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College Loans
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College Foundation Inc. (CFI)
announced this week that
educational loan funds are still
available for the 1989-90
academic year. CFI has financial
commitments from North
Carolina banks in excess of its
current estimates on loan needs
for funding its three educational
iloan programs for 1989-1990.
Stafford Loans for Students
are for independent self-
supporting students and are not
based on financial need. PLUS
Loans to Parents are for parents of
dependent students and are not
based on financial need. All three
types of loans are offered under
the North CaroUna Insured Student
Loan Program, with the State
Education Assistance Authority
providing the guarantee.
The loan funds are available
for applications received by the
Foundation up to 30 days before
the end of the academic period
specified in the loan request.
According to their enrollment
situation and financial situations,
students may specify the full
academic year, or specific
semesters or quarters, as their loan
periods.
Additional information and
applications are available form the
financial aid offices at higher
education institutions or directiy
from College Foundation Inc.,
2100 Yonkers Road, P.O. Box
12100, Raleigh, NC 27605.
Senior Care
Older adults of Forsyth
County— During these busy
holiday months, are you counting
your blessings or your bills?
Senior Financial Care can help by
assisting you with checkbook
balancing, check writing and
budgeting. Senior Financial Care
is supported by United Way. Rid
yourself of financial anxieties by
allowing Senior Financial Care to
assist you. Call 725-1972 for an
appointment, let us help your
holidays be happy days.
Ted Turner
Award
Ted Turner, president of Turner
Broadcasting System in Atlanta,
recently announced the Turner
Tomorrow Award, a prize of
$500,000 for the person who writes
a novel with a solution for survival
and prosperity for all forms of life on
earth.
Inadditionto$500,000,thegrand
prize winner will be guaranteed a
minimumprinting of50,000copies,
a$50,000budgetforadvertisingand
promotion, and full screen credit if
TBSmakesamovieofthemanuscript.
The half-million dollar prize is
saidtobethelargestamountoffered
as a prize for a single literary work.
By comparison, the annual Pulitzer
Prize offers $463,000.
Four runners-up will each
receive $50,000. All five winning
bookswillbepublishedinhardcover
by Turner Publishing, Inc., a
subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting.
Manuscripts must be
unpublished works of fiction of no
less than50,000words and set in the
near future. They can be written in
any language, but must be
accompanied by a synopsis of at
least 20 pages in English. All
manuscriptsmay be submitted from
January 15 through November 20,
1990.
For rules and eligibility, wnte:
Turner Tomorrow Awards, 1 CNN
Center, P.O. Box 105366, Atlanta,
Ga. 30329.
W-S Journal
Announces
Internship Prorgram
The Winston-Salem Journal
Newspaper in Winston-Salem,
North Carolina is accepting
applications for the 1990 Summer
Internship Program. Internships
willbeavailableforfourreporters,
one photographer and one
advertising salesperson. The
program is designed for students
with good academic records who
have demonstrated serious
intentions to pursue careers in
newspaper journalism. Rising
seniors are generally preferred,
but others will be considered, as
long as they will be returning to
school in the fall. Selections are
based on consideration of grades,
interest in newspapers as a career,
evidence of writing or editing
abilitydemonstratedthroughclass
exercises, experience on college
or other publications, personal
interviews, and references.
APPLICATIONS WILL BE
RECEIVED BETWEEN
OCTOBER 1 and DECEMBER
31,1989. Editors and managers
will announce their selections in
late January 1990. For further
information and an application
blank contact; Mrs. Carlene C.
Lloyd, Personnel Manager -THE
WINSTON-SALEMJOURNAL,
P.O.Box3159 Winston-Salem, N.
C. 27102.
MISS COED AMERICA PAGEANT
February 1990 Los Angeles, CA
WINNER to receive a $1,000. Scholarship from her College
The search is on to find next years ideal college coed, Miss
Coed America-1990! The eighth young college woman to hold
the title of Miss Coed America will be selected in February,
1990 at Los Angeles, California. Contestants will be evaluated
on beauty, communication skills, poise, talent, personality,
college spirit, and showbusiness appeal. To qualify, applicants
must be single, between the ages of 18-24 as of Feb. 22,1990,
bean undergraduate college coed, be proud of her university,
and enjoy appearing and performing before others either in live
productions or on TV.
Miss Coed America-1990 will represent the United States in
the Miss World Coed beauty competition in the spring of 1991.
To obtain free entry information preliminary to the M iss Coed
America Pageant, send name, address, birthday, and name of
University/College to Miss Coed Program, 8833 Coventry
Court, Jacksonville, Florida, 32257. PH (904) 448-6927.
Michelle Watson
Miss Coed America-1989
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville. Alabama
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AN UNBEATABLE COMBINATION
THE NAVY AND YOU
The Navy oilers an unbeatable
combination—$30,000 while you’re
still in college and a commission as a
Navy officer after you graduate. If you
qualify, the Navy’s Baccalaureate
Degree Completion Program will pay
you more than $1,100 a month during
your junior and senior years of
college. And you won’t even have to
wear a uniform or attend Navy classes
while you’re in school.
You must be aged 19-28, enrolled in
or have finished your second year of
an accredited four-year college, have
good grades (at least 3.0 on a 4.0
scale), be a U.S. citizen, and in gocxl
health.
Navy officers earn good pay. 'ITie
tax-free allowances add even more.
Benefits are excellent and include
free medical and dental care, and 30
days of paid vacation earned each
year.
Meet tomorrow’s challenges in
today’s Navy. For more information, see Uie Navy representaUve on cainpus:
SEE LT. REED AT THE CAKEER PLACEMENT
CENTER ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 29.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL LT REED
IN RALEIGH AT 1-800-662-7419.
NAVY OFFICER