2 » BENNETT BANNER * FEBRUARY 23. 1995
Editorial
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Republican majority may
jeopardize financial aid
Many things have been said about the new Republican
majority on Capital Hill.
Republicans are more conservative in the laws they pass, and
they only tend to pass cuts with the excepUon that they have to
have enough money for their own projects.
This latest cut by the Republicans will really hit most of us
where it hurts: The Wallet.
Many students depend on aid from the government as a
supplement to their tuition payments.
According to USA Today (Feb. 7) the higher education
community is up in the arms over the proposed cuts in provi
sions for financial aid.
Recent surveys showed tiiat 89 percent of Americans ranked
college aid behind Social Security, and those who thought that
it was important to hold funding levels ranked at 92 percent out
of a sample poll of 1,000 people.
These findings only prove that there has been a shift in the
order of importance that U.S. citizens feel should be appropri
ated as funding for certain programs.
Financial aid was placed before health care and military
defense, according to Thomas Kean, former New Jersey gover
nor, and current president of Drew University.
A conglomerate of 30 advanced education institutions
formed the Alliance to Save Student Aid.
Their purpose is to persuade the Republicans to terminate
what they have nicknamed as the “in-school interest subsidy”
on Stafford loans. The policy on Stafford is that the government
does not change the interest rate on the loan until after the
student graduates.
But if this policy changes, it may give students difficulty in
paying their loans, and if this proposal comes through, it may go
into effect as early as next year.
If you care about financial aid, write your senators and
express the need for them to lobby against cutting student aid.
Stephanie McCorkle
Letter to Editor Editor
Opinions
I haven’t been watching the O.J. saga.
The last thing I saw was the chase, so I
don’t know what’s going on now.
Joy Price, freshwoman, Political Science
Tax payers need to spend their money
on something else besides the O.J.
Simpson trial. Put something worth
while on TV.
Michelle Leslie, freshwoman Political Sci
ence
Campus Opinion Poll:
Can We Talk?
Do you think
there’s too
much media
coverage of
the O.J.
Simpson
trial?
During the last nine
months the O.J. Simpson
trial has been the center
of media attention.
The Bennett Banner
wanted to know what
some of the students
thought about the enor
mous amount of cover
age.
If it had been anyone else, the media
wouldn’t have been as involved. Just
because O.J. is he’s black, rich, and an
athlete, the media want to bring him
down.
Robin Woodyard, Junior,, Business Administration
Belle excuses Rutgers president for his ignorance
Citing historical facts about
Africa, beginning with the incep
tion of mankind, would end in a
lengthy lesson explaining why
Francis Lawrence, the president
of Rutgers University, is to be
forgiven for his ignorance.
I don’t have a problem with
the fallacious nature of
Lawrence’s statement about the
inferiority of minority student’s
“genetic hereditary background
certain tested groups appear to
fall short of averages and stan
dards. It seem then that we could
compare groups with statistics
and draw conclusions. But when
we stop here, we fail to analyze
and value the behavior that causes
these measurable differences.
Lawrence was correct in using
genetic heredity in argument. He
failed in his inability to consider
the dynamics society has played
quently, disproving his statement.
Fanya Stansbury,
senior
Trenton, NJ
Business Administration
and their inability toperfomi well in stifling intellectual growth and
on standardized tests. In fact, he
admitted that he made a mistake;
therefore I am refusing to ques
tion his sincerity.
The fear I have is that we will
use genetics as an excuse to stop
trying to understand one another
in light of who we are culturally.
GeneticaUy people are different
There are also numbers that make
development by not recognizing
heredity when determiningmeth-
ods for standardization.
So, I would urge all people to
take what was said by Francis
Lawrence and learn from it.
We should be challenged to go
beyond agreeing or disagreeing
with him. Instead we should move
to understanding and, subse-.
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The media have blown this O.J. situ
ation way outofproportion. They made
him guilty before the actual trial.
Trina Bym, freshwoman Political Science
The media are wrong. O.J. is getting
more coverage than Jeffrey Dahmer.
Dahmer’s act of violence was much
worse. It’s not fair because the media
is making him guilty.
Nakia Grant, freshwoman, B iology/Pre-Med
Photos by Valerie Weathers
If he were a member of another race, he
wouldn’t be getting this much publicity.
AshaPmkney, sophomore. Business Administration
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