Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Bush CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 fewer in the Nov. 5 balloting, might secure GOP control of the House and retake the Senate for his party. Additionally, the president will busy himself laying a pub lic-relations foundation for war with Iraq. Bush promised a West Coast audience two weeks ago that they would “understand clearly, as time goes on” why he feels so strongly about unseating Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Bush speaks to the U.N. General 01 Assembly on Sept. 12 and will ^ use the speech primarily to try to hold international support be hind the war on terrorism. White House advisers were de bating this week how much the address should respond to allies’ objections to any military cam paign in Iraq and how Bush will make his case against Saddam to the American people. First up is the Senate debate, beginning Tuesday, on the pres ident’s proposal to create a new Department of Homeland Security. Bush, who wants the depart ment up and running by the new year, plans to bring senators to the White House for arm-twist ing while Vice President Dick Cheney and Homeland Security Adviser Tom Ridge work the cor ridors of Capitol Hill to beat back Senate Democrats’ interest in folding intelligence agencies into the new bureaucracy. Another sticking point for Democrats who control the Senate is the president’s insistence that he have enhanced powers of hiring, firing and spending at the new department. The president goes toe-to-toe with the Senate on Pentagon spending as well. The full Senate is working on more than $355 bil lion for the military - $35 billion higher than this year’s level, but $11.4 billion less than what Bush wants, much of it for the war against terror. “As soon as the Congress gets back, they need to get the defense bill to my desk and not play poli tics with the defense of the United States of America,” Bush said. Other items that White House press secretary Ari Fleischer identified on the president’s wish list for the remainder of this Congress: an energy bill that would increase domestic pro duction of oil and gas; guaran tees that businesses will have ac cess to terrorism insurance; new pension protections; a ban on hu man cloning; welfare reform, in cluding stiffer work require ments for benefit recipients; leg islation making government so cial services grants available to religious groups. The president’s economic team is deliberating whether to seek another round of tax cuts in an effort to stimulate the econo my, but some advisers said fer vor for a new package may have been dampened last week by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. It said the federal budget will remain in deficit un til Bush’s last round of tax cuts expires in 2010. STATE Strip club fire was set, authorities say COLUMBIA (AP)-A fire that did $10,000 damage to a strip club Sunday morning was in tentionally set, authorities say. No one was injured in the fire at the Lenox VIP club. Investigators think the fire might have started two hours be fore firefighters arrived around 9 a.m., Fire Department Battalion Chief Frank Cruz said. George Rice, spokesman for the Richland County Fire Marshal’s office, said investi gators ruled the fire arson af ter they found an accelerant at the scene. The club was closed at the time of the fire. The fire started in the rear of the building and had burned through part of the floor, Cruz said. It took firefighters about 15 minutes to get the fire under control, Cruz said. I 1 NATION Charter students lag in basic skills v WASHINGTON (AP) - Students in charter schools, which are often seen as an al ternative to failing neighbor hood schools, are scoring sig nificantly below public school pupils in basic reading and math skills, a new study shows. Charter school students were anywhere from a half year to a full year behind then public school peers, re searchers at the Brookings Institution concluded after re viewing 1999-2000 reading and math achievement test scores of 376 charter schools in i0 states. The study, the first indepen dent snapshot of charter school performance across the nation, found that 59 percent of stu dents at traditional public schools scored better than charter school students during the period surveyed. * WORLD Study: Heart pumps can aid recovery BERLIN (AP) — Ten patients with end-stage heart failure were successfully treated with implants of mechanical pumps to rest their hearts while drugs helped repair the damaged organs, a renowned heart surgeon said Monday. It took an average of six months on the pump for the hearts to recov er, and the patients since have re turned to work, Sir Magdi Yacoub said at the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology. Their hearts have been func tioning normally for an average of a year, with one patient reach ing four years, Yacoub said. Colleagues, while impressed, have said it is too early to tell whether the patients have been cured. “It is a potential solution to a major problem,” said Dr. Sidney Smith, medical director of the American Heart Association. • '.... I palmettoI PI6 +• with valid student ID TAKE-OUT PLATE: $4.00 (Anytime) DINE-IN BUFFET: $6.00 (After 1:30 PM, Thurs., Fri., Sat.) buffet includes tax and drink Groups of 10 or more get an additional 10% off (For a limited time.) f ALL YOU CAN EAT _ ’ . Fried Chicken • BBQ Meat • Hash • Rice • Baked Beans • Slaw Potato Salad • Hush Puppies • Pickles • Tea THAI # LOTUS RESTAURANT ^Authentic Japanese & 'Thai Cuisine With Targe Sushi 'bar Lunch Buffet Sun-Frl * 'll am-2 pm ' (includes Iced tea) Best Thai Restaurant $5 OFF 1 Order of $15 or more ! Valid on Sushi & Menu Kerns. Expires 9/11/02 J Not valid for buffet One coupon per order. I Restrictions apply • Purchase tickets here for Thai Live Music 9pm Sept. 10 RENEWAL RENEWAL RENEWAL RENEWAL RENEWAL RENEWAL RENEWAL RENEWAL RENEWAL RENEWAL ^_:_ All Registered student organizations must be represented by an officer. If you receive or plan to receive funds, the Treasurer must attend the Treasurer's Workshop. Thursday, August 29,2002 Tuesday, September 3,2002 Thursday, September 5,2002 Tuesday, September 10,2002* 322/326 Tuesday, September 10,2002 Thursday, September 12,2002 322/326 3:30-5:00pm 3:30*5:00pm 3:30-5:00pm 3:30-5:00pm 7:00-8:30pm 3:30-5:00pm RHUU 322/326 RHUU 322/326 RHUU 322/326 RHUU RHUU 322/326 RHUu Workshop dates, times, and places are subject to change due to the renovation of the RHUU. FOR UPDATES AND CHANGES PLEASE GO TO .— .. —H