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THE DAILY Men’s basketball defeats USC 85-77 sports Page 5 Evergreen FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2011 THE STUDENT VOICE OF WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1895 Vol 117 No. 113 Representation bill added to ballot Pi Beta Phi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, to gain the required two-thirds Evergreen, Sen. Derrick Skaug, with ASWSU President Jake page with how we represent Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Acacia support it needed to pass the who co-sponsored the bill, Bredstrand, Vice President Josh our students, I think our voice Senate last week. In its second said now students will have an Meyer and Sen. Zach Coccoli to could be not only much louder were added to voting districts. go-round, sponsors picked up opportunity to decide whether attract supporters for its second but much more effective,” the critical 12 votes they needed ASWSU can better represent shot. McConnell said. By Justin Runquist Evergreen Staff to pass the measure. them through changing the for- Before the vote, GPSA Reorganizing the Senate Come election days next mat of the Senate. President Jason McConnell would create better opportuni- The ASWSU Senate amassed week, students will see the “I thought it was great that spoke in front of the senators ties for the GPSA and Senate to enough support Wednesday amendment on the bottom of several senators who previously to encourage them to pass the collaborate, he said. The ongo- night to pass a bill that failed the ballot. With a majority vote voted against it decided that it bill. McConnell told the senators ing budget strain will take a toll last week for a constitutional to approve it, senators will no should be up to the students to the GPSA already operates in on graduate and undergradu- amendment to go on the ballot longer be elected to represent decide how they are represent- the academic-based format the ate students alike, he said, but in next week’s election. districts but undergraduate col- ed,” Skaug said. amendment would create for the amendment will allow the Bill 40-06, titled “Senate leges instead. Since the bill failed in ASWSU. Composition Revision,” failed In an email to The Daily its first vote, Skaug worked “If we can get on the same See BILL Page 7 Fewer Calif. students dine with a destination students graduate on time Cuts to state funding could increase graduation time for WSU students to almost 7 years. By Mallory Bouchee Murrow News Service Madeline Simon started earn- ing college credit in high school. Now a mechanical engineering major at WSU, she takes a full load of courses every semester as well as classes each summer. Even so, she may not gradu- ate in four years. “I have known what I wanted to major in since my senior year of high school and have been taking extra classes since then hoping to graduate on time,” Simon said. “Most kids in my program don’t get out in four years.” At a time when college tuition rates are the highest ever, many students at Washington’s DAVID HAWBAKER/DAILY EVERGREEN High schoolers (left to right) Erick Navarro, Hilda Mata, Emily Martinez and Erlinda Garcia from San Clemente, Calif. enjoy See DEGREES Page 7 dinner before the Cougar basketball game in the CUB Senior Ballroom for a destination dinner event Thursday night. Libyan violence hits close to home for students Some students cannot study, sleep for fear families, friends will be killed A WSU student recalls his experience being By Jeffrey Alan Coté to Bloomberg News, Gaddafi the kind of president that gives imprisoned and tortured by Gaddafi officials Evergreen Staff blamed the revolution on every- you the chance to lead a normal thing from al-Qaeda to foreign- life with respect and ambition.” From Staff Reports water,” he said. “We had a toi- Libyan citizens took to the ers and “drugged kids.” Nsir said she loves her let, but in the toilet, there was streets last month to protest Doctoral education student no water.” country. Mohamed Elcataani is from their nation’s government, led “I want my country to be The inmates had two meals a for 42 years by Muammar al- I WANT MY COUNTRY TO BE Benghazi and experienced the day, lunch and dinner, he said. free,” she said. “I want my peo- effects of Gaddafi’s regime first- Gaddafi. FREE. I WANT MY PEOPLE TO ple to be respected all over the Elcataani said for lunch, it was The protesting led to a state hand. In 1995, he was arrested either badly-cooked rice or spa- BE RESPECTED ALL OVER world. I want them to be strong, for collecting money and giving of social unrest. Gaddafi lost to do whatever they want to do.” ghetti. Elcataani described the control of much of the country, THE WORLD. it to the poor, an act that goes dinner as a salty, soup-like con- Since the uprising began, a against Gaddafi’s philosophy. including the large cities of number of people have died. coction of oil and tomato paste. Nadia Nsir From there, he was taken to Benghazi and Misurata. These BBC News stated 300 deaths are “You can’t eat it,” he said. Ph.D education student the Abu Salim prison in Tripoli, protests come just after protest- confirmed, though the casualties “Even if you gave it to a dog, where his brother was also an ing in Tunisia and Egypt, which could be as high as 2,000. they couldn’t eat it.” inmate. led to the ousting of both coun- Doctoral education student Nsir said she has trouble The guards also refused to Elcataani described the con- tries’ leaders. and Libyan citizen Nadia Nsir sleeping and studying out of fear tell the inmates the date and ditions in the prison as terrible. Gaddafi’s forces mostly con- said Libya has been oppressed her family could be harmed. Her time, which meant they had no sist of policemen and foreign throughout Gaddafi’s regime. husband and children are back Each 6-by-6 foot cell contained idea when it was Ramadan – a mercenaries hired from other “He controls everything in 18 inmates. African nations. According our lives,” she said. “He is not See ATTACKS Page 7 “We did not have enough See PRISON Page 7 WEATHER OPINION LIFE INSIDE Planned Parenthood does (at left) Native Oregonian Ben Percy 4-day forecast | Page 2 not deserve federal funding visited campus last week to read from if they continue to provide his new novel, “The Wilding.” | Page 3 Police log | Page 2 abortion services. | Page 9 SPORTS Classifieds | Page 10 Horoscopes | Page 12 Libyan people are going Cougar baseball travels to Arizona to Partly Cloudy to need help to overthrow participate in the Dairy Queen Classic Sudoku | Page 12 Gaddafi. | Page11 where they will take on Oklahoma State, High 42 | Low 32 Minnesota and South Alabama. | Page 5 Crossword | Page 12 2 THE DAILY EVERGREEN PAGE TWO FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2011 Community calendar THE DAILY P.O.Box 642510, Pullman, WA 99164 Friday Ben Carnahan will perform Evergreen www.dailyevergreen.com alternative country from 8:30 to WSU students, staff and faculty 10:30 p.m. at Bucer’s Coffeehouse The Daily Evergreen is the official student 2465. are encouraged to wear crimson Pub. publication of WSU, operating under authority Other contact numbers: and gray for Crimson Friday. granted to the Board of Student Publications by Order a photo reprint: Circulation: 335-5138 the WSU Board of Regents. 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