Grove City Park: Things to do Cross A little bit of summer this weekend Country - Page 2 Page 3 Page 8 The Collegian Grove City College Vol. 56 - No. 2 Friday, September 8, 1995 G.C.C. graduates pay back loans on time By BEN FLETCHER would receive a refund check the financial aid, indicated repay their loans, U.S. Secre- As a result of these loan Collegian News Editor from the IRS have now in- loan defaulters have not been tary of Education Richard payback efforts, the total cost stead received notice of this a problem for Grove City. Riley said in a written state- of student loan defaulters to Students who haven't paid refund going to pay for their She stated the college remains ment that "defaulters have a taxpayers has steadily drop- back their students loans will defaulted loan. "among the very lowest" in new option to repay their ped since an all-time high pay one way or another. The IRS nabbed more than percentage of student de- loans with affordable pay- cost of $3.6 billion in the The government will make 304,000 refunds as of April faulters with less than one ments and avoid more serious fiscal year of 1991. Last year sure of it. of this year. A total of about percent not repaying the gov- sanctions." students who received finan- In an effort to recoup $224 million has been col- ernment what they owe. Repayment programs can cial aid from the federal gov- money lost to students refus- lected in the first quarter of The loan payback program be arranged according to the ernment defaulted on some ing to repay government this year alone. Each de- began in 1986 and has re- defaulters earnings and out- $2.4 billion in loans. loans for college, the U.S. faulter lost about $736 of sulted in collection of over $3 standing balance. The alter- Defaulters are invited to Department of Education has what they would have had billion in overdue loans. Last native involves employers call the department's toll-free combined efforts with the coming in the way of a tax year alone almost $600 mil- forwarding 10 percent of an Debt Collection Customer Internal Revenue Service. refund this year. lion was recouped. employee's net pay to the de- Service, 1-800-621-3115, to Students who ordinarily Anne Bowne, director of Encouraging graduates to partment each pay period. establish a payment plan. OB 1995! THE CLASS of 1999 get to know each other at a "Giant Twister Tournament: in the IM Room during orientation week. Inside this week's issue of The Collegian: more photos of OB 1995 on pages 4 and 5. Class of 1996 breaks time enrollment record By MATT SUMMERS male dormitory rooms de- The average SAT score for crowding problem resulted approximately 2,200 stu- Collegian Staff Writer signed as doubles into triples the class is 1170, an increase from the fact that fewer than dents. They said Grove City was a good one. of 25 points from last year. expected upperclassmen left is designed to serve about The largest freshman class Paxton added that the only The class contains 59 valedic- Grove City. And more 2,200 students and is at pre- in Grove City College's his- alternative to placing the girls torians and 35 salutatorians. freshman, particularly fe- sent committed to limiting the tory began classes last week. in triples was to put them in Fifty-six percent of the mem- student body to that size. males, accepted the college's The record 628-member class private homes in the com- bers were in the top 10 per- admission offer than antici- Mincey said Grove City is comprised of 296 males munity. The administration cent of their high school class pated. faces the overcrowding prob- and 332 females. The fresh- decided against placing them Iem because it offers out- while 81 percent were in the To correct the problem, man class of 1978 held the in private homes so the stu- top 20 percent. Mincey said Grove City will standing academics at a previous size record of 624 dents could be a more vital As a whole, the Grove City accept fewer students for the competitive price. When pro- students. part of the college commu- College student body is also spective students hear of 1996-1997 academic year. Freshman women pre- nity and not face problems at its largest number in the The admissions department Grove City College, they real- sented the most difficult getting to and from campus college's history. The Regis- will rely on a select waiting ize they do not have to pay housing problem to the Stu- for classes and special events. $22,000-$23,000 for an ex- trar reported a record 2325 list in case additional open- dent Affairs Office. Nancy Not only does this year's cellent education. students registered on August ings for students occur. Paxton, vice president of stu- freshman class hold the size 30, including 22 graduate Both Mincey and Paxton Paxton said this is a good dent affairs and dean of stu- record, they are also the most students. reaffirmed the college's problem for the college to dents, said the administra- academically competitive Jeff Mincey, director of commitment to limiting the have. It means Grove City is a tion's decision to convert fe- class in the college's history. admissions, stated the over- desirable place at which to size of the student body to study and live.