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SECTION A VOL.103, NO.93
B average could earn students college money
WASHINGTON — The gates of academia practically will be gided with gold for the average family if President Clinton gets his way.
Clinton's proposed budget would touch Americans in a variety of ways, from the in-your-face tax breaks to costs less visible but no less real.
Republican party savings focus on families with younger children; Clinton's, on the college set.
In public schools, billions more would be plowed into technology, standards and scholarships. Clinton wants to give $1,000 to every pupil who is graduated in the top 5 percent in every high school.
He does not want parents to take their share of federal education money and use it for private schools that's a Republican idea.
What's a B average worth in college? For the families of most second-year students under the Clinton budget, precisely $1,500.
— with a B average — the second year.
Clinton's tax plan really kicks in for the college-bound, essentially covering the costs of community or state college for the first year and
17-year-old student discovers error in SAT
It's the mantra of the SAT: Check your work. Apparently, the testers didn't do it carefully enough.
The College Board made a mistake on the math portion of the exam, and it was a 1.7-year-old from Peterborough, N.H., who recognized it.
It's the first time the board has admitted an error in the SAT since 1982.
As a result, the scores of as many as 45,000 high school students who took the Scholastic Assessment Test last fall will be boosted as much as 30 points. The math portion of the test is worth 800 points.
(USPS 650-640)
Colin Rizzo, who took the test OCT 12 along with about 350,000 other college-bound students, found the flaw in the multiple-choice answers to an algebra problem.
SAT officials were amazed that the flaw had escaped their experts and that a student had spotted it while taking the important three-hour test.
Math questions on the SAT tests are developed by former math teachers, reviewed by high school teachers or math professors and then checked by members of the SAT committee, said Brian O'Reilly, director of the SAT program.
director. The corrected scores will be sent via Federal Express to the affected students and the colleges they applied to, so the error won't hurt their chances of admission.
Teenager questioned in bombing of clinic
TULSA, Okla. — Federal agents took a teenager in for questioning yesterday and searched his family's home for clues as to who bombed and shot at an abortion clinic three times since New Year's Day.
Television station KOTV and radio station KRMG reported that hand grenades and weapons were found in the house. There was no immediate confirmation from the FBI.
Acting on a tlp, police and federal agents arrived at the home in the suburb of Bibby around daybreak. They took away the couple's eldest son.
FBI spokesman Dan Vogel said. Police Chief Ron Palmer said that X-rays were being done on boxes in the house to see if they contained explosives.
"Everybody in there is a suspect."
EFLsokesman Dan Vogel said.
The Reproductive Services Clinic in Tulaa was bombed twice and hit with Molotov cocktails in January. On Sunday, someone broke in and shot up medical equipment. No one was hurt.
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Not a laughing matter
KU police discover nitrous oxide tanks in Hashinger Hall
Stephanie McDuff Kansan staff writer
Laughing gas is not just the quick high it promises to be. Instead, this inhalant can cause long-term health problems and even death.
Concern about this legal inhalant resurfaced at the University of Kansas when police found three empty 35-pound tanks of nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, last Friday night in the sixth floor trash room of Hashinger Hall.
Although they do not know who owned the tanks, KU police said that students in the hall had used the nitrous oxide recreationally to get a quick high.
a quick night.
"There is no other reason I could think of that nitrous oxide could be used in a residence hall, especially not in that quantity," said KU Sgt. Chris Keary.
He said that police had not received any reports of missing nitrous tanks.
Nitrous oxide is frequently used in dentists' and veterinarians' offices for minor and oral surgeries to relax patients and to numb pain.
A small hit of nitrous oxide takes only eight to 10 seconds to take effect, and the high lasts for about two to three minutes.
"inhaling too much could result in loss of consciousness or death," said Keary. "These are the kinds of consequences we have seen at KU before and not that long ago."
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Howell's body was discovered with a plastic bag on his head, and a container of nitrous oxide was found in the dorm room. The bag helped to contain the gas and could have facilitated a better high.
In May of 1994, freshman Ryan Howell, 19, of Arlington Heights, III., died in Elsworth Hall due to asphyxiation caused by recreational use of nitrous oxide.
tated a better high.
Because the gas displaces oxygen from the lungs, many harmful side effects can result. Francis said. The pressure produced by the gas could rupture blood vessels in the lungs causing the air to be forced out of the users chest maybe resulting in a lung collapse.
may be restoring in a hospital Numbness, loss of balance, physical addiction and brain damage are among the many dangers of long term recreational use of the gas, Francis said.
gas. Because the gas is dispensed at freezing temperatures, users are also at risk for frostbite, Francis said. If inhaled directly from the tank, the gas can freeze the lips, throat and vocal
Three nitrous oxide tanks, including these two, were found in the sixth floor trash room of Hashinger Hall last Friday night.
cords.
corus. This effect is minimized if the gas is inhaled through a balloon or plastic bag, but frostbite could still result, health officials said.
Pedaling for votes
Mark Creamer, Lawrence resident, rides his bike down Jayhawk Boulevard \to get his message to KU students to go out and vote. Creamer is running for a position on the Lawrence school board.
The primary city election for Lawrence is Feb. 25. The last chance to register to vote is Feb.10.
Drugs, federal financial aid don't mix
Proposed legislation would suspend aid
by Ann Marchand Kansan staff writer
A toke of a joint or a hit of acid may soon be more costly for students who receive federal financial aid.
A bill pending before Congress, proposed by Rep. Gerald Solomon, R-N.Y., would suspend federal education benefits to individuals convicted of drug offenses.
Brad, a junior at the University of Kansas, said that he used to smoke a lot of marijuana, but that he has cut back his habit this semester. He has received Pell grants to help pay his tuition.
Brad said that if the bill were to pass, it probably would not change his drug use.
"I don't really think it would change
Bill Teator, Solomon's press secretary, said that students should know that education is important and they should not jeopardize academics with recreational drug use.
"I don't think that anyone who buys drugs or sells drugs has their priorities straight to get through college," Teal said. "This is something that will be felt by teenagers who are preparing to apply for college. If a law like this is on the books, they'll know that they're jeopardizing a benefit that they need."
But the intent of the legislation is to hit students where it hurts — in the pocketbook.
my habits because I'm not really worried about getting caught," he said.
Roscoe Howard, associate professor of law, said that this would not be the best way to tackle the drug problem. He said that individuals who were denied education benefits
would not be given a chance to change their lifestyles.
If they are denied education through a lack of federal benefits, you are sort of condemning them to the same life they've held before." Howard said. "For a lot of us, education is a way to escape those sorts of problems. It's the one carrot you might be able to hold out to individuals to help them get better."
Philip Schrodt, professor of political science, said that because financial aid is funded through taxes, it might not be legitimate to restrict eligibility of the recipients.
However, Teatar said that a student's eligibility for aid could be reinstated if that student completed a rehabilitation program.
gallant of a story.
"I'm speculating, but I assume that it would be appealed to the Supreme Court," he said.
Brad said that the prevalence of drugs, specifically marijuana, in
If convicted of sale of possession of a controlled substance, an individual would lose federal financial aid* eligibility for:
Pot smoking
Possession
First offense: One year
Second offense: Two years
Third offense: Indefinite
Sale
First offense: Two years Second offense: Indefinite "includes, grants, loans and work-study awards
Source: House Resolution 88, 105th Congress
Lawrence would make it unlikely for this proposed law to have any dramatic effects.
"it's everywhere," he said. "anywhere you go in Lawrence it'll be there, and it's not going to stop just because of this law."
First Amendment
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or of the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Elections code raises questions of legality Campaigns prohibited during voting hours
By Dave Morantz
Kansan staff writer
Prohibits campaigning during election hours in this spring's Student Senate elections may violate the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
On Tuesday, the elections commission, the organization which oversees Student Senate elections, published its proposed election code, which restricted campaign activities while election polls were open.
Chad Perlov, elections commissioner, said his commission had received three complaints regarding the constitutionality of the code. The commission will meet Tuesday to hear the complaints and will publish its final code Wednesday.
Ted Frederickson, professor of journalism, said that for such a code to be constitutional, the government, in this case the elections commission, must show that the code protects a vital interest of society unrelated to expression.
Because the University of Kansas is a state institution, it must honor guidelines established by the state and federal government, including the liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.
Chad Perlov, elections commissioner, said the commission was trying to protect access to poll sites, the fairness of elections and order around poll sites. In recent years, voter turnout has dropped to an unacceptably low level because students feel turned off by candidates blocking sidewalks to hand out flyers, Perlov said.
But Frederickson, who has a law degree, disagreed.
"I don't see that interest," he said. "Being annoyed is the price you pay for free speech."
"I looked at it and immediately though it was a bit fishy," said Dave Stras, Wichita second-year law student.
One student who filed a complaint said his objection to the code was based on his understanding of Supreme Court cases.
But Richard Levy, professor of law, said he believed that the constitutionality of the code depended on two issues.
"The Court has decided that you can't prohibit people from campaigning on election days," he said. "You just can do it."
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