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THURSDAY February 11, 1993
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Netherlands first to allow euthanasia for incurably ill THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Parliament voted Tuesday to permit mercy killing under strict guidelines, making this the first industrialized nation to officially sanction voluntary euthanasia for the incurably ill.
Euthanasia has long been tolerated in the Netherlands and laws against it have come to be seen as a restraint rather than a prohibition. The vote, after years of debate, gave the practice a degree of legal sanction. The measure does not formally legalize euthanasia, which is still officially punishable by up to 12 years in prison.
Serb rape victims killed by relatives WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of rapes has diminished in B osnia but more Muslim rape victims are now being killed by relatives who feel disgraced, an American relief official said Tuesday. "A sister who is raped brings shame to the family," said Karel Zelenka, in charge of the U.S. Catholic Relief Services office in Zagreb, Croatia. "Even brothers will kill a sister if she's been raped," he said. "And nobody really knows how to handle it because these women do not want to be contacted because of the shame." Zelenka said the number of rapes by Serbs has declined because of the world outcry but the killings of the raped women has increased as more pregnancies become evident. Ile provided no numbers on such deaths.
Radiation kills 3 BEIJING (AP) — Three people died and more than 90 became ill in Communist China's worst accident involving nuclear waste, an official report said Tuesday. The China Disaster Reduction News reported that cobalt 60 killed the three people late last year. Cobalt 60 is a radioactive isotope used in radiotherapy, metallurgy and materials testing. The report said more than 90 other people contracted radiation sickness.
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Regents say tuition hikes may hit soon By Roy Howe Staff Writer With David Walters requesting a 9 percent cut in appropriations to public colleges and universities and state regents calling for tuition increases, figures indicate that University of Central Oklahoma students could pay more and receive less as early as this next fall semester. State regents' data shows that the student/taxpayer ratio in funding higher education in Oklahoma is less than peer institutions in other states. Students attending four-year universities in Oklahoma contribute an average of 27 percent towards education costs compared to 33 percent contributed by the students in other states. "Certainly higher education needs more money," said George Nigh, UCO president. "And certainly by comparing our state to other states the students do not pay proportionately as high a level," he said. Although Nigh said that he is supportive of the state regents in their attempts to fund higher education, he added "until the institutions know exactly how much they are getting from the legislature in May, it would be difficult to justify any amount of tuition change." Friday, the State Regents for Higher Education laid out a seven year tuition increase plan which would boost fouryear college's class costs by 10 percent the first two years. Beginning the fall semester of 1995, the increase in tuition for the four-year regional universities would average two percent per year for the next five years. If the proposed rate is OKed by the legislature, tuition next fall for UCO lower division classes would rise from $37.75 per credit-hour to $41.50. Upper division classes would see an increase from $38.50 to $42 per credit-hour and graduate level classes would rise $5, from $50.50 per credit-hour to $55.50. The proposed hikes will also bring the students' contribution to their education to approximately one-third of that v.40' 4.pr.
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UCO sophomore, Deborah Shipman, studies outside one last day before the predicted bad weather moves in. (Photo by Mike Simons)
provided by the state. "State regents' long-range planning has always called for students to pay a fairer share of costs, with tuition increases targeted to enhance the quality of education students receive," said State Regents for Higher Education Chairman Donald B. Halverstadt. A Bill must be agreed upon by the House and Senate and signed by the Governor before the tuition ceiling can be raised. Along with the threat of a tuition hike, institutions of higher learning are also facing the possibility of receiving less money from the state than in the past. "In the past, tuition has been used to
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ensure the quality of education the students receive," said Jeanie Edney, state regents' public relations director. "But this year we may have cuts in our state appropriations." "Then, tuition would be a very important source that could go toward meeting some of the critical needs that would go un-met because of the cut in state appropriations," she said. To prepare for the cut in state monies, public institutions are examining how a 10 percent reduction in state appropriations and no "one-time" monies from the state's "rainy day fund" would affect them.
UCO students and faculty show their hearts in the Sweet Nothings tell all. See if someone you know wants to be your Valentine
Officer By day a manicurist by night a police officer patroling the campus. See how Jon Peebles balances the two jobs.
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