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Thursday, June 24, 2010 1 The Red a Black
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series of questions regard
ing citizenship status, tax
returns and address infor
mation to ensure students
are paying the correct
tuition amount.
“We think we have a
pretty solid system in exis
tence now with the ques
tions that students are
asked on their application
form,” Provost Jere
Morehead said.
“Whether the
Board wants us to
take it any further
and employ some
additional steps,
we’ll have to await
their clarifications.
But I have consult
ed with Board of
Regents staff mem
bers who have been
satisfied with what
we’ve been doing up to
this point."
Nancy McDuff, associ
ate vice president for
admissions, also said the
admissions system in place
at the University is a good
indicator of the enrolled
students’ citizenship sta
tus. The University has
admitted about 4,400
freshmen and 2,250 trans
fer students to begin this
fall.
“We have reviewed the
logic used in our determi
nation of citizenship and
have confirmed that it
works," McDuff said. “If we
do not have adequate
information. from the
response such as if a
student states that they
are a permanent resident
—then we can ask them
for more information or a
copy of appropriate docu
ments.”
The University Fact
Book of 2009 indicates
there were 2,181 interna
tional students enrolled at
the University from 133
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But Tom Jackson, vice
president for public affairs,
said he does not believe
there are any undocu
mented students.
“Under Regents’ rules,
an undocumented person's
not eligible for in-state
tuition or receipt of any
merit aid,” Jackson said.
“As far as we know we do
not have any undocument
ed aliens enrolled in the
University of Georgia
although the
Regents’ policy does
not preclude it.”
In Georgia, illegal
aliens are permitted
to attend public uni
versities under the
condition that they
pay out-of-state
tuition, yet they are
not allowed to be in
the country.
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Millsaps said the Illegal
Immigration Reform and
Responsibility Act of 1996
is very specific in what it
will and will not allow for
postsecondary education.
An undocumented stu
dent is ineligible to receive
any federal or state aid,
scholarships or loan pro
grams.
“If the intent of the fed
eral law was to prohibit
postsecondary education,
that’s all they had to say.
You wouldn’t need to tell
someone who couldn’t
even go to college that
they’re not eligible for a
federal loan,” Millsaps
said. “The effort to enu
merate the benefits to
which illegal aliens were
not entitled to as a post
secondary student is clear
ly an indication that post
secondary education itself
was not prohibited.”
Millsaps said by paying
out-of-state-tuition,
undocumented students
would not be receiving any
government benefits.
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"It’s clear that sldmis
sion itself is not the bene
fit, but the in-state tuition
would be considered a
benefit because it’s being
subsidized by the state,”
Millsaps said. “That's the
interpretation by the fed
eral government.”
However, State Senator
John Wiles (R-Marietta)
said he did not agree with
the way the Board of
Regents has interpreted
federal law.
“I think that interpreta
tion is wrong based on the
lawyers I’ve talked to,”
Wiles said. “More impor
tantly, tuition is not the
frill cost of being educated
in the state of Georgia.
There are many other ben
efits. For instance, the
General Assembly helps
fund research and eminent
scholars on a regular basis.
Once again, general funds
are being used to pay for
education.”
Wiles and 14
other state senators
have written a let
ter to the Board of
Regents saying they
do not think illegal
aliens should even
be attending school
in the University
System of Georgia
regardless of wheth
er they’re paying
out-of-state tuition
or not.
The letter also states
the “Board of Regents
seems to be engaged in
verbal gymnastics in an
effort to escape the obvi
ous and frill application of
law."
"I believe very strongly
that the mere fact that
they pay tuition doesn’t
matter,” Wiles said.
“Additionally, why are we
educating someone who
has no right to work in the
state of Georgia when they
graduate?”
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South Carolina is the
only state which denies
admission of undocument
ed students into public
universities.
Wiles said passing sim
ilar legislation is being
discussed in Georgia as
well.
“If the Regents won’t
follow what we believe to
be the clear dictates of
federal law, when we get
back in session in January,
it’ll be very clear what the
law is,” Wiles said.
But Wiles also empha
sized the Regents are an
independent function of
state government, so they
can act Independently.
As of now, if a student is
found to be undocument
ed, the Regents will review
the situations on a case
by-case basis.
Millsaps said if the stu
dent has been truthful in
his application but has
been paying in-state
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a single university in
Georgia because an illegal
alien has taken their spot.
“I think if someone is an
illegal alien, they should
not be allowed to attend
the University of Georgia
no matter what they pay,”
Wiles said. “They have no
right to be in the United
States legally, nor do they
have a right to work in the
United States, so they
should not be in our
schools.”
Wiles said the bottom
line is that state resources
should go to students who
are here legally.
“I think the students
need to understand that
we strongly support edu
cating Georgians and
those from other states
and countries that are here
legally,” Wiles said. “In this
time of incredible budget
problems, we don’t think
any resources should be
used for people who are
not in the United States
legally.”
From the University’s
standpoint, Jackson said
University officials are
awaiting frirther guidance
from the Board of Regents
and will do what is asked
of them.
“We believe that the
Regents' policy and the
acts of the University of
Georgia comply with state
and federal law, and if the
law changes we’ll comply,”
he said.
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Ron Hamlin, manager
of Campus Transit, placed
a call to the University
Police about a Are on East
Campus Road next to
Sanford Stadium, accord
ing to a University Police
report.
Hamlin called at 3:37
p.m. on June 12. The
Clarke County arrived to
put out the fire, which had
damaged several bails of
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tuition, his admis
sion would not be
revoked. Instead, he
would have to begin
paying out-of-state
tuitlon.
Wiles, on the
other hand, said
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▲ Seafood harvesting in the Gulf of Mexico
has been slowed by the oil spill in the area,
raising costs for local restaurants.
Higher costs for
seafood won’t hit
Athens diners
By SARAH JEAN DOVER
The Red & Black
Even though it’s hundreds of miles away, the oil spill
in the Gulf of Mexico is causing Athens restaurants to
pay increased prices for some seafood. Local patrons,
however, likely won’t see the effects on menu prices.
“So far we’ve seen an increase in shrimp prices
well over 50 percent,” said Brett McCullough, owner
and chef of Brett’s Casual American.
McCullough said Brett's Casual American did pur
chase U.S. wild-caught shrimp from the Gulf, which
are no longer available since the spill.
In anticipation of the price increase, the restaurant
purchased several cases of another variety of shrimp
to try to bypass the changes in supply and demand.
Much of the seafood served at Brett’s Casual
American is not affected by the oil spill and are pur
chased from other regions such as South America.
Robert Burch, co-owner of Gnat’s Landing, said
many customers have begun asking where the seafood
is from, and said he has seen prices of anything related
to seafood go up across the board.
The restaurant’s seafood except oysters is pur
chased mainly from the Atlantic Coast.
Burch said Gnat’s Landing has experienced diffi
culty in purchasing oysters recently, but not because
of the oil spill. Its oysters are purchased from
Apalachicola Bay in Florida and are difficult to harvest
in warm water temperatures this time of year.
Much of the seafood on Square One Fish Company’s
menu is purchased from overseas locations.
Joe Cascio, owner and chef of Square One, has just
as much concern for the environment as he has for his
restaurant.
However. Cascio said he doubted the loss of shrimp
from the Gulf of Mexico would have a major impact on
the rest of the country’s seafood industry, as most is
bought frozen overseas.
“Only 7 percent of shrimp used is coming from the
Gulf region,” he said.
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bushes at Demosthenian
According to a
University Police report,
an officer came upon
University student Ethan
James Vanhazebroeck uri
nating in the bushes near
Demosthenian Hall at
around 1:40 a.m. on June
18.
The report stated that
Vanhazebroeck smelled
of alcohol and claimed
only to have had a “drink
or two.”
Once the officer deter
mined Vanhazebroeck was
underage. He was placed
under arrest.
According to the
report. Vanhazebroeck
admitted to having used a
fake license, found on his
person, to purchase alco
hol downtown. After being
transported to the
University police station,
Vanhazebroeck submitted
to a Breathalyzer test,
blowing a .142 and .144.
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turned over to the Clarke
County jail and charged
with underage possession
and possession of a false
ID.
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