COURTBOUILLON 19 November 2009
A DILLARD UNIVERSITY student production
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Education major in jeopardy
Scaling the heights at DU
NEWS
Provost says trends, cost point to change
Smokeout event planned in lower Kearney next Tuesday from 6-8 p.m.
Angelica Boyd
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Stephawn Spears | Courtbouillon Craheem Connor, 13, of Edna Karr High, climbs a rock on the Kabacoff Quadrangle during the 2009 Family Health Fair on Nov. 7. The health fair was hosted by Dillard University Community Development Corp. in conjunc-
Dillard leadership has begun discussions with the Division of Education about possible elimination of the undergraduate education major, according to a release dated Nov. 14 quoting Dr. David Taylor, provost. The release, distributed at 1:43 p.m. Saturday, was sent to faculty, staff and students after a “silent protest” by students and their “informal meeting” with members of the DU Board of Trustees, Student Government Association and Taylor on Friday, Nov. 13. Questions from the Courtbouillon directed to Dr. Patricia Morris, dean of the Division of Education, and Dr. Phyllis Dawkins, associate provost, were referred to Taylor, who also is senior vice president for Academic Affairs. Taylor was said to be out of town Monday and had not responded to written questions by the Courtbouillon printing deadline Wednesday. In the release, Taylor said that because of Dillard’s ex-
such as tennis, golf and basketball.
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ETOUFEE Being late will cost you: Late registration fees to be enforced aggressively
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SPORTS
DU basketball at home kicks off with success for women, loss for men
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EDITORIAL Columnist isn’t happy with how administrators at Dillard represent
INDEX
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Campus policy allows smoking 20 ft. from building
‘Smoke-Free’ initiative seeks change Contrary to popular opinion, Dillard University is not smoke-free; rather, campus policy allows smoking 20 feet away from buildings. However, a movement on campus is encouraging a change to a completely smoke-free campus, according to Dr. Wodajo Welldaregay, assistant professor of public health and principal
investigator for Smoke-Free Campus Initiative at Dillard. Today is the Great American Smokeout, a national campaign of the American Cancer Society held annually to provide information on the dangers of smoking and to encourage smokers to quit or begin to plan to quit smoking. The “Smoking policy”
on Page 165 of the 2008-09 Dillard University Student Handbook states, “Smoking is prohibited in University buildings, including residential units, and within 20 feet of a building or window.” Despite the rule, Welldaregay said, “You see people sometimes just coming out of the building and smoking.” Welldaregay said Dillard was the pioneer school in Louisiana for the Smoke-
Free Campus Initiative, for which he has received a grant since 2005. Now 14 universities in the state participate, including Grambling State University, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana State University, Louisiana State University at Eunice, Southeastern University, Nicholls State University, Our Lady of the Lake College, Northwestern State
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