HALIFAX (CUP) 
     
     — Hundreds of Nova Scotia 
     
     students are scrambling for 
     
     emergency loans while the 
     
     province’s financial aid office 
     
     struggles to process bursary 
     
     applications. 
     
    

    
     And students unable to 
     
     pay tuition fees without 
     
     the aid cheques are being 
     
     charged interest on the over- 
     
     due balance. 
     
    

    
     “The Nova Scotia Stu- 
     
     dent Aid Programs are in to- 
     
     tal shambles, and drastically 
     
     in need of immediate help 
     
     and serious reform,” said 
     
     Bob Levy, a New Democratic 
     
     Party member of the provin- 
     
     cial legislature whose riding 
     
     includes Acadia University. 
     
    

    
     Recent reports indicate 
     
     indicate that 70 per cent — 
     
     or some 1250 applications 
     
     for help — had yet to be pro- 
     
     cessed at the end of Febru- 
     
     ary. 
     
    

    
     But an official at the 
     
    
   
   
    
     province’s student aid of- 
     
    
   
   
    
     fice says those numbers are 
     
     misleading. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Director Eliz- 
     
    
   
   
    
     On Friday 
     
    
   
   
    
     and Saturday 
     
    
   
   
    
     you get the 
     
     same prices, 
     
     music, and 
     
    
   
   
    
     fun times as 
     
    
   
   
    
     Thursday and 
     
    
   
   
    
     we don’t have 
     
     to tell you 
     
    
   
   
    
     about Thursday!! 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE CHEQUE’S NOT 
     
    
   
   
    
     abeth Ann Macdonald said 
     
     one third of the forms are 
     
     filled out incorrectly or lack 
     
     important information. 
     
    

    
     Some students inquiring 
     
     about their money have been 
     
     told a list of those qualifying 
     
     for help was lost. 
     
    

    
     Students 
     
     in New Brunswick received 
     
     their cheques by January 15. 
     
    

    
     Macdonald says process- 
     
     ing hundreds of forms is 
     
     time-consuming and difficult. 
     
    

    
     ‘We started late, we had 
     
     workers out with illnesses at 
     
     the peak periods,and I can- 
     
     not stress enough the hu- 
     
     man component involved in 
     
     processing the applications. 
     
     The office of Edmund Morris 
     
     recently authorized overtime 
     
     to complete the processing of 
     
     the bursaries.” 
     
    

    
     Morris is the~ newly- 
     
     installed Minister of Ad- 
     
     vanced Education and Job 
     
     Training. He was demoted 
     
     from the Social Services Min- 
     
     istry in January after a 
     
     mother on welfare filed and 
     
    
   
   
    
     After your 
     
     Movie pub 
     
     Every Feillay 
     
     come to Jims 
     
     for the Happy 
     
    
   
   
    
     Hour Special 
     
    
   
   
    
     Jimburger 
     
     Fries 
     
    
   
   
    
     a Picture 
     
    
   
   
    
     o 
     
     Dear Abby 
     
     $4.99 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     IN THE MAIL — 
     
    
   
   
    
     won a criminal charge accus- 
     
     ing him of releasing confi- 
     
     dential information from her 
     
    
   
   
    
     files. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Morris recently 
     
     announced the creation of a 
     
     nine-member provincial Stu- 
     
     dent Aid Advisory Commit- 
     
     tee. Five students sit on the 
     
    
   
   
    
     board. 
     
    
   
   
    
     And the Tory govern- 
     
     ment, which must call an 
     
     election within the next 18 
     
     months, will pump an extra 
     
     $1.5 million into the provin- 
     
     cial student aid budget. The 
     
     bulk of that money will go 
     
     to upping the maximum bur- 
     
     sary to $2000 from $1700. 
     
     The change has already met 
     
     with criticism. 
     
    
   
   
    
     According 
     
    

    
     to Geoff Stone, the leader 
     
     of the province’s Young New 
     
     Democrats, the average bur- 
     
     sary over the past five years 
     
     has decreased by $36. Aver- 
     
     age loans have increased by 
     
     just over $1000. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Graphic by Ralph Hameimann 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     D.P. Murphy Inc. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Saturday Tuesday, March 15, 
     
     Announcement 
     
     afternoon Wednesday, March 16 
     
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     Recording Artist 
     
    
   
   
    
     come play or Terry Kelly 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
         
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     just watch 2 
     
    
   
   
    
     nights 
     
    
   
   
    
     Picture It! only 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Mark J. Kelly 
     
    
   
   
    
     Daniel P. Murphy, 
     
     President of D.P. Mur- 
     
     phy Inc. is pleased 
     
     to announce the ap- 
     
     pointment of Mark J. 
     
     Kelly as Bar Manager 
     
     of Jims Lounge. Mark 
     
     has many years of expe- 
     
     rience in the food and 
     
     beverage industry. 
     
    
   
   
    
     come first night 
     
     and get in second 
     
     night for free 
     
    
   
   
    
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