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2 Tuesday, February 2, 2010 BULLETIN www.dailyutahchronicle.com 2 Tuesday Partly cloudy 3 Wednesday 43/27 Mostly cloudy 4 Thursday 40/30 Rain/snow • Science Movie Night: Jurassic Park: 6:30 p.m. @ Salt Lake City • Winter Celebration and Women in Medicine Career Mixer: 6 Public Library p.m. to 8 p.m. @ Alumni House •Wind Ensemble: 7:30 p.m. @ Libby Gardner Concert Hall • LGBTQ Film Series: 4 p.m. @ Union • Dramatis Personae: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. @ Marriott Library •Toastmaster's Key Club: 11 a.m. to noon @ Sill Center • Dolowitz Lecture-Human Rights and Resistance in Nazi Germany: 5:30 p.m. @Tanner Humanities Building 38/32 • The Peking Acrobats: 7:30 p.m. @ Kingsbury Hall • Ballet Showcase II: 7:30 p.m. @ Marriott Center for Dance • Community Partner Forum: 3 p.m. @ Bennion Center •The Continuing Allure: Painters of Utah's Red Rock: All day @ Utah Museum of Fine Arts Weather from the department of atmospheric sciences: http://forecastutah.edu All stories and photos from The Associated Press Obama unveils $3.83T budget WASHINGTON— President Barack Obama sent Congress a $3.83 trillion budget Monday that would pour more money into the fight against high unemployment, boost taxes on the wealthy and freeze spending for a wide swath of government programs. The deficit for this year would surge to a recordbreaking $1.56 trillion, topping last year's then unprecedented $1.41 trillion gap. The deficit would remain above $1 trillion in 2011 although the president proposed to institute a three-year budget freeze on a variety of programs outside of the military and homeland security as well as increasing taxes on energy producers and families making more than $250,000. Echoing the pledge in his State of the Union address to make job creation his top priority, Obama put forward a budget that included a sioo billion jobs measure that would provide tax breaks to encourage businesses to boost hiring as well as increased government spending on infrastructure and energy projects. He called for fast congressional action to speed relief to millions left unemployed in the worst recession since the 193os. After a protracted battle on health care dominated his first year in office and led to a string of Democratic election defeats, the administration hopes its new budget will convince Americans the president is focused on fixing the economy. Republicans complained about Obama's proposed tax increases and said the huge projected deficits showed he had failed to get government spending under control. But administration officials argued that Obama inherited a deficit that was already topping $1 trillion when he took office and given the severity of the downturn, the president had to spend billions of dollars stabilizing the financial system and jump-starting growth. Obama's job proposals would push government spending in 2010 to $3.72 trillion, up 5.7 percent Birth defect total in California town now at 6 HANFORD, Calif.—The local health director said a sixth birth-defect case has been confirmed in Kettleman City, where residents are battling plans to expand California's largest hazardous-waste landfill. Keith Winkler said the county had not released information about the case because officials felt the state would eventually investigate and more cases could be revealed. L — President Barack Obama delivers the first State of the Union address of his presidency on Capitol Hill in Washington. Vice President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi are seen in the background. from last year. Obama's blueprint for the 2011 budget year, which begins Oct. I, would increase spending further to $3.83 trillion, 3 percent higher than projected for this year. Much of the spending surge during the past two years reflects the cost of the $787 billion economic stimulus measure that Congress passed in February 2009. The surge in the deficits reflects not only the increased spending but also a big drop in tax revenues, reflecting the 7.2 million people who have lost jobs since the recession began and weaker corporate tax receipts. President seeks money for nuke programs ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. President Barack Obama is seeking increased funding for nuclear weapons research and security programs next year, even as his administration promotes nonproliferation and has pledged to reduce the world's stockpile of nuclear arms. The administration Monday asked Congress for more than $7 billion for activities related to nuclear weapons in the budget of the National Nuclear Security Administration, an increase of $624 million from the 2010 fiscal year. NNSA Administrator Thomas D'Agostino defended putting more money into the programs, saying the United States needs the best nuclear weapons facilities, scientists, technicians and engineers as it moves toward eventual disarmament. "This budget is implementing the president's nuclear vision," he said. The total Department of Energy request for New Mexico's Los Alamos National Laboratory totals $2.21 billion, up from $1.82 billion in 2010. The request for weapons-related activities is $1.6 billion, up from $1.3 — billion, while nonproliferation activities would get $233 million, up from $188 million. The total request for Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque is $1.49 billion, an increase from $1.3 billion. Weapons activities would get $1.14 billion, compared with the 2010 total of $953 million, and nonproliferation would increase to $187 million from the current $171 million. The investment would ensure a smaller stockpile will take care of the nation's needs; the stockpile is safe and secure; and other nations aren't cheating as the U.S. moves "from a Cold War nuclear weapons complex ... into a 21st century, nuclear security enterprise," D'Agostino said. Greg Mello, director of the nuclear watchdog Los Alamos Study Group, said budgets for NNSA and DOE have increased in recent years, but the nation "hasn't seen any increase in weapons activities like this since the early years of Ronald Reagan." He called the budget "a complete surrender to Senate Republicans," who have argued that stockpile re- ductions must be accompanied by a modernized nuclear weapons complex. NNSA wants a 4.7 percent overall increase for infrastructure to more than $2.3 billion, including money for major long-term projects to replace aging buildings for plutonium work at Los Alamos and uranium work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. Los Alamos' budget includes about $225 million for design work for a chemical and metallurgy research replacement building, known as CMRR, to replace a 58-year-old lab where scientists analyze samples of plutonium and other radioactive materials. Watchdog groups contend CMRR positions the U.S. to build more nuclear weapons by giving Los Alamos the capacity to make large numbers of new plutonium pit designs—the triggers of nuclear weapons. Los Alamos lab officials have said the facility would replace existing capabilities and would be needed for other science, even if Los Alamos didn't do pit production. Parents, students on edge over soaring tuition SEATTLE—As students around the country anxiously wait for college acceptance letters, their parents are sweating the looming tuition bills at public universities. Florida college students could face yearly 15 percent tuition increases for years, and University of Illinois students will pay at least 9 percent more. The University of Washington will charge 14 percent more at its flagship campus. And in California, tuition increases of more than 3o percent have sparked protests reminiscent of the 196os. Tuition has been trending upward for years, but debate in statehouses and trustee meeting rooms has been more urgent this year as most states struggle their way out of the economic meltdown. The College Board said families are paying about $172 to $1,096 more in tuition and fees this school year. The national average for 2009-2010 is about $7,020, not including room and board, according to the nonprofit association of colleges that oversees the SATs and Advanced Placement tests. Mike Sarb, a University of Illinois senior from suburban-Chicago Elk Grove Village, Ill., said money is a big concern for his blue-collar family scrambling to find the money to Female suicide bomber in Iraq kills 54 BAGHDAD—A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives inside a way station for Shiite pilgrims Monday, killing 54 people and rattling security officials who are struggling against a possible rise in violence before key elections next month. The attack was the third major strike by suspected Sunni insurgents in a week and left Baghdad's top security official acknowledging that extremists are adopting new methods to outwit bomb-detection squads such as stashing explosives deep inside the engines and frames of vehicles. pay more than $20,000 for tuition, room and board. They are not pleased that university officials are likely to raise tuition 9 percent this summer. "They do complain that the school's taking advantage of people (by raising tuition)," Sarb said. But interim President Stanley Ikenberry said the school has run out of options. With a budget deficit expected to top $11 billion this year, the state of Illinois owes the university more than $430 million, money he doesn't expect to see any time soon. In some cases, one student's tuition disaster is another's bargain. State officials have told Florida students they can expect 15 percent tuition increases every year until tuition reaches the national average. That could be a long slog, as the state is starting its tuition realignment from a place other students envy—about $3,000 a year. In California, unprecedented budget cuts to higher education have led to huge fee increases at the state's two public university systems, as well as layoffs, furloughs, enrollment cuts and reduced course offerings. At the University of California, which has io campuses and about students, in-state undergraduate fees in fall 2010 are set to reach $10,302-32 percent more than in fall 2009 and three times what California residents paid io years ago. But at California State University, the nation's largest public university system, with 23 campuses and 450,000 students, resident undergraduate fees rose 32 percent from fall 2008 to fall 2009 to $4,026, which is nearly three times what students paid to years ago. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget proposal for 2010-2011 assumes that the system will raise fees another 10 percent in the coming academic year. "We're paying more and getting less," said Steve Dixon, a Humboldt State University senior who heads the California State Students Association. At the University of Washington, where tuition and fees are expected to pass $9,000 by the 2010-2011 school year, students are worried about threatened cuts in financial aid as well. "It's kind of a perfect storm for students," said Jono Hanks, a political science major from Everett, Wash., who is the UW student government lobbyist at the statehouse this quarter. 220,000 Senate OKs personal rainwater collection bill The Utah Senate has passed a bill that would allow the personal collection of rainwater. If approved the bill would reverse a decades-old prohibition on rainwater harvesting in the state. Senate Bill 32 would permit the collection of 2,500 gallons in a storage container. The legislation now advances to the House. Sen. Scott Jenkins, a Plain City Republican, is sponsoring the bill. Corrections and Clarifications The policy of The Daily Utah Chronicle is to correct any error made as soon as possible. If you find something you would like clarified or find unfair, please contact the editor at 801-581-8317. 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