US Crew to Return Home

TCU Daily 10 Days Cheers and Challenges The last 10 days have proven to be a lesson for China Carl Ijong, a graduate student, has had to overcome and the United States on foreign relations. many obstacles to reach his current status. ISSUES, Page 12 SPORTS, Page 10 Serving Texas Christian University since 1902 Thursday, April 12,2001 Fort Worth, Texas U.S. crew to NCAA mends rules Student-athletes to see financial incentives By Man Stiver In addition, the management council also ap- return home SKIFF STAFF proved rules affecting "pre-enrolled" high school With college athletes defecting to the profes- students that will be subject to a 90-day review sional ranks in record numbers, the NCAA Man- period. The pending legislation would allow ath- Status of plane still uncertain agement Council approved rule changes Tuesday letes to compete in athletic events with profes- night that will allow athletes in certain sports to sionals, sign contracts and accept prize money By Ron Fournier bring them home." benefit financially while enrolled in school. without losing NCAA eligibility. ASSOCIATED PRESS A senior administration official Athletics Director Eric Hynian said the "There must be strong concerns, otherwise WASHINGTON — President said the White House expected the changes are reasonable. they would have passed by now," Hyman said. Bush said Wednesday he expects an crew to be released late Wednesday, "It's a huge leap forward from these changes The loan, lesson and draft rule changes po- American spy plane's crew to be re- noting that it would take several hours (to actually paying athletes)." Hynian said. "I tentially will have the greatest impact on colle- leased promptly as part of a deal in to get a U.S. plane to Hainan island, don't see that happening at all. They are all giate athletics, which for more than a century has which the administration said it was the crew boarded and aircraft fueled. within the bounds and spirit of amateurism. Ul- triumphed the virtues of the amateur athlete. "very sorry" that the aircraft landed A U.S. government-chartered com- timately, a balance must be struck between the The NCAA approved a program under which on Chinese soil after a crash that mercial airliner left Guam en route to classroom and the athletic held. These rules certain athletes could secure as much as $20,000 killed a Chinese fighter pilot. Hainan and was due to arrive there in don't upset that balance." in loans based on "potential earnings" and ex- "This has been a difficult situation early evening, Washington time, a The changes will allow cutTent student-ath- panded an existing program, allowing athletes to for both countries." Bush said on the government official said, speaking on letes to secure NCAA-sanctioned loans and dis- take out insurance policies against injury their 11th day of the standoff that threat- condition of anonymity. ability insurance, conduct private lessons for senior year. Under the new rule, athletes no ened U.S.-Chinese relations. Bush The spy plane's future was murky, compensation, enter professional drafls without longer must pay the premiums of their insurance and a U.S. letter outlining the deal however. The letter said, "develop- losing eligibility and receive expanded Operalion policies. To qualify for the loan, the athlete stopped short of issuing a full apol- ment of a plan for prompt return of Gold, which allows athletes to earn award money would also have to take disability insurance in ogy or accepting blame for the colli- the EP-3 aircraft" would be one of based on place of finish in international events. the event that injury hinders repayment. Both sion, two points sought by the several topics taken up at a joint meet- such as the Olympics. The council also approved changes would take effect August I, 2002. Chinese. ing April 18. legislation further regulations on men's and Marc Evans, director of compliance, said the With plans under way for the re- "Obviously, the return of the crew women's basketball. athletes would file loan applications with their lease of 24 servicemen and women. has been our No. 1 priority from the The rule changes will now face the NCAA university's compliance office, which would then Bush said, "We are working on General Assembly in October. If the assembly arrangements to pick them up and See CHINA, Page 8 Daniel Chia/SENIOR ARTIST approves, the rules will become law. See SPORTS, Page 7 Law school may need improvements Simply changing name of institution won't bring prestige, some say By Melissa DeLoach everyone involved. A law school would add to the fers classes for parttime students in the day and SENIOR, REPORTER prestige of TCU and in turn the name change might evening. SMU's law school is a daytime program. Tracey Sowards, a TCU alumna, said she applied give us a second (look) at being considered for a job." "A lot of students who go to Wesleyan are those to South Texas College of Law in Houston, because According to U.S. News and World Report, only who work during the day and take classes at night," the trial advocacy programs are some of the best in 62 percent of 1999 Wesleyan law graduates were she said. "(SMU) keeps people who are working the nation. employed before graduation. Nine months later, fulltime from attending. However, if TCU had a law school at the time, only 68 percent of the graduates were employed. "Additionally, because the SMU cumculum is she said she would have applied there right away. Christopher Schell, a senior at Southern lockstepped, businessmen who would like to fur- "There are so many reasons why I would have Methodist University, said simply changing the ther their education by taking law courses are un- stayed." she said. "I love Fort Worth. My friends name of the law school is not enough. He said he able," she said. and family are close by, and my experience as an learned about the possible acquisition when he vis- If TCU is considering Wesleyan or starting from undergraduate was amazing. It would have been ited Wesleyan's law school two weeks ago. scratch, these things need to be considered, she said. great to expand on my relationships with professors If TCU is going to acquire Wesleyan, he said that Another factor to consider is Wesleyan's bar- and staff." the university must do it soon, while the program passage rate, Sowards said. According to US Sowards is not alone in her thinking. is still young. News and World Report, only 65.5 percent of If TCU was to acquire Texas Wesleyan Univer- "You can name (Wesleyan law school) whatever 1999 Wesleyan law students passed the Texas sity School of Law or start its own law school, the you want, but slapping a new name on the front of State Bar Examination. impact on the university and the Dallas/Fort Worth the building will take time for the staff, community, "If TCU is going to acquire the school, it is go- area would be vast, said Daniel Wright, a second- students and alumni to accept," he said. ing to have to start recruiting top faculty and make year law student at Wesleyan. Ann Arnold, a former Wesleyan alumni board a lot of internal changes to bring the bar passage "Everyone knows TCU," he said. "It has a good member and author of the book "The Fort Worth rates up," she said. "Because the scores are low, the reputation in the community and also a strong na- Legal Community," said Fort Worth has a need for overall reputation of the school is low." tional reputation. Everyone (at Wesleyan) would ap- a law school that offers a flexible curriculum of day preciate having a larger school. and evening classes. According to her research, Melissa DeLoach Special to the Skiff "We're at a point where a move would benefit Wesleyan is the only law school in the area that of- [email protected] Joseph Lake, current director of international affairs for the city of Dallas, will be speaking today at 2 p.m. in Beasley Hall, Room 5. Texas law school's bar-passage rates, according to U.S. News and World Report (Texas' overall passage rate is 81 percent). Law school talks Baylor University 88.6% (second-tier) Alumnus to speak University of Houston 89.2% (first-tier) St. Mary's University 63.0% (fourth-tier) South Texas College of Law 82.1% (fourth-tier) resemble past cases on U.S., China Southern Methodist University 80.5% (first-tier) University of Texas-Austin 93.9% (first-tier) By Chris Gibson It was unclear Wednesday whether Texas Southern University N/A (fourth-tier) SKIFF STAFF the Texas Wesleyan Law School's Texas Tech University 93.4% (fourth-tier) In 1992, the financially strapped ABA accreditation was in jeopardy, University of Bridgeport sold its law but the school's recent financial trou- standoff, relations Texas Wesleyan University 65.5% (fourth-tier) school to Quinnipiac College in a deal bles have been topics of discussion Law school's bar-passage rates, according to reportedly worth close to $6 million. throughout the Fort Worth commu- Lake says U.S. tends to simplify issues At the time, Bridgeport officials nity. U.S. News and World Report By Julie Ann Matonis izing its mission, service and cur- First-tier schools saw the selling of the law school as a Texas Wesleyan was put on proba- possible way to climb out of a finan- tion by the Southern Association of STAFF REPORTER riculum," Xu said.

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