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ffljr iaiiy (Tar HM SESSION From Page 1A of SIOO billion. Such an action could bankrupt the companies and strike a crushing blow to the state’s economy. Legislators said they could not remain idle in the face of such dire circum stances, despite legal and philosophical objections from a handful of individuals. Citing the 12,793 jobs and $52.4 mil lion in annual tax revenue tobacco firms provide for the state, lawmakers said the move was essential to preserving N.C.’s fiscal health. “Tobacco has been good to North Carolina,” said Sen. Hamilton Horton, R-Forsyth, who represents a district with a strong tobacco industry presence. “For 250 years, it’s been one of our major crops. Tobacco has made it pos sible for our North Carolina farmers to make a good living with small acreage.” North Carolina is the leading tobacco producer in the nation. Sen. Betsy Cochrane, R-Davidson, said the bill was needed to prevent the snowball effect a serious blow to the tobacco industry would cause in the state. “This is more than the big tobacco companies,” she said. “This is all the lit tle businesses in all the communities where the tobacco industry undergirds the economy.” PELL From Page 1A Feingold also stated that the grant was necessary to counteract the disparity between the number of rich and poor students attending college. The Senate Budget Committee already increased the Pell Grant by S3O last week for the 2000-01 school year. That increase would continue for the next five years, resulting in a $l5O total increase. CONGRESS From Page 1A sending. Wahl was the only new member elected to a committee chairman posi tion. Rep. Sandi Chapman, Dist. 15, FUNDING From Page 1A North Carolina’s senators expressed disappointment over the delay. Sens. John Edwards and Jesse Helms each spoke with Lott, urging him to speed disaster relief to North Carolina. “This is just classic Washington poli tics,” said Edwards, a Democrat. “The people of eastern North Carolina need help, and they need help right now.” Michael Briggs, press secretary for Edwards, said Lott assured him that the first appropriations bill would include disaster relief for North Carolina. “For that bill, it would only be a month longer to wait, but a month is quite a long time when the people of North Carolina are waiting for help,” Briggs said. # \ ■\^p&xlau VVfV Chapel Hill We take pride in serving you. 135 comfortable guest rooms ,r equipped with coffee makers, irons/ ironing boards, hairdryers, dataports and voice mail. Meeting and banquet facilities hosting functions up to 275 people. Teddy’s - A full service restaurant & lounge. 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But lawmak ers deemed that the state should inter vene only in extreme cases where the state’s entire economy was at risk. Another main objection to the legis lation was that it violated the Full Faith and Credit clause of the U.S. Constitution, which requires states to abide by the laws of others. But a letter from the attorney general and legislative staff research laid this issue to rest for most lawmakers. “My questions regard ing full faith and credit have been in large part answered by our staff," said Speaker Pro Temjoe Hackney, D-Orange, and a Chapel Hill lawyer and farmer. “I have less concern than I did have.” In addition to the bill, the House unanimously passed a nonbinding res olution urging tobacco companies to buy more N.C. leaf to protect an indus try already plagued by quota cuts and Jim Manley, spokesman for Kennedy, said the proposal’s strength was its simplicity and the fact that it had no restrictions. He said the Pell Grant applied to all college students nationwide - unlike other grants that were only available to students attending college in their state of residency. “This is the crucial tool that the gov ernment can utilize to increase access to higher education,” Manley said. He said the proposal could face opposition from Senate Republicans became the new speaker pro tem during Wednesday’s meeting. “I want to make sure students know what’s going on," she said. “They need to make their voices heard.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. The federal government has sent nearly $2 billion in disaster aid to North Carolina, but much of it was delayed for weeks last fall in a budget fight between Congress and the White House. Joe Lanier, a Helms aide, said the Republican senator would try to get the new Floyd relief added to the first appropriations bill to move through Congress. “We’re disappointed that there is a hold-up over unrelated topics and the size of the supplemental (bill),” he said. “We don’t think that the aid to North Carolina is controversial.” Briggs also said the delay of the bill was not related to aid for North Carolina. “None of the criticism sur rounding the supplement bill is directed towards hurricane relief,” Briggs said. “It is the other areas of the bill that are causing problems.” From Page One natural disasters this year. But the Senate did not adopt a similar resolution, as several members deemed the move inappropriate. “It starts down a very bad road of trying to dictate to pri vate businesses what they should do,” said Sen. Howard Lee, D-Orange. While economic concerns dominated legislators’ discussion, some said the move was important to protect state busi nesses from other states’ unjust laws. Many said the new bill was appropri ate because it still forced defendants to put up collateral prior to their appeal but also ensured that they would have their day in court. Still, some lawmakers said the issue ran deeper than legal or fiscal matters. Horton said the mounting lawsuits that have plagued the tobacco industry in the past decade were indicative of a culture devoid of personal responsibility. “In this day and time, we are all vic tims,” he said disgustedly. “The woman who doesn’t get a raise is a victim of a glass ceiling, ... the gay man who gets thrown out of the military is a victim of homophobia,... the white man who does n’t get a promotion is a victim of affirma tive action and quotas. And now three people in Florida are suing the tobacco companies because they chose to smoke.” The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. because of its high price tag. “I feel it’s going to be a partisan issue,” he said. But Manley said the Pell Grant was vital for students to keep up with the cost of living while helping them pay for their college tuition. “(Kennedy) thinks that the Pell Grant is one of the most successful education al programs the government has done in a long time,” Manley said. The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. www.whipped.corru 'v “More raunchy fun than a W barrel of sex toys” 7 -Flaunt Magazine J ' ■Mi W \ / * | ■ LOSE 20 UGLY POUNDS! air off nun hem mmnswsiNsiEn. JIMMY JOHN'S GOURMET SUBS IFIIMKW 306 W. FRANKLIN CHAPEL HILL 968-SUBS © COPYRIGHT 1992 JIMMY JOHN'S INC. FAMILY From Page 1A divorced doubled from 17 percent in 1972 to 34 percent in 1996. The statistics are not without qualifi cations. Reznick said external situations and pressures, such as rising technology and heightened consumerism, have contributed to the changing face of the American family. Ideals of the 1950s allowed June Cleaver to stay at home while her hus band Ward left for work every morning, out to support the family. “Given the expectations of the American family as to what was appro priate, one income was enough," Reznick said. “Over the last three decades, our ideas of what we need has changed. Economic pressures have pushed women into the workplace.” As well as economic needs, Reznick said women were drawn into the work force by anew view of a career as a ful filling opportunity, one not simply lim ited to men. Cheerful homemaker June Cleaver gave way to successful lawyer Claire Huxtable, who dealt with similar work stresses as her doctor husband before coming home to answer the needs of her children. Economic necessity forced Grace Kelly of the TV show “Grace Under Fire” into the blue-collar work force in order to single-handedly sup port her three children. Sociologists theorize that women entering into the work force contributed to the higher divorce rate and other changes. “Women can now support them selves, can raise a child and support them by themselves,” said Kathleen Harris, professor of sociology. “There are theories that the high divorce rate has had an affect on attitudes, that peo ple are more likely to put off marriage or wait longer to get married." While some lament the change from the “traditional family,” others point out the concept of family values is relatively new, ignoring what came before Baby Boomers and World War 11. “(The Cleavers) are the product of the American suburban dream, with separate houses and developments, the father going off to earn the income,” Reznick said. He cited agrarian societies, extended family networks and tribal ways of liv ing that existed before the modem view of the traditional family came to be. “It does seem to me that we often lose sight of that - family values are so recently enshrined,” he said, referring to the emphasis only put on the concept in the last several decades. The catch-phrase arose as a political term in the 19605, when novelist Andrew Greeley coined the term to counter the rising counterculture. Family values were part of the Republican Party platform by 1976 and have been a mainstay of political elec tions, national debate and television sit com choices ever since. 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