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Show Money fight stalls AIDS bill • TECHNO From page 5 space for extended periods of time, they more people are involved in learning the have to be able to eat there. technology." At an ever-increasing rate, fewer people So reasearch has been conducted and found ways to grow plants using electric are working directly with land and soil light rather than the sun. while many more are working with com"The whole idea is you can recycle puters and machines in farming, Miller waste of the plants and through photosynsaid. thesis, they make oxygen," There are approximately Bugbee said, adding that 900 undergraduates in the the university has most College of Agriculture and recently been working on after they earn degrees, . . . . growing tomatoes, lettuce, few of them will actually be ,„., , farmers. Only 1.5 "We have computers to momter radishes, spinach and percent of the U.S. popula- and control the environment green onions that can survive in space. tion farms, Miller said, and The plants don't see the sun M We have computers to now most agriculturists will learn other parts of the and don't touch the soil. The monitor and control the business from nutrition and big test will be people going to environment. The plants don't food science, plant science, Mars." soil science and animal see the sun and don't touch science. They may work Bruce Bugbee, the soil. They are grown in behind the scenes with Agriculture Professor hydrophonics and in computers or do research water with nutrients," that takes them as far as Bugbee said. "We do lots of working with NASA and the tests here on the ground and then they are International Space Station. planted on the space station." Agriculture technology Astronauts can currently stay on the Currently USU students and professors space station for a year, Bugbee said,but are working with high-tech agricultural there is still a lot more research that research sponsored by NASA that is "as needs to be done. More kinds of high tech as it gets," Bugbee said. plants are being grown and they must be Bugbee, who works in the USU able to recycle. research greenhouses, said the university "The big test will be people going to has been growing plants for NASA for Mars," he said. several years. In 2002, the space shuttle For now, the research greenhouses will Atlantis delivered a plant-growth system continue to grow plants in chambers and to the space station, where it was tested boxes with computers monitoring when and used to grow USU-Apogee wheat, a they need water. Small, black wires variety bred at USU specifically release moisture in the plants when needfor use aboard spacecraft. Bugbee said if ed. people are ever going to be able to live in . u su.edu Speak Up WASHINGTON (AP) - A bill that would shift millions of dollars for AIDS care to rural areas is being held up in the Senate by Democrats from California, New York and New Jersey, whose states would lose out. The objections threaten to stall passage of the $2.1 billion Ryan White CARE Act before Congress wraps up work this week ahead of the Nov. 7 midterm elections. The law, originally passed in 1990, sends money to state and local programs for the neediest patients. A rewrite that has passed House and Senate committees would funnel more money to rural and southern states where AIDS is spreading, but less money to larger states and urban areas that traditionally have been at the front line of the epidemic. Republican leaders hoped to get the legislation through chairman of the Senate the full House and Senate health committee. He said this week, but Democratic the new bill sends money to Sens. Barbara Boxer of states that really need it. California, Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer of New "If they truly have the York, and Robert Menendez HIV numbers they will get and Frank Lautenberg of the money. If they don't have New Jersey are all objecting. the HIV numbers, yes, they will lose the money," he said. The dispute spilled into Senate debate Tuesday eveEnzi's aides said they ning when Sen. Mike Enzi, would look for other ways R-Wyo., took the floor to to pass the bill this week, call for immediate passage perhaps by attaching it to and to urge senators to drop another must-pass piece of their opposition. legislation. Sen. Mark Dayton, DOne significant change in Minn., immediately objectthe bill is in how patients are ed, saying he was doing so counted. Current law only on behalf of senators who counts patients with fulloppose "permanent reducblown AIDS to determine tion of funding that would spending. The revision also occur in their respective would count patients with states." the HIV virus who have yet to develop AIDS. Under Senate rules, an objection by a single senator That change would favor is enough to block passage. areas of the country where "I'm sorry to hear we have the disease is a newer phenomenon, which tend to be an objection. We need to southern and small, rural find a way to get through areas. this objection," said Enzi, •ANSWERS From page 4 l)What makes a label transparent? Correct Answer: B. Information about organizational structure is available to public The organization behind an eco-label should make information about organizational structure, funding, board of directors, and certification standards available to the public. If such information is withheld, it is difficult to determine the meaning and clarity of the standards or the independence of the certifying organization. 2) When a poultry product is labeled "Free Range," what does it really mean? Correct Answer: A. The hen may live indoors for most of its life Jamie (rane/jamie(rane@<cu$u,edu THE USU RESEARCH GREENHOUSES ARE HOME to several plants that are being grown in chambers without light or soil. Agriculture professor Bruce Bugbee said the university is are working with NASA so astornauts can transport plants to the international space station. According to Bugbee, this kind of reasearch is as high tech as agriculture gets. Taking minors across state line for abortion may be illegal WASHINGTON (AP) - Accompanying a minor across a state line to obtain an abortion and avoid parental notification in the girls home state would become a federal crime under a bill the House passed Tuesday. Republican supporters said the 264153 vote confirmed public sentiment that parental involvement superceded a minors right to have an abortion. Democratic opponents foresaw the arrests of grandmothers and religious counselors trying to shield girls from abusive parents. Chances are slim that the House and the Senate, which approved a more limited version of the bill in July, will devise a compromise they can send to the president before the end of this session of Congress. But the House vote gives House conservatives something to showcase when they return home next week to campaign for the midterm elections. The interstate abortion bill, long a priority of anti-abortion groups, joined limits on stem cell research among the top items on conservative agendas this year. The House on Tuesday passed another bill on that agenda, a measure aimed at discouraging lawsuits against local, state and federal governments over issues involving separation of church and state. The abortion bill, and a similar measure passed by the Senate in July, make it a federal crime to take a pregnant girl across state lines for an abortion without her parent's knowledge. "It protects minors from exploitation from the abortion industry, it promotes strong family ties and it helps foster respect for state laws," said the bill's sponsor, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla. Bill supporters argued that it made no sense that minors who need parental permission to get an aspirin at school or go on field trips can get an abortion without telling their parents. The House bill also makes it a crime if the abortion provider in the second state fails to give one of the minor's parents, or a legal guardian, 24 hours notice before an abortion is performed. The person transporting the minor across state lines, or the doctor who fails to provide notification, would be subject to a $100,000 fine or one year in jail or both. About half the states have some kind of parental involvement law. "Not since the enactment of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850 have we used the powers of the federal government to enforce the laws of one state on the territory of another," said Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., a leading opponent. The House has passed interstate abortion bills four times since 1998, and could have sent a bill to the president by approving the Senate-passed version. But House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., said the Senate bill "has loopholes wide enough to drive a 16wheeler through." He said the House was pressing its version again "in the hopes that the Senate will look at this modified bill in prayerful reflection and send it on to the president." The House bill taken up Tuesday does contain Senate language preventing a parent who has committed incest from being able to sue and obtain money damages from someone who might transport a minor across state lines for an abortion. It also encompasses cases in which a minor is taken to a foreign nation or an Indian reservation for an abortion. Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, said the bill "does nothing to protect young people or promote communication between teens and their parents." She said that with only 13 percent of U.S. counties having an abortion provider, many young women must travel to neighboring states for an abortion. The bill also has no exception for teens who turn to another responsible adult because of violence at home, or situations of rape or incest, she said. <*. Free range (or free roaming) is an ecolabel would seem like the eggs or meat . came from an animal that was raised in the open air or was free to roam. However, the use of free range on beef is unregulated and there is no standard definition of this term. Free range is regulated by the USDA for use on poultry only (not eggs) and USDA requires that birds have been given access to the outdoors but for an undetermined period each day. In other words,fiveminutes a day of open-air access could be adequate for manufacturers to use the free range claim on a poultry product. "Free range" claims on eggs are not regulated at all. 3) If a product is labeled "made with organic ingredients," what does it mean? Correct Answer: A. The product is made with no less than 70% of organic ingTedients According to USDA's national organic standard, products labeled as "100 percent organic" can only contain organically produced ingredients. To be labeled as "organic," 95% of the ingredients must be organically grown. Products labeled as "made with organic ingredients" must be made with at least 70% organic ingredients, three of which must be listed on the back of the package. 4. A product that is labeled with "environmentally friendly" is... Correct Answer: B. A product that has a label of "environmentally friendly" on it. 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