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Orbitinig ants di*,e on
r~i Ze ot
space shuttle flight
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - A high school California, when Challenger landed, or
project that gained national attention as a result of the liftoff itself," said
when it booked a ride for an ant colony Fred Reiss, a Camden High School
on the space shuttle Challenger has had science teacher and director of the
some bad news, project, which was undertaken by
students from his school and nearby
The New Jersey students, who Woodrow Wilson High School.
worked for 5 years on a project to put
150 carpenter ants into orbit, learned "The other possibility is the amount
Wednesday the colony died. The of time, two months, the ants spent in th
students will now analyze' film and shuttle before liftoff killed them, " he
videotape taken of the insects aboard said.
the shuttle last month. They are holding The 30-gallon container of ants was
out hope that the queen and her worker designed to test effects of
ants lived for at least a short time while weightlessness on the insects. It was
in space. opened in Florida and no signs of life
"THEY either died in the desert of were detected.
'U' officials request
9.5% tuition increase
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what we're going to request and that's
about 9.5 percent."
THAT'S GOOD news for students who
have seen painful leaps of 15 and 18 per-
cent the last two years.
If the Regents approve the proposed
increase, lower division tuition for in-
state students will increase from $1976
to $2164 per year, for out-of-state
students from $5748 to $6294; upper
division for in-state students from $2210
to $2422, and for out-of-state students
from $6180 to $6768.
The smaller increase this year reflec-
ts a change of heart by the state, which
has been cutting state support to the
University for years.
LAST WEEK the House and Senate
approved a nine percent increase in
state appropriations to the University.
Frye said the aid boost signalled "a
turnaround in the priority of higher
education," but added that it is not
enough to freeze tuition at its current
level.
Some increase is necessary to help
cover rising utility costs and faculty
and staff salary increases, University
officials say.
The 9.5 percent tuition increase roun-
ds out "the whole budget picture," said
Bob Sauve, assistant to the vice
president for academic affairs, and it is
the smallest increase possible to cover
the University's needs.
LAST YEAR the governor's office cut
$5.8 million from the University's
original appropriation, but University
officials were able to absorb the loss.
But this year the proposed operating
budget is very tight, Sauve said, and if
the state funds are cut at all it would be
a "terrible problem" for the Univer-
sity.
"We don't have money set aside as a
buffer," he said. "We're working on the
assumption that (next year's) increase
in appropriations will be real."
The University will receive $163.8
million from the state next year, an in-
crease from $150 million in 1982-83.
IN BRIEF
Compiled from Associated Press and
United Press International reports
Court decides death row appeals
WASHINGTON - While handing down a decision on the execution of
prisoners, the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday declined to rule on the con-
troversy surrounding home video taping.
The court, in a 6-3 decision, said federal appeals courts do not have to post-
pone the executions of all death row inmates pushing non-frivolous appeals.
The decision could mean that 1,200 condemned murderers on death row
could die sooner because they may not be able to pursue certain appeals. The
ruling came in the case of Texas death row inmate Thomas Barefoot. The
court said that expedited procedures used by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals to deal with last-minute appeals were legal.
In the same case, the court ruled that psychiatrists may be allowed to
testify about a convicted murderer's "future dangerousness" when the life-
or-death sentencing decision is being made.
Meanwhile, in an unusual action, the court declined to decide this term
whether Americans are illegally taping television shows with home video
recorders. The justices ordered more arguments in the case this fall.
Sex favors charged in House
probe of Carter briefing papers
WASHINGTON - A House subcommittee chairman said Wednesday there
are allegations the 1980 Reagan campaign used sex to obtain President Car-
ter's briefing papers. Meanwhile, counselor Edwin Meese said President
Reagan would agree to be interviewed by the FBI about the documents.
Rep. Donald Albosta (D-Mich.), whose subcommittee on human resources
is investigating the briefing papers incident, said: "We've got indications
that a sex scandal could be created out of the testimony."
He said the subcommittee is focusing on the information but added the
material was "just hearsay" without confirmation. He said, however, it
"seems to be coming from people who are reliable sources."
Meese, asked about Albosta's comment, said: "At no time was there any
contemplation or attempt by the Reagan campaign management to get any
information out of the Carter campaign."
Hijackers seize Iranian jet
KUWAIT - Unidentified hijackers seized an Iranian jumbo jet with 371
passengers on board yesterday and forced it to Kuwait where it was refueled
for take off to Paris, airport officials said.
Earlier, an official for the Kuwaiti Interior Ministry had said an unknown
number of hijackers were holding talks with government officials at Kuwait
International Airport.
The hijackers released 185 passengers - all women, children and old
men - then took off for an undisclosed destination with nearly 200 people
still aboard, a government spokesman said.
Earlier, Interior Minister Sheik Nawaf AI-Ahmed rejected an offer by the
hijackers, believed to number five or six Iranians, to set 50 to 60 of the
passengers free.
The jumbo jet was on a domestic flight in Iran when it was forced to divert
to Kuwait by the unidentified hijackers. A report carried by the state-run
Kuwaiti News Agency, KUNA said the plane was carrying 371 passengers.
Syria balks at troop withdrawal
JERUSALEM - Secretary of State George Shultz failed yesterday to per-
suade Syria to consider withdrawing its troops from Lebanon. But he and
President Hafez Assad agreed to set up a working group to continue
discussions between their governments.
"It remains to be seen what happens next, but there is activity in the
diplomacy," said Shultz.
He said he argued for hours with Assad and Foreign Minister Abdul-Halim
Khaddam about the Israeli-Lebanese troop withdrawal accord, but "we had
no agreement about that agreement at all."
Meanwhile in Beirut, a french soldier and five Lebanese workers were
reported killed and five French soldiers were reported missng Wednesday in
the collapse of a bomb-damaged, four-story building that French
peacekeeping troops were demolishing.
Walesa refuses to end vacation
SOKOLOW PODLASKI, Poland - Lech Walesa refused yesterday to end
his unauthorized vacation and vowed to fight in court to keep his job.
"If they really fire me, I'll go to court," the head of the outlawed Solidarity
labor federation said as he climbed into his white minibus with his wife,
Danuta, and three young daughters.
"I am absolutely sure I will win," he added as the family left for a drive to
a lake near a vacation site outside Warsaw. "I will never lose my job
because of this - simply because I'm right."
Walesa ignored a 2 p.m.deadline for returning to work, saying he would
not go back unless "taken by force."
Although the shipyard has not decided on Walesa's case, Polish law
stipulates that failure to return from an unauthorized leave within three
days constitutes grounds for dismissal.
Summer Dinner Theatre
TicketsJavailable unest June 30 GroupSeatsAvailable
Ofcda July,2,7,c8 al"""2
Dinner ShowS65perpers. 6.30p.m.
Michigan Union Ballroom
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