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The Inside Front
Tuesday May 1,2001
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
STATE
Legislature struggles to balance budget
TOPEKA — Legislative negotiators struggled yesterday to finish the outlines of a plan for balancing revenue and spending in the new state budget, with some urging more flexibility from Gov. Bill Graves.
Graves has proposed $117.6 million in tax increases and given legislators a list of reductions, totaling $12.1 million, he would accept in appropriations already approved for the new fiscal year.
House and Senate negotiators are trying to close a $206 million gap between expected revenues and approved spending for the state's 2002 fiscal year, which starts July 1.
Graves has threatened to veto any plan that cuts too deeply into state programs.
"If the governor wants to make progress on this budget, I would hope he would be a little more reasonable," Rep. Rocky Nichols, D-Topeka, said yesterday during the budget talks.
Budget Director Duane Goossen said the state has held down spending on general government during the past two years to make spending increases for education, transportation and social services possible. The governor's list maintains those spending commitments.
NATION
New evidence supports Big Bang explanation
WASHINGTON — Key elements of theories about how the universe expanded and developed after the Big Bang have been confirmed by data from high-flying balloons and from instruments operating in Antarctica, scientists sav.
The instruments, looking deep into the universe, were able to detect minute ripples and distortions in energy patterns within the cosmic microwave background, a faint glow left over from the immense heat of the Big Bang.
Readings from the Degree Angular Scale Interferometer at the Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica show tiny distortions in the distribution of matter and variations in tempera-
ure just moments after the Big Bang.
A concept, called the inflation theory, holds that these irregularities, enlarging over time, led to the formation of all the big structures in the universe — galaxies, stars and planets.
FBI and Black agents agree to settlement
WASHINGTON — A federal judge approved a settlement yesterday between the FBI and African American agents who complained of racial discrimination in promotions.
The settlement calls for the FBI to establish a new promotions system by 2003. African American agents alleged that under the old system, they were unable to get supervisory jobs.
Under the agreement approved by U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan, black agents who believe their careers have been harmed can take their cases to an outside mediator and, if they prevail, can win back pay, attorney's fees and up to $300,000 in compensatory damages.
The settlement comes eight years after the FBI first agreed to change its personnel practices, following a 1991 lawsuit filed by African American agents who alleged that the bureau's system of evaluating agents for promotions was discriminatory.
Illegal immigrants apply for residency
NEW YORK — Illegal immigrants across the country turned out in extraordinary numbers and stood in line for hours, trying to beat yesterday's deadline for applying for legal residency under a new federal law.
In Albuquerque, N.M., they camped overnight outside the Immigration and Naturalization Service office. In Charlotte, N.C., parents hoisted infants in their arms in a line snaking around a building.
In Philadelphia, they marched into a truck, where application photos were taken assembly-line style. And in New York, about 500 people lined up to file applications.
The Legal Immigration and Family Equity Act, which took effect in December, will allow about 640,000 illegal immigrants to seek green cards without first
returning to their home countries. Most illegal immigrants who leave the United States are barred from re-entering for up to 10 years.
To apply, an immigrant must be sponsored by an employer or by a close relative who is a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident.
Space tourist arrives safely at space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A Russian spacecraft carrying California millionaire Dennis Tito pulled up to the international space station yesterday, within hours of space shuttle Endeavour's departure.
The Soyuz capsule docked just before 4 a.m., ending a two-day journey that began in Kazakstan. NASA broadcast the 245-mile-high link-up, using the gray and grainy images provided by Russian Mission Control. The Soyuz — Tito's taxi — made its slow approach with Russian cosmonaut Talgat Musabayev at the controls.
A Russian flight controller asked how Tito, the world's first space tourist, was doing.
"He's doing fine," Musabayev replied.
The Soyuz's arrival marked the beginning of six days of anxious monitoring by NASA, who opposed Tito's visit for months on safety grounds and capitulated just last week.
Protesters delay start of military exercises
VIEQUES, Puerto Rico — A U.S. Navy cruiser and fighter jet blasted a firing range yesterday in military exercises that were delayed for hours as officials scoured the area for protesters putting themselves in the line of fire.
Lt. Jeff Gordon, a navy spokesman, said no protesters were found on the range on Puerto Rico's Vieces island and that, once the all-clear was given, maneuvers began at 1 p.m., four hours after their planned start.
A protest leader, however, said some activists might still be on the range. Between 40 and 60 protesters infiltrated the fenced-off training ground earlier yesterday. Robert Rabin said.
A total of 136 protesters have been arrested for trespassing on the range in an effort to halt the shelling, which began Friday.
The Associated Press
Bodilman said she hadn't seen Miranda since October 31, 1998, when she was living in Dallas, Ga.
Child missing for more than two years
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"I worked the day of Halloween and the arrangements were for us to pick her up," Budiman said. "And she was gone."
Budiman said when her ex-husband took Miranda, the couple was going through a divorce and sharing custody of Miranda. The court granted Budiman a divorce and sole custody after the abduction.
O'Shields said Iwan Budiman had taken Miranda out of the country before. One weekend, Iwan Budiman called his ex-wife from Tokyo and said he was taking their daughter to Indonesia.
Budiman hasn't heard from Miranda and doesn't know how much her daughter knows about what happened.
"I don't know what he is telling her," Budiman said. "Either that I don't love her or I would have visited her, or I'm dead."
to leave the country on the shortest notice. A private investigator Budiman hired hasn't found Miranda, and Budiman said she didn't feel comfortable traveling in Indonesia alone.
Budiman and O'Shields said they would like to use money from the film festival to hire a private investigator to follow Iwan Budiman's sister in the days leading up to Miranda's May 17 birthday, when the family might have a birthday party.
Edited by Leita Schultes
ON THE RECORD
A car hit a stopped car at Naismith Drive and Crescent Road at 1 a.m. Saturday, the KU Public Safety Office said. One of the cars was turning right onto Crescent Road when it slowed quickly and was bumped by the car behind it. Neither car was damaged.
Three compact discs were stolen from a KU student's car while it was parked in the Alumni Place parking lot between 8 p.m. Thursday and 4 p.m. Friday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The CDs were valued at $51.
A KU student reported seven keys stolen from the second floor of Summerfield Hall between 12:30 and 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The keys were valued at $3.50.
A KU student's driver's side window was damaged at 12:01 a.m. Saturday in the 1300 block of Ohio Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $200.
An employee working in Learned Hall reported obscene chalk writings in the tunnel near the building at 7:44 a.m. Friday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The messages "Do you have a penis?" and "National penis day, spread the penis joy" were written on the ground, as well as a drawing of a large penis. The employee said she contacted Facilities Operations to wash off the chalk.
A KU student's 1993 Ford Mustang was damaged between 11 p.m. Friday and 1:25 a.m. Saturday in the 1700 block of Hampton Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $500.
A KU student's wooden porch was spray painted at 2 a.m. Saturday in the 1200 block of Ohio Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $25.
A KU student's cell phone was stolen between 12:30 and 2 a.m. Saturday in the 700 block of Massachusetts Street, Lawrence police said. The phone was valued at $30.
A KU student's cell phone was stolen between 12:01 and 3 a.m. April 22 in the 600 block of Gateway Court, Lawrence police said. The phone was valued at $180.
A KU student's diamond ring, $50, clothing, shampoo and 25 writeable CDs were stolen between 10 p.m. Feb. 1 and 3 p.m. Thursday in the 2500 block of West 31st Street, Lawrence police said. Sgt. Mike Patrick said the student initially thought she had misplaced the items, but later decided to report the theft. The items were valued at $2,100.
ON CAMPUS
Watkins Clinic Health Promotion will have a compulsive over/under-eating group at 7:30 a.m. today at the Watkins health promotion conference room in Watkins Memorial Health Center, Call 312-1521.
Ki Akidek Club will meet from 5:30 to 7:30 on 20Z Robinson Center.
Hispanic American Leadership Organization will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union, Call Juan Toledo at 312-9120.
KU Traditional Karate Club will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 tonight at racquetball court No. 15 at Robinson Center; Call Rachel Fuller at 312-1990.
Robinson Center Pool. Call Jason Blazer at 312-2277
KU Water Polo will meet at 7 tonight at the
KU College Republicans will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union, Dean McAllister from the KU School of Law will speak. Call Aaron Mesmer at 312-3249
United Methodist Campus Ministry will meet from 7:30 to 8:30 tonight at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Call Heather Harsling at 841-8661
Okinawan Goji-Ryu Karate will meet from 9 to 10:30 tonight at room 207 in Robinson Center. Call Ryan Ness at (785) 218-7415.
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