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Iran proclaims that it has joined the 'nuclear community'
TEHRAN, Iran: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced on Tuesday that Iran had,
indeed, produced a large enough quantity of enriched uranium to fuel a nuclear power plant, and
would continue other projects to further its nuclear power programs.
"I officially announce that Iran has joined countries with nuclear technology," Ahmadinejad
said. "Our nation is a peaceful nation...our nuclear activities have been under complete supervi
sion, unprecedented supervisions. And today we are interested in operating under [lnternational
Atomic Energy Agency] supervision," he said.
Despite numerous objections by the United Nations Security Council and the international
community at large, Iran maintains that its nuclear programs are for peaceful purposes and it has
every right conduct such research.
"This is another step by the Iranian regime in defiance of the international community," U.S.
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters at a news conference in
Washington. "Once again they have chosen the pathway of defiance as opposed to the pathway
of cooperation. And we would call upon the Iranian regime to reconsider the steps that it has
taken," McCormack said.
The new Iranian announcement came only days after newspapers reported that the Bush
Administration had started planning for military operations in Iran, including a highly controver
sial plan that involved using nuclear weapons to eliminate bunkers and underground facilities in
the country.
If used, it would be the first time nuclear weapons were employed in a conflict since the end
of World War 11, and for the most part the plan does not have the support of the military. Some
senior military officials, who asked not to be identified, said that they were even considering
quitting or retiring early over the matter.
"This White House believes that the only way to solve the problem is Lb change the power
structure in Iran, and that means war," said an unidentified senior Pentagon adviser in a recent
report by Seymour Hersh that broke the story.
"We are not going to discuss military planning," said White House spokesnurn Blair . km.
Apartments near completion
By Keith Golembiewski
staff writer
To obtain an apartment, students have to sign a
lease with University Gate Apartments, which is
not affiliated with Penn State. Gordan believes the
apartments will give students a unique opportunity
The Uni versity Gate Apartments will offer stu- to live off campus while remaining relatively close
dents the opportunity to stay near campus while to the campus.
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living in the luxury of their own off campus apart- The apartments feature either two or three pn
ments. The private project developed by vate bedrooms and each student will have their
Westminster Development is near completion and own reserved parking space. Bedrooms consist of a
will be finished by bed, desk, chair,
August 2006, in dresser and closet.
time for the upcom- The living room
ing semester. Three comes with a chair,
apartment complex- coffee table and
es will house 209 couch. The break
students, giving stu- fast island in the
dents the opportuni- kitchen opens up
ty to remain rela- plenty of, counter
tively close to the top space, while the
Behrend campus. rest of the kitchen
The Bayfront has a double sink,
Connector intersec- range and stove
lion that separates with exhaust hood.
the apartments from These apart
the university is ment also units
very large. "The come with central
campus is con- air, high speed
corned about Stu Mike Sharkey/THE BEHREND BEACON interne and wire
dents crossing the University Gate Apartments are slated to open August 2006. less hot spots in
Bay front
Connector," said Randy Geering the director of
Housing and Food Services. The highway has sev
eral wide lanes and three independent lanes that
allow traffic to merely yield. Jack Gordan of
Westminster Development explained that the side
walks from the apartments will line up with
PennDOT's walkways. Students making the walk
to class won't have to worry about crossing the
intersection because it is loaded with lit signals that
direct pedestrians.
Geering explained that the new apartments will
expand housing on campus. "It adds a bed base and
brings two-hundred and nine off-campus students
onto the campus. More students will use the Junker
Center, Reed and library. Students will be able to
utilize what the campus has to offer."
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"A nation, as a society, forms a moral
person, and every member of it is per
sonally responsible for his society."
-Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father
and third U.S. president (1743-1826)
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mail area. An on-site manager will be there during
regular business hours and will be only a phone call
away for repairs. Upon moving out renters will
have to pay for the carpets to be cleaned.
Another item for consideration are parking per
mits, and whether or not students dish out the extra
money just to drive a short distance to classes.
With a parking deficit on campus already, many
are wondering how another 209 students will affect
parking on campus. Behrend students are welcome
to attend an open house on April 28. Doors will
open at 3 p.m. giving students the chance to visit
the closest off campus apartment complex to Penn
State Erie.
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Massachusetts passes universal healthcare legislation
BOSTON, Massachusetts: Governor Mitt Romney, a Republican, signed a bill from the state legisla
ture this week that guarantees universal healthcare by July of 2007, making it the first state in the
union to make health insurance available to its entire population. "We have found a way, collectively,
to get all of our citizens insurance without some new government-mandated takeover or a huge new
tax program," Romney said.
The program provides for subsidized monthly payments and a sliding scale for premiums based on
family income and need. Even though the new legislation was passed, Romney was criticized for
vetoing certain parts of the proposed laws that would charge businesses around $3OO a year if they do
not offer their employees company health insurance.
U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy praised the new measures in his home state. "After so many years
of false starts, our actions have finally matched our words and we have lived up to our ideals,"
Kennedy said. "You have given Massachusetts just what the doctor ordered."
ABC News recently conducted a poll that showed that 55 percent of the nation would support a
similar measure of legislation on a national scale.
Missouri couple admits to sextuplets scam
KANSAS CITY, Missouri: A Kansas City couple that claimed to have given birth to a set of sextu
plets in order to take advantage of the generosity of their neighbors has admitted it was a hoax.
The Eversons now face possible civil and criminal charges for accepting large monetary donations
and other gifts after making public statements proclaiming their "sivation." A police investigation is
continuing into the total amounts of gifts received by the couple.
"We're sorry for everything we did," Sarah Everson said in an interview with reporters. "We didn't
mean'to hurt anybody. We did it out of financial reasons."
'Kris Everson, her husband, promised that everyone that had donated money or other things would
have their donations returned.
Dale Brendel, editor of the Missouri newspaper that first printed the story about the supposedly
newborn sextuplets, declared that a column would run on the front page of the Examiner to explain
the paper's role in the matter.
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