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February 27, 2003
NATION ON
HIGH ALERT
Michelle Saraceni
Staff Writbi
Three weeks after the
Department of Homeland Security
raised the United States terror
threat warning level from yellow
(elevated) to orange (high), a ter-
ror-preparedness campaign was
launched to eliminate terrorism-
related panic in the United States,
Department secretary Tom
Ridge initiated the new campaign.
The last time the United States
had an orange terror threat level
was Sept. 11, 2002.
Included in the new prepared
ness campaign is a Web site
(www.ready.gov), a number peo
ple can call for information (1-
800-BE-READY) and a series of
print ads designed to alert people
of possible terrorism target areas.
Ridge and his department hope
that these services can prevent
what happened after the threat
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Despite attempts to foster minority presence, minority enrollment is less than 6 %.
Affirmative Action
policies under scrutiny
Kiara Jones
Staff Writer
Affirmative action policies
have come under attack after
President Bush declared
University of Michigan’s admis
sions policy unconstitutional.
The previously accepted affir
mative action policies implement
ed by many universities in the
United States recently came under
scrutiny when Bush asked the
Supreme Court to rule against
UM’s admissions policy because
of the way UM scores its appli
cants for admission.
According to Time magazine,
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Bush stated, “At the undergradu
ate level, African-American stu
dents and some Hispanic students
and Native American students
receive 20 points out of a maxi
mum of 150, not because of any
academic achievement or life
experience, but solely because
they are African-American,
Hispanic or Native American.”
Implemented in 1965, affirma
tive action is an active endeavor
to improve the employment and
educational opportunities of
minorities and women.
“The university actively
recruits minorities as a part of our
mission,” said Linda MacRae,
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and director of diversity recruit
ment at UNCW.
According to MacRae, the ^
admissions office does not have a |
separate'policy on affirmative
action, but keeps in line with the
mandate from the chancellor’s
office on equal opportunity to not
tolerate any disrespect of persons
because of race, gender, age,
color, national origin, ethnicity or
creed.
Some students at UNCW do
not support affirmative action.
“I don’t think just because
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U.S. URGED TO
RAISE STUDENT
AID, GRANTS
Sarah Broders
News Editor
With the United States urging
universities to raise student aid
and grants, the financial aid sys
tem and family life have become a
topic of debate.
Last year 57 percent of UNCW
students received financial aid,
said Emily Bliss, director of the
office of financial aid and veteran
services. “The average financial
aid, except for unsubsidized and
plus loans, was $6,253,” Bliss
said. “Cost of attendance was
$10,583.”
Allan Carlson, with the Family
Research Council, is one of the
many people who feel that the sys
tem’s student aid process has to
change. In the Dec. 16, 2002, issue
of “The Weekly Standard; How
the student-loan system stifles
young families”, Carlson argues
that the huge debts so many young
people receive in turn for their
education is hindering their family
life.
“It burdens young graduates
with quite a bit of debt,” Carlson
said, “and that simply discourages
family creation and we know that
because of statistical studies we’ve
done.”
Carlson explains that as college
costs increase, so will the number
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