Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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.s; On Tuesday February 16, approximately 45 stu- dents from our University travelled to F rankfort for the Rally for Higher Education in Kentucky. $tory on Page 176-173, PHOTO BY: Kevin L. Goldy

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.L-higgest problems with being involved in college sports. iiYou get behind and youire always trying to get someoneisrnotes. Alot of peeple think we get especial treatment, but itis really a burden? i Swartz'said athletes usually do not take unfair ;;advantage of the make- -up policy Maybe some- have to make it up sooner 01' later. It s best to get it finished 5 f Luken wrote: ulvlissing so many classes would he a serious problem -- if college athletes were really 10111111 students. HeweVer, athletes at many univer- , gsities aren t expected to perform 111 class. They re at ekiiicollege to make the college look geod to sports fans -. especially the affluent alumni SteVe Hamilton University director of athletics, gsaid it is not unfair for athletes to receive large 'scholarshlps in cohtraSt With a non athlete who must struggle both to get good grades and to pay the irbills. 71511101111111inifsunfair on'this-basis: these peo- ple have shown they have the ability to do some- 11111111 better than the average person ii Hamilton ,Wsaid. iiIn this country, 1 if you have the skill and iiiiahihty, you are reWarded for it I11 addition to the restrictions on awarding cash material g1fts to the athletes Hamilton said the uggathletes are not permitted to have an outside job, iexcept fo1' during Christmas hreak They receive 110 113.1121 t1';1ps t11 the school except for one recruiting , ijv151t But some schools violate that rule, big time Because of the number of athletic scholarships a Ljoollege may award 15 limited by NCAA and confer- i$131101: rules,m many Studehtaathletes must pay their iiactually try to find reoruits whOse family income Wand high school grades would be most likely to earn crult said Hamiltou, Who is also the University 3 imjhaSehall coach The best person you can recruit is ,1 a poor, smart kid because he 3 going to get loans and 53gra11ltsl really go after those kids who are poor But these athletes do not receive preferential EiEitreatment when financial aid aWards are deter- ; mined, he said They don t discriminate. They idon 1 give an athlete aid just beeause he s an ath- 1;;lete, ;; ,, I ; Jim Morton the University 5 asSOCiate ditector of 1:;finaecialeid staid athlete 3 financial aid applications 1 do not receive special attention. iiWe donit do that ?iEOthdfthi-ng. We need to besensitive to all-student needs and treat all students equally? Morton added that not only do coaches not pres- surehis office into finding more aid for recruits, the coaches often are not aggressive enough in helping the student-athlete find the financial assistance. TA coach will ask the athlete to hand the financial aid application to him and then the coach will lay it on his desk for three, four, five weeks, and itis late. Instead of doing that, the coach should tell the athlete to hand the application directly to this office by such and such a time . . . The more you treat the Istudent-athlete like a student, the more you are accomplishing the goals of the academic commu- nity. Hamilton said that if the University is going to continue to draw competitive athletes, it must be able to offer those athletes as much as other univeru 'sities do. iiThe kind of aid you get is going to influence where youire going to go. You can,t get all the kids you want all the time because you canit olfer them enough. If we find a good player, and we want him to come here we try to give him aid Hamilton said Non-athletes on campus have varying opinions on whether or not athletes are treated too well. Sherri Timberlake, a junior radiokelevision ma- jor from South Shore, said it is important that the Universityis athletic teams remain competitive and - she agrees that athletes deserve full scholarships. iiThat is some peopleis only way of going to col- lege ,, Timberlake said nIf youire really smart, you get an academic scholarship. Why not give athletic scholarships to people who wouldn t otherwise be able to go to college? Lori Philps, 11 Louisville senior majoring in spe- cial education, disagrees Heck 110,1 don t think Iathletesl Should get fullscholarships.Ith1nk maybe ,, they should get their dorms paid for, but not food. I also think they should have at least a 10-hour per ; week workstudy as part of their scholarship? A male student from south-central Kentucky, who requested anonymity, said he thinks athletics are stressed too much on some campuses, but not at 'Morehead. He does think, however, that there should be fewer athletic scholarships awarded. TI thiuk some athletics here think theyire Codis gift to this campus? he said. uThere should be more academic and need scholarships. They should give more to people who have good grades and people who need the money. ii mwcaemw Feature 161

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