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  • Western Carolina University
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1985-09-19_Vol50_No06_06

PAGE 6 FINANCIAL AID STUDY UNCOVERS A FEW SURPRISES Contrary to popular belief, low-income students and their families are paying the largest share of their college costs, according to a report recently released by the American Council on Education. The report, "How Low-Income Families Pay for College" says that families receiving a typical assistance package ofa Pell Grant, a state grant and campus-based aid, are still paying at least half the costs of attending college. "The highest real cost," the report says, "is borne by students...(from families) with incomes between $7,500 and $15,000 (and attending independent colleges); they pay about three-fifths of college expenses, or almost $5,000 on average." The report also found that low- income students who combine federal and state assistance with their families' full expected contribution still fall about 15% NUTRASWEET ■ AN ACCIDENT ? The household sweetner Aspartame we know as Nutrasweet was discovered by accident. In 1965, Dr. James M. Schlatter was working for G.D. Searle Research Labs on the development of a compound to help treat ulcers. This research led to the accidental discovery of Aspartame. A large amount information has been published on the use of Aspartame, since its approval by the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) in 1981. Many products in the American diet are sweetened with this substance. Grocery shelves are loaded with soft drinks, gum, flavored gelatin, pudding, cocoa mix and at least 100 other products maked with the familiar red Nutrasweet label. But with the onset of a new widely used food additive the question of safety again arises. Is Aspartame safe? Some experts allege its' use causes birth defects and other physiological damage. Aspartame, like regular table sugar -sucrose-, is a white, crystaline, odorless powder with a sweetness level of 180-200 times that of table sugar. It is not a non-caloric substance. Its use in low calorie products stem from the fact that a fraction of the substance can be used to get approximately the same level of much larger amounts of sugar. A fraction in the amount of product equals a fraction of the calories of sucrose. Aspartame has been rapidly by the American public as a sweetner because it does not have the bitter aftertaste generally associated with other artificial sweetners. In fact, the levels of consumption estimated by GD. Searle have been greatly surpassed. Because of the overwhelming respose and consumption of the product, Searle has begun to study effects of the sweetner on the average consumer. Preliminary studies by Searle have shown no negative physiological reactions. Although a 14 year old study completed at Emery University (Atlanta) found reaction times to be slowed in 7-12 year olds and birth defects including mental retardation in babies born of women consuming Aspartame products. What is the safe level of consumption? The answer to that depends on what expert you ask. Until answer to that depends on which expert you ask. Until further research findings sre reported the best answer seems to be moderation. To be conservative,pregnant or nursing women, young children or persons with phenylketonuria(PKU) may choose to avoid Aspartame all together. On the otherhand adults that are obese, diabetic or who have high sugar intake may be in more danger from sugar intake than Aspartame. Aspartame, at this time, appears to meet expectations for a low-calorie sugar substitute. Given approval of current petitions to the FDA we may soon find our grocers shelves stocked with even more Nutrasweet (Aspartame) laced products including yogurt, salad dressings, pickles and jams. SGA REPORT DISPUTED (I.P.)-The administration at the University of North Carolina has labeled the Student Government report on the mandatory meal plan as inaccurate and biased. The report alleges that University administration misled students about need for a $100 mandatory meal plan. The administration refutes those charges.saying "The current $100 meal plan was established after a lengthy process of studying and researching the various options open to the University for improving the food service facilities and operations." That process involved adequate student input at all stages and the final plan was negotiated between Student Government and the administration as a compromise "that was felt to be acceptable by both groups," the administration's response states. Among the allegations the administration's report addresses is the charge that the University administration has used a 1981 consultants' report as evidence of student support of mandatory meal plan. The administrators agree with the Student Government report thattheconsultants'survey does not support the mandatory meal plan. But they disagree with the allegation that they misstated the purpose of the survey in a memorandum to students explaining the need for a meal plan. The memorandum could be interpreted as stating the survey supported the meal plan, and "to the extent the inference can bedrawn, the memo is in error," the administration's reply states. "It can also be argued that the survey gives indirect support to the concept ofa mandatory plan, if required for food service improvement," the report continues, Explaining this indirect support, the report says that parents and students responding to the survey said a good campus food service was important, even if it required direct costs to students. The administrators say that the Student Government report "...has drawn fine semantic differences and used selected editing in order to suggest that the Food Service Advisory Committee has used the consultants' (Hill, Inlow, and Jacobs) report deceptively..." According to the Student Government report, "this memorandum to students is appallingly deceptive. We believe this document purposefully misstates the history of meal plan negotiations in order to pre-empt student dissent and to 'sell' the plan to an uninformed group." COOPERATIVE EDUCATION SUMMER, 1988 COOP PLACEMENTS STUDENT MAJOR POSITION EMPLOYER LOCATION SPACH. PAMELA AS NURSING NURSES ASSISTANT FORSYTH MEM HOSP WINSTON-SALEM NC STAMEY, VINCENT R. COMPUTER INFO SYSTEMS COMPUTER PROGRAMMER NORTHERN TELECOM INC RES TRI PARK NC STEPHENS. GERALD F. CRIMINAL JUSTICE INVESTIGATION ADULT PROBATN/PAROLE RALEIGH NC STILES. KEVIN D. MARKETING SALES REPRESENTATIVE NABISCO INC CHARLOTTE NC STROUD. KAREN A. ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT NORTHERN TELECOM INC RES TRI PARK NC SWANGER. STEPHEN J. BIOLOGY/PRE-MED FORENSIC PATHOLOGY TR NC CHIEF MED EXAM OF CHAPEL HILL NC SYDNOR. MICHAEL B. IND DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT DIXIE ELECTRIC RICHMOND VA TENNYSON. KEVIN J. MANAGEMENT ADMIMSTRATrVE CLERK SECURITY STORAGE INC BETHESDA MD THOMAS. MATTHEW M. PRE-ENGINEERING ENGINEER TRAINEE CHAS D OWEN MFG CO SWANNAOA NC THOMPSON. TRACEY E. SPECIAL EDUCATION COUNSELOR/CRAFTS DIR MAIRON DIEHL CENTER CHARLOTTE NC TUTTLE, MICHAEL K. ART INTERN CITY OF GREENSBORO GREENSBORO NC UPCHURCH ELIZABETH K. NURSING NURSE EXTERN DUKE UNIV MED CENTER DURHAM NC WAGONER. PAULA G. MARKETING SALES REPRESENTATIVE CAROLINA ENTERPRISES GASTONIA NC WARD. USA C MANAGEMENT SALES REPRESENTATIVE STITCHES HENDERSONVILLE NC WATTS. TODD B MARKETING SALES REPRESENTATIVE NABISCO INC CHARLOTTE NC WEBB. WENDY M. MARKETING RECREATION DIRECTOR RORIDA4-HCAMPS GAINESVILLE a WHATLEY. LAURA H. NUR3NG NURSE EXTERN MEDICAL UNIV OF S C CHARLESTON SC WIGGINS. LEE A EARLY CHILDHOOD ED~ CHILDREN'S PROGRAM LDR LAKE JUNALUSKA ASSEM LAKE JUNALUSKA NC WIKE. JR.. CORMEL A COMPUTER SCIENCE COMPUTER PORGRAMMER IBM DATA ENTRY SYS BOCA RATON FL WILKINSON. DALE A BUSINESS LAW WATERFRONT MANAGER LAKE JUNALUSKA ASSEM LK JUNALUSKA NC WILLIAMS. ELIZABETH L PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM DIRECTOR CAMP MERRIE-WOODE CASHIERS NC WINCHESTER. BENNETT E. COMPUTER INFO SYSTEM! > COMPUTER PROGRAMMER NAP CONS ELEC PROD ARDEN NC WINCHESTER. MICHAEL R. INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY TECHNICIAN DAYCO CORPORATION WAYNESVILLE NC WOOTEN. JR., C DEAN MARKETING SALES TRAINEE CLETB D WOOTEN INC MOORESVILLE NC WORRELL. MARY B. OFFICE ADMINISTRATION OFFICE ASSISTANT R J REYNOLDS WINSTON-SALEM NC WRIGHT. REBECCA B. COMPUTER INFO SYSTEMS COMPUTER PROGRAMMER BU OF LABOR STATS WASHINGTON DC YARBOROUGH, SANDRA C . NURSING NURSING ASSISTANT MOSES CONE MEM HOSP GREENSBORO NC YAWN. DAVID G. GEOLOGY LANDSCAPE CONSTR TR GARDEN ART LANDSCAPE MT PLEASANT SC YOUNG. JAMES C FOOD SERVICE MGT MANAGEMENT TRAINEE ■ CEDAR CREST REST SPRUCE PINE NC short of meeting their costs at public colleges. At independent colleges they fall at least 30% short. 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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University’s student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

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  • Western Carolina University
• Format
  • Publications (documents)
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• Date
  • Date original: 1985-09-19
  • Date digitized: 2019-02-28
• Extent
  • Dimension: 22.75" x 15"
  • Pages: 14 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
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  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
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  • Western Carolina University
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  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1985-09-19_Vol50_No06
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library