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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2008
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Violence in Bolivia not so far from 'home'
Students worry about tension between Bolivia, U.S.
BY BETSY CUTCLIFF
bcutcliff@kansan.com
Many Bolivian students at the University of Kansas are worried about their home country in the wake of violence that began in mid-September and the resulting tension between Bolivia and the United States.
Diego Taborga, La Paz, Bolivia, senior, said Bolivia's violence was the result of lawlessness in a country run by the few landowners who controlled most of the country's revenue.
An indigenous Aymara leader reads a newspaper depicting Pando state's opposition Gov. Leopoldo Fernandez and other opponents as they gather outside San Pedro penitentiary in La Paz on Monday. Pando is now under martial law and Fernandez is in jail on charges of allegedly fomenting violence that killed at least 16 people on Sept. 11. KU students from Bolivia are concerned about the violence in their home country and tension between Bolivia and the United States.
"Right now, in Bolivia, there is no justice," Taborga said.
Bolivia, graduate student, said that only the richest landowners — who make up a fraction of Bolivia's population — were behind most of the violence because with nationalization of oil their state's income is drastically reduced.
According to the Associated Press, the uprisings began when anti-government supporters demanded autonomy for the four northern states of Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija and Beni. Supporters of autonomy were unsettled by President Evo Morales' decision to nationalize oil revenues. Violence between the two groups peaked on Sept. 15, when 30 were killed in Pando at an anti-government rally.
Carla Castillo, Santa Cruz,
She said the poorer, indigenous class supported nationalization because Morales would use the new flow of money to implement better social security and welfare programs. According to the New York Times, about 60 percent of Bolivia's 9.1 million people live in poverty, a statistic Castillo and Taborga said increased because of the anti-government violence that has taken over the streets.
Carolina Taborga, La Paz, Bolivia, junior and Diego's sister, said she saw an increase in poverty because of measures taken to control this violence.
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"Merchants who couldn't afford to buy shops used to sell their products on the streets," she said. "But now, because of all the blockades, no one can get to the streets, and the merchants can't sell their items."
land disputes. According to Diego, the lawlessness in the northeastern states makes it impossible for Morales to quell the unrest there. He said that because of the widespread poverty, it was easy for well-financed, anti-government groups to influence, and sometimes bribe, the indigenous population into disregarding the law.
Much of the unrest is related to
"Basically, according to the upper class, the law is a piece of paper that can be burned," Diego said.
The New York Times reported that tensions between Bolivia and the United States rose with the Sept. 10 expulsion of the U.S. diplomat Phillip S, Goldberg for allegedly supporting anti-government groups in eastern Bolivia.
Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon, also the United States' top diplomat for Latin America, told the Bloomberg Press the accusation of U.S. dealings with anti-government organizations would cause serious damage to the relationship between the two countries.
But Castillo said the move wasn't intended to weaken Bolivia's
relationship with the American government,
"We have to take precautions because most of the population has been oppressed for so long, we
Castillo and Taborga said they hoped more people in the United States would pay attention to the
don't want to jeopardize it," Castillo said.
violence and potential harm to the oil industry and to Bolivia if civil war broke out.
Edited by Becka Cremer
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Team ready for first ESPN network appearance since 2000
BY B.J. RAINS
rains@kansan.com
When Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson heard the letters E-S-P-N come out of associate athletic director Larry Keating's mouth, it took less than a second for her to say yes.
The time, date and even the opponent were meaningless — she wanted to get her program on "The Worldwide Leader in Sports."
"It's a chance to get national exposure that we just couldn't turn down." Henrickson said.
The Jayhawks were scheduled to host Iowa at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at Allen Fieldhouse, but ESPN officials contacted both schools to see if they would be interested in moving the game to Tuesday at 1 p.m. for a chance
to appear on the famed sports network. Keating approached Henrickson about the switch and was greeted with an immediate yes.
"A lot of schools probably wouldn't do it," Keating said. "It was a late decision and they didn't have a lot of games to choose from. Our game just happened to be the next day and they came to both Iowa and ourselves and asked us if we would move the game."
Henrickson appeared on ESPN several times while working as the women's basketball coach at Virginia Tech, but the Nov. 18 appearance will be the women's basketball team's first appearance on any of the ESPN networks since she arrived on campus in 2004. In fact, the last time the team was on any ESPN affiliate was Feb. 13, 2000, when the 23rd-ranked
Jayhawks lost 75-72 at Nebraska on ESPN2.
"It's an opportunity for us," Keating said. "The past couple of years, we've had a pretty extensive women's TV package. We've probably had more games on television than any other school in the conference."
Athletics department officials are working with Henrickson to find ways to get as many fans and students to attend as possible. Assistant athletics director Andrew Steinberg said some logistical
problems, including parking, were still trying to be worked out.
Student turnout has been almost nonexistent at women's games in the past, but Henrickson hopes that they can fill the fieldhouse for the national ESPN audience to see.
"I've met with some people in that department several times," Henrickson said. "They areworking on some ideas and concepts but nothing's finalized yet. We're going to try and get some students out there in between classes or after
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON — After one spectacular failure, the $700 billion financial industry bailout found a second life Wednesday, winning lopsided passage in the Senate and gaining ground in the House, where Republicans opposition softened.
Senators loaded the economic rescue bill with tax breaks and other sweeteners before passing it by a wide margin, 74-25, a month before the presidential and congressional elections.
Senate passes'sweetened' $700B financial bailout
In the House, leaders were working feverishly to convert enough
opponents of the bill to push it through by Friday, just days after lawmakers there stunningly rejected an earlier version and sent markets plunging around the globe.
The rescue package lets the government spend billions of dollars to buy bad mortgage-related securities and other devalued assets held by troubled financial institutions. If successful, advocates say, that would
The measure didn't cause the same uproar in the Senate, where both parties' presidential candidates, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama, made rare appearances to cast "ave" votes.
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Even as the Senate voted, House leaders were hunting for the 12 votes they would need to turn around Monday's 228-205 defeat. They were especially targeting the 133 Republicans who voted "no."
allow frozen credit to begin flowing again and prevent a deep recession
Their opposition appeared to be easing after the Senate added $110 billion in tax breaks for businesses and the middle class, plus a provision to raise, from $100,000 to $250,000, the cap on federal deposit insurance.
and Exchange Commission to ease rules that force companies to devalue assets on their balance sheets to reflect the price they can get on the market.
They were also cheering a decision Tuesday by the Securities
The Kansas- Iowa matchup is the only women's game of the 14 games being played that day across the ESPN family of networks.
There were worries, though, that the tax breaks would cause some conservative-leaning Democrats who voted for the rescue Monday to abandon it because it would swell the federal deficit.
"I'm concerned about that," said Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the majority leader.
As revised by the Senate, the package extends several tax breaks popular with businesses.
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class. We're going to be creative and hopefully get a big crowd in there and show off our program in the best light possible even though it is a one o'clock tip"
"The players are excited," Hendrickson said. "Every kid wants to be on ESPN. They don't care what time the game is at. It's a strange time but hopefully we can get some students in between classes or after class and get a great crowd in there to showcase our program."
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The game is part of an ESPN special that will feature 23 consecutive hours of basketball coverage on Nov.18 to kick off the college basketball season. The KU men's basketball team will host Florida Gulf Coast at 8 p.m. on ESPNU, and the raising of its national championship banner will be aired live on ESPN before the game.
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