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APR. 5 TH REVIEW: FOR QUIZ B Page 2 • The: Battalion NEWS Committee approves new budget proposal AUSTIN (AP) — The Senate Finance Committee unanimously endorsed a proposed two-year state budget of $80.2 billion Thursday, putting aside a House plan that would spend about $2.6 billion less. Education and human services would get more money under the Senate proposal than the House bill. The full Senate is expected to consider the measure Monday. “We paid particular attention to those programs for people who literally cannot help themselves, for instance the multiply handicapped that have to have help," said committee Chairman John Montford, D-Lubbock. "We paid a lot of attention to public and higher education. Computers to combat illegal immigration WASHINGTON (AP) — The House immigration subcommittee has begun tackling a subject that’s sure to spark vigorous debate on Capitol Hill: How to implement a new program to better detect illegal aliens who aren’t eligible to work. While there is general consensus that Congress must act to reduce one of the most powerful magnets for illegal immigration — jobs — a variety of views exist on how to achieve that goal. “Improved verification is just as vital to our overall enforcement strategy as placing Border Patrol agents directly on the border,” House immigration subcommittee chairman Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, said as his panel opened its hearing Thursday. The U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, headed by former Texas Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, is recommending a national computerized registry which employers can check to determine the job status of applicants. Specter declares bid for presidency HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Sen. Arlen Specter, a moderate who supports abortion rights, declared his presidential candidacy Thursday with a warning to fellow Republicans not to become "so captive to the demands of the intolerant right” that they end up re electing President Clinton. Specter, 65, launched his long- shot bid in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial and then repeated his declaration in the rotunda of the state Capitol in his home state of Pennsylvania. His harshest words were reserved for abortion foes and religious conservatives, not Clinton. He pledged to “lead the fight to strip the strident anti-choice language from the Republican national platform.” And he criticized religious broadcaster Pat Robertson and others he said were bent on ripping down a constitutional barrier separating church and state and on blacklisting Republicans who support abortion rights. Spreading the word Tom Short, sponsored by the A&M Christian Fellowship Associaton, speaks to students aboul'/i importance of God on the Academic plaza Thursday afternoon. Federal judge rules ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy unconstitutionj □ The policy equates sexual orientation with misconduct^ judge said. NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time, a federal judge de clared unconstitutional the Clin ton administration’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the military, barring the Pentagon Thursday from discharging six homosexuals. U.S. District Judge Eugene Nickerson said the policy is “nothing short of Orwellian” be cause it equates sexual orienta tion with misconduct. “To presume from a person’s status that he or she will commit undesirable acts is an extreme measure,” he wrote. ‘‘Hitler taught the world what could happen when the government began to target people not for what they had done but because of their status.” Lawyers for the plaintiffs wel comed the ruling but cautioned that it applies only to the six people in the case and doesn’t prevent the Pentagon from tak ing action against other gays. “We don’t want people to read the paper and think they can come out tomorrow,” said Beat rice Dohrn, legal director of the Lambda Legal Defense and Edu cation Fund, which helped repre sent the plaintiffs. Justice Department spokesman Carl Stern said the government will appeal. ‘‘We believe the challenged policy is constitutional and we remain committed to defending it,” he said. Under the “don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t pursue” policy, gays can serve as long as they keep their sexual orientation to them selves and do not engage in ho mosexual acts. Otherwise, they can be honorably discharged. In addition, commanders may not ask a service member his or her sexual orientation. The Clinton administration adopted the policy in 1993 as a compromise between the views of gay-rights advocates and those flatly opposed to gays in the military. Previously, the Pentagon rooted out homosexu als as a threat to morale and fighting ability. The judge said the newjii m violates the constitutionalri p to free speech and equal pnp tion. “The policy ... is not or: I herently deceptive, it also t-: powerful inducements toll sexuals to lie,” Nickersonst i The government, hei: failed to prove its key argil . that homosexuals, by itgp presence, can harm a . unit’s cohesion. “Even if defendants dobt r that heterosexual servicem - hers will be so upset bya worker’s mere statement of mosexuality as not toworkc eratively in the unit, such a lief does not justify a discrim; tory policy,” Nickerson wrote None of the five men aw woman could be reached foi ment. Their lawyers saidtfc ip not wish to make statement The military had begur • charge proceedings againstt of the six, who include two! . enlisted men on active duty 1 four reservists — a Navy mander, an Army captair Army sergeant and a Army tenant colonel. Police Beat The following incidents were re ported to the University Police De partment between March 22 and March 24: Misdemeanor Theft Hydromechanics Lab - Thirty flop py diskettes were removed from an unsecured filing cabinet. MSC Bicycle Rack - A black Trek 800 was stolen. Sterling C. Evans Library - The victim left her purse hanging on a chair while she went to get some books. When she returned, she dis- : : ■ ■ ' ■ : covered that her purse was missing. Burglary of Habitation Appelt Hall - Computer compo nents were removed from a secured room. Eppright Hall - The victim’s stereo system was stolen from her secured room. Felony Theft Dormitory 2 - A pair of senior boots were removed from an unse cured room. i? Student mugged near Read buildN Texas A&M University police are working with the Bryan and College Station police departments to find two men who attacked an A&M graduate student Mon day night. The victim, a 24-year-old man, said he passed two Hispanic men standing be side a trash can in a parking lot near the Read Building at 10:35 p.m. The men approached him from behind and hit him over the head with aw:; en pole and took his bay; pack, he said. | No money was in. 1 backpack. Bob Wiatt,tl]| director, said, but theviclfe student identificationci;* was stolen. Wiatt said the police: > not think the attackers! ; students. The victim described’f attackers as about 6-foot One of the men may ha* • mustache, Wiatt said. | CONSOLIDATION SALE! For one week only. The Suit Club will offer all remaining merchandise from the inventories of all four of the Texas Suit Clubs. This sale begins Tuesday at 10a.m. and ends on Saturday at 6p.m. Listed below are a few examples of the Outstanding Values , 99 Blended Suits Reg Retail $295.00 2 for $299. All Wool Suits Reg Retail $425.00 2 for $399." All Wool Sport Coats values to $395.00 2 for $249." Cotton Sweaters Now as low as $29. 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