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| Columns::November 12, 2001 Board of regents, UGA will not appeal admissions decision U.S. ambassador will speak at fall Commencement AJC editorial page editor will deliver McGill Lecture Noted scientist presents fall Charter Lecture Teaching teachers Textiles professor researches ways that particles are transmitted through fabrics What kind of world do we want in 2020? Two campus-wide forums examine ideas for proposed campus memorial UGA reiterates its freedom-of-expression policy Information technology units merge to form Enterprise IT Services Retirees Role models Alternative Spring Break Fair Silver service donated Campus News Newsmakers
Bona fide buybacks? Three days after the terrorist attacks, the Securities and Exchange Commission relaxed its regulations regarding the timing and volume of corporate buybacks in an attempt to help support the stock market. Historically, buybacks tend to encourage investors and boost struggling stocks--because companies tend to think their own stock is undervalued. However, although many companies have said they plan to buy back their stock, many have not done so. Moreover, buybacks work more effectively when they are surprise events, but the current buybacks have been announced.
Islam online In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, millions are turning to the Web to keep informed. USA Today highlighted the Web site produced by UGA’s Alan Godlas, professor of religion, calling it “an online step in learning the truth about Islam.” The Chronicle of Higher Education also highlighted the site, pointing out that Godlas has maintained the page since 1997, but the Sept. 11 attacks have given it unprecedented popularity. The site is at www.uga.edu/islam. Reviewing Peter Taylor’s life A biography of writer Peter Taylor by UGA English professor Hubert McAlexander is called “a discreet and mannerly book about a mannerly man who, much to the amusement of those who knew him, was not always discreet,” in a Washington Post book review.
Learning not to expect the worst After the bizarre hijacking and fatal crash of a Greyhound bus in Tennessee early in October, many Americans immediately wondered if terrorists were striking again. UGA psychology professor Adam Goodie told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the succession of attacks is a factor in how people react to new atrocities. “The first plane hit and then the second. The first tower crashed and then the second. Then the Pentagon was hit. Everything that happened became a prelude to something else awful,” he said. “It will take us a while to learn once again that when something terrible happens, it doesn’t mean something else awful is about to happen.” Kim Osborne of the UGA News Service monitors coverage of UGA in local, state and national media. Contact her for information about these or other stories in the news. Newsmakers appears in every other issue of Columns. |
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