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Vol. XXI, No. 18 Bellevue Community College Feb. 21, 1986
Reagan budget would gut College
by Boyd Smith and Anne Passey
Advocate staff
Perhaps 900 of the College's own
students could be affected by Pres.
Reagan's new budget plan if it passes
Congress.
These 900 students who receive
financial aid and about 5.5 million
students nationwide may find it a lot
harder to get assistance.
"There will be some devastating
effects to the College," said Kay
Norris, secretary treasurer of the
Bellevue Community College Associ-
ation for Higher Education
(BCCAHE).
Pat Williams, president of the
BCCAHE, said both the National and
Washington Education Associations
will be fighting the anti-education
bills. The faculty will be working to
prevent its passage, but Williams
asked what will students be doing.
College Pres• Paul Thompson
believes Reagan has gone overboard
in protecting the defense budget at
the expense of other programs. "I
don't believe his budget will prevail
in Congress, but I fully expect reduc-
tions in education funding," said
Thompson.
Pell grants and student aid will
begin to feel the effects of the cuts
in 1987, Thompson said. "It is unfor-
tunate that this country has subscribed
to such a big defense budget."
"There are things we must do to
defend our country, but it seems
ludicrous to continue a military
buildup," said Thompson.
The Gramm-Rudman amendment,
a controversial piece of legislation
signed into law last December,
requires the federal government to
balance the budget and to spend no
more than it receives by 1991.
This amendment puts a limit on
how much the federal government
can overspencL The level is scheduled
to get lower every year. Reagan's
recently announced budget cuts will
effect education drastically.
• One million students will be cut
from financial ai0.
• Students will begin paying inter-
est on their guaranteed loans.
• Pell Grant funding will be cut
$3.4 billion to $3 billion. 500,000
students each year will no longer
be subsidized.
• It will be harder to get Pell grants
by making it harder to qualify for
the income-need tests.
A dusting of snow covers the College's campus, with the Seattle skyline and the Olympic mountains on the
horizon. Community colleges provide educational opportunities for a diverse student body. The role of community
colleges in our state is examined on p. 4 and 5.
Trustees spar over
extra library funds
of books number about half that of schools
a similar size.
Shoreline and Highline have approxi-
mately 80,000 volumes and the College's
library has about 30,000 to 40,000, said
Terry Clark, director of the library media
center.
"I think the library is one of the better
ones in the community college system.
Yes, it has deficiencies, but that does not
mean it is a bad library," said Clarl
"In general the report is extremely
positive over the entire campus. The
specific report for the library media center
is generally positive but with strong
recommendations for increased support,"
Clark said.
The library is not getting as much money
as it should, but the whole College is not
getting enough money, he said. "I think
we're doing an outstanding job with the
people we have."
The library media center budget has
declined since 1973-74 when it was
by Anne Passey
Advocate staff
see Library_p. 3
A controversy over funding priorities
continues to brew on the College's Board
of Trustees.
"There isn't a dime in the operating
budget revision for the library," said Henry
Seidel, College trustee. Seidel proposed an
amendment to the budget at the Feb. 11
Board meeting which would allocate
$10,000 to the library and $10,000 to an
emergency contingency fund.
Seidel'samendment got no support from
the Board. "I was prepared to go ahead
with the budget revisions, but then I saw
the Advocate's headline for that week:
'Library forced to cut books and service.'
"There seems to be antipathy on the part
of the Board to vote anything for books.
There is no endeavor to bring our library
up to standard," he said.
The Northwest Association of Schools
and Colleges' accreditation report on the
College, dated March 1985, points out
deficiencies in the library. The collection
New rep. joins ASBCC
by O Anderson
Advocate staff
A new delegate to the Associated
Students of Bellevue Community
College will represent the Business
Division for the remainder of the
academic year.
Daniel W. Dunne received the
appointment when the former Bus-
iness rep. withdrew from the College
winter quarter.
"My priority is to give quality
service." said Dunne, who views his
role as a liason between the ASBCC
and Business division organizations.
Dunne represents Phi Theta Kappa,
the College's Honor Society, and Delta
Epsilon Chi, the College's distributive
education organization.
He said his immediate concern is
to let Business Division administrators,
and club members know that he is
available to address their needs to the
ASBCC.
Dunne is a second year student at
the College and is majoring in
Marketing Management. He is taking
photo by Brian Humphrey
Daniel Dunne, ASBCC Business
Division representative
the distributive education class and
works at Fountain Fashions in the
College's bookstore.
Dunne's long-range goal is to enter
the field of International Marketing
after he completes his education at
the College.
