The Recorder from Greenfield, Massachusetts • 17

mr i i i Z' 17 The Recorder TirmifiIrL Mavs Thursday May A 2004 i i StateRegion StateRegion Briefs On college campuses spring and excuses in the air Officials back importation of prescription drugs BOSTON Attorneys general Salary of UMass boss to Associated Press from 18 states incjudinjj be Capped at $400000 Massachusetts sent a letter to Heall and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson on Wednesday asking him to allow- states to import low-cost prescription drugs from Canada The letter came a day after Thompson said that legalizing pre- script ion drug imports was inevitable Slnce was appointed interim and that he would advise President president last fall after William Wellesley political science Professor William Joseph's stih extension days to alio-cate as they choose each semesteh jGSEFh Parents of missing women will meet thisweekend Associated Press BURLINGTON Vt Thi parents of a missing Sheldon teen will meet this weekend in New Hampshire with the father of a yqung Massachusetts woman who' recently vanished -to discuss whether their daughters' disappearances are related really like jt iP someone would come in and look fiLbotK situa-tions and see if a single IstSpeet might have been involved" said Bruce Maitland of East Franklin father of 17-year-old Brianna Maitland Bruce Maitland his' wife Kelly and Fred Murray of Hanson Mass will meet in Woods ville a few miles north of whtere Murray's 21-year-old daughter Maura disappeared in early February Maura Murray a nursing student at the University of Massachusetts vanished shortly after her car went off Route 112 in Woodsville the night of Ffetx 9 Woodsville is across the Connecticut River from Wells River Brianna Maitland disappeared after finishing work at the Black Lantern Inn restaurant in Montgomery the night of March 19 Her car was found a mile west of town the next day its rear end rammed into' the side of an abandoned house on Vermont 118 Police in both states have discounted the possibility that the two disappearances are related have looked at that and talked with the New Hampshire State Police about both cases" said Lt Tom Nelson of the Vermont State Police have not found anything that connects the cases in any way" WELLESLEY And then there wiA- the Penn 4lulc studepi who used the in the lankily excuse once loo often was an Italian student recalled Carol Shliiji an English professor of 30 years who now leadfics at Stanford "Every time he had a pajjerjiue he' hada grandmother-who-had diwl'TKiit tf'as a tTiiee iiirikK-you're-out rule You cjon't have three grandmothers -not in ari Italian family' 1 For college students spring is the season ol formal dances and informal lawn parties of fast gatherings of friends before the summer or lif buy mid the gates But it's also when final papers c-ornc due and excuses begin to fly There are old standbys illness lowed cars family crises -1 but also new ones Hard drives and com: puler viruses not dogs devour homework these days One student told University ot Central Arkansas composition instructor Beverly Carol Izicev that an exploding blender drenched his paier with an appetite suppressant smoothie Some educators believe late (tapers and the excuse-making that goes with them are on the rise Many lump the trend in with grade inllalion as evidence or declining standards a glowing sense oi student entitlement and a mollycoddling campus culture in which instructors are expected to act more like iriends and therapists than teachers For instructors in the classroom extension requests pose real dilemmas More students have families and jobs these days Are they better served by a compassionate extension or a harsh lesson on deadlines'' Is granting extensions fair to students who turn in work on time? University of Massachusetts-Liwell English teach er Diana Archibald lays down a tough policy on sions granting few and demanding low truck reeeijits and doctors' notes to ctihroborate students' stories Bush not to stand in the way of legislation making its way through Congress that would clear the way for imports In the letter the attorneys general urge Thompson to immediately to help provide our citizens with affordable prescription drugs while ensuring drug safety" The letter which was- signed by Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas Reilly asks Thompson to allow state to be appointed as licensed wholesalers or allow them to contract with licensed wholesalers to import prescription drugs from Canada All drugs would be manufactured in facilities approved by the Food and Drug Administration and shipped to the Ijpited States from Canada in their original packaging Special lies would be tracking technologies Bulger who earned the same salary stepped down from the job Trustees elected Wilson as the permanent president in March At a trustees meeting at the UMass-Amherst campus on Wednesday the board gave chairwoman Grace Fey the go-ahead to negotiate a contract with Wilson While his salary will not exceed $400000 a recent study commissioned by the trustees recommended that Wilson's salary should be within the 75th percentile of university presidents running public universities comparable to UMass UMass spokesman Robert Connolly said that would put salary at about $380000 In addition to his salary Wilson and Fey will negotiate a benefit package for the presidency which will have no cap but is limited to perks such as a housing and car But stie will make exieXns One of her students works jo hours (jer week cares for a sick mother and pays a mortgage "When that student lelN me he has to turn in something late I say Archibald said At Wellesley a women's college in suburban Boston students say extension requests are fairly common and usually accommodated That's partly -cause students work hard here and carry a heav extracurricular load so claims of stress ring true The M-hooi also has a strong honor code so excuses ape assumed legitimate When a student died leceritl one teacher offered students an extension tail trusted then to use it only ii they- were genuinely altected After years ol mounting frustration over extension request- Wellesley political science Professor William Joseph introduced a new approach to his classes two years1 ago Hi students have seven extension days to allocate 'at- they choose each semester But then he -tarts knocking down grades liarring an extraordinary excuse like a death in the tamily Joseph also tell- students to save and print drafts II a final version is lust iri a computer crash he expects an earlier version Tlie change has cut back on the excases he hears to guard against counterfeit drugs the letter said "We believe that with the tance of the Food and Di Administration the undersi states can work with the Canadian authorities to develop a process for allowance the safe importation of prescription Bulger received about $50000 a drugs" the attorneys general wrote year in benefits iuriraiia'iw'rfcw ti WiSfilni tow -''I-: mnli a I '1 v- few-- MTyou think! 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