to
the Student Affairs Committee.
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College Aid Crush
By Clark Morehouse
The availability of college-leve- l
education has always hinged on its
means of support. Now, more than
ever, the individual whose choice
is based not on
financial considerations
but
on the"intangi-ble- "
merits of
an institution,
is fortunate. In 4
coming years Morehouse
the financial aid picture at small
private colleges like Ohio
Wesleyan will begin to shrink
because of change in the economy.
In his report to the Board of
Trustees last Saturday, University
President Thomas Wenzlau" em- -
Amirault said he prefers the
deferred system over fall rush.
The current system prevents
"block pledging," he said, because
freshmen are not yet well
acquainted. He added that grade
problems develop because "actives
have to rush all term," and
freshmen pledge just before finals.
Pledges New Pledges Total
(10 social) 151 598
Eckler, chairperson of the
University Relations Committee,
and approved "in principle" by the
Board.
Young announced that the
Endowment Fund Drive forecasts
a $50,000 favorable result for this
year, and was "in pretty good
shape" at the end of January.
The Committee on Institutional
Discrimination, headed by Paul
Dahlquist, assistant professor of
anthropology, told the Student
Affairs Committee that several
recommendations, including one to
the Athletic Department, have
been offered and some
phasized that in the seven years
between 1965 anTl 1972, the cost of
college increased 50 per cent while
the cost of financial aid rose an
astounding 131 per cent.
OWU's financial aid packet falls
into three categories: scholarships
and grants, loans and part-tim- e
work grants. Through a combination
of federal, state and University
funding, these programs benefit
over 53 per cent of the student
body.
Each area of financial aid has its
own funding source. The Financial
Aid Office estimated $1.3-millio-
n
will be spent this year for grants
and scholarships alone.
The sources are: OWU scholarship
endowments (private donations)
$150,000; University Income
' (Budget) $800,000; Gifts
(earmarked for scholarships)
$185,000, Federal Government
(Education Opportunity Grants)
$75,000; State Government (Ohio
InstructionarGrants) $130,000.
Must "Need" Grants
This grant money is awarded to
students who show need and
academic potential. In most cases
the student is expected to reach
and maintain a certain academic
level.
The $263,000 in loan money
projected for this school year
comes from two primary sources.
One appears to be in the process of
being dephased; the other has
serious limitations on its ability to
assist students equally.
Since the Sputnik scare in 1957,
the Federal government's National
Direct Student Loan Fund has
been the primary watershed for
loan money to colleges and
universities. Last year OWU
received over $170,000, interest
free, to be used while recipients
were still in school. Yet this source
of aid may have run dry; President
Nixon's new budget allots nothing
for this loan fund.
What the administration hopes
will fill the gap is the Federal
Insured Loan Program, initiated in
1969. This program functions
through local banks, with the
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Federal government paying interest
on individual loans while
students are in school. The
program assists families
incomes of less than $15,000.
Loans Don't Come Easy
with
The major flaw in this program
lies in the initial acquisition of
money. A student must find a local
bank willing to loan the money,
and for poor folks this is much
easier said than done. Banks are
interested in receiving a return on
"investments" and may hesitate to
loan money under less than
conditions.
ideal
There is another new source of
loan funds, but the program is
limited. The Basic Opportunity
Grants Program (BOG), stands on
the premise that everyone is
entitled to higher education to
the tune of $1,400 per family per
year. The program is underfunded
however, primarily because
it is not only intented to aid .
students in colleges and universities,
but also in trade and
vocational schools. Hence, a
$622-millio- n pie initially cut 2,000
ways (to include only colleges and
universities) is now divided into
8,000 slivers.
The problem is complicated by
what Wenzlau calls the program's
uncertainty. No pilot studies have
been authorized to determine the
effectiveness of the BOG.
Trustee Support
This creates another problem, in
that Ohio Wesleyan must know
how much money is available for
prospective freshmen and students
already on aid. Last
Saturday, the trustees authorized
the Financial Aid
continue its current
Office to
program,
although OWU may be affected by
curtailment of federal funds to
both the Federal Direct Students
Loan Fund and the BOG.
At present the situation is grave
and uncertain for those most
affected. Wenzlau said he did not
fault Nixon's policy, only the "poor
management" that characterized
planning of the new programs.
29 W. WINTER Ph. 369-305- 0
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