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From 110, disc, 126 or 35mm color print film C-41 process only. 12exp. $2.69 15 disc $3.39 24 exp. $3.99 36 exp. $5.99 Limited offer from Oct 31-Nov. 8, 1993 PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES located in REED MCDONALD with drop boxes in the Common Market and Sbisa Underground Market Page 10 The Battalion Friday, October29,in Federal Pell Grant system under investigatioi The Associated Press WASHINGTON - The gov ernment's main aid program for students after high school is being robbed of millions of dollars by schools that provide little job training or obtain grants fraudu lently from lax managers, con gressional investigators testified Wednesday. The so-called Pell grant pro gram provides 4.1 million stu dents $6.3 billion in grants this year to attend universities, col leges and vocational schools. The Senate Permanent Sub committee on Investigations found orthodox Jewish schools in New York City had become "Pell grant mills," existing primarily to reap federal tuition aid dollars. Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., said the hearings produced "a good deal of information that needs to be sent to the Department of Justice" for criminal investigation. One school, Bais Fruma in Brooklyn, "is enrolling entire fam ilies and entire neighborhoods into its program," said subcom mittee counsel Alan Edelman. Since becoming eligible for Pell grants in 1983, the school has col lected $22.4 million. Of 2,000 students at the school in 1991-92, 97 percent got Pell grants, the investigators said. Most got the maximum, $2,400. Some 530 families had at least two members getting grants. One family had nine members at the school on Pell grants. Edelman cited records showing that one student, Sara Hoffman, got Pell grants to attend Bais Fru ma and three other New York- area schools. When investigators questioned her, she said she had never en rolled at Bais Fruma or one of the other schools. Bais Fruma's file on the woman included various forms bearing her apparently forged signatures, Edelman said. He said the school schemed to get federal dollars to subsidize re ligious study that religious mem bers of the community would nor mally participate in anyway. The school also used at least one broker to generate Pell grant applications, he said. Files of 33 Bais Fruma students were found when authorities raid ed the office of broker Jacob Ginzburg. All got Pell grants. Ginzburg has since fled the country, Edelman testified. Bank and school records showed large payments to other orthodox Jewish institutes; congregations, he said. He said it appears Pell © have been used by theMunk I lasidic movement "tofunnel; eral funds to various religion stitutions which otherwise ft be ineligible to receive fed; aid." George Meissner, anatloif for the school who wasintlis dience at the hearing, called hearing "a one-sided prest tion, with interpretationsk: pie who are jumping tocouf sions based on raw material He said the school provi; records to the subcommittee investigators never prese: Wednesday's allegations si; school could respond. "Tl; definitely not the wholeston said. Friday, Oc P H the University of Texas-Pan American receives preliminary approval for doctorate program The Associated Press AUSTIN — Border education opportunities got a boost Thurs day from the Texas Higher Edu cation Coordinating Board, which gave preliminary ap proval to two doctoral programs at the University of Texas-Pan American. An international business de gree would be the first doctorate ever granted by the Edinburg University under one proposal, which includes a working rela tionship with the flagship UT- Austin. The board also endorsed a co operative doctoral program in educational administration. That degree would be granted by UT- Austin hut offered through the Edinburg campus, where offi cials in the future hope to take over the program. Both proposals are up for fi nal approval Friday. "It is a challenge ... We have to prove that we can meet the challenge," UT-Pan American President Miguel Nevarez said of the new programs. "Obvious ly, we're going to work our hearts out. "It's going to take funds, and it's going to take hard work. It's that simple," he said. The business doctorate, which previously has received devel opment funding, is estimated to cost $4.6 million over five years. The education degree has a projected five-year cost of $2.8 million. Higher education officials have said they'll keep working to enhance border education programs even though the Texas Supreme Court recently over turned a lower court ruling that the current system denies Mexi can Americans on the border equal education opportunity. Merging the Edinburg uni versity witn the UT system sev eral years ago was part of the ef fort to upgrade border pro grams. In endorsing the business de gree, the Coordinating Board said it will evaluate the pro gram's future success before considering additional doctoral degree-granting authority for UT-Pan American. Officials said they didn't mean that provision as a threat, but a signal of the program's im portance. Although some have ex pressed concern about the pro posal, which includes a business administration major and inter national business program, Nevarez said cooperation with UT-Austin will help make it a success. The proposal includes a men tor relationship between the Ed inburg and Austin faculties, and Nevarez said technology will al low UT-Pan American to take advantage of the larger school's superior library facilities. Senate debates three days, OKs extra unemployment benefits The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Senate approved extra unemployment benefits Thursday for 1 million Americans who have been jobless for half a year, but the bill will not reach President Clinton until at least next week. After three days of debate, senators approved the $1.1 billion measure 76-20. The bill would allow up to 13 weeks of extra benefits for people who have used up the standard 26 weeks of coverage. About 60,000 Americans run out of the standard benefits each week, and it has been nearly a month since extra emergency benefits expired. Voting for the bill were 52 Democrats and 24 Re publicans; two Democrats and 18 Republicans were opposed. Senators added two amendments to the measure that were not in the version approved by the House on Oct. 15. That meant the bill had to return to that chamber before it could be sent to Clinton for his signature. House Democrats said they had not decided if they would accept the Senate's changes or demand they be dropped. The House did not plan to work on the measure until at least Wednesday. "It certainly doesn't expedite the process," House Ways and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, D- 111., said through a spokesman. The Senate added one amendment Thursday that would lock in the 252,000-employee reduction Clin ton has proposed for the federal work force. The provision, proposed by Sen. Phil Gramm, R- Texas, was approved 82-14. Another amendment, adopted Wednesday night, would prohibit extended benefits to unemployed people who reported taxable incomes above $120,000 last year. Democrats traditionally have opposed setting in come limits for many benefit programs. Sen. Hank Brown, R-Colo., that amendment's sponsor, said it would save $2 million and affect 26,500 people. In the day's first vote, the chamber rejected lan guage by Sens. Don Nickles, R-Okla., and Richard Shelby, D-Ala., that would have required approval by 60 senators for any future retroactive tax increas es. The vote was 56-40. Fires contira spreading in California The Associated Press LAGUNA BEACH, Calif Stubborn strips of (liik- zigzagged through SouthemL fornia on Thursday as cool® breezes helped firefighters^fTTlexas ground against a firestorm I a un destroyed nearly 600 homes: JL hour burned 116,000 acres. dition. As A procession of fire refill that grew walked through the smoke;: all male rr a coastal highway into I4 college to Beach, the posh coastal rest: largest scl Orange County half-guttedf the nation wall of flame that destroyedr. continues than 300 homes. tain a sme Authorities blocked thek atmosphe Coast Highway, allowinpcamarade dents to return only on footer devotion cycle. Universit Hundreds of people at: though sc doned their cars to makethetr: tions have "It's just total devastatfc over the y John McMurray said as he® their inhe shovel to poke through debris: same, was once his home. "This™ Aggie neighborhood is burnt and most haven't been able to salvage; year, on 1 thing." Muster w Valerie Coleman dabbed; over 400 1 with a towel as she watt: Musters, smoke rise from the remnarl gies will the apartment she lost Wei: to celebra day. time, ove "I have nothing," she said. Rudder l President Clinton declared Origir asters in five counties and fed the end c agencies organized help fori’ time for s displaced. Police huntedthf socialize sonists responsible forsomeol AgriculU fires and patrolled neighbor^ Texas. Ir to prevent looting. moved t( Cool sea breezes signalet with the end to the hot, dry Santa Ana A roll cal dition that on Wednesday far'Aggies b 13 blazes into firestormsf: peers hat Ventura County, north oflos Muster a geles, to the U.S.-Mexicobor: the mear The gusty winds blow thro: ing that 1 Southern California every At 1 from the deserts east of Los A:: every me les. at the Ac A growing army of firefigf any cum seized the chance to steadilye: away du cle the fires. the famil Some of the fires raged or to campi control; others were partially: students tained; few of the fires threat; has been more residences. Large exhibit s The bigg Aggie B( once a b long pro One Of The Best 1111 ■ -wwmrn-* om •' A "U #•> ..•=£ The U.S. Agatnl In a nationwide survey conducted by U.S. News & World Report, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center was ranked as one of the 15 best hospitals in the nation. Again! Marcella McBride, a research assistant with M. D. 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