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Freshmen Republicans aware of responsibility WASHINGTON (API - Kven before they were sworn in Wednesday. the eight freshmen Republicans from the Pat ifir North went said they were well aware of the public s high c')** tations for th<' new GOP*led Congress I think the monkey is really on mir Iw ks. Rep (at k Mot I alf, K-VVash , said ns ho greeted supporters in his office early Wednesday "Wo hove lai'ii given the confident e of the people not Ini nose they have bw onto Repuhlii ans hut bet ause they are so disgusted with the way Congress has been run." Melt alf said People ire saying. We really don't trust you guys ^ mi are politician* too But we ll give you one i hsni ti.' " he said Mett all and fellow freshmen Washington Hepuhli* alls Ceorge Nethercuti. Linda Smith, kick White. !)<« Hast ings and Kandy Tate yvere sworn In for the 104th Con gress Wednesday along with Oregon freshmen Republl* unis Wes Cooley and Jim Bunn "All»mss this country. Americans stood up to hv that they want a swift and unmistakable and to business-a* usual, and we mean to and it quo kly" said Cooley. a rancher and small businessman representing the east ern four-fifths of Oregon With a few specific ex« options the freshmen are loud advre -ties of the GOP's "(iontnn i With America." a to plank platform (ailing for a halamjsd budget, deficit redie lion, welfare reform and term limits Republican leaders have pledged to mov e on that agen da in tfie first too days of the new Congress "The first big test is the first 100 days" Rep Doc Hast ings. R Wash . said Wednesday 1 know (ran on the 'Con tract ' 1 feel that is something we have to tarry out I think wo (an" Rep Jennifer Dunn. R-Wash . now the dean of the Wash ington Republicans as a sophomore and a member of the tax writing House Wavs and Means Committee, said it is important to ,-n t quickly on the (A J|’ priorities 'We've got to seize the moment." Dunn said ' We run into troufde when tin- new i hairman got used to be iall ing ( hairman ' We start to lose steam Sen Slade Gorton, R-Wash said many of the new Republicans' politic al arnwrn will hinge on the wo ess of the reforms they have promised If Republicans fail to keep those promises, they will probably tx> defeated in two yours." ho wiid Wednesday We've been looking forward to this day for two years,” Whito said It's a bright sunny day You can feet the emo tion and the enthusiasm. ” Smith said, ”1 go from so exc ited 1c an't stand it, to. oh my gosh, what have I gotten myself into' What a responsibility, what an opportunity,” said Smith, who has been named < hairwoman of the House Small Business subcommittee on finance and taxation Nethurc utt upset House Speaker Tom Foley. D-Wash - the first time a sitting speaker has lieen defeated since the Civil War • and won a spot on the House Appro pnalions Committee But he said Wednesday the biggest reward was being part of the first GOP-led House in 40 years "I'm struck by this moment in history, not just for me and my family, but for the nation.” Net hen utt said. "I'm very exc ited, very honored by this opportunity.” he said "Only about 10,000 people in history have got ten to do this.” Study: Minorities not taking top classes SKA I III (API Minority high v hool students an- signifi i anlly undor-imrollittl m impor tnnl courses needed to got into collage, t) new state study t on eludes The low mimlrers of minority students in mlvani ed calculus. < hnmistry and language arts classes are one reason those youths don't go to i oilegs 01 succeed at the same level as white students, the study said The study of eight school dis trie ts with high minority enroll ments was conducted bv the state Commission on African American Affairs with the Uni versity ol Washington The dis trie ts were in Seattle. I acoma. Spokane. Renton. Yakima, Ku h land. Kennewu k and Piim o The commission said it could not explain the disparities But i omrnission esei ulive direi tor lames Kelly and UVV Professor Eugene Edgar theorized the rea •on* < mild irtduds student* ( homing or tiding slwred by school officials into le»*u hal hinging classe*, along with poverty and a lad of knowledge about the advanced c ourses "Them were no big surprises for me, esc ept that not many kids of any ethnicity fine hiding whiles) are taking these i lasses." Edgar saiii The study showed that whiles are taking the cours es at a higher rate than minority students One problem the researcher* found w as a lot k of uniform socioeconomic and race data collected by the ciistrh ts. «*jh* cially in Eastern Washington How c an sc hool board mem bers make edut at ion polit cos without that Information?” Ke! Iv asked The study found in Seattle Public School*, for example. that in 1902-03 the 100 high school students in gifted and honors programs were r>‘t per cent white, 2J percent Asian lfi percent black. 3 percent Hispan n rad i pert rat Amwfe an lodi an. •By I on* rust -to pen cti! . ■! U.C total high school enrollment of 12,000 students was white, 2H percent Asian. 22 percent blac k, 7 percent Hispanic and 3 per cent Indian. Asians joined whites m pulling ahead of the overall per ' ■. ■ cuius. for example, whites made up At percent of the enrollment, Asians -17 percent, bla< ks 5 per cent. Hispanics 3 percent and Indians 2 (*•« ent In some districts, attempts to improve minority student at luevement have included weekend classes, tutoring and additional financial aid Oregon blues singer inspired by jail time PORTLAND (AP) Popu lar Oregon musician Paul del.av. who bo< omes an ex convict this week after serv ing more than two years on drug charges, says prison has given him plenty of inspira tion for blues songs, and he plans to inject a new message of sobriety and feminism into his mush He'll move from the federal prison camp in Sheridan to a halfway house in Clackamas County on Thursday. IhT.ay said he hopes he'll soon lie allowed to begin play ing and singing the blues in public again so that he can share his music along with the lessons he has learned as a recovering addict "I hope my words can be inspirational enough to some one to get them to stop using," he told The Oregonian during an interview at the prison camp Tuesday, "That would make me very happy." After playing in various Portland hands since the late 1900s, deLay was a highly regarded harmonica player and singer, leading his own hand in the 1980s. lie has been at the prison camp since May 1992 after he pleaded guilty to participating in a 1988 conspiracy to sell more than seven pounds of c(h nine as a go-between for a Portland drug dealer. ■ Met some people. Drank some beer. Got bored. Went to another bar. Met some other people. We didn't get bored. We drank some more beer. Jamey didn't. JameT drove. We didn't. PI 03SO, think when 15% l Student Discount 355 E Broadway only 345-9976 Must present student I D Not valid with other discounts Valid tor I D holder only ALL DAY TUESDAY s p A G H E T T I , YOU r CAN EAT EVERY TUES! includes Garlic Bread 11:30 am-10 pm pizz* ITALIAN KITCHEN 2673 Willamette • 484-0996
