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vo1. 47, No.2
Serving San Jose City College
Thursday, February 18, 1993
Applying for aid made easier by Karen Smith Staff Writer
Due to the grim economy, an increasing number of students attending San Jose City College are applyingforfmancial aideacb year. During the 1991-92 academic year, 1,600 received aid out of 2,050 applicants, and thus far in the 1992-93 academic year (which will end in June), 2,400 applied, with 1,400 recipients. Kathy Degn, interim financial aid officer, forecasts that there will be a sharper increase of students applying for aid next semester, due mainly to the increased registration
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To be eligible for financial aid, students must have an educational plan, such as the acquisition of a degree or program certificate. A full time student has six semesters or72 units, wbicbevercomesfirst, to complete a two-year program. Students must also maintain atleast a 2.0 cumulative grade-point-average, and must complete at least half of the courses for which they received aid each semester. These requirements are part of City College's definition of "satisfactory progress," and there is an entire pink sheet that explains it in more detail and is available by uest at the Financial Aid Office
(Room 500, near the Ubrary). A student's individual financial need is determined by a "need analysis service." When you fill out an application and give it to the Financial Aid Office, they make sure it is complete and verifiable, and then send it to the College Scholarship Service, where the fmancial need is determined by weighing the total expenses against what the student and/or his family is expected to contribute. The difference is called fmancial need. Students are considered either · as dependent upon their parents or Associated Student Body fmancially independent. · President David Perdue, A student who is over 24, ~ top, presides over a veteran, orphan or ward of the council meeting with court, married, a graduate student vacant seats on the either or bas legal dependants is considside of his chair and Henry ered financially independent and Clency voices his opinion his parent(s) income will not be a during the same meeting. factor. The council held its Several different kinds of firegular meeting nancial aid programs are available Wednesday even though from federal, state and school re- · the controversy sources. The easiest one to get, the surrounding Perdue's Board of Governor's Grant, is presidency is yet to be available from the school, and there resolved. is one form to fill out and present at the time of registration. Qualified students have their registration fee waived. The largest source of fed-
See Financial, page 3
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Hearing Committee will resolve controversy in ASC Times Staff Report
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Instructor Susie Castaneda, left, and student Amy Kelez in the Cosmetology lab.
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The remaining members of the Associated Student Council have taken the first step towards resolving the contreversy surrounding the presidencyofDavid Perdue. The intial meeting of the Impartial Committee was Tuesday, Feb. 16. This committee was deemed necessary after the council could not reach a compromise after Perdue's office was declared vacant. The goal of the committee is to appoint an unbiased committee consisting of one member each from the faculty, administrative and classified staffs and five students to decide whether the action to remove Perdue from office was legal. The committee failed to accomplish this on Tuesday and decided to adjourn until the next day and meet again after the conclusion of the regularly scheduled ASC meeting. The unbiased personnel who are to be appointed will make up the Hearing Committee. They will be
the ones to fmally decide Perdue's future in the ASC by determining the legality of the motion brought foward by Olaf Kropp, the Communications and Forensics Association Represenative, which declared the office of president vacant. The Impartial Committee consists of Chuck Southward, Renee Smith, David Perdue, Priscilla Santos, David McKage and Olaf Kropp. The outcome of the frrst meeting was hampered by bickering and personal attacks aimed at fellow members of the committee. By the second meeting, the committee had resolved to form the the Hearing Committee and bow it would be comprised. "It bas to be a neutral person on the committee," responded Chuck Southward, Associate Dean of Students. The Impartial committee concluded with an agreement to meet again to further outline the guidelines of the future Hearing Committee. If the Hearing Committee de-
Perdue had a difficult time accepting that he -would not be part of the committee cides the motion was legal, Perdue will no longer prevail as president. If the action is declared illegal, Perdue will ride out the remainder of his presidency until the end of the Spring term. Perdue had a difficult time accepting the fact that be would not be a part of the Hearing Committee. "I am concerned about people with knowledge ... "stated Perdue. The ASC troubles began last semester when Vice-President Jerome Jones resigned from office citing frutration with Perdue and the claim that be could not work with the Administration or Executive councils.