81 Budget WASHINGTON (UPI) — the House Passed a Ment Proposal by Rep
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
mo (Eannecticut Satlu Campus Serving Storrs Since 1896 Vol.LXXXIVNo.59 University of Connecticut Wednesday, November 19,1980 Weicker says busing bill will be overturned by Court By DOUG FISHER determined as legal by the He told 200 people similar The U.S. Senate abandoned Supreme Court, and the apathy among educators led principles for the sake of Senate has the obligation to to a reduction in federal political interest by passing a uphold that law. not try to funding for institutions like bill Monday that bars the overturn it." UConn. Justice Department from Weicker said the Democrat- On his recent meeting with enforcing court ordered controlled lame duck Cub^n President Fidel busing to overcome racial Congress is playing Castro. Weicker said, imbalance in public schools, "political football" by "Castro was not Sen. Lowell P. Weicker. passing conservative complimentary to President- R-Conn.. said here Tuesday. measures contrary to their elect Ronald Reagan, but I Weicker. who personally beliefs to forward their own don't know who that speaks believes busing in certain political goals. for, Castro or Reagan." instances is a remedy to He blamed Attorney He said America's "silly correct a "determined General Benjamin p R. foreign policy"' caused the wrong," said he led the fight Civiletti. President Carter problems in Cuban-U.S. to try and defeat the bill to and groups such as the relations. "We don't even preserve the separation of NAACP for the success of challenge the Soviet Union the branches of government. the bill, since they did not when it comes to educating "There's no question in my voice strong opposition. Cuban students who become mind that the bill is "Nonody bites the bullet on the leaders and educators unconstitutional," Weicker these issues." he said. when they return to their said. "At issue here is "Those that do not speak out co'intry," he said. whether or not the Senate for what they believe "The Cuban people have a can tell the judiciary what to represent the greatest peril tremendous affection for the Sen. Lowell P. Weicker [Loflnk photo do. Busing has been to this country." SEE PAGE 5 House narrowly passes '81 budget WASHINGTON (UPI) — The House passed a ment proposal by Rep. Delbert Latta. R-Ohio. then William Proximirc. D-Wis.. to put a $610.9 million long-delayed $631.7 billion budget for fiscal 1981 approved the budget. 203-191. lid on 1981 spending. Tuesday after rejecting a Republican move to put Only two Republicans John Anderson of Illinois The House and Senate considered their separate Congress on record as favoring presidential and Charles Dougherty of Pennsylvania — voted versions of the 1981 budget after Reagan visited impoundment of federal funds. for the budget. Capitol Hill. The Senate has yet to take final action. Heeding warnings not to surrender its power to The spending plan for the current fiscal year that Latta's impoundment proposal would have the president, the House rejected the "sense of started seven weeks ago includes the 2 percent cut supported the concept of giving Reagan power to Congress" resolution that would have supported Reagan has said he could make by trimming waste, "reserve amounts necessary" to keep Congress the idea of giving President-elect Ronald Reagan abuse, mismanagement and fraud from govern- from breaching the budget ceiling. It was proposed the power to withhold funds appropriated by ment programs. as a substitute to an amendment that would have Congress. Senate Republicans, meanwhile, joined Demo- given Reagan unlimited .power to withhold any The House voted 232-154 against the impound- crats in voting 72-18 to kill a proposal by Sen. funds he chose for one vear. Fifteen persons missing USG to hold forum in fiery Korean air disaster on old Co-op use SEOUL. South Korea (UPI) — A Korean Air gers and seven crew members were unaccoun- The Undergraduate Student Government will hold an lines Boeing 747 jumbo jet from Los Angeles ted for following the fiery landing. open forum tonight to inform the students how the old with 207 people aboard burst into flames on Twenty-seven other people earlier believed Co-op space could be used, according to USG Chairman landing at Seoul's airport Wednesday. Airline killed were missing in the confusion and found James Deorio. officials said 15 people were believed killed in alive. Deorio, Graduate Student Council President James Dolan the fire. KAL Flight 015 originated in Los Angeles and Inter-Area Residents Council Chairman Donald Cafero Preliminary reports said most of the Monday evening, with a refueling stop at will conduct the forum, which will be held at 8:30 p.m. in passengers and crewmembers on board Anchorage. Alaska. It touched down at Kimpo Room 315 of the Commons Building. Deorio said all escaped from the flaming plane unhurt. In airport at 7:25 a.m. Wednesday 5:25 p.m. EST students are invied to attend. Washington. State Department spokesman Tuesday. "Our purpose is to tell the students what our Anita Stockman said four passengers were No passenger list was released and it was recommendations to the administration were and how we hospitalized with injuries received in the fire. not known if any Americans were on board. derived these recommendations," he said. Black smoke belched out of the craft as it Early reports said the Boeing 747 collided "It is essential that people come and listen to us." Deorio touched down and flames engulfed it shortly with a military vehicle on the runway, but said. "We've spoken to many people individually, but this afterward as it landed on the foggy runway, there was no official confirmation. is their chance to hear what the whole campus' views police said. The cause of the fire was not immediately are." The director of the air traffic control office at determined but some airport officials specu- The possibility of relocating the Afro-American Cultural Kimpo International Airport, located in a lated it might have started in one of the big Center or the Anonymous Pub into the old Co-op space and western suburb of Seoul, said eight passen- jet's engines. revovations in the Commons Building will be discussed. Students take complaint to state - Story, p. 4 Wolf Losee Jim Kami Page 2 The Connecticut Daily Campus, Wednesday, November 19,1980 PLeAseMfcRew-AN, OPINION AtLWeWANTlSTB Administrators Be TReATBP AS eOOALS AMP can't face students NOT AS sex The administration has the chance to face the students on the old Co-op space issue tonight, but they're not planning OBOeCTS. to show up. j The Undergraduate Student Government will conduct an explainer for students at 8:30 p.m." in Room 315 of. the Commons Building. Its purpose is to inform undergradu- Nice ates about proposed uses of the vacant building. The administation says it hasn't made any decision yet, LKS,,, but reports indicate the old Co-op wilj be occupied by the Afro-American Cultural Center. The purpose of tonight's meeting isn't to help make the decision. It is for your information and nothing else. The Division of Student Affairs and Services doesn't care &gX*g££&<iyGW$ •what you have to say about the issue. They're not even going to take the time to tell you why your opinion means so little. Thev don't even want to see you tonight. But the student government, including USG, the Pornography no small crime Graduate Student Council and the Inter-Area Residents Council, will tell you why your thoughts are so unimportant. And they will explain that there is no need for the administrators to do the same. A lot has happened since 1970. when the Freedman) notes that "the vast majority of Student affairs and services saw no need to make their President's Commission on Obscenity and laboratory experiments have shown that discussions with student leaders on the subject public Pornography deemed the effect of soft-core observing aggression provokes greater ag- record. They did not forsee the use of the Co-op space as a pornography on male viewers was "cathar- gressive behavior, not less." decision requiring student opinion. sis" — an easing of sexual frustration. Professor Ed Donnerstein, a leading figure And now, they won't even face the students and explain Smut has grown to a $4 billion a year in aggression research, has conducted experi- their proposals. Since they don't feel obligated to canvass industry. Dirty magazines have boosted their ments at the University of Wisconsin which student opinion, they figure they might as well leave the combined circulation to over 16 million. show that convicted rapists become aroused dirty work to Jim Deorio of USG, Jim Dolan of the when viewing films depicting violence against Graduate Student Council, and Don Cafero of the women, even if explicit sexual behavior is not Inter-Area Residents Council. Carl Conetta depicted. If a decision has already been made, the administration At the recent annual meeting of the should come to the meeting tonight and say so. If not. they it's Not Entertainment American Psychological Association, several should tell students why all undergraduates can't experiments were reported showing that participate in finding a new tenant for the old Co-op. randomly selected college males significantly The Division of Student Affairs and Services has And the smut they're peddling has taken a increased violent behavior toward women alienated students enough. One of its representatives nasty turn. Feminist essayist and poet Robin after viewing pornographic films that glorify should atttend the meeting tonight, before undergraduates Morgan calls it "brutality chic" — the graphic- the abuse or humiliation of women.