JE ar *ri Weather Today: Cloudy. High 44. Low Tomorrow: Sunny. igh 53. 22. One hundred eight years fedftoriadfreedorn Thursday March 25, 1999 ------------------------- I Bill would prohibit multiple ddrew By Nick Bunkley Daily Staff Reporter University students who are regis- tered to vote in Ann Arbor but have a residence elsewhere in Michigan will soon have to choose exactly where home is if a bill passed by the state ate is signed into law. The Senate on Tuesday voted 23 to 12 in favor of a bill sponsored by Sen. Mike Rogers (R-Howell) that would require Michigan residents to have the same residence listed on their dri- ver's license and voter registration card. If Senate Bill 306 is passed by the House of Representatives and signed by Gov. John Engler, students with t di ferent addresses listed would 1 to choose one or the other. When renewing a driver's license, the Secretary of State's office would automatically change a person's voter registration card to the same adress. The main goal of the proposal is to smoothly combine separate voting and motor vehicle registrations into one Qualified Voter File, Rogers said. "To have these two separate files is teful," Rogers said. "This is about fling the system more efficient." Rogers said condensing the system will aid in the tracking of voters. "This would make it much more difficult to commit voter fraud," he added. "We're making it much easier for you as college students to comply with the law." But Sen. Dianne Byrum (D- Onondaga) said the proposal could neoatively affect voting habits of col- students - including her con- stituents at Michigan State University. She proposed an amend- ment to the bill that would have exempted students, but Senate Republicans voted it down. "Let's not set up a situation where people are confused and discourage~ them from voting," Byrum said. "I think it will discourage voting in gen- ecause college students typically move frequently, Byrum said, they would have to keep up with their changes of residence to avoid unknowingly breaking the law. Under the proposal, listing two different addresses would be a misdemeanor offense. "I think it is overly burdensome,"j she said. "People may find them- selves guilty of a crime without real- izi g it." *ogers' bill would also simplify the process of changing addresses when moving. Instead of going to a Secretary of State office in person, Michigan residents would be able to use mail, e-mail, telephone or fax. "We need to make it as easy as pos- sible to change your address," Rogers said. Sen. Dale Shugars (R-Portage) said sdents who wish to keep their per- r ent address could easily vote in their home cities with absentee bal- lots. "I don't think it would deter col- lege students from voting any more than they are already deterred," said Shugars, whose district includes Western Michigan University. "It really makes it more efficient," he added.j Elizabeth Boyd, a spokesperson for etary of State Candace Miller, s the proposal would make her office more efficient. "We don't care where it is,"Boyd said. "If that is your choice, we'll make it convenient for you. We want to make it easy on people." Boyd said the proposal would not change how out-of-state students can vote in Michigan, as long as they have only one address registered in state. ogers said University students shouldn't be able to vote in Ann Arbor if they don't declare it as their official residence. "You need to vote where you live," Rogers said, calling the opposition Attacks on Kosovo begin BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) Wave after wave of NATO warplanes and missiles struck Yugoslavia yesterday, pummeling army barracks, power plants and air defense batteries in an effort to force the country's defiant leader to cease his onslaught against Kosovo Albanians. The NATO attack came after months of dip cy failed to end a year of fighting between Yug forces and ethnic Albanian separatists tha killed more than 2,000 people and left more 400,000 homeless in Kosovo, a Yugoslav prov "We act to prevent a wider war," Pre Clinton said in an Oval Office address six1 NATO targets military sites to limit Milosevic capabilitv loma- goslav at has e than vince. sident hours after the attack began. "By acting now, we are upholding our values, protecting our interests and advancing the cause of peace" Yugoslavia declared a stag of war shortly after the first attacks, stepping up the mobilization of troops. Lt. Gen. Nebojsa Pavkovicjommander ofYugoslav troops in Kosovo, said 40 tets were hit in the first waves, but he claimed that damage was "minimal." Explosions resounded in Kosovo's capital of Pristina starting at 1:55 p.m. EST, and the city ofl 280,000 was plunged into darkness when the elec- tricity failed. The official Tanjug news agency reported four heavy blasts in the city, including three from the area of Slatina airport. In form. Danil dier offici woun More than a dozen explosions were heard around Belgrade, the Yugoslav cap- ital, including some near Batajnica mili- tary airport and one near a power plant. Four missiles struck a military aircraft plant at Pancevo, six miles north of Belgrade, destroying several small aircraft. neighboring Montenegro, which with Serbia s Yugoslavia, an army military barracks in Iovgrad was in flames after being hit. One sol- was reported killed and three others wounded, als said. Serbian TV said several civilians were ded in attacks throughout the country. See KOSOVO, Page 7A HEADING TO THE POLLS El.ection .may set newrecord By Jewel Gopwauu Daily Staff Reporter Students are well on their to setting a new record. After one day of voting, they have already tallied nearly 4,000 total votes in this term's student government elections. By midnight last night, 3,758 students had cast ballots in the Michigan Student Assembly, LSA Student Government and University of Michigan Engineering Council elections. A mere 85 voters used traditional paper polling sites locat- ed in Angell Hall and Pierpont Commons. MSA Elections Director Andrew Serowik said voter MSA Elections Winter elections end today with paper voting sites available to students in Pierpont Commons and Angell Hall MSA turnout in this semes- ter's MSA elections after its first day was "impressive" com- pared to previous years. If this rate keeps up, Serowik said, "it looks like we're on track for a record-breaking turnout." LSA junior Mike Dorrell, who was one of the students who voted at a paper polling Budge moves to floor By Nick Bunkley Daily Staff Reporter The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday voted to send Gov. John Engler's fiscal year 2000 budget recommendation to the full House floor, where it could be debated as early as today. With all the committee's Republicans and one Democrat voicing support for the bill, the committee passed the bill with an 18 to 9 majority. Although many amendments were proposed during the committee's two Tuesday sessions, most did not made the cut for the final proposal. "A few changes were made here and there, but nothing dramatic," said Cynthia Wilbanks, the University's vice president for government rela- an tions. Rep. Jon Jellema (R-Grand al Haven) said one amendment that was supported involved funds des- ignated for a tuition-restraint pro- gram proposed by Gov. John Engler in February. Budget proposal The original proposal would give universities that keep tuition increases below 3 percent next year an extra 1.5 percent increase - which would translate into about a $5 mil- lion bonus for the University. The modified proposal would reroute unclaimed money from the tuition-restraint funds into another por- tion of the bill. "This 1.5 percent would go into a pot and that money would go to the universities that are still lagging," said Jellema, the committee's vice chair. Universities that receive less per-student funding than their peer institutions would benefit even more from this amendment. The budget proposal groups the state's 15 public universities into four tiers and assigns minimum funding floors to each tier. This aspect of the proposal has not been modified, although many committee Democrats - and University President Lee Bollinger - have expressed disapproval of this new funding method. The University would not receive any of the money set aside for the tier formula because it is already funded above the minimum floor. Seeing the original four-tier proposal reach the House floor concerns committee member Rep. A.T. Frank (D- Saginaw Twp.), who said he hopes the Legislature's upper chamber will modify the tier formula if it passes the full House still intact. "I just wish the majority party would have listened to President Bollinger," Frank said. "I'm looking forward to seeing what the Senate will bring out." Rep. Terry Geiger (R-Lake Odessa), who chairs the Appropriations committee, said the tier method is not per- fect, but the proposal is "a great start" and addresses the needs of Michigan's universities. Geiger said the overall 4 percent increase proposed for See BUDGET, Page 7A from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. To vote online, go to http:// www. umich.edu/l-vote. site yesterday, said voting was "pretty easy." Manning the deserted Angell Hall polling site at noon yes- terday, Rackham Rep. Suzanne Owen said, "I think most peo- ple are voting electronically." As of 10 p.m. last night, the 2,059 electronic votes cast for LSA-SG nearly surpassed the estimated 2,200 students that voted electronically during winter elections in 1998. Members of all three parties and some independent candi- dates were involved in last minute campaigning yesterday. Handing out quarter sheets in the Diag, Students' Party LSA-SG vice presidential candidate Mehul Madia said, "It's seems like people are pretty responsive." In addition to Students' Party members, candidates from the See ELECTION, Page 2A Campaigns may cost more than $2, 000 By Jewel Gopwani Daily Staff Reporter In addition to investing blood, sweat, tears and giving up valu- able class time in their campaigns, Michigan Student Assembly and LSA Student Government candi- dates have spent a significant amount of money during this semester's elections. Of the three parties with slates vying for MSA executive posi- tions, the Blue Party spent the most on its campaign, with a bill of more than $2,000. Photocopies and a full page newspaper advertisement com- prised most of the party's expenses, said Blue Party presi- dential candidate Bram Elias. About $400 of the party's funds were raised through party member dues of $20 apiece, Elias said, and the rest was "out of pocket and out of parent" In both the Students' Party and the Blue Party dues are normally put toward purchasing party pro- paganda such as party banners and quarter sheets that list the names of the party candidates for on both MSA and LSA-SG ballots. A significant portion of the total amount that parties spend is provided by investments from individual candidates, in addi- tion to party dues. Members of the Students' Party have poured about $1,000 into this term's campaign, including funds raised from $25 party dues paid by the members. Students' Party presidential candidate Sarah Chopp, the cur- rent MSA vice president, said funds were primarily used for fliers and banners. See CAMPAIGN, Page 2A ' Golden Apple winer Gunderson gives pamadox,perfom By Callie Scott For the Daily How is it possible that the study of a sam- ple of people over a 20-year period could find the survival rate of smokers to be 74 percent, while that of non-smokers was only 69 percent? Simple, it's Simpson's Uaa w "As a teacher we should be a model for our students" - Brenda Gunderson Department of Statistics lecturer Au~ ward i Duiring her 10 vears at the U niversitv.