NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Southern Baptist Convention leader says the group’s policy arm supports a version of the DREAM Act — the proposed law that would allow illegal immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children to earn legal status, either by going to college or serving in the military.
Richard Land, president of the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, made the statement in a Monday letter to Sens. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, who are the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security.
Land wrote that his commission could support the DREAM Act, with conditions. One condition would be making sure the bill does not allow young adults who gain legal status to help their relatives gain legal status or enter the country. He called such a measure “back-door amnesty.”
In explaining the commission’s position to the subcommittee, Land wrote: “The children of undocumented immigrants who were brought here by their parents should not be forced to bear the full penalty of their presence in the nation illegally. To
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According to UC Newsroom, nonresident students across all UC campuses represent 13.9 percent of all Statements of Intent to Register (SIRs). This is up from 10.7 percent in fall 2010. The Los Angeles Times reported that the biggest increases of non-California students will be concentrated at three campuses, perhaps because they are the universities most widely known outside of the state. UC Berkeley will have the highest proportion, with nearly 30 percent of its fall freshman class consisting of out-of-state and international students. That is up from 23 percent last fall. About 18 percent of the freshman class at UC San Diego and UCLA will be non-California residents.
“This school year, our new out-of-state and international freshman students will come from more than 50 U.S. states and territories and 55 countries, bringing diversity and perspectives from across the world,” said Walter Robinson, assistant vice chancellor and director of undergraduate enrollment, in a statement.
Last year, when a UC commission recommended increasing the percentage of non-California residents to cope with budget cuts, many were worried that in-state students would suffer.
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The South swept both the small and large school Optimist All-Star baseball games on Saturday night at American River College.
The South won the large school game 13-9 over the North. Oak Ridge’s Austin Ales was the South MVP and Roseville’s Nick Blaser the North MVP. The two were a combined nine-for-nine with four doubles and four runs batted in.
McClatchy’s Nick Mar landed South MVP honors in leading his team past the North 9-3 in the small school game. San Juan’s Logan Day was the North MVP.
For more on the two games, see Rick Cabral’s report at BaseballSacramento.com.
University is a time when you can experience great changes and do all sorts of amazing things.
Sometimes you need a bit of focus and direction to make the most of whats available.
So as I was going through my Google Reader, I noticed a promotion for a new book, 7 Ways to Feelbetter. Written by the team behind the website FeelGooder, I thought Id give the book a read and review it for you.
As the title suggests, 7 Ways to Feelbetter focuses on seven themes to help people feel and be better:
- Exercise
- Save
- Connect
- Eat
- Act
- Play
- Think
Sounds pretty straightforward, huh? As with most things, though, it requires a leap on our part to make it something big.
7 Ways to Feelbetter gets you started in making that leap and thinking big.
Although the book is a quick read, it is meant to be read and actioned over seven days. If you interact with the book (i.e.
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An Inland Empire high school is going virtual when it comes to dissecting frogs in biology class. An animal rights group is giving the school special software to do virtual dissection, instead of the real thing.
Officials at Rancho Verde High School in Moreno Valley say they agreed to the deal mostly because of budgetary concerns. The Animal Welfare Institute and Save the Frogs offered the software for free.
Rancho Verde assistant principal Kevin Stipp says the computer program also can be reused over and over again, unlike the dissection kits the school had been paying for. And Stipp says the school wasn’t able to buy kits for all the students taking the life sciences classes.
“Our viewpoint was basically this: if I don’t have the materials in the first place, if I’m not able to buy enough dissection kits for the kids to get in there and do it, they’re missing out anyways,” said Stipp.
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