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MnUrf Senate needed seven-andhalf votes to pass antiwar proposal
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Student Senate did nol p«M ur vute down a resolution condemning American military Involvement in Iraq with by a 6.5 5.5 2.5 vote Tueaday night
SenaU needed aeven and hall votei for the resolution to paaa or tail Senators have one vote to caat and representatives have half a vote.
A second resolution, which stat ed that tlie Senate would refrain Irom passing s resolution for or against American military involve ment in Iraq, failed to pass with a 4.5-9-1 vote Judicial Council Chief Juatice Jordan l-ove presented a decision to Senate during the aame meeting regarding the constitutionality of a political reaolution written by Senate. The judicial council decided
io	an unanimous 74 vote that Senate did have the juriadiction to pass a political reaolution.
The decision found that Senate has historically passed resolutions lliat took a stance on political issues such as nuclear weapons prolifera tion and local labor unions.
“The reality ol a military conflict would come with great coats to our nation and undoubtedly to some of the students here at USC ... the USC Student Senate can const! tutionally express through a resold tion, the students' support of or opposition to a possible military conflict," Love wrote in the council's
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Numerous senators and representatives read prepared atatemanta to Senate about the proposed reso lutioo.
URSC representative Jenny Lorch told SenaU ahe would abaUm from voting because her organise tion did not have the jurisdiction to paaa political resolution.
"There are a lot of people at our achooi who diaagree (with the resolution).” Lorch aaid “We are making a decision which aide la right ’ Program Board represenUtivr
Finds Family of Five Schools will have to tighten spending in reaction to lack af finding
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Ihe USC Family of Five Schools, along with elementary through high schools throughout tlie sUU, may have to drastically reduce their spend ing becauae of aUU budget cuts.
Gov. Gray Davia announced thst cuU in the sUU budget are necessary because of a weakened economy has caused a significant drop In the General fund Education will be one of the programs affected by these cuts.
According to the 1a>s Angeles Unified School District Wei) siu, the sdiool district expecU to have to reduce the 2002 to 2003 midyear budget by about $240 million.
For the next 30 day* local District G. which includes the Family of Five schools, along with the rest of LAUSD, is in the midst of a “budget freeze,” which is a wait period on spending until the school district finds out how bad the cuts will actually be. said Gail Greer, principal of 32nd Street School.
During the next 30 days, Greer
OpMom: Students debate antiwar resolution at town hall meeting Tuesday night
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More than 50 people engaged in heated debaU regarding a Student SenaU resolution thal would esUb lish a position of opposition to wsi with Iraq at a town hall meeting at 'lopping Student CenUr on Tuesday night.
Davin Sweeney, author of the resolution and director of political affairs for SenaU, presided over the meeting, which began around 5 p.m and lasted until shortly before 7 p.m
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