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Students search Web for funding
Companies look to Internet for scholarship applicants
THE BATTALION
News in Brief
Collin County Jail
inmate escapes
College Statioi|
resident found i
EVANSTON, III. (AP) — Tavia
Evans barely knew what the Internet
: _ was, let alone how to use it, until her ju-
v nior year of high school.
< But the honor student decided to try
her luck online any way as'she searched
for college cash, plugging in phrases
such as "African-American scholar
ships" to see what would pop up.
A year later, Evans had surfed her
way to $22,000 worth of scholarships.
Evans, now a junior at Northwest-
' ern University, is one of millions of stu
dents who have turned to the Internet
as an easy way to find financial help for
college. As high school graduates get
hit with the reality of paying for college
over the next few months, the compa
nies that run free scholarship databas
es are bracing for a frenzy of activity.
"It's just amazing and at times gut-
wrenching how desperate kids and
parents are for funds," said Larry Ger
ber, president of Scholarships.com
LLC, a company that offers a free data
base of more than 600,000 scholarships.
Sites such as Gerber's are fast re
placing traditional bulletin boards or
visits to a high school counselor. Students
simply type in information about them
selves, their families, their hobbies and
their grades, and wait for a list of schol
arships that match their profiles.
Evans used FastWeb, one of the old
est and largest of the scholarship data
bases. The site matched the St. Louis na
tive with national William Randolph
Hearst and Coca-Cola scholarships.
"Would I have found these other
wise? 1 don't think so," Evans said.
Most of the large, well-established
databases are free.
Revenues come either from adver
tisements on the sites or marketing links
that allow students to "opt in" and re
ceive information on everything from
college loan rates to online textbook
companies.
Some small scholarship providers are
overwhelmed by the attention and even
complain about the cost of sending out
so much information, Gerber said.
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Some professors said they thought safer alter
natives to Bonfire could replace the 90-year- old
tradition. David Woodcock, a professor of archi
tecture, said that Bonfire could be replaced by an
other, less-dangerous tradition because "the tra
dition doesn't rest in a stack of wood—it rests in
people's hearts and minds," Woodcock said. "I
think the spirit should burn—Bonfire should not."
Other faculty members, including David Bar-
row, an associate professor of mathematics, said
Bonfire could be kept as a tradition if reformed.
"It's their [the students'] game, but there are adult
officials who make sure that they adhere to strict
rules, and there are sanctions and penalties," Bar-
row said, using football as an analogy. "Possibly
we need an oversight board. We need something
to give them an incentive to pay attention to cor
rections that need to be made," Barrow said.
Although A&M President Ray M. Bowen did
not attend the forum, the Faculty Senate will
give its opinions regarding the continuation of
Bonfire to Bowen in time for his final decision
on the future of Bonfire, which will be announced
this summer.
DALLAS (AP) — The Collin
County Jail has had its first es
capee since its opening in 1994.
Deputies were searching Sun
day for a 47-year-old inmate who
escaped by crawling through a
laundry vent and scaling a roof.
James Charles Blair, who
worked in the laundry room of the
jail, was discovered missing Sun
day morning, Sheriff’s Department
Maj. Randy Clark, the detention ad
ministrator, said in Monday's edi
tions of The Dallas Morning News.
Collin County Sheriff’s Office In
vestigator Michael Davis told The
Morning News that Blair is a non
violent offender serving time for a
probation violation, two burglary
charges and a theft charge.
Blair has a criminal history in
Dallas County, including guilty
pleas for possession of a con
trolled substance, unauthorized
use of a motor vehicle and evading
arrest, records show.
The sheriff's office was
searching for Blair with dogs and
helicopters.
Carolyn Diane Casey,a2il
old College Station residetiil
found dead in her apartmer|
ly Sunday morning when fire
ers were called to the
douse a blaze at Douxl
apartments.
College Station Police!
ment Chief Ed Feldman sai:|
cause of death is currently!
termined; the case has:
ruled as a homicide pending
outcome of the autopsy rd
The body was discovered!
the fire was contained.
County’s medical examine!
fice is scheduled to releasl
suits of the autopsy today.
“There are several
suspects at this time,'!
man said.
College Station Policel
partment spokesperson!
na Scott said arson is e
mg investigated.
Casey attended A&M C«
dated High School andAldeq
United Methodist Church.
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