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The ideas and opinions of advertisements appearing in this Sarah Niles Managing News ·Editors Fashion Forward Columnist · publication are not necessarily those of The Review staff or the university. Sarah Kenney, Joe Zimmermann Larissa Cruz JJt • November 6, 2007 3 Harker's travels extend un1v.'s reach .. BY JULIE WIGLEY students together with counterparts around the world StaffR eporter is a very good thing for all concerned," Denhardt said. After a recent voyage by the university's top "Research, teaching and learning and human under­ administrator, people across the world will no longer standing are all taken to a higher level through the be asking 'Dela-where?' intercultural collaborations made possible by such . In the past weeks, President Patrick Harker trav­ institutional agreements such as the one President eled to Chile and China in an effort to strengthen ties Harker is arranging in Chile and China." with international universities. Lesa Griffiths, director of the Center of Havidan Rodriguez, vice-provost for academic International Studies, said Harker is doing what is affairs and international programs; stated in an e­ necessary in order to make these connections possi­ mail message that the university works closely with ble. 90 institutions throughout the world. "We need global partners and often it's the people­ While on his trip to Chile, Harker visited to-people contact that make the kind of projects and Universidad Mayor and signed a collaborative agree­ programs we want to do internationally successful," ment with the university, Rodriguez said. While in Griffiths said. "It is really one person collaborating Shanghai, China, he explored potential collaborations and communicating with another person and then at Jiao Tong University, and in Chengdu, China, he bringing the institutions and the universities togeth- visited the Southwest University of Finance and cr" . Economics in order to solidify and expand an existing She said having collaborations opens windows for relationship that began in August 2007. Harker also further positive agreements. visited Beijing Normal University where the "If you know you have institutional partnership University of Delaware had signed an agre·ement in you are willing to go beyond the bounds of that part­ August 2006. nership in positive ways and say 'You know, we are "We live in a global society and the way we live, already working with the business school, I wonder if teach and learn must reflect the reality of this global they have the agriculture school,' " Griffiths said. community," Rodriguez said. "International collabo­ Not only was Harker making connections between rations impact our growth and development as an the university and other prominent worldwide institu­ academic community. It is particularly important for tions, he also connected the university with the state our students to generate the necessary background, of Delaware~ she said. While in Chile, Harker traveled knowledge and experiences tha~ are needed to grow with Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Miller and the and thrive in a global society." Courtesy ofUD Public Relations state's development officer in order to strengthen Harker stated in an e-mail message that he hopes President Harker with a panda at the Panda Research Institute in Chengdu. trade ties. to collaborate with additional schools around the "It's really nice that the university and the state of world in the future. States," he said. "Therefore, we need to generate the neces­ Delaware can share some of their strategic partners," "It is important for UD to build bridges to other institu­ sary knowledge to better understand and enhance our col­ Griffiths said. tions of higher education worldwide," Harker said. "We can laborative initiatives with these countries and regions and The university is already taking huge steps, she said. learn a great deal from one another through exchanges of others throughout the world. Everyone benefits from these Delaware is the best in the nation in sending students students, faculty and information." international initiatives, particularly our students." · abroad, but there is always room for improvement. Rodriguez said it is important to our society that stu­ Political science and international relations professor "We need to improve and what there is great potential dents are knowledgeable about international countries. Kathryn Denhardt said she is currently on sabbatical and is for is bringing the international students here to add to the "Demographic, economic ·and political changes that planning to visit Universidad Mayor because of Harker's diversity and multicultural nature of the campus," Griffiths take place in China, India, Africa or Latin America will visit. said. have a significant impact on our society in the United "Establishing collaborations to bring UD faculty and ·cost of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan rise New Congressional budget report estimates $~.4 trillion BY KELLY DURKIN 390,639 full-year scholarships could have from the military for every tax dollar spent. spending would hurt the job market. The Copy Desk Chief been provided to students at the university, Yet, Delaware residents pay $15,714 in fed­ analysis showed many states pay out more The costs of military ope_rations in Iraq according to calculations on the NPP Web eral taxes per capita, the second-highest fed­ than they get back. and Afghanistan over the next 10 years site. eral tax rate in the country. "States are paying out a lot of money could top $2.4 trillion dollars, according to. The NPP also ranks Delaware as having Pamela Schwartz, NPP communica­ that'.s spent on the military and not securing an estimate by the Congressional Budget the second-worst return rate in the United tions director, said the organization began jobs in the process. What the data shows is Office. States in the form of procurement contracts examining claims that military spending is there are more productive ways to spend and The report, submitted to the House and other expenses, receiving 23 cents back crucial to job develoP.ment and that cutting get more back economically." Budget Committee on Oct. 24, includes, for Junior Ying Chen said he thinks the the first time, the estimated interest pay­ high cost of the war is diverting funds from ments for the costs of the wars. According to other programs, creating bigger problems the report, the interest accumulated since for the country and state that transcend the military operations began in Afghanistan in monetary cost of the war. 2001 until a projected date in 2017 could "The money is really just an extension total approximately $705 billion. of the fact that the war-is not going the way According to the report, funding for the the people thought it would - that's why wars in Iraq and Afghanistan so far has it's costing more," Chen said. "It's what totaled $604 billion. Approximately $9 bil­ happens when you have a war - it's going lion is spent in Iraq every month. to cost money and drain resources." In comparison, the Korean War cost The state of Delaware directs approxi­ $470 billion and the Vietnam-War cost $673 mately $588 million to the military in the billion, after being adjusted for inflation, state, compared to the $300 million it according to the National Priorities Project, directs to education, food and nutrition serv­ a non-partisap organization that analyzes ices and Environ,mental Protection Agency and clarifies aa!a provided by the govern­ programs combined, according to the NPP. ment, Senior Elaine Yandrisevits said she According to the NPP, Delaware resi­ thinks the country's tax money is stretched dents pay $2.9 billion to fund the war in Iraq too thin and the monetary consequences of through federal taxes.