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Page 12 by Chris Patti the . 30° daily c o ll egian www.collegian.psu.edu Vol. 98, No. 29 16 Pages ©1997 Collegian Inc = udget passes quickly through Congress By ALAN FRAM Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congress voted overwhelmingly yesterdai, to send Presi dent Clinton bills designed ~) balance the budget for the first time si 'ce 1969 and bestow the deepest tax cuts in 16 years on millions of families, college students and investors. Capping a whirlwind of bipartisanship, the Senate used a lopsided 92-8 roll call to give final congressional approval to the tax reduction, worth $152 billion over the next five years. Barely two hours earlier, the House had approved the measure by 389-43. Earlier, the Senate voted 85-15 for legis lation aimed at balancing the budget by 2002. That bill plucks most of its $l3O bil lion in savings from Medicare and thor oughly reshapes the huge health-insurance New clinic crucial agreement By CARRIE DELEON Collegian Staff Writer Earlier this month, Eric Harrah said nothing would stop him from opening a medical clinic in State College that would offer abortions. But not receiving a state required transfer agreement from Centre Cornmunity.Hospital may prevent the clinic's anticipated opening and leave the chive with another obstacle to overcome. However, Harrah said, the clinic will open. "Nothing will stop me from help ing a woman carry out her consti tutional right to have control over her reproductive system," said Harrah, director of administration for the clinic. Centre Community Hospital denied the agreement with State College Medical Services, which would legally allow patients with medical complications to be trans ferred to the hospital. All medical clinics that perform abortions are required by the state to have a legal transfer agreement with a local hospital. Lance Rose, president and chief executive officer of the hospital, was not available yesterday to comment on the hospital's denial of the transfer. However, Robert L. Martin, attorney for the hospital, said the hospital board developed a new policy that deals with private med ical clinics and State College Med ical Services' proposal did not meet some of the requirements listed in the new policy. "The board considered all infor mation, applied it to the policy and The Daily Collegian in a headline Tuesday incorrectly identified the guilty verdict handed down to Amin 0. Robinson, a former Uni versity student. Robinson was found guilty of statutory sexual assault, indecent assault, corruption of a minor and reckless endangerment of a 14-year-old high school student. He was not found guilty of rape. BMX stunt riders, The sponsor hopes the performance will showcase the athleticism of BMX riders and in line skaters and lessen the stereotypes often related to them. By ANDREW DEBES Collegian Sports Writer State College Borough residents will have a skate park for a few hours today, albeit one they will not be allowed to use. The ramps and cones that will block Fraser Street are for the specific use of the Airwalk BMX Stunt Team. Sponsored by Rude Boyz, the stunt team will perform at 7:30 p.m. today on the 100 block of South Fraser Street between College Avenue and Calder Way. The three-man stunt team consists of BMX riders and in-line skaters who will perform a variety of aerial ramp maneuvers and flatland BMX stunts. program for the elderly. The House had approved the measure Wednesday, 346-85. Clinton, whose aides bargained with con gressional leaders for months to mold the measures, is ready to sign both bills next week. "Everybody can declare victory because the American people, the American family will benefit from this legislation," said Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R- Miss. Earlier, Clinton hailed passage of the balanced-budget bill as "the achievement of a generation and a triumph for every American." The day's momentous votes allowed law makers to leave the Capitol for their sum mer recess, not to return until after Labor Day. Little mentioned were the $56 billion in tax increases lawmakers included to help pay for the much-touted tax cuts. The main denied Eric Harrah director of administration for State College Medical Services decided it didn't meet their stan dards," he said. Although the hospital did not accept the agreement, Martin said the hospital will treat patients from the clinic, as they are required by law to do so. Harrah said he received a letter from the hospital stating the trans fer was denied, but also saying it would treat patients from the clin ic. "They said they wouldn't give me the transfer agreement, but they did," Harrah said. "I now have in writing that the hospital will accept my patients, that's all I need. They're just playing politics," he said. Although, Martin said the hospi tal's decision has nothing to do with the controversy surrounding abor tion, Harrah disagrees. Please see CLINIC, Page 2. - • According to Gary Filkins, manager of Rude Boyz, 200 W. College Ave., Airwalk approached him about sponsoring the stunt team a few months ago. Filkins said he jumped at the opportunity to host the stunt team. "It will be a great thing for State College," Filkins said. "Maybe it will breathe a little life into Friday night." In addition to the stunt show, local radio sta tion The Revolution, WGMR-FM (101.1), will be broadcasting live from the show. "It's going to be a really cool event," said Ted Swanson, station manager of The Revolution. "This show should be very successful. The Air walk team should give a very dynamic perfor mance." According to Filkins, the stunt team has pre viously drawn crowds as large as 300 to 400 people. He sais he thinks tonight's show could rival those numbers. While Rude Boyz is sponsoring the event, Filkins said he knows the crowd does not always translate to a profit. Six-year-old Ryan Becker tests out the various tones produced at Ringing Rocks Park in Upper Black Eddy Formed at the end of the last Ice Age, the crystallized molten rocks ring like bells when hit with a hammer. Unusual ringing rocks are well-kept Pa. secret By JENNIFER BROWN Associated Press Writer UPPER BLACK EDDY Armed with hammers and climbing shoes, Louise Hutchinson's three grand children are ready to begin their rock concert. Tink, tink, bing. Bing. Bing. "Mom, I hit one," said 6-year-old Ryan Becker, slamming a hammer at a gray boulder and releasing a ringing as clear as a bell. "It sounds like 'Jingle Bells,"' he said, composing a symphony of tinks, thuds and bings on the rocks. Those who know about Ringing Rocks Park say it rivals the Bermuda Triangle for weirdness. Some say birds won't fly over it and insects avoid it. in-line skaters roll Friday, Aug. 1, 1997 "Everybody can declare victory because the American people, the American family will benefit from this legislation." Trent Lott, R-Miss. Senate Majority Leader ingredients: an airline-ticket tax and a gradual 15-cent increase in the 24-cent per-pack cigarette tax. Yesterday's bipartisan votes belied decades of budget stalemate that have dominated Washington for the political lives of nearly every member of Congress and the administration. The spending measure was supported "It will give us some good exposure," he said, "but I am not expecting to make any money off of it." Filkins said he suspects that, if anything, the store will lose money on the show." To get permission for the show, Filkins had to file a request with the State College Borough Council to have Fraser Street closed during the show. "I had to jump through a lot of hoops to get (the stunt team) here," he said. "I was surprised that (the council) actually went for it." In recent months, there has much discussion over whether the council should build a park for skateboarding and in-line skating. Filkin's said he is hoping that the Airwalk BMX Stunt Team's performance will showcase the athleticism involved with those activities and lessen the stereotypes often related to them. "The performance will hopefully show par ents the other end of the spectrum," Filkins said. "It will give an opportunity for them to see the best in the sport." "But I'm surprised they don't have anything telling what they are or why they ring." Bonny Becker Springfield Township resident And of course, there's the boul ders, formed at the end of the Ice Age from crystallized molten rock. "It sounds like a bell. Really," said Ryan's mother, Bonny Becker, of Springfield Township in Bucks County. Hutchinson's brood was among into town 43-12 by Senate Republicans and 42-3 by Democrats. All 55 Senate Republicans and all but eight Democrats voted for the tax legislation: Sens. Dale Bumpers of Arkansas, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Russell Feingold of Wisconsin, John Glenn of Ohio, Ernest Hollings of South Carolina, Charles Robb of Virginia, Paul Sarbanes of Maryland and Paul Wellstone of Minneso ta. Making an unusual appearance in the Senate president's chair to commence the tax-bill vote was the Budget Committee chairman, Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., who has been at the center of deficit-fight ing efforts for two decades. In the House, the tax bill was backed by 225 Republicans only Rep. Tom Camp bell of California voted no and Democ rats favored it by a 164-41 margin. The one independent, Rep. Bernard Sanders of Ver mont, voted no. only a handful of visitors on a recent summer day at Ringing Rocks Park, which is so obscure that it remains unknown to geology professors at Penn State Universi ty and the University of Pennsylva nia and even to gas station atten dants off the exit for the park. "We grew up around here, so we know about it. But I'm surprised they don't have anything telling what they are or why they ring," said Becker. "If you don't know what's here, you're missing a great thing." Bucks County officials hope that will change as the county gradually buys land around the eight-acre park eventually making it into a 450-acre haven of winding trails, Please see ROCKS, Page 2. Published independently by students at Penn State Underlining the middle ground achieved, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C. perhaps the best-known liberal and conservative, respectively, in Washington both sup ported the tax bill. And with each party eager to quickly trumpet the measures, the House voted unanimously to make photo copies of the bills' official versions, instead of the usual but more time-con suming practice of reprinting them on parchment. In yet another gesture of cooperation, Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., had breakfast together at the White House, where spokesman Mike McCurry said they discussed "ways in which biparti san cooperation can continue." Later, Gin grich stood in the Senate chamber to savor the final vote on the tax bill. Even so, long-standing differences over Please see BUDGET, Page 2. Student selected as head of ABTS By PATRICIA K. COLE Collegian Staff Writer Penn State's place in the Big Ten improved a little this past weekend and it was more than in its foot ball ratings. Brian Olivo, the Undergraduate Student Government director of the Association of Big Ten Schools, has been named the overall ABTS director at the ABTS conference last weekend at Ohio State Univer sity. AP Photo Olivo, who had not attended a conference before this weekend, defeated two other students to get the position, which coordinates communication among the student governments from the 11 universi ties in the Big Ten Conference. "I think I had good ideas and at the same time I knew anyone else would have been good at it," Olivo said. The creation of an electronic weekly newsletter, the updating of the Big Ten E-mail discussion list and increasing involvement from all the schools at the conferences were the main goals Olivo said he has for the position. Olivo said he would also like to have the student government offi cials meet between conferences on a more informal basis, such as dur ing football games. "It helps our student government because by having this position, I will be in contact with other schools," he said. Olivo's position will help USG by improving its position within the conference, USG President Jaime Desmond said. "All the other schools will be looking to us to lead," she said. "He's got to keep things rolling."
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