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Senate funds NASA
FOUNTAIN FUN
WASHINGTON (AP)--The Sen-
ate rebuffed a move to kill the space
station yesterday, voting instead to
provide the full $2.1 billion President
Clinton wants next year for the heart
of NASA's space effort.
The 59-40 tally to preserve the
program came as the space agency
told Clinton that it can have a perma-
nently occupied station in orbit in 10
years for $19.4 billion.
The new, reduced cost estimate
was the most detailed since Clinton
ordered the space agency topare plans
for the orbiting laboratory. The sta-
tion had been estimated to cost $40
billion ormore to build justa year ago.
"Let's see if they want to cut spend-
ing, or if they simply want to act out a
charade," said Sen. James Sasser (D-
Tenn.) who with Sen. Dale Bumpers
(D-Ark.), have been among the chief
foes of the space station.
Supporters of the station said that
it was a valuable opportunity for co-
operation with Russia, which may
become a partner in the project.
"It will enhance the situation
there," said Sen. Barbara Mikulski
(D-Md.), a station supporter. "The
fact that they will know one of the
anchors will be scientific cooperation
with the United States I think will be
significant stabilizing force."
The money for the space craft was
included in legislation providing $87.9
billion for space, veterans, housing,
environmental and other programs for
fiscal 1994, which begins Oct. 1.
The House approved $2.1 billion
for the craft.
The space agency's new $19.4 bil-
lion cost estimate does not include
savings or a speeded-up construction
schedule to be gained from possible
Russian participation, or the $9 bil-
lion spent since 1984 on a multitude
of discarded designs.
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BOSTON (AP) - The cost of
higher education continues to outpace
income, inflation and financial aid
this fall, even as colleges and univer-
sities slash services, according to the
College Board.
The average tuition, room and
board climbed 6 percent to $6,207 at
four-year public universities and 5
percent to $15,818 at four-year pri-
vate colleges, the College Board re-
ported in a survey being released to-
day.
The increases were about the same
as last year's as competition sharp-
ened for the dwindling number of
potential students.
"Colleges have simply come to
realize that the very markets they wish
to serve could not afford them at the
rate of increase they were following."
said David L. Warren, president of the
National Association of Independent
Colleges and Universities.
"People are dropping out," said
Tchiyuka Cornelius, a student at City
University of New York and president
of the U.S. Student Association.
"There are people who want to go to
college but just can't afford to."
While inflation was 2.8 percent
from last fall to this fall, the average
tuition and fees at four-year private
universities and colleges rose 6 per-
cent to $11,025; room and board
brought the total to $15,818. The av-
similar events, called the ceremony
the "most impressive I've seen."
Sen. Harris Wofford, (D-Penn.)
who was one of the chief Senate spon-
sors of the bill, said he planned to
work for full funding but admitted it
was unlikely.
"I would like the president's re-
quest passed intact, allowing as many
students as possible to participate,"
Wofford said.
Ford, who is House Education and
Labor Chair, said he was confident
the Senate would not reduce funding
any further from the House compro-
mise.
As widely expected, Segal, a Uni-
versity Law School alum, was nomi-
nated to be the Chief Executive Of-
ficer of the Corporation for National
and Community Service. This office
erage cost of two-year private junior
colleges went up 7 percent, to $6,175.
Public university tuition rose 8
percent, to $2,527, after two years of
double-digit increases fueled prima-
rily by state budget shortfalls; room
and board boosted the price to $6,207.
The average cost of community and
public junior colleges jumped 10 per-
cent for the third straight year, to
$1,229.
Thirty-eight percent of public uni-
versities have put off making repairs
to buildings, 30 percent have capped
enrollment, 31 percent have cut the
number of courses they offer nd 45
percent have left full-time faculty
positions unfilled, the association said.
"Public institutions continue to be
under great pressure to increase tu-
ition, but I think they're also under
great political pressure to hold down
prices," said Donald Stewart, presi-
dent of the College Board.
Financial aid also still isn't keep-
ing pace, the College Board and the
independent college association said,
though neither had firm estimates for
this year yet.
Between 1980 and 1990, the cost
of higher education went up 126 per-
cent, while federal financial aid rose
47 percent, according to the indepen-
dent college association. Students have
increasingly relied on loans, borrow-
ing more than $16 billion last year.
will oversee the plan, which will for-
mally be called "Americorp," tying it
to the Peace Corps.
The plan is expected to allow be-
tween 15 and 20 thousand students to
serve the first year, based on the final
bill's approved amount.
Soul Asylum played a 20-minute
set of songs and graced the president's
entrance by playing a rendition of
Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop Think-
ing About Tomorrow," the unofficial
Clinton campaign anthem. During the
ceremony Soul Asylum members sat
on the stage and listened intently.
"We came because we support the
president and the plan," said David
Pirner, the band's lead singer. He was
accompanied by girlfriend Winona
Ryder who refused to answer report-
ers' questions.
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this first step would lead to a broader
program that would have a profound
impact.
Checkoway and Maureen Hart-
ford, University vice president for stu-
dent affairs, along with students on
the committee worked with Segal and
the White House in drafting the bill
and providing input throughout the
summer, enjoying a unique role in
making public policy that directly af-
fects students.
Hartford testified before the House
Education and Labor Committee in
June to support passage of the act.
Thomas Butts, the University's
chief lobbyist, who has attended nu-
merous bill signing ceremonies and
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day turned it back with suggestions
for more work.
Clearly stung by questions about
whether the administration could re-
ally pay for what it aims to deliver,
officials turned out in force to defend
the numbers on which the plan is
based.
Budget director Leon Panetta said
the administration still was undecided
on the specifics of "sin taxes" to help
pay for the plan.
PLAN
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ailments.
The plan, to be formally unveiled
by Clinton tonight, would give a Na-
tional Health Board discretion to add
benefits "if savings from reform and
budget resources permit." The first
expansion is likely to encompass wider
dental coverage.
Most preventive services would
be provided at no cost to the con-
sumer.
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dents have been participating in vol-
unteer work for years, this will be the
first time the federal government will
be a source of financial support, she
added.
Schroer agreed, "What's really new
and different about this program is
that it gets the students out into the
community and interacting with their
sponsors, giving them the opportu-
nity to participate in the community in
which they will reside for the next
four or five years."
National service projects will be-
come available to University students
beginning in September 1994. Appli-
cations will be handled by the Univer-
sity Office of Community Service
Learning.
Student volunteers will receive up
I... It gets the students
out into the community
and interacting with their
sponsors, giving them
the opportunity to
participate in the
community in which they
will reside for the next
four or five years.'
- State Rep. Mary Schroer
D-Ann Arbor
to $4,725 a year for up to two years
toward college tuition, and will be
required to complete 1,700 hours of
community service a year. Partici-
pants can also earn the current $7,400
stipend for Volunteers in Service to
America volunteers and health andO
child-care benefits as necessary.
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