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Friday, January 22,1993
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AUSTIN - Lt. Gov. Bob Bul
lock said Thursday that a state
isenator could get any legislation
passed if she "cut her skirt off
about six inches" and "put on
some high heels."
Bullock's remark about Sen. Ju-
:h Zaffirini, D-Laredo, sparked
an uproar from a women's rights
group and the state Republican
Party.
But Zaffirini, who was present
dien Bullock made the comment
Wore more than 100 people at a
lexas Chamber of Commerce
meeting, said it
was just a joke
and that she
was not offend
ed.
And she not
ed that Bullock,
also a Democ
rat, has appoint
ed her chair
woman of the
Senate Health
and Human
Services Committee.
"I know hatred when I see it. I
know bigotry. I know chauvinism.
This was not any of those," Zaf
firini said.
Bullock
Bullock's spokeswoman Syd
ney Rubin said, "One can ques
tion the lieutenant governor's
choice of words, but you can't
question his support for women
or women's issues."
Some did.
"It's absolutely outrageous that
someone who claims to be a
friend to women's causes still
doesn't quite get it," said Hannah
Riddering, co-chair of the Austin
chapter of the National Organiza
tion for Women.
"We encourage him to attend a
few of our meetings. After all,
they're quick to call us when
they're campaigning. Perhaps it's
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Piyung Sun, both members of a visiting group FSIS training and will learn how to better inspect
of veterinarians, eat food from their native Korea meats for their government,
outside Hart Hall Thursday afternoon. The
time they call for a little con
sciousness raising," she said.
She asked how Bullock would
feel if someone in his position said
"I know bigotry. I
know chauvinism. This
was not (one) of those."
-Sen. Judith Zaffirini
D-Laredo
the same thing about any woman
in his family.
Karen Hughes, executive direc
tor of the Texas Republican Party,
called Bullock's remark about
Zaffirini "blatantly sexist."
"To imply that someone was
elected or is able to be effective
because of the length of her skirt
and height of her heels ... he
should apologize," Hughes said.
If Bullock believes what he said
then "he has no place in a position
of public trust," she added.
Hughes said that perhaps Zaf
firini said she was not offended
because she has to work with Bul
lock, who is president of the Sen
ate.
She also said Bullock has start
ed a habit of making controversial
statements.
Last week, Bullock said efforts
by Rob Mosbacher to establish
term limits was like "a flea trying
to crawl up the back end of an ele
phant with rape on his mind."
Mosbacher ran against Bullock
in the 1990 lieutenant governor's
race.
Concerning the comment about
Zaffirini, Rubin defended Bullock,
saying that many men his age
make similar comments in jest.
Bullock is 63.
"As long as he's there support
ing women's issues, promoting
women into positions of power,
then, you know, I would give him
a little latitude," Rubin said.
Abortion foes to march
Protest marks 20th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade decision
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - Abortion
foes will assemble near the White
House on Friday for their annual
march on the Supreme Court. For
the first time in 12 years, rather
than being emboldened by a pres
ident's words, they will be set
back by his deeds.
President Clinton will mark the
day by revoking his predecessors'
restrictions on abortion counsel
ing at federally supported clinics.
Both Presidents Reagan and
Bush annually delivered mes
sages of support for the anti-abor
tion marchers.
"It's a real insult, a real slap in
the face of Americans who hold
pro-life views," said Nancy My
ers, communications director of
the National Right to Life Com
mittee. "He's going to be signing
a death warrant for unborn chil
dren."
"Hopefully the country in the
next four years won't go down so
far that we can't pull it back up,"
added Bob Jewitt, a spokesman
for Operation Rescue which
stages blockades at abortion clin
ics nationwide.
"This year we've turned the
corner," declared Kate Michel-
man, president of the National
Abortion Rights Action League.
"Last year, we were battle fa
tigued. We were losing ground
steadily day in and day out."
House Speaker Thomas Foley,
D-Wash., said "The most impor
tant victory in the last 20 years
(since the court's Roe vs. Wade
decision ) is the election of Bill
Clinton."
Clinton's choice to run the De
partment of Health and Social
Services, Donna Shalala, attended
NARAL's champagne brunch
Thursday just hours before she
was confirmed by the Senate.
"I'm here because I'm a
friend," she explained.
Reagan and Bush repeatedly
vetoed legislation aimed at easing
restrictions on federal funding for
abortions and used executive or
ders to block fetal tissue research,
abortions in military hospitals
and funding for overseas popula
tion control programs.
Clinton is expected to sweep
See Abortion/Page 4
Aggies for Life
to sponsor rally
By CYNTHIA TREVIZO
The Battalion
Aggies for Life (AFL) is sponsoring a Rally for Life today from
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Rudder Fountain to recognize the 20th
anniversary of the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision
legalizing abortion.
"We want to express our concern for the abortion issue and
how we can actively promote the alternatives (to abortion)," said
Ron Hamada, AFL education director.
The rally will spotlight several guest speakers who will speak
about various topics relating to the right to life movement.
Aggies for Life promotes abortion alternatives through various
forms of literature and involvement in major projects. It is an ac
tion-oriented organization that supports local crisis pregnancy
centers, primarily the Brazos Valley Crisis Pregnancy Service,
Hamada said.
"We go beyond lecturing and speaking; we do all sorts of
things for (expectant) mothers," he said.
Lisa Hudson, former vice president of Pro-Choice Aggies said
See Rally/Page 4
Chinese students ring in New Year
By KEVIN LINDSTROM
The Battalion
The Year of the Rooster begins
Saturday as the Chinese Student
Association celebrates its 30th an
niversary this Chinese New Year.
The Chinese New Year is cele
brated as a time of family gather
ings. Traditionally, the Chinese
work year-round, and the New
Year's celebration is the holiday
many Chinese and Taiwanese
take the most seriously.
Tim Chang, a graduate student
in statistics, said the distance from
family in China and Taiwan
makes the holiday special for
some A&M students.
"It is meaningful to have this
bond and to get together," Chang
said. "This way we can remember
where we came from, and who
we are."
The Year of the Rooster is one
year in the 12-year cycle which
also contains the rat, ox, tiger,
hare, dragon, serpent, horse,
sheep, monkey, dog and pig.
According to Chinese legend,
these 12 animals were the only
ones that showed up when the
supreme being called for all of the
animals.
Each animal was honored as a
symbol during the 12-year cycle.
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State deficit projections
By JULI PHILLIPS
The Battalion
"Safer than sorry" seems to de
scribe the Texas State Legisla
ture's method of calculating bud
get shortfalls.
Earlier in the
school year, the
expected state
deficit for the
1993 budget
rvas $5 billion,
and state-fund
ed higher edu
cation institu
tions were told
by the Texas
Higher Educa- Ogden
tion Coordinat
ing Board to make preparations
for a possible 10 percent cut in
funding.
Although the universities and
colleges are still readying them
selves for a 10 percent cut, the lat
est deficit projections have fallen
36 percent to around $3.2 billion.
An expenditure-forecasting
process used by the legislature,
called "current services budget
ing," seems to be the culprit in the
$2.8 billion drop in expectations.
Using the current services bud
geting system, the money used
over the last year of operation, not
the average of the expenses over
the three years covered by the
budget, is multiplied by the ex
pected inflation rate of 5 percent.
That inflated figure is almost
always larger than the actual ex
penses, so as the actual expenses
roll into the state budgeting office,
the deficit projections decrease.
"This is a bad way to calculate
the deficit, because it is always so
inflated," State Rep. Steve Ogden
said. "It tends to send up unnec
essary flags."
Ogden gave an example of pos
sible Railroad Commission fund
ing.
shrink
He explained that the average
expenses of the commission over
the budget period may be lower
than the projected expenses, using
the commission's current services
budget.
Money would then be allocat
ed, looking at the actual expenses,
but the press would seize on the
inflated figure and say that the
commission's funding is being
cut, Ogden said.
A&M: more students, less funding
By JULI PHILLIPS
The Battalion
Less bang for the same bucks.
The Texas A&M University System may receive
the same amount of state funding from the new state
budget, currently being deliberated in the Texas Leg
islature, but the funding will not cover increasing in
flation and student enrollment. College Station State
Rep. Steve Ogden said Thursday.
Ogden predicts Texas A&M and other Texas pub
lic universities will face more belt tightening, which
has become almost common-place over the past sev
en years.
Money will have to be raised by the systems and
schools to make up the funding shortfalls, Ogden
said.
"No one will debate that higher education fund
ing has been cut," he said. "Money, as a percentage
See Funding/Page 4
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A&M-TCU
basketball
preview
Page 5
New view on
abortion?
Page 7
Baird withdraws
nomination
Page 8
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