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Volume 1, Issue 5 CAMPUS UPDATE BOE Community College, Alpena, MI January 24, 1979 FILE EARLY FOR FINANCIAL AID By Elizabeth Littler With the recent passage of the Middle Income Assistance Act, 17 percent more ACC students will be eligible for financial assistance next f Max Lindsay, director of financial aid, said that the Act, signed into law by President Carter in Nov., come level for families requesting aid for college-bound dependents to $25,000. This will enable ari addi- tional 200 ACC students, an in- crease of 50 percent over the total number of students now eligible, to apply for financial assistance. Lindsay added that there will also be a 26 percent increase in fed- eral money available for College Work-Study. Robin Harris, student services assistant, who arranges jobs for stu- dents participating in College Work- ass By Mary Kelley The Student Senate met yester- day at 3:00 in BTC conference room. 3 Of main concern is the vacant freshman representative position. The senate is still taking appro- priate measures to acquire music in the lounges. They anticipate - the final decision from President Donnelly early in February. Henry Valli, student Seis director, commented, “The concept of music is great. But, (the question i) how are we going to do it?’ also said that there is positive i est shown by the student services staff. raises the maximum in-_ TEST COACHING "released Federal Trade Study, said that approximately 175 students were employed around campus. The total is expected to reach 200 as_more applications are processed. Besides the work-study type of program, there are four other fed- eral financial aid programs. Two are in the form of grants which are gifts and the other two are loans which have to_be repaid. To determine eligibility for a grant, the student fills out a single form available at the administrative offices. For the loans and the work-study program, an additional “needs analysis” is required. The cost of the analysis is $4.75. “A very good investment”, says Lind- Lindsay also noted that on- 0 Commission report on the effectiveness of schools that coach students on how to take standardized tests’, indicate that the coaching may indeed im- prove a student’s score. The Educational Testing Service has steadfastly contended it is use- less to attend coaching schools, such as the Kaplan Educational: Cen- ters, to prepare for their tests. The FTC report seems to contradict ETS's claim that their tests accurate- ly measure a student's inherent abil- ity. he FTC report, some believe, campus veterans, which number 200, can now receive grants. Students are advised to file for. grants early, even if they may find later that the assistance is not needed. Federal aid allocations are based on a projected number of recipients, and, although past esti- mates by the college have been accurate, there is always the possi- bility that there will be no money on hand for a late applicant. The deadline for this school year is Mar. 15. Applications for the 79-80 school year can be filed now. 2 : In order to inform students about the changes in the federal aid programs, Lindsay is working on arrangements for some informal seminars this spring. £ . Oth jeve the report may prompt new efforts to involve the government in stan- dardizeéd testing. Rep. Michael Har- rington (D-Mass.) recently failed in an attempt to win passage of a bill to open testing company records. One researcher who has been working on a Ralph Nader investi- gation into the $70-million-a-year ETS operation says the FTC report also has implications of income bias in college admissions, since poor students can’t afford to take ‘the cram ‘courses before taking their Scolastic Aptitude Tests or other standardized tests. MINI SEMESTER RETURNS Alpena Community College opens its 1979 mini-semester February 12 with 56. classes in eight areas: occupational, liberal-arts, fine arts, business, personal development, learning skills, home management, _ physical education and dance, oc- cupational and vocational tech- nology. Most classes will meet one evening a week at the college for eight weeks. Registrations are being accepted beginning Monday,.January 29 at the college’s East Campus, Com- munity Services Department, con- tact Jenny McLaren, 356-9021, ex- tension. 273. Owen Whitkopf, ex- tension 216, will handle information on traditional college credit courses. Course listings, mailed to Alpena county residents, are also available upon request from the Community Services Department. A special television series on WC! L-cMU = Public ‘Broad casting Service, Channel 6, Alpena. Students must purchase a textbook from the college bookstore and view programs. Six hours of lecture will be provided by Dr. Margaret Lee. Another new class this semester is folk dancing with dances from Greece, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Israel and Scotland taught by Susan Holo- n = The $15 per credit hour in district - and $24 per credit hour out of district tuition rates will apply. Scholarships of $10 off the credit hour rate will be available to per- sons 60 years of age and older. Path to East Campus beckons. By Elizabeth Littler After the holidays, nearly every- one makes resolutions to diet and get more exercise. What better way to burn up excess fat and shape up than to walk to class—not the NRC-BTC-VLH Triangle but the big one, the trek to East Campus. The distance covered in a return trip (| must confess, | made it only one ‘way) is approximately two and one-half miles. It takes about 40 minutes at the rate of two miles per hour. These figures were worked out by. your brave correspondent who ac- tually made the trip in the style of George Plimpton, that-crazy writer who played football for the De-. troit Lions just to be able to write an authentic, firsthand account of the experience. The reader will be spared a detailed report of the harrowing journey. | shudder. to think what might have happened if | had made the trip-in January rather than December when there was little snow and the worst climactic condition. was a sprinkling of rain. | would like to mention, howeier that |. had no: difficulty following ~: UPDATE Reporter Challenges the Elements the path between BTC and EC (but that was before the deep snow arrived), that 60 oncoming cars — were counted on that same stretch _ (just as many passed going the ‘other way), and that | spotted one hubca; i briefly considered exercising my thumb to hitch a ride but figured that might mean walking the whole distance backward. 4