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Thursday April 9, 1981 Volume 64, No. 21 r Augustana Co-Cuff surveys student opinion By Janine Rew On last Friday, April 3, Augustana studefits were given the opportunity to directly ad-dress campus issues by par-ticipating in a student input survey. The ASA Co-Curriculum Committee sponsored the survey, in which students could voice their opinions in an organized and collected way. Students could volunteer his/her views on specific issues by simply filling out a short survey. These issues aided ASA in realizing student body feel-ings. Co-Curriculum Chairperson, Kay McMinn said, "Co-Curr needed a voice—we needed an exact poll of student sentiment in order to correctly and ac-curately represent the students." A total of 257 surveys were completed by interested students. Of those polled, 40 were seniors, 79 juniors, 52 sophomores and 72 were freshmen. The balance of the surveys did not identify grade classification. "We were surprised and hap-py about the turnout," said McMinn. "We expected less than 257. This really shows students are concerned and I think most all were basically serious concerns." The survey asked twelve questions dealing with such general issues as how happy the students were at Augie to the length of library hours. Most students did feel library hours needed to be extended. Some suggested until midnight on weekdays and longer on weekends. When asked about feelings on proposed daily chapel periods, most students didn't feel it was necessary every day. "There was a real concern about the schedule changes that would have to be made if ,chapel was every day," McMinn said. Sixty-nine percent of the students felt ASA was "accessi-ble" to them. Students felt ASA should immediately concern themselves with problems such as food service, business office relationships with students, financial aid communication, summer storage, intramurals and campus unity, respectively. Sixty-eight percent favored a Parent Weekend, perhaps similar to Mother-Daughter Weekend, while 21 percent op-posed the whole idea. The balance remained neutral. Relating to student activities, the opinion was generally • split over the question of more publicity. Addressing specific activities, students felt the need for more activities along with more publicity. Once again votes were split when looking at intervis policies. 50% felt an extension or even complete abolishment of current intervis policies. Students felt a need for revi-sion - in the Edda publication. Many recognized the need for more student involvement, sug-gesting more than one editor. Some suggested a magazine format merging Venture and Edda on a semi-annual basis, although 58% said they would buy Eddas again if given the choice. Students listed the highest need in building priorities in a physical education facility (38 %) and nearly as high a need for social science building priority (36%). 26 percent felt the chapel should be completed first. Those polled were divided upon the satisfaction with cur-rent alcohol policies. 54 percent felt the present policy should continue, while 42 percent saw a need for less stringent policy revisions. An overwhelming 85% felt more student input was necessary in making faculty cuts. McMinn said, "In-the future we are planning as many as one student input survey per semester. If the students recognize the need for more in-put and are willing to give it, we can all benefit." McMinn went on to say that the results of the survey will be disseminated between respec-tive organizational heads in-volved with survey questions. Financial aid spawns controversy By Gail Eiesland A not-so-new financial aid policy has recently risen to the surface in the Augustana com-munity to create a clash bet-ween the administration and some students. The policy focuses on the financial aid package of students and interrelates the giving of Federal monies—specifically, the Na-tional Direct Student Loan (NDSL), the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG), College Work Study, the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL), and the State Student In-centive Grant (SSIG)—with the earning of money through a stu-dent activities job, such as work on a campus publication, at KAUR, on UBG or in ASA. If such campus employment results in a payment of $200 or more to the student and this same student has also received one or more of the above men-tioned Federal aids, the result could be that the grant or loan will be reduced by the amount of payment. For example, if a student had been allotted $1500 in SEOG funds and then was selected to work as UBG Head Governor for a tuition remis-sion of $1500, the student would most likely lose the SEOG money. Or if, the student had an NDSL of $2500, the loan would be decreased to $1000. Any students not receiving Federal aid would not be af-fected. According to Don Scott, Vice President for Financial Affairs, Federal guidelines dictate that any employment on campus that the college controls budgetarily is assumed by the government to be resources for the student and therefore affects his eligibility for aid. Scott men-tioned that off-campus employ-ment should also be considered when composing a financial aid package but that that part of the procedure is almost impossible to administer. Some controversy on campus has been created by the im-plementation of this policy, simply because the policy before now has been relatively unheard of. Scott attributes the regula-tion's sudden visibility not to the fact that it is a new one (he estimates it to have been in-troduced in the early 70's) but because more students are now receiving Federal income assistance than ever before. Also, more Federal dollars are going to middle income students, who make up a large part of the Augie population. This all means that a larger number of students may be af-fected. In an attempt to facilitate quicker knowledge of the policy—before a student decides to take on a campus job—the Financial Aid Office has drafted a model statement that explains what may happen and has distributed it to agen-cies such as the Edda, Mirror, ASA, etc. which pay some students for their input. Eugene Linton, Director of Financial Aids, also stressed that "any students who could possibly be affected by the policy are personally contacted." If it appears that any aid would be reduced by campus employment, the stu-dent then has the choice of tak-ing the job and receiving pay-inent or not taking the job and receiving the unreduced aid. Sophomore Janet Elliott, however, feels that there is a strong lack of communication between the Financial Aid Of-fice and the students concerning financial assistance. . Elliott was selected to be a resident assistant (R.A.) in East Hall for the 1980-81 school year but claims she was never in-formed at the time that the job could have any bearing on her financial aid. When she visited Linton in the Financial Aid Of-fice in February to discuss aid for next year's term, she discovered that $620 (the room fee which is not charged to R.A.'s in compensation for their work) had been included in her financial aid package as aid. The result, said Elliott, is that she had been "working for nothing. I could have not taken the R.A. position,gotten the money anyway and then gotten By Dirk Moore After spending a year in Bogota, Columbia, Brian Bonde has returned to Augustana and is resuming his position as General Manager of KAUR. During his absence, Matt Effkin assumed Bonde's respqn-sibilities until January, When Doug Behrens took over. Bonde returned from Bogota Feb. 15, and started work at the station April 1. During the summer in Bogota, Bonde was enrolled with the HECUA program. An independent research project under this program allowed him the opportunity to study mass communications and literacy in a developing nation. Brian ac-companied his wife, Susan Greeley, who was studying in Bogota under a Fulbright Scholarship. Now that his is back, Bonde hopes to promote KAUR more. By doing this he hopes to "take a good thing and expand on it." a job off-campus to earn more money. But money isn't the primary issue here—I just wish I could have made the decision between the R.A. job and an off-campus one." Another issue spawned by the mandate concerns its influence on student participation in ac-tivities. Tyler Asbury, ASA represen-tative, has been engaged in an attempt to get funding for such positions as Viking Days chairpersons, New Student Orientation leaders and All- Nations chairpersons, which are, all presently unpaid. Said Asbury, "Financial aid is KAUR is unique in that it is a noncommercial radio station with a wide variety of entertain-ment. Bonde suggests that through promotion KAUR can political. The policy inherently destroys student initiative and enthusiasm. The only way the college is going to get good peo-ple for those jobs is to offer them remuneration. A lack of interest in participating could result if students see that the job merely takes away from their other aid." Dave Stange, Personnel and Development chairperson, thinks likewise. "I see many qualified leaders out there who would do an excellent job in stu-dent activities, but they hesitate in taking the big step. These jobs take a lot of time, but Fin. Aid to p. 5 acquire more listeners to "take advantage of different and good programs." "KAUR," says Bonde, "has reached a new stage in its maturity." One important reason for this is the augmenta-tion of its voltage by 380 watts which has expanded its broad-casting service to a radius of 25 to 30 miles. This increased area has enhanced the station's capacity as a vehicle in bringing the community to the campus. Hence, KAUR is important to Augustana with respect to public relations and recruit-ment, Bonde said. Bonde contends that KAUR has great potential, due primari-ly to its organization. Further-more, commercial radio sta-tions are supportive of KAUR, and allow a good environment for it to expand its potential. According to Bonde, "As- a low-powered, student-staffed station, this is the best I've ever seen." Bonde returns to KAUR
Object Description
Title | Mirror - April 9, 1981 |
Subject (LC) | Augustana College (Sioux Falls, S.D.)--Students--Newspapers |
Type | Newspaper |
Date | 1981-04-09 |
Publishing agency | Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD, USA |
Rights | This image may not be reproduced without the express written consent of Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. |
Medium | Text |
Format - Digital | |
Language | English |
Collection | Augustana Newspapers |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |
Description
Title | Page 1 |
Type | Newspaper |
Date | 1981-04-09 |
Text | Thursday April 9, 1981 Volume 64, No. 21 r Augustana Co-Cuff surveys student opinion By Janine Rew On last Friday, April 3, Augustana studefits were given the opportunity to directly ad-dress campus issues by par-ticipating in a student input survey. The ASA Co-Curriculum Committee sponsored the survey, in which students could voice their opinions in an organized and collected way. Students could volunteer his/her views on specific issues by simply filling out a short survey. These issues aided ASA in realizing student body feel-ings. Co-Curriculum Chairperson, Kay McMinn said, "Co-Curr needed a voice—we needed an exact poll of student sentiment in order to correctly and ac-curately represent the students." A total of 257 surveys were completed by interested students. Of those polled, 40 were seniors, 79 juniors, 52 sophomores and 72 were freshmen. The balance of the surveys did not identify grade classification. "We were surprised and hap-py about the turnout," said McMinn. "We expected less than 257. This really shows students are concerned and I think most all were basically serious concerns." The survey asked twelve questions dealing with such general issues as how happy the students were at Augie to the length of library hours. Most students did feel library hours needed to be extended. Some suggested until midnight on weekdays and longer on weekends. When asked about feelings on proposed daily chapel periods, most students didn't feel it was necessary every day. "There was a real concern about the schedule changes that would have to be made if ,chapel was every day," McMinn said. Sixty-nine percent of the students felt ASA was "accessi-ble" to them. Students felt ASA should immediately concern themselves with problems such as food service, business office relationships with students, financial aid communication, summer storage, intramurals and campus unity, respectively. Sixty-eight percent favored a Parent Weekend, perhaps similar to Mother-Daughter Weekend, while 21 percent op-posed the whole idea. The balance remained neutral. Relating to student activities, the opinion was generally • split over the question of more publicity. Addressing specific activities, students felt the need for more activities along with more publicity. Once again votes were split when looking at intervis policies. 50% felt an extension or even complete abolishment of current intervis policies. Students felt a need for revi-sion - in the Edda publication. Many recognized the need for more student involvement, sug-gesting more than one editor. Some suggested a magazine format merging Venture and Edda on a semi-annual basis, although 58% said they would buy Eddas again if given the choice. Students listed the highest need in building priorities in a physical education facility (38 %) and nearly as high a need for social science building priority (36%). 26 percent felt the chapel should be completed first. Those polled were divided upon the satisfaction with cur-rent alcohol policies. 54 percent felt the present policy should continue, while 42 percent saw a need for less stringent policy revisions. An overwhelming 85% felt more student input was necessary in making faculty cuts. McMinn said, "In-the future we are planning as many as one student input survey per semester. If the students recognize the need for more in-put and are willing to give it, we can all benefit." McMinn went on to say that the results of the survey will be disseminated between respec-tive organizational heads in-volved with survey questions. Financial aid spawns controversy By Gail Eiesland A not-so-new financial aid policy has recently risen to the surface in the Augustana com-munity to create a clash bet-ween the administration and some students. The policy focuses on the financial aid package of students and interrelates the giving of Federal monies—specifically, the Na-tional Direct Student Loan (NDSL), the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG), College Work Study, the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL), and the State Student In-centive Grant (SSIG)—with the earning of money through a stu-dent activities job, such as work on a campus publication, at KAUR, on UBG or in ASA. If such campus employment results in a payment of $200 or more to the student and this same student has also received one or more of the above men-tioned Federal aids, the result could be that the grant or loan will be reduced by the amount of payment. For example, if a student had been allotted $1500 in SEOG funds and then was selected to work as UBG Head Governor for a tuition remis-sion of $1500, the student would most likely lose the SEOG money. Or if, the student had an NDSL of $2500, the loan would be decreased to $1000. Any students not receiving Federal aid would not be af-fected. According to Don Scott, Vice President for Financial Affairs, Federal guidelines dictate that any employment on campus that the college controls budgetarily is assumed by the government to be resources for the student and therefore affects his eligibility for aid. Scott men-tioned that off-campus employ-ment should also be considered when composing a financial aid package but that that part of the procedure is almost impossible to administer. Some controversy on campus has been created by the im-plementation of this policy, simply because the policy before now has been relatively unheard of. Scott attributes the regula-tion's sudden visibility not to the fact that it is a new one (he estimates it to have been in-troduced in the early 70's) but because more students are now receiving Federal income assistance than ever before. Also, more Federal dollars are going to middle income students, who make up a large part of the Augie population. This all means that a larger number of students may be af-fected. In an attempt to facilitate quicker knowledge of the policy—before a student decides to take on a campus job—the Financial Aid Office has drafted a model statement that explains what may happen and has distributed it to agen-cies such as the Edda, Mirror, ASA, etc. which pay some students for their input. Eugene Linton, Director of Financial Aids, also stressed that "any students who could possibly be affected by the policy are personally contacted." If it appears that any aid would be reduced by campus employment, the stu-dent then has the choice of tak-ing the job and receiving pay-inent or not taking the job and receiving the unreduced aid. Sophomore Janet Elliott, however, feels that there is a strong lack of communication between the Financial Aid Of-fice and the students concerning financial assistance. . Elliott was selected to be a resident assistant (R.A.) in East Hall for the 1980-81 school year but claims she was never in-formed at the time that the job could have any bearing on her financial aid. When she visited Linton in the Financial Aid Of-fice in February to discuss aid for next year's term, she discovered that $620 (the room fee which is not charged to R.A.'s in compensation for their work) had been included in her financial aid package as aid. The result, said Elliott, is that she had been "working for nothing. I could have not taken the R.A. position,gotten the money anyway and then gotten By Dirk Moore After spending a year in Bogota, Columbia, Brian Bonde has returned to Augustana and is resuming his position as General Manager of KAUR. During his absence, Matt Effkin assumed Bonde's respqn-sibilities until January, When Doug Behrens took over. Bonde returned from Bogota Feb. 15, and started work at the station April 1. During the summer in Bogota, Bonde was enrolled with the HECUA program. An independent research project under this program allowed him the opportunity to study mass communications and literacy in a developing nation. Brian ac-companied his wife, Susan Greeley, who was studying in Bogota under a Fulbright Scholarship. Now that his is back, Bonde hopes to promote KAUR more. By doing this he hopes to "take a good thing and expand on it." a job off-campus to earn more money. But money isn't the primary issue here—I just wish I could have made the decision between the R.A. job and an off-campus one." Another issue spawned by the mandate concerns its influence on student participation in ac-tivities. Tyler Asbury, ASA represen-tative, has been engaged in an attempt to get funding for such positions as Viking Days chairpersons, New Student Orientation leaders and All- Nations chairpersons, which are, all presently unpaid. Said Asbury, "Financial aid is KAUR is unique in that it is a noncommercial radio station with a wide variety of entertain-ment. Bonde suggests that through promotion KAUR can political. The policy inherently destroys student initiative and enthusiasm. The only way the college is going to get good peo-ple for those jobs is to offer them remuneration. A lack of interest in participating could result if students see that the job merely takes away from their other aid." Dave Stange, Personnel and Development chairperson, thinks likewise. "I see many qualified leaders out there who would do an excellent job in stu-dent activities, but they hesitate in taking the big step. These jobs take a lot of time, but Fin. Aid to p. 5 acquire more listeners to "take advantage of different and good programs." "KAUR," says Bonde, "has reached a new stage in its maturity." One important reason for this is the augmenta-tion of its voltage by 380 watts which has expanded its broad-casting service to a radius of 25 to 30 miles. This increased area has enhanced the station's capacity as a vehicle in bringing the community to the campus. Hence, KAUR is important to Augustana with respect to public relations and recruit-ment, Bonde said. Bonde contends that KAUR has great potential, due primari-ly to its organization. Further-more, commercial radio sta-tions are supportive of KAUR, and allow a good environment for it to expand its potential. According to Bonde, "As- a low-powered, student-staffed station, this is the best I've ever seen." Bonde returns to KAUR |
Collection | Augustana Newspapers |
Contributing Institution | Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University |