4 The Daily Collegian Monday, July 26,1976
Senator charges
govt.
WASHINGTON (UPI) Sen. Charles Percy, R-111.,
yesterday criticized the Health, Education and Welfare
Department for allegedly failing to correct abuses in the $3.8
billion student loan program.
“The real question here is whether HEW intends to improve
the administration of the program to the point where it will
stop the fly-by-night operator in his tracks,” Percy said in a
letter to HEW Secretary David Mathews.
He said congressional hearings on profit-making schools in
the program showed that HEW’s Office of Education lost
records, tolerated an excessive default rate of 47.6 per cent
among the proprietary schools and allowed “unscrupulous
hucksters” to bilk the program of millions of dollars.
Deadlines announced for financial aid
The following deadlines for Winter Term applications
fellowships, traineeships and may be accompanied by
grants-in-aid have been applications for renewal for
announced-by B.F. rfowell, Spring Term. Awards will be
associate dean for the announced abotit Nov. 12.
graduate school. —Jan. 3 ( 1977, Applications
—Sept. 30, 1976. for Spring Term grants-in-aid
Applications for Winter Term are due in 317 Kern,
tuition grants-in-aid are due Procedures are the same as
in 317 Kern. They must be • for the W i nte r Term ap
endorsed by department plications. Awards will be
heads or graduate officers, announced about Feb. 15
supported by transcript's and
by two or more letters of
recommendation. Applicants
must have completed at least
two terms at Penn State. The
Fellowship opportunities
The following fellowship opportunities were recently an
nounced by B. F. Howell, Jr., associate dean of the graduate
school.
—A $3OO to $B,OOO grant to graduate students studying
museum conservation. Apply to M. Wells, National Museum
Act Administration, Room 2467 Arts and Industries Bldg.,
Washington, D.C., 20560. Deadline is Jan. 15,1977.
—Pre- and post-doctoral fellowships for research on drug
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loan abuse
—Feb. 3,1977. Applications
for all fellowships and
traineeships awarded by the
graduate school are due in 317
The program’s over-all default rate for all schools is 25 per
cent, Percy said.
Under the program, the federal government guarantees
loans to needy students for their education at 19,000 colleges,
vocational, professional and other schools, More than 3.5
million loans have been insured through the program.
“Students have been cheated out of their educations, only to
be billed later by the Office of Education for payment of loans
that should have been cancelled,” Percy told Mathews.
He said HEW had rejected his recommendations that ac
crediting agencies make in-depth checks on school operators,
examine their capital sources, verify the academic creden
tials of all teachers and require notarization of all reports
filed with the Office of Education.
He quoted Education Commissioner Terrel Bell as saying
such requirements “could not be practically and effectively
implemented by the accrediting agencies as they are now
constituted."
Percy said such “out-of-hand rejection... is a disservice to
the taxpayers and students who stand to gain so much from a
well-run program.”
He urged Mathews to review Bell’s decision.
Kern. Each applicant must be
nominated by his graduate
major. Not more than three
nominations per major
(exclusive of traineeships and
mining fellowships) are
allowed. Applications must be
supported by three letters of
recommendation and com
plete transcripts. Awards will
be announced about March
27. GRE verbal and quan
titative scores or the
equivalent are required of
applicants except for ERG
traineeships and mining
fellowships.
open to grads
abuse. Write to J. F. Callahan, Project Officer, Training
Grants Manpower and Training Branch, 11400 Rockville Pike,
Room 640, Rockville, Maryland, 20852.
—National Science Foundation fellowship grants, including
graduate fellowships, science faculty fellowships, and NATO
post-doctoral and senior post-doctoral, fellowships. The
deadlines are Nov. 29, 1976, February 1977, November 1976
and December 1976, respectively
—Exchange programs at pre- and post-doctoral level with
Russian and eastern European countries. The deadline for the
Russia program for graduate students is Nov. 1; the deadline
for eastern European nations is Nov. 10. Write to 110 East 59th
Street, New York, New York, 10022, for more information.
—Pre- and post-doctoral support to advanced scholars
working at the American Museum for Natural History. The
stipend is $8,600 per year. Write Attn: E. Schildkraut, Dept, of
Anthropology, New York, New York, 10024, for more in
formation.
—Grants-in-aid to support research on the Artie Ocean and
nearby land masses. Wrote to 3426 N! Washington Blvd.,
Arlington, Va., 22201, for more information.
—Pre- and post-doctoral fellowships in environmental
conservation. The fellowship pays $4,000 per year.
—Feb. 17, 1977.
Applications by incoming
graduate students for all
fellowships offered by the
graduate school are due in 317
Kern. Applicants must be
nominated by graduate
majors, with a limit of three
nominations per major.
Applications must be sup
ported by complete tran
scripts, at least three letters
of recommendation, and by
GRE verbal and quantitative
scores, or the equivalent.
Awards will be announced
about March 27.
Monday - Saturday 10-9
Ford appeals to Brezhnev
Embassy protection asked
WASHINGTON (AP)
President Ford sent a per
sonal appeal to Soviet leader
Leonid I. Brezhnev urging
that the Soviets curtail their
microwave bombardment of
the U. S. embassy in Moscow,
according to Sen. Bob Dole,
R-Kan.
Dole said he was told of the
President’s letter to Brezhnev
during a closed-door briefing
on the Moscow radiation
problem by Helmut Son
nenfeldt, one of Secretary of
State Henry A. Kissinger’s
closest associates.
Following the Ford letter
and U.S. diplomatic efforts to
protest over the radiation, as
well as an embassy staff
meeting that led to
widespread publicity, the
Soviets reduced the
Birth control pills win praise of group
CHICAGO (UPI) The pill
is an exceedingly favorable
form of birth control, causing
fewer deaths than pregnancy
itself, the American College
of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists reports in' its
latest technical bulletin.
The bulletin, distributed to
more than 18,000 ob
stetricians and gynecologists,
said despite some recent
controversy, the benefits of
oral contraception far out
weigh its possible risks.
The bulletin, a compilation
of the. latest thinking on oral
contraceptives, includes
information on the pill’s side
effects, major complications
and risk-benefit ratio.
One of the main points in
favor of the pill, the bulletin
Traffic lane cut
Construction work near the
Nittany Lion Inn today and
Tuesday will necessitate one :
lane traffic in the drive from
the cross walk near the Inn’s
main entrance to the parking
area east of the Inn.
liege Plaza
microwave power levels.
However,, they have refused
to cease the bombardment
completely.
A White House spokesman,
John Carlson, said there have
been U.S.-Soviet contacts on
the radiation issue at various
levels and “there has been
communication
correspondence between
the President and Brezhnev.”
He declined to give any
further details.
The radiation problem has
caused concern, among
current and former American
personnel at the Moscow
embassy that long-term
exposure to the low-level
microwaves might result in
adverse health or behavioral
effects.
Dole, who had voiced
said, is that the death rate
from the pill is lower than
from pregnancy itself. “No
known contraceptive at the
present time has a death rate
comparable to that of
pregnancy,” the bulletin said.
The bulletin said an in
creased risk of throm
boembolic diseases blood
New movies start Wednesday
Out of town concerts
Pittsburgh: Jethro Tull
appears at the Civic Arena
Monday, 8 p.m. Peter Framp
ton, The Beach Boys and
Gary Wright, Aug. 14, 2 p.m.
at Three Rivers Stadium.
Earth Wind and Fire and
Ramsey Lewis, 8 p.m. Aug.
10. Civic Arena.
Philadelphia: Janis lan, 8
p.m. Aug. 8. Robin Hood Dell
West. The Eagles and Boz
Scaggs Tuesday and Wednes
day, 8 p.m. Spectrum.
Plays
“Little Mary Sunshine” at
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criticism over U.S. handling
of the microwaves affair, said
in an interview that Son
nenfeldt apparently men
tioned the Ford letter
dispatched about seven
months ago to impress
upon the senator that “we
weren’t taking this lightly.” .
He said he was not told the
specific wording of the letter
to the Kremlin or what, if any,
response there, was from
Brezhnev.
Disclosure of the Ford-
Brezhnev letter marks the
first confirmation that the
embassy radiation question
has been considered serious
enough to require personal
attention at the highest level.
An aide to Dole who was
present during the senator’s
'clots has been established
with the use of the pill. Also,
recent studies have shown an
apparent increase in the risk
of myocardial infarction, or
heart attacks, in women
taking the pill.
The bulletin also warns that
possible risks of birth defects
may be increased in babies
the Pavilion Theatre, 8 p.m
Tuesday through Thursday.
‘‘That Championship
Season.” A powerful adult
play by Jason Miller. Opening
at 8 p.m. July 29 at the
Playhouse.
Attractions
Concerts
Shirt Sleeve' Concert,
Pennsylvania prchestra, 8
p.m. Wednesday, University
Auditorium.
Movies
Cinema I. “Murder by
Heath.” Peter Sellers.
Cinema 11. “The Omen,”
till Tuesday. Mell Brooks’
Student preview planned
The Festival of American
Theatre presents a special
student - preview of “That
Championship Season” at 8
Wednesday night in the Play
house. Tickets, at reduced
rates, go on sale 10 a.m.
Wednesday in the Playhouse
box office.
Also in the Playhouse box
office are free tickets for a
Behind-the-Scenes look at
“That Championship Season.”
The tickets are for 3 p.m.
Friday in the Playhouse.
The Lesbian Collective will
meet at 8:30 tomorrow night
in the Women’s Resource
Center.
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at the regular price
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closed-door briefing with
Sonnenfeldt said the Ford
letter to Brezhnev evidently
had been sent in December
1975 or January of this year.
According to a classified
State department document
made available to The
Associated Press, U.S;
concern over the. Soviet
microwaves first detected
in the early 1960’s in
creased in October 1975 when
the radiation began focusing
on the embassy from two
different directions.
Knowledgeable U.S-.
sources say the searchlight
like Soviet microwave beams
are intended to foil American
electronic snooping devices'
on the roof of the 10-story
embassy.
born to women who became?,
pregnant shortly after
discontinuing use of the pill. It
advises that women change to
a different type of birth
control after going off the pill;
await the' time when the
regular menstrual cycle is
reestablished and then try t»
become pregnant."
“Silent Movie” starts Wed
nesday. . •fV
State. “Peter Pan,” till
Tuesday. “The Tenant”
starts Wednesday. Roman
Polanski directed and stars in
this bizarre drama.
The Flick. “W. ,C. Fields
and Me.” Rod Steiger as.
Fields.-
Garden. “St. Ives,” till
Tuesday. “That’s Enter
tainment, Part II” begins
Wednesday.
Movies. “The Bad News
Bears,” with Walter
and Tatum O’Neal.
The Screening Room. “Tell
Them Johnny Wadd is Here,”,
till Tuesday. “Virgin Snow.”-
X-rated. Starts Wednesday. I ■
—Compiled by Barb Coif
A Free sIJ soccer course
will be given 6:30 Wednesday
night at the Women’s Athletic-
Field next to the University
Auditorium. For more infor
mation call 234-1727. •*
An air-hockey tournameitt
begins at 6:30 tonight in the
Pollock Snack Bar.
Collegian notes;
The Magazine Club will
meet at 8 Wednesday night ift,.
324 HUB. All are invited. <- y '
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