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Show sTHE Eating Crow Doesn't Taste So Bad: TT 0 fJ UUrU UUilCU a UUUA, CUUU! III tinti After unum- - i McCammon rethinks some earlier criticism. Playing by a New Set of Rules: Feature writer Jennifer Mitchell details what she thinks is necessary to survive the college experience. Finding Balance: MONDAY, APRIL MATT CANHAM Chronicle Asst. News Editor PRICEUnder the recommendation of eight high-tec- h Chronicle News Writer Members of the faculty called into question the merits of free trade in North and South America at a panel discussion held Friday. The University of Utah Student Green Party hosted the event, which coincided with the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City, CanaU da. In the Summit, world leaders are negotiating the terms of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). FTAA is an extension of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and some panelists feel it will further deregulate trade among the countries of North and South America, and increase the amount of privately owned industry. NAFTA resulted in battles between local government and international corporations over Jaws regulating environment and labor, said U . Professor of Anghie, who participated in the discussion. He said FTAA will only aggravate the problem. 'Corporations can now bring dis- ster the number of engineering graduates while some state institutions would be left empty-hande- d. The state Board of Regents met Friday at the College of Eastern Utah intending to split the $1 million of ongoing funding and the $2.5 million in money between the state's public institutions, but instead the board was stymied by college presidents asking, "What about mc?" Now the Regents will hold a special meeting of its executive committee this week to determine whether to accept the industry recommendation or to distribute the money by themselves. The state Legislature allocated the $3.5 million one-tim- e to the Regents as the first installment in Gov. Michael O. Lcavitt's initiative to double the number of engineering graduates in five years and triple the number in eight. But before the Regents could hand it out, the Legislature said it must receive input from the private sector. Leavitt appointed n executives from companies such as Iomega Corp., Micron Technology and Novell, Inc., to the Technology Initiative Advisory Board. Leavitt made his appointments Monday and, without any time to review the situation, the executives convened in Salt Lake City Wednesday to make their recommendation. Regents Chairman Charles Johnson said the quick turnabout is needed so the money can go to use next Fall Semester. But before the executives sat down at the Regents' board room, representatives from each college decided how they would split the money. The engineering dean has suggested giving the U VOL 110 NO 152 ; -- against governments. It's it's now extraordinary; becoming accepted as standard," he putes quite said, Dinah Davidson, a biology professor at the U and a member of the panel, agreed. In 1997, the Ethyl Corporation sued the Canadian goved e $280,000 in ongoing and $700,000 in funds, while Utah State University and Weber State University would receive the second- - and amounts. However, the dean's plan would give every institution a share of the pie, with Utah Valley State College and Salt Lake Community College receiving a total of $350,000 and Southern Utah University, Snow College, Dixie State College of Utah and CEU all receiving $175,000 total. The advisory board thought that would be a poor business decision. "The funds should go where there is already a demand," said Ed Ekstrom of vSpring, who presented the advisory board's recommendations via speaker phone. "We need to support the immediate needs of the programs that arc one-tim- third-highe- st see INITIATIVE, page r' lOs k fJi-JfcVw- POETRY !N MOTION: Native American Awareness Week culminated with music and dancing in the union Ballroom on Saturday. rr 5 .j1''' 1 Law-Anton- y U.S.-own- 23, 2001 Industry Execs Favor U Bid For Engineering $ executives, the University of Utah would take the lion's share of the money allocated to bol- BOBBI PARRY U gymnastics team's best event helped cost the team the national title. The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice Since 1890 Students, Faculty Discuss Free Trade of the Americas The . ernment for banning the gasoline additive MMT, which the company used. The law "was considered an abridgement of free trade" by the company, Davidson said. The Canadian government agreed to pay the corporation $13 million see FTAA, page 6 Lawmaker Accuses School of Discrimination The University of Utah may have to face an audit exploring allegations of discrimination against applicants to the School of Medicine. who has served on Rep. Carl Saunders, the Utah State Legislature's Higher Education Appropriations Committee for several years, said he has heard dozens of complaints of discrimination applicants because of their against medical-schoethnic background, sex, religion andor the universities they attended. "Too many have come to my attention to be just immediately dismissed," Saunders said. "The U will have to...be more fair about its admission policies if it's found that there's any truth to these allega- and just manner," Saunders said. "I've brought this up just about every year that I've served in the Legislature." But according to Kim Wirthlin, U spokeswoman, the selection committee does not consider an applicant's geographic location, university, age, race, gender or religion when deciding whether to admit him or her. Wirthlin said, however, that she is not surprised when such allegations come up. The School of Medicine's selection committee has the "very difficult job of having to turn away good students," she said. "They often get accepted at other universities. We don't have the capacity to take all the good students who apply," Wirthlin said. About 1,200 people apply to the U's School of Medicine every year, about 100 of whom are accept- tions." ed. JARED WHITLEY Chronicle News Writer ol Saunders cited several instances of students rejected at the U's medical school but accepted elsewhere in the country. A member of Saunders' family, whose identity Saunders would not reveal to protect the individual's privacy, applied to the School of Medicine recently and was not accept"top-notc- h" ed. "I just cannot believe they are doing this in a fair The School of Medicine judges the merit of potential students according to criteria standards at other medical schools in the nation, Wirthlin continued. This criteria includes GPA, Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) scores, the individual's undergraduate degree, college and life experience, leadership, medical experience, community service, letters of recommendation, a written personal state U Looks At Options For Purchasing ment, and personal interviews. "Our admissions process is very fair," Wirthlin said. "It's an incredibly competitive environment." Saunders has heard complaints of the medical school giving preference to applicants over Utah applicants. Should an applicant from outside of Utah have identical qualifications as one from Utah, Saunders feels the Utah applicant should always be accepted. The School of Medicine should also have a policy of "no quotas," Saunders said. The only two quotas the school currently has are for Utah and Idaho residents, Wirthlin said. For a yearly class of about 100, the School of Medicine accepts a minimum of 75 Utah residents and eight Idaho students. The U has a special agreement with the state of Idaho, which has no medical school. Idaho pays the School of Medicine to take eight Idaho students. The medical school can also accept more Idaho students than the quota mandates. Of the 96 Idaho students who applied for the 2000 entering freshman class, exactly eight were accepted. "If they've agreed to take so many Idaho stu- - PRICE University of Utah PresiJ. Bernard Machcn turned down an offer from Salt Lake Community College to split space in a downtown building because he has his eye on a different location. In the shared location, the U would have offered continuing education courses. The U has searched for a strategic downtown site for a number of years, but before Machen will consider any other possibility he wants to see what happens to the Hansen Planetarium building. "That is our first option, and I want to play that one out," he said Friday at see SCHOOL, page 6 see DOWNTOWN, page 6 out-of-sta- te Downtown Facility MATT CANHAM Chronicle Asst. News Editor dent THE DAILY UTAH ONLINE CHRONICLE IS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT WWW.Utahchronicle.com |
