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Chowan College, Murfreesboro, NC 27855
October 23, 1981
Homecoming '81 Rates Number 1
Reagan Plans
Budget Cuts
By C.S. COLLINS
Director of Financial Aid
In his attempt to balance the federal
budget by 19M, President Reagan is
recommending that funds tor student
financial aid programs be reduced for
1982-83. The only way you can help keep
this from happening is to write to him,
your senators and congressmen to
thank them for the aid you received this
year. Also inform them of the position
you will be in if the funds are reduced.
Several changes in federal financial
aid programs went into effect this fall.
The Basic Grant (Pell Grant in the
future) was reduced from a maximum
of $17M to $1670. The interest rate for
the National Direct Student Loan has
been increased to 5% for any loan
received after October 1. Those who
had loans this fall and receive addi
tional loans during the year will still
have the interest rate of 4%.
The Guaranteed Student Loan
(College Foundation, VELA, etc.) had
two changes this fall;
1. If the promissory note was mailed
to the student after August 23, there
was a 5% origination fee.
2. Any loan request after October 1
will be based on financial need if the
family’s adjusted gross income is
$30,(H)0 or more.
Proposals for 1982-83 include further
reductions in Basic Grants. One pro
posal would make the maximum grant
$1800 but would change the formula so
fewer students would be eligible for the
maximum grant. Also, many students
now receiving small grants would no
longer be eligible.
The Supplemental Educational Op
portunity Grant Program may ^
reduced by as much as 42% This year
Chowan received $136,523 for this pro
gram. A 42%reduction would give us
$79,183. Only you, the students receiv
ing this grant, can keep this reduction
from taking place.
Students receiving social security
can also expect changes. There are two
proposed changes which will affect
you:
1. You will not receive qhecks during
the summer.
2. If you apply for financial aid, all of
your social security must be used
toward your educational expenses.
If you wish to have an impact on the
proposed changes, you need to send let
ters today. Also, you need to encourage
your parents to send letters.
Addresses you will need are:
The President
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
The Honorable (Senator’s name)
The United States Senate
Washington, DC 20515
Honorable (Congressman’s name) •
House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
If the financial aid staff can be of
assistance to you, please feel free to
come by.
(Photo by James Howard IV)
"Arrest" Made In Wreck
By JENNIFER WICKER
An apparently fatal accident on
private property at the intersection of
Union and Cotton Streets, September
21, attracted considerable attention
from Chowan students and faculty.
Occuring as it did in the late after
noon, when many persons were leaving
their jobs on campus, the sight of a
blood-stained infant, partially under
the vehicle which skidded off the street
caused drivers to stop and stare with
shocked expressions.
Officer Duncan May IV, ot the Mur
freesboro police Department was on the
scene.
May had his hands full controlling the
crowd which had gathered, breaking up
a fight, and arresting an unruly driver
who was believed to have been intoxi
cated.
May was forced to physically restrain
the anguished mother of the dead infant
who, having seen her baby, almost step
ped on the hot wires.
“You’re all trespassing, get off my
property. No I won’t speak to anybody.
Ain't nobody gonna get a statement
from me,” cursed the local fanner who
claimed to own the land on which the
(See Wreck, Page 2)
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Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker, President of Chowan College, escorts Miss Lisa Lemos of Wilmington off the
field moments after she was crowned 1981 Homecoming Queen. Behind the queen and Dr. Whitaker
are from left: Co-Coptoin Carl Johnson: Miss Amy Sumler, 1981 Princess; Co-Captain Bradley Jacobs.
(Staff Photo)
Public Vs Privates For Students
(CPS) — Enrollment is down slightly
at private Nebraska Wesleyan, and up
slightly at public Kearney State Col
lege.
It’s down six percent at private Mars
Hill College in North Carolina. It’s up
six percent at public Gaston College
nearby.
Situations like those, some observers
believe, could be the start of something
big: a massive student migration from
private colleges, where average costs
this year are $6800, to public campuses,
where costs average $3800.
The migration wasn’t supposed to be
gin until next fall, when the pool of
potential college students was due to
start drying up. But the new restric
tions on and cuts in federal student aid
programs may have inspired more stu
dents than expected to transfer this
year.
“I think the first effect (of the aid
cuts) will be an enrollment shift to
public colleges,” predicts Dallas Mar
tin of the National Association of Finan
cial Aid Administrators.
He reasons that the fewer aid dollars
students can get will go farther at less-
expensive public schools.
“We should see a major shift (from
private to public) next fall, but I
wouldn’t be surprised if you start to see
some minor shifting this fall,” he says.
Preliminary enrollment figures do
show most public colleges growing as
private colleges struggle to keep stu
dent populations stable. A Chronicle of
Higher Education phone survey dis
covered all 22 public campuses it con
tacted had enrollment jumps. A College
Press Service phone survey of private
colleges found enrollment down on
most of those campuses.
However, not all administrators at
tribute the enrollment swings to the aid
cuts or to a general shifting of student
populations from private to public
campuses.
Nevertheless, most of the private col
leges that have managed to keep their
enrollments steady this fall are those
that guarantee meeting 100 percent of
their students’ financial needs.
At Nebraska Wesleyan, where there
is no financial guarantee. Registrar
Bette Olson “assumes the decline (in
enrollment) will continue next year,”
though she doesn’t yet have the statisti
cal evidence to show she’ll be losing
students to public colleges.
She says a “small committee” will
meet soon to discuss ways of stopping
the decline, perhaps by guaranteeing
aid.
At Mars Hill College in North Caro
lina, Registrar Robert Chapman at
tributes the six percent decline in
enrollment to “problems with financial
aid,” but says the private college has no
plans to start giving aid guarantees in
the near future.
Reed College in Oregon doesn’t guar
antee aid, but does have a stable enroll
ment of 1130 students. “Students,” ex
plains Registrar Gary Conner, “are fin
ding more creative ways to stay in
school.”
His students are opting for part-time
status, taking half-time jobs, and even
taking more leaves of abwnse.
Private Carleton College in Min
nesota is staying stable despite what
Admissions Director Dr. Richard
Steele Calls the “rather significant”
impact of the student aid cuts. Carleton
helps students get money from other
sources, however.
So does larger Duke University, but
Registrar Dr. Clark Cahow ascribes
Duke’s enrollment stability to the
university’s “traditional stressing of
liberal arts” and “getting a lot of good
press” as much as to the aid program.
The major exception to the pattern of
the relative success enjoyed by private
schools that guarantee students a way
to pay their way through college is
Loyola University of the South in New
Orleans.
Loyola suffered a two percent enroll
ment decline despite a 100 percent aid
guarantee, reports Dr. John Sears,
director of institutional research.
He thinks it’s the beginning of the
shift from private to public colleges,
which he projects may ultimately cost
Loyola “a fiv? to eight percent de
crease” in students.
“I think it’s definitely happening.
Students are beco”iing more conser
vative, and are shoi ,)ing around better,
not knowing wha' the financial at
mosphere will be in the future,” he
observes.
While most officials concede private
colleges’ difficulties, not all believe
they’re due to a large, historic shift to
public schools.
“There is no shift from private to
public schools in the south,” Mars Hill’s
Chapman asserts. “Private schools are
maintaining their enrollments.”
Though individual campuses may
have fluctuating populations, initial
head counts suggest about 2.6 million
students have enrolled at private col
leges nationwide this fall, just about the
same number as fall, 1980.
Virginia Hodgkinson, executive
director of the National Institute of In
dependent Colleges and Universities,
believes changes will be necessary to
keep private college enrollments stable
for next fall.
The impact of this year’s student aid
cuts “was worse than expected,”
Hodgkinson reports. “We have advised
college presidents that they have to
(See Publics, Page 2)
Lemos Reigns
Braves Win
By JENNIFER WICKER
A parade and a pep rally with a bon
fire Thursday night was the beginning
of a successful Homecoming weekend,
according to Linda Owens, director of
career counseling and development.
“The parade caught on and was
dynamite. Jeff Home did an excellent
job of organizing it,” Owens said.
She added, “The cheerleaders work
ed hard, and had a well organized and
well attended pep rally.”
The student government association
set up the bonfire and furnished
refreshments.
“Anything Go«” was held in Squirrel
Park Friday afternoon, with a special
activity for instructors. Students had a
chance to throw a pie at their favorite
instructor. Coach Burke, Dean
Winslow, and several other members of
Chowan’s faculty and administration
showed up for the event.
Marching bands from Murfreesboro,
Northampton County and Gates County
participated in a Festival of Marching
Bands that began Chowan College’s
homecoming activities Saturday.
Thirteen high school bands from
North Carolina and Virginia competed
for honors beginning at 9 a.m. in
dlhowan’s Stadium.
The Division of Music within
Chowan’s Fine Arts Department spon
sored it.
Bands included two from Virginia:
Nansemond-Suffolk Academy and
North Stafford. North Carolina bands
were Murfreesboro, Northampton
County, Washington, Manteo,
Williamston, Edenton, Southern Nash,
Creswell, Gates County, Tarboro, and
Perquimans.
They competed for recognition as
Band of the Day, and performed at
halftime of the 2 p.m. football game
against Lees-McRae.
The Williamston High School Band
won the honors and performed at the
game.
1st place in the dorm decoration con
test went to Parker Hall, East Hall
came in second, and Jenkins got an
honorable mention.
(See Homecoming, Page 2)
New Dorm
Rules
By CAROLYN GREGORY
New procedures for resident hall
visitation are effective this year ac
cording to Dean Roy Winslow,
Associate Dean of Students.
Open house, or visitation, may be re
quested by resident hall councils, with
the approval of the resident director
through Winslow and Clayton R. Lewis,
dean of students.
Each student is allowed a maximum
of two guests at the same time, Winslow
emphasized.
Upon entering the building each guest
must sign in, at the registration desk,
and indicate the time and destination. A
CO- signature of the resident he or she is
visiting is also needed.
When leaving, each guest must also
sign out along with the co-signature of
the party visited.
The registration desk will be manned
by volunteer residents from the hall. It
is the responsibility of the director that
the desk is manned.
While visiting, the room door must be
completely open, the light on, and noise
kept to a minimum.
Each host/hostess is responsible for
the conduct of their guests.
The bathrooms are off-limits to the
opposite sex.
Violation of this policy during visita
tion hours may cause the loss of visita
tion rights for two weeks.
If a student violates the policy in
general, after visitation hours are over,
more serious disciplinary action may
occur.
Loss of permanent visitation rights
will occur to an off-campus student who
violates this policy.
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