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Workers demand better benefits
University workers want
better benefits, better child
care and better working
conditions. At least that
was the message of more
than 40 demonstrators.
Some demanded better
pay for non-salary workers
at the University while oth
ers raised concern for child
care at a rally downtown
on Labor Day.
Joseph Smith, a junior
psychology major from
Athens, introduced a peti
tion to demand better pay
and benefits for non-sala
ried workers at the
University. The Economic
Justice Coalition will pres
ent the petition to the
University Council, Smith
said.
“Of course [the
University] has increased
the 500 permanent employ
ee wages,” said Linda
Lloyd, director of the EJC
and one of the rally’s
organizers. “But we are
talking about over 2,000
temporary employees with
Latina community enters into Greek life
By SARAH WATKINS
The Red & Black
Not only is Lambda Theta Alpha
Latin Sorority the first Latina soror
ity at the University, it also is consid
ered the first Latina sorority in the
country.
Natalia Suarez, the sorority’s
president, said the organization was
founded nationally in 1975.
She said the 30 year difference
between the national founding and
the founding at the University was
due to a smaller number of Latina
students at the time.
The group began at the University
in 2005, according their Web site.
Daniela Gonzales, Lambda Theta
Alpha’s chapter orientation advisor,
said at the sorority’s founding it con
sisted of nine sisters.
“A lot more people know who we
are now, especially in the Latina
community,” Gonzales said. “For
Latinas, Greek life is unknown, it is a
new concept.”
As for gaining new members,
Suarez said the sorority is more
SGA site ‘connects students’
By CLAIRE MILLER
The Red & Black
The Student
Government Association
will launch www.georgi
astudentopinion.com next
week as a way to keep
University students across
the state connected,
according to McCoy Pitt,
the co-chairman of SGA’s
external affairs committee.
“The Web site serves as
a central location for
all students in the
University System of
Georgia to discuss issues
that affect their respective
institutions,” Pitt wrote in
an e-mail.
The Web site, created by
Pitt and his co-chair Brent
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And for some of the cadets, it’s not just
any run.
“Anything we can do to remind people
what happened is good,” said Erin Spreg,
a senior from Marietta and a cadet cap
tain in the Army ROTC. “It’s team build
ing, too.”
Spreg explained they would be running
at a slower pace, which will be a different
experience for her. She said they usually
run in small groups according to their
LAW: Contact with China important
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handled some of them.
The officials, however,
liked America’s democrat
ic system and thought the
U.S. government was very
fair.
Klein said the officials
did not say American poli
cies were better than
Chinese policies.
But they listened and
diplomatically absorb the
information, he said.
Liu said interaction
with China is important
because, “there is so much
attention on China right
now. It is growing so fast
that it is important for the
University to strategically
have a connection to
China.”
“After having the most
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no benefits.”
Susan Mattem, an asso
ciate professor of History
and member of Child Care
UGA, announced a rally for
on-campus child care at
Tate Plaza on Thursday,
Sept. 27 at 2:30 p.m.
“There is no more fun
damental necessity than
quality child care,” said
Mattem. “We are hoping
that UGA, which is the
largest employer in Athens,
will step up and become an
employer that supports
child care for all of its com
munity: its faculty, staff,
and all its low-wage work
ers.”
“[We’re] highlighting the
commonalities between all
lower-wage workers as
opposed to focusing on dif
ferences,” said Sarah
Himmelheber, a social
worker from Athens. “We
want to show that fair
wages and decent working
concerned with quality than
quantity and also looks to grow
nationally.
However, the sorority does not
only consist of Latinas. Suarez said
the group is not exclusive and that
their main goal is to “empower
women as a whole.”
Sophomore Jessica Ochoa, who
became a Lambda Theta Alpha sis
ter in the spring of 2007, said
“My sisters are always there for me if
I ever need anything. They are like a
second family.”
Founded as an academic sorority,
Gonzales said the sorority’s goals
include community and political
activism.
She said this year the sorority
plans to host the second annual Mr.
and Ms. Latino UGA as a big fund
raiser for the group.
They also plan to host events
with different campus organizations
for Latin Heritage Month.
According to the Office of
Institutional Research, in 2006, there
were 528 Hispanic undergraduates
at the University.
Wierson, will allow students
to discuss bills, petitions
and other student govern
ment news by navigating
through the tabs at the top
of the Web page and post
ing to the Web site.
“We wanted to make
sure that students had the
tools necessary to discuss
issues relating to statewide
education such as the pro
posed elimination of taxes
on textbooks (House Bill
141) or student representa
tion of the Board of
Regents,” Pitt wrote.
Pitt and Wierson came
up with the idea for the
site as a way to better con
nect students at all the
universities in the
University System of
personal times. '
“I’m proud to do something thing like
that for my country and to remember
those people,” said Will Kelley, a senior
from Zebulon and batallion commander.
“I’m pretty pumped about it.”
Spreg emphasized the significance the
run holds for many members of both
AFROTC and ROTC.
“We’re the ones who’ll be fighting.
We’ve already lost some alumni because of
the fighting that resulted from Sept. 11,”
said Spreg.
amazing time there, I hope
to return to China upon
graduation to work and
live for a few years
before returning to the
States.
Having a tremendous
international experience
through this wonderful
program allowed me to be
more open to international
work, travel, and more,”
Steel said.
Application information
can be found at
http://www.icdg.uga.edu/
spotlight_o7-04china.php.
The University’s Dean
Rusk Center also offers
students the opportunity
to travel to China and
familiarize students with
the culture.
The program lasts for
three weeks and allows
conditions are things that
all people deserve.”
The crowd left the Arch,
circled through downtown,
and stopped at City Hall
where Food Not Bombs
provided free food as
Latino folk group Incatepec
performed.
Afterwards, speakers
from groups such as Child
Care UGA, the Living Wage
Network, Coalition Somos
America and the United
Food and Commercial
Workers Union addressed
the crowd.
“We’re celebrating the
right to organize and get
better pay,” Lloyd said.
Accenting the cross-cul
tural theme of the days
events, Nick Stanojevich, a
senior International Affairs
major from Marietta, led
the crowd in bilingual
chants. “El pueblo, unido,
jamas sera vencido,” he
said. “The people united
will never be divided.”
Andre Gallant
Georgia, he wrote.
“The Web site will not
simply benefit students
actively involved in student
government, but it will also
benefit any student inter
ested in discussing these
issues,” Pitt wrote. “They
will be able to communi
cate across the entire
University System of
Georgia, share ideas, dis
cuss issues, view contro
versial bills from the legis
lature, keep informed on
recent and important
events, vote on particular
issues, and, if needed, pres
ent a unified voice.”
The Web site is under
construction and should be
available starting next
week, Pitt wrote.
students the chance to
study in Beijing and
Shanghai, the Web site
says.
It is open to University
law students as well, as
students from other uni
versities, foreign law
schools and attorneys fur
thering their education.
“With China coming on
the scene so strong in the
past couple of years, there
is something to be gained.
Law students will be deal
ing more and more with
issues dealing with China,
said Andre Barbie, assis
tant director of the Dean
Rusk Center.
Barbie said the program
is in its third year and is
trying to expand the pro
gram to add another credit
for students in 2008.
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