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2% Bath} ®ar Hprl Ashcroft Nod Narrowly Passes Committee The Associated Press WASHINGTON Republicans pushed John Ashcroft’s attorney general nomination to the Senate floor Tuesday by a narrow 10-8 Judiciary Committee vote. All but one Democrat voted against him. While the committee vote was close, a leading Democratic opponent, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, abandoned any idea of trying to stop the nomination with a filibuster. That means Senate approval for the strongly conser vative former Missouri senator is all but assured. As expected, all nine Republicans on the committee enthusiastically endorsed Ashcroft. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin was the only one of nine Democrats to support him. Federal Budget Surplus Projections Increase The Associated Press WASHINGTON - The Congressional Budget Office has boost ed its projection of the federal surplus to $3.12 trillion over the next decade, giv ing new momentum to President Bush’s calls for a big tax cut. The huge new figure, which excludes additional surpluses from Social Security, adds to the political muscle that Alan Greenspan provided last week to Bush’s push for a $1.6 trillion, 10-year tax cut. The influential Federal Reserve chair man said he believes surplus projections are now large enough to cut taxes, alter ing his previous preference for debt WEB SITE From Page 3 Kitchen said she supported the Web site because freshmen often have ques tions and don’t know where to find FAITH From Page 3 Phillips, a minister with UNC Baptist Campus Ministries, said he opposes the plan because he fears it would be diffi cult to divide funds among the nation’s many religious groups. “I’ve heard the stories (about Bush’s plan) and have serious reservations about the entire move,” Phillips said. Federal money is sometimes used to fund building projects on campus but funding religious-based organizations might prove difficult, he said. “(The proposal) seems different and doesn’t seem feasible,” Phillips said. “As a Baptist, it doesn’t appeal to me.” Phillips is not the only one opposed to the move. Rabbi John Friedman with the Judea Reform Congregation said Bush’s plan has the potential to serious ly weaken religion in America. Friedman said it gives the govern ment control over what religions get funded, which violates the First r/y c/ vS^VW/A I ParaftnTreatment • Waxing • Air Brush Design | 1| JHL | UV Gel Full Set *42” | ; n 969-9674 |UV Gel Fill In '23* j ML Free Parking j silk Nails, Fiberglass 5 42" | | Fuji Set * Sculpture Nails Full Set ! 34” I | , I] SPA Pedicure 5 22” | ■x jpyx-wacket- l” SMtionj | spa Manicure *10“ I | | | I SPA Pedicure & Manicure *32* | The Courtyard *431 W. Franklin St. J “P TIE UOGURJ4/J 'pump Downtown Chapel Hill North Durham 106 W. 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White, a witness against Ashcroft dur ing hearings two weeks ago, accused the former senator of grossly distorting his record on the death penalty. Other Ashcroft critics argue he did that for political gain. reduction. The latest CBO estimate, contained in budget office documents and described Tuesday by congressional aides on condition of anonymity, is nearly $1 trillion higher than the $2.17 trillion the nonpartisan budget office envisioned just last July. The new projection covers fiscal years 2002 through 2011, while last sum mer’s estimate was for 2001 through 2010. The latest CBO figure also is $670 bil lion larger than the $2.45 trillion surplus that President Clinton projected shortly before leaving office earlier this month. His projection covered the years 2002 through 2011. answers. Interested students can find Freshmen Central at http://www.unc.edu/freshmancentral. The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. Amendment. “I’m deeply concerned about (the proposal),” Friedman said. “It’s unwise and signifies an unprece dented action by the government.” Deborah Ross, the local spokes woman for the American Civil Liberties Union, said religion is not a good way to assess the quality of a program for the purposes of handing out money. “It’s always a bad thing to assume that some body does something better than some body else based on religious preference.” Religious organizations are exempt from many civil rights laws -a practice that Ross said allows them to discrimi nate against certain individuals when they hire staff. She said she thinks federal funds should not be given to any organization practicing discrimination in its hiring policies. “If the proposal as we under stand it goes through, there’s going to be an effort to prefer religious charities over nonreligious charities.” The State & National Editor can be reached atstntdesk@unc.edu. National Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota announced his opposition to Ashcroft in a harsh denunciation of the former senator’s views on women’s and workers’ rights, civil rights and separation of church and state. “Because of his enormous authority and discretion, the attorney general, more than any other Cabinet member, has the power to protect or erode decades of progress on civil rights in America,” Daschle said. “John Ashcroft has shown a pattern of insensitivity throughout his career.” Meanwhile, Kennedy indicated he would not object to fixing a time for a final vote, saying he hoped to focus pub lic attention not on a Senate process, but on Ashcroft’s positions. Kennedy said he had already decided Despite recent signs of an economic slowdown, budget analysts expected CBO’s surplus estimates to grow because the agency envisions a healthy long-term performance by the economy. Even so, before word of the projec tions spread across Capitol Hill, jubilant White House aides said the new figures would reaffirm that taxes could be cut without fear of eroding budget resources needed for other priorities. “We’re seeing just an explosion in the size of the surplus,” White House spokesman Ari Fleischer told reporters, adding later, ‘There’s plenty of room for cutting taxes.” House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas, said in a written statement that TUITION From Page 3 increases, said he would probably vote no again unless he was greatly impressed by the proposals. “Unless (the institutions) present a bet ter case than the institutions did last year, I would be opposed to (tuition increas es),” he said. But BOG member J. Addison Bell, who supported last year’s tuition increases, said the issue of faculty salaries is one that will not go away. “We’re going to lose the good facul ty we’ve got (if we don’t do something),” Bell said. UNC Association of Student Governments President Andrew Payne said many in ASG favor tuition hikes. Payne opposes the increases but said he is skeptical of the outcome. “Unfortunately, because of what hap pened last year, I think they’re going to go through,” he said. Last year, the board voted in favor of tuition increases for five UNC-system schools, including UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State University. Bell said if a forthcoming UNC-sys fi^"* STUDY ABROAD INFO SESSION Travel to Rome, Italy and Madrid, Spain this summer and study 16th & 17th C. art, art history, and literature. Profs. Lucia Binotti and Mary Pardo will lead this program. Earn six credits. No previous foreign language study required! 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Carnahan, whose husband posthu mously defeated Ashcroft’s re-election to the Senate after dying in a plane crash during their Senate campaign, has not said how she will vote. Former NJ. Gov. Christie Whitman and ex-Colorado Attorney General Gale Norton won Senate approval Tuesday to direct the nation’s environmental and natural resources policies. The Senate voted unanimously to confirm Whitman as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency after voting 75-24 minutes earlier to accept President Bush’s choice of Norton to be secretary of the interior. the new CBO numbers mean “Congress should provide tax relief beyond the level currendy being discussed.” He pro vided no figures. And in comments prepared for deliv ery on Wednesday, when CBO officials formally present their projections to Congress, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici, R-N.M., laud ed the budget’s continuing strong show ing. After four decades of annual deficits, the government has now run overall budget surpluses every year since 1998. Many Democrats prefer a smaller tax reduction of less than $1 trillion and say Bush’s far larger proposal would eat up too much of the expected surpluses. tern General Administration report shows past increases negatively affected accessibility, he will have a hard time voting for more. Because of a looming budget deficit, the legislative committee recendy with held financial support from the Excellent Universities and Community Colleges Act, part of which was designed to raise the salaries of UNC-system faculty. But Bell said state lawmakers knew of the impending deficit last session. He added that if the board passes the pro posals, the large budget deficit should not affect tuition increases. Payne said the ASG has no strategy to combat the proposals but that members will formulate one once they receive the proposal information. If the proposals pass, they will then be reviewed by state legislature. Payne said the BOG must put its foot down on tuition increases before it gets out of control. “This isn’t positive for the (UNC-sys tem),” he said. “(The board) has opened Pandora’s box, and they’ve got to try to close it.” The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. Ga. Flag to Showcase Smaller Rebel Emblem The Associated Press ATLANTA - Georgia lawmakers agreed to shrink the Confederate emblem on the state flag to a tiny sym bol Tuesday, heeding a plea from the governor to apply the “salve of recon ciliation” and avoid the turmoil that swept South Carolina. The 34-22 vote in the Georgia Senate virtually consigns to history a flag that some say symbolizes Southern valor but others contend represents slavery. The measure won House approval last week, and Gov. Roy Barnes promised to sign it quickly. “I think the people of Georgia were ready to move on, they were ready for this matter to be resolved, they did not want a long, drawn-out process like they just had in South Carolina,” he said. The rebel banner, added to the flag in 1956 in what some historians say was a gesture of contempt for school deseg regation, occupies two-thirds of the cur rent flag. SHORTAGE From Page 3 Gunderson also cited the need for teachers in specialized programs and for when teachers leave during the course of the school year. She noted die allure of the Triangle as the reason for Chapel Hill and Orange County’s exception to the problem of TOWN COUNCIL From Page 3 The motion states that those groups will receive a videotaped copy of the meeting, the minutes and a summary of residents’ concerns so they might better understand the challenges the council faces. 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Tuesday, January 30,7:00 in Hamilton 100 Wednesday, January 31,6:30 in Union 224 Thursday, February 1,2:00 in Hamilton 100 “Studying Abroad Can Change Your Life” Come and find out about UNC FALL SEMESTER IN MONTPELLIER!! A fall language semester in France Informational Meeting Where: Dey Hall, Room 113 UNC-Chapel Hill Campus When: Wed., Jan. 31, 2001 • 3:30-5:00 pm Videofollowed by discussion with last semester’s participants. For directions, call (919) 962-0154 or look us up at web: http://www.unc.edu/depts/mont email: mont^’unc.edu "My semester in Montpellier was probably one of the best times of my life!"2000 Participant Wednesday, January 31, 2001 On the new flag, it will be reduced to one of five historic flags displayed along the bottom edge, below the state seal. On a standard 3-by-5-foot flag, the small flags are little bigger than a dollar bill. “I’m mad as a hornet,” said Bill Cawthon, a member of the Southern Heritage League. “Our flag will always remain our flag. We will never accept the new flag.” It wasn’t immediately clear when the new banners would fly at state buildings. The design was unveiled just last week. A fight over the Confederate flag that flew over the South Carolina statehouse led to an economic boycott by civil rights groups, something Barnes wanted to avoid. The flag in South Carolina was moved to a spot on the Capitol grounds last summer. In Mississippi, the only state besides Georgia with the Confederate emblem in its flag, voters will decide in April whether to remove the symbol. teacher shortages. “We’re fortunate that the area itself attracts families and indi viduals,” Gunderson said. Ward said the state stands to benefit from the flexibility of recalling retired teachers. “It’s time to open (the policy) up to other categories. So far it appears to have been a very successful policy.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. Carrboro and Orange County, not just for what we build but how we maintain it,” said Town Council member Kevin Foy. In the interim, Town Council mem ber Flicka Bateman said she would like to investigate cooperation from the University as a means to alleviate over crowding in local lap pools. “UNC has two 50-meter pools,” Bateman said, adding that she thought it would “not be too much to ask.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. 5
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