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The Show Me state
The University of Missouri may lose
almost three-quarters of a million dollars for offending the sensibilities
of state lawmakers.
KOMU, the school's student-run television
station, had forbidden reporters to wear flags or patriotic ribbons after
September 11, prompting Republican Rep. Bubs Hohulin to sponsor an
amendment to cut the university's budget by $5 million.
"I would love to force the university
to sell the station," Mr. Hohulin said. "We could use the
money." Legislators agreed, in a 97-33 vote, on a $500,000 cut.
Previous cuts to the
school's funding included $100,000, "directed" at Harris
Mirkin of the political science department, whose writings on
pedophilia and sexuality irked legislators and had been investigated by
the Kansas City Star. [ Jacq'
sez: The Star
did nothing but rehash other folks work. ]
Another amendment took $120,000 from the
budget, an amount identical to the salary of Betty Van Uum, lobbyist for
the university. Rep. Pat O'Connor, a Democrat, said she is just "too
political" to be a university employee.
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