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FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">The Higher Education Act of 1998 was signed into law by President Clinton on October 7. Included in the law was a provision that would deny federal financial aid eligibility to students with previous drug convictions, including possession. Student groups, collaborating through DRCNet's U-Net campus activism project, have been gearing up to mount a campaign against the drug provision, and are circulating a resolution opposing it.

Students across the country are approaching their student governments, seeking endorsements for the opposition resolution. "We have met with African American, empowerment and civic campus groups to discuss the effects of this law on students. The resolution has been presented to our student government and so far the feedback has been very positive," said Davis Terrell, an officer of Students for Sensible Drug Policy at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The RIT student government will be voting on the resolution in early of December, and a signature is being mounted on the campus. "Many of the students we talk to can't believe the drug war has been extended this far", commented Terrell.

A new drug policy group developing at George Washington University will also be working on reforming the Higher Education Act provision. "The Higher Education Act is a blatantly wrong law that impacts a diverse segment of the population. The newly forming George Washington University drug policy group is very much opposed to this law and as one of our first effort as a group will work to overturn it."

"This is an issue that will have a devastating impact on students, therefore it is up to students to get active and stand up for themselves," said Troy Dayton, President of American University NORML. "We will make a difference."

For an information packet on what you can do at your campus about the Higher Education Act, call (202)293-8240 or e-mail [email protected]. Check out the U-net web page to get the latest on news involving the student effort for Higher Education Act reform at http://www.drcnet.org/U-net/.

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