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Show UVU REVIEW PELL GRANT from Al ing Pell Grants, suggests a two-pronged approach. Pell Y Grants would be offered to younger (traditional) students and Pell A Grants would be offered to students age 24 and older (non-traditional), each with a separate set of requirements and support. Rather than taking Pell awards away from the 25 and older demographic, The College Board proposes the students receive academic and career advising in deciding what study to pursue, as well as throughout their A5 NEWS APRIL 7, 2014 post-secondary education. The proposal also suggests the process start before the students are college-aged to bolster preparedness. The federal government could open college funds for 11- and 12-yearolds that are projected to be eligible based on their parents finances. UVU's department of Student Success and Retention conducts research to find out why students drop out and operates active initiatives that aim at retention. "The primary reasons students leave UVU are a) finances/work, b) family/ life obligations c)moving/ transferring d)LDS mission/military service and e) [they] underprepared for university-level work," said Kearns. As the proposal reaches its one-year anniversary, the emphasis on Pell Grant reform has been strengthened. Sandy Baum, chair of The College Board, has seen a positive response. "We have been pleased that people are discussing the ideas we raise and we are optimistic that constructive conversations will continue," said Baum. "We are eager for the conversations to continue and for evidence to accumulate about the most constructive path for the Pell program." The U.S. Congress has yet to adopt any of the measures, but legislators are keeping Pell Grants relevant on the hill. "One of our central proposals involves simplifying the application process and the eligibility formula, and those issues are likely to be discussed as Congress works on reauthorizing the Higher Education Act," said Baum. The budget released April 1, 2014 by House Republicans freezes the current maximum-award level, eliminates eligibility for students attending less than half time and implements a maximum-income cap (disqualifying students from families with a higher-level income rather than awarding them small amounts). Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-Wash.) has said she will not release a competing budget from Senate Democrats. Congress will debate the House Republican-published budget over the next two weeks. RACE from Al Gray emphasized a situation from 2012 where a retired BYU professor, Randy Bott, was interviewed for an article with the Washington Post discussing the LDS Church's stance on race. "The positions attributed to BYU professor Randy Bott," the Church responded, "... absolutely do not represent the teaching and doctrines of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...It is unfortunate that the Church was not given a chance to respond to what others said." Gray expressed surprise that, "the church did something that it did not in the past, typically that sort of thing would have the church going under cover." He instead called the Church's statement, "bold ...earth breaking news...and [I] was frankly stunned that they came so quickly." In December of 2013 the LDS Church issued another statement titled Race and the Priesthood, stating "Today, the church disavows theories advanced in the past that black skin is a sign of disfavor or curse, or that it reflects action in a pre-mortal life; that mixed-race marriages are a sin; or that blacks or people of any other race or ethnicity are inferior in any way to anyone else. Church leaders today unequivocally condemn all racism past and present, in any form." However, Gray was quick to point out in his opening remarks that, "priesthood restriction was far more consequential than many realized, and continues to affect Mormons of all complexions, though the LDS statement of Dec 6th of last year does not have the power to change hearts." CLASSIFIEDS Help Wanted Models, Actors, Extras needed! Earn up to 165 hr. Part time work. All experience levels needed. Not a school. 801-438-0067 OLOGY is looking for qualified individuals to tutor General College Algebra and College Statistics. This position is part time and begins at $12/hr. If interested, please send your resume and cover letter to jobs@ OLOGYutah.com , and include any relevant college math courses that you have taken. Couple needed to live with elderly woman in Springville (near bus route). Free room and board and $400 a month to a couple who can live with her and take care of her needs. 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Margaret Blair Young, author of Standing on the Promises, offered multiple solutions on how to change the hearts of people with regards to race and priesthood. Young urged all members to keep copies of the December 6th Race and the Priesthood statement, asserting, "keep them in your wallets; make copies of the final two paragraphs that the church disavows the curse of Cain and the idea of premortal performance." Young went on to give four other tips that would improve overall relationships both inside and outside the Mormon faith on the issue of race and priesthood. First, read. Second, listen. Third, get involved. Forth, think and rethink. "Be willing to speak for someone else. If you see someone being mistreated you obviously don't let that go; we are responsible one for another." Young mentioned that the Church's 1978 revelation allowing priesthood ordination to all worthy males required action from the Church membership. After Young's remarks, a question was posed to the both Young and Gray as to whether either of them had any thoughts on how individuals can effect change on other issues within the Mormon faith. Darius Young offered up these concluding words. "To my LGBT brothers and sisters, I see their struggle paralleling the black civil rights struggle. There are those that would contend otherwise but from my viewpoint it is a similar struggle. I see the women's place not only in the LDS church, but society, as a simi- lar struggle. Sadly, the human condition is as it's been and it requires change; it requires effort, and frankly it requires prayer. We black folks who are now in the inner fold wouldn't have gotten there without God. We had to do our part... whatever it is we do, because I don't say you do, but we do, we ought to do in love. If we do it with rancor and bitterness, the spirit of God cannot assist us, and that's critical in getting it done. 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