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Twister Communications Austin (512) 345-6497 (800) 460-1847 The Battalion TfiTE Monday • Junes, Welfare benefits restored to legal immigu Other than those annoying classes you have to take, you will spend 80% of your time outside the classroom. Don't Live Hard 9 9* a// S a,, y d b aH p o .Voile Vac «**/ i VtMxee- 117 Hofleman Drive West College Station,Texas 77840 COLLEGIATE RESIDENCES Tel,: (409) 696.5711 Fax: (409) 696*5661 Office Hours Mon-Sat 10-6 Sunday 12-6 Check Us Out on the World Wide Web: www.dmcmgmtcom An S.U.HA Community Developed by Diiuerstetn Companies Clinton WASHINGTON (AP) — In 1996, conservatives in Congress heralded a sweeping rewrite of the nation's welfare policies that changed everything from how long people could stay on welfare to who could tap into the benefits. The welfare overhaul, they declared, would end a cycle of dependence and empower re cipients to improve their lives. "This is going to be one of the greatest successes of this Congress," said one sup porter, Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn. Two years later, some conservatives fear Congress has gone too far to soften the brunt of the 1996 cuts. The beneficiaries are legal immigrants, who found their eligibility terminated for Supplemental Security Income, Medicaid and food stamps under the 1996 overhaul. Arguing that the benefits served as a powerful lure to noncitizens, Republicans said needy new comers should turn to those who sponsored them into the country rather than U.S. taxpayers already burdened by rising welfare costs. President Clinton signed the massive welfare bill, though he made clear he was no fan of the immigrant provisions and would work to minimize their impact. Immigrant, anti-hunger and religious organiza tions responded with a focused outcry, turning up the heat on politicians by trotting before the televi sion cameras elderly and disabled noncitizens with heartbreaking tales of loss. Even as they pressed their public relations blitz, the advocates also worked be hind the scenes to build support on Capitol Hill for restoration of the benefits. And, less than two years later, they have achieved success on a number of fronts. Last year. Congress restored Medicaid and SSI for legal immigrants. And last week, despite the ardent opposition of the congressional GOP leadership. Congress agreed to restore benefits for some of the 935,000 noncitizens dropped last year from the federal food stamp rolls. For Rep. Joe Barton, a Republican from Ennis, the restoration marks the gradual erosion of a good law. "It's just a disappointment because it was a land mark reform," said Barton, a key player in the recent y effort to thwart the food stamp restoratic shame to see it kind of nickle-and-dimedat] For immigrant advocates, the restoratior renunciation of policies they view as hardlJ " 1 think the welfare reform bill wassoextj unreasonable that, in my mind, there wai they had to fix it," Jayne Park oftheNatioi Pacific American Legal Consortium saidir;! view after the House voted last week to rest stamp aid, sending the measure to President for his promised signature. For some, the fight is not over. "I think that we always saw thisasadt ment and not the full restoration, particnj food stamps," said Diana Aviv, executive of the Council of Jewish Federations, whidi for restoration. She noted that the food stamp aid bene: 250,000 of the 935,000 noncitizens dropped: rolls last year and that newcomers remain.'fiL for assistance. "It's a very modest fix/'sh or ) And for Cecilia Munoz of the NationalC M, 1 La Ra/.a, the focus now will turn to states sudB 1 ifornia and Texas, which stepped intothebBfl make up for some of the lost federal assist; rsi ally is imperative that the states take then- were spending on immigrant kids andramfloj their parents," sin- said. "It I Effective Nov. 1, federal food stampeligir an be restored for noncitizens under theageofllK | as those w ho arc elderly and disab gm the) were in the United States prior toth(iBTi| law's Aii);. 22, 1 c W(->, enactment. Bi I iv| id I etin| I NT 11 food stamp eligi s under the age of and disabled — States prior toth •nactment. Nearly two-thirds of the restored aid w: immigrants in four states — California,\ Florida and Texas. The Agriculture Department, which ad: the food stamp program, estimates there will reach 55,000 immigrants in California, : il New York, 31,000 in Florida and 21,000in In Texas, state officials decided tooffera-l to 15,000 elderly and disabled immigrants J federal cuts hit. In all, some 121,000nondtel Texas were removed from the federal rolls J Texas officials have yet to determineivm redirect the state assistance to others oncefel ble noncitizens return to the federal rolls,sac| Department of Human Services spokespersci ron Heinemann. Routier fails investigative polygraphti DALLAS (AP) — Convicted murderer Darlie Lynn Routier believes her husband, Darin, played no role in killing their two eldest sons and slashing her, Routier's relatives say. She maintains that belief, they say, even though her husband failed a recent polygraph test. "She knows 100 percent that Darin had nothing to do with this. She said that the only way she would ever believe that Darin was involved is if he confessed," Routier's mother, Darlie Kee, told The Dallas Morning News in Sunday's editions. "She said she knows Darin would never do anything to hurt their sons." Prison officials in Gatesville told The News Routier was unavailable for interviews this weekend. She has maintained her innocence as she waits for the outcome of her appeal. Routier, 30, agreed to the May 22 polygraph exam at the request of Waco multimillionaire Brian Pardo, who is investigating the crime. Routier, 28, was sentenced to death in 1997 after a Kerr County jury convicted her tal murder in the June 6, 1 996, stabbingdeal couple's 5-year-old son, Damon. Thecouple'i son, Devon, 6, also died in the attack atM Rowlett home. The polygraph examiner determinedRoutif lying when answering four key questionsabo attack. During the exam, Routier denied plan crime at his home, stabbing his wife, knowin; left a bloody sock in the alley and knowingtti! tity of his sons' killer. Routier said the test was rigged forhimtofs do said he stands by the integrity of the exam not eliminate Routier as a suspect in his invesW Routier has said she thinks an intruderbre 1 - the home, killed the boys and attacked her^ knife. Her husband told police he was sleep” stairs with the couple's only surviving son, Drate 2 1/2, during the attack. 4r Memorial Student Center 1998 Summer Calendar of Events Dive into Summer! ,>2 Mil June Film Society Ghostbusters 9:30 p.m. Rudder Fountain L.T. Jordan Institute for International Awareness Community, Household & Status of Hacienda Tabi, Yucatan, Mexico and Environmental Policies in Bolivia 1 p.m. Rudder 510 Town Hall Poolside with Polygram 2-4 p.m. Rec. Center Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.) Visual Arts Tour of San Antonio‘s Art Museums (Cost: $10 Texas A&M students; $20 all others) Cepheid Variable Anime Series 2 p.m. Biochemistry 107-108 Great Issues and Political Forum Open Microphone 11:30-12:30 p.m. Rudder Fountain Town Hall Hypnotist Rich Ames 8:30 p.m. Rudder Theater Town Hall Lunch Box Concert 2-4 p.m. Rec. Center Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.) NOVA Gaming Night at Hullabaloo 6-9 p.m. MSC Bowling and Games Area Black Awareness Celebration 12:30 p.m. MSC Flag Room NOVA SurduKahn I % a.m.-l 1 p.m. MSC 138-146 Town Hall Poolside with Polygram 2-4 p.m Rec. Center Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.) Cepheid Variable Pleiades Reading Circle 1 p.m. MSC 145 Cepheid Variable zlm/we Series 2 p.m. Biochemistry 107-108 Film Society Sixteen Candles 9:30 p.m. Rudder Fountain All events are FREE, except as noted. Dates and times may change. Check out the MSC web site: wwwmsc.tamu.edu and the MSC Hotline at 847-5463. Please call 845-1515 for special needs. -Technology and the Ethics 10 14 16 July Great Issues Drawing the Line- of Cloning 4 p.m. Koldus 110 NOVA Gaming Night at Hullabaloo 6-9 p.m. MSC Bowling and Games Area Town Hall Poolside with Polygram 2-4 p.m. Rec. Center Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.) Visual Arts Tour of Houston’s Corporate Art Collections (Cost: $10 Texas A&M students only) Film Society Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 9:30 p.m. Rudder Fountain Town Hall Lunch Box Concert 2-4 p.m. Rec. Center Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.) 18 Cepheid Variable Series 2 p.m. Biochemistry 107-108 23 Town Hall Poolside with Polygram 2-4 p.m. Rec. Center Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.) 23 Cepheid Variable Pleiades Reading Circle 7 p.m. MSC 145 24-26 NOVA Battle. Con 3 p.m. Fri.-2 p.m. Sun. MSC 224-225 25 Visual Arts Tour of Galveston’s Historic Homes (Cost: $10 Texas A&M students; $20 all others) 28-29 OPAS Broadway Cabaret 7:30 p.m. College Station Conference Center at 1300 George Bush Drive (Cost: $2 Texas A&M students; $5 all others) Town Hall Poolside with Polygram 2-4 p.m. Rec. Center Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.) August Cepheid Variable Anime Series 2 p.m. Biochemistry 107-108 Town Hall Poolside with Polygram 2-4 p.m. Rec. Center Outdoor Pool (A valid Texas A&M ID is required.) Fall Leadership Conference Trinidad, Texas Cepheid Variable Pleiades Reading Circle 7 p.m. MSC 145 30 26-28 27 Funeral hom sued for givi improper bit HOUSTON (AP)—Theff a Pasadena man who died of 1 2 1 /2 years ago requested# neral arrangements, includi”! expensive-but-dignified pin” What they actually got has : them to tears — and to con” Mainly, they want to km John T. Mitchum was laid to cardboard box. "We had to go as econo# we could," Mitchum'ssister) Udiz of Pasadena, told theH Chronicle. "But we paid fora'; ferent funeral than we got." After receiving a tip, MiK family had his body exhumed months ago from Rosewood rial Park in Humble. The” found the mechanic's remains the soggy, deteriorating box The family is suing Budget al Home and Rosewood f Home. Budget is owned t) Fields of Humble. He and hii er, former U.S. Rep. Jack Fields Rosewood. The owners denj tions in the fraud case. The case is set for trial June fore state District Judge Tad H< in Houston. Mitchum, who died at 65” cer of the larynx, was living on” disability check after retirin? Stanley Hardware. His large’ saw to his needs in his final#' No family members witness? burial on Dec. 30, 1995. A” rainstorm forced them in# 1 hold a graveside service thene’ Funeral home attorneys Mitchum's burial bill remainst 11 ’' Jim Mitchum said his attorney” 1 him to hold onto the $2,000 ceived from an insurance coo 1 ! Mitchum's remains are stil cardboard container becausett 1 - ily refused immediate reburial in 1 er casket until after the case is# tindJ the B