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Show THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE . & I m jTit i S" THURSDAY, APRIL t,9 jf-- 4 jr WILL BETTMANN The Utah Statesman ' dents. Terrell asked the student if he believed he had a right to destroy private property if he felt an idea was wrong. After some thought, the student replied he did feel he had that right. Terrell ended up referring the student to the counseling center, and said she was criticized by both gay students (who felt she'd been too easy on the student) and some straight students, (who felt she may have been trying to "brainwash" the student with counseling). She went on to praise the Pride Alliance for its The Rev. Steven Epperson, keynote speaker at the Utah State University Gay and Lesbian Pride Day, urged USU students to acknowledge "the inher2nt worth and dignity of every person not some people, not most people every person." The event was held Wednesday by the Pride Alliance. Epperson, a minister at the South Valley Unitarian Universalis! Society, said he agreed with his son, who views gay rights as the key social issue of oxir time. He told the audience about a time when he, his wife and a friend had been verbally assaulted and called "fags," and he said mainstream organizations third-annu- al should take a moral stand. "Religious and civic institutions often contribute to an atmosphere of intolerance and violence," he said. "Sometimes you have to take a stand on in issue, a generation or two before the mainstream, just because it's the right thing to do Other speaKers at the event included Pride Alliance Tim Nuttle and Sarah Benan-t- i, Associate Students of USU President Steve Palmer, and Vice President of Student Services Patricia TcrrelL Terrell related her experiences with gay students over the years at a couple of different institutions. When she was the assistant vice president for student affairs at the University of Louisville, she had to deal with three students who burned a banner advertising "blue jeans day," a day in which students are encouraged to wear blue jeans in support of gay stu Acceptance Rates Look for our last issue of the year tomorrow! Gay .Pride Day tnt 26, 2001 C 7-- within" irap8Waut Lwitm riper folk story!" 3 LJ . 4 v Chunh work on campus. "I applaud the Pride Alliance for helping to make this campus welcoming not just to straight students, but to those who are gay," she said. Palmer spoke mainly about the role of ASUSU on campus and encouraged the audience to get involved with student government. He also said USU was lucky to have a diverse student body, and that clubs like the Pride Alliance were a big part of such divers' ityBenanti, wearing 3 rainbow cape and introduced by Nuttle as "Superdyke," said she was leaving USU to work for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force in Washington, D.C. She thanked members of the Pride Alliance for their support. "When I came out a year and a half ago, it was easy because I had so much love and support," she said. Nuttle said he was pleased with the event. "I think it's going great. The weather's beautiful. We're getting a lot of support. It was good to hear support from ASUSU and from Pat Terrell" he said. U WIRE -- : REGISTRY WORRY-- I) Drop in Many Ivy League Schools 3 EASY WAYS TO REGISTER: ROSHNI JAIN Daily Pennsylvanian mi If IT Students around the world with aspirations of scaling the Ivy wall may have to strive a little harder as admission rates hit record lows this year. Harvard University made the most stringent selections this year, admitting only 10.7 percent of their appli- i -- CP cants to next year's class. Class of 2005 hopefuls also faced tougher odds at University of Pennsylvania, Yale, Cornell, Princeton, Columbia and Brown universities, which all offered acceptances at lower rates than last year. Dartmouth College, which had seen fewer applicants over the past few years, admitted at a greater rate this year. Penn accepted a record-lo21.5 percent, or 4,124 of its 19,150 applicants this year. The acceptance rate n for applicants was even lower at 18.2 percent. This is a significant change from last year when Penn admitted 22,9 percent of all applicants and 20 percent of regular decision applicants. "In the past few years we've been getting a little more selective every year," Penn Dean of Admissions Lee Stetson said. Harvard, which received 19,009 applications, admitted 2,042 students, making it the most selective of the Ivy League schools. As over half of next year's class was accepted early, the n acceptance rate was 10.6 percent, slightly lower than the overall rate. With an acceptance rate, Princeton was the second most selective. Yale, Columbia and Brown also had acceptance rates in the teens with 13.5, 14.3 and 15.9 percent, respectively. Cornell reduced its acceptance rate by almost 5 percent to 25.6 from last year's 30.5 percent, as it is trying to control its class size. It admitted 5,512 of its 21,518 applicants. Dartmouth saw a marked decrease in the number of applicants this year to 9,719 from 10,165 and increased their rate of acceptance to 22.8 percent from 21.4 percent last year. Dartmouth admitted 2,219 of its applicants. w regular-decisio- p4 r i f VISIT US ' AT 'tnm inn ONE OF OUR 16 STORES, PHONE IN AT OR LOG ON AT MEIERANDFRANKWEDDINGS.COM Professional Bridal Consultants regular-decisio- Online registry updated automatically nt Hand-hel- d scanners Online shopping for your guests Interest-fre- e purchase plan Premier national brands Wedding gift wrap and shipping Completion incentive program Online and W MEIE THIS IS WHERE planning re IT GETS GOOD Yz-k':'- . lr 5 |
