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voted down.
Brauer said he felt there were gross irregularities in the first vote, which was why it was reconsidered.
The same type of bill was introduced last spring in Senate and was voted down on the same grounds.
Karen Keith, holdoverssenator and Tulaa, Okla., senior, said student money should not be used to promote the drive because some students were not eligible to give blood.
"I give blood and I'll be there to give blood to this one, but we aren't going to use student money to support it," she said.
Andrew Bailey, co-sponsor of the bill and Lenexa senior, said Senate should spend the money
on advertising because every student had the opportunity to participate in the blood drive in one way or another.
Citing an article from the Gay-Health Web site, Bailey explained the reasoning behind not letting men who have had sex with other men since 1977 donate blood. According to the article, standard HIV screening tests don't always detect tainted blood.
"Every argument you have against the blood drive on moral grounds is completely out of order," he said.
Andy Knopp, business senator and Manhattan junior, addressed the committee and said the Senate did not need to support the blood drive in order to fund advertising for it.
The funding in the bill would have covered blood drives in both the fall and spring semesters.
Bailey said he was disappointed in the finance committee's actions.
"The direct result of this unfortunate decision will be a blood drive of fewer donors that touches less lives," he said. In other news:
The senate approved a resolution in support of KU Info. Drafted by Jonathan Ng, student body president, the resolution expresses Senate's desire to maintain KU Info as a phone line and its concern against cutting any of KU Info's current resources.
The University affairs and student rights committees approved the creation of an intramural board, which will oversee intramural sports.
Contact Nothweir at mothwehr@kansan.com. This story was edited by Lauren Beatty.
Fungus kills California trees
The Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Scientists confirmed yesterday that California's coastal redwoods, as well as Douglas firs, are among species susceptible to a disease that is devastating the state's oak trees.
The discovery could spell trouble elsewhere in the nation if the fungus-like disease is able to spread, said Matteo Garbelotto, who teaches ecosystem science at the University of California at Berkeley.
Experts said in January they had found evidence of the disease in coastal redwood sprouts, but were testing to see if the spores were just on the tree's surface. Now they've found the first evidence of Sudden Oak Death infection in redwoods and Douglas fir saplings.
Gov. Gray Davis has asked President Bush for $10 million in
federal funding to fight the fungus. A request for federal aid last year was rejected.
The researchers from the UC Davis and Berkeley campuses found the disease in redwood sprouts in Alameda, Marin and Monterey counties. They found infected saplings in Sonoma and Santa Cruz counties. The infected Douglas firs were also found in Sonoma County. The findings are to be published in next month's issue of the scientific journal Plant Disease.
The researchers' findings could curtail shipments of Douglas fir Christmas trees, wreaths or nursery stock, said California
Researchers said it may take years before they know how seriously the highly contagious fungus will affect the giant trees. So far, they have not found disease symptoms or death in large mature redwoods or Douglas fir.
Oak Mortality Task Force Chairman Mark Stanley after a meeting yesterday between state and federal regulators. It is unlikely to affect logs, cut lumber or mulch.
The fungus has killed tens of thousands of oaks along California's northern coast since it was discovered in Marin County in 1995 and affects at least 17 species worldwide - 16 of them found in California. The 17th is found only in Europe.
To contain the outbreak, trees have been cut down, camp sites closed and a quarantine imposed on the movement of products containing the pathogen.
The range of harm done to the diverse host species — from slight to severe — is giving scientists hope for the redwoods.
"It itens that some species are able to tolerate the pathogen better than others," said UC Davis plant pathologist Dave Rizzo.
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