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The Optimist
Pritl.ty 1'clmury 21 2003
New policies for international students raise concerns
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Recorded Information In-
cludes name dale1 or birth
country of origin country of
citizenship major dale of
attendance anticipated
completion date and state
ntcnt of finances.
"In the past some differ-
ences would he I think e
didn't place a premium on
tilings like change of major"
K'chl said. "It's also quite a
challenge keeping up with
change of address"
I he school has until Aug
JO to enter Its current inter-
national students into the
database. ACU already is
entering all newly enrolled
students from overseas.
I he new policies h.nc
already had adverse conse-
quences for at least one stu-
dent. Vitoria I ao freshman fi-
nance major from Macau an
Island province of China was
detained briefly in January
for giving a major different
than what was written on her
card the Abilene Reporter-
Newt reported earlier this
month.
k'chl said the system works
like tills: accepted students
receive a form they must turn
In to the tl.S embassy in
their home country.
I he embassy olllcial scans
a code on the form that is
entered into the INS data
base. I he code Is scanned
again upon entry into Ameri-
ca and then the school veri-
fies the students' enrollment
when they arrive.
"I.ven before this came up
students understand the)
don't have the same rights
and privileges as clliens
here" kehl said.
However the new tegul.i-
lions have not been as con
troversi.il as last j ear's poll
cies icquiring all males ovet
the age of Id who are citlens
of certain countries to regis-
ter with the Slate Depart-
ment. In California several bun
dreil people weie detained
on minor immigration viola-
tions after registering
AU) students from Syria
were requhed to travel to
Dallas to register there while
another student was kept
from re entering the country
for III) d.ivs alter visiting his
parents in Indonesia so
authorities could perform a
background check.
"I tan see where some
Icivil liberties! groups could
lie worried about that" Kehl
said.B
Fund is in better shape than many other universities'
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slock markets" Shubert said.
"So when the slock market
goes down our endowment
goes down. When the slock
market goes up our endow-
ment goes up "
ACU's investment pulicv
which stipulates how funds
arc invested has helped in
the budgeting process
The policy was developed
by the investment commit-
tee of the board of trustees
made up of 1 1 trustees and
other staff members said
Kent Hideout director of
investment services
"If we had not invested in
equities at all we might not
have seen much of a decline
but the inverse of thai is if we
had not invested in equities
in the past we wouldn't have
seen much of the growth that
we saw earlier" Hich said.
Although stock market
investments have caused
ACU losses in endowment
investments in property have
provided some financial sta-
bility. 'We own real estate we
own government and corpo-
rate bunds we have invest-
ments in private equity and
venture capital and we have
investments in hedge funds"
Hich said. "We have a vcrv
diversified portfolio '
Gifts are also essential fac-
tors to ACU's endowment.
"Donors continuing to
support the endowment is
very very Important" Hide-
out said. "It's appealing to
me as a donor to know ili.it
what I give to an endowment
is going to benefit students
from now on long after I'm
Bone
's 4
"MM"
I he continuous love-
show n liv supporters keeps
the sun shining on ACU's
economic situation Schu-
bert said even in the midst
of dark times nationally.
'It's amazing how that no
matter wh.it Is going on hi
the economy there are peo
pie that love this Institution
and are willing to sacrifice"
lie said.
Willi the donations and
investments in property and
other areas ACU lias no need
to panic Schubert said.
Hich said that decline or
no decline in the stock mar-
ket ACU is prepared to
weather die economic
storm.
"We're strong financially
and because of tile way we
use tlie endowment we will
continue to be strong finan-
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