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faljp Sailg (Tar Brel Senate OKs S3OO Million in Floyd Aid Associated Press WASHINGTON - The House approved a sl3 billion measure on Thursday for the Pentagon, Colombia and recovery from Hurricane Floyd after refusing to threaten European allies with a pullout of U.S. peacekeepers from Kosovo. Amid dissent from both ends of the political spectrum, the overall measure was approved by 263-146 after two days of debate. That shifts the focus to the Senate, where the Appropriations Committee plans to write a roughly $6 billion version of the bill next week, despite long-running opposition by Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R Miss. “It's a problem in terms of the sched ule” of the Senate, “and it’s way out of Top Stories From the State, Nation and World In The News Cuban Boy’s Father Applies For U.S. Visa MIAMI - Elian Gonzalez’s father asked for a visa Thursday to come to the United States and take the boy back to Cuba, as dozens of anti-Castro activists linked arms outside the 6-year old’s Miami home, practicing resistance techniques. Discussions between immigration officials and the boy’s Miami relatives, meanwhile, ended Thursday evening without a resolution. The talks were set to resume Monday, Immigration and Naturalization Service officials said. U.S. immigration officials have demanded that the boy’s Miami rela tives promise in writing to turn over the boy if they lose in court. The INS had warned that it would revoke Elian’s right to stay in the United States unless the relatives signed. But after the meet- The Freedom Forum presents FIRST AMENDMENT DATS A CEL E BRA T(GN AND EXPLOR&TtOM OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT ON AMERICA’S CAMPUSES The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A campus outreach program of The Freedom Forum and the First Amendment Center, the goal of First Amendment Days is to raise awareness of fundamental rights of free expression through education, information and entertainment. The First Amendment Center is funded by The Freedom Forum, a nonpartisan, international foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. TODAY’S EVENTS Friday, March 31 INSIDE THE FIRST AMENDMENT 9-9:soam Participants: Ken Paulson, executive director, First Amendment Center John Seigenthaler, founder, First Amendment Center Location: Carroll 111 "THE FIRST FREEDOM" 10am Charles Guggenheim's new documentary examining the power of the First Amendment Location: Carroll 111 THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT & THE FIRST AMEHDMENT 2-2:50m Participants: Horace Carter, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, editor and author Eugenia Seaman Marks, student at Women’s College during Greensboro sit-ins Reavis Mitchell, history department chair, Fisk University John E. (Jack) Semonche, professor of history, UNC-Chapel Hill Moderator: John Seigenthaler, founder. First Amendment Center, U.S. Justice Department official during the civil rights movement Location: Carroll 111 "THE FIRST FREEDOM" 3pm A repeat showing of Charles Guggenheim's documentary about the First Amendment Location: Carroll 111 TVE FREEDOM FORUM Jfe FIRST AMENDMENT CENTS? ■ PWK3M. mmmn •PWMT. FUNDED by the freedom foaum www.freßdomforum.org control in terms of cost,” Lott said Thursday. But Lott is under growing pressure to reverse himself. The legislation provides money for popular causes like American soldiers and drug-fighting overseas and road building, natural disaster recovery and farmers at home. And the effort is sup ported by President Clinton, strong majorities of both parties in the House and many senators. Underlining the effort to spark Senate action, Barry McCaffrey, director of the White House drug control office, called a reporter to say money in the bill for combatting Colombian coca production would help “protect our country from what are essentially 52,000 dead a year.” That is the number of Americans believed to die annually from illegal ing, the INS pushed back the deadline for a second time to at least Tuesday. The Justice Department and the INS hoped “to continue to move forward on Monday,” said Robert Wallis, INS direc tor for the Miami district. “Like the fam ily, we are monitoring developments concerning the possible arrival of (Elian’s father) Juan Miguel Gonzalez in the United States,” he said. In W'ashington, ajusfice Department official, requesting anonymity, said that the agreement contained a third clause that would allow INS to end great-uncle Lazaro Gonzalez’s temporary custody of the boy if a major development occurs in the case, “including his father’s com ing to the United States.” Sect Head’s Wife Pins Blame on Visionary KABUMBA, Uganda - Eight years after Joseph Kibwetere abandoned his family to help form a doomsday sect, his faded black-and-white photographs still adorn his wife’s home, alongside pic tures of Jesus, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Pope. They are reminders of happier times, says Therese Kibwetere - before self described visionary Credonia Mwerinde moved into her home and took over her husband’s life. Joseph Kibwetere, a former school administrator who had a lifelong interest in Catholic visionaries, has been wide ly touted as the leader of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God. But his All programs ore free and open to the public. drug use. Before the House approved the bill, lawmakers voted 219-200 to kill a bipar tisan amendment aimed at pressuring European allies to contribute hundreds of millions of dollars that they have promised to help rebuild Kosovo. The bill includes about $2.2 billion for natural disasters at home, including more than S3OO million that North Carolina lawmakers say are for that state’s costs of rebuilding from last fall's Hurricane Floyd. Hurricane Floyd drenched eastern North Carolina with 20 inches of rain last September, spawning floodwaters blamed for the deaths of at least 51 peo ple. Thousands of homes were destroyed, and thousands more remain inhabitable. Damage has been estimated at $6 billion estranged wife said this week it was Mwerinde, not her husband, who con trolled the sect, where she was known as “The Programmer.” “Whenever anything was to be done, it was Credonia,” she said. Who orchestrated one of the worst mass murders in recent history became even more pressing Thursday, as authorities unearthed 80 more bodies in a compound linked to the sect. The dis covery brought to 724 the number of dead found so far. A fifth property used by the cult has yet to be excavated. Judge: Carruth Counsel Can Continue Case CHARLOTTE - Superior Court Judge Charles C. Lamm rejected a motion by Carruth’s attorney, David Rudolf, and attorneys for the two other defendants to disqualify James Exum as Michael Kennedy’s attorney. The lawyers claimed Exum leaked confiden fial information to the media and could be called as a witness. Exum denied it. In his order, Lamm agreed with the claim that Exum shared confidential information at least once with a reporter. But he said his actions did not justify his removal as Kennedy’s lawyer. “ ... The potential likelihood of Attorney Exum being a necessary wit ness in such a trial is not so substantial and certain at this state in the proceed ings so as to require that he be disquali fied from further representation of Defendant Kennedy at this time,” Lamm wrote in his order, which he filed News or more. The federal government already has provided about $2 billion in Floyd-related aid. Among other things, the bill approved Thursday includes $Bl million for tobacco, cotton and peanut farmers; $77 million for replacement housing; S6O million in Small Administration loans; $29.5 million to help build 1,000 low-income rental housing units and provide rental assistance for families that move into them; $43 million to repair highways and bridges; and $1.5 million for the Army Corps of Engineers to study flood damage reduction measures in Princeville. “The people of eastern North Carolina who were hit hard by Floyd absolutely need this assistance if they are going to get their lives back to normal,” said Rep. Bob Etheridge, D-N.C. late Thursday afternoon. Both Exum and Rudolf did not immediately return messages left with their law offices. Adams, 24, was shot four times as she drove through a southeast Charlotte neighborhood on Nov. 16. She gave birth to Carruth’s son, Chancellor Lee Adams, by emergency Caesarean just after the shooting. Adams died Dec. 14. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against all four defendants. Lott Asks Senate to Act On Bill to Halt Gas Tax WASHINGTON - Majority Leader Trent Lott pushed the Senate toward a vote Thursday on legislation to roll back temporarily 4.3 cents of the federal tax on a gallon of gas, a move with little chance of House passage and not much relief anyhow for motorists coping with spiraling prices at the pump. But GOP presidential candidate George W. Bush favors the idea and Republicans are making it prime fodder for action in this election year by refer ring to the tax as the “Gore tax” because Vice President A1 Gore cast the 1993 tie breaking Senate vote to make it law. Suspending the tax, said Alaska Republican Sen. Frank Murkowski, “represents us doing something and the administration doing nothing.” Lott, R-Miss., faced an uphill fight Thursday to gain the 60 votes necessary to overcome the bipartisan opposition to his legislation. Associated Press CAMPUSVIBE 60ES SAMURAI! 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ASAP is also responsible for such events as the 24-Hour Rape-Free Zone and Take Back the Night march. But even though her voyage has taken a pit stop at UNC, her social work isn’t limited to campus. She also extends a hand to the com munity to help spread social justice. Kooistra worked in the Durham District Attorney’s Office last year as a victim and witness advocate in domes tic violence criminal court. She helped victims wade through the court process by helpi r g with pro tective orders and offering sympathy. But Kooistra’s voyage doesn't stop when May rolls around because she plans to spend her summer trying to empower others - globally. Through a Class of 1938 fellowship, Kooistra will travel to Nicaragua for eight weeks to work in a wo nen’s health clinic. She will help a domestic violence support group and teach prenatal care, among other things. “I will be learning at the same time,” Kooistra said. “I’m hoping we’ll be able to engage in a dialogue that will highlight our differences and share our experiences.” And she says what she’ll do this summer is what keeps her going. Considering the task Kooistra accepted, she said she realized that her journey might be lifelong. “I want to be doing social justice and change for the rest of my life,” Kooistra said. But when she reflects on the past and sizes up the future, she is unfazed. “It’s a daily struggle between hope and despair,” Kooistra said. “I don’t ask myself why. It’s never been a question for me. I’ve just fallen into this role.” The Features Editor can be reached By at features@unc.edu. Friday, March 31, 2000 TRANSIT From Page 3 was a necessity given the parking dilem ma and increase in student population. However, the issue of fare-free tran-' >■ sit does have opposition. Loren Hintz, a _ member of the Chapel Hill Transportation Board, said he would rather see taxpayers’ money going to ward improving existing services. “Why not use the additional money to expand services, such as more fre quent trips and late-night riding?” Hintz said. “For example, some of the routes serving Carrboro stop at 6:30 p.m. We could have more routes after that time.” But Carrboro Alderman Jacquelyn Gist was confident that any change in the public transit system would be a step in the right direction. “No one would design the transportation system r we have now,” she said. “We need to look at more than this year’s bottom line - anything that lessens traffic and congestion would be beneficial.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. BARBECUE From Page 3 diversity UNC has to offer, and today we’re specifically targeting the entire Greek community,” Sawyer said. CHiPs performed free for the event, drawing the audience into the act by asking them to write down phrases to use for a game. CHiPs member Tiffany Bennett said that, as one of only two women in the group, the barbecue was something she was glad to take part in. “It’s our responsibility as an organiza tion here on campus,” she said. “It’s some thing we definitely wanted to support.” Member Tia Lendo said the group participated because the members enjoyed performing. “It’s great to do it when it’s for a good cause,” she said. “We just want to make people laugh.” Kristin Csehill, a member of Kappa Delta sorority, said it was a great idea to >- bring the entire Greek community together. “I think it’s a really cool thing that the Greeks can collaborate to support a big cause,” she said while collecting donations. “It promotes brotherhood and sisterhood between fraternities and sororities.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@urtP.edu. - 9
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