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Iraq-U.S. shm By The College Press Service The face-off with Iraq in the Middle East may hurt colleges in the United States in a very vulnerable place: finances. Higher energy prices and the nationwide recession that might follow would increase most campuses' costs, rob them of much-needed state and federal money and potentially drive up tuition even more rapidly, some observers say. In 1973 and 1979 when previous "oil shocks" rocked the United States, government funding of education nosedived while schools' expenses skyrocketed. As a result, strapped colleges began deferring maintenance on their buildings. Faculty members' raises became so meager that many teachers left the profession and, in the late '70s and early '80s, tuition rose by more than 10 percent a year. Now, years later, many colleges are just beginning to emerge from the financial rubble of that period. "Now, on top of everything else," said Harvey Kuwaiti studeni By the College Press Service ma(j Life has gotten hard for Raed Alfulaij, a Ku- Ohii waiti studying at Florida International out. University. A Cinoo ?Ko Aurr 1 inuocinn r*f hie hnmpliinH Hv nnc/ uiuvv/ uiv nug. ^ iiifuoivii vx n*u wy |/MuIraq, Alfulaij has gone broke. His parents, who ship support him, can no longer withdraw money Ass< from Kuwaiti banks to send to him. in V His fellow Kuwaitis at FIU are in similar B binds. Here on scholarships from their govern- Iraq ment, they no longer have a government to send no i them the tuition money they need to start A classes. waii To make ends meet, Alfulaij said he and his ney friends are selling their cars, moving in together A and trying to line up part-time work. wai Such monetary concerns, however, pale be- gov side the worries about family at home for many for of the 2,280 Kuwaiti students who enrolled at U.S. campuses in 1989-90. sooi "My main concern is the Gulf," said Moham- 1 "The United Way wo days a year, not just they take up the m DAILY SPEC 3 ? 6 PM footlong sub 16oz. drink & chi| Oh 0' csaamm $ 2108 Devine St. (5 Points) 254-1386 Ofl Personal training means private fiti instruction, tailored to your schedule your personal fitness requirement. You set the time.You set the pace. * CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONI AND ENDURANCE O MUSCLE TONING AND STRENGTIo STRESS REDUCTION ? 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If the crisis worsens dramatically through, for instance, the bombing of Saudi Arabian oilfields, world oil prices could jump to well above $50 a barrel, economists fear. Many experts predict prices will stay in the $22 to $28 range over the next few months, assuming that other nations produce more oil to make up for the Iraqi and Kuwaiti oil that is not making it to the market. Higher oil prices have a drastic, far-reaching effect on the rest of the economy. For instance, farmers have ts face financial ] Boshari, a student at Marietta College in students stu 3. "I would like this Saddam Hussein to go the Iraqi em My family and my people are in Kuwait." tailing how bout 1,200 of the Kuwaitis at U.S. cam- help. is are on government-sponsored scholar- At Mariet s, according to Bill Carroll of the National Chairman B ociation for Foreign Student Affairs, based vince the s< Washington, D.C. for the scho< .ut since the government was ousted by for uie si l's invasion, the students are stranded with lems make noney. bear, md because of the freeze ordered on Ku- "It's had Li assets, Kuwaiti students cannot draw mo- fulaij said, \ or credit on any account based in Kuwait place durin lS a stopgap measure, Carroll said, the Ku- seem unimp ti embassy is trying to convince the U.S. news, he toe ernment to unfreeze those assets earmarked Marietta study in the U.S. burden will It's a problem we hope will be solved qis are expt n," Carroll said. lem is solv< Tie freeze on assets also affects the 770 Iraqi the money f rks 365 _ .. ., . 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"At some institutions," Kent Halstead of Research Associates said, "it may be more serious. But on average, it's not going to have much of an effect because it's such a small share." Most colleges will feel the brunt of the crisis in other ways. "Indirectly," he admitted, "it'll have a serious effecl on everybody. "Goods that colleges and universities buy will be problems F35Z -) SY dying here, Carroll said, although bassy hasn't been as specific in de- jsMjEi many of them might need financial " ? fmmtn I tta College, Petroleum Department \/joiW^ ob Chase said he is trying to con:hool to temporarily waive tuition A dI's 12 Kuwaitis. udents, the potential financial prob- ' 1**0 * a horrible situation even harder to I ;; \ Yinbu a great effect on my schooling," Alvho added the invasion, which took \ g his final exams, made studying \ Tm ortant. Consumed by following the r Msc"J >k incompletes in his classes. f "*>. student Boshari hopes the financial ' <s> | be lifted easily if and when the Ira- \ %> died from Kuwait "After the prob- V jd in the Gulf, the school will take ' 1 rom our treasury," he said. * \ | United VNtey of the Midlands xteBa icsSalt erThis1 'f- , ik ' yttJ^Sm* <* ' '.-^P I IP jl ^ ' ' flute and' .Sits two, sleeps two. Reg. $299.99, Sale $249.98. s pillows sold separately. Black Metal Bistr<j Chairs. Reg. $49.99, Sale $39.98. d and final week of our sale honoring the basic rie-Of-The-Week. Oraromanticbistro setting for ti more.This is our last week, though. After that, t Columbia: 7007 Two Notch Road. P )llege tuitions : I affected immediately," he said. "Some of that, especially in the private sector, will be passed on to students." "The first thing that has to be covered are higher energy costs," said William Burford, chair of the economics department at the University of Denver. Other things! such as campus improvement, "will be the last to be considered." L"There will be unanticipated cost rises, which many colleges will have difficulty addressing because many of them are already under budget constraints," ivaisci saiu. Campus officials, Kaiser said, are already under increased pressure to keep tuition stable while dealing with troubling financial trends. For instance, many education observers think this fall may be the beginning of the great enrollment bust, which has been expected annually since 1981. In May, See STUDENTS page 11 TURKEY ^ f MllES , j N Caspian o 200 [ . Sea . U. S. S. R. MR A Q / ?T""" ) IRAN 1 V / ?i ife? / Island / Hatar-ai-Batin ^ n)na Miliary City) KUWAIT jCiljf I \ JuBaii^T % V rrYSM>" s 9A??.?^? \ n?m r> Aiyaan ? QATAR Sulf J i-? 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