St. Edward's University Hilltopper (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, April 30, 1982 Page: 1 of 4
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Trustees discuss Moody renovations and apartments
St. Edward’s University
Vol. 10, No. 23
Austin, Texas
April 30, 1982
Distribution of aid begins
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Staff Photo by Blaine Pennington
A LONE STROLLER (Sister Marie Andre Walsh) braves a storm in last week’s harsh weather conditions.
University commits to finding employment
Peace organization chartered
Campus
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ther as single and double occupancy
units in the same complex or all
double occupancy dwellings. The
cost for the apartments would
range from $1.5 million to $2 mil-
lion, although it is possible they
Applications are due today
at 5 p.m. for the positions of
Editor and Managing Editor of
the Hilltopper. Applications
can be picked up in 117 Main
The local chapter of the national
organization, under the guidance of
Mary Berwick, former principal of
St. Austin’s Elementary School, and
Br. Don Marengo, campus minister
at St. Edward’s, held its first meet-
ing at St. Edward’s earlier this se-
mester. Since that time four chapters
have been founded in Austin, one of
them at St. Edward’s.
Honors Night will be held
Mon., May 3, at 8 p.m. in the
Union Center.
1981. The projects, in terms of pri-
orities, are those that “would have
the most direct impact on students’
perceptions of the university,” states
the report Walsh presented.
The projects were listed by pri-
ority because “there is a critical and
pressing need ... In comparison to
other projects, there is a compara-
tively lower cost incurred for the
result,” continues the report.
On the second level of priorities
is the building of a recreation-con-
vocation center and an addition to
Andre Hall. The recreation-convo-
cation Center “will have the most
profound effect upon the students’
perceptions of the university . . .
(and) will provide space for lifetime
sports, intramurals, intercollegiate
athletic teams, films, speakers and
large special events including Com-
mencement,” states the report. The
proposed cost for such a facility
would be $4,442,045.
Under the third category of pri-
orities is the historic building reno-
vation. The project is lowest on the
priorities because “it will not di-
Tish Hinojosa will perform
in a brown bag concert today at
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m in the Re-
Union.
p
Equus is now showing in the
Mary Moody Northen Theatre
through May 9 at 8 p.m., ex-
cept Monday evenings. A mati-
nee will be held every Sunday
afternoon at 2 p.m. Tickets and
reservations can be obtained at
the box office by calling 444-
8398.
could be constructed as a joint ven-
ture with a private investor and
then leased by the university.
A study to look into the alterna-
tives for apartments was approved
by the board.
After receiving tentative funding
levels for the National Direct Stu-
dent Loan and the Supplemental Ed-
ucational Opportunity Grant pro-
grams along with the tentative level
for the Tuition Equalization Grant,
the St. Edward’s Financial Aid of-
fice began distributing financial aid
packages for the 1982-83 school year
this week.
The financial aid packages are
being awarded in the order they
have been completed through the Fi-
nancial Aid office. St. Edward’s dis-
tributes funds on a first come, first-
served basis in alignment with the
new awarding policy.
Over $76,000, an increase of
$36,728 from the 1981-82 school
year, was allocated to St. Edward’s
The University is committed to
finding employment for all students
who would have been eligible for
College Work Study aid next year
despite the announcement last week
of a drastic cutback in the tentative
allotment from the U.S. Depart-
ment of Education, says Doris Con-
stantine, St. Edward’s director of fi-
nancial aid.
“We will still confirm jobs equal
to that amount allocated this year,”
Ms. Constantine states.
This allocation will be through
the College Work Study program
and the Job Bank.
The university will also allocate
the entire amount that would have
been required if the request had been
approved by the DOE. The school is
required to pay a percentage of
money as a match for the govern-
mental funds.
The application for funds for the
College Work Study program, sub-
mitted by the Financial Aid office,
was for $850,000. The tentative
funding level for the next year from
the DOE is for $94,339.
“We have sent in an appeal to the
DOE,” stated Constantine. “We are
trying to show in our appeal that we
do not look like the national stand-
ard by which the money was allot-
ted,” she continued.
“What we are able to prove and
show is that our students come from
families of larger size and they have
smaller effective family contribu-
tions (aid from home) than the na-
tional standard,” said Ms. Constan-
tine.
“Although the aid literature said
just because you have legitimate ap-
pealable items does not mean you
will get additional monies, Gene
Binder and I have talked to people in
the DOE and we are hopeful we can
look forward to additional funds,”
concluded Ms. Constantine. Gene
by WILLIE ALEXANDER
and JIM FRANZ
Job Bank for students who will need
the money. The school is taking into
consideration the needs some stu-
dents have with no transportation,
emphasized Constantine.
The tentative allotment by the
DOE and the commitment the uni-
versity issued last week come in the
wake of a recent St. Edward’s deci-
sion that suggests work as a means
of obtaining aid. The Financial Aid
Office will expect all aid applicants
to earn at least $1,750 through em-
ployment during the school year.
Currently there is $282,500 in
Work Study money being used to
employ College Work Study stu-
dents at St. Edward’s.
The application for funds sub-
mitted by the financial aid office
was not met because the amount of
money available was lowered and
because part of it was determined on
the basis of money used during the
1979-80 year during which St.
Edward’s utilized only $78,232.
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The Cinco de Mayo Dance
will be held 8-12 p.m. in the
Union Center, on Sat., May 1.
“My Bodyguard,” a movie
about a student who transfers
from a private to a public
school and becomes the victim
of a protection racket, will be
shown at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. in
Moody 200, Sat., May 1, and 3
p.m. on Sun., May 2, in Moody
200.
Binder is director of governmental
affairs for St. Edward’s.
In addition to the money, the
school has already received word
that the government recently allo-
cated an additional $44 million for
the College Work Study program. If
the same formula is used to distrib-
ute this money the school will re-
ceive an additional $26,000.
In total, the monies for the Col-
lege Work Study program for next
year represent $94,339, which is the
tentative funding level; $51,000,
which is the university’s contribution
to the program; and probably an ad-
ditional $26,000 with the additional
recent allocations. The total is
$177,339.
The remainder of the funds
awarded for student employment
will be acquired through the com-
mitment the university is making for
the students who need employment.
The school will commit itself to
finding jobs off campus through the
Pax Christi, an international
Catholic movement for peace, has
formed one of the original Austin
chapters at St. Edward’s under the
direction of Archie Gress, founder
and former director of Volunteers in
Educational and Social Services
(VESS).
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A proposed renovation of
Moody Hall, adding more than
2,700 square feet by converting the
second- and third-floor atrium
space into classrooms, was one of
the top priorities listed in a presen-
tation by St. Edward’s President
Stephen Walsh at the Board of
Trustees meeting last weekend in
the Scarborough-Phillips Library.
The proposed conversion, ap-
proved by the University Planning
Group, would cost more than
$160,000. The possibility of con-
verting the lower office areas into
additional classrooms would cost
an additional $82,812.
Included in the top priority of
projects was the building of student
apartments on campus and the ren-
ovation of the Dining Hall into
smaller student dining areas and an
additional conference/dining area.
The projects are in line with a
Five-Year Plan approved by the
Board of Trustees in January of
Building, and submitted to Bill
Kennedy, Sorin Hall 202.
A Student Art Exhibit is
currently on display in Moody
Hall Atrium.
Student Association Inc.
(SAI) will hold its next regularly
scheduled meeting on Thurs.,
May 6, at 9:45 in Moody 200.
Students planning to take
the required RCM pre-course
essay need to bring an eight-
page blue book and proof of 60
hours credit to the Advising
Center in Moody 145 before the
May 16th testing date.
Dr. Blandina Cardenas
Ramirez, Director of Training
at the Intercultural Develop-
ment Research Association in
San Antonio, will give a lecture
Wed., May 5, at 12 p.m. in the
ReUnion.
Seniors who will graduate in
the summer need to fill out a
graduation certificate before
May 5.
Summer jobs in Austin are
now available through the Job
Bank, Holy Cross Hall 219.
Contributions are being ac-
cepted for a scholarship fund
established in memory of the
late Sanat Shah. Contributions
can be submitted to Jim Sage,
Holy Cross Hall, room 219.
An outdoor buffet lunch,
featuring Mexican food, will be
held on the patio from 11:30-
1:30 on Wed., May 5.
rectly impact students nor will it
alter their perceptions that ‘nothing
ever happens on campus,’ ” states
the report.
The apartments, part of the top
priority category, would be built ei-
through the NDSL loans. “We
gained in NDSL loans this year be-
cause we have a good default rate,”
stated Ms. Doris Constantine, direc-
tor of student financial aid. The cur-
rent default rate is under 10 percent.
The allocation for the SEOG is
$86,000, a cut of $33,226 from the
current funding total.
The Tuition Equalization Grant
allocation for the university is
$353,400, an increase of $30,000
from the current $323,750 amount.
“Depending on what happens
with the Pell grant monies and with
the additional $179,000 in institu-
tional grants, it appears the univer-
sity could have the same amount of
money next year available in grants
and loans,” stated Ms. Constantine.
“In the Diocese of Austin, while
having a bishop and other individ-
uals involved in the peace effort, the
reality is that there is no peace and
justice commission. It seemed ap-
propriate that the only Catholic uni-
versity in the diocese ought to be the
place where the issues are raised and
critically debated and alternatives
for Christian responses are ex-
plored,’’stated Br. Marengo.
The priorities for the organiza-
tion include disarmament, a just
world order, the primacy of con-
science, education for peace and al-
ternatives to violence. The national
president of the international move-
ment headquartered in Belgium is
Bishop Thomas Gumbleton.
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