Study Abroad Director Leaves Lasting Legacy
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VOLUME 85, ISSUE 5 www.theticker.org MARCH 15, 2004 INSIDE Study Abroad Director Positions for 2004-05 Leaves Lasting Legacy Declared Before Election By MARCIA BARRAN Editor-in-Chief There will be no heat this year – in terms of undergraduate elections that is. The members of the Undergraduate Student Government for the 2004-2005 academic year have for the most part been determined, resulting in a dramatic decrease in the number of candidates and par- ties that petitioned for office from last year to this year. Cross Cultural Traditions In the undergraduate student elections held in Come To Life Through spring 2003, a total of 97 candidates from four different parties, as well as two independents Caribbean Artists 9 ran for positions as part of the largest election that has ever occurred. As a result, all 45 posi- One Student Begs To Differ tions on the student government were contest- With Bush: Nothing Wrong ed. Dr. Richard Brody, founder of Baruch’s Study Abroad Program passed away on March 3, In terms of competition, this year’s elections With Gay Marriage 2004. (Photo/ Weissman Center for International Business) 11 features quite the opposite, as the only contest- By AARON SIEGEL Brody, the founder of the Study Abroad pro- ed position is that of the presidency. In a meet- News Editor gram at Baruch, transformed the formerly small ing of the election committee held last Friday, group of nine students that traveled the world in March 12 at 6 p.m. all unchallenged candidates search of educational opportunities elsewhere Dr. Richard Brody, beloved director of the were officially declared winners. Study Abroad program at Baruch College into a program of great magnitude in 1998. It passed away on Wednesday, March 3, 2004 after losing a bout to cancer. See ONLY, Page 5 See BRODY, Page 4 SEVIS Forces Int’l Students to USG Mulls Comply With New Restrictions Government By AYESHA AJAZ The system also requires information about Contributing Writer students who are not studying full time and Restructuring may be in danger of being out of status. Beginning June 30, 2003 all schools and col- Goldberg said there are 187 students that did By ZANETA REID leges in the United States were required to issue not have full-time status during the current Arts Editor new SEVIS I-20 visas to all incoming fresh- semester. These students were contacted by the man, transfer and continuing international stu- International Student Services department and Rockers Inborne Flood A dents. SEVIS (Student Exchange Visitor asked whether they had either of the following The Undergraduate Student Government is in Venue With Fans At Their Information System) is in fact a tracking device restraints: if they were graduating; if they were the process or rewriting and reworking their in the form of a bar code that is printed on the on medical excuse/leave or if they were on aca- current constitution to reflect the dynamics of Debut Stage Performance right hand margin of the I-20. The consulate at demic probation. change that have occurred in the governing With Level Six the port of entry (normally suggested to be The ISS again has 45 days to add this updat- body. The constitution that is presently being 15 either New York or Chicago) enters the SEVIS ed information to the SEVIS system. If the stu- used was put into practice by a 1999 referen- code in the online software and alerts the dent does not have either of the above excuses, dum, when the previous day and evening gov- Immigration and Naturalization System that the they are violating Federal Law and may be ernments merged together. student has entered the country. declared out of status. “Because of the referendum that was passed In the beginning, the U.S. government had At Baruch, there are 48 other items and 23 in last year’s elections, the college doesn’t real- one SEVIS system for the schools and another events about students that have to be filed reg- ly recognize you as a day or evening student, for the consulate at the ports of entry. This cre- ularly in the SEVIS database to keep the inter- just full-time or part-time. We are going to rec- ated problems because the SEVIS code on the national student in status. The ISS lists the “13 ognize you as full time or part time and use our I-20 would not be recognized by the SEVIS Musts” that international students must comply constitution to reflect that change,” said system at the port of entry. For this reason, with to remain in status. President Adrian Lovell. many I-20s were delayed in issuance as INS Goldberg said that with 2,700 international But along with the obstacle of changing the students in the school, it used to be more pleas- had to take time to fix the problem, allowing constitution, USG has yet another challenge to ant when they were talking to students and the two SEVIS systems to talk to each other and grapple with: ending the turnover rate that has relate SEVIS codes. counseling them. Tolerance was not an issue. plagued the government since last term. The clock starts ticking once an F-1 visa But now there is no tolerance. “It’s an “A lot of people don’t realize the amount of holder enters the United States. The student has enforcement issue in the United States work that it takes to be efficient and effective in a time limit of 15 days within which they have Government with the Homeland Security/’94 to physically report to the school. The school Goldberg said.” You either are in status or the student government and I don’t mind when immediately informs the SEVIS tracking sys- you’re out of status.” people prioritize their life and realize they can’t tem that the student has reported. From then The ISS works closely with the international commit to USG any longer,” said Lovell. More onwards, the school has 30 days within which a students, even after they have graduated. than half of the elected student body from last Baruch Men And Women’s student must be registered. Otherwise, the INS According to Goldberg, there are to date year’s elections has been replaced by in-house controlled SEVIS System begins sending alerts approximately 500 former students of Baruch elections. There is still a lower senator evening Swim Teams Compete In to the school asking for enrollment information enrolled in the Optional Training Program and position that has yet to be filled. Metro Championship 19 regarding a student in question. who are still under his responsibility. He has to Director of Student Life Carl Aylman said, According to Stephen Goldberg, director of make sure that they receive their updated “The merry-go round has nothing to do with the International Student Services at Baruch, even SEVIS I-20s so that they do not have difficul- structure as much as the candidates who run.” after a new student has registered at school and ties returning to United States if they travel “Students run for office knowing full well that Features 9 is taking classes, within 30 days they have to be abroad. they are planning to graduate or unable to serve Op-Ed 11 re-registered from an initial student entry to a If students, despite all the efforts from the their term.” continuing student. However, every continuing ISS, lose their status, they end up getting termi- Both Lovell and Aylman are not sure that the Arts 15 student must also be re-registered in SEVIS nated from the SEVIS system. Goldberg refers restructuring of the constitution will help the Sports BACK every semester within 30 days from the begin- to this as “shaking an apple tree” -- a lot of turnover rate in USG, but a change in the for- ning of school, which tells the SEVIS tracking mat still needs to be completed. system that the student is still in school. See SEVIS, Page 4 Next Issue: March 22, 2004 See USG, Page 5 2 THE TICKER NEWS MARCH 15, 2004 THE TICKER NEWS MARCH 15, 2004 3 International Student Population Economist Advises Students On Declines Due to Harsher Laws Looking to the Suburbs for Jobs By AARON SIEGEL the rise. By HARBANI RANA “We lost several hundred [international stu- News Editor Goloven noted that New York City currently dents],” said Goldberg. Contributing Writer faces a 7.9 percent unemployment rate. But Goldberg and the Assistant Director of the Marc Michael Goloven Senior Regional found that the outer boroughs and suburbs have The international student population in ISSC, Ramonita Garcia are required to engage Economist at JP Morgan Chase spoke about the flourshing economies. Baruch has been growing for over 20 years. It in the production of all student records and outlook of the New York City economy at an He found in his research that Staten Island has started at 289 students in the 1981/82 school make any changes in them manually. They are event held on Tuesday, March 9, at the 14th the most rapidly growing economy in New year and reached its peak in the 2000-2001. also responsible for the compliance and floor Conference Center at 12:30 p.m. York City followed by Queens, Brooklyn and However, during the last three years, it has enforcement of the rules prescribed by the The speech was the inaugural Joel E. Segall The Bronx. declined. Department of Homeland Security. lecture in economics. Segall, formerly presi- New York City currently holds 45 percent of One of the reasons is the number of restric- One proposal to simplify the procedures for dent of Baruch College from 1977-1990 passed New York State’s jobs.