Food stamp cuts start Oct. 1 W e d n e sd a y September 16, 1981 state pres Tempe, Arizona Arizona State University V o l. 6 4 N o . 14 >Copyright, State Press, 1981 balance the federal budget. By Tory Bull Staff w riter The government is also Students who are current­ m andating a more thorough ly receiving or plan to apply screening policy of ap­ for food stam ps will face new plicants by state agencies, federal restrictions in the he added. future, a spokesman for the Details about the new state food stam ps and welfare program said Tues­ restrictions will not be available until Sept. - 30, day. Buelna said. Roy Buelna of the Depart­ “ They (R eagan’s ad­ m ent of Economic Security said the new. restrictions, m inistrators) are trying to which will go into effect Oct. cut down on the number of 1, are the result of President people on food stam ps and will be enforcing the food Reagan’s tax cut proposals. stam p identification cards Buelna said the govern­ m ore,” he said. ment wants to establish Grocery stores’ policies s tric te r guidelines to id entification decrease the number of food- req u irin g stam p recipients who are not cards when purchasing food truly needy in an effort to will be m ore strictly en- household with a t least one dependent. forced in the future, he said. D arrell Hadder, Smitty’s Store assistant m anager, said fraud occurring when food stam p redemption is done by someone without proper identification is com­ mon. Currerfkly, the state pays $10 million a month in food stam ps. H a d d e r a d d e d th e fraudulent practice is hot at­ tempted as frequently in the Tempe/M esa area as it is in other areas of the Valley. Students who meet a t least one of the following condi­ tions are eligible for food stam ps: employment by the ASU work study program or other federally funded cam ­ pus program s of fewer than 20 hours a week, or status as an independent head of a Buelna said approxim ate­ ly 30 percent to 40 percent of the people on food stam ps commit fraud by intentional­ ly forgetting to include the fact that a spouse works. Cindy L erz, an ASU ’Liberal Arts m ajor and foodstam p recipient, said if the new federal restrictions af­ fect her monthly amount, she will have to m ake ends meet other ways. “If my food stam ps are reduced, I’ll sell my plasm a,” she said. Dorm residents, football fans battting for Saturday parking By Phil Roth Staff w riter ASU’s Associated Students president said Tuesday residents a t the north campus dormitories who were re­ quested to move their cars from parking lot 53 are not obligated to do so. • Denise Dreiseszun issued a memo to residents a t tne norm campus dorm itories explaining that moving their cars from parking lot 53 during football games is strictly voluntary^ Residents whose cars are parked in lots 53 and 53-North are “requested to move their vehicles no later than 12 noon on Saturday,” according to a notice distributed to the affected residents by University Police. Palo Verde E ast, Palo Verde West and Palo Verde Mam dorm itories and M anzanita Hall are affected by the action. On game weekends lots 49,46 and 51 are reserved for dorm residents. University Police are posted a t those lot entrances to keep football patrons out of the lots. Julie Gorman, P.V. Main resident, said north campus residents had problems entering lot 53 before gam es a t the beginning of last year’s football season-. She said her car was turned away from the sam e lot last Saturday night, along with automobiles owned by several other residents. . . _ _ p a rking lots made available to students during the games are not big enough and create safety problems, Gorman said. “When we pay $5 to park there (lot 53) all year, it’s kind of irritating (to be forced out),” she said. Last year, form er ASASU president Tom Ajamie and Gor­ m an worked with the ASU Police and eventually students were allowed to enter their lots, even after 12 noon, with the appropriate parking sticker. Lt Richard Hydro of University Police said the resident Darking.policy has not been altered since last year and Gor­ m an’s complaint was probably due to a communication breakdown. The lots are used by members of an ASU booster organiza­ tion, the Sun Angel Foundation. It has used the lots since Sun Devil Stadium was constructed, said Capt. Norman Peck of University Police. “We (the University), can close any parking lot at any tim e,” Peck said. ©Today ^