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Nancy
McDuff
ensures
that spring
admits are
able to
transition
smoothly.
Univ.
welcomes
deferred
freshmen
By COLIN DUNLOP
The Red & Black
Attention all upperclass
men: there has been an
invasion.
On Jan. 8, an unusually
large group of 202 new first
year students enrolled at
the University to no pro
test to begin classes this
spring.
The University accepted
the students and deferred
their enrollment to the
spring semester as part of
an initiative to spread out
first-year enrollment over a
12-month period.
Concerns about resourc
es and maximizing the
University’s capacity were
behind the initiative, said
Nancy McDuff, associate
vice president for admis
sions and enrollment man
agement.
“The University was
looking at a way to have a
capacity for 5,000,” she
said. “We had brought in a
5,000 freshman class in
summer-fall before it’s
just too many students for
the residence hall space
and the core classes most
of the students need to
take.”
Typically, 25 to 30 first
year students enroll in the
spring, having deferred
their fall admission for
medical reasons or extraor
dinary opportunities,
McDuff said.
Starting one semester
later than their cohorts
may seem like a disadvan
tage for these students, but
the University took extra
measures to avoid handi
capping the late arrivals.
“We didn’t put any
restrictions on what stu
dents did in the fall,”
McDuff said. “We said ‘if
you want to attend college
somewhere else you can.’”
After the fall, if students
chose to matriculate to the
University, their credits
transferred just like an
advanced placement or
joint enrollment credit.
If students enrolled with
no credits, they should
have little to no problems
getting started with their
core classes, said Jere
Morehead, vice president
for instruction.
“My office works closely
with the Franklin College
and we communicate back
and forth about the num
ber of open seats,” he said.
Though everyone may
not get their first choice of
classes, Morehead said,
overall he has felt the
spring admissions have
been a success.
Accommodating the
new additions ran smooth
ly for University Housing.
Shay Little, director of resi
dence hall administrative
operations, said all first
year spring admits have
been accommodated,
mostly in the freshman
dorms.
“Very few actually pref
erenced to live [in East
Campus Village],” she said.
“Most of the students are
in those first-year residence
halls.”
McDuff explained
between the fall and spring,
about 200 beds open up in
the residence halls because
of graduation and other
reasons.
Filling other openings
were about 950 transfer
students who had more
than 30 hours of transfer
able credit accumulated at
other universities. This
showed an increase of
about 75 students over
years prior, according to
the Office of Admissions.
McDuff said the
University is responding to
this large demand by mak
ing the system more com
petitive.
The University has
approved an increase of the
minimum transfer grade
point average for students
with 60 or more hours in an
effort to keep those admis
sions competitive.
The minimum GPA
determined by grades in
transfer-eligible classes
only will increase from a
2.5 to a 2.8. The policy
change will take effect for
students enrolling in spring
2010.
Fraternity raises S7SK for charity
By KATIE VALENTINE
The Red & Black
Last semester, the Beta chap
ter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon raised
a record-setting $75,000 for their
sole philanthropy, The Leukemia
and Lymphoma Society.
The total is the largest amount
raised in the 37 years that the fra
ternity has participated in this
campaign, beating last year’s total
of $59,356 and surpassing this
year’s goal of $65,000.
Dyer Rothrock, philanthropy
chair for the fraternity, credits
Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s 36 fresh
men for the success of the under
taking.
“It’s the first-year members
who are responsible for raising
this money,” Rothrock said. “They
each have a set amount to raise,
and they send out letters to family
members, friends and businesses
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Yonis said she believes
the American media has
a strong pro-Israel spin
because of the U.S. gov
ernment’s support of
Israel.
“Even though the U.S.
media is supposed to be
unbiased, they are very
pro-Israel,” she said.
“You’ll see in stories at the
beginning that two Israeli
soldiers were killed, and
then at the bottom that
10 [Palestinian] children
are dead, so you can see
the priorities.”
Hadas Peles, a senior
from Los Angeles, is a
member of Dawgs for
Israel and lived in Israel
for the first 10 years of her
life. She said though the
violence is unfortunate, it
is understandable.
“My dad was actually on
a bus that a bomb was
thrown on, so I know what
it’s like to experience ter
rorism first hand, and
have to rush to the hospi
tal and experience that
terror,” she said.
“You have to look at the
fighting this way. If Mexico
or Canada threw one
bomb or rocket at the
U.S., the U.S. would have
to defend itself, and there
have been thousands of
rockets thrown at citizens
of Israel. It’s been eight
years of rockets and
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The amount of work-study
money allocated for universities
is determined by a Congressional
appropriation, said Jay Mooney,
associate director for Office of
Student Financial Aid, in an
interview Friday.
“FWS is limited money. We
are allocated X number of dollars
each year. Therefore it is limit
ed,” Mooney said. “The amount
of the appropriation each institu
tion receives is determined by
the U.S. Department of
Education.”
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and ask them to donate.”
Paul Liles, a freshman SAE
member from Concord, N.C., said
he sent letters to his friends and
family explaining what the society
was and asking them to donate
whatever they could, c; ■
“I raised SI,BOO, which was the
minimum, but some people raised
a lot more,” Liles said. “One fresh
man, Duncan Walker, raised more
than $6,000 by himself, which was
the most raised by anyone this
year.”
The entire process took about
three months to complete. In
addition to the freshmens’ work,
35 members of the fraternity par
ticipated in the “Light the Night
Walk” in Athens, an annual,
nationwide event that raises
money for The Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society.
One source of support for the
campaign stemmed from of a
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Jan. 10. Students also participated in marches in Atlanta when attacks began in December.
bombs shot over Gaza
toward Israel, and Israel
has to protect its citizens
... The rocket launching
greatly escalated to the
point where conditions
were no longer livable,”
she said.
Peles said she appreci
ated that President-elect
Barack Obama had stated
he supported Israel, and
felt he was the right per
son to help resolve issues
affecting the area.
“I hope he- helps them
sooner rather than lat
er, because [President]
George Bush waited until
the last year of his presi
dency to help the Israeli
people,” Peles said.
The University received
$939,386 in work-study allocation
for the 2008-2009 schpol year,
Mooney said. The University
does not know what money will
be appropriated to them for next
year, he said.
Mooney said funds are “never
identical, but fairly close” every
year and said he doesn’t expect
next year’s funds to decrease
drastically.
The Department of Education
gives each institution a prelimi
nary amount, which is an esti
mate of how much funding will
be given in a year, Mooney said.
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Zaid Jilani, a junior from
Kennesaw, supports an
organization called
J-Street that serves as a
way for progressive
Jewish-Americans to call
for a ceasefire in Palestine.
He also works with Athens
for Justice in Palestine
and attends several rallies
meant to call for a cease
fire.
“On a personal level, I’ve
met so many people from
that area. You see it as a
kind of extension of friend
ship to be able to under
stand what your friends
are going through, worry
ing about their loved ones
and the challenges they
faced when they were liv
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tragic event for the fraternity.
Rothrock said SAE lost Greer
Yorke, one of its first-year mem
bers, who fell from a cliff in
Sewanee, Tenn. in October.
Yorke’s mother chose to dedicate
all donations sent in his honor to
the society.
Through the support of his
mother, his friends and family,
more than $3,000 was raised in his
memory, Rothrock said.
The fraternity’s history with
cancer influenced its decision to
choose The Leukemia and
Lymphma Society for its philan
thropy. In 1971, former SAE presi
dent Hamilton Goss Ansley 111
passed away from leukemia. In his
memory, the fraternity adopted
the the society as their philan
thropy.
Since then, the fraternity has
raised more than $1 million to
fight leukemia, lymphoma,
ing there,” Jilani said.
Judeh and Jilani par
ticipated with many in a
ceasefire rally in Atlanta
on Saturday, one of many
rallies held around the
world in major cities to
demonstrate for peace in
Gaza.
“I really enjoyed the
experience,” Jilani said. “I
was surprised at how
diverse the crowd was ... I
was really happy to see
such a diverse crowd
because it’s not really
something that affects
Arabs and Jewish-
Americans, it affects
everyone. Plus, our coun
try is involved. It’s in
everyone’s interest to see
“It’s not advised, but we are
given a preliminary amount by
late February, early March,” he
said. “We work with the prelimi
nary. We don’t anticipate this
amount but work with it.”
To participate in a work-study
program next year, students
must fill out student aid forms
early.
“If you do not submit your
FAFSA very early (and complete
verification if selected), you will
not be considered for FWS,” Fern
said in the e-mail to current
work-study students. s“lt will
not matter that your department
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Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma.
This year the society awarded
SAE the Dr. Kenneth B. McCredie
award for supporting the society
for five years and raising more
than $1 million.
For the future, Rothrock said
he plans to organize more events
for the spring to continue to raise
more for the philanthropy.
“I’m hoping to do either a box
ing event or a battle of the bands
this semester,” he said.
Wes Fugate, adviser to the
Interfraternity Council, said
Sigma Alpha Epsilon is consis
tently one of the top fundraisers
for charity at the University each
year.
“The IFC is always supportive
and proud of the charity work our
fraternity members do,” he said,
“and we congratulate SAE on
their outstanding accomplish
ment.”
wants to hire you back.”
In addition to the FWS alloca
tion provided by the U.S.
Department of Education, par
ticipating institutions are
required to match 25 percent of
the money allocated, Mooney
said.
“We will not know what
adjustments may need to be
made to the program until we
receive our allocation figure for
the 2009-2010 award year,” he
said. “We are not aware of federal
FWS funds reduction at this time
as compared to the funding lev
els in prior years.”
peace, and I’m glad that
[at the ceasefire rally]
there wasn’t just one
group or demographic.”
“The people who are
involved in the movement
here in the U.S. aren’t
doing so out of hate or
demonization of Palestine
and Israel,” Jilani said.
“All we’re trying to say
is our country should work
as a fair negotiator to all
sides to bring peace. If we
only focus on peace to
Israei, it will only hurt all
sides in the long run,
including Israel. We really
just want to value every
one’s lives fairly, and see
peace in the long-run,” he
said.
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