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MONDAY • ..JANUARY 2 7 • 199 2 Brownie delight House OKs new budget By Pat Newton StaffWriter OLYMPIA - In one of the quickest laps yet of I this session's legislative Daytona 500, the House Committee on Appropriations passed Committee Chairman Gary Locke's budget proposal in a hear- ing late Friday night. The committee voted on more than 70 amend- ments, made final arguments and passed the bud- Baby, you can get, officially called Substitute House Bill 2470, in a scant hour and 50 minutes. It now moves to the drive my car House floor for further discussion and changes. The vote was 17 to 11, with two members absent WEST VALLEY CITY, from the 30-member committee, and followed party Utah (AP) - Gov. Norm lines almost absolutely. The Higher Education por- Bangerter has "m.ixed tion of Locke's budget passed almost unchanged. feelings" about the city's It includes 3 percent pay raises in 1993 for teach- controversial photo-radar ers and state employees, tuition increases and a speed trap since getting a large financial aid proposal, according to budget ticket in the mail. documents distributed at the meeting. Bangerter, however. won't The financial aid package would enable 91 per- be paying the ticket. His cent of eligible students to receive need-based aid, daughter-in-law will. The compared with 54 percent under current laws. ticketed car is registered to Separate legislation proposed by House Higher Bangerter, but il"., owned by Education Committee Chairman Ken Jacobsen, his s'On, Adam. D-Seattle, would expand financial aid eligibility to The uproar forced West include middle class as well as low-income students Valley City Mayor Brent and families. Locke's budget includes tuition Anderson to send out letters increases of $25.1 million, almost $2 million less defending the system. Besides, than hikes proposed by Gov. Gardner. Anderson hasn ' t been . This would mean a 1992-93 increase of $115 per immune. Its his daughter, semester for WSU in-state undergraduates. Most Nicole. who's married to disagreement with the proposal came from the Adam Bangerter. Republican committee members, who were con- And that, according to the cerned about Locke's revenue sources. governor. gets him off the One controversial point involved Locke's use of hook. the entire state "rainy day fund." This fund, $260 "J didn't get the ticket," he million set aside from earlier budget surpluses, is said, "the mayor's daughter used in Locke's budget to make up 25 percent of did. I haven't been caught Staff photo by Brett Larson the state's $900 million deficit. yet. " Brownie Scout Rachel Lear learns a dance at the Bear Fair at the Rep. Jean Silver, R-Spokane, was concerned Sacred Heart Catholic Church Saturday morning. about use of the entire fund, and said the budget See BUDGETon page 8 WSUgroups Contest honors young women America's Young Woman of the Year Program in Pullman candidate Mobile, Ala., later this year. Lang finished in the top work to agree three of each preliminary competition and also was third runner-up in the scholastic achievement awards. Cable 8. and Warren Wright. captures second place In addition, she will receive one year's free tuition if By Lloyd D. Brown director of television and appro- she attends WSU. Staff Writer More than 1.200 people gathered at Beasley Coli- priate staff, will meet to discuss seum Saturday night to see Jeanne Michaelle Lang The Edward R. Murrow issues of mutual concern. named Washington's Young Woman of the Year, and Chipman, .18, will receive a $1,000 cash scholar- School of Communication and Under the agreement. student Pullman's own Cynthia Chipman receive second ship for her second place finish. She also will receive KWSU Radio/Television Services productions and activities will place in the statewide competition. $100 for finishing in the top three of the fitness pre- have composed an agreement to have priority over use of one of liminary and $200 for winning one of three panel provide student~ wi.th "the best RTVS's studios. Lang. 17, of Moses Lake. won $2,700 in combined possible education In broadcast- RTVS General Manager Den- scholarships and cash prizes and will compete in the See CONTEST on page 7 ing" by ensuring them use of nis Haarsager said the agreement their shared television broadcast- formalizes what was an informal ing equipment and facilities. relationship for years. New ,. Any time you have two or Student plea bargains in A memorandum circulated to more organizations that don't department faculty b>, communi- report to the same administrator cations school chairman Alex and one is supposed to support Tan outlined six areas of agree- the other, there can be prob- $6,000 stolen goods case ment between the two groups. lems," he said. The agreements mainly centered Haarsager added, "as early as A WSU student will .help police to locate the owners of approxi- around Cable 8, a university 1983-84 it was obvious there was mately $6,000 worth of allegedly stolen property found in his room affairs channel run by RTVS and the need to form an agreement. " last November. used by the communications Haarsager said the agreement Ky Lo, 18, pleaded guilty to second degree possession of stolen school to broadcast student-de- will allow for better use of property last Friday. veloped programs as well as RTVS resources he claims are Lo plea bargained the original charge of first degree possession of other university programs. traditionally underfunded. "I stolen property according to Whitman County Deputy Prosecutor don't want seniors this year to Carol LaVerne. The agreement said School of use up all the equipment for this Lo was arrested Nov. 4 after WSU police found car stereo equip- Communication productions will year's graduating high school ment, stereo speakers, compact discs, CD players, tires and a two- I have first priority for Cable 8 seniors ." . way radio in his Gannon Hall room. programming from 6 to IO p.rn., However, Cable 8 student pro- seven days a week. It also said ductions president Melody Strick- LaVerne said Lo will assist the police in locating the OWnersof the unilateral programming decisions I werda said she was surprised by property as part of the plea bargaining agreement. ' will not be made. Instead, Neal Sentencing was set for March 20. Doug Robinson, the attorney Robison, faculty director for: See CABLE 8 on page 6 representing Lo, said zero to 60 days in jail is a standard sentence. 2 The Evergreen Monday, January 27,1992 WSU, Pullman, Wash. Provost juggles full list of duties By Dawn Borup' "He makes himself very Evergreen Staff accessible even though he works seven days per week," Wang Luckily, cats don't have to be said. "He calls me at home walked, WSU Provost Tom sometimes three times a day. " It's time to get your pictur.e taken for the 1992 Chinook George said, because he couldn't George said the biggest part of ALL students who have not had their picture taken MUST- fit another thing into his sched- his job now is the Legislative ule. session. "Budget cuts won't be come to CUB 222 between 80m and noon, or 1 and 5 Besides his family obligations as bad as we thought," he said. this week, January 27 through 31 (wife and three cats) and his "The House Appropriations hobby of playing jazz piano, Committee is suggesting a 3 per- George juggles the duties of a cent pay raise instead of none QuesHons? call 335-7627 provost and a research project and there is the possibility of no during a seven-day work week. more cuts." He said even though George said the job of provost there art! some "noises" about is generally viewed as the second cutting back on staff, it might h university position. not happen. George said he's responding to budget problems with lobbying. Pe~spec+ive "I'm trying to get higher educa- tion more visible," he said. "Now the situation is better than , it used to be. At one time higher education was used to mop up what was left over in the bud- Tom George get. " "An over-simplified explana- George is also an accom- tion of duties is, the provost plished jazz pianist. He plays looks at internal matters and the with the Jazz Big Band at WSU. president looks out," he said. A Fulmer Hall lab claims much But that doesn't mean the pro- of what is left of George's time. vost does not leave the univer- He is working on "laser-induced sity. He said he has lost count of processes in various materials HUGE ONE POUND the number of times he has been applicable to micro-electronics." to Seattle to represent WSU; he His research is funded by the Plate of SPAGHEnl has also traveled to Washington, U.S. Navy and the National Sci- at the 1/~ ~und price! D.C. ence Foundation. His research He is accountable for academic group has submitted 30 research Only + tax 'issues. The deans report to him papers since June. He said he has ~3.50 DEUVERY ONLY starting at 5:00pm EVERYDAY as well as the branch campuses, collaborators in Korea, Israel. Served with Meat Sauce GPSA and ASWSU. Italy. Finland and the Soviet and Garlic Bread East 1115 Main • 334-1895 George is chairman of the Union. Executive Budget Committee and makes decisions on the budget. He said he presented his He said a large part of his job results in physics at the Univer- is interaction with students.

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