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The Prospector, February 28, 1984 Page 2
Devaluation affects international students
By Patricia Bundo
Stall Writer
Continued devaluation of the
peso has hurt students who live in
Mexico, but the situation seems to
be improving, said Ricardo V. Aran-
da, director of financial aid.
"We've seen a drop in Mexican
students, especially border
crossers (those who commute dai-
ly from Juarez), but it's getting a lit-
tle better," he said
Aranda estimated the University
has lost about 200 to 300 Mexican
students since the peso was first
devalued a year ago, but the situa-
tion seems to have stabilized.
Gori Bruno, director of Interna
tional Student Services, said some
of the Mexican students have
graduated and very few new
students have come "because of
the tremendous difficulty in paying
168 pesos to a dollar instead of 26
pesos prior to the devaluation.''
"It's sad, but we've lost quite a
few," he said, adding he has had
seniors come to him in tears
because they didn't have the
money, and there is little he can do
to help them.
Aranda said some Mexican
students can't afford to pay the tui-
tion since the peso dropped in
value over the past year, but the
financial aid office is doing
everything it can to help them.
"The state does provide two
scholarships for students," he
said, adding that the Benito Juarez
scholarship, which pays for tuition
and fees, is available tor student
who graduated from a Juarez
secondary school. The Good
Neighbor scholarship is available
for students from any country in
the northern hemisphere excluding
Cuba.
The state set aside $5,000 for the
Good Neighbor scholarship to help
10 students a year by providing
them each $500 for tuition and
fees, Aranda said.
"The recipients of this award are
selected by the state legislature on
a type of quota system They try to
help students from as many dif-
ferent countries as possible," he
said "All financial aid for all
students has been reduced."
Bruno said about 990 foreign
students attend the University,
about 224 from across the border.
Enrollment isn't dropping
overall, but he said he has seen an
increase in students from other
countries, such as Malaya and
Saudi Arabia.
He said,"Residents of Juarez
pay out of state tuition, but very lit-
tle can be done in this area
because it is controlled by the UT
System.
"If you don't charge them out of
state tuition it's discrimination
because you can't do it for
students from every country.
Nigerians are in need too. We'd
like to help everyone."
Bruno said when the peso was
first devalued the administration
helped with temporary loans to
students who could not pay tuition
immediately in dollars
Aranda explained the devalua-
tion was so sudden that some
students who could afford to pay
found it hard to get their hands on
dollars.
“This is no longer a major pro-
blem. It has stabalized as far as Im-
mediacy," he said.
When the crisis existed the
University used $10,000 of its own
money to established the
Emergency Loan Fund to provide
$200 for each student in need,
which was about a third of the $600
It costs for out of state tuition for
12 hours. Aranda said.
Although the peso has con-
tinued to drop it has been more
gradual, allowing the students to
cope with the situation, he added
Monroe
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for an additional $19,939
The increase would cover addi-
tional office help, aid in expanding
the center and also aid in lowering
the center’s debt
Marjorie Williamson, manager of
the Ticket Center, explained the
center was not meeting its expenses
She added that the center was a ser-
vice office and doesn’t compete with
other ticket centers commercially.
Handicapped Student Services re-
quested the same amount as last
year, $1,173
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additional $8,850 to cover the deficit.
Of the eight groups interviewed,
only the Student Association re-
quested additional funds.
The request was du to an add!
tional $1,500 for the annual awards
banquet The association's request
totaled $71,023. Of that sum, about
$15,000 would go to service awards
and another $15,000 would go to the
senate for allocations to organiza-
tions.
New funding requests were made
by the Rondalla group, Financial Aid.
Women's Resource Center and the
YMCA Day Care Center
The Music department's Rondalla
group requested $2,000 for their pro-
gram Half of that sum would go
toward service awards
The Student Financial Aid office
requested $28,750 to employ two
senior administrative clerk positions
The YMCA Day Care service re-
quested $10,099 for toys and equip-
ment.
Women's Resource Center asked
for $41,458 to stan a their program.
Of that sum, $36.108 would go to per-
sonnel and $5,350 would go to ad-
ministrative expenses From the ad-
ministrative expenses, $2,000 is the
projected printing costs
The Students' Attorney asked the
same amount of funding as in
previous years which is $39,703
The I.D Center also requested the
same amount which Is $18,215.
The cheerleaders didn't ask for ad-
ditional funding The cheerleaders re-
quested $19,350. the same amount as
last year Of that sum, $1,300 would
go towards service awards and
$11,000 would go towards travel ex-
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