Male student will have to 'register' for aid By Tim Ray Title IV student financial aid will be denied to any male student in the future if he is eligible to register for the Selective Service and has not done so. A recent amendment to the Military Selective Service Act (set up in the Carter Administration) requires students who are eligible for the Selective Service to show proof of registration before receiving title IV financial aid. Title IV financial aid includes Pell Grants, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, College Work-Study, National Direct Student Loans, Guaranteed StudentPLUS Loans and State Student Incentive Grant Programs. This new requirement, which will go into effect July 1, is part of an effort by the government to ensure that all eligible male students comply with the Selective Service before receiving any benefits from the government. William H. Bache, assistant professor with the military science department, said it is his personal opinion that a student should be willing to accept such a responsibility in return for financial aid. "I think it goes back to the Constitution of the United States," he said. "For every right you get, you've got to have a responsibility. For the last 10 years young people didn't have any responsibility to their country. The country has been providing them with benefits, and I think it's just natural that we should look after our country." Sherry Hancock, director of student financial aids, voiced the same opinion. "You'll hear taxpayers that say, 'These are our tax dollars that students are receiving. If they want the benefit of these dollars then they better take care of their business as far as the United States government is concerned.' "They're taxpayers dollars and if you're going to use them I think you probably ought to be following what you're supposed to follow as far as the country is concerned," she said. Under the new amendment, a new student will be required to file a Statement of Registration Compliance—which will be included in the Statement of Educational Purpose—before receiving financial aid. Male students must register within 30 days of their 18th birthday by filling out a Selective Service System Registration Form at any U.S. Post Office. A valid driver's license or birth certificate is required for registration. Within 90 days of registration, the student will receive a Registration Acknowledgement Letter from the Selective Service System. If a student has not received an acknowledgement letter, or has
misplaced his letter, he will need to fill out a request for the acknowledgement letter or a request for a copy of it. Both request forms will be available in the financial aids office or any post office. The student will be required to show his acknowledgement letter at the financial aids office before filling out the Statement of Registration Compliance. "As far as our office is concerned, it just means we'll have to collect another form from the male students. The male students who apply for financial aid will have to provide that form for us," said Hancock. "It's a burden that's placed more on the student's shoulders than on us. We just simply won't be able to provide financial aid to a student who's 18 or over unless they provide this certification of their registration. Then, once they provide that, there will be no problem as far as our office is concerned. "As far as the application for financial aid, that will remain the same. The main difference is that when they come into our office to see what they've been awarded, we will have to ask for that form first," she said.
not be used as reasons for not registering, although they might be reasons for not having to fight in battle. Eligible students who don't register will not only be ineligible for title IV financial aid but also may be fined $10,000, be put in jail for five years or both. Hancock pointed out that this law may affect summer school students. "If anyone is receiving summer financial aid which will be used during part of the semester in which the July 1 compliance date
falls," she said, "that would mean that as early as late May or June, any student that is 18 or over would have to provide this registration certification to us in order to receive financial aid." The new law has been criticized as being potentially discriminatory because it does not apply to women and would not affect those paying for their own education. The situation for women can only be changed if Congress, for some reason, should require
women to comply with the Selective Service registration. Students who do not need financial aid will not be affected by the new law but will still be subject to fine or imprisonment. Any questions about the new requirement can be answered by the financial aids office or by writing the Registration Information Bureau, Selective Service System National Headquarters, Washington, D.C. 20435, phone (202) 724-0419.
THE March 3, 1983
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Vol. 81, No. ell
Bache emphasized that registering for the Selective Service is not the same as joining the Army. "It's not saying you have to go into the Army or anything," he said. "It's just saying that if there's ever an emergency where we need you, there'll be a group of names to choose from." All men at least 18 years old who were born after Dec. 31, 1959, must be registered unless currently on active duty with the armed forces. Permanent residents of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands are also exempt. Physical handicaps or moral, ethical or religious objections can-
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Dr. Karen Dowd's camp counseling class celebrated the last show of M *A *S *H by having a martini race and another related activities. Dowd is assistant professor of health and phyical education. See page 4 for related pictures of BSU M *A *S *H Bash.
Seniors elected
Eight chosen Outstanding Campus Leaders By Price Oswalt Eight seniors, four men and
four women, were selected as the 1983 Outstanding Campus Leaders, who were named to Who's Who Among American Universitites and Colleges and who will graduate by summer, were selected from a field of 31 students by a campus-wide election held in early February. Those selected are: Timothy Derritt, Mary Kelly, Jospeh McCormick, Shelley Moody, Timothy Reese, Anthony Sledge,
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Cynthia Sullivan and Susan K. Witt. Derritt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Derritt of Enid, is an industrial education major and a graduate of Drummond High School. Kelly, daughter of Bernard and Patty Kelly of Oklahoma City, is a public administration major and a graduate of Liberal High School in Liberal, Kan. She has served as the public relations director and president of Young Democrats. McCormick, a public administration major, is the son of Mrs. Anna Johnson of San Antonio, Tex. While at CSU he has been active in Young Democrats and Student Senate, where he served as parlimentarian of both. Moody, a commercial art major, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Moody of Oklahoma City; she is a 1978 graduate of Southeast High School. She has been in Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity, where she has served as membership chairman, ritual chairman and treasurer.
Reese, son of Mr. Jerry Reese of California, Mo., and Mrs. Christi Hill, of Oklahoma City, is a graduate of Chisholm High School in Enid. He is a political science major. Reese has been active in the Interfraternity Council, where he currently serves as president. He is the past president of Student Senate. His other college activities are Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature, Young Democrats where he was the state outstanding member for 1980; Tau Kappa Epsilon social fraternity, where he has been pledge trainer, rush chairman, outstanding pledge and outstanding member. He is also a member of Phi Beta Lambda business fraternity. He has been named to the Dean's Honor Roll. Sledge, son of Mrs. Phebia Irene Sledge of Oklahoma City, is a physical education major. He is a graduate of Northeast High School. Sledge has been active in ROTC, Kappa Alpha Psi social fraternity, Health, Physical Education and Recreation Club,
Ebony Gospel Choir, AfroAmerican Student Union and the Oklahoma Army National Gaurd. His college honors include academic award for ROTC and the Dean's Honor Roll. Sullivan, an interior design major, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Monore Sullivan of Pryor. She is a graduate of Pryor High School. Her college activities include Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity, where she served as rush chairman; Panhellenic Council, where she served.a secretarytreasurer; Tiaras, junior women's honor society and Interior Design Club. Witt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Witt of Edmond, is a public administration major. She has been active in Sigma Kappa Fraternity, where she served as president; Student Senate, vice president; Oklahoma Intecollegiate Legistature, where she has served as state committee coordinator and CSU delegation chairman.