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The H-SU BRAND
April 15 1177
Editorial
Apathy reigns supreme
BYMARVKNOX
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page. Made the whole page look weird aorta. Made people wonder if the folks in the
BRAND office up in rkketty ol' Mary Frances Hall had been eating the paint off the
crwnoUng walk.
Wall we havent eaten any paint but we were definitely attempting to make a point
when we put the back square up where the editorial normally goes in the Apr. I issue of
the BRAND. If can remember the page you will recall that the box was beside a story
about students running for Congress class office and cheerleader. That should beenough
to explain why the editorial should be a black box entitled "Who Cares?" but for those
who dWnt read the story and have spent the last week or so under a rock I'll explain
further.
Cautious estimators would speculate that over half of all H-SU students spend at least
some of their time durng the year badmouthing student services academic procedures
administrative policies and other student-facutty-admirustration problems. Yet when
election time comes and these same students have the opportunity to become involved
with these affairs and put action to their words there is thunderous silence and frantic
inactivity. Apathy as far as most students are concerned reigns supreme when the call
comes for students to better themselves and this institution. This apathetic condition
was made painfully obvious when all candidate petitions were turned into the Dean's of-
fice - may students ran unopposed and some offices went unfilled after Wednesday's
elections because nobody applied to fill them.
When you think about it apathy is just as big a blight on the face of H-SU as the black
spot was an eysore on tnat editorial page. It has the potential to spread from its base and
control the entire atmosphere. And that condition for those of us who really love H-SU
would hurt.
On student loan policy
Congress vs
By Campas Digest News Service
Keep your fingers crossed it looks as
if the U.S. Congress is about to prevent
President Jimmy Carter from scuttling
virtually all federal funds for the National
Direct Student Loan Program.
The U.S. House of Representatives
recently approved $300 million for the loan
program. This is enough to cover 83500
students at current loan levels.
Meanwhile the U.S. Senate's Ap-
propriations Committee has acted
favorably on a recommendation by one of
its subcommittees that $321 million be
allocated for the loan program. This will
add 33000 more students to the program
than the House's figure.
Figures aside this means that Congress
is moving to retain the loan program
despite Carter's recommendation that it
be dropped.
The direct loan program is a descendant
of the 1958 National Defense Education
Act and permits colleges and universities
to give needy students federally-bacKed
loans at three per cent interest. Students
don't have to pay back the loans until
graduation at easy rates and some
student who enter certain programs (like
To control financial aid
Office of Education proposes rules
Four sets of rules pertaining to post-
secondary student assistance have been
proposed by HEWs Office of Education.
One set spells out requirements for
students to receive payments under the
Bask Educational Opportunity Grant
College Work-Study National Direct
Student Loan Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grants Guaranteed Student
Loan and State Student Incentive Grant
programs.
Another set provides the procedures
which the Commissioner of Education will
use to limit suspend or terminate the
eligibility of institutions not in compliance
with laws and regulations for the Office of
Education's student assistance programs.
The other proposals in the "Federal
Register" would establish framework for
two new programs - information services
for education consumers and training for
financial aid administrators.
One-Act casts announced
'Casting has been announced and
rehearsals are currently underway for the
Student-Directed One-Act Plays that of-
ficially wrap up. the 1976:1977 Van Ellis
theatre season.
The curtain-raiser will he a one-act
musical "The Diary of Adam and Eve"
from Jerry Brock andt Sheldon Harnick's
.THE. APPLETREE. Bock and Harnick
beat remembered for FIDDLER ON; THE
ROOF have adapted t Mark Twain's
rendition of the tribulation and triumps of
the world's first couple; into a delightful
charm musical.
Sophomre Phil Briggs (Fort Worth) is
the oftentimes' befuddled Adam while
Jennifer Cochran (Robstown) is .the
headstrong but lovable Eve. Rounding out
the cast is Billy Don Smith' (Grandview) as
the enternal tempter the Snake. Randy
McMichael (Conroe) . is serving as
Assistant Director while Holly Byrd
(Renville) will provide the musical ac-
companiment. Terri Loter senior theatre
majorfromChildress will direct end stage
the musical numbers. .
Sandra Willingham from Abilene will
.mount Jean-Claude van Itallie's 'comedy
.I'M REALLY HERE: The action of this
unusual play unfokU as if it were a'movie
being filmed on location . Susie McMath
'(Albuqerque N.M) portrays the
''American tourist Doris who becomes
enraptured by Rossano John Scott Sorrels
(Abilene) her tour guide. Appearing as
the Waiter is Tim Boss (Buedigen Ger-
many). Reminiscent of THE TIME OF
THE CUCKOO and Ionesco's THE
LESSONJ'MREALLY HERE .provides
the audience with a twist ending worthy of
Agatha Christie.
These one-act plays presented as
partial fulfillment of the requirement for
James A. Panowski's Advanced Directing
Class will be presented at 8 p.m. on
Friday Apr. 29 and Saturday Apr. 30.
There is no admission charge and seating
will be on a first-come first-served basis.
To receive financial aid payments a
student would have to maintain
satisfactory academic progress according
to the standards of the college or school
and not owe a refund on a grant or be in
default of a loan.
The Commissioner's limitation
suspension and termination authority
would apply to institutional partidDation
in programs under Title IV of the amended
Higher Education Act of 1965.
"Limitation' meansthat eligibility could
be continued under specified conditions as
set forth in termination proceedings.
"Suspension" is removal of eligibility for a
limitedperiod of time. "Termination" is
the removal of eligibility for at least two
years. Before an institution's eligibility is
limited suspended or terminated it has a
right to request a hearing" on the record.
This proposal also would allow the Office
of Education to take "emergency action" -
withhold the use of program funds - when
there is 'reliable information that in-
stitutional practices may' lead to sub-
stantial losses by the government or
students.
. Carter
some teaching fields and other federally-
approved public employment) have their
loans paid back to them by Uncle Sam or
"cancelled." In this way the direct
student loan program has been a mainstay
of college financial aid.
And this is why President Carte seeks
to axe it: because he says it would save
money. He also said he perfers the
Guaranteed Student Loan Program
where a student borrows money for
college expenses from a bank or other
lending institution and the federal
government insures repayment. Students
generally pay higher rates of interest
under this program than under the direct
student loans.
Carter made the above requests in his
budget message to Congress. The Carter
administration is trying to stop new
funding for the direct loan program. It
suggests instead that the college and
universities make as many new loans as
possible vwith the money received from
earlier students repaying their loans.
Dedication today
for new pool
Dedication ceremonies will be held this
afternoon at 2 for H-SU's recently-opened
swimming pool. The ceremonies will begin
with President Dr. Elwin Skiles
presenting a brief history of the project.
Dr. Tom Murphree head of the Physical
Education Department will then speak
concerning what the new pool will mean to
the H-SU physical education program.
Dr. Othal Brand of McAllen who
donated the money for construction of the
pool will deliver some comments after
which a dedicatory prayer will be led by
the Rev. Howard Jones pastor of the First
Baptist Church in Hamlin. Several H-SU
students will present a swimming and
diving exhibition to conclude the
ceremonies.
Dr. Brand's son Othal Brand Jr. and
avid swimming enthusiast attended H-SU
for three semesters beginning in 1971.
Desiring to take part in competitive
swimming which was unavailable at H-
SU the younger Brand transferred to
Texas Christian where he became a
member of the swimming team.
Through his son's experience Dr. Brand
realized the need for swimming facilities
at Hardin-Simmons and donated funds for
construction of the new pool.
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