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PAGE 8 — THE DECREE — MARCH 26,1993 Students welcome call to national service (Continued from Front Page) could submit their own innova tive service proposals for consid eration. So far, the president’s program has drawn generally favorable re views, although most groups want more details. In Washington, the United States Student Association wel comed the emphasis on service but emphasized that it will reach only a small segment of the nation’s five million college stu dents. “I think a lot of people wUl be inspired by the idea of service, “ Allen wins SGA presidency (Continued from Front Page) able in the SGA office. Even though SGA elections should be taken seriously, only about 200 students participated in voting. But current SGA Presi dent Judy Boyd said the number of voters had improved since last Ferrell joins WESQ (Continued from Front Page) Femell’s childhood home for a visit. WESQ also announced that community volunteer Lauri Crowder and student volunteer Bruce Wayland will produce “The Ear Candy Show” on Tuesdays from 10:30 p.m. to midnight The show will stress musical diver sity and unpredictability. Crowder works in her mother’s court re porting service in Rocky Mount There are now 11 student and seven community volunteers, in cluding one staff and one faculty member, working to make WESQ grow. Anyone interested in being a volunteer should contact Jerry Glass at 5236 for more informa tion. year. “There was much more pub licity this year by candidates than before,” noted Boyd, who said this may be a factor in the in creasing turnout She also said there was little publicity for a de bate that was held between can didates and the time of the debate was a key factor as to why no students attended. Another reason that contrib uted to increased voter turnout was that election centers were set up in the administtation building during classes and in the Hardee’s Student Union during lunch. Most students just did not vote because they had an £^parent lack of in terest One non-voter remarked, “SGA does little publicity any other time, and I don’t know much about the organization.” Currently the old and new of ficers are going through a transi tion period. The present officers are trying to prepare and train the new officers for their jobs. An induction ceremony will be held April 26 at 10:30 a.m. in the chapel and will be followed by an open house in the SAC. said Stacey Leyton, USSA’s president. “But it will in no way replace the need to strengthen the existing student aid programs.” USSA said the president should combine the national ser vice initiative with one to make the Pell Grant program an entitie- ment thereby giving more stu dents greater access to post-sec ondary education. In addition, teen-agers who would earn vouchers before col lege also must retain their eligi bility for the Pell program, she said. If not, students may believe they were “tricked” into provid ing service when they could have obtained other aid. Another issue in the debate is the stipend students would receive during their years of service. USSA said some of the figures circulated — minimum wage or as littie as $100 a week — might limit participation only to those who could live at home while they serve. The student group recom mended a stipend of at least $10,000 a year, with higher pay for older, non-tiaditional students. USSA also recommended a part-time service option to holp recruit the widest cross-section of college students and graduates. An educator who specializes in community service also wanted more details about Clinton’s plan, expressing concern that it unfairly may target low-income students most in need of aid. “It’s another hoop poor stu dents may have to jump through,” said Arnold Mitchem, who has TEAMS SCHOOLS FAMILY REUNIONS CAPS SHIRTS & SWEATS FAST lURN AROUND-20 YRS EXPERIENCE SHAMROCK - Enfield 445-2869 helped build support for programs that recruit low-income and mi nority youth for college. Mitchem, who heads the Na tional Council of Educational Opportunity Associations, said he had “mixed feelings” about the plan because the neediest students are most likely to participate. “It makes a distinction be tween a middle-income student and a poor student,” he said. During his campaign for the presidency, Clinton envisioned a much larger service initiative but reportedly scaled back those plans because of budget constraints. He is expected to release more de tails in April on the structure of his service program in his fiscal 1994 budget In addition to the service ini tiative, the president outlined a number of changes in student loan programs in his Rutgers appear ance. One change could give stu dents a chance to pay back their education loans based on a per centage of their post-college in come, which he said would allow graduates to take more commu nity service jobs. College gradu ates complain that economics are forcing them to take higher-pay ing jobs immediately upon gradu ation just to repay student loans. Such a policy would enable graduates to “hold jobs that may accomplish much but pay little, “ Clinton said. USSA’s Leyton said income- based loan repayment could help some students but hurt others be cause of higher interest costs and a longer repayment schedule. She said students needed more details about this element of the president’s plan before passing judgment For his part, Clinton said his service and loan proposals also would help reduce the college dropout rate in high schools. “We can do better than that through national service and adequate fi nancing,” he said. TOP TEN MOST CLUELESS PEOPLE ON EARTH ). Rainforest chainsaw operator. Millionaires in prison. L Drivers with turn signal perpetually on. r. Las Vegas lounge acts. >. Unregistered voters. >. Frozen dinner enthusiasts. I. Javelin catcher. 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