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Editoria Is
VA payment improvement begins
Veterans attending not only this
college but other Institutions or high­er
learning across the United States
believe the system or payment used
by the Veteran's Admlnistratlon could
stand some revision.
lt has been suggested that payments
be made upon the Individual's enroll­ment,
or that the individual not be
liable to bfllmg until the payments
from the VA began
Both of these suggestions have
merit and could ease the Ilnanclal
burden on veteuns, especially those
with dependents
However, there are raults In this
type or reasoning as there are In the
system. The Individual does not have
to attend college alter receipt of the
first payment. U there should be an
admlnlslraUve snafu, a student, ln
theory, could finish college without
being bllled.
O! course veterans could be held
responsible for repayment of the way­ward
funds. as could. the government.
With the hiring of extra oUice
personnel and extra help al strategic
Positions during registration t b Is
semester, paper work was of! to dis­trict
heMquarters in Houston almost
lmmi-dtately.
Perhaps there ts sUll room for
Improvement, but to be sure there
has been a noticeable measure or It
here.
Drug study outline unrealistic
Preliminary outllnes ol lbe com­prehensive
drug study for San Antonio
College leave a great deal to be
desired.
The Alamo AreaCouncllo!Govern­ments
and Drug Central, In working
with the Drug lnsUtute, have managed
to grind out a $200,000 program.
Three-fourths of the cost will be
borne by the federal government,
through the Criminal Justice Council,
and one-fourth must come from SAC
$50,000 Is a large lump sum.
Dean Jerome Weynand Is currently
working with AACOG and rnslltute ot­!
1cials, whittling down costs ol the
proposed program
Some figures are ridiculous. A
director's salary of $25,000 and a
$10.50 cost for each Interview con­ducted,
for example, seem totally out
of line
Once these and other unreasonable
figures are pared from the proposed
budget, the school can get down to
serious consideration of the program.
Bui as It stands now, It is top-heavy
and unrealistic.
Loftin studtnt Centn la oot
namtd (or J&rnH Loftin, manacer
or th San Antonio COJI~• book­&
ior•
llor doH ht O'llo lh• bulldlnlt.
He cloun•t neo Cl!t a piece of
the acttoo
He's on a alary,
The bulldlnc Is named aJt•r
bJs tath•r, •ho was prutdeot
of SAC.
Manager clarifies
bookstore policy
Loflin ruu one or th most
mtsunderatODd departm,ntis of
th• collece. Theboolrstore, whtcb
ls aa OGOrmous tacllltJ !or a
J1111lor coll,p, Is under tile con­trol
Of thl! school adtntn1$tn1Joo.
Loftin Ju~l runs It
R1tmora clrcut.ted about the
bookstore often an bo$ed on nus­l.
D.lormauon, and oceulonaJJy on
no lnformu100 11 all .
BJ BOB HEATON
REBA T'E MlSUNDERSTooo
Tbe book'1<>re r~bat<', for ez.
ampl•, ts not •ld•ly understOOd
and qulttt a , .. ,.. attldt!-nts mL,s ~
~11:an"" to reduce tllln tutbooi
costs
Shnp!J statfd, tbe boolts1ore
r~turas $1 for evefJ ,10 sp,,nt
or 10 perr<'llt Tltls lsc!,>1.rmln('cl
b), ales r"""'ptli klr the current
um.~s,e.r
J.r~t" 11t2td thlc r,p,.b:atP ,.aa hP
March 12, 1971
Program will benefit
former drug addicts
Editor's Noto: Mombers or !be
advanced reporting <lass recent­ly
toured Ille drug d1vtslon or the
Unlveulty of Texas Medical
School. This Is Ille second of a
!Ive-part series oo their findings.
By BARBARA HARRISON
La VUuta de San Patricio Is a
prorr11111 spons,,red by the Patri­cian
Movement to help prepare
the ex-drug 11Ser to re-enter the
~mmuntty.
II the City Council approves
r.oolllg provisions, tbe prorram
should open IJlte March with the
first patients being admitted In
April, according to Supervisor
Jesse Villarreal
The prorram wlll have !Ive
phases: appli~Uon, In-patient,
h0$illUIJzattoo, La VUJUa and
after care. After lnltbl scr~n­lnc,
tho patient ls examined and
enluated l)llysfcaUy lo determine
whether he Is "hooked.••
If be ls, he Is placed Ill a
b0$J>ltAI PSJchology ward such
as VIiia Rosa for d•toxltlcatlon.
After bo Is withdrawn or 1n lhe
used by re.:or;nlted campus or­p.
nlzatlon,. A traternlfy or club
for enmplo, can tralber receipts
from au members and turn them
In to the store wtth a letter from
the Ol'plllUtlllo president.
Tile letter should deslrute ai,
lnd!Ytdua.J to plcJt up tht ca.sh
If a recoptifd orpniutlon's
mom~s SIM'fll $1,000 at the
bookstoro durloe theaprlngsem­eater,
for eumpJe, llley would
receive $100 rebote--and au they
WOllld have to dO t, cather mem­ber's
sales receipts.
BRffiG REC£lJ>TS
To take advantage of tblB oi­ler,
Loftin said, It Is necessary
to brine In receipts on dates
whlrh WIii be J:KJblished. The
tickets wlll bf put In a num­bered
en•elop,,, and you wtJI
recehe a ,;cub.
Receipt& WI.U be added and the
tout uiount of s.iles repre-
5l'llled y,UJ be entered You rec­•
lvtd 10 P,,rCPnt
Lt)fttn .Utd d.>.tea on whirh re­batPS
" 111 be paM,rllJ be publtsh­td
The rrila1~ "Ill be In <:ash
BIG VOLi/ME
\'olum• of th~ bookstor" 1 enormous 5
At the beirtnn!ng of any &em­..
tictPr, lv'eolt"rnr.,. «tort tnu1ls a-final
stages of wlthdra,..1, bf
moves lo thl' La Vllllta Cenm
During this " period of bunua
growth and developmtnl ," bf
Is helped to return to the com·
munlty. In most cases, he wlllbt
at the center proper for thrtt m
six monlhs, sald VUlarreaJ
In the center he will be lauct,I
work skllls and condltlonlnf tor
dillerent kinds of Jobs. "Ev ...
tually we hope to olfer a GED
prorram," satd VILiarreai
The patient will be tn aJ1tr
care, lhe follo,.-up pllase, tor•
year or two.
Yearly costs of the c•ntor
are estimated at $200,000 Fund>
are from the Area Council of
Governments under lht' Crunl.il
Justice CouncU and !rom tit
Model Cities proiram
The center Is now Just a pro·
posaJ. "We stlll have to acqlllNP
and train a staff " said VIiiar·
real.
Tests will be run to mAktSllrt
(See 'Drug cur• , · • l)IICt ?)
boul $750,000, Including ttal·
boots and supplles
Tbe "little w1ndo•" bOOl·
,tore ts gone forever, LOIU•
aa!~Th1s ls a.n OJ>tH'I 1-tnre.'' M
said, "where students ~n COIi''
In and browse. onen they com•;
bu1 a textbook or a ool•IIOO
and spot some thine else theJ !!ff(
for a class. Thal lswbywearo•
open store·--to better s•"' lb<
student body."
SHOPLIFTUIG IIOT BIG
Of course there are probl•"'!
Involved ,.Ith ha vtng • storeol'f•
to browsers. But shopJJn!nf, :
saJd, Is no more than In ,,or
el~:4:!~e thousand,; of muslllf
details Involved ,.Ith runn•OC 11"
bookstore In an elflell'tll maM•r,
Loflin s.ud Keeping htock cur•
rrnt "'lthout overato<ktnC 1' •
conmnt problem , iP'
Books worlll $5,000todaJID tt'
not .,.orth a n1c:Jcel 1omorro•
Utd. If edition< ch.inre 51!"
We try to Ant1<1patt• Ill~ t.ol·
or thing IN>for<• ll llappt'M,
1 110,
Hn n1d "It L>k<'.S a IOI(' ~
to M•Y abr,..st of develoP'" n
1n 1 e-x ts a n rj suppltrntatJ
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