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Wednesday, March 28, 2001
Senate Moves Toward Campaign Reform
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The Senate
bestowed its blessing Tuesday on the soft
money ban at the heart of campaign
finance legislation, delivering a crucial
victory to Sen. John McCain and others
bidding to reduce the influence of big
money in modern-day elections.
On a vote of6o-40, the Senate rejected
a move by Sen. Chuck Hagel to limit the
loosely regulated donations - customari
ly five- or six-figure sums given to politi
cal parties - without oudawing them.
“Our principal goal has been for a
long time to get rid of soft money,” Sen.
Russ Feingold, D-Wis., exulted after
ward. “This was the vote that got rid of
soft money.”
The vote was one in a series of tests
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confronting McCain, Feingold and others
as they struggle to bring their legislation
to a final vote in the Senate this week.
Backstage negotiations continued on
proposals to increase the size of allow
able donations to candidates, political
action committees and other organiza
tions. The current restrictions have been
in place since 1974, and while there is
widespread support for an increase,
some Democrats express concern that
too big a jump could help Republicans
and damage their own campaign
prospects.
Separately, a fight loomed over an
attempt by critics of the legislation to
require an all-or-nothing review by the
Supreme Court when the inevitable
legal challenge is filed to the bill. Most
supporters prefer that the court review
President Bush told Midwesterners who
endured the Rust Belt recession a
decade ago that tax cuts are vital to
reversing recent layoffs and the stock
each provision on its own merits, and
Democratic Leader Tom Daschle said
he was working to “persuade every
member of my caucus” to come around
to that view.
The vote on that issue is a pivotal one,
particularly following the passage
Monday night of an amendment that
restricts political advertising by indepen
dent groups such as the Sierra Club.
Many senators say that provision is of
particularly dubious constitutionality and,
as a result, expressed concern during the
day that the entire legislation could be
invalidated if judged as a package.
Overall, the legislation would ban soft
money, which refers to unlimited dona
tions to the national and state political
parties. It also would place restrictions
on certain paid broadcast advertising in
market slump. “The need for action is
urgent,” he declared Tuesday.
Bush made his case in a city that took
an economic beating on his father’s
watch.
He called the economy “winded but
fundamentally strong” and predicted it
would “come roaring out of its dol
drums” if taxes are cut by at least $1.6
trillion over 10 years as he has pro
posed.
Bush, in what aides billed as a major
economic address, dismissed anew
Democratic alternative for a one-time
S3OO tax rebate as a mere “pick-me-up.”
He embraced Republican lawmak
ers’ plans of backdating tax cuts so
Americans would get an injection of
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the weeks leading to elections.
Soft money has become an important
ingredient in campaigns in recent years,
as political parties use it in ever escalat
ing amounts to pay for hard-hitting
advertising that stops short -but barely
-of advocating the election or defeat of
specific candidates.
The two parties collected more than
S4BO million in such donations for use in
the 2000 election cycle, money that crit
ics say contributes to the unseemliness
and appearance, at least, of corruption
in the modern-day money chase.
Hagel crafted his alternative with the
encouragement of President Bush and
others who have been seeking an alter
native to the broader campaign finance
measure advocated by McCain,
Feingold and others.
spending money this year.
And he traced the roots of the sput
tering economy and energy shortages to
President Clinton, hoping to pass the
blame in one of the more partisan
speeches of his brief tenure.
“I strongly believe that meaningful,
real tax relief can ignite another genera
tion of growth,” Bush said.
He broke no new policy ground in
his 30-minute speech but addressed
Democratic criticism that his dour
assessments have helped lower con
sumer confidence and weaken the econ
omy.
“It’s the president’s job to look for
warnings of economic trouble ahead
and to heed them,” Bush said.
Lone Candidate Hunter
Has High Hopes for DTH
By Sarah Sanders
Staff Writer
For junior journalism major Katie
Hunter, obtaining the job of editor of
The Daily Tar Heel would be the cul
mination of a college journey.
When she first arrived in Chapel Hill
from Newburgh, N.Y., Hunter said, she
was a freshman lacking direction.
“I knew practically nothing about
UNC, what to get involved in or what I
wanted to do with my life,” Hunter said.
She stumbled upon the DTH at an
interest meeting early in the fall, and it
has been her road map ever since.
“I got hired without ever having
written a news story,” Hunter said.
But inexperience proved no obsta
cle in Hunter’s path. She delved into
the world of professional journalists,
covering midterm congressional elec
tions during her first semester as a staff
writer for the State & National Desk.
As she matured as a reporter over
her next three years, Hunter explored
the workings of the paper, steering her
way to positions as State & National
assistant editor, desk editor and her
current post as DTH managing editor.
And now, after almost six semesters
of learning by others’ example,
Hunter, who is running unopposed,
believes she is ready to be the guide.
“I feel I have done everything there
is to be done and learned everything I
can in other positions,” she said. “It’s a
natural progression to want to be edi
tor.”
Hunter said the DTH, as one of the
best college papers in the nation,
already does an admirable job report
ing the news but that there is always
room for improvement.
Campus Calendar
Today
noon - Today, more than 300,000
children are taking part in hostilities in
more than 30 countries. Child soldier
ing is a common yet shocking phenom
enon occurring throughout Africa
today.
Come hear UNC’s Diplomat-in-
Residence Ambassador Brenda
Schoonover at the Sonja H. Stone
Black Cultural Center for an Around
the Circle Discussion on Children’s
Rights in Africa. This event is spon
sored by the Globe of
Campus Y and is a' parf 'of Human
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University Center for International Studies
presents
Dr. Gil Loescher
Oxford University
“ Refugees , UNHCR, and
World Politics”
nvuAKS This address is an evaluation of the United Nations High
Y Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on its 50th
4 1 Ki anniversary. UNHCR is the world’s refiigee protection
agency, and Loescher is one of the world’s foremost
experts on refugees.
Thursday, March 29
7:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m.
Reception to Follow
Morehead Faculty Lounge
Morehead Planetarium
For more information call
the University Center for International Studies, 962-3094
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As editor,
Hunter’s focus
will be on identi
fying major sto
ries early in the
year to allow for
more in-depth
coverage.
“I really enjoy
taking issues that
affect the entire
state and nation
and showing
readers how they
affect the
University,”
Hunter said.
DTH Managing Editor
Katie Hunter
said she wants to
attain higher levels
of communication
among the DTH staff.
But there is more to the DTH than
chasing sources and meeting deadlines.
For Hunter, it’s also about forming
friendships with a group of “driven,
ambitious people who also have a lot
of fun.”
Which is why Hunter tries to keep
things fun in the midst of newsroom
madness.
One day, she sang encouragement,
in the form of Julie Andrews songs, to
reporters lacking confidence.
She tries to remind everyone, espe
cially herself, to keep work in perspec
tive and know that the DTH is a step
in a larger journey.
With the editor selection to be held
Saturday, Hunter said she has enjoyed
her trip so far and is excited about her
possible future at the DTH.
She said, “It’s amazing to me what
can be accomplished when such a
huge group of people come together
for a common cause.”
The Features Editor can be reached
at features@unc.edu.
Rights Week.
6 p.m. -An AmeriCorps
Information Session will be held in
308 Hanes Hall. Come learn about the
different opportunities to help a com
munity in need and earn money for
school or to pay off student loans.
6 p.m. - UNC’s second annual Anti-
Hate Crimes Vigil will be held in the Pit
It will include speakers and discussions in
addition to the candlelight ceremony.
6 p.m. - The Wesley Foundation
will have dinner and a worship service.
7:30 p.m. - The annual Take Back
the Night March will start at the steps
of South Building. Join in the candlelit
march 1 ai*ourtd dahlpus ih protest of sex
ual assault. Refreshments will follow the
iriarch and sh'arihg circle; -
Thursday
11 a.m. - Minefields in the Pit?
Look out! As part of Human Rights
week, UNC’s United Nations
Organization along with Globe, a
committee of the Campus Y, is creating
a mock minefield in the Pit. Learn about
the dangers of active mines and what
action you can take to stop the violence
against innocent people.
5 p.m. - Become an activist! Join
the UNC chapter of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People at a meeting in Union
206. This week’s topic is ways to
increase your level of student activism.
Friday
1 p.m. - Robert Pollin, professor of
economics at the University of
Massachusetts, will speak on
“Economics and the Living Wage:
Are the two compatible?” in 211
Gardner Hall. All may attend.
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Wednesday, March 28,2001
Volume 109, Issue 19
P.O Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Matt Dees, Editor, 962-4086
Advertising & Business, 962-1163
News, Features, Sports. 962-0245