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Class elimination leaves students angry
POLINA MAR I NOVA
The Red & Buck
Students enrolled in
Amharic language classes
at the African Studies
Institute went to class the
first day of school only to
be turned away.
The AMHAIOOI and
AMHA2OOI courses, with a
total enrollment of 30 stu
dents, were cancelled for
fall semester.
“We never got an official
e-mail from OASIS saying
Visa issues
complicate
traveling
By MARIANA HEREDIA
The Red & Buck
Certain international students
at the University face a choice
stay in the United States and fin
ish their studies, or go back to
their own country and risk their
ability to return in exchange for
the comfort of a familiar language,
a familiar place or simply, a fami
ly-
international students from
countries such as Iran, Libya,
Somalia and North Korea are
subject to single-entry visas —a
travel document that only allows
them to enter the United States
once. If they decide to leave, for
any reason, they must reapply for
a visa.
Setting them back at square
one.
“It is a nightmare not to see
your family for years," said Shima
Dastgheib, an Iranian graduate
student.
Like many others, Dastgheib
has faced the realities of a single
entry visa. If she wanted to see
her family, to attend a conference
or to get married outside the
country, she would have to go
through the application process
again.
Such a procedure may take
anywhere from a few weeks to a
year. During this time, foreign
students wishing to reenter the
United States must reapply at a
U.S. embassy; however, there is
no U.S. embassy in Iran. Students
in this circumstance must travel
to another country in order to
obtain their visas.
Robin Catmur, Director of
International Student, Scholar
and Immigration Services at the
University said the United States
issues visas primarily based on
insuring security, protecting the
U.S. work force and promoting
international trade.
She also said international stu
dents with a multiple-entry visa
awarded for a short period of time
may go through this same situa
tion.
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that the class has been
cancelled,” said Ethio
Hunachew, a senior from
Lilbum. "Students went to
the class, and we found out
they actually told Professor
[Kedebe] Qessesse not to
show up. They were turn
ing away students without
any kind of notice.”
Each semester students
petition for the Amharic
language courses because
the classes cannot be
Qffered if there are fewer
than 10 students. Though
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By JULIA CARPENTER
The Red & Black
The University may be ranked the top
party school in the nation by the Princeton
Review, but it was conspicuously absent from
a 1987 party school list in Playboy magazine.
“We no longer rank UGA as it is unfair to
put professionals on a list of amateurs," the
story stated.
That same “work hard, play hard” mental
ity the original Playboy story embodied lives
on in the hearts of University alumni, even as
controversy surrounds the Bulldog Nation’s
newest championship title.
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there was enough student
interest this semester, the
class was cancelled.
“For me, this is just
highly unprofessional,”
Hunachew said. “We didn’t
even get a notice or any
thing, and people were
really looking forward to
this class. It just doesn’t
make sense.”
Hunachew said there
are Swahili classes with
fewer than 10 students, so
she doesn't understand
why the Amharic course
Construction increases traffic on busy roads
Students upset
by gridlock
By STEPHANIE MOODIE
The Red & Black
Construction and roadwork in
the East Campus area is worsening
back to school traffic and causing
some students to be late to class
not the best way to make a good
first impression.
The University Physical Plant
worked through the summer to try
and finish the road construction on
East Campus before the first day of
class, but they ended up a little
short on time with the project com
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was cancelled.
However, class enroll
ment wasn’t the issue.
“We have been in a situ
ation where we did not
have faculty with the exper
tise to provide the course,”
said Garnett Stokes, dean
of Franklin College of Arts
and Sciences. “Last year,
the teaching assistant, 'at
the very last moment, was
unable to offer the class.
The African Studies
Institute scrambled and
found Mr. Gessesse to pick
“Being the No. 1 party school means that
we beat Florida, and any time we beat Florida
is a good thing,” said Chuck Henry, a 1986
alumnus music major.
Henry said he enjoyed his time in Athens’
“golden era” but believes students have the
skill sets necessary to balance active social
lives with their many academic responsibili
ties.
“Back when we were in school, it was big
time partying. Those were the years with
Herschel Walker," he said. “I made good
grades, but I went to a vigorous high school.
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ing to a close just last week.
“We are finished repaving the
road, but we must re-stripe the
pavement with thermoplastic mark
ing the road should be good for
about 10 years,” said Dexter Adams,
the director of grounds.
A number of students have had
trouble during their commutes.
“I have been late for class every
day since the first day of school— I
even tried walking from North
Campus to East Campus because
the bus was so late, and it was a
long walk I was still late on top of
everything,” said Subomi Adeyemo,
a senior who uses the buses to get
to class.
Adams said the Physical Plant
has done its best to regulate the
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up the Amharic class in the
spring. But at that time I
had discussions with oth
ers in the college, and we
made the decision that it
was not appropriate for the
instruction of an entire lan
guage to be dependent
upon non-faculty espe
cially part-time people
without terminal degrees
in the area.”
Hunachew said the
entire situation is “very
infuriating," and though
the students in the class
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are upset, she empathizes
with her professor the
most.
"I felt so bad for him,”
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traffic that tends to build between
the hours of 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 4
p.m. to 5 p.m.
“Our employees are required to
obtain flagging certification to give
clear, safe directions while asking
people to drive,” Adams said.
Senior Sarah Conkin said getting
from East Campus to Loop 10 is
frustrating.
“I have to determine how long I
will have to be waiting in traffic,”
Conkin said.
Some students think there are
other causes of the traffic, and have
solutions about how to ease the
congestion around East Campus.
Graduate student Jeremiah
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defended
cancelling
the course.