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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 | Hilltop Views
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Housing fair approaches
UPD investigates break-ins
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income increases as little as
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“If you can’t get housing on
campus, as a university we are
doing what we can to help stu-
dents get roommates.”
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on campus, as a university
we are doing what we can
to help students get room-
mates,” Obert said.
Students who want to live
on campus but don't get the
room they want can sign up
for a spot on a waiting list,
Obert said. Residence Life
prefers that freshmen and
sophomores live in the com-
munity style residence halls
and juniors and seniors live
in the more independent
style apartments.
an expansion of the grant to
other needy students.
This results from the way
a student’s Pell Grant eligi-
make a decision to switch
fast-moving television crime
dramas, real investigations
take time.
"If there is evidence to be
processed by a crime lab, it
will take a whole lot longer
than an hour,” Beck said.“I've
never gotten anything back
from a crime lab in less than
four months.”
UPD requests that anyone
with information on suspi-
cious activity in the park-
ing garage, contact them at
448-8444 or at their office in
Holy Cross Hall.
the Off-Campus Room-
mate Board online where
students can sign in and cre-
ate profiles to look for off-
ity Act of 2009, which elimi-
nates the loan program.
"At this point, there are so
many unknowns," Constan-
tine said.
The Student Aid and Fis-
cal Responsibility Act was
passed by the U.S. House of
Representatives last Septem-
ber, but the contentious bill
has since taken a backseat to
the health care debate.
Since the U.S. Congress
usually enacts legislation on
July 1, this bill would have to
pass the U.S. Senate before
then to apply to the 2010-
2011 school year.
"Worst case scenario and
An article in the Feb. 3 issue of Hilltop Views regarding replacing the late Professor
irilyn Schultz contained two errors. Assistant to the Dean Kim Livingston and Ad-
vising Specialist Natacha Martin were incorrectly identified as members of the faculty.
They are staff members in the Humanities Department. In addition, a poorly worded
sentence may have left the impression that the Communication faculty were seeking to
replace Schultz since before Schultz’s death on Jan. 10. Schultz had no plans to leave St.
Edward's University.
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eral Direct Loan program.
The estimated $87 billion
from the Federal Direct Loan
program would allow for
larger Pell Grants and more
student loan forgiveness.
The maximum Pell Grant
is going to increase from
$5,350-$5,550 to $5,710 in
2011.
This increase in Pell Grants
most likely will mean an in-
crease in aid for those who
"We’ve got every available
officer working on it," Beck
said
UPD sent out notification
to students, faculty and staff
via Student E-news to make
the St. Edward’s community
was aware of the break-ins.
The department also con-
tacted other area universi-
ties such as the University of
Texas and Concordia Uni-
versity to see whether they
have experienced any similar
incidents.
Beck said they might have
more information available
on the crimes early next
week, but said that unlike
offering over 200 direct loans
to incoming freshmen, ac-
cording to Constantine and
Peterson.
"We do not want anxiety or
concern,” Constantine said.
"Everyone who wants a stu-
dent loan will get one.”
Two announcements made
by President Obama in his
State of the Union Address
regarding student financial
An unknown person broke
into vehicles in the on-cam-
pus parking garage Feb. 5,
the St. Edward’s University
Police Department reported.
"We’ve possibly got a per-
son of interest or a descrip-
tion of them, but we do not
know who they are,” UPD
Lt. Dan Beck said.
The vehicles involved were
damaged by forcible entry
between noon and 3 p.m.
Beck said that UPD is not
releasing the number of ve-
hicles involved because the
investigation is ongoing.
deliberate on the Student students to the direct loan
Aid and Fiscal Responsibil- program after spring break
Students who plan to live
on campus during fall 2010
will be assigned housing in
the next few weeks. These
students will be placed
based on availability.
St. Edward’s University
currently houses 1,386 stu-
dents in residence halls and
on-campus apartments. To
live on campus, students
must enter the Housing
Lottery between Feb. 12
and Feb. 17 on EdWeb.
Once students are entered
in the lottery, they will re-
increase to $13,042 for full-
time students and to $870
per-credit-hour for part-time
students.
Students’ need for aid may
be definite, but whether the
U.S. Congress will pass leg-
islation to end the Federal
Family Education Loan Pro-
gram, from which many St.
Edward’s students borrow
loans, remains uncertain.
The U.S. Senate has yet to
and it becomes clear that bility is calculated, which is
lenders stop offering loans solely on income.
through this program. Constantine said a student
St. Edward's has already be- who usually receives a Pell
gun the transition to the Fed- Grant might lose eligibility
eral Direct Loan program by for the grant if their family's
Obert said are generally
more independent than
underclassmen, may live on
we did not find out until June, aid are contingent on the
all we have to do is communi- mandated switch to the Fed-
cate to students by the Web,"
Constantine said. "If the leg-
islation passes, we will be in
contact within 48 hours.”
Whether or not lenders
who offer loans through this
program will continue to due
so also remains a mystery.
"The majority of lenders we
talk to are waiting to see if
the legislation passes,” Con-
stantine said.
Constantine said that Stu-
entered the university. That "if [juniors and seniors]
time slot will correspond have to live off campus, they
with a time during the are probably ready,” Obert
Housing Fair for Returning said."We want to make sure
Students Feb. 22-26, when we aren't pushing people off
actual housing sign up will if they are not ready.”
take place. Residence Life provides
Freshmen and sophomores resources for those students
have priority in on-campus who need to find off-cam-
housing because they are pus housing including a
still adjusting to college life guide to living off campus,
and living on campus gives which gives tips on what to
them many resources to ad- look for in a lease and how
just successfully, said Brian to choose a suitable neigh-
Obert, associate director of borhood.
assignments and facilities Residence Life also set up
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