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Council ends controversies

Following a passionate debate over student safety, a sharply divided University Council voted Thursday to schedule the 2002 fall break on the week of the Georgia-Florida football game.   The council’s vote came after a student emotionally recalled how two of his friends died in a 1997 car wreck on the way to the game [...]

Council to vote on fall break

When it comes to the University Council’s vote today on the future of fall break, some administrators say the voice of the student body must be heard.   Three of the University’s top administrators — Vice President for Student Affairs Richard Mullendore, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Victor Wilson and Director of University Housing [...]

Fall Break

Regardless of where the University Council schedules next year’s fall break, professors are almost certain to find classrooms full of empty seats the week of the Georgia-Florida football game.   This was the consensus of more than 300 students interviewed by The Red & Black outside Stegeman Coliseum Monday morning. The students, who camped out [...]

Committee rejects credit hour proposal

A proposal requiring all full-time students to enroll for 30 hours of courses each calendar year has been rejected by the University Council’s Educational Affairs Committee. Committee members, however, didn’t reject the proposal because they felt it would be too cumbersome for students; they rejected it because the average full-time undergraduate already takes 31.9 hours [...]

Fall break gets fifth proposal

Plagued by scheduling conflicts, University officials once again have reconsidered fall break’s placement on the 2002 master calendar. Now considering its fifth proposal, the University Council’s Educational Affairs Committee has recommended fall break be moved to Oct. 7-8, the Monday and Tuesday following Georgia-Alabama football game in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The new proposal, however, could do [...]

Student arrested in Middle East

Editor’s note: The Red & Black has chosen not to publish the name of the arrested student in this article. Friends and mentors of a University student arrested overseas on charges of illegal religious recruitment say they consider him a religious zealot and a "devout leader."   The student is accused of distributing illegal Christian [...]

Summer school solution unpopular

To offset a potential loss of ‘tens of millions of dollars’ in state funding, University officials recently said they are considering a proposal to make summer school mandatory for all undergraduates. A few administrators have offered only mild support for the proposal, and even fewer students say they would support a summer school requirement. In [...]

Police don’t fear fall break changes

The seating capacity of Sanford Stadium: 86,520. The number of University police officers working on game days: nearly 80. For University Police Chief Chuck Horton, football home games mean emotionally charged pigskin fans outnumber his staff more than 1,000 to one. ‘You can just do the math,’ Horton said. ‘They can’t stop that mass.’ Horton’s [...]

Task force suggests credit-hour solutions

Faced with a mounting financial crisis, University administrators are studying ways to increase the number of courses taken by students, including a proposal for mandatory summer school. Although the summer school proposal lacks administrative support, 21 other recommendations, some equally controversial, are under consideration to help the University overcome its financial woes, said University Provost [...]

Multiple reasons for students’ fewer hours

Nicki Smith doesn’t work part-time just to earn extra spending money to go out with friends. The senior from Atlanta says she works to pay her bills. Smith currently juggles two part-time jobs as a cashier at Cookies & Company Cafe and as an English tutor for University athletes. But she’s also a full-time student [...]

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