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Foreign exchange offers students
a chance to study abroad
College.
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SARAH DAVENPORT
Staff Writer
Ever wondered what it would
be like to study somewhere other than
in the United States? Here is your
chance.
Methodist College bffers a
wonderful foreign exchange program
that includes the French and Mexican
exchange along with the newly added
summer study program in Spain.
The French exchainge has
been going on for about eight years.
Each spring semester, Methodist
College receives six students from
the University of Rennes near Paris
and can send six of its students in
exchange. The exchange program is
all in English, so it is not rec^ired that
a student know any French to go. “It
would be useful to know how to ask
where the bathroom is and some other
basic things, but it is not required,”
stated Magda Baggett, director of
International Programs at Methodist
The Mexican Exchange is
newer, having only existed for five
years. One student is sent from Pueb
la, Mexico for one semester. Puebla is
about two hours east of Mexico City.
The university itself is full service, so
students that are not language majors
can still attend, even athletes. “They
are always asking for basketball play
ers and other athletes,” commented
Baggett.
A new contract was just signed
for a summer exchange in Spain. It is
mostly for language majors and used
as a way for students to learn the lan
guage in a place where they are forced
to learn and live it. Enrollment for this
program will begin March 2 P', it will
take place during the month of June.
For more information on this program,
there is a fiall color brochure at www.
methodist.edu/fl/summer in spain.
pdf. For more information on the
French and Mexican exchange pro
grams, as well as others that are in the
works, contact Magda Bagget at ext.
7159, Dr. Cristina Francescon at ext.
7082 or Jose Franco at ext. 7058.
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In the 02-17-05 edition of smallTALK the bears that were stuffed dur
ing MC late night were given to the police department and the winner
was Megan Gleason insted of Shawna Bunn.
Author Discusses Executive
Compensation for Ethics Day
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KRISHANA POLITE
Staff Writer
Corporate villains deplete the
middle class to retain riches.
David Callahan challenges cor
porate executives
ethical decisio
making in the foui
Annual Lowdermill
Ethics Discussion.
The author o
“Media Commenta
tor” and co-founde
of “Demos,” a ne
think tank base
in New York, Dr.|
Callahan argues th'
middleclass per
spective.
According t
the doctor, corporal
scandals are a direc
reflection of the lack'
of values in corpo
rate America today.
Greed’s direct association with
compensation is the reason “the
rich keep getting richer as the poor
become poorer” said Callahan.
Corporate executives’ perspec
tive changed when they began set
ting their own salaries. For example,
the chairman of Disney is paid 40
million dollars a year to manage
people.
The question then becomes,
are corporate executives worth the
money they are paid? Dr. Callahan
listed the four reasons CEO’s have
been able to successfiil retain their
riches.
1. Organized labor declined
2. Shareholder revolution
through stock options
3. Growing emphasis on
leadership
4. Shift in values
As a result,
the middleclass
are subjected to
condition such
as: extreme gaps
in labor wages, a
lack of unskilled
service jobs,
falsely rewarding
EO’s, and a lack
f accountability
etween the CEO
nd his perfor-
ance.
In order to
esolve this grow
ling problem Dr.
Callahan suggests;
Congress make it
easier to form unions, allow stock
holders to have indirect associates
on the board of directors and allow
stock options to be treated as an
expense.
Tuesday, February 7, 2005,
Reeves School of Business students,
gathered in the Science Auditorium
to listen to Dr. Callahan. He began
with a concept and left the student
body with this vision, “values,
norms, and culture is Corporate
America’s past and greed thfough
consumption is present” said Dr.
Callahan.
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