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Show April 26, 1993 Signpost EW News Staff members to receive awards for service Four Weber State University staff members will receive Out-stand ingStaff Awards,said President Paul Thompson. PattiChoate, manager of corporation and foundation giving in the development office, and Christi B. Parker, accounting supervisor in accounting services, will receive the Presidential Outstanding Staff Awards. Cynthia Nelso, office supervisor with printing services, and JoAnne Reynolds, secretary to the dean of College of Social and Behavioral sciences, will receive Presidential Outstanding Classified Staff Awards. Skin cancer screenings soon tobeavcdable Free ski n ca ncer screeni ngs will be of fered by the Utah Department of Health in the months of May and June along the Wasatch Front. Writing conference to be held Friday Weber State University's third annual Writing and Critical Thinking Conference will take place Friday, April 30. Seven students and 12 educators will offer workshops to the university's Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program. The conference will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 4p.m. and will feature workshops from the accounting, communications, economics and English departments. It will be held inUB room 352. Math contest poses another question The math department will award $25 to a randomly selected person who can answer this question: Find all whole numbers x such that the product of their digits (in decimal notation) is equal to xA2-10x-22. The winner will be selected from acceptable solutions submitted within two days, otherwise the first entry will be the first acceptable solution submitted. Scholarship applicants 61 percent women Sixty-one percent of high school students who competed for this year's Presidential Scholarships were female, according to an article in the University News. The judging was based on grade-point averages and ACT scores. Sixty-four students were invited to compete for the scholarships, which are worth more more than $14,500 each. Ten students will be awarded the Scholarships. The other 54 will be invited to compete for the four-year tuition scholarships. Ogden LDS Institute Devotional Tuesday, April 27th, 10:30A.M. Institute Chapel Speaker: Reed C. Durham JR. Instructor, Logan LDS Institute Past Present, Mormon History Association Popular "Education Week " Speaker u U .I Everyone Briefs y Invited! Students don't need to pay for financial aid information: It's all here at school By SANDY SOWERBY SIGNPOST senior reporter Students should stay away from companies which advertise financial aid and scholarships for a processing fee. "Every one is a rip-off' said Richard Effiong, director of financial aid at Weber State University. "They're all the same deal." These companies operate throughout the United States and advertise guaranteed results in tapping billions of dollars in unclaimed scholarship funds for students who pay up-front fees ranging from $25 to $185. However, according to "Dollars and Sense' a quarterly newsletter published by the WSU financial aid department, "Better Business Bureau experience with scholarship matching services has revealed that while a student may receive potential sources of aid, few, if any, receive any funds. The Better Business Bureau has issued unsatisfactory ratings on 20 scholarship matching firms operating in New York City." The Better Business Bureau of Utah has given an unsatisfactory rating to Student Financial Aid Services of Provo, Utah, because it did not respond to customer complaints. Technically, these companies operate legally, but "Dollars and Sense" reports, "most are either 'licensees' or 'information brokers' who simply forward a student's paperwork to a parent company which does the actual matching. The parent company then sends out the list of potential sources to 1 6oo remounts, Barrings, PENDANTS, &CHAINS IN STOCK 12ct. Diamond - $325 13ct. Diamond - $225 14ct. Diamond -$75 Solitaire Ring - $70 fi Guarantee If your diamond does not appraise in writing (within 30 days jof purchase) for at least 66 more Jthan your purchase price, your money will be refunded. Call for an Appointment VVT1 VVC Diamond Z&tT Dream Your Future's Beginning 533 26th Street 627-3773 JOHN PA I MIPPI f ltallll 111 1' DIAMOND BROKER the student who must research and contact each organization listed." "The companies don't keep their databases updated, and scholarships are falling out and coming inall the time," said Krista Wirt, WSU financial aid administrator.After paying their processing fees, students receive out-of-date information, or they receive application information after funding deadlines have passed, she said. Many of these operations advertise on campus, Effiong said, pointing out that, until he complained, The Signpost ran classified ads for a scholarship search company. Effiong said the College Coupon books, handed to students at the beginning of each quarter as they leave the WSU Bookstore, also carry advertising for one of these companies. Bookstore manager Dee Schenk said, "No one has ever complained," but he is willing to review the coupons before distributing them again. "A lot of ads are very deceptive," Wirt said, noting the companies advertise money-back guarantees. When students are not satisfied and try to get their money back, however, the compa nies say they will provide refunds in the form of Series "E" bonds. Often, when attempts are made to trace the company, the address turns out to be "just a post office box, not a street address," she said. These companies "are using a lot of new advertising tactics," "HISPANIC EMPHASIS WEEK 1993" Weber State University MAY 1st - 7th SATURDAY MAY 1 "Tiochz erv Habuna" Residence Hall Assoc. Casino Night 8pm- U.B. Ballroom Proceeds benefit... The Make A Wish Foundation WEDNESDAY MAY fi Hispanic Fair 93' Live Music Traditional Dances Food!!! Place: Moench Mall Time: 10:30am -2:3Qpm Awards Banquet Keynote Speaker Thomas Gomez Time: 8:30pm Place: U.B. Gallery Cost: $10.00 R.S.V.P Hispanic Area Council Come Join the Fun! For more information please call Miguel Orozco , at 626-6433 Day and 773-8708 Nights Wirt said. She takes down fliers she finds on campus bulletin boards with tear-off telephone number strips touting scholarship services. 'There is no reason for a student to pay for that kind of information," she said, explaining the same information is available free of charge in the Stewart Library or through the financial aid department."All the student has to do is spend some time in our office researching the information," Wirt said. A copy of "The Scholarship Book" by Daniel J. Cassidy sits on a table in the financial aid department waiting area, available to anyone who wants to search. The hitch is that many unclaimed scholarships have qualification criteria that are not easy to meet Wirt explained. For example, the book lists a $500-$800 Dog Writers' Educational Trust scholarship for students studying veterinary medicine, animal behavior or journalism. It is open to "applicants whose parents, grandparents or other close relatives (or the appli cant) are, or have been, involved in the world of dogs as exhibitors, breeders, handlers, judges, club officers or other activities." Searching through the available information can be tedious. Students or their parents think " scholarship companies will research the information for them, Wirt said, but it usually doesn't work that way. Financial aid expects to have computerized scholarship information available by July, 1993. TUESDAY MAY 4 Panel Discussion Hispanic Community Leaders Place: 347-48 U.B. Time: 10:30 am THURSDAY MAY 6 Convocation Speaker Thomas Gomez President of National Image Inc. Place: Austad Aud. Time: 10:30 am. FRIDAY MAY 7 it V: |