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Nantucket in a more relaxed moment between ap
pearances. From left are Mark Downing, Eddie Blair,
Tommy Redd, Pee Wee Watson, Larry Uzzell and Ken
ny Soule.
Cutbacks in Financial Aid
May Affect Half of Students
By SUSAN CALHOUN
(CPS) - Fully half the nation's col
lege students might have to change
their plans for next year if Congress
passes President Ronald Reagan's plan
to cut federal financial aid by 20 per
cent, financial aid administrators
warn.
The cuts recommended by the Office
of Management and Budget have
private colleges in particular scurrying
to devise methods to compensate for
the loss in grants and loans. But all col
lege administrators contacted by Col
lege Press Service feared the proposed
cuts would destroy their enrollments.
Don Mullen, head of financial aid at
the University of Montana and the
president to the Rocky Mountain
Association of Student Financial Aid
Administrators, predicts that if the cuts
are approved, “Aid to part-time
students will be the first eliminated
Then we'd probably have to make aid
dependent on grades.”
Even then, Mullen estimates that
Montana still would have “about 500
hurt students," which would “unques
tionably have a significant impact on
Two Quit Jobs
In Admissions
By JENNIFER WICKER
The resignation of G. Thomas Taylor,
director of admissions, and of Micheal
W. Hedgepeth, also in admissions, has
created a gap which Dean Clayton
Lewis, and his son, Hugh I.«wis are now
trying to fill.
Taylor, who wu.-j with admissions for
seven years, left to accept employment
with DuPont in Delaware. Hedgepeth
resigned, and is now employed by the
Halifax County School System.
Hugh Lewis was hired to represent
Chowan in Virginia from March 23
through May 30, and the college is in the
process of writing placement offices at
many colleges to seek applicants,
according to Dean I-ewis.
There is a large turnover of em
ployees in admissions offices, one
reason is the amount of travel, which is
particularly rough on a family-oriented
person, noted l^wis.
Dean I,ewis is working on Saturdays,
and doing more telephoning to fill the
gap-
“Frankly, almost all of my time and
efforts are put toward admissions right
now,” he observed.
I^ewis added, “I visited schools in
New Jersey during Spring Break and 1
will probably do more letter writing
and telephoning in an effort to generate
applications from qualified high school
seniors."
enrollment.”
Of major consequence to Mullen and
other financial aid administrators are
the recommendations made concerning
Pell Grants, National Direct Student
Loans, and Guaranteed Student Loans.
Specifically, Office of Management
and Budget (0MB) Director David
Stockman wants to cut 286,000 students
from the Pell (formally BEOG) pro
gram by restricting the grants to
students from familiea making less
than $25,000 a year.
Mullen frets such a move would “cut
off a couple hundred students” at Mon
tane alone, while Donald Chenelle of
Case-Western in Ohio asserts “it would
be an incredible hardship" for those
families with more than one child in col
lege.
“If you’ve got two or three kids in
graduate and undergraduate school,
even if you earn a higher-than-average
income, you're going to have trouble
putting those kids through school unless
you can pay in installments over a long
period of time. Pell Grants gave people
that opportunity,” Chenelle says.
Stockman also wants to eliminate the
National Direct Student Loan program
over the next four years. The loss would
pose additional problems for students
hoping to “make up for the loss of a
gram with a loan, ” says Paul Chhsman
of Wichita State.
Chrisman’s financial aid office
manages $1 million yearly in NDSLs,
some of which is used to fund other pro
grams, like work/study.
The Guaranteed Student Loan plan,
however, is the largest federal aid pro
gram, and administrators predict that
Stockman’s recommended changes in
the GSL program, and administrators
predict that Sstockman’s recommend
ed changes in the GSL program could
cause the worst problems and most
drastically affect enrollment.
Stockman proposes the elimination of
the “in-school interest subsidy” pro
gram of Guaranteed Student Loans.
Under the current system, students
repay bank loans tuition at nine percent
interest rates, while the government
pays the difference between nine per
cent and the regular interest rate.
Under the new plan, students will have
to pay the regular market rate, which
now hovers between 17 and 20 percent.
Benjamin Culley of Occidental Col
lege mourns that the loss of any part of
the GSL program “would be a very
heavy blow” to schools. Nationally, it
provides $4.8 billion to students yearly.
Over 600 students get $L25 million in
GSIs every year at Occidental, and
Culley warns that many of those people
would have to transfer to a pubUc
school if that money dried up.
“We simply don't have the resources
to make up for that money,” CuUey
says. “One-third of our students would
be affected by such a thing, and they’d
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have to get the money somewhere else
in order to stay at Occidental. ”
Almost half the students enrolled at
Maine’s Babson College are dependent
on GSLs, according to Edwina Mid
dleton of the financial aid office. Any
change in the program would “pose a
threat” to private schools, she says,
because students simply couldn’t afford
the high tuition costs of such colleges.
But if GSLs provide for 30-50 percent
of undergraduates, Emory University’s
Herman Reese estimates that at least
60-75 percent of the nation’s graduate
students rely on the program.
“GSLs have a tremendous impact on
the matriculation of grad students,” he
says, hinting that many students would
have to drop out of school immediately
if the “interest rates and income
eligibility were changed” in the pro
gram.
Case-Western’s Chenelle says that
med students in particular would be hit
because their costs are usually the
highest. Between tuition, living, and
supply expenses, Chenelle estimates
that an average med student at Case
must come up with $12,500 each year.
“Only about a quarter of our students
can come up with that kind of money
without the GSL,” Chenelle observes.
Tom Little of Emory Law School, for
one, says that a GSL made it possible
for him to attend Emory, where tuition
is currently about $4600, instead of a
state law school, which costs
“somewhere in the neighborhood of
$1000”
But now his financial aid officer has
advised him that the $5000 he is current
ly entitled to under the GSL program
might disappear, and Little is getting
somewhat frantic.
“Losing the GSLs would definitely
make me have to cliange all my plans,
and the same with everybody else I
know in law school,” he grieves.
“I don’t know what my friends will
do,” Little adds, “But I might have to
transfer to a state school. If I was star
ting law school over, I prot>ably would
have to make a financial decision not to
enroll in the first place if there was no
such thing as GSL.
Chenelle says it is impossible to know
how many people are in comparable
situations, but he would rather be never
had to know.
“I don’t think Stockman is the source
or the final word in what the cuts are
going to be. You’ve got (represen
tatives William) Ford and (Clarl)
Perkins in the Congress, and a lot of
people who are going to have their
say,” he warns.
“We’re going to have some alter
native plans,” Mullen says. “I suspect
we’ll start with publicity so parents and
students will know just how the govern
ment is affecting their college careers,
then we’ll give the government our own
proposals for budgeting.”
Frederick Edged
In Doubleheader
By SCOTT GODWIN
In a doubleheader played Friday,
March 13, Chowan won twice over
Frederick by the narrowest margins,
and increas^ their overall record to 4-
0.
In the first game, the Braves won a
close one 4-3, behind the seven-hit
pitching of left-hander Pat Ehle.
Frederick managed to get three runs in
the first inning on the strength of two
homeruns, but were shut out the rest of
the way.
The two homeruns did not seem to
faze the Braves, as they scored two in
the first, one in the third, and one in the
seventh, which was the winning run,
and came via a Peery Agee walk, a
single by Dwight Mangum, and a RBI
single by Don Robertson.
Freddy Davis led the Braves with his
two for three performance, while
Robertson, Dwight Mangum and Agee
were two for four. The Braves had ten
hits in the game, but showed defensive
lapses with four errors.
In the second game, Don Myers
pitched a brilliant game with a six hit
shutout. The Braves had only four hits,
but the decisive run came on a Freddy
Davis homerun over the centerfield
fence.
Davis once again was the top hitter as
he had another two-hit game.
Shipbuilders
Downed Twice
By SCOTT GODWIN
NEWPORT NEWS - The Braves of
Chowan swept a double header from the
Shipbuilders of Newport News by
scores of 5-1 and 3-2, Wednesday,
March 25.
In game one, three singles by Sam
Kayea, Jeff Pierce, and Dwight
Mangum gave Chowan a 1-0 lead in the
first. Two more runs in the second
staked Pat Ehle to a 3-0 lead. Ehle went
on to win the game, a four hitter, for his
second of the season.
Newport News scored its only run in
the fifth, but Chowan scored two more
in the seventh, behind a solo homerun
by Deon Douthett.
The Braves had nine hits in the game.
Dwight Mangum had three hits, and
Don Robertson had two hits and two
RBI’s.
The second game was a real dogfight,
and went 14 inning to break a 2-2
deadlock.
Newport News scored its only runs in
the game in the first inning, as Bruce
Hoff pitched the distance and went on to
settle down by striking out eight and
allowing seven hits in the win for
Chowan.
The tie breaker was produced by
Freddie Davis who came up to the plate
in the 14tli with a man on third base
following a double and passed ball and
singled cleanly for the winning run.
The final score was 3-2 Chowan as the
Braves banged out nine hits.
Twin Bill Split
With Smithdeal
By SCOTT GODWIN
In the second meeting between these
two teams, Chowan split a
doubleheader with Smithdeal Massey,
winning the first game 7-3, and losing
the second game 4-0, Tuesday, March
24.
The Braves had 13 hits in the first
game, which backed the fine pitching of
Ron Baxter, who allowed only four hits
and a walk.
Jeff Pierce, playing first base for
Chowan, started things off in the first
inning with a solo homerun. Another
homerun in the fourth by Freddie Davis
with one man on base gave the Braves a
3-2 lead. The homerun was Davis’
second of the season.
In the sixth, Kenny Hall singled, and
was further advanced with another
single by Deon Douthett. Up to the plate
came ^m Kayea, the shortstop, who
tripled to deep right center, knocking in
two runs. Jeff Pierce then powdered a
double that brought in Kayea. Chowan
went on to win the game 7-3.
In the second game, Chowan could
get only two hits and lost the game 4-0.
Errors proved costly as three were
committed by Chowan.
Braves Drop Pair
To Smithdeal
By SCOTT GODWIN
RICHMOND — The first games of the
year were lost by Qiowan, Tuesday,
March 17, as Smithdeal Massey had two
good pitching performances in
sweeping (%owan in the doubleheader.
Clhowan had fine pitching also, but
the hitting never, came through and
resulted in 3-1, and 2-1 defeats.
In the opening game, Smithdeal
scored a run in the first, and the Braves
tied it in the fifth with their lone run, but
Don Oliver gave up a two-run homer in
the bottom of the sixth that won tlie
game for the home team. Chowan had
only four hits — all singles.
The second game saw the Braves and
Smithdeal Massey tied 1-1 in the bottom
of the seventh Inning, but Chowan lost
on a suicide squeeze play that was
worked to perfection. The final score: 2-
1, Smithdeal Massey the winner.
Chowan had seven hits in the game,
Gary Hunter, and Freddy Davis getting
two each.
The Braves lack of hitting was ap
parent with six runners being stranded
on base.
Lady B's Thump
Southeastern
By BELINDA ELMORE
The Lady Brave softball team opened
conference play beating Southeastern
by a margin of 21-6 the first game and
17-5 the second game.
Everyone got a chance to play. Coach
Linda Owens stated that “the offense
and defense were very strong”. We
played well and I’m really pleased”.
In other action, the I^dy Braves
defeated Methodist College 7-2 the first
game and 2-1 the second game.
The team had little trouble achieving
victory in the first game. Good defense
and offense was seen. Carolyn Kelly,
Molly Hopkins, and Lori Clarter batted
in two runs each with Duanne Keel
batting in one. Kelly and Hopkins led
the team in batting with 4 for 4 and 3 for
3 respectively.
In the second game, the Braves led 1-
0, but Methodist managed to tie the
game in the seventh inning. With one
out and bases loaded, the team made a
double play and went into extra innings.
Both teams refused to let the other
score, but the Braves finally scored in
the ninth inning making it 2-1. With the
other team batting, the Braves held on
and played an outstanding defense to
win the game 2-1. Phyllis Greer was
outstanding hitter, batting in both runs.
Coach Owens stated that “the team
has a lot of injuries right now but with
the strong batting and fielding, we
should have a great season.” The team
is asking for a lot of fan support. “We
appreciate those who have come to our
games so far,” said Owens, “we hope
others will join them. ”
Tyler's Homers
Trounce Lenoir
By BELINDA ELMORE
The Lady Braves brought home two
more victories when they defeated
Lenoir by 8-3 the first game and 11-5 the
second game.
Terri Tyler led the team in the first
game with a grand slam, plus another
home run later in the game. Carolyn
Kelly went 3 for 4.
In the second game, Tyler went 4 for 4
and scored every time at t)at. Phyllis
Greer was 4 for 4 and scored 3 times
followed closely by Sandy Dixon and
Carolyn Kelly who were 3 for 4.
“We had real good batting,” said
Coach Owens, “the team is playing
hard and their attitudes are excellent.”
The team is off to its best start ever
with a 6-0 mark in the conference.
Coach Owens stated that the team is
suffering from a lot of injuries but the
players are still in good spirits. Molly
Hopkins is out of the season with a knee
injury which required surgery. Four
other players, including three starters,
have sustained injuries but will con
tinue to play. Coach Owens said.
President Bruce E. Whitaker and SGA President
Sharee Atkinson being interviewed by Carolina Today
host Slim Short on WNCT-TV Greenville about what's
going on at Chowan.
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