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New aid rule requires 'needs' test for loans
By Bryan Gardner
Staff Writer
As the scurrying in the CSUF Financial Aids Office dwindles, CSUF students should begin to feel the impact of
the new rules on Guaranteed Student
Loans laid down by the Reagan Administration.
Over the past few weeks, the Financial Aids Office has been processing
some 90 applications a day in an effort
to beat today's Od. 1 rule change
deadline.
New rules will require that applicants
take a 'needs* test to demonstrate
financial need if their parents' adjusted
gross income exceeds $30,000, a financial aids official said.
This will mean a tightening of eligibility requirements and less aid for
those students with families who are
solidly middle class or above.
'There's no way I could qualify for a
loan now,' Karen Busch, one of many
i, who stand to be affected, said. Busch, a
journalism major, said she has received
one loan and applied for a second before
the rule changes came about.
She said the loans have helped her
Class eliminates fears
of aging process
By Denlce A. Rioe
Staff Writer
A unique class designed to eliminate
the fears of aging by working with the
aged in the community will be offered
next semester at CSUF, said Dr. James
C.   Snider,   professor of  gerontology.
The class will be given to graduate
students and professionals in all areas,
but they must have some counseling
experience, he said.
'We tend to cut old people out of our
lives,* Snider said. 'In the dass, we do a
lot of role playing to create an understanding of the problems of the elderly.'
For example. Snider said the students
try to function with glasses that blur
vision to simulate the optical problems
of the elderly. Food is also deliberately
made bland to feign the loss of taste
buds and, in what is considered the most
'traumatic' for the students, makeup is
applied to age students almost 50 years.
'When I taught the class this summer,* said Snider, 'there was one girl
who became extremely upset when she
saw>herself with the makeup. It's a very
eye-opening experience.'
Along with classroom participation,
students also go to convalescent homes,
community centers for the aged and private homes to offer advice or support.
Snider said that some of the counseling is dedicated to the survival of the
elderly. He said tbe students teach
them what questions to ask doctors,
what their physical needs are and specific exercises to keep in shape.
Snider said the most common thing for
the elderly is to go through a 'life review* process, or reminiscing, about
their past.
He said this is used as a counseling
tool and is encouraged by the students.
"Reminiscing helps a person assess
life,* said Snider. 'It helps them finish
unfinished business psychologically,
such as a thank you that was never said
to someone they loved. We try to help
them eliminate any guilt they might
feel ' he said. 'We show them life Isn't
all that bad.'
Snider said that sometimes the
problem isn't psychological, but physical. He said because the body changes,
clothes no longer fit the way they used
to, and skin hues change. Therefore,
alterations in buying habits must be
made.
He said the students provide cosmetic
as well as fashion tips for the elderly
citizens.
Snider said the advantage of the dass
is that knowledge and awareness is not
restricted to the university. Along with
reaching the elderly in the various institutions, others may also be reached
because of the variety of people which
take the class.
"Someone who counsels juvenile
delinquents can also incorporate some
knowledge about the elderly,' said
Snider. 'The objective of the dass is
to learn about aging and the aged, while
getting in contact with our own feelings
about aging and learning to deal with it.'
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pay for rent and food in the past. —
My parents make considerably more
than $30,000 but It's their money,
not mine," she said. "It's an unfair
situation when you have parents with
money.'
The Guaranteed Student Loan program allows students and their parents
to borrow money from private banks
while the government pays the bank a
subsidy to meet the interest rate.
Since 1978, anyone who applied has
been able to get a loan. The new restrictions will make it more difficult for
students to qualify.
The first impact of the new loan rules
will hit the pocketbooks of all students
who turned in their loan applications
after Aug. 24. Besides a service charge
to process loans, a new additional
five percent 'origination' fee will be
slashed off the loan amount before it
reaches the student, Financial Aids
CounselorBennie Shelton said.
For example, a $2,500 loan would be
cut by $125 plus a service charge of
about $50.
A   financial   aids   official   said   the
interest rate.-for-tha loans wilt remain
at nine percent.
But while the interest stays the same,
the application process will become more
involved. Students will have to submit a
'There's no way
I could qualify ■•
for a loan now'
statement of income for himself and his
parents. The statement of income will
determine if a "needs* test is necessary.
She added that the office cannot be
sure how the new process will work
until new applications are available
Od. 12.
The reason was information of new
rules and restrictions were distributed to
state university campuses with different
interpretations resulting.
Consumer issues in '80s
tackled in workshop
"Consumer Issues in the 80's: An
Economic Approach" is the title of a
spedal two-day workshop being held
Friday, Oct. 30 and Saturday, Od. 31,
at CSUF.
The workshop is designed to help
local consumer education teachers
integrate basic economic principles into
the consumer's decision-making process. It will focus on understanding
economic concepts and will provide ideas
and resources for implementation in
junior and senior high school consumer
education classes.
Coordinating the two-day workshop
are Fran Harkins, coordinator of student
teachers in the Family Studies and Home
Economics Department; Mary D. Litt-
win, consumer science coordinator in
the department; and Dr. Donald R. Leet,
professor of economics and director of
the CSUF Center for Economic Education.
The workshop is being sponsored by
the Joint Council on Economic Education, the Economic Literacy Council of
California and the CSUF Center for
Economic Education.
Leet will be the principal speaker at
the Friday, Oct. 30, dinner in the CSUF
Residence Dining Facility. John Brocks,
president of the Bank of Fresno, will be
the Saturday luncheon speaker.
Topics to be covered during the two-
day workshop include "The Cost of
Cetting There: Transportation as an
Economic Problem," 'Housing: End of
the Great American Dream?" 'Inflation:
Impact on Savings and Credit Use,* and
"Consumer Protection and Government
Regulation: Limiting Consumer
Choice?*
An application fee of $10 will insure a
reservation for the limited space available at the workshop. Scholarships
which indude three meals, all texts and
partial tuition are currently available
to 25 consumer education teachers who
are selected to participate in the workshop. One unit of academic credit is
offered to participants through the
CSUF Division of Extended Education.
For further information and registra
tion material, contact either Harkins or
Littwin at 294-2283.
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tonight at John Wright Theater. The Preston Jones
comedy will run Oct. 1-3 and Oct. 8-10. Curtain Is at
Mark Zahnar/Daily Collegian
8:15 p.m. A champagne reception and short program
honoring past and present University Theater performers will follow tonight's show.
CSUF Today
The Friends of the River will hold its
first Fresno meeting at 2 p.m. in NS 141
and 7 p.m. inNS145.
The group will present a film concerning the Stanislaus River.
The public is invited.
•|ai Ann Hampton, Laverty Ober-
lander" premieres this evening at
8:15 p.m. in the John Wright Theatre.
Tickets are $5 general admission, $3.50
for students, alumni members and
senior citizens and $2.50 for CSUF
students.
The Academic Policy and Planning
Committee will meet in the Main Cafeteria, Room 203at 2:15p.m. today.
MEChA will  hold  a  general   meeting in CU 308 from 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m.
LAE will meet today in CU 308 from
6p.m.-7 p.m.
The Armenian Students Organization
will meet in CU 309 from 2 p.m.-3 p.m.
today.
Allensworth
target of
field trip
Afield trip to Allensworth, a community approximately 70 mites from Fresno,
is being planned by Dr. Robert Mikeil of
the Black and Ethnic Studies Program at
CSUF.
Allensworth was established in 1906
as the first all-Black town in the state. In
1976, the town became a historical park
and will soon celebrate its five-year
anniversary.
"This town came up right about the
time of the great migration,' said
Mikeil.
He Is helping to coordinate the field
trip for interested persons on Aliens-
worth's anniversary, Od. 10. The trip
may be taken as a one-unit dass of
independent study, or students may pay
a $4 fee, which includes transportation.
A bus will leave CSUF at 9 a.m. and
return the same day. Students will
receive a guided tour of the town and
visitor's center, and the program will
include several guest speakers.
The historical park was established by
the California Department of Parks and
Recreation and the SUte Park Advisory
Committee.
Mikeil said these departments have
renovated and restored some of the older
buildings in Allensworth, including the
original schoolhouse and courthouse.
Senate
The Campus Crusade for Christ will- Continued from page 1
meet today in CU 312-314 from 7 p.m.-
9:30 p.m.
The Associated Student Senate will
continue its budget orientation session
today in CU 309at 10a.m.
Melinda Lehman, social sciences; Olivio
Ludo, health professions; Udoma
Julius Obi, professional studies;
Tom Slocum, business; David Torres,
at-large, post 2;Monlca Wiltenberg,
agriculture and home economics and
David J. Wright, natural sciences.
All  were   present   or   had   proxies'
present Tuesday except Garrido.
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