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Bush presents $1.4 trillion budget WASHINGTON (A P)---Pres i dent Bush sent Congress a $1.45 trillion budget Monday that projects a record deficit at a time of recession while paying for the Persian Gulf War only through March. He said he will send Congress a supplemental request to cover Operation Desert Storm in the coming weeks. Bush's budget seeks increases for the war on drugs, space exploration, education and highway construction. It seeks cuts in domestic programs, such as Medicare, guaranteed student loans, crop insurance and subsidies for farmers. The 5318.1 billion shortfall projected for this year comes despite last fall's $500 billion, five-year package of tax increases and spending cuts. It is more than three times the deficit Bush projected a year ago and surpasses the S64 billion target of the Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law. However, war and recession are underway and both provide exemptions 10 the law, Budget Director Richard Darman blamed the deficit on the recession and the cost of the savings and loan cleanup.
Walters cuts jobs, agencies' budgets OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Gov. David Walters unveiled "a conservative and aggressive" $3.38 billion. budget Monday that slashes state agencies by S40 million, cuts the state payroll by 1,500 and provides record education funding. `We can't afford things we need if we are unwilling to cut the things we don't need," 'Walters said to a joint session of the Oklahoma Legislature. He called for cutting the budgets of 54 agencies and reducing the number of full-time state workers by 1,500. He said that would produce $40 million to meet other prioritieS. Walters said reducing S40 million from agency budgets would provide $20 million for a state employee merit pay plan, $9 million for higher education, SO million for public schools and $5 million for prison work centers. Walters' budget called for a record $61 million funding increase for state colleges and universities. He said a combination of cost savings and an $89,1 million funding increase for public schools would total $100.7 million----enough to satisfy requirements of House Bill 1017. V See WORLD WRAP, back page.
THURSDAY February 7, 1991
By David LoBaugh Staff Writer
Keeping the beat Dance instructor Jamie Jacobsen sets the pace for some of her students during dance class. (Photo by Peter Weds)
The weekly meeting of Central State University's Student Association ended in speculation and confusion over an unwritten $400 proposal concerning new Oasis Technology software, and maintainance for the senate's computer system. House Speaker Terry LaFrance said he was unclear as to what exactly had been done concerning the proposal. "This is not even supposed to be on here (the agenda) today because I don't have the information I want to be able to give to you," LaFrance said. Adding to the quandary was the fact that the proposal's authors, SA President Peter Regan and Vice President David Slane, were unable to attend the meeting. "I think there was a misunderstanding and there wasn't someone there to explain it and that's our fault for not having that all together," Slane said. Some senators wanted to know whether the money had already been spent, what two programs the $400 is buying, and why the se-
nate can't use CSU's current facilities? A similar proposal by Oasis Technology, was rejected by the senate last semester. A major difference now is the price. The original proposal would have cost $800. "When I took office, we decided we may want to expand our computers to work better with other schools and to lobby the state legislature," Regan said. So we talked to Jeff Shilling of Oasis Terminology and he offered us a deal. That didn't pass so we made some adjustments and are going to try again." Shilling is a former SA president. "An amount of $400 will used to purchase two designs for the computer system. One will be student mailing and the second will be the SA tracking," Slane said. The $400 will also entail a maintenance agreement that says Oasis will maintain those two systems for 90 days for anything that goes wrong." "Next week we'll unveil the complete proposal and it will be all documented in writing, and at that time we'll hopefully get senate approval," Slane said. V
Blacks face name change idea By Barbara Dewailley
Staff writer Since the beginning of their history in America, black people have had many names for their nationallity conferred upon them. After the civil rights struggles of the 1960's "black" became popular. In 1988 the change from black to African-American was suggested at a Chicago meeting of the African-American Summit. Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson endorsed the name-change idea. The Joint Center for Political and Eco-
Students, staff express views nomic Studies, a black-oriented study group, has not endorsed the change. They recently surveyed a group of 759 black people and found that about 72 percent of them preferred black and 15 percent AfricanAmerican. Orlene Grant, president of Central State University's Black Student Association, said she has noticed about a 50-50 split among black students on campus. "Last year we voted to change the Afro-
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American Student Union to the Black Student Association, and the latter won by about 55 percent," Grant said. Charles Simmons, journalism instructor, said he prefers the term Negro. He said he can remember the struggle black people went through to be called Negro. "Vocalization got the big news. To older people, black was a derogatory term. There were two factions, those who said the classification should be Negro, and those who said it should be black," Simmons said. Clara Luper, Oklahoma City civil rights leader, said she prefers to be called black • See BLACKS, back page.
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The CSU men's basketball team won its third-straight game Monday with an 82-72 victory against Angelo State. The 16-5 Bronchos are second in the LSC at 6-3.
Dr. James Caster, political science professor, introduces us to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and explores Saddam's early life, his psyche and past actions.
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