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Show Page 4 Signpost May 13, 1977 Benefits to continue NOW OPEN MONDAYS NOW OPEN MONDAYS - Q Z 3289 Washington U pj7f( WSC Veterans launch formal complaint U 2 CL o 0 z - Q Z o Q. o o z Monday Opening Special THE ENCHILADA SPECIAL Reg. $2 Mondays 99C Meat and bean wrapped in a soft corn tortilla, homemade Spanish rice, frijoles, ref ritos, and our own chile verde. (All food prepared by the Martinez family from homemade recipes) Open Monday-Thursday 1 1 a.m. to 1 1 p.m. Friday 1 1 a.m.-2 a.m. Saturday 5 p.m.- 2 a.m. Q. 0 o z " a z o a. 0 0 z NOW OPEN MONDAYS NOW OPEN MONDAYS by Nancy Bailey The Veterans Affairs Office announced that contrary to previous information there will be no mandatory six week delay in the payment of fall quarter benefits. Marvin J. Peterson, Asst. Dean of the VA office on campus, said, "I am very pleased with the support and help we have received from our Congressmen and Senators in this matter." When it was discovered that a new national VA regulation would cause a six week or longer delay in the issuing of fall quarter paychecks for veterans on campus, the WSC office of Veterans Affairs launched a formal protest. Peterson wrote letters to Elmer J. Smith, Regional VA Director in Salt Lake, to Senators 2? no) r' ' ' p Kti i 1 l I. nt- Mi 1 ysfc-..- 1 "'sea ?r a j J il3 u i 1 1 u Saturday May 2 J Tickets at U.B. Main Desk Two shows 7 and 10 p.m. Fine Arts Auditorium Orrin G. Hatch and Jake Garn, and to Congressmen Dan Marriot and Gunn McKay. Three students from the VA office, Dan Welsh, Dean Draney, and Larry Supino, started a petition, "a phone call to your senator campaign," and went to the Salt Lake Regional VA Office. In three weeks time, from the announcement of the new regulation until May 9, the WSC VA office spearheaded the protest that had Utah's senators and congressmen contact the VA in Washington D.C. to have the regulation changed. The University of Utah and several schools in the State of Oregon also filed complaints, which aided the protest. Dan Welsh said, "It makes you feel great that the little guy can actually be heard." Due to an unclear point in the new VA benefit payment regulations, any veteran nationwide who is out of school for 30 or more days must go through the six week delay in payments. to be "recertified." Peterson said that because of quarter scheduling at WSC the regulation would have affected every veteran attending classes here. The veteran hurt most by this would have been the continuing student, who would receive no paycheck from the end of Summer quarter (Aug. 12) until mid-November at the earliest. "These students," Peterson said, "are the ones that are working the hardest to get an education." In order to qualify for the continuous payments the veteran students must pre-register for fall quarter and have their fees paid by July 15, otherwise, they will have to wait the six week recertification period. This regulation is part of a new program to cut down the increasing costs of overpayment of VA benefits. "There is no reason," Larry Supino said, "for us all to be penalized because a few people cheat the system." Wildcat Litter box by Chris Hicks Today is Friday the 13th and I must write a little about the fears that are so common to all of us. I'm not talking about the fear of making left-hand turns on the Boulevard or the fear of dentists, but the traditional ladder, mirror and black cat with the respective fears of walking under, breaking and having one cross your path. There are, of course, more conventional fears. I have always had a fear of getting stuck in an elevator with County Commission Chairman Douglas Hunt. I realize that's probably an abnormal fear, but it comes to me every time I see him in the downtown city-county building. I just tell myself the stairs are good exercise. I also have a fear, probably unwarranted, of being adopted by President Joseph Bishop. That probably will never come to pass. Especially when he so recently adopted Dean Hurst. The word is that President Bishop always wanted to have a rebellious child. Another fear I have is that I'll graduate some day. When you've attended college as many years as I have, the anticipation of graduation becomes a feeling akin to the anticipation of being fired . Fears are also brought out in dreams through Freudian slips (which can be found on the fourth floor with Freudian bras and Freudian panty hose) . A secret source (which is what they use on McDonald's hamburgers) told me President Bishop had a dream that the fountain in the retention basin was torn down and the bell tower was moved into its place. I understand the president has since developed a tremendous fear of waterproof watches. The strangest dream I've heard of was attributed, however, to T.R. Reddy. I'm told he dreamed he became president of the college and the nightmare climaxed with his having to throw a conventional party inviting administrators. Ever since then, Dr. Reddy has had an irrational fear of suits, ties and ballroom dancing. |