The Collegian : the weekly newspaper of Behrend College. (Erie, PA) 1989-1993, April 11, 1990, Image 5

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    Wednesday, April 11,1990
Behrend student
sues University
GnilegianNfm Editor M “"‘.hi
December notified Maines that
his aid for the spring 1990
semester had been suspended,
and it would not be released
until he completed the study's
requirements.
A Behrend student is suing
Penn State University's Office
of Student Aid for withholding
his financial aid.
Maines received
major, th^office wiftheld his JJ*™ 1 '“=™ e
student aid because he did not which under the
comply with a survey. agreement of his financial aid
v 3 y contract he had to fill out
. re “. i , ved * l et , te , r After completing this foim,
(?S^ V t? 5 7 0n i )C hi-' liis aid was then reinstated
1989 asking him to submit his
1988 U.S. income tax return
Maines filed a suit against
the school's actions with the
°f small claims court, which he
Control Pilot Project WOIL
sponsored by the U.S.
S e KlS"l o^ EdUCation WaS r district justice mled that
6 ac f curac y of the university pay the $49
the present system of awarding J v 3
aid.
„ D .. , Penn State has appealed this
r at ® e f cause a response decision which has "bounced
Participants is the |>aii back into my court,"
mperauve to the success of accenting to Maines.
this project, Penn State will
place a hold on the Bill Mahon, director of
yo ?r i sp ™** Public Information at
u " 11 ,«„ 1 *? e University Park could not
1S rcceived ’ *** comment on the case because it
letter reads. is « a matter of impending
litigation."
Maines did not reply to the
survey. He said it was an Maines is now asking for a
invasion of his privacy. judgment of over $20,000 to
compensate for the mental
distress he suffered as a result
of the temporary loss of his
financial aid.
A second letter was sent to
Maines in November to which
he did not comply.
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The Collegian
Students and faculty recognized at
Honors and Awards Convocation
On Sunday, April 1, over 225
students, faculty, and staff were
honored at Behrend's Twenty-
Ninth Annual Honors and Awards
Ceremony.
Two Behrend students received
the University-wide John W.
Oswald Award for outstanding
achievement Moise Pringle was
given the award for athletics and
Brent K. Vernon for student
government, religious activities,
and social services. Only five
students in the Penn Slate system
are given this award each year.
Several faculty members were
Long distance
student abuse
Hundreds of dollars in
unauthorized telephone charges
prompted the suspension of long
distance service to student
government telephones last week.
In a memo from Dr. Chris
Rcber, dean of Student Services,
several offices have abused long
distance service.
"The nature of the abuse is
so serious that I feel obligated to
restrict telephone extensions...to
local calls only."
David Shields, assistant dean
of Student Services, said the
abuse was discovered after
reviewing the records of calls
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honored, including Dr. James A.
Kurre, associate professor of
economics, who received the Guy
W. Wilson Award for excellence
in advising; Dr. Daniel
Frankforter, professor of history,
who received the Behrend Council
of Fellows Faculty Research
Award; and Dr. Robert P.
Marande, assistant professor of
physics, who received the
Behrend Council of Fellows
Excellence in Teaching Award.
Awards for Special Service
were also given including the
Guy W. Wilson Award for
phone service cut after
discovered
from the SGA offices.
"We found a lot of calls were
made at strange times - late at
night and weekends when
business calls aren't normally
made."
He added they are
investigating individuals who
have made a lot of private calls
from office telephones.
"One individual has made
around six hundred dollars in
calls. We're definitely going to
ask this person to repay the
school."
Shields said some selected
lines may be restored.
Student Service to the College,
which was given to Jamela L.
Reid. Other recipients included
David P. Shields, assistant dean
of Student Services, who received
the Benjamin A. Lane
Outstanding Service Award;
Moise Pringle and Brent K.
Vernon, who received the
Thomas H. Turnbull Award;
Edith M. Bemat, who received
the Eric A. and Josephine Walker
Award; and Diana L. Ziemniak,
who received the Irvin H. Kochel
Award.
"Organizations like Student
Programming Council are really
being hit hard by this. They have
to make calls all over the country
to handle the incoming acts they
have booked for this semester and
next semester."
He pointed out student
organizations who need to make
long-distance calls can make
arrangements with the Student
Activities office.
As for next year, both
Shields and Reber said they will
be looking at who needs long
distance service and how the
system would work.
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