T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Thursday
November 5, 2009
Volume 91, No.
44
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY ANDREA SILVERS
The Shorthorn staff
Veterans still waiting on post9/11 GI Bill checks are surviving
partly on...
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T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Thursday
November 5, 2009
Volume 91, No.
44
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY ANDREA SILVERS
The Shorthorn staff
Veterans still waiting on post9/11 GI Bill checks are surviving
partly on temporary loans from the
university.
Of the 251,000 GI Bill applicants,
10 percent received benefits by the
end of September and the end of
October.
Veterans Affairs hired a
temporary contractor to help process
the increased volume of claims, according to a VA press release.
“My tuition was a couple thousand bucks, and the university took
care of it because it looked like I
wasn’t going to get my check in
time,” Veterans Alliance President
Warren Ponder said.
Ponder said he was proactive
about alerting the university about
his delay in benefits.
The university has been a vital
help for student veterans, said Alexa
Smith-Osborne, Student Veteran
Project founder.
“To their credit, they fronted
money to cover tuition costs if student’
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