News brief
Democrats fight Bush
on security funding
WASHINGTON — Democratic
senators plan to stand alongside po
lice officers, firefighters and the may
or of Baltimore on Thursday to agi
tate for billions of new dollars for
homeland security, one of a series of
such events they have held highlight
ing what they say is inadequate
spending to fight terrorism.
With the subject of the war largely
off limits, homeland security is one
of the few issues where Democrats
can attack a popular wartime presi
dent. And they are doing so with a
vengeance, regularly taking Presi
dent George W. Bush and the Repub
licans to task for not spending
enough to help cities and states pro
tect themselves.
The political benefits of this strategy
are evident. It allows Democrats to
pose with firefighters and police, he
roes of the Sept. 11,2001, terrorist at
tacks, as Sens. Tom Daschle, D-S.D.,
and Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.,
are doing at Thursday's event. It lets
Democrats criticize Bush in a political
ly safe way. And it addresses the anxi
eties of the large segment of the public
that fears another terrorist attack.
Congress is considering an $80 bil
lion wartime spending package pro
posed by the president. It contains
#4.2 billion for homeland security,
with most of the money going to the
states for distribution. Democrats
say that Congress should appropri
ate an additional #4.8 billion, for a to
tal of #9 billion, the amount request
ed by the National League of Cities.
—JillZuckman, Chicago
Tribune (KRT)
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traveling, but
she now wants
to get involved
in the campus
community.
She plans to
major in inter
national studies
and journalism,
and minor in
business. She is
not involved
with any activi
ties or student
groups on campus, but she wants to
become more engaged in University
life and thought running for a stu
dent government office would be a
good way to do it. Khalsa said she
has not read the Student Senate
rulebook and would not be able to
answer rule-related questions.
Q: How would you figure out how
to spend the senate surplus?
Khalsa: Well, that really depends.
I’m going for the EMU board and
they deal with allocating office
space, but also giving money to dif
ferent groups and programs and
events and shows that come on.
Maybe organizing a really fun event.
I’m just talking about in my catego
ry, because that’s what we deal with.
Or maybe putting more money into
an event that people really like, or
doing something like that.
Q: What are the most important
issues facing the students you
would represent?
Khalsa: It’s probably money. I
think money is one of the biggest is
sues for everybody — getting fund
ing for their different programs.
Within the EMU it might be getting
the space, that they can get the time
and space, or the office space, they
might want a better office, or maybe
getting more money for their event
or their group.
Gabe Kjos, a sophomore and dou
ble major in journalism and political
science, is currently an ASUO in
tern and vice chairman of the Uni
versity Residence Hall Association.
He wants to take a stand against
selling tobacco in Erb Essentials.
Kjos did not know the required
number of votes to submit articles
of impeachment or that Section 5
lists the senators’ duties, but he felt
a senator’s most important job is to
be accessible to students.
Q,: How would you figure out how
to spend the senate surplus?
Kjos: I think what we first need to
get a hold on is where the money is
going — the income of the money,
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where the money has been spent in
previous years and what groups
need to be prioritized for money. I
think the EMU
board budget is
really different
in the fact that
they have to
deal with the
state mandato
ry increases. I
think one thing
as a student
senator is see
ing where those
priorities are
for the campus
and for our mis
sion statement in the ASUO.
Q: What are the most important
issues facing the students you
would represent?
Kjos: I think one of the biggest
things that we’d see is that the EMU
touches more students than any oth
er organization on campus. And mak
ing sure that — while I serve on the
EMU board and on the senate — that
things run smoothly on both and
making sure that the ASUO under
stands the EMU board budget, and
that everybody in the EMU is satisfied
with the experience they’re getting.
Julian Pscheid is a computer and
information science major with jun
ior standing, though it is only his
second year at the University. He
said he has gained leadership expe
rience through his involvement in
the greek system and the Interfra
temity Council, but if he is elected
to Student Senate he plans to resign
from the IFC at the end of the term
to concentrate on student govern
ment. Pscheid did not know the re
quired votes to submit articles of
impeachment. He knew that Sec
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tion 5 lists senators’ duties but did
not think any one duty was more
important than another.
Q: How
would you fig
ure out how to
spend the sen
ate surplus?
Pscheid: Well,
I’ve always been
very open to all
student groups
on campus and
I’m definitely
not biased to
ward anything
through my in
volvement in
other student groups, especially the
greek system. I will be open and fair
toward any student group that comes
in for interviews and asks for money.
Q: What are the most important
issues facing the students you would
represent, if elected?
Pscheid: I guess there’s always is
sues with student groups not being
able to get the money they want and
being hostile once they don’t get it
and taking things on a personal lev
el. I think integrity, keeping up the
integrity of the senate, especially if
it’s attacked by student groups who
don’t get their funding. That’s I
guess the biggest concern that I
would have. If student groups don’t
get the funding that they want, is
that they take stuff to a personal lev
el, and keeping the integrity of the
senators and the senate as a whole
is probably one of my main issues
and concerns.
Rodrigo Moreno Villamar, a junior
political science major, said he de
cided to run for senate because he is
concerned about the allocation of
student incidental fees. Moreno is
involved with the Multicultural Cen
ter and MEChA, and helped create
a MEChA chapter at Churchill High
School and a band within MEChA
that plays Mex
ican folklore
music. Moreno
did not know
the required
votes to submit
articles of im
peachment or
that Section 5
lists the sena
tors’ duties.
Q: How
would you fig
ure out how to
spend the senate surplus?
Moreno: First of all, we have to
evaluate the needs of what is to be
done in terms of who needs the
money for what. That’s a very broad
question. I would have to look at the
particulars and see what it is.
Q: What are the most important
issues facing the students you would
represent?
Moreno: One, lack of representa
tion at all levels. I think that’s my
main concern, and the main con
cern of the students. We are not, as
students, getting enough funding for
our extracurricular activities, our
curricular activities, we don’t have
enough money for academics, espe
cially after the defeat of Measure 28.
We need to increase awareness on
how we can cope with these prob
lems and deal with these problems
and restructure the existing struc
ture so that it fulfills our needs —
because we are the ones that are
paying for our education.
Moreno
Contact the senior news reporter
at jenniferbear@dailyemerald.com.
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