Monday, September 13, 1999
Admissions criteria under review; another lawsuit filed
While UGA administrators and the faculty admissions committee of University Council review admissions criteria for the class of 2000, Atlanta attorney Lee Parks continues to challenge the use of race and gender as part of the formula. Parks’s latest lawsuit was filed on behalf of three white female plaintiffs, who claim reverse discrimination was at work when they were turned down for admission to the class of 1999. Parks has brought several suits aimed at forcing the university to abandon racial and gender preferences, which have been among several factors applied in choosing approximately 10 percent to 15 percent of each entering class. The majority of admissions decisions are made solely on academic criteria: high school grade point average and scores on the SAT or ACT. President Michael F. Adams said at a media briefing in August that a full-scale review of admissions policies should be completed by the end of September.

Study abroad in Costa Rica
Patricia Del Rey, director of the Women’s Studies Program, is currently working with the department of Romance languages to develop a study-abroad program in San Jose, Costa Rica, for the summer of 2000.
The program will be the first study-abroad opportunity to be offered by the Women’s Studies Program. By working with the department of Romance languages, the Costa Rica program will offer a full multicultural experience to those students interested in women’s studies.
Costa Rica currently has a cabinet-level ministry in charge of the Commission on Women. The location was chosen for the country’s involvement in the promotion of women’s issues on the national level.
The program will be in session from May 21-July 29, 2000. Approximately 25 students will be able to earn six total hours of credit in Spanish and women’s studies. They also will be given the opportunity to live in the home of a host Costa Rican family during their stay.
The total cost of the program, expected to be less than $6,000, will include tuition, living accommodations, two meals per day, airfare and other planned trips.
Interested students should telephone the Women’s Studies Department at 542-2846
for more information.

Law students debate Brits
Two third-year law students will square off against future British barristers in a hypothetical courtroom drama Sept. 13. The students, Glianny Fagundo and Matt Freeman, will duel with the Brits in a moot court debate over sovereign immunity, to be held at 3:30 p.m. in the law school’s Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom.
The competition marks the ninth exchange between UGA and Gray’s Inn of London since 1983. Teams from the two institutions compete every other year, and in alternating years, the law school participates in a moot court exchange with King’s Inns of Dublin, Ireland. The purpose is to promote law students’ knowledge of other cultures and legal systems.
“The benefits of this exchange for our law students are significant,” says Bill Weber, the law school’s director of advocacy. “With the increasing globalization of the practice of law, friendships forged during these exchanges can mature into professional relationships in the future. There are also more immediate benefits: the British style of legal argument is often very different from our own, and the rigors of this competition help our students grow as advocates.”
This year’s hypothetical case concerns a union labor leader suing the state for damages because he claims the post-traumatic stress disorder he has developed was caused by police abuse following his arrest at an organized company protest.
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