t£e, 9O'4. What does it really mean?
Wednesday, October 27, 1993
12-1 p.m. 229 MSC
A roundtable discussion led by
Dr. Charles Wiggins
Department of Political Science
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fecting 20,000 Texas A&M students who completed the FreeAp; ability
tion for Federal Student Aid for the 1993-1994 academic year. rm gap;
Approximately 75 percent of the questions on the renewalapp: | ) ie
tion will have pre-printed answers. Texas,
"This will cut down on the time it takes to fill out the formandr ^Amei
it simpler to apply for," said Delisa Martinez, counseling adminis^K, the
for the Student Financial Aid Office. M Bg SOC i
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change from year to year, answer new questions, and correct am surpris
printed information. Schum
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design major. "If you fill out anything wrong, it will be sent bad but 1 d
lengthen the process." vf H Sell
Jill Moreland, a financial aid counselor, said some parentsand schola
dents have misconceptions about the time involved in receivingdj thioug
nancial aid check. r
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check," she said. "It s not like that. If a student receives a check'wrjB The
three months of filling out the information, they are doing really we j l y s t j n
The renewal application should save students two to four week: firring
help reduce the amount of phone calls pouring into the Financii X 0/ g
Office from confused parents, she said. gjq ' s
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can't get in for two days. The Financial Aid Office this fallj|
processed more loan money than in last year's 12-month period |l us ei
renewal application will help."
Beginning in late November and continuing through Decembe
newalapplications will be mailed to students whose addressesa:;:
file at the Federal Central Processor. Renewal applications subri
before Jan. 1, 1994 will be rejected.
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By James Bernsen
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More than 500 physicists de
scended on Texas A&M Universi
ty this weekend for a two-day
meeting that included more than
200 speakers, one of them a Nobel
Prize winner.
The event was a combination
of the fall meetings of the Texas
Section of the American Physical
Society, the Texas Section of the
American Association of Physics
Teachers and the Society of
Physics Students of Texas, Okla
homa, Louisiana and Arkansas.
Dr. Joe Ham, A&M physics
professor, said the meeting was a
great opportunity for the profes
sors, students and high school
teachers .who were in attendance.
The workshops offered teach
ers the opportunity to learn about
changes in the field of physics, as
well as innovative approaches to
teaching, he said.
Dr. Joseph Webb, physics de
partment Jiead, said the wide vari
ety of topics covered at the meet
ing made it a good experience for
everyone involved.
"It allows students and faculty
to interact and share informati
and research," he said. "There:
many different topics people:
interested in, and it coveredmA
of them."
Dr. Robert Beck Clark,*:
helped organize the meetings
many of the college students:
had the chance to findoutal
job opportunities in physics.
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