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Show (CPS) -- Hundred fthousandsftwo-yea- r college students could be shut out of federal student loans next school year under the new budget plan, an education lobbyist , warned in As many as 50,000 r college students also could lose their loans next year, he added. Its going to have a substantial impact mid-Novemb- er. four-yea- Get Axed upon poor folks, asserted Stephen Blairof the National Association of Trade and Technical Schools, which represents the private, for-prof- institutions in it Washington, D.C. r, The $490 billion deficit reduction package, passed by Congress on Oct. 27, slices some $1.7 billion out of the five-yea- Pell Grants Not Immune to Latest Budget Cuts - Students may find themselves (CPS) competing for fewer, smaller Pell Grants for the 1991-9- 2 school year, thanks to a possible $145 million shortfall in funding for the program, the U.S. Department of Education has confirmed. The shortfall, if it occurs, would come as the result of a funding cut made during the 1991-9- 2 federal budget negotiations, which Congress finished last-minu- te Oct. 27. Legislators approved a $100 increase in the maximum Pell Grant - bringing it to $2,400 - and initially appropriated $5.3 billion for new grants. But at the last minute, 2.41 percent was cut from most discretionary programs, including the Pell Grant program. To save the money, the Education Department, depending on changes in national enrollment and economic s - drinking? Because myths, if taken as fact, can be harmful. For instance, if people think its OK to drink 8 or 10 beers every night because its just beer they could develop a serious drinking problem. The more we know about drinking, the safer we are. - I drive better after a few Myth drinks. In Utah, the legal definition of driving under the influence is a blood alcohol level of .08 percent. Scientific tests have proven that even professional drivers abilities diminish sharply at levels as low as .03 to .05 percent, less than one drink per hour. The ability to judge how well we are driving is impaired at these levels, so people who think theyre driving better than ever, are actually driving worse. Myth 2- - Alcohol is a stimulant. Small amounts may lower inhibitions initially, but alcohol is a central nervous system depressant. The more you drink, the more your body slows down. Myth 3- - People are friendlier when theyre drunk. Maybe, initially. But theyre also more hostile, more dangerous and more criminal. More than half of all murders, one third of all suicides, and most family violence 1- alcohol-relate- d. - Mixing your drinks causes Not true. The only cause of hangovers is drinking too much. Myth 5- - Black coffee can sober up a drunk person. It might keep them awake, but theyre still drunk. Cold showers dont work, or fresh air, or some concoction - only time can get the alcohol out of the system. The liver metabolizes alcohol slowly and theres no way to hurry it. ' 6- Myth Very few women become Myth hangovers. February, might implement a linear reduction, said a department official who didnt want to be named. In plainer terms, about 71,000 students nationwide would have their grants cut by $225. Another 1.22 million grants would be trimmed by about $100. The cuts wouldnt affect about 2.2 million of the neediest students who, because ofthe $100 increase, would receive bigger grants, the official said. In all, 3.37 million students would get down average grants of $1,495 in 1991-9from the 3.44 million students receiving grants averaging $1,504 this year. Were talking about a $9 difference for the students who still get grants, the Education Department official said. 2, A service of the Prevention Program -- Why bother to debunk myths about 4- anti-hangov- er Issue 10 November 20, 1990 . alcoholics. Womens drinking problems often are misjudged or overlooked, but are becoming more common. About a third of all alcoholics are women. Myth 7- - People get drunk or sick from switching drinks. That shouldnt make any difference. What causes an adverse reaction to alcohol is drinking too much. Myth 8- - Its rude to refuse a drink. Nonsense. Whats rude is trying to push a drink on someone who doesnt want it or shouldnt have it. Many people have health reasons for not drinking. They may be pregnant. They may be alcoholic. They may be taking medications. Myth 9- - Ya gotta hand it to Joe. He can really hold his liquor." Dont envy Joe. Often the guy who can hold so much is developing a tolerance for alcohol. That tolerance could lead to addiction. Myth 10- - Good hosts never let a guests glass get empty. Theres nothing hospitable about pushing alcohol or any other drug. Good hosts and hostesses dont want guests to get drunk or sick or to drink and drive. You could be legally responsible for what a drunk driver does if youre the one who was serving the alcohol. Myth 1 - Drinking is a sexual stimulant. Contrary to popular belief, the more you drink, the less your sexual capacity. Alcohol may stimulate interest in sex and lower inhibitions, but it interferes with the ability to perform. Myth 12- - The time to teach kids about drinking is when they reach legal age. By that time, theyve long since learned what we can teach them. Like it or not, we teach our kids from birth. And they learn more from what they see us do than from what they hear 1- educational institutions and several instances of flagrant fraud and waste by disreputable schools. Blair, for one, estimated the new antidefault rules will cost about 300,000 students nationwide their eligibility for guaranteed federal student loans next year. About 50,000 of them go to traditional community and four-yecampuses that have default rates above 35 percent, thu3 disqualifying them getting more loans. ar it needs to take action next To Your Health DRINKING MYTHS is conditions when most popular federal student loan program by creating rigid restrictions on schools whose students have high loan defaul t rates. The congressional action was spurred concern over high default rates at some by a.ty fhved Jl0lir'yar 35? d collees that high, umveJfltle! according to the American Council on Education (ACE), an umbrella group for campus presidents. Youre not looking at a huge number of schools, said ACEs Pat Smith. The rest of the disqualified students go to technical and trade schools, some of which were blasted in September congressional hearings as unscrupulously arrangingloans for students. The students, who used the loan money to pay the trade schools, then did not get the training or education they needed to get jobs that, in turn, could help them repay the loan to the government. Collegians Narrowly Support U.S. Military in the Persian Gulf CHERRY HILL, N.J. (CPS) Fifty-tw- o percent of the nations collegians support the U.S. military buildup in the Persian Gulf, but 65 percent of them said they would not volunteer for the armed services, a poll of students across the country revealed. The phone survey of 2,000 students by On Campus Marketing Concepts also found that 63 percent believed the current standoff eventually will turn into a shooting war. Meanwhile, demonstrations against the buildup unfolded at the universities of Akron and Washington, as well as Cornell and Purdue universities, among the other campuses, in recent weeks. But students at the College of Wooster in Ohio and Ball State University in Indiana are organizing special school programs for soldiers children and an effort to send videotaped holiday messages to soldiers. what Utah Experience Holiday magazine rightly called the best hamburgers in Utah. Imagine your choice of seventeen delicious, flame-broile- varieties... d Imagine The Training Tables fresh, crisp salads, hot soups and tasty sandwiches. And dont forget our great fries and onion rings... . Imagine the possibilities! OPEN FOR LUNCH & DINNER 7 DAYS 1 WEEK DOWNTOWN SALT UXE MIDVALE 809 East Fourth South 6957 South State 355-752- 3 566-191- HOLLADAY PROVO 4828 Highland Drive 272-739- 1 2230 No. 8 377-393- at Univ. 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