Ew Bill to Abolish Board of Regents Passes House This to Happen
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KUSM threatened epublicans eye cuts in public broadcasting in a small station like ours. The only kind of contingency fund we would have to look at to Mr. Roger~ might be moving make big cuts is our pro ut of rhe neighborhood. gram schedule-what KUSM, }.fomana State's pub we acrually purchase for c television staoon, could lose up programming." !> 40 percent of its budget or be The KUSM station reed to reduce its programming currently purchases the ours if the Republican Congress entire range ofprogram i.1cceeds in slashing federal funding ming rhat rhe Public x public broadcasting. Broadcasting System Federal funding, which ac offers for locally based ounted for nearly 40 percent ofthe public television sta •ozernan-based station's budget tions. Hyyppa com l5t year, is in jeopardy of being cut mented rhat if the fed \' rhe new Republican controlled eral dollars are cut from ~ ngress. House Speaker Newt the stations budget, :ingrich is leading rhe effort to cut KUSM would be forced 285 million budgeted for the Cor to cut back the number oration of Public Broadcasting. ofprograms rhat it buys Jack Hyyppa, manager of from PBS. :USM, deems it unlikely that all of Instead of reducing poo y ecer le station's federal funding-which the total time that Jack Hwppa, KUSM general manager, worries that cutbacks in funding proposed by the newly elected Republican Congress will ounted to $480,000 last year KUSM is on the air, impact the station's ability to provide adequate programming. be cut if Gin!!rich's effort does however. Hvvooa soecu Eceed. However, any reductions lated rhat the station would revert day would be a possibility but rhat at Montana State, said he hesitates how the cuts occur and to what Jade will have repercussions on the to an increase in rhe quantity of doing so wouldn't save the station a to speculate on the effects of rhe extent some of those moneys can be .ation's programming. local programming. He said that substantial amount of money. cuts until actual dollar amounts be replaced." "To make serious cutbacks in the possibility of reducing the Paul Monaco, head of rhe De come official. "We really don't know :affing are not very much possible amount of programming in a single partment of Media and Theater arts until one sees the extent of rhe cuts, See KUSM page 24 ew bill to abolish Board of Regents passes house this to happen. into the center of politics," he said. they could with a single director who had Opposition to HB 229 has been strong ASMSU has voiced strong opposition to deal with the difficulties of the two on campus, starting with President Mike to HB 229. Student senators have lobbied educational systems at the same time. Malone. against it and will continue to do so, they "Number one, student input would go House Bill (HB) 229, a bill which is "I believe that the delegates to the said. way down. Number two, there will be only __ ndorsed by Gov. Racicot, passed the state one person making decisions for higher louse of Representatives by a vote of 6 7- education. Number three, there will be 3 Thursday. The bill will abolish the "I believe that the delegates to the 1972 con fewer checks and balances because the board ment Board of Regents, replacing it with stitutional convention were right in placing a would only be advisory," Powell said. advISory board, and will consolidate citizen Board of Regen"ts in charge of higher He added that he was surprised at the perations of K-12 education with that of education. I think that it is unwise to draw higher way in which the regents have handled this gher education to form a single Depart education closer into the center of politics." situation with an uncharacteristic accep em of Education with a director ap tance. ointed by rhe governor. If it passes, the -President Mike Malone "The regents have gone from one ex ill will go to a vote of the people in treme, speaking out in the '93 session, to ovember, as it is a constitutional amend the other, close-mouthed and accepting acnt. It also means that, in order to make 1972 constitutional convention were right ASMSU President E.J. Powell said that their fate," he said. ie ballot, rhe bill requires a total of 100 in placing a citizen Board of Regents in he felt that students could work much One of the regents was not close- es from both houses. Of rhe 50 mem- charge of higher education. I think mat it better with the Board of Regents, who crs of rhe state senate, 33 must vote yes for is unwise to draw higher education closer works solely with higher education, than See Regents page 2 ' WcatI-1cr si~ccial Fcatt.1rcs si~orts Paeer Raee! Rewind Before 'Cats Take Mostly cloudy with Returning scattered snow Busy folks discover it Home Find out which videos showers during the benefits of beeping, Bobcats take on afternoon. Highs buzzing, vibrating, are hot and which ones just aren't worth Idaho State and Boise in the mid 30s, low blinking life-savers. Stale. around 20 degrees. your 49 cents. Pages 12-13 Page 10 Page 15 2 Page · Friday, January 2'"\ 1995 ASMSU Exponent Regents~~~~~~~~~~~ from page 1 mouthed about how he felt about HB 229, as higher co5ts ro the taxp.tyers. function better than the current system, and Regent p ,1t D.i\·1son, \\ho also happens m be D.inson added that he behe\·ed that Rep that a subcommmee designated to look at the a recent Racicot .1ppointee to the board. Sonny Hanson, the bill's principal sponsor current svstem did nor recommend O\·erhaul, Danson said th.tr he wasn't opposed to \\as misleading the public when he said that bur said that the sprem can impro\·e \\ 1thour rhe bill because 1t allowed the people to \'Ote, the issue\\ as about gl\"ing the people the right maior changes to its design. bur that he didn't rhmk 1t \\ ould improve the to \'Ote on this issue Da,·ison also expressed concern over a h1~her education s1tuarion all that much "I thmk what's wrong is (Hanson) docs smgle administrator bemg appointed by the ~ He also asserted that H was quite possible not giYe the people a \'!able alternanYe ro the governor, as opposed to a board of se\·eral that the passage of HB 229 and its possible current system,~ Danson said ind1nduals "\\'hatever the \\him of the nccor~ at the polb this NO\·ember could He said that he did not behe\'e that there gon:rnor IS is gomg to determine \\hat will ,1crn.1ll) result ma larger bureaucrac\ as well are any examples of state gO\·ernment that happen with higher educanon." 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