UVSC College Times, 2002-03-07

              r! k- FL UUFN PANO FN FX A RCA SF VI Nl)i VOLUME 30 ISSUF 48 ' iffff WHAT'S INSIDE Calendar-Battle of the bands is coming up and much more. Page 2 See our daily updated calendar at netXnew.net mm Uj 10 J ! ! J ! i U 1 w page 5 Ai J. I l ' I (p flw (p ! ! ';. - . J A o c O) c X o c Tuition Hikes: not tElt Bad? Page 4 VALLEY WEATHER TODAY: j,w,? Windy and mostly cloudy ' Vj V: ;' 50 Chance ol '-raini"iK Friday . , . 70-.. Chance ol Snow High 30 s Saturday , Mostly Clear ' High 40's Low ' ! 15 uysc hoops: The lifiiiess Begins. Wolverine teams playing in SWAC Tourneys. Page 7 4 I f' , MHO J Unnno V j la news-line , . Plugged in r Bush jm.QOsirw 5-ol tariff: President Bush on Tuesday slapped punishing tariffs of 8 percent to 30 percent on several types of imported steel in an effort to aid the ailing U.S. industry, drawing criticism from American allies and mixed reviews in Congress. Prosecutors could have charged Clinton Prosecutors had ample evidence for criminal charges against President Clinton in the Monica Lewinsky affair, Independent Counsel Robert Ray contended today in his final report. Arkansas says it lost confidence in Richardson Arkansas told Nolan Richardson's lawyer the school replaced him because it lost confidence in the coach's ability, according to correspondence released today. Air pollution linked to lung cancer A new study published Wednesday presents the strongest evidence yet linking air pollution in many U.S. cities with fatal lung cancer, scientists say. Norway seeks doping disqualification Norway demanded Wednesday that the IOC strip all medals from athletes caught using drugs during the Olympics. Morissette album debuts at No. I Alanis Morissette has swept away the competition, debuting at the top spot with Under Rug Swept. Morissette's third studio album sold more than 2 1 5,000 copies for the week ending Sunday. Explosion kills five peacekeepers A Soviet-era anti-aircraft missile exploded Wednesday as international peacekeepers in the Afghan capital tried to defuse it. Two German and three Danish soldiers were killed and eight others were injured, officials said. f Vote on today's poll question: "What do you think of a Tuition hike?" Vote at www.netxnews.net and see immediate poll ! results. jL Yes, it's true. Your On Campus Hosts, Matt Eastin and Brittney Wiscombe show the UVSC students what the netxnews staff does for them. The news cast will focus on their recent trip to Los Angeles and what goes on in the newsroom. Eta siDDOgbgO flonsfi toil IgjCi -W ' rA -a Hi , "1 ' J . f s I I iw , f 1 I' BySteven Gutken Associated Press Writer Ctartcsr Pliati More and more allied soldiers are prepared to help the U.S. In the Argan war. U.S.-led coalition troops have gained the upper hand after killing at least half the al-Qaida and Taliban forces holed up in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan in the biggest joint offensive in the war, the U.S. commander said Wednesday. Several hundred more American troops were deployed in the rugged terrain of Paktia province bringing their number to more than 1,000 as were fresh forces from their Afghan allies. Working at altitudes sometimes about 10,000 feet, they engaged in continuous fire-fights with al-Qaida fighters and cleared several enemy caves. "We've got confirmed kills in the hundreds," Maj. Gen. Frank L. Hagenbeck told a press conference Wednesday at Bagram air base north of the capital Kabul. "We truly have the momen tum at this point." Still, the Pentagon admitted resistance from the fighters holed up in the hills of theShah-e-Kot mountain range was strong. Five Marine attack helicopters entered the fight Tuesday to bolster the aerial strike force after Army Apaches were damaged by intense fighting. U.S. officials have said the coalition of troops fighting in Operation Anaconda number about 2,000. Gen. Tommy Franks, commander of the five-month-old Afghan war, said 200 to 300 more American troops had been deployed in the battle zone in the past two days, in addition to 800 who were already there. But Franks told reporters at the Pentagon that the new deployment was not due tostiffer-than-expected resistance and said there was "no sur prise" at the size of the al-Qaida forces. "We expected that they would put up a fierce fight and they have and they are," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told reporters in Washington. He said the fighters were "very hardened elements of al-Qaida." But he said the outcome was "reasonably assured": that the fighters would surrender or be killed. When the operation began Friday, 150 to 200 enemy fighters were believed to be hiding in the area, Hagenbeck said. But by Wednesday, as many as 600 to 700 al-Qaida and some Taliban troops had filtered into the territory, he said. "Conservatively speaking right now, I'm convinced from the evidence I've seen that we've killed at least half of those enemy forces," he said. "We own the dominant terrain in the "War" continued on page 3 Undocumented grads to receive instate tuition By C.C. Wallace Associated Press Writer The children of undocumented immigrants would be allowed to pay in-state tuition at Utah colleges and universities under a bill the house of Representatives narrowly approved Monday. The bill, sponsored by Rep. David Ure, R-Kamas, would allow "nonimmigrant aliens" to enroll beginning this fall and pay about one-third of what it would cost if they enrolled as out-of-state students. Representatives approved the bill 39-35. It now goes to the Senate. "This tries to bring us out of a bad situation," Ure said. "This is not a charity, this is in-state tuition." He predicted that only 10 to 20 students a year would benefit from the bill. Before the final vote, there were several failed attempts to amend the bill, including one to abolish out-of-state tuition. The children grow up in Utah, their families pay taxes and are settled into Utah communities, Ure said. Allowing the students to pay the in-state rate means they will return to their communities and contribute, he said. The bill requires the student to have attended Utah high schools in their sophomore, V i junior, and senior years. In-state tuition is about $1,300 per semester.Out-of-state students pay $3,900 each term. University of Utah President Bernie Machen has argued for the measure. He said the students "will be productive citizens in our state. Without this bill, essentially they are in limbo the rest of their lives." Undocumented immigrants are able to attend elementary, middle, and high schools because administrators cannot legally ask about their immigration status. Net Spot THE HOTTEST SPOTS IN: NewxPolitics Go to wwwioMWws.com 1)1 authorities were alerted as early as 1995 that several Middle Eastern pilots were training at American flight schools and at least one had proposed hijacking a plane to crash into federal buildings, according to documents and interviews with Filipino and Ui authorities.Entertainment: Check out www.yahoo.com Artist of the Month: Incubus. Check out exclusive performances ol "Wish You Were Here" and "Nice to Know You," peruse the music video archive, and enter to win a guitar autographed by the boys of Incubus. Music Online: Head to www.yahoo.commusic INXS Sets Spring US. Tour Nearly five years after the death of froniman Michael Hutchence, Australian rockers INXS are ready to tour the U.S. again. Student helps: Check outwww.college-solu-tions.com These Four FATAL ERRORS apply to you, no matter what. Sports: Log on to www.espn.com (or the scoop on hoops. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The NBA's best team against the league's hottest team was no contest at all. Bonzi Wells scored 20 points and the Portland Trail Blazers extended their season-best winning streak'to 10 games with a surprisingly dominant 107-95 Bush's budget plan showing flaws By Alan Farm Associated Press Writer Bush's budget would dig a deeper deficit next year than the White House claims and tap $1.8 trillion in Social Security surpluses for other programs over the next decade, Congress' top fiscal analyst said Wednesday. Both political parties immediately drew the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office's report into their election-year fight over Bush's plans to cut taxes and boost spending for defense and domestic security. Democrats said the analysis underlined the need to "restrain spending and tax cuts, "while Republicans said it showed the budget's condition will improve as the recession fades. "You bring us rather good news," Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., told CBO Director Dan Crippen, who presented his agency's report to the Senate Budget Committee. Though the economy has shown signs of regaining strength, Crippen said Budget ! r 342968 .,rrri; .FnrnJ 1 Bush's budget would create a deficit next year of $121 billion $41 billion worse than Bush has projected. The chief difference is that CBO believes the government will collect less revenue next year than the White House has forecast, Crippen said. Bush's proposal which Congress is only beginning to work on would begin generating annua! surpluses in 2005, yielding a total surplus of $681 billion from 2003 through 2012, the report said. The figures "Budget"" continued on page 3