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Today 3:30-5:30 pm Heritage Hall, Bowerman Building (adjoining Hayward Field) For more information, call 346-3950 This event has been graciously sponsored by the Jordan and Mina Schnitzer Foundation The National Young Leaders Conference, Washington, DC The National Youth Leadership Forums on Law, Medicine or Defense ^jT^ltention^jZ^lumni of The National Young Leaders Conference, Washington, DC or The National Youth Leadership Forums on Law, Medicine or Defense If you are a first or second year student, there is a prestigious on-campus leadership opportunity we have been asked to discuss with you. Please call toll-free 1-877-282-4952 no later than October 19th and ask to speak with one of the program co-founders: Barbara or Richard FIND THINGS IN ODE CLASSIFIEDS (ROOMMATES, TICKETS, STUFF YOU LOST, BICYCLES, CARS, JOBS, ON-CAMPUS OPPORTUNITIES) Clinton requests test ban vote delay By Kevin Galvin The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Clinton asked the Senate in writ ing on Monday to put off voting on the nuclear test ban treaty, warning that a likely defeat in Tuesday’s scheduled vote would “severely harm the national secu rity.” Republicans called his letter a first step toward possibly post poning the vote but sought further assurances the issue wouldn’t come up again during this 106th Congress. “I firmly believe the treaty is in the national interest,” Clinton wrote to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., and Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D. But he recognized he lacked the two thirds vote needed for ratification. “Accordingly, I request that you postpone consideration of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty on the Senate floor.” By putting his request in writ ing, Clinton met one demand of his Republican opponents. The letter was silent on their insis tence that Clinton promise not to revive it during the 2000 election season, but White House officials rejected that request. . “Even though there are cam paigns under way in the United States, we have to take into ac count the larger national interest,” said National Security Council spokesman David Leavy. “It would be irresponsible for the president to limit his tools in dealing with something as sensi tive as nuclear testing.” Lott’s spokesman, John Czwartacki, said the letter was “merely a first step,” and noted that Lott, joined by Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., Foreign Relations Committee chairman, has asked for agreement that the treaty not come before the Senate again be fore 2001. “Senator Lott will discuss this reversal by the White House with his fellow senators on Tuesday,” Czwartacki said. “Now there must be agreement reached in the Sen ate that it not come up again.” Helms called Clinton’s letter “a step in the right direction” but in sufficient. “It must be made clear that this (treaty) is dead and that the next president will not be bound by its terms,” he said in a statement. Sen. John Warner, R-Va., chair man of the Armed Services Com mittee, called the letter “a signifi cant step forward” and was working with Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., to build sup port in both parties for postpon ing the vote until 2001. A Warner aide said the two sen ators hoped to have a letter sup porting the delay signed by a ma jority of senators from both parties on the desks of party leaders Tuesday. “This should be an easy call,” Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, the Foreign Relations Commit tee’s ranking Democrat, said in a statement. “The president has asked for a delay. Most Democrats and many Republicans support a delay. It’s clearly in our national interest to put off this vote with out any further wrangling. I hope the Senate puts the national inter est first.” The treaty would impose a blanket international ban on all nuclear test explosions. Support ers estimate they are 15 to 20 votes short of the two-thirds ma jority needed for Senate ratifica tion. The pact has been signed by 154 nations, including the United States, but ratified by only 51. It will not go into effect if the United States fails to ratify it. Higher Ed briefs Technology education receives $5 million ailottment The state Emergency Board approved a $5 million allotment to the Oregon Uni versity System for technology educa tion last week. The money will go to fund various aspects of technology.ed ucation around the state. For the Uni versity, $400,000 has been allotted to establish a multimedia major as well as $100,000 to expand the computer and information science department’s pro gram. The money was set aside by the Legislature during its last session. All the Digital Power in the Palm of Your Hands www. omniplayer, com
