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PR continued from page 1 ing the campaigns course, said the class is important for concluding the public relations sequence because it gives students the chance to work di rectly with community clients to create their own public relations campaign. "The campaigns course gives stu dents an opportunity to put their coursework into practice," he said. Kerber said the Public Relations Campaigns course requires a special ized instructor, which makes it diffi cult to add a second class to the sched ule, but material will be added to the substitute class that focuses on public relations. "Nobody over here wants any body to feel shortchanged in any way," he said. Kerber said the journalism school requires students to finish their pre major requirements by the end of their sophomore year to guarantee they will be able to finish their major requirements in time to graduate their senior year. He said the students tak ing this class likely tried to cram six terms' worth of classes into too short of a time period. "Those aren't the people who be come accommodated first," he said. Morgan said she understands scheduling conflicts occur, but she ap plied for major status just one term behind schedule and feels she should be given the same opportunities as other students. She said she is frustrated that she has to pay the same amount of tuition for a sequence that has so few courses. in it to begin with. She said the class would have been beneficial to her ed ucation, and she had been looking forward to completing it. "It's so disappointing when you look forward to something like that," Morgan said. Other department heads agreed students need to be working with ad visers and planning far ahead to en sure they will remain on track. Chemistry Department Head Tom Dyke said students should give them selves three to four years to plan for graduation in his department, and there is little he can do when students try to fit classes in at the last minute. "Those kinds of problems are un fortunate," he said. History Department Undergradu ate Coordinator Julie White said spring term occasionally brings scrambling seniors who need one last class, but most students give them selves plenty of time to finish. "The professors usually, if it's a graduating senior, will make an ex ception," she said. Academic Advising Counselor Car olyn Moravek said students need to get in touch and stay in touch with ad visers to evaluate their progress to ward graduation. She added that even though advising is encouraged, many students don't take the advice. "Everybody waits until the last minute on everything," she said. Moravek said if students come in late in their college careers, the dam age is usually already done. Contact the higher education/ student life/student affairs reporter at chelseaduncan@dailyemerald.com. IRAQ continued from page 1 world," Murphy said. He said our current administration is creating a "climate of mutual hostility. * Weiss, a specialist on Pakistan, spoke primarily on that country's reaction to the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. She too noted that increased American imperialism has led to anti-American senti ment in foreign countries. Weiss echoed Murphy's statements that the Unite State's current policies strengthen the opposition. "Support for Osama bin Laden has risen since our in vasion of Iraq," Weiss said. Also damaging in terms of long-term relations with Pak istan is the emergence of religious schools, Weiss said. The current government is investing much of the nation's re sources on nuclear weapons programs (with U.S. approval) instead of investing in its people; she said. 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