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Israel to withdraw from Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Israel began withdrawing
from Bethlehem, ending its patrols there as part of an
agreement to hand over the West Bank town to Palestinian
security control, Israel Radio said.
The agreement to hand over Bethlehem, along with the
Gaza Strip, to the Palestinians, was meant as a test case for
further transfers of authority in the West Bank.
Residents said that the Israeli-imposed curfew was still
in effect in the town, though Israel Radio and Israel Army
radio both reported that Israeli forces were no longer on
patrol there.
After back to back suicide attacks in Jerusalem in mid-
June, Israel sent its forces into seven of the eight main West
Bank cities and towns, imposing around the clock curfews.
In recent weeks, Israelis have been thinning out their forces
in the Palestinian communities and lifting the curfews
during the day.
The agreement, reached Sunday by Israeli Defense
Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer and his Palestinian counter
part, Interior Minister Abdel Razak Yehiyeh, was the first
security agreement the two sides had reached without U.S.
mediation in almost two years of fighting.
Amtrak train service
speeding up slowly
WASHINGTON — Amtrak
put nine of its Acela Express
passenger trains back into
duty on Monday, but the rail
way’s president said it will be
days before the high-speed
service returns to full
strength.
The first train left
Washington at 5 a.m. and
arrived in New York at about
7:50 a.m., seven minutes
behind schedule. Other
newly repaired trains left
Washington and Boston car
rying morning commuters.
Repair work continued on
nine other Acela Express
trains. All 18 were sidelined
most of last week after
inspectors found cracks
in shock-absorbing assem
blies beneath many of the
locomotives.
“We’ve gotten the easy
ones done,” said Amtrak
President David Gunn. “The
trains that are left are the
ones that are a little tougher
to repair.”
He said the railroad will
likely run just the nine Acela
Express trains “for the next
couple of days.”
Indiana University
is top party school
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. —
Indiana University was
crowned the nation’s No. 1
“party school” Monday in
an annual Princeton
Review survey that school
leaders and medical
experts derided as irre
sponsible and unscientific.
Following IU in the rank
ings were Clemson
University, the University of
Alabama-Tuscaloosa,
Pennsylvania State
University and the
University of Florida.
IU officials questioned
the No. 1 ranking. The
school, which didn’t appear
on the list last year, has
toughened its stance on
student drinking since the
1998 alcohol-related death
of a student.
In the past year, five IU
fraternities have been sus
pended or expelled for vio
lations of alcohol policies,
said Bill Stephan, the uni
versity’s vice president for
public affairs.
“I think there are some
serious questions about the
methodology of the study,
and it really calls into ques
tion the credibility of the
ranking,” Stephan said.
IU freshman Anya
Simonova said her school
may be perceived as a party
school, but noted that “it’s
getting quieter because
they’re cracking down
more.”
Town to create world's
largest ham biscuit
SMITHFIELD, Va. — The
phrase itself is enough to
strike fear in the most experi
enced baker: The World’s
Largest Ham Biscuit.
Yet, there is nowhere to
run for Roger Case and
Dwight Warren. They face a
waiting audience, a shot at
the Guinness World Records
book and a deadline.
On Sept. 28, Case and
Warren must make a mound
of dough rise and form a bis
cuit no smaller than 8 feet in
diameter. A forklift will assist
in the slicing and opening of
the biscuit, while it is dressed
with 450 pounds of
Smithfleld ham.
They are hoping the cre
ation will be the hit of
Smithfield’s 250th anniver
sary celebration.
“I’m kind of anxious,”
Case said. “And kind of nerv
ous. But it’s been a blast so
far.”
The Smithfleld Inn and
Smithfleld Foods, which are
sponsoring the celebration,
enlisted Case and Warren last
year to plan for what should
be a record-setting day. Their
task: bake a ham biscuit that
would feed 1,752 people to
commemorate the town’s
founding in 1752.
Judge celebrates long
life, desegregation
MACON — Though he was
born in South Carolina,
William A. Bootle left a last
ing mark on Georgia history.
The retired federal judge who
ordered the desegregation of
the University of Georgia cel
ebrated his 100th birthday
Monday.
“Someone asked me the
other day, ‘Wasn’t it hard to
make the decision to let
blacks in?”’ Bootle said. “I
said it wasn’t hard at all.
Once you decide what’s right,
the making of it is easy. Right
is right.”
In 1953 President
Eisenhower made him a fed
eral district judge.
In 1961, as the civil rights
movement grew, Bootle
ordered the University of
Georgia to admit Charlayne
Hunter and Hamilton
Holmes as the school’s first
black students.
In response, people in
Macon burned an effigy of
the judge, and Georgia’s gov
ernor threatened to cut the
university’s budget.
But the threats never
deterred Bootle. He ordered
the Bibb Transit Co. to inte
grate seating on its buses,
and ordered several middle
Georgia counties to restore
the names of blacks who
were removed from voter
rolls.
—Associated Press
Announcements
> The UGA Campus
Show, the Turquiose Lawn
Flamingos, the UGA’s resident
undergraduate improv troupe will
present their first show of the
2002-2003 season at 8 p.m. in
the Arena Theatre in the
Fine Arts Buidling. Information:
552-0603.
>■ Book signing, Dr.
Eugene Younts will sign copies
of his new book from 4 to 6 p.m.
today at Wray-Nicholson Flouse.
Information: 542-7644.
> Construction Advisory,
phase III of D.W. Brooks Drive to
a pedestrian mall is underway.
The road is now permantly
closed to it intersection with
Soule Street.
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Students seek less financial aid
By JEREMY CRAIG
jcraig@randb.com
Bucking a national trend,
applications for need-based
student financial aid at the
University have slightly
decreased since last year,
according to University
officials.
The U.S. Department of
Education reported a nation
wide 10 percent increase in
the number of applications
completed during the past
year.
But Susan Little, director
of the Office of Student
Financial Aid, said there was
a 2 percent decrease in the
number of completed appli
cations for need-based aid
such as federal loans, grants
and work-study programs.
“The economy in Georgia
was hit by the recession only
at its tail end, unlike other
states,” Little said. “We’re
not seeing the same situation
here as in other (southeast
ern) states.”
Jeffrey Humphreys, direc
tor of the Simon S. Selig, Jr.
Center for Economic Growth,
said the economy is out of a
recession but is holding out
on a recovery.
“The most likely scenario
is that we’re bouncing along
the bottom,” he said. “(The
economy) is waiting to get
momentum going, and it has
n’t.”
Little said there have been
no cuts to student aid at the
University.
“Every year, there are
increases to aid,” she said.
“This year, we may see slower,
more moderate increases.”
Student loan amounts
have remained stable, Little
said, adding that loans are
used to pay for tuition and
other expenses when grants
and scholarships are
unavailable.
“HOPE has helped to keep
the student loan volume
down,” she said.
Students received $60 mil
lion in student loans last
year, compared to $66 million
in federal direct loans,
Little said.
When loans and grants are
inaccessible and students
can’t get any other support
from their parents, she said
there remains another route
to make ends meet — work.
“We’ve seen a significant
number of students who get
little or no (financial) sup
port from their parents,”
Little said. “They have to
work to support themselves.”
She said other programs,
such as Federal
Supplemental Grants, low-
interest Perkins Loans and
work-study programs can
help such students.
Sachin Varghese, presi
dent of the Student
Government Association,
said the University should
do as much as it can to
allow students to take a full
class load and to not have to
work.
“But a lot of times it’s
impossible (to attend school
without working). We should
commend those who have
to work and take a full
load at the same time,” he
said. “It shows their
dedication to getting a good
education.”
Freshman class raises the academic bar
By TYLER DUCKWORTH
tduckwort@randb.com
The University’s ongoing attempt to
raise its academic reputation progressed
with this fall’s freshman class.
The 4,298 freshmen admitted for the
2002-2003 school year received higher
standardized test scores and had higher
GPAs than any other class in University
history.
“We have more graduates of Georgia
high schools every year (competing for
admission), so students admitted have
had higher test scores than in past years,”
said Vice President for Instruction Del
Dunn.
The average SAT score for this fall’s
freshman class was 1215, up eight points
from last year’s 1207 average, and the
average GPA was 3.71, up from 3.64 a year
ago, Dunn said.
Though the number of Georgia high
school graduates admitted is on the rise,
these students account for only 85 percent
of the class, said Director of Admissions
Nancy McDuff.
Among the class are 129 international
students, she said.
This year’s freshmen also contributed
to a rise in the University’s black student
population, Dunn said.
“We’re delighted that we have seen a
slight increase from 207 to 218 — so that’s
11,” he said. “But the class is smaller, so
percentage-wise, we’re up from 4.8 to 5.4
(percent).”
Along with the higher test scores and
GPAs, the University Honors Program has
seen the most dramatic results, said Jere
Morehead, associate provost and director
of the Honors Program.
“(Test scores for honors students are)
up dramatically from last year’s 1394 as
compared now to 1404, and last year’s
average GPA was 3.98 as compared to 4.0,”
he said.
Also, Morehead said this would mean
more challenging courses for courses,
which would bring the University closer to
its overall goal.
“We normally have approximately 10
percent of the freshman class admitted to
the Honors Program,” Morehead said.
FRESHMAN AVERAGES
Incoming Freshmen Fall 2002
12,800 applicants
4,298 enrolled
8,300 offered admission
52 percent show rate
Average GPA: 3.71
Average SAT: 1215
Average ACT: 26
120 High school valedictorians
Incoming Freshmen Fall 2001
11,600 applicants
4,495 enrolled
8,400 offered admission
54 percent show rate
Average GPA: 3.64
Average SAT: 1207
Average ACT: 26
“We’ve reached a critical threshold. To
have a 1404 SAT, that puts us in line with
the very best private liberal arts schools in
the country.”
NEWS NOTEBOOK
Professor named to
Jowdy Professorship
The University named
James W. Cooper to the
first Albert W. Jowdy
Professorship in Pharmacy
Care at the College of
Pharmacy.
A professor of clinical and
administrative pharmacy,
Cooper provided care
to more than 6,000 nursing
home patients and consult
ed with adult day
care, Alzheimer’s Disease
and Parkinson’s Disease sup
port groups and
hospices.
Cooper’s research includes
safe medication use, falls,
osteoporosis, pain manage
ment and use of pain med
ication in older adults. He
has received more than
$1.4 million in research
funding.
The Jowdy Professorship
honors the late Albert W.
Jowdy, professor emeritus at
the College of Pharmacy who
died in 2001.
Jowdy served at the
University for 19 years as
director of pharmaceutical
services.
The position promotes
excellence in pharmacy
instruction and scholarship.
— Jeremy Craig;
Contributing: University
News Service
School of Law selects
Woodruff Chair
The University’s School of
Law appointed Daniel M.
Bodansky, internationally
recognized expert in global
climate control, to fill its
Emily and Ernest Woodruff
Chair in International
Law.
Bodansky, who received
his juris doctor at Yale
University and bachelor’s
from Harvard University,
is recognized as an expert
on global climate control.
Bodansky served for the
University of Washington and
U.S. Department of State, as
well as a consultant to the
United Nations.
Other appointments
include Lonnie T. Brown,
Jr., who will serve as assistant
professor for civil procedure
and legal profession and
Kristen D.A. Carpenter, who
will join the faculty to teach
courses in contracts, evi
dence and jurisprudence.
Pennie Peck and Travis
M. Trimble were appointed to
serve as legal research and
writing instructors.
— Jessica Lee Reece
Law school establishes
two new professors
The University School of
Law recently appointed
endowed professorships to
two faculty members.
Professor Ed Larson
received the Talmadge Chair
endowment and Sarajane
Love was the recipient of the
Chaffin Professorship of
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Larson has been at the
University since 1987 and spe
cializes in biotechnology and
health care laws.
Larson is a joint professor
at the law school and
the history department,
where he also holds an
endowed chair, said David
Shipley, law school dean.
Love has been a faculty
member since 1984 and
specializes in the law of
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She is the inaugural
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Shipley said the profes
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educational and professional
fields.
“They are fine teachers,
well-published scholars, and
they are active in their
professions,” he said.
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