Brown and White Vol. 98 no. 9

              the brown and white lehiqh university bethlehem pennsylvania 216)758-4181 v 01.98 n0.9 friday october 3 1986 bill may hit students in their pocketbooks bybetmsher more thiin mm 1 chilli itudtntl leceiving hiiiiiu wil lid coulfl bl affected by the rtauthorliatlon bill pautd i>v conirtu sunday accordtnf to william stanford dlrtctor of flnindtl aid rhi bin is now waiting foi prtstdtnl reagan's signature a numbei of significant changes to financial aiil piogrtims will take place if the bill becomes law stanford said some of thl changes made are good lie commented the bill would extend the grace ptfiod horn six to nine months on national direct student loans ami increase the unemployment deferment allowance from one to two years on ciuaranleed student 1 oans((isl ). another benefit would be the rftlnittttmtnl of loan con sohdations stanford said we had this lor i number ol yeais and then it was written out loan consolidation allows a student who borrowed money from several different sources to combine the loans and gain an extended repayment plan budget reduction measures included m the new bill arc the eligibility criteria for gsi s and the definition of an independent student the system for eligibility was rather complex and not very fair according to stanford families with incomes below 30,000 automatically qualified reference tables were used to determine family contributions for families with incomes between 30,000 and 75,000 he said figures were based solely on income and not assets some students might find they are no longer eligible for aid according to the new policy all students will be required to undergo a standardized need analysis to determine eligibility he explained the new independent student status addresses a previous shortcoming of the program stanford said that m the past parents had prematurely emancipated their children m oreder to gain financial aid benefits the new independent student definition involves a three year inquiry period and becomes effective jan i 1987 for osl applicants according to stanford most undergraduate students have already filed applications and will not be affected this year graduate students on the other hand apply for financial aid at random times and will be the first hit he noted stanford said students seeking financial aid for the 1987-88 academic year should file financial aid applications m timely fashion and put every bit of effort into academic performance which will be more closely considered under the new policy mwflmf#tymwaom construction on interstate highway 78 is currently underway m saucon valley lu parties may be lcb targets by dave l eight managing editor this is the first of a two-part series on pennsylvania's policies on alcohol and lehlgh university as the number of raids on bars around college campuses rises the pennsylvania liquor control board lcb continues to focus attention on fraternity parties — and lehigh could soon face a head-on collision with the lcb our number-one priority m enforcement right now is underage drinking lcb press secretary robert ford said it's getting in creased attention because of increased problems much attention has been on bars like the tally-ho tavern on fourth street which caters primarily to college students three students were arrested there sept 18 for underage drinking following an lcb raid yet according to ford on-campus parties are also m the lcb's jurisdiction and fraternities have often become major targets we have raided many many fraternity parties m the past couple years ford said last winter fraternities at indiana university of pennsylvania 60 miles from pittsburgh were raided after they used beer parties as fundraising events selling alcohol without a license is a big problem ford said since the 20,000 businesses m pennsylvania which pay for liquor licenses can't compete with frater nities a much more serious offense however is selling alcohol to minors ford said people caught doing so can be charged with corrupting minors which is a first degree misdemeanor and carries a maximum fine of 10,000 the owner of the beer barn a distributor to bucknell university m lewisburg was arrested recently for selling alcohol to minors according to bucknell residence life associate director gerald commerford the owner m turn tokl fraternities the lcb was m town underage drinking is a summary offense with a 300 maximum fine for the first offense and by ralph shields 1-78 to split saucon valley interstate highway 78 is currently being extended across the saucon valley above the murray h goodman campus and will be accessible from new in terchanges by 1989 according to neil dekker of the penn sylvania department of transportation pcnndot don't plan on using the interstate m saucon valley for quite some time dekker engineer m charge of the project said the overpass will be completed some time m 1987 but the road will not be accessible from the in terchange until 1989 this new extension will connect with the pennsylvania turnpike east of phillipsburg n.j and will decrease traffic on u.s route 22 almost 80 percent of the non-local trucks will use i 78 as an allentown bethlehem tiasfon bypass dekker said plans for this four-lane highway were started m the 19505 the actual ground breaking ceremony took place june 15 1984 almost the entire length of 1-78 will either have large earth barriers or be guarded by pre fabricated noise barriers o that the surrounding communities ar not disturbed dtkker ex plained accewe near the ov/jman tarnpm to the 1-7h extemiorj will be an interchange to the east on route 412 m meljertown and to the w<wt an interchange on route vf the most econorr method of constructing a bloomers raided again two students arrested bymarygreczyn desk editor bethlehem police arrested two lehigh student underage drinking tuesday night around 10 p.m i your mother's bloomers located at 331 £. fifth s raided by the liquor control board senior david b schwartz 20 and junior jeffrey sohm 19 were charged with violating section 630 code according to a secretary m the office of discx magistrate john gombosi this section prohibn purchase and consumption of any alcoholic or mair beverage by anyone under the age of 21 robert ford press secretary for the pennsylvania liquor control board said the raid was a minor parroi operation as a result of complaints received on tins piarr he said we were assisted by the f****l*nrm pofice department the students both out-of stare residents must pay a total of 573.50 m fines aad costs ford sand use lcb wm issue citations against your mother's biocmers license c sell liquor we are cracking down oc undeng cnnking iod we have been for the past two years ford said be afkvrr the lcb will condaae to raid estabftsfcneßes with com plaints against them your mother's btomners with a mtxr - previously lodged i ga -^ .:. was r-j past march when two lehigh < mrinf f * wers irrsssec see aid page 2 see lcb page 4 see 1-78 page t