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IN BRIEF
Student Senate adds two
new members to its ranks
The Student Senate bolstered its
ranks on Wednesday night, voting in
two new members following seeral
resignations in recent months.
Senators approved law student
Michael Watson for business major
Seat 17 and law student Ben Hov
land for graduate and law student
Seat 18.
Seat 18 has been empty since early
November, while former Senator Sol
Hart vacated Seat 17 on Jan. 15.
ASUO Vice President Mena
Ravassipour said the ASUO Execu
tive will appoint someone to Seat 14
next week. The executive will re
open applications for Seat 11, for
merly occupied by Emily Sousa, be
cause no one had applied, she said.
Ravassipour added that the execu
tive will soon conduct interviews
for Programs Finance Committee
Seat 3 as well.
The Senate also granted $314 of
surplus funds for the Chinese
Student Association’s China Night
on Feb. 13. The group will use the
money to provide food for volunteers
who help during the event, for which
the Senate also released $2,000 of
the group’s funds.
Also at the meeting, Senators
unanimously passed a revised reso
lution condemning University sports
teams from playing teams with “in
digenous” mascots. The ASUO Con
stitution Court rejected the initial res
olution because of vague language.
— Parker Howell
State: Students react to president's speech
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class actions and frivolous asbestos
claims,” he said, urging Congress to
pass liability reform this year.
On education, the President prom
ised to increase the size of Pell Grants
to make it easier for Americans to af
ford college while strengthening com
munity colleges and reforming the job
training system.
“To make our economy stronger
and more dynamic, we must prepare a
rising generation to fill the jobs of the
21st century,” he said.
Bush gave Americans a glimpse of
his ideas for controlling the deficit.
“America’s prosperity requires re
straining the spending appetite of the
federal government,” the President
said. “1 welcome the bipartisan enthu
siasm for spending discipline, so next
week I will send you a budget that
holds the growth of discretionary
spending below inflation, makes tax
relief permanent and stays on track to
cut the deficit in half by 2009. ”
Bush said he plans to eliminate or
reduce more than 150 government
programs he considers to be ineffective
and inefficient.
“The principle here is clear,” he
said. “A taxpayer dollar must be
spent wisely.”
Bush reiterated his support for a
constitutional amendment to pro
tect the institution of marriage,
adding that “it was for the good of
families, children and society.”
“Marriage is a sacred institution
and the foundation of society,” he
said. “It should not be re-defined by
activist judges.”
Bush cautioned that the United
States is still the target of terrorists, and
he emphasized the importance of con
tinuing the war on terror and fighting
tyranny abroad.
“In the long-term, the peace we seek
will only be achieved by eliminating
the conditions that feed radicalism and
ideologies of murder,” Bush said. “The
only force powerful enough to stop the
rise of tyranny and terror, and replace
hatred with hope, is the force of
human freedom.”
He explained that the United States
has no desire and no right to impose
our government on anyone else.
“Our aim is to build and preserve a
community of free and independent
nations with governments that answer
to their citizens and reflect their own
cultures,” he said.
Bush promised $350 million to
support Palestinian political,
economic and security reforms and
promised to promote peace in the
Middle East by confronting regimes
that harbor terrorists and pursue
weapons of mass destruction.
Bush spoke about the danger of
gangs for young people, especially
young men in cities, and suggested
a three-year, nationwide initiative to
support organizations to keep them
out. First Lady Laura Bush will head
the effort.
The President also praised the re
cent election in Iraq, bringing attention
to audience member Safia Taleb
al-Suhail, an Iraqi woman who voted
in the election. The praise was
followed by the President’s commen
dation of the men and women of the
military and expression of gratitude to
Janet and Bill Norwood, whose son
Byron was killed in Iraq.
The two women embraced in a hug,
accompanied by thunderous applause
from the audience.
University senior and College Re
publicans vice chairman Dean Scrut
ton said he saw the interaction be
tween the two women as the highlight
of the evening.
“The most historic thing was that in
teraction and discussion on Iraq,”
Scrutton said.
The College Republicans usually
watch the State of the Union ad
dress as a group, but the inaugura
tion celebration and counter-protest
13 days ago and the fact that many
members were in class at the time
of the address overshadowed the
address, Scrutton said.
Scrutton said he saw many impor
tant points in Bush’s speech, rang
ing from his push for Social Security
reform to his praise for faith-based
programs that help youth.
“Just because we have a separation
of church and state doesn’t negate
those programs,” Scrutton said.
Bush’s plan for Social Security
reform is a necessary one that too few
citizens understand or appreciate,
Scrutton said.
“People don’t want to realize the
gravity of the situation,” Scrutton said.
Kevin Curtin, co-chairman of the
College Democrats, said he disagrees
with Bush’s plan to privatize Social
Security and feels the Republican party
is making a crisis out of nothing.
Curtin said he hadn’t heard much
interest in the speech from his friends
and peers.
“They pretty much know what
Bush is going to say,” Curtin said.
“I think a lot of people are really
disenchanted by what’s going on.”
College Democrats co-Chair Kristina
Edmunson said Bush did not address
all the issues she feels are important to
college-age people. Bush’s brief
mention of the Pell Grant was not an
adequate discussion of the college
funding crisis, Edmunson said.
Edmunson also said the President
should have spent more time address
ing the international economy and the
political issues that go along with it.
“If we don’t start looking at this
problem we unfortunately aren’t going
to be one of the strongest economies in
the world,” Edmunson said.
Laura Jenkins, chairwoman of
the College Republicans, said she
thoroughly enjoyed the President’s
speech and was “inspired by his
optimism and leadership.”
“I really thought he laid out a really
hopeful message,” Jenkins said.
Jenkins said Bush’s plan to
increase the Pell Grant fund was the
most pressing issue for University
students and also praised his plan to
reform Social Security.
“Social Security will have a really
big impact for us as students in the
future,” Jenkins said.
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