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Bush concerned about gay unions
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WASHINGTON — President Bush said yesterday he was troubled by gay weddings in San Francisco and by recent legal decisions in Massachusetts.
He declined to say whether he was more likely now to back a constitutional ban. However, he spoke privately with conservative Catholics about the issue, and an activist who favored a ban said the president would announce his support soon.
"I have consistently stated that I'll support law to protect marriage between a man and a woman. Obviously these events are influencing my decision," Bush said.
Bush didn't answer directly when asked if he was any closer to endorsing a constitutional ban on same-sex marriages.
"I'm watching very carefully. But I'm troubled by what I've seen," Bush said. "People need to be involved with this decision. Marriage ought to be defined by the people, not by the courts."
One group took issue with Bush's insistence that "people," not
"In San Francisco, the democratically elected mayor took this action just weeks after hundreds of thousands of people voted for him," said Jon Davidson, senior counsel of Lambda Legal, a gay and lesbian legal group.
the courts, need to resolve the issue.
Yesterday, Bush met with 13 Roman Catholic conservatives. They included Deal Hudson, the publisher of *Crisis* magazine; William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights; Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan and Kathryn Jean Lopez, associate editor of *National Review* magazine.
Bush reiterated his pledge to back a constitutional amendment "if necessary." Duffy said.
Separately, Gary Bauer, a conservative and one-time presidential candidate, said Rove has assured him Bush will back an amendment. "I believe the decision has been made," Bauer said in a telephone interview.
Bauer said he expected Bush to announce his support by the end of the month.
RECRUITMENT: Sororities' plan will make for a shorter summer
counselor. The Troy junior said having most of the recruitment events before classes started would make the process — and the transitional period into college — seem less overwhelming for prospective members.
"Last year a lot of women had classes at the time of the events, so it was really hard for them to decide which was more important, class or recruitment," Lister said. "So I think it discouraged a lot more women from going through with the process because it was too much to handle."
Because the bulk of recruitment will be done in the daytime, prospective members will still have the benefit of participating in Hawk Week, said Angie Carr, coordinator for Fraternity and Sorority Life.
The only concern Henry said she had with the proposed schedule was that during the last two years, approximately 70 women signed up for recruitment on move-in day after arriving at the University and realizing they wanted to participate. She said with this schedule, if women were
to wait that long, they would have already missed the first full day of recruitment activities.
"It's unfortunate that we end up losing that small group," Henry said. "But that's definitely something we can overcome with increased PR so that they're thinking about it before they get here."
Bridget Hardy, freshman from Manhattan, said that while she didn't think the schedule change would be too big a deal for potential members, it might be frustrating for active members.
As an active member of Pi Beta Phi, Hardy said that it would be somewhat of an inconvenience to have to return even earlier before the potential members arrive to prepare for the recruitment activities.
Carr said she was confident that Panhellenic Council would approve the schedule.
"While there will never be a perfect recruitment schedule or a perfect recruitment time, I think right now we're going to be working with one that's going to work well," Carr said.
MTV: Award-winning student filmmaker keeps creating after setback
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audience. Feedback from his classmates gradually built his confidence in filmmaking.
Russell slowly taught himself the techniques and terminology of film without any formal training or classes. He has won five student film festival awards for his work.
"Everybody has that one thing that is naturally easy for him to do. Film is just one of those strong points for me," he said.
He began making films outside of school assignments when he was a junior in high school. Now
he is working with his friend Mike Feld on his ninth film since his junior year.
He said it would be his longest and most professional-looking film. Russell and Feld, Denver sophomore, have spent six months writing the script together and are trying to get financial backing to get more equipment.
Feld met Russell their freshman year in Hashinger Hall. They immediately clicked as friends and as filmmakers. Feld said Russell has taught him the ins and outs of being an innovative filmmaker.
"He's very creative but he has a natural approach," Feld said. "He doesn't go for the cheap laughs."
Instead of cheap laughs, Feld said Russell works to creatively convey his sense of humor.
When the episode of TRL aired from a backyard in New Jersey, Russell and his friends were watching to see what they missed out on. The news was hard to take for Russell and his friends: Hilary Duff and a new car had slipped through their fingers.
"My friend saw it and said, 'Oh man, I could've met Hilary Duff and possibly made out with her,'"
Russell said, "I was like what the hell, I want the ear."
But instead he's still driving the white Plymouth minivan showcased in his *Cribs* parody.
Russell said he eventually received his reward: his *Cribs parody* was the top viewed film for November on studentfilms.com.
Even without vindication or the awards, Russell said his love of telling a story with movies is enough to keep him working with his camera.
"I'm working on a film project all the time," he said.
Edited by Donovan Atkinson
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