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INDEPENDENT SINCE 1971

Colleges push lor grade exemption

By Joe Dobner
Sniff” 'riicr

The final shape of L'K’s grad—
ing system just got a little clear-
er.

The L'niversity Senate (Ioun<
cil took up the issue of a possible
exception to the L'niversitywide
straight grades policy on How
day.

“'hen the Senate voted last
sprin t to adopt a single Universi-
tytwitie grading policy for under-
graduates, the colleges of Archi-
tecture and Landscape Architec-
ture immediately submitted a

proposal to exempt their under-
graduate programs from the poli-
cy.

Landscape architecture profes~
sor Horst Sch-ach. who wrote the
proposal. said the debate at the
time primarily concerned dispari-
ties between the large colleges.
and so the small and professional
architecture colleges could get an
exception.

“\Ve‘ve never had complaints
frotii students," Schaeh said.

SGA Executive Director of
Academic Affairsjoe Schuler said
the reasons cited by the architec—
ture colleges for the exception

were not specific to their particu-
lar programs.

The reasons Schach cited were
that the architecture colleges
selectively admit students. its
courses are all mainly at the 800
and 900 levels and don't admit
non-majors.

The colleges have also had
plus/minus grading for 17 years.
and the courses are mostly four
and six credits and are student
courses.

Another important difference is
that the students in the architec-
ture colleges overwhelmingly sup—
port plus/minus grading.

The students of the (Iollege of
Landscape »\rchitccture voted h‘l
to eight. with 11 percent of the
students absent. in favor of keep
ing plus/minus,

The College of \rchitecturc
does. however. include many
undergraduates.

The (Iollcge ofl .iw can keep
plus/minus grading but was not
covered by the vote because it is .i
graduate school.

Schach said the need to keep
students engaged over the entirety
of the sun io courses warranted
plus/minus grading.

"Unless you do this. learning

iust ctasts." \t ildt b said

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Helium. (he/02c) received (illidfi’bi’l’f’t’Tllll‘Y at the UK Children 3‘ Hospital.

Children at hospital get holiday trea

Pharmacy
students deliver

Halloween cheer

By Heather Nally
Sniff ll TINT

Patients in the UK Children’s
Hospital received an extra treat
'l‘uesday ~—- or maybe a trick or
treat —— when members of the
Kappa Psi pharmacy fraternity
visited and handed out candy.

About 15 pharmacy students in
Halloween costumes visited with
the children, tnost of whom won't
be trick or treating this year.

The costutnes. ranging from

clowtis and genies to Darth
Vaders and skeletons. added fes-
tivity to the somber hospital halls
as the masquerading students
paraded from rooiii to rootn with
bags ofcandy.

“I think there are a lot of kids
here who probably won't get to
go trick or treating themselves."
said Bill PlCL‘lllUn. third-year
pharmacy student and Kappa Psi
president.

“And if we can replace that for
them. they can get a little fun out
ofthis."

The Children's Hospital has
about 50 patients. said Mary
Kane. child-life specialist in the
UK Children‘s Hospital.

These children. ages ranging
from infants to 16 years. were not
the only ones who received a

sweet reward. The costumed
pharmacy students came away
with more than a bag of candy.

“The rewards are obvious."
said jimmie ()verton. a second—
year pharmacy student. “Just to
come out and do volunteer work is
in itselfrewarding."

The Kap a Psi members also
visited wit patients in the
Markey (lancer Center. The
first—year Kappa Psi project seeks
to promote community servrce
among pharmacy students.

“As a future pharmacist. I
think that it is important that we
begin and continue to interact
with the public." ()verton said.
“We row by interacting with
the pu lie and doing community
service just as much as they ben-
efit."

 

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Group seats
m are available
{ lor Tennessee

By Jill Erwin

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in club is
climbing

; UK group looking

for new members

2 By Jill Messer

\ group of k K students olten can be found
hanging lroui rocks in Red Rn er (iorge.

'L'K‘s Rock (Iliiiibiiig ( Ilnb cliiiihs soniew herc
almost every weekend. Some members even
liaie climbing walls in their homes.

1 .\leinliers meet e\ cry \Vednesday night at
l (Ilimb Tune. .1 local indoor climbing gym. This
j gives the group a chalice to do sotiie indoor
climbing and plan w cckend trips.

i ;\t (illlllll Time. beginners can get some pram
l ticc for the outdoors by learning how to climb
‘ correctly in a sale environment.

The club is open to people of all levels. club
j presidentlamcn .\lohan said.
j .-\sk'ed w h,‘ rock climbing is popular. .\1ohan
; gax c several reasons.
i ”Some people like it because it is good ever
i cise. and you use very different muscle groups.“

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Students

SGA leading fight

against ‘excesszve’ hike

Siqfl‘rrpon

The Student Government Associa—

tfl III‘OIBSI tllitiflll increase today

home football game of the year on Nov. --
against 'l'enncssee. >\t least for now.

Originally the athletics department had
i decided against group seating. based on the
expected high demand for tickets. The depart-
ment wanted to make sure there were enough
tickets for his students.

"The iirst person we've got to look out for is the
student who's willing to wait in line for their tick-
eis." said Rodney Stiles. director of ,-\dininistraiive
Scivices. “They need to be guaranteed a chance."

The department took groups' names and

numbers and said it would alert the groups after
this w cekend's game against ISL if the policy
changed. giving the groups two weeks to coin-
plctc their lists and submit them.
i Yesterday. the department came tip with a
contingency
groups to fil otit bubble sheets next week for
those interested in attending the games.

The athletics department will run the sheets

’I here :z'I/l he group seating for the final

7‘)

Ian. :\ decision was made to allow

tion will hold a tuition rally today at
noon in Patterson Plaza to protest the
tuition increase proposed by the (loun-
cil on Postsecondary Education.

The increase, which the council
votes on next Monday. would bump up
tuition costs by 11.7 percent for the

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1998—99 school year. and 10.4 percent
for 1999—2000.

If passed. the increase could nega—
tively impact the 82 percent of UK stu-
dents who are on financial aid but give
UK about an $8 million boost from last
year’s tuition revenue.

Aside from the rally. SGAs from
Kentucky‘s two doctoral institutions
will s onsor a joint phonathon to call
state iegislators. Specifically. UK will
focus on local representatives Ernesto
Scorsone and Kathy Stein. and others
in central Kentucky.

“This is excessive." said SGA Presi-
dent Melanie Cruz. “Most people think
that the student population is in favor
of this. (but) students at UK and U of L
don't think that a cool 8 million needs
to be produced by the student body.“

“We understand there are needs for
tuition increases." said Cruz. who has

states like Ohio and \Vest Virginia
which have schools comparable to L K
— can shoulder an increase this high.
(Iruz said. Kentucky can’t.

The administration wanted the rally
moved to the Free Speech Area and
give students a sound system to use. but
Cruz wouldn't budge.

through the necessary preliminary steps. then
look at the numbers for attendance. both walkup
and group seating. for the last four home games.
'I he Louisville game will not be included because
there was no group seating for that game.

PTOIH those comparisons the department will
make the final decision on seating.

“\Ve will make the fairest determination from

received some flack from the adminis-
tration about holding the rally in the
213. one of the main gathering points
r students on campus.

“lfl get in trouble. I get in trouble."
she said. “The L'niversity should coni-
mend students for being vocal and

The national average for tuition
increases is five percent. Although

responsive to things. Being good citi-
zens doesn't mean you necessarily have
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those numbers." Stiles said.

\\'inn Stephens. president of the Student
‘\C1l\lill‘s Board. is glad the administration is
looking out for the students.

“If the interest is to make more student tick-
ets available." he said. "then 1 support it fully."

 

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. Thelndependcnthwspaperat'I‘heUmvemtyomenwky \ery end ast weekend the UK
Foundedin1894h1depe ndtnt s1ncci97l football team is priming for anoth-
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of quarterback 11m C ouch and
wide receiver (1 raig Yeast, UKs
new founL “Air Pair” arming the
nation‘s top-ranked offense.

“M'e knew that in Georgia, we
made some mistakes, but we’re one
of the premier offenses in the
country, and we re gonna put some
points on the board," 1 east said

L K amassed a season— low of 13
points while producing 436 total
yards of offense ag1inst a pack of
I)aw gs that is only givmg up 323
y ards- -per game on the season

I he ( ats offensive unit is
looking to prove a point with an
increased point total, (1 ouch said.

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ond-best total. said catching the
football isn't enough to get the job
done.

“I just want to go out there and
even time I get it, I want to make
something happen, 'Y east said

Last weekend during the 23-13
loss to UG A, the Cats offense did
stay on the field.

()n UK s first scoring drive of
the day, (1 ouch marched the
offense down the field on a 9:14
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sneak or the touchdown.

(1ritics who questioned the
( ats ability to run the football
were silenced. Ihe rolonged
drive consisted of 20 pliva, 14 of
which were on the ground.

The reason for the offense to
stay on the field is to score as
mam points as possible, exce t it
keeps the defense off the fielL. In
turn, at the end of the game the
Big Blue defense is fresh for the
final 15 minutes of play..

“How the defense decides to play
dictates how long the drives are,
U K head coach Ilal Mumme said.

Couch a National finalist

Couch is one of 14 finalists for
the Davey O'Brien National
Quarterback Award, given annual-

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE U.S. SPACE &
ROCKET CENTER IS
SEARCHING FOR
COUNSELORS!

A Representative will be on campus Thursday, October 30
conducting an INFORMATION SESSION 7:00 PM,
STUDENT CENTER, ROOM 115 .

 

Interviews will be conducted October 31, 1997.

 

Must have completed your sophomore year of college.
Some experience working with young people desired.
ALL MAJORS WILL BE CONSIDERED. Free
housing, meals and uniforms are provided. Positions also
include hourly wage and paid training. Choose from a
January or February 1998 Training date.

For more information contact University of Kentucky Career
Serv1ces or:

U.S. SPACE & ROCKET CENTER
202-721-7191 or

E-mail: hr@s acecmp.com
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"OMAR” 80m The W'ildrats’ Derele Homer eludes a couple ofBu/ldogs in his efloi'tfor a few cxrrayardt.

Homer and the Cars are looking to put more poims on the board against Louisiana State.

ly to the top collegiate quarter—
back in the nation by the Davey

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()ther nominees for the award “"ide receiver Kio Sanford
include Thad reinjured
Busby of Flori— i an ankle
da State, sprain and
Dameyune is listed as
Craig of probable
Auburn, Brock for LSU.

I Iuard of , Mumme
\Vashington. ; indicated
Ryan Leaf of .. Sanford
\Vashington will likely
State and l’cy— j be held out
ton Manning Saturday '1, of action
of'l‘ennessee. 6:30 pm. .M' but has

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yardage and
l D passes, is one of two sopho-

ready.
Mumme‘s team rule stipulates

players must practice on \Vednes-
days of game weeks to be allowed
to pl.ay

Sanford injured the
against Alabama on Oct. 4.

On the 11 side, tight endjimmy
Haley 1s looliing better and better.

Haley has been battling a nag—
ging foot sprain since the Florida
game on Sept. 27 but saw limited
minutes against UGA on Saturday,
catching a pass for 6 yards. Haley
had not caught a pass since the 49-
7 win over Indiana on Sept. 20.

"CI!!! 8"" IVIIIIIIIO

UK Ticket Mana er Barbara
Osborne announced1 yesterday
that about 750 tickets for Satur-
Llai 5 game against LSU returned
by the Tigers are now on sale at
the Memorial Coliseum ticket
office.

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IIII women's gull
finishes in sixth

The UK women's golf team
concluded its fall season yesterday
with 11 sixth-place finish at the
“'omen's Intercollegiate Champi—
onships in Memphis, Tenn.

Leading the Lady Kats to a
team total of .324 were junior Katy
Loy and senior lulie Palmer.

Both finished tied for 20th in
the individual competition after
shooting an 83 11nd 81.

Other UK scores include Jenny
[)ugan s 78, which placed her at
23rd; Shila (Iilon’ s 82 ,placing her
tied for 27th, and Heather Kraus
86, placing her tied for 52nd.

(.eorgia fended off a rallying
Memphis squad by shooting a 303
to claim the team title by a five-
stroke margin. The Bulldogs led
the C hampionships from day one

Amanda Moltke Leth of Mem-
phis fired a one- -under par 71 to
take individual medalist honors.
Moltke- Leth rallied from a tw0
stroke deficit on the final day of
play-

Despite finishing sixth 1n Mem-
phis, the Lady Kats had a solid fall
season. UK brought home two
first place titles this fall

 

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SPORTSbytes

The Lady Kats will see their
next action when the spring season
commences at the Ben Hogan
Intercollegiate Invitational at
Fripp Island. S.C., March 5—8.

MOII'S SOCBII' III MIISII: City

The L K men s soccer team
steps out of conference play
tonight as it travels to Nashville
fora battle against Vanderbilt.

C onference play may be on the
mind of the \Vildcats as they are
currently tied for first in the Mid-
American (1 onference with only
one game to play.

T he ( ats had been undefeated
in the MAC before losing 1- 0 on
Sunday.

UK will close out the confer-
ence season at Miami of Ohio on
Sunday afternoon.

If the M'ildcats win on Sunday,
they will be guaranteed a share of
the MAC regular season champi—
onship.

Cats II'III III. 11m

UK .s Massoumch Emami and
Kelly Brown teamed up to win the
Flight A doubles title at the (1601‘-
gia Tech Invitational Women s

ennis Tournament on Sunday.

Emami and Brown defeated
Tamara Jenkin and Christelle
Ursulet of Georgia Tech 8-0.

“ T his was our best match of the
year so far in doubles," UK head
coach Mark Guilbeau said.

I mami also defeated teammate
Caroline Kirk 6-4, 6-2 to claim
the singles title in Flight B.

Mlll‘l tllllIIS “'00.?

The United States Tennis
Association’s Lexin ton League is
looking for UK stu ents to sign up
for competition Players must be
at least 19 years old.

Players whose abilities are
approximately equal compete on
teams against one another. Levels
of play range from beginner to the
open evel.

Last year the Lexington League
had players with ratings from
intermediate through open level.
This year the league lans to add
an advanced beginner l)evel.

A league layer must be a mem-
ber of US A and have his/her
level of pla verified by a USTA
lea e verifier.

verification clinics will be held
at the Lexington Tennis Club on
the afternoons of Nov. 2 and Dec.
7.

For more information. call The
Lexington Tennis Club at 272-
4546.

Compiled fi‘om staff wire reports.

 

 

   
  
  
  
  
  
 
   
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
   
  
   
 
 
 
  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Group looking for new members
ofall rock climbing skill levels

From PAGE 1

he said.

bloban likes climbing because it combines physs
ical and mental skills.

“It puts you on the edge and forces you to chal—
lenge yourself."

:\ common concern is they don't have the upper
body strength to climb, Mohan said. The club is

 

 

  

not gender-specific, because “climbing teaches bal-
ance and technique as opposed to flatsout
strength." said Mob-an, who described the sport as
“balancin on toes and hanging with fingertips."

()ne o the original club members, l‘ithan (:llln-
bler, came to UK for medical school about three
years a ]to. Because no club was here at that time, he
formecf one with several of his medical school
friends.

'l‘oday the club has grown to include many stu—
dents.

“The club is designed so climbers can meet
other climbers, exchange information and teach
beginners," (lumbler said.

Last spring break, the club w ent to.loshua Tree,
(Ialif. One member, Jackson Maddox. is climbing
volcanoes in Mexico.

“Climbing is a personal challenge that I got into
in order to gain a better view of something I
couldn't see front the ground." L'ls graduate atid
club member Steve Kaufmann said. “The chib is a
great way to get into the sport of climbing. an
opportunity to meet great people and a chance to
take trips."

The climbing club collects Si in dues from its
members. (Jumbler said one—third of the dues goes
to an organization that will help the climbing coiii~
munity. This year's donation will probably go to
the Red River (iorge (Io-alition.

The club is “helping create and be part of the
larger climbing community than L'K." (lumblcr
said.

UK climbers have helped with trail building iii
the (iorge. (Itimbler said, and btiilt the new trail to
Military \Vall. a popular climb iii the (iorge.

(Itimbler also said the club wants to try ice
climbing this winterfl‘he climbing chib would like
to encourage everyone who is interested to come
out to (Ilimb Time tonight.

The facility is located at 3416 ()ver Drive. or call
253—3673.

   

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msu student
stabbed during
domestic dispute

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l" \ST l. \.\'Sl.\'(i. \licb.
An \lSl' student was iii critical
condition at l.ansing‘s Sparrow
llospttal Monday after she was
stabbed itiiiltiple times during a
possible domestic dispute at her
Spartan Village apartment

The alleged attacker also is in
critical condition after stabbing
himself.

The woman. a i yearrold
w hose name is being withheld by
police. sustained wounds to her
throat. hand and foot. MST police
(Zapt. Tony Kletbeckcr said.

a

.\s of Monday e\emng. the
woman was being treatcd tn the
hospital's \t‘llt'tlltlglt'al lntcnsiye
(Iare L'ntt following surgery. a
hospital official said.

The alleged assailant. a
19—year-old man whose name also
is being withheld. was listed iti
critical condition at the hospital
following a self-inflicted stab
wound to his throat, police said.

The man's relationship with

the woman still is under inicstig-a—
tion.

 

Ell discusses international re

By Brandy Berry

(humiliating ll 'rircr

jackson Davis lives in Australia.
but he works in (lhina.

Davis, an area director for
\alvoline Oil Company, based in
Sydney. Australia, spoke to stu—
dents about international business
opportunities at the Student Cen—
ter yesterday.

al Trade Association and various
L'K professors.

llis speech focused on the
details of Valvoline's start in
China and the investment strate—
gies being developed for the coin-
pany.

Davis commutes to China for
two to three weeks at a titnc to
assist in the upstart of petroleum
companies.

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sons for the success of business
ventures in (lhina.

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growing at a tmich faster rate in
Asia," Davis said. “The ability to
expand is much greater than
domestically."

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(petroleum) is workers.

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ing challenges that must be over—
come in :\sia before beginning a
company, such as the enormous
expense of the mass media and the

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a profit in (Ihina.

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doing. btit (it is) iii the scope of
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chcr. an international politics
and economics graduate student
at the Patterson School. "I feel
like it is important to have at
least rudimentary education in
the area of international busi—
ness."

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there."

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and international economics
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of international business. so Mr.
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going to become increasingly
important in the future. so it was
interesting to hear his opinion on
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t's a rite of passage for' college students:
protesting tuition increases. Such increases
have reached legendary status across the coun-
try as they annually outpace the rate of inflation.

It’s no different for the University of Kentucky.

Occasionally, it’s a moderate increase in the area
of} percent. Other times, it’s a more eye-popping
number like the 12 percent that has been proposed
for next fall. Such fluctuations are common for UK
students who have seen the following increases in
resident undergraduate tuition this
decade: 8.7, 8.0, 3.7, 16.7, 11.2, 3.7, 3.5
and 2.6 percent.

How do bodies such as this come up with such
divergent numbers year after year. Shouldn’t these
professional bodies be able to plan sufficiently
ahead of time to avoid such dramatic swings in
tuition increases? After all, that’s part of the job.
We wouldn’t mind the swings nearly so much, if
the Council could tell us exactly what we will get
for a 12 percent increase as opposed to a 3 percent.

For example, there was a proposal a few years

improvements that would be made to computer
facilities on campus. Students weren’t thrilled, but
they understood that the increase was necessary and
knew there would be tangible benefits which we
have since enjoyed.

Regardless, students will have to live with yearly
tuition increases just as the administration will have
to live with yearly student protests against them.
However, this year is different. This year, the
administration has conveniently offered to provide

students with a sound system for today’s

DUB 0P|N|0N protest at noon. Isn’t that nice!

Unfortunately, we can’t accept the
Administration’s generous offer, because there is
one small string attached: No protest at Patterson
Office Tower! Instead, students are urged to use
the Free Speech Area with the administration’s
blessing.

We would never suggest this is a bribe, but who
could blame students for wondering? After all,
there were rumors in August that the redesign of
the POT Plaza was engineered to discourage

back to increase the technology fees for UK stu—
dents. Included in that proposal was a laundry list of

protests there. Of course, those were just rumors.
See you at POT, noon sharp!

 

Flllllllllfl 0i Imani
is unfair to llK's
Promise KBEIIEI‘S

To the editor:

The SGA Senate really has
some nerve. After all of the hub-
hub that resulted from the
Promise Keepers’ funding veto by
SGA President Melanie Cruz, 18
senators still thought it best to
fund the Circle of Imani’s trip to
Philadelphia.

Consider the facts:

The Circle of Imani is a group
of African-American women.
Although they do not openly dis-
criminate against anyone and I
have no personal gripes with
them, their membership and pur-
pose seems very limited.

lt appears to be a case of de
facto discrimination. Certainly,
the same logic which calls the
Promise Keepers discriminatory
will apply the same label to Circle
oflmani.

BEADEBS'forum

One of the reasons SGA Vice
President Alizha Rice gave for
breaking the tie in the Senate was
that many blacks feel excluded on
campus.

Well, I bet that the Promise
Keepers also feel excluded now,
and nobody is rushing to help
them.

Christians today are the most
persecuted, most discriminated
against religious group world-
wide, and they’re not getting any
special treatment in the SGA
Senate. Why should the Senate
dole out special favors now?

In an inflammatory letter to
the editor a couple weeks a o, the
President of the Circle 0 Imani
accused Senator Phil Feigel of
plotting and scheming to kill the
group’s funding request. By sim—
ply postponing the debate and
seeking more information before
making a final decision, Feigel
did the responsible thing.

He was seeking to hold the
Circle of Imani to the same level
of scrutiny to which the Promise
Keepers were held.

But the Circle of Imani wanted

its handout right away. It wanted
to dip into the pockets of the col-
lective student body to fund its
trip to Philadelphia.

50 it resorted to attacking the
motives and person of Senator
Feigel. Such an angry, dero ato-
ry, and personally offensive Fetter
to the editor shouldn’t be reward—
ed with a handout.

I applaud the Kernel's Friday
editorial, asking President Cruz
to veto the appropriations bill.
It’s the right thing to do.

All that can be asked of the
SGA president is to be fair and
consistent, and to apply the Con-
stitution and Bylaws the same
way in every circumstance.

This is the time for President
Cruz to prove how good a presi-
dent she is. She can either come
away from this debate looking
fair and impartial, or she can

choose instead to look biased and

hypocritical.
I hope she makes the right
decision.

Aaron Sillodo

political science junior

IAleac/e.’
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Hispanics are
on the rise in
business world :2;

New programs are

moving group up
corporate ladder

ccording to the U.S. Cen-‘

sus Bureau, the Hispanic

population is expected to
increase to 24.5 percent of the
total U.S. population by the year
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