Should the Miss ice cream TODAY’S WEatHER University of connoisseurs Memphis Ben Cohen and Jerry Andrew Solomon Greenfield last night? hates first dates … have played on? Listen to a podcast of their speech on: Mostly Sunny, 88/65 For more, see Opinion, page 4 For more, see Sports, page 6 Extended forecast, page 2 THE VOICE OF VANDERBILT SINCE 1888 wednesday, october 3, 2007 • 119TH YEAR, NO. 57 THE WALL VSG House compiled by SYDNEY WILMER TODAY Recruitment efforts Ganhdi Week to weigh Jenan Mohajir, the Outreach Education Associate for the Interfaith Youth Core, reflect globalized world new AcFee will be the guest speaker this year. The Admissions officers aim to increase total international event will take place system from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Furman Hall, Room student population to 8 percent within five years. by LILY CHEN 114. There will also Staff Reporter be a panel discussion by ELIZABETH MIDDLEBROOKS Christiansen said the ethnic diversity,” Christiansen regarding Gandhian Staff Reporter university population should said. “When we’re able to say 25 Cara Bilotta, president of Vanderbilt Student philosophies reflect the growing diversity of percent of the incoming class is Government, will propose a new activity fee Thursday in Wilson Expanded recruiting efforts the multinational workforce, (minorities), that really surprises distribution system that aims to shorten and Hall, Room 126 from will include more visits to Christiansen said. them.” improve the AcFee process to the House at the 6 to 8 p.m. international countries in order “Currently our international Vanderbilt engaged in “minimal VSG meeting tonight. to better reach prospective population for undergraduate international recruitment” prior Research on seven VSG MEETING students and increase diversity, students is about 3 percent, and to Christiansen’s arrival about a other peer institutions TODAY When: Maymester said Dean of Admissions Doug year ago, he said. led to the design of information session Christiansen. the proposed new Tonight at 7 p.m. There will be Christiansen recently allocation process. Where: a Churchill in returned from a recruiting trip “There are a lot of to India — the university’s advantages to the new Board of Trust London Maymester room in the Stu- information session first recruiting effort there. proposal,” Bilotta said. at 7 p.m. in Buttrick “It encourages more dent Life Center Hall, Room 206. All student involvement, students interested takes much less time in the university- and changes the structure of the committee.” sponsored trip Previously, a 14-person committee read should attend. applications and conducted interviews of the approximately 120 organizations that submit TODAY applications for AcFee money over a three- Kampala Project week period. experience The new committee would consist of five discussion senators, five house presidents or judicial The members of vice presidents and the chair of the student Kampala Project 2007 The trip was part of a larger finance committee. The committee would then will discuss their recruitment plan that includes be broken down into five separate divisions: overseas experience trips to China, Latin America Vanderbilt staff members programming, service, cultural interests, as HIV/AIDS workers and Southeast Asia, among only spent a total of three to special interests and the arts. in Kampala, Uganda, other countries and regions. four weeks of the year recruiting “(The divisions are) the biggest change in the from 12:10 to 1 In order to reach more internationally, but Christiansen allocation process,” Bilotta said. “This would p.m. in Student Life international students, our goal is to try to move that said he plans to increase the greatly expedite the process and lessen the Center meeting Christiansen and teams of to about 8 percent (within five amount of time spent abroad to finance committee’s workload.” rooms 1 and 2. Come Vanderbilt representatives years),” he said. about 20 to 25 weeks of the year Under the new proposal, each division would hear stories, view spend time in various countries “Vanderbilt is new to this level” over the next three to four years. hold separate meetings and interviews over a pictures and learn attending college fairs similar to of international recruitment, “We needed to develop an week and distribute funds to each organization more about students ones held domestically. Christiansen said, so its international recruiting plan that is within their division based on percentages who work and live in Christiansen pointed out international undergraduate systemic and long-range and does decided by the Student Finance Committee. Uganda. Pizza will be international students are not population is low compared to not just look at certain regions,” he The shortened time frame has the added provided. unlike domestic students in that of other top-20 schools, said. “There are certain countries benefit of attracting faculty to committee their college search, comparing which average 6 to 8 percent. where there is a much higher positions. TODAY schools’ rankings and other He also said international likelihood of students coming to “By shortening the period, we can get more Operation Smile statistics, but “some of the students are especially the United States … so we spent faculty involved because not many faculty meeting questions are vastly different.” concerned with diversity, racial the better part of last year building members can make a commitment to three Operation Smile, “We have to have the right tolerance and the international on that.” ■ weeks, but one week is reasonable,” Bilotta an international information for international population of not just Vanderbilt, —To view an interactive map of said. organization that students,” he said. “They need to but Nashville and the South as cities visited this month, go to: As before, the Student Finance Committee provides free cleft know about health care, banking well. will approve all allocations in the last part of palate surgeries to issues, visas. … I get questions “They want to know what the process. children in third- right down to ‘what is the our international population However, now the committee will focus on world nations, has temperature?’” is, but they also ask about our members “who can ask the right questions and its first general body get the best feedback,” Bilotta said. ■ meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Sarratt 112. THURSDAY, OCT. 4 Professor initiates Collegium Bargain books on Dancers register to the Wall Bargain books priced of Black Women Philosophers from $4.98 to $9.98 ‘give kids a chance’ will be for sale in a by vasaNTH satHIYAKUMAR and mentoring relationship Philosophical Association are tent on Rand Terrace Contributing Reporter between the underrepresented black. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. black women in philosophy. “If you go to any field in Students can choose Kathryn T. Gines wants to It aims to both mentor terms of women, in terms from the 5,000 books change the status quo. current women and recruit of black women, in terms of that will be available. With fewer than 30 black more black women into the black men, or physics versus women philosophers in discipline, she psychology, for example, I THURSDAY, OCT. 4 the nation today, Gines, said. think you will find certain Hunger lunch an assistant professor of According trends,” Tlumak said. “There Manna Project will philosophy and African- to Jeffrey is a mindset that ‘these are the sponsor a hunger American and diaspora T l u m a k , way things have been going,’ studies, founded the chair of the so a little kid may be limited in lunch from 11 a.m. GINES to 1 p.m. outside Collegium of Black Women Department what he wants to be.” Rand. It will serve all- Philosophers. of Philosophy, there are not The inaugural conference you-can-eat rice and The Collegium of Black many black philosophers will meet Oct. 19-20 in the LAUREN FONDRIEST / The Vanderbilt Hustler beans for $3. 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