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The Red & Black | Wednesday, November 28, 2001 13
Law School helps international judges
Haines attends
forum on alcohol
By LONA PANTER
lpanter@randb.com
Legal eagles from all over
the globe are coining to the
University to learn more
about working effectively in
their professions.
The University’s School of
Law is experiencing growth
in the International Judicial
Training Program (IJTP),
according to a recent news
release.
IJTP trains foreign jus
tices, judges and legal per
sonnel, said Maria Gimenez,
co-director for the
program.
“(The program) is on
judicial administration,”
Gimenez said.
The course is taught by
University Law School facul
ty and Georgia judges. It will
“address ethics and profes
sionalism, day-to-day man
agement of the court system
and court technology,”
according to a press release.
More than 30 court per
sonnel and judges will train
with IJTP This is a large
increase over last year, when
the program trained 15
court professionals.
“This type of growth
speaks very highly of the
strengths of our law school
and (the Institute of
Continuing Judicial
Education), especially in the
international area,” Law
School Dean David
Shipley said in a written
statement.
“To double the participa
tion in any training program
in one year is tremendous,”
he said.
A group of Brazilian pro
fessionals from the city of
Pernambuco arrived in
Athens Sunday to begin a
two-week program on judi
cial administration.
“Pernambuco and
Georgia have a long stand
ing relationship,” Gimenez
said.
IJTP was initiated four
years ago. After a previous
group from Brazil came to
the University, one justice
from Pernambuco decided it
would be a good idea for
other Brazilians to learn
about what the University’s
ICJE program offered legal
professionals.
The first people to partic
ipate in the program were
the group’s members. Since
then, legal professionals
from Ghana and other
African countries have
participated.
In March 2002, another
group from Ghana will arrive
for training.
By JONATHAN TONGE
jtonge@randb.com
If headway is to be made
in curbing underage drinking
in Georgia, changes must be
made in education, enforce
ment and traditional cultur
al values about alcohol,
forum members told a state
senator Tuesday.
State Sen. Doug Haines
(D-Athens) discussed the
problems of Georgia’s under
age drinking policies and
practices with University
faculty and city officials at
Tuesday’s forum for the
Senate Underage Drinking
Study Committee.
Terry Daly, a prevention
specialist with the North
East Georgia Mental Health
Department, said mandatory
alcohol education is not con
tinued strenuously enough
after middle school.
Daly noted that at the
University, students are usu
ally only involved in mandat
ed education programs after
there has been a legal or
school-sanctioned violation.
But these sessions are not
as effective after students
have already formed
their views on alcohol,
she said.
Daly and Athens-Clarke
County Police Chief Jack
Lumpkin agreed the most
important change that needs
to take place is in cultural
values related to alcohol.
“There needs to be a
change in the community to
support low-risk attitudes
and behaviors about
alcohol,” Daly said.
Lumpkin said many
times, students caught with
a
“There needs to be a
change in the commu
nity to support
low-risk attitudes and
behaviors about
alcohol. ”
TERRY DALY
Prevention Specialist with the
North East Georgia Mental Health
Department
fake IDs are not prosecuted
strictly, because even some
police officers used fake IDs
when they were younger.
“It’s culturally ingrained
that it’s wrong, but there is
no stigma attached to it,”
he said.
Solicitor General Ralph
Powell spoke Tuesday of the
need to increase both the
enforcement of current laws
and the addition of stricter
legal penalties for offenders
being prosecuted.
Powell and Lumpkin also
said there is a need for strict
penalties against retailers
who serve alcohol to under
age consumers.
A study done by the A-C
Police Department showed
nearly 50 percent of alcohol
retailers failed compliance
checks by selling alcohol to
minors.
Powell said stiff laws must
be enacted on a state and
local level to educate retail
offenders of alcohol laws.
“They need to go through
training and understand
that they will be prosecuted
for serving to underage
drinkers,” he said.
Web site aids off-campus housing search
By MARY KATHERINE FLEMING
For The Red & Black
Looking for a two-bedroom, two-bath
apartment with tennis courts, a pool
and central air for under $350 a month?
Melissa Foster, a senior from
Cartersville, has teamed up with U.S.
Housing, LLC to create a resource for
University students who need help find
ing off-campus rental housing.
U.S. Housing, LLC is the largest
rental housing search service on the
Internet, serving college and suburban
communities nationwide.
Foster described Housingl01.net as
j “the leading online housing Web site for
college students seeking to live
off-campus.”
“Housingl01.net is really a phenome
nal resource for students,” he said. “The
site allows students to customize their
housing searches based on what they
want: price range, unit size, bus route
access, on-site amenities and more.”
Students using the site can view pho
tos, available floor plans and property
maps, send inquiries and submit rental
applications without visiting the
apartments.
“I have lived in two different apart
ment complexes in Athens, and I know
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a Web searches are a good way
to find affordable off-campus
housing. HousinglOl.net is one
Web site students can search.
from experience finding something that
you like that is affordable can be
really difficult,” said Catherine
Anne Hennessy, a junior from
Dallas, Texas.
Students also can post free “room
mate wanted” or sublet ads.
As a marketing major, Foster has
headed the marketing and sales efforts
for the Athens area since April.
“Housingl01.net will not only benefit
students, but realtors, as well,” said
Bonnie Brantley, a junior from Memphis,
Term.
Foster schedules appointments with
property managers and apartment own
ers to discuss the Housingl01.net ser
vice and to evaluate its web presence,
then offers assistance in building cus
tom pages for each community.
Between classes, Foster posts fliers
around campus promoting
Housingl01.net, checks voice mail mes
sages from her clients and e-mails her
manager.
“I am basically in charge of my own
franchise operation here, but have the
support of my manager and well-estab
lished company behind me,” Foster said.
“U.S. Housing gave me everything I
needed, including interactive training,
equipment, sales tools and a support
system. Now it’s up to me to grow this
business locally.”
Housingl01.net currently serves more
than 5 million students, representing
more than 10 million apartments and
listing more than 100,000 properties
across 1,200 colleges and universities
nationwide, according to a written
statement.
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“We need to slow down
and figure out where we
want to go,” he said. “I agree
with the president that it’s
wrong to create with the
sole purpose to destroy
it”
President Bush made a
statement Monday, saying
human cloning was “morally
wrong” and “bad public
policy.”
Klein said he expects the
Senate to review a bill
passed by the House
of Representatives last
summer.
The bill would make
human cloning illegal, with a
penalty of up to 10 years in
prison and a $1 million fine
for those convicted of
attempting to clone
human life.
Members of the Young
Democrats and state Sen.
Doug Haines (D-Athens)
were unavailable for com
ment as of press time.
In India, a representative
from a scientific research
firm said the development
was “inevitable.”
“ACT’S success could
drive people into panic
mode because of the
impression that reproduc
tive cloning is around the
comer, but the fact is that if
we use cloning for therapeu
tic purposes, this is a major
advance,” said Firuza
Parikh, Reliance Life
Sciences’ founder and
director.
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AIESEC offers paid internships abroad
By GREG BLUESTEIN
gbluestei@randb.com
Rather than spending
thousands of dollars to study
in a foreign country,
University student Ryan
Gembala opted to live
in Spain for three months
“on the company’s
dime.”
Through an AIESEC-paid
internship, Gembala, a
junior from Lawrenceville,
worked as a banker in
Albacete, Spain, while he
immersed himself in Spanish
culture.
“It was the greatest expe
rience of my life,” he said. “I
was there for a cultural
and professional experience,
and I had non-stop
fun.”
AIESEC, the largest stu
dent organization in the
world, according to
Gembala, sends interested
students from more than
700 universities to 84
countries throughout the
world.
At 7 p.m. at the Sanford
Hall Auditorium, Gembala
will lead an informative
AIESEC meeting for inter
ested students.
Business, information
technology and English
teaching internships are
available with AIESEC —
whether participants are
freshmen or graduate
students.
In addition, there are no
specific foreign language
requirements, Gembala said,
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but you’ll definitely learn
it,” he said.
He said his AIESEC
internship gave him a true
cultural experience.
“On a study abroad pro
gram, you’re with other
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hard to completely immerse
yourself in the culture.
(Through AIESEC) I got to
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Spanish lifestyle — not as
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While the internship is
educationally valuable, it’s
also economically prudent,
Gembala said.
He said the hiring compa
ny pays enough to cover stu
dents’ housing, food and
transportation costs, as well
as a little personal spending
money.
“By far, an AIESEC
internship is the most inex
pensive way to live abroad,”
Gembala said.
AIESEC internships range
from two to 18 months.
Students can learn more by
attending tonight’s informa
tion session, or they can
send e-mails to
aiesecuga@aiesec.net.
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