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Show 4 'pe&iuauf $, MDHUnD!? o,Dtra F?!?? Wife Hows Staffer L6te tamg Now it's cheaper to attend WC in the "off" season cies would not convince her to take summer classes. Want to finish your degree in less than four years? The provosts office has just announced something that may make it a little bit easier. You probably already know that being a full-tim- e undergraduate student at Westminster for a full year earns you four free credits to apply to May Term. Beginning this year. May Term is not the only place students can apply these free credits. In an effort to give undergraduate students an opportunity to hasten the degree process, the college has decided to allow students to apply their earned credits to either May or Summer terms. Credits can even be split up. Students can apply two credits to May Term, and the other two to classes during Summer Term. In order to apply two credits toward May Term classes, students must register for at least three credits. In order to apply two credits toward Summer Term, they must register for six or more credits. In addition to this, summer classes are being offered at a discounted rate from years past. A single credit hour usually costs a little over $800, but with the discounted rate a single credit will cost only $540. There are also no fees due for classes taken during Summer Term. May Term offers a variety of electives to choose from, including everything from trips around the world to classes in crime, justice and popular media, according to an email sent to the student body by Provost Cid Seidelman. However, the consensus among students interviewed about these changes was that the new discounts v ould not increase the likelihood of them attending during the summer term. As Sliarayali Coleman, a sophomore, pointed out, Salt Lake Community College is still cheaper. She said that the new poli Megan Donohue, also a sophomore, said, It would encourage me to take summer classes if they offered classes that I needed. There are fewer classes offered during the Summer Term than during Spring and Fall terms, so most students do not feel that taking summer classes would be worthwhile. Tiana Frisby, a sophomore student from Montana, said, It doesnt really students at help all. She pointed out that it is much more advantageous for students to go home, where they can at get a job, live rent-fre- e home and take summer courses from a community college, than to stay at out-of-sta- te notice a difference, said freshman Siara Dean. Despite the administrations efforts to encour-ag- e undergraduates to take summer courses, the changes did not seem to encourage the students. Those students who wish to take May Term courses were not inclined to take summer courses instead. The changes are most likely to benefit those students who were already planning to take summer courses. si WO Oampii page. The CSIS Web site indicates that Benjamin has titled The Next Attack: The Failure of the War on Terror, like the title of his latest book, The Next AtThe Westminster College Kim T. Adamson Lecture Series on International Studies will feature Daniel Benjamin Thursday Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. in the Yive Gore Concert Ilall. Benjamin is a senior fellow in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) based in Washington, D.C. The organizations Web site, www.csis. org, states the CSIS provides strategic insights and practical policy solutions to decision makers committed to advancing global security and prosperity. Benjamins lecture is non-prof- it out-of-sta- te Westminster even with the discounted rates. The changes do not seem to have had much impact on the freshman class. It doesnt make any different to me because I havent been here long enough to 2006 BB-Ra- aira written for nationally-re-now- tack: The Failure of the War on Terror and a Strategy for Getting it Bight. This work examines the evolution of terrorist threats since Sept. 11, 2001, as well as the war on terror, reports the CSIS Web page. Benjamins preceding book, The Age of Sacred Terror, was chosen by The New York Times and The Washington Post as a Notable Book of 2002, says the CSIS Web page. Benjamin has led a successful career in government and journalism. He has served as a guest terrorism consultant on CNN and PBS, reports the Westminster Cultural Events Web produced by negro America was rarely disputed in his time.... His name was bracketed with the small handful of Americas foremost writers. Even though Wrights schooling education only lasted until around the age of fifteen, he was a largely man, known as one of the most important African American writers of the 20th century. This verbatim performance of Black Boy is presented by The American Events Wreb page. IteiniSin The play is based on That Wright was the most impressive literary talent yet publications including Financial The Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Time magazine and the Washington Post. Additionally, reports Westminsters Web page, Benjamin has been an expert witness in World Trade Center litigation and an adviser to financial firms on homeland security matters. Benjamin travels the country and the world lecturing on terrorism issues. He holds degrees from Harvard and Oxford. This lecture event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Westminster Cultural Play ion eBeiaftom f llaek HBstoEry 'liSn&itSF n the autobiographi- cal work of Richard Wright, bom outside Natchez, Miss., Sept. 4, 1903. 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