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| Volume 56 Issue 2 |
VOICE OF THE STUDENTS |
February 25, 2004 |
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Front Page
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With cuts in TAP, students
struggle to pay for their education
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Pataki Slashes Financial Aid
by Dave Fuller
A budget which significantly slashes many of the state's financial aid programs has been passed by the state legislature. The cuts are part of Governor George Pataki's declared intent to balance a state deficit.
The debate over state cuts began last year over which state programs were to be reduced the most. One of the primary controversial elements of the then-proposed budget was the huge cut to higher education funding. A year later, the legislature pulled the trigger on the cuts though lobbying groups continue to push for revisions.
The Tuition Assistance Program, or TAP, was reduced by $237 million, making it the largest of the state's $347 million budget cuts. Under the governor's budget, a TAP recipient will have to pay this one-third cut out of his own pocket. Approximately 300,000 New York students receive financial assistance from TAP.
In addition, other financial aid programs have also been reduced by five percent, including programs such as the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP), the Direct Institutional Aid or the "Bundy" Aid program for private school students, and the Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP). Such cuts have many students, administrators, and state legislators worried about how students can fund their education. [ more... ]
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SGA Scandal...Simply a Rumor
by Amrita Richards
At the beginning of the Spring 2004 semester, a rumor circulated that a sum of $60,000 was inexplicably misdesignated by the Allocation Committee, a subdivision of the Student Government Association. Where did this money go? It turns out that $60,000 were not missing to begin with.
"The funds were actually all the money that clubs did not use last semester," Dawn Sagan, president of SGA, tells the Delphian.
Every semester, the clubs on campus send in requests to the Allocation Committee for funds. Normally, the requests total $550,000, while the Allocation Committee only has $200,000 to distribute. Despite the discrepancy between the amount needed and the amount given, many clubs ended up having excess last semester, totaling $60,000. [ more... ]
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Op-Ed
Fernando's Story - by Jesse Pohlman
Fernando Moronta is a name I knew well in grade school. He was a good kid in 5th grade, and though he and I were never friends, he always seemed like the typical example of a person you could get along with. [ more... ]
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This Week in Entertainment News - by Erin Lounsbury
So if you haven't seen Janet Jackson's latest stunt during the half time show at the Super Bowl, you at least heard of the controversy surrounding Justin Timberlake's strategic ripping of her costume viewed by 90 million people. [ more... ]
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Sports
Women Edge Philadelphia, 68-67 - from AUPANTHERS.COM
Garden City, N.Y. - Five different players scored in double figures as the Adelphi University women's basketball team edged Philadelphia University, 68-67, Tuesday night at Woodruff Hall. [ more... ]
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