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              Loyola University New Orleans THE MAROON VOL. 79, NO. 08 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2001 MAROON.LOYNO.EDU Diversity thrives on Loyola's campus By Erin Williamson Contributing writer International students come for opportunities not offered at home Some 165 international students from 46 different countries are enrolled at Loyola, according to the Office of Institutional Research. The office's statistics also show a gradual increase in the undergraduate enrollment of international students during the past three years. According to the reports, Honduras, El Salvador, Japan, Ecuador and Panama are some of the more common countries from which students come. Debbie Stieffel, Dean of Admissions, said that the Office of Admissions is still building the international student recruitment program. While it has only participated in travel recruitment for two years, the Office of Admissions has always responded to international student inquiries, Slieffel said. "We have a couple of trips, one to Central America that includes Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Guatemala, and one to Mexico," Stieffel said. "We also travel to Panama, and this year added a trip to South America." The new trip to South America targets students in Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia and Uruguay, Stieffel said. STAFF PHOTO IGNACIO CHACON Julie Vo, biology freshman, Nancey Nguyen, biology/pre-med junior, Rebecca Nguyen, psychology sophomore, Khai Nguyen, computer senior and Tony Le, computer science sophomore, chat with friends. All are first generation American citizens. Tuition process may be revamped By Ellen Pivach News Editor Incoming freshmen may pay more tuition than upperclassmen if the Board of Trustees votes in favor of repositioning the tuition process. The University Budget Committee met on Monday to discuss tuition for the 2002-2003 academic year, including the possibility of repositioning the tuition process, according to Lauren Campisi, international business and economics senior and Student Government Association vice president. If the repositioning of tuition goes through, incoming freshmen would be required to pay a set amount that would be different from that of present students, Campisi said. "They would pay a greater tuition at a new base price," she said. Mary Flynn, finance senior and SGA president, said the new tuition rates would change each academic Headliner named for Loup Garou By Jason Dupuy Editor in Chief Loup Garou finally has a headlining act. Rock duo They Might Be Giants will perform at the event Saturday, Nov. 10, at Tipitina's Uptown. "The most we could spend was $30,000, and both Sister Hazel and They Might Be Giants were $20,000 |eachl," said Jennifer Dinsmore, assistant director for Student Affairs. Of the bands within the school's price range, Sister Hazel was the top choice, Dinsmore said, but the group was unable to play any of the November dates that the-, school needs, Dinsmore said. "They Might Be Giants were the second pick all the way through," Loyola thirteenth in hard liquor use By Curie Veronica Jones Staff writer The Princeton Review ranked Loyola 13 among the "Best 331 Colleges" whose students consume the most hard liquor, according to the Princeton Review Web site. Tulane University is ranked fourth, and Louisiana State University is seventh. Amy Schoppman, political science sophomore, said she was not surprised with Loyola's ranking. "We live in New Orleans. It has more to do with the city than the student body being a bunch of alcoholics," Schoppman said. Communications freshman Chris Chang agreed and said the ranking does not hold much meaning for him. "I couldn't care less about [the ranking], 1 am a beer drinker," Chang said. In order for a university to be included on the list of the "Best 331 Colleges," more than 200 students must have completed an online survey about their particular school, according to the Web site. The survey was limited to students who are enrolled in a university. In order to participate, students had to register the e-mail address given to them by their school to verify they were actually students. More than 65,000 students participated in the online questionnaires, according to the Web site. The Princeton Review divided the survey results into nine different categories, which include academics, administration, demographics, parties, schools classified by types of different social scenes, politics, quality of life, extracurricular activities and social atmosphere. Loyola ranked in the "parties" BOTTOMS UP Rankings of colleges whose students tonsume the most hard liquor * 1. University of Wisconsin - Madison 2. University of Alabama^sJtfscaloosa 3. University of Vermont 4. Tulane University 5. Florida State Wyetity 6. Colgate University 7. University of Terjntssee Knoxville 8. University of Col&ado ~ Boulder 9. Louisiana State uliivefity - Baton Rouge 10. University of California C*- Santa Barbara 11. Southern Methodil Unfersity 12. Randolph-Macon |olle|B 13. Loyola University lew Orleans 14. Washington and Lee University 15. University of California -kSanta Cruz Source: The Princeton Review STAFF GRAPHic~BYELLENPIvACt See TUITION, Page 3 See INTERNATIONAL, Page 3 See LIQUOR, Page 3 See LOUP GAROU, Page 4 LIFE AND TIMES OPINION SPORTS , OKTOBERFEST EU£ j'J" MrjMc-1 LOYOLA .i ."vBi at IxB best r«m 1' ! FOOTBALL IN • Pg 15 an |HSlBf THE 1920s Pg.6 NEXT WEEK: CONSTRUCTION IN AUDUBON PARK