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Conn (AP) - Behind Yale University'* serene Gothic architecture, professor* have been battling over a pot of gold and the course of Western civilization I/hi Bass, n 1970 Yale graduate from Texas, gave hi* alma mater 520 million in 1991 to create a course of study in the anc lent thinkers, artists and other figures who shaped the Western Euro pean culture from whit h modem American society stems More than three years later, the Course hasn't oven lieen designed Conservative students and pro feasors susjmh t Idcernls are Ixihind the delay, suggesting they want to hloc k a course* that emphasizes the ac hievements of white men and minimizes the contributions of women and minorities Yale President Richard Levin is trying to squelch such con spiracy theories, and say* plans for the money should be announced soon The issue became public after a student, writing in a student rnaga/.tne. accused larvin of trow ing to pressures from liberal pro fessor* and implied that Yale gave other course*, such as Asinn-Amerujin history and gay and lesbian studies, a higher pri ority. "There were serious la-hind the-scenes efforts to co-opt the money for liberal causes." Pat Collins wrote Y'ale spokesman Cary Freer denied any *uch scheme existed "We already have enormously ru.h anti robust offerings in West ern civilization," Fryer said. pointing out some 100 related < ourse* "The question is, what is the right approach to enhance the Western civilization curricu lum further?” Collins, a 20-year-old junior from Tusiin, Calif., also wrote in the article "Whatever Happened to Western Civ?” that lonin had bamboozled Hass and failed to keep him informed about what was happening with the program The article appeared in a con servative magazine written and edited by students and mailed to about 5,000 alumm The journal is supported by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute a nonprofit wdu i ational organization in Bryn Mawr, Pa., founded bv William F Buckley Jr The article noted that Boss' money is paying the salaries of Prosecutor seeks death penalty UNION. S < (AIM In the nnd, Susan V Smith's proset utor said Monday. h<* had to seek tht> death penalty against her to assure that poo pit? n>meml>erod thn two young sons she drowned wore the victims and not her Smith sobbed nnd spot tutors in the packed courtroom gasped as Solicitor Tommy Pope said he would seek to have her el octroi uted if she is convicted of murder She covered her face and < rsed as Pope rend aloud the charges that she rolled her t.ar into John I) Long Lake with her sorts. ;t year-old Michael and 14-mohth-old Alex, inside. Smith's lawyer. David Hank, said she would not enter a plea Circuit Judge Costa Plea ones entered an innocent plea on her behalf and sc heduled her trial for April .14 Smith first told police a carjacier took her sons on Oct 25 She and her estranged husband, David, pleaded on television for their return She con fessed nine day* later, saying she was suicidal and acted out of distress over a broken romance "The death penalty for her is betide the point. She says over and over she wants to die." (truck said after the five-minute hearing. "She is lost in an tic can of grief and there is no relief for her When she sleeps, she dreams about the boy* and she writes them desperate letters " She is taking medic ation but is no longer on a suicide watt h. as she was in the first days after her arrest. Brut k said Pope said it's that kind of talk that helped him make his dec ision, despite the feeling of some in Smith's* hometown that a pica agreement and prob able lift* sentence would heal the wounds. "For nine days last vear, Michael and Alex Smith were the vic tims of this crime." Pope said "Now. nil of a sudden. Susan Smith is the victim. "If they're going to talk how Susan Smith is spending her days, I'm going to talk about how Michael and Alex are spending their days " lit- also said lie had to show that South Caroli na would be hard on alleged killers, male or female, hlac k or white He said execution would be warranted because of two aggravating ctrcum* stain es the killing of two or more people and the killing of a child younger than 11 "As heinous as this crime was, if this case doesn't deserve the death penalty, what case does'" Pope said "If this hud been a man dow n at the /.ipny Mart who shot a woman and a baby instead of middle-class Susan Smith, would we even be wondering whether she deserved the death penalty? If we don't seek the death penalty this time, what do we say next time a crime os hor rible as this happens again?” Among those in court were Smith's mother und stepfather Her estranged husband was not there, hut ho supported the death penalty dec ision, her brother. Scotty Vaughan, said later "He still loves Susan and feels that she diet not know what she was doing," Vaughan said But Vaughan said Itavid Smith does not feel that a life sentenc e with u possible parole after 20 years is enough punishment Hospital lets patients work off bills DANVHJLK. Va (AP) -Carol Tnylor was fresh out of i ollege with (tirin' v hool loans, rent and car payments weighing on her potiotbook when emergency surgery put her another S14.500 in debt With no health insurance for her six-day stay, the hospi tal agreed to have her work it off Now, after her full-time job, she spends evenings and Saturdays at Danville Regional Medical Center At $5 an hour, she'll lie done in 18 months. So far. Taylor, 25, and three other people unable to pay their hospital bills have agreed to do work in jobs ranging from typing to yard work at the hospital It beats struggling under unmanageable monthly pay ments, said Taylor, who suggest ed the idea to Danville last year. 'll!*! program started in Septem ber "1 was just hoping the hospi tal had a program like this or were thinking about it." she said "Pride doesn’t pay your bills." The income is laved first. with the remainder applied to the bill Alter working for 30 to t»0 days, some workers are eligible for their bills to be reduced by up to 50 percent, said Monroe Patterson, who coordinates the Servo e Credit Program Taylor is a full-time paralegal at a city law firm After that, she heads to the hospital two to three days a week to do various cleric al and computer jobs She averages 30 to 40 hours a week Patterson predicts that her bill will Ik- marked "paid in full” within 18 months. Ail but one of lilt' partu ipants have full time jobs "1 let them make their own hours." Patter son said 1 don't want to do any thing that would interfere with their other job," Patterson said he knew of only one other hospital in the nation with a similar paybai k program. Windham Community Memorial Hospital in Wiltiman tit. Conn. Annette Hanseil. senior vice president at Windham Commu nity. said Sunday that the hospi tal was considering dropping the program, which was started in 1992 "For a while it was consid ered a success." she said Hut interest has waned has the econ omy has improved. five professor* who haven't yet taught the course and who oth erwise would be {wild out of the university'* general budge! Hass approved a proposal for seven full professor* and four assistant professors teaching a double-credit, yearlong course for sophomores Five faculty immediately were named Bass professors But levin refected the plan to hire four assistant professors, saving the course would draw resources •way from other areas of the uni versity. The debate comes in the midst of budget cone sms and Levin, an economist by training, has insti tuted a five year plan to eliminate a $12 million deficit, in part through a hiring freeze on new teachers Pet owner loses dog in transit LAUREL. Md. (AP) — Sea mus somehow got lost with the luggage The 8-week-old bulldog was being shipped by a Birin ingham. Ala., breeder to his new owner. Kevin Sturges when he got mislaid on the way to Baltimore Washing ton International Airport. Sturges watched crestfallen Wednesday as two other owners greeted their puppies. "I immediately thought he had been stolen." he said. He blunt bed a search, fax ing letters to the president and vice president of North west Airlines and engaging the help of two air cargo employees, who sent dozens of electronic messages to air ports across the nation. The airline assigned an investigator who t ailed air ports in Tokyo. England and Taiwan, thinking Seamus might have l>«en transferred to an international flight by mistake. “Hundreds of people were looking for this dtig," Sturges said The search ended happily Friday when a Northwest employee found Seamus in his crate near a fence outside the Detroit Metropolitan Air port Seamus hadn't been giv en food or water for two day s, but was in good shape other wise it wasn't immediately clear how he was misplaced The airline called Sturges, who rushed to the airport yvith boyvls of food and water to greet his new best friend that night Sturges said it took very lit tle time for Seamus to get used to his new home. "He snores real loud," Sturges said. This week s Special Phad Thai $4.75 CHINA BLUE RESTAURANT Dy our Omen, too! | »r» i isti> Upton «m to uc taxmen MJ JI53 • !»( out DvMiM J Travel Shop spring break specials Fun in the sun: Mexico cruise $649* — (503) 746-5887 * pr*r« Nascd OR please recycle this paper!