The Rattler (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 1, 1996 Page: 2 of 16
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NEWS
Financial aid papers pile up
aid, said.
awarded. It will hurt students if made to SARs already sent back to
a said.
our new goal,” he said.
“If the application is turned in
“The real key is that we are still by May 1, and all the federal data
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If loans are delayed because can’t,” Krause said.
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little closer to 900. However, we applications for students who will
will do everything we can to reach attend classes during the summer.
is completed, students should
receive loans for the summer on
time,” Krause said.
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Fraud —
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about the federal aid foul-up.
“Students should get the word out
to let somebody realize what is
going on,” he said.
“With our staff, we will be able to
get things on course where the
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initially received.” students’ SAR information has not
Because a student has been yet been received from the
selected to fill out a verification contractor, but was turned in on
form and turn in his/her tax return time, the students should contact
Johnson said that the
residence life office also had a
problem with students using
the long distance telephone
service illegally.
This year, it is believed that
some students have been
abusing the service since
August.
“If they want me to pay, I’ll
pay. But if they’ve had
problems in the past, why did
they wait so long to do
anything about it?” a
freshman, who has used the
telephone service illegally,
said.
“Most of the people who are
getting caught are freshmen
who get the number from
upper classmen and don’t
know about the problems
there have been with it.”
awarding on a first-come-first-
serve basis,” Krause said. “The
order students will be awarded will
follow the dates the data was
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to be in charge until a new director comes aboard.” Asource, who wished to remain anonymous, alleged
Pena, though, who graduated from the San Antonio that there may have been alterior reasons for the I
Law Enforcement Academy and was employed by departure of Perez.
“If things stay busy this week, we they don’t turn the information in students to review, Krause said,
will begin working full force on at all,” Krause said. “We are sending a list of our
awards next week,” he said. “We Letters are sent out weekly to concerns and problems with the
will put all our energy into students who have been requested federal processor to the Secretary
awarding returning students, to turn in additional information of Education by the end of the
pending all their information is in, but have not yet done so. week, so as to avoid problems like
by the end of May.” Loans for students who will this in the future.”
Over 650 SARs have been attend summer school are being Krause also encouraged
received by the financial aid office, processed. Today is the priority students to write letters to state
“About this time, we should be a deadline for turning in loan representatives and senators
the San Antonio Police Department Precinct 5, will Pena chose not to respond to questions about the
not be applying for the vacant position. vacancy, and Perez was unavailable for comment.
Department is helping investigate, students, asking that anyone who interest to notify the deans.
“What we’re trying to do now is has illegally used the telephone “We’ve received several calls
track down who has received the system notify the dean’s office. from students — some claiming
calls,” Johnson said. “We don’t The memorandum warned that they would check their voice
intend to bring criminal charges students that illegally using the mail from their homes using the
against them.” telephone service is a felony, and 800 number, so that it wouldn’t
A memorandum was sent to all that it is in the students’ best costthem anything,” Johnson said.
Set back by delays in federal form, and possibly the parents both the Financial Aid and Bursars
processing, the Financial Aid tax forms as well, the student will offices to make arrangements and
office’s new goal is to award aid to not be penalized. discuss the matter.
all returning students, whose “Turning in these added forms Problems with the federal
Student Aid Reports have already in a reasonable amount of time processor are still occuring, which
been received, by the end of May, from the request date will not might cause a slight delay in
David Krause, director of financial penalize the student from being receiving corrections that were
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