■ Pf.ll ■ Pate 13 ■ Page IS ■«tUH.»s.r«*rwn, Hue leans hiilthod I mini victim Students on campuses across the country Are jeans for men dead? Breeze fash- On a second-half wave of momentum, the take sides as anti- and pro-war divisions ion critic questions the trend and lays women's soccer team pulled to within one are set. JMU is no exception. down the law as style police. before falling to tecond-ranked UCLA, 2-1. .-*> James Madison University Today: B> Sunny High: 72 TH * Low: 48 JMU sets policy for students called to duty Plan allows enlisted to complete academic credits, receive tuition refund if necessary BY KIM MCKF.NZIE the opportunity to work out possible to complete the her military orders, according to courses recorded on their tran- staff writer academic credits with their required amount of classwork a memo sent out to full-time fac- script, according to the memo. WHAT'S THE POLICY? In the wake of the recent teachers. for course credit. If the student ulty from the Office of Student Additionally, the universitv attacks on the World Trade Sophomore Thomas Wear, a chooses not to complete the Financial Services. suspended its policy thai if a I If activated to duty, Center and the Pentagon, enlist- senior airman in the Virginia credit, or if the work can't be A refund fur room and board student chooses to take an 1 enlisted students will ed students all over the country Air National Guard, United finished in a reasonable amount is available and will be based on "incomplete," they must finish have opportunity to fin- face the potential of being called States Air Force, said he is of time, a full tuition refund is the date the student officially all the course work by the next ish academic credits to activation. "relieved" upon hearing of the awarded. leaves the university. semester or have their grade Because students would I JMU will refund tuition, policy. All deposits for tuition, JMU has also made it possi- converted to an F, according to 1 have to withdraw from school if "It's relieving because I was- room and semesters abroad will room and board costs ble for students to choose to the memo. For students with- and textbook purchases activated, JMU has a policy n't familiar with what their be completely refunded, and a work out their academic credits drawing for active duty, the for the missed semester detailing what happens if stu- plans were ... it looks like full refund for textbooks pur- in one of three ways. One way is conversion to an F is suspended dents are called to active duty. they're really looking out for chased for the semester in if the student leaves at anv time until the student returns to i.im JMU's policy ensures that stu- I Students can wort out us," Wear said. progress will be available during the semester and asks pus. If the student chooses not 1 whether to finish inconv dents called away from the uni- In the policy, students are through the university book- for a complete tuition refund. If to return, the "incomplete" will pletes for credit upon versity are refunded their encouraged to work with their store if a student presents the a student chooses to do this, the return to IMU tuition and other fees and rant instructors to determine if it is textbooks and a copy of his or student will have no grades or see ENLISTED, page 5 Rankings A march for peace Several JMU stu- dents, joined by a few a^**, Harrisonburg residents, list JMU traveled to Washington, DC. to take part In anti-war marches Saturday. programs Sponsored by the Anti Capitalist Convergence and the International Action Center, the march took place In top in protest of recent 7 military and political motions toward war In response to the terror- nation ist actions of Sept. 11. The protesters stand beside a banner read- BY BECKY PORTER Wt *Aa ing "JMU students for contributing writer Peace." JMU recently received acclaim The marches took by ranking in two national publica- place first near Union tions. The university won praise Station and later at for its technology resources and its Freedom Plaza In College of Business program in Washington. DC. Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine and U.S. News and World Report respec- tively. JMU was ranked 53rd in the nation in Yahoo! Internet Life Magazines "Most Wired Colleges ^\*. Survey." The issue, which reached Photo Ccurtdv ol JENNY SCWXKEMOEHl newsstands Sept. 18, created the rankings based on research of the technology resources available in 1,300 American colleges and uni- versities. JMU was ranked 76th in 1997, the first year of Yahool's survey, and Students urge peace 48th in 2000. How well the institutions incor- porated network technologies into campus life was taken into consid- eration. The colleges were scored on infrastructure, student resources, in D.C. anti-war march Web portals, e-learning, tech sup- port and wireless access. BY KATE SNYDER The first march started at 9 International Monetary Fund "The JMU approach to one port staff writer a.m. at Union Station and was meetings." per pillow' for on-campus students Students traveled to sponsored by the Anti- They defend anarchy and and the contracts we have in place Washingtoa D.C. Saturday to Capitalist Convergence (ACC). global action, stating these with numerous apartment com- take part in the first national organizations do nothing but plexes in the dry of Harrisonburg lo anti-war marches since the hurt the poor and middle- allow direct access to the university Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. 64- class people while aiding the network certainly plays well into Thousands of young pro- elite, according to the Web this analysis," said J.W. Myers, testers came from across the It's really important site. In an act to promote assistant vice president for nation to dispute and march to mobilize... show anarchy, the ACC did not get Information Technology. "Also, the against war. The rally was a permit for their march, work done on the Integrated generally a peaceful display our government that requiring police to escort pro- Information System (IIS) project against military retaliation, testers as they walked. mat allows Web registration and spoiled by only three arrests its people do not want The original focus of the self-service far items like grade and some fights, said police tofight. demonstration was to protest access are also large factors. We cer- officials, according to a Sept. the International Monetary tainly can compare ourselves favor- 30 Washington Post article. Fund and World Bank meet- ably to almost anyone in the coun- Junior Progressive Coalition —Jenny Schockemoehl ings, but changed to an anti- try on services like these, and there member Jenny Schockemoehl junior, Progressive Coalition war protest following the will soon be more of these coming. was one of many who traveled member Sept. 11 events. "When you look at how many to D.C. to march. A second march, spon- major research institutions and "It's really important to 95 sored by the International other universities and colleges have mobilize and have a demon- Action Center (IAC), started far greater resources than JMU, I stration against war," According to ACC Web at noon at the Freedom Plaza think there is no way to look at the Schockemoehl said. "We site unim:abolishthebaiik.org, it on 14th Street and ranking as anything other than a hope this demonstration will is an organization thai stands Pennsylvania Avenue. Ol Jl SSV SCHOI M Mill Ml great honor," Myers said. show our government that its tnr "direct action against the It was originally sched- Senior Antigone Ambrose, left, and sophomore Sylvia Whitney, right, hold signs urging peace. see BUSINESS, page 5 people do not want to fight." World Bank and steSTVDF.NTS. pageS Local airport faces cuts; travelers wary BY KYRA PAPAFII. to Washington's Dulles Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport to connect at Dulles, get a 20-minute ride from JMU contributing writer International Airport and four Airport, they charter private said she was worried her flight to Shenandoah rather than a Shenandoah Valley by U.S. Air to Pittsburgh, (lights, so the (light cuts will home for fall break would be two-hour ride to Dulles air- Regional Airport cut 50 per- according to Dennis Burnett, not affect their travel. canceled. port that coordinates with my cent of departing flights, effec- deputy director of the airport. "We usually fly through "After hearing from the air- flight schedule." tive since the national tragedy Burnett said this cut hopeful)v Southwest or United from line, I feel better that I will still Evans said sin- is nut averse that took place two weeks ago. will last for another week, (Baltimore-Washing ton be able to get to Dulles to con- to flying out of Shenandoah Located in Weyers Cave, the when the flights will be up to International) because we are nect to Charleston (S.C>, again. " Everyone is concerned airport serves Harrisonburg, HO percent operational. sych a big group," said |MU where I live." about the satety of flying right Staunton and Augusta and The only airport local to the men's football special teams Junior Sara Evans said, "I now, but I don't think that Rockingham counties, accom- Valley, students and faculty coach Eddie Davis, who also have flown out of Shenendoah those events will cause me to modating thousands of pas- worried that they'd be affected makes the travel arrange- three times in the last two stop tivmg out of Shmdoah sengers e.ich year by the cut, but most travel ments for the football team.