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SG court upholds Nash disqualification

 

Elections Board of Claims now expected
to certify Becky Ellingsworth as president

By Tricia McKenny
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The Student Government
Supreme Court late last night
upheld the SG Elections
Board of Claims’ decision to
disqualify president and vice
presidentelects Will Nash and
Michelle Bishop. who received
1,307 votes in the election.

As a result of the decision.
the SG Elections Board of
Claims is expected to certify

the election in favor of the
runners-up. Becky
Ellingsworth and Kyle Burns.
who received 1,136 votes. Nei-
ther members from
Ellingsworth’s campaign nor
from that of third-place finish-
er Tommy Cunningham
spoke at the hearing.

“The students‘ voice was
silenced." Bishop said after
the verdict was announced.

In a split decision. the
court “affirmed the opinion of

the Board of Claims.“ sending
a roar of disapproval through
the 100 students and
Nash/ Bishop supporters
awaiting the decision.

“We are disappointed that
the court threw out the 1.307
valid votes." Nash said. “We
encourage those students to
not turn their back on the
process but instead try to un-
derstand it and correct it."

Before the hearing. Nash
and Bishop presented the
court with a motion, which
was later denied. asking three
justices to recuse themselves
from the hearing because of
varying conflicts of interest.

The students’ voice was silenced.”

Herb Miller. a Lexington
lawyer who was asked to rep
resent Nash and Bishop, dis-
cussed the motion at the be-
ginning of his argument and
was told by Supreme Court
Justice 'Ilony Stoeppel that the
motion had been dismissed
and to move on with his argu-
ment.

Miller urged the court to
look at precedents set in previ-
ous elections when looking at
the punishment the board
handed down to Nash and
Bishop.

“There is a long history of
precedents where violations

See SC on page 2

— Michelle Bishop, former vice-president-elect, after the 56 Supreme Court upheld the disqualification
of her and running mate Will Nash last night.

 

 

“TWIST”

Chris Rambicure (left), a second-year law student, vice-presidential can-
didate Michelle Bishop (center) and presidential candidate Will Nash listen
as the Student Government Supreme Court disqualifies their victory in

the SG elections. Their campaign was found to have spent over the limit.

 

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SEES

As senior tennis star's stock rises,

she fixes her focus on a bright future

By Derek Poore
m: xcurucxv KERNEL

Aibika Kalsarieva laughs it off.
but she means it. She’s good. She
tries to contain herself. but relaxing
in the lounge of L'K's Boone In-
door 'l‘ennis Center. she smiles and

tells it like it is.

How great has her
season been?

“I mean. l‘m not real~
ly in a flow, but I just ex
pect to win.“ the market-
ing senior says.

And does anyone
blame her? Winning at
tennis is about all she
knows. At 13. Kalsarieva
was No. 1 in her native
Kyrgyzstan. Then she
garnered a No. 1 Inter
national Tennis Federa-
tion (ITF) junior rank-
ing before she came to
college.

Women‘s tennis
coach Mark Guilbeau
vouches for her with
pride and certainty.

“She's earned the
right to be confident."
Guilbeau says. “She‘s
worked for what she’s
had. She has a high stane

 

 

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in her second year of Division I play, UK senior tennis player Aibika Kalsarieva has risen to
the No. 5 ranking in the country after transferring from Lewis and Clark, an NAIA college.

dard."

This year. Kalsarieva
is the fifth-best player in
college tennis and is re-
garded within the UK

tennis organization as
its best player ever. Her
team is ranked second
nationally. It won UK‘s
first Southeastern Con-
ference women‘s tennis
title and is on pace for
one of the best records
in school history:

FOUR HOURS A DAY.
pretty much every day.
That‘s how much
Kalsarieva has put into
her tennis game since
she fell in love with the
sport.

Kalsarieva. like most
collegiate student ath-
letes. has lived and
breathed her sport for a
majority of her life.
Born in Bishkek. Kyr-
gyzstan. her parents
wanted her to get in
shape. and when she
took to tennis. her first
coach saw overflowing
potential.

See Focus on page 7

 

German eardinal’s book hints at quest for papacy

By Tracy Wilkinson and Richard Boudreaux
‘ W"”V'Losiimctiisnurs '

VATICAN CITY When he led the fu-
neral Mass for Pope John Paul II. he
spoke emotionally of his departed brother
and quoted Jesus: “Follow me."

Every day since. he has been seen di-
recting the business of a fatherless
church.

And on Wednesday. a newspaper pub-
lished excerpts of his latest book. Values
in Times of Upheaval. ruminations on the
besieged soul of Christian Europe.

With such hints. (‘ardinal Joseph
Ratzinger became the focus of specula»
tion Wednesday that declared him a lead-
ing candidate to succeed .lohn Paul and
become history‘s 265th pope.

The formal balloting will not begin
until Monday. when cardinals of the R0
man Catholic Church will gather in the
Sistine Chapel to pray and select their
new leader in an assembly known as a
conclave.

By all accounts. many of the 115 vot
ing cardinals have not yet made up their
minds

But in the secretive World of papal pol-

)

itics. and with cardinals officially sworn
to silence. Vatican-watchers must content
themselves with telltale signs and semi-
educated guesswork. And on Wednesday
the buzz swirled around Ratzinger. the
German-born conservative theologian
who has served as chief enforcer of
church doctrine for more than two
decades.

Vatican experts at several of ltaly's
leading newspapers reported that
Ratzinger was gaining support among his
red-batted colleagues.

Luigi Accattoli. writing in (‘orriere
della Sera. ltaly's largest daily. said that
Ratzinger had won the support of about
40 cardinals in preconclave jockeying
still short of the twothirds majority need-
ed.

Ratzinger represents the camp of car»
dinals who advocate hewing closely to
John Paul's most traditional policies. An
opposing bloc of cardinals is said to pre-
fer change and “collegiality." which refers
to decentrali7ation of Vatican power and
the restoration of more independence to
local dioceses.

Ratzinger. who turns 78 on Saturday.

also may appeal to those seeking an older
pope and a shorter "transitional" papacy
that would give the church time to calm
the waters and absorb John Paul's legacy
before chatting a longer-term future.

The cardinals are meeting in daily
closed-dmr sessions and exchanging
ideas "on the situation of the church and
the world." said Vatican spokesman
Joaquin NavarroValls. Ratzinger. as dean
of the College of Cardinals. usually die
rects the meetings.

(in Wednesday. for example. he re-
ceived official condolences from diplo~
mats representing some of the 174 coun-
tries that have relations with the Holy
See.

in one meeting earlier this week. a cat-
alog was distributed to the cardinals with
biographical information on each of
them.

All of the "princes" of the church are
technically candidates for the papacy.

“We are still getting to know each oth-
er.“ said one cardinal from a Latin Ameri-
can country. who spoke to the ins Angeles
Times this week despite a news blackout
imposed by the prelates last week.

 

When gas
prices go up,
drivers pay

By Jenisha Watts

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Some local delivery
drivers said they might
soon be giving up their
routes because of rising
gas prices. The cost of fill-
ing up the tank is taking
too much of a chunk out
of their tips. they said.

"Hardening of gas
prices has turned me
against delivering." said
Jon Burba. a hospitality
management and tourism
junior who works at Pita
Pit on Limestone Street.

The average gas price
in Kentucky is now $2.26
per gallon. according to
the American Automobile
Association. That‘s up ‘23
cents from a month ago
and 48 cents from a year
ago.

Since the gas prices
have increased. Burba has
had absolutely no interest
in delivering for Pita Pit.
he said.

Burba wasn't actually
hired as a delivery driver
at Pita Pit. he said.

He usually makes

Tenth-inning single

pitas and gets a regular
wage. However. when Pita
Pit needed drivers. Burba
was the guy they would
call on. But when Burba
was delivering. he was
paying for gas with tip
money:

“Without some com-
pensation. it's not worth
it." he said. “i feel the em-
ployers should compen-
sate their delivery drivers
for gas prices."

Most delivery drivers
pay for gas out of tips. the
drivers said.

Drivers at Papa John's
on Euclid Avenue face
similar dilemmas.

“it's obvious that de-
livery drivers are losing
money since they are pay-
ing for their own gas."
said Robert Reeves. man-
ager at Papa John's.

He suggested that dri-
vers find another job.

”it isn‘t worth it to de-
liver." Reeves said.

And while Reeves dis-
suaded against delivering.
he also doesn't see an end

See Deliveries on page Z

lifts Cats over Cards

By Chris Johnson
in: tritium xrnnri

Ryan Wilkes had the
situation Little Leaguers
dream about in their
back yard.

Up to bat for UK. The
score tied. Two outs. A 3-2
full count and the bases
loaded in the bottom of
the 10th inning against
Louisville.

Wilkes knew his job
was just to make contact.

“1 just had to put it in
play." the short stop said.
“1 had to make it nap

pen.
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UK pitching
coach Gary
Henderson
(right) and junior
catcher Justin
Scutchfield meet
with freshman
pitcher Alex Jor-
den. The Cats
used eight pitch-
ers in a lO-inning
4-3 victory over
Louisville last

-; night at Cliff

' Hagan Stadium.

Wilkes did put the ball
in play. beating out an in-
field single to deep short
that scored first baseman
Kevin Caldwell and
earned UK a 4-3 victory
and a season sweep over
Louisville last night at
(‘liff Hagan Stadium.

"This is my first
game—winning hit.”
Wilkes said. “(CaldwelD
did a good job getting
down the line."

“i knew that any-
where Wilkes hit the ball
in the infield. he‘d have a
chance to beat it out." UK

See Cats on page T

 

       

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Continued from page I

of certain constitutional pro
visions have not resulted in
the disqualification of a can
didate or the nullification of
an election.“ Miller said.

In rulings in 2000. 2001 and
2002 the Board of (‘laims and
the Supreme Court issued
punishments to other candi-
dates for violating similar
elections rules.

In these cases. the viola
tions ranged from excessive
spending to using 80 re»
sources for a campaign. In all
of the cases. the punishment
was either a monetary fine or
community service.

“We urge you to look at
precedent to determine
whether the punishment fits
the crime in this situation.
and we believe It does not.”
Miller told the court.

“If we can‘t rely on limita»
tions set by precedent. (we
can't) know what conduct is
permissible." he said.

The Board of (‘laims dis-
qualified Nash and Bishop on
Monday based on three claims
filed against him by presiden

Deliveries

Continued from page I

of delivery at Papa John‘s

"Honestly. if they end up
having to compensate drivers.
they‘ll just raise prices for the
industry." he said.

Michael .Ienkins. a inan-
ager at Pizza Hut on South
Limestone Street. could see

 

 
 
 
 
 
  
  

    
 

tial candidate Tommy Cun-
ningham.

Corey Fannin. a member
of the Board of Claims. pre
sented the board‘s findings to
the coiut. He said the board
found evidence that Nash and
Bishop had used an 80 tax ex-
emption form to purchase
campaign signs. had gone over
the spending limit of $600 af-
ter this tax was added back
into their expenditures. and
had neglected to account for
helium purchased for balloons
on their expenditure list.

Fannin explained that af-
ter all of these items were ac-
counted for. the Nash/Bishop
ticket spent $616.37 , $16.37
over the limit.

“The facts before us were
unique." I‘annin said. refer-
ring to the use of the taut ex-
emption form.

“This added to the weight
of it being a violation." he told
the court.

In its statement. the board
ruled that the combination of
the offenses added up to a
felony violation. as defined by
the SG constitution. punish’
able by disqualification.

The board also found evi-
dence that the
Bllingsworth Burns cam-

paign committed overspend-

the price of his pizza going up
a few cents to cover the gas
prices,

To John Blickenstaff. a de~
livery worker at Jimmy
.Iohn's. the cost of gas “isn‘t
that big of a deal."

Ryan Bowers. a manager
at Jimmy .lohn's. sees it dif-
ferently. though.

"The gas prices are affect-
mg the money the delivery
drivers are making." said
Bowers. an English sopho-

Vlill Nash (sec-

- ond from left)
won the SG
presidency in
elections March
30 and 31. Last
night, the 56
Supreme Court
_ upheld his dis-

’ qualification for
overspendinq
- and misusing a
tax exemption
during the cam-
paiqn.

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ing misdemeanors and fitted
them a total of $75.

Miller argued that the
board did not sufficiently jus-
tify the difference between
felony and misdemeanor vio
Iations.

“There is no explanation
in the findings of why the vio
Iations of the other candidates
constitute misdemeanors and
why the Nash/Bishop viola-
tions are felonies." Miller
said.

Nash told the court that he
and Bishop admit they com-
mitted violations but that the
board's punishment was too
harsh.

“We should be punished
and punished in a fair man-
ner. and we don‘t feel we have
been punished fairly.“ Nash
said.

Anticipated president-
elect Becky Ellingsworth said
she has expressed condo
lences to Nash and Bishop
and realizes the situation is
tough to step into and comes
with great responsibility for
her and Burns.

"We believe students on
both sides of the issue will
be able to come together and
be cooperative." she said.

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ing for less hours."

Pizza Hut delivery driver
(‘hris Carson agrees.

“It‘s becoming to where
you‘re not making enough
money" he said. At Pizza Hut.
it‘s against company rules to
tell customers that the drivers
pay for their own gas. he said.
“The problem is. where gas is
going up. everybody has prob
lems giving tips."

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Race a factor in organ availab'

By Mark Kenneth Matthews

SPECIAL TO THE BALTIMORE SUtt

Last May. when Elizabeth-Ann M0-
hammed learned that her kidneys were
failing. she was given two choices by
her doctor: endure years of dialysis or
find someone to donate a kidney.

But because she is black. finding a
kidney wouldn't be easy On average.
black patients wait nearly five years for
a kidney transplant ~ about 18 months
longer than their white counterparts.

The reasons for this disparity. ex-
perts say. involve genetics. economics
and donor rates. Regardless. the num-
bers reveal a harsh reality

More than 3.500 patients died last
year waiting for a kidney transplant.
and one-third of them were black. Yet
black Americans make up only 12 per-
cent of the nation’s population.

The most common explanation for
the difference in wait times is that the
needs of the black community far ex-
ceed its current donation level. making
transplants more difficult because or-
gans tend to transplant better between
members of the same ethnic groups. In-
deed. only about 700 kidneys were taken
from deceased black donors in 2003.
compared with 4.000 white donors.

But that is only part of the explana-
tion. says Dr. Clarence Foster. a trans-
plant surgeon at the University of
Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.

“Diseases that can cause kidney fail-
ure are more common in African-Amer-
icans and people in lower socioeconom-
ic conditions." Foster says.

Such diseases include diabetes. obe-
sity and high blood pressure and may
be influenced by a “lack of primary
health care." Foster says. And these
conditions are often treated at later
stages. when kidney failure can‘t be

 

avoided.

Patients without kidney function
must either go on a dialysis machine.
which filters the body‘s waste. or seek a
kidney donor. Organs can come from
live donors (humans have two kidneys
but need only one). such as family mem-
bers. or patients can join a national
waiting list for kidneys and other or-
gans usually donated by the deceased.

Although kidneys are the most com-
monly transplanted organ. with thou-
sands of operations performed each
year. about 61.000 Americans needed a
kidney as of March 11. About 21.000. or
35 percent. were black. according to the
United Network for Organ Sharing. a
nonprofit organization under contract
with the US. Department of Health and
Human Services.

UNOS. based in Richmond. Va..
keeps a list of patients waiting to re-
ceive organs from those who have vol-
unteered their organs after they have
died. UNOS helps determine who gets
an organ through a formula that exam-
ines such factors as blood type, time
spent on the waiting list. and the dis-
tance between the potential recipient
and the donor.

The organization looks at the com-
patibility of the donor and recipient us-
ing antigens as genetic markers. Histor~
ically. blacks didn’t often receive organs
from white donors because of the differ-
ences in genetic markers. And because
there were fewer black donors. blacks
waited longer for transplants.

In the past few years. better surgical
techniques and drugs aimed at lowering
the chance of organ rejection have de-
creased the reliance on genetic markers
in matching donors with recipients. In
1995. UNOS eliminated the importance
of four of the six antigens used to mea-
sure compatibility making interracial

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donations easier.

We've “increased the number of eth-
nic minorities receiving transplants an-
nually with only a very slight decrease
to allocation" to whites. says Dr. Win~
fred Williams. who heads UNOS's mi-
nority-affairs committee. Trying to
make the system fair. he adds. is “a con-
stant effort."

Cliff McClenney. past president of
the American Society of Multicultural
Health and Transplant Professionals.
says progress has been made. but there
is still much to be done.

“If it's a four-lap race." he says.
“we've got around the first lap."

The UNOS waiting list is not the
only obstacle for blacks who need an or-
gan transplant. Williams. a kidney-
transplant specialist at Massachusetts
General Hospital in Boston. says a per-
son's income may determine whether
he or she receives a kidney in a matter
of months or never.

He calls it the “green screen.“ Pa-
tients who are poor and uninsured
rarely consider transplant surgery be-
cause the procedure costs too much.
Williams says. And because black
Americans are disproportionately poor
and are less likely to have insurance
than white Americans, according to US.
Census statistics. this barrier hits the
black community especially hard.

Even with insurance. a patient could
face other impediments. Williams adds.
Deductibles may be too expensive. Or in
some cases. the insurance policy will
pay for the surgery but not for the es-
sential post-transplant medication.

“These are systematic barriers to
transplantation." he says.

In addition. there is often resistance
within the black community to donate
organs. especially when it comes to do-
nations after death.

 

House vote repeals estate tax;
contentious Senate debate ahead

By Jonathan Weisman

THE WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON 7 The House on
Wednesday voted 272 to 162 to perma-
nently repeal the estate tax. throwing
the issue to the Senate where negotia-
tions have begun on a deep and perma-
nent estate tax cut that can pass this
year. even if it falls short of full repeal.

The House vote pitted repeal propo
nents. who held that a tax on inheri-
tances is fundamentally unfair. against
Democrats. who questioned how Con-
gress could support a tax cut largely
for the affluent that would cost $290 bil-
lion over 10 years. in the face of record
budget deficits.

“This is reverse Robin Hood." said
House Minority Leader Nanc ' Pelosi.
DCalif. “We‘re taking money from the
middle class and giving it to the super-
rich.”

“The death of a family member
should not be a taxable event. period."
said Rep. Kenny Hulshof. R-Mo.. the
bill's sponsor

By a 194 to 238 vote. the House re-
jected a Democratic counteroffer.
which would have shielded $3.5 million
of an estate‘s value from taxation.
enough to exempt 99.7 percent of es-
tates from the inheritance tax. accord-
ing to the Urban lnstitute-Brookings
Institution Tax Policy Center.

Members then approved the mea«
sure. strongly backed by the White
House. that would make a full repeal
permanent. The repeal is currently
scheduled to take effect in 2010. then
disappear in 2011.

The real fight will come in the Sen-
ate. where repeal supporters still ap-
pear just short of the 60-vote majority
needed to break a promised Democrat-
ic filibuster.

The Republican leadership. backed
by Senate Finance Committee Chair-

man Charles Grassley R-lowa. has au-
thorized Sen. Jon Kyl. R-Ariz.. to strike i
a deal that will win 60 votes. l

“He‘s got wide latitude to see what .
he can get." said Mitch McConnell. R- i
Ky. the Senate majority whip. i

For the Democrats. Sen. Charles 1
Schumer. NY. is leading negotiations. i
which have raised the prospect that the l
long-standing stalemate on the estate l
tax could be broken this year. l

President Bush‘s 10-year. $1.35 tril- l
lion tax cut in 2001 included a slow ,
phase-out of the estate tax by 2010. but .‘
the tax is reinstated in 2011 when the i
entire 200] tax law expires.

As those dates approach and con-
cern grows over record budget deficits.
some family-owned businesses and af-
fluent heirs have begun appealing to
lawmakers for a deal that would pro-
vide estate-planning certainty. even if
it means setting aside full repeal.

Grassley has thrown his weight be-
hind that effort. "We need certainty." a
Republican Finance Committee aide
said. "We cannot continue on with this
course."

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ting the once-steadfast coalition of af- .
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pushed full repeal for more than a
decade. ‘

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Va.-based Mars candy fortune. among
others. are pushing the lowest estate
tax rate they can get.

Small-business lobbyists want the
highest exemption they can get.

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tions. the Republican starting position
would set the value of an estate exclud-
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drilling technique threatens drinking
water supplies. the House Energy Com-
mittee appeared poised Wednesday to ap
prove legislation exempting the practice
from future regulation.

The technique. developed by Hal-
liburton Co. involves injecting pressur-
ized fluids deep underground to encour-
age oil and gas to rise to the surface. For
years. Halliburton and other energy
companies have been fighting efforts to
regulate the practice under the Safe
Drinking Water Act.

The practice. known as hydraulic
fracturing. is generally considered safe.
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its use has proliferated.

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mittee rejected proposals by Democrats
to modify the proposed exemption. The
first. by Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado.
would require a scientific study of the
practice before the exemption goes into
effect. The second. by Rep. Hilda L. Solis
of California. would prohibit use of
diesel fuel in underground injection.

Both amendments were defeated on
party line votes.

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New Mexico and John Sullivan of Okla-
homa argued that fracturing is safe and
there is no evidence of problems.

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point out that the United States' three
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China: no more rights abuses

By Edward Cody

nit msnmctoa P051

BEIJING The Chinese
government. frequently criti-
cized over its human rights
record, declared Wednesday
that it has brought rights vio~
lations “under control" by
prosecuting more than 1.500
officials accused of abusing
prisoners or holding them
without legal grounds.

The assertion came in a
white paper on human rights
issued one month afier a US.
Chinese bargain under which
the government freed a well-
known prisoner. Rebiya
Kadeer. in return for a pledge
from the Bush administration
to abstain from seeking a res
olution condemning China at
the UN. Human Rights Coin-
mission in Geneva. Carrying
out the promise. US. officials
in Geneva filed a resolution
Wednesday urging the com-
mission to condemn Cuba but
were silent on China.

The white paper. the
eighth in a series since 1991.
depicted human rights v 10121-
tions by China‘s security or
gans as criminal aberrations
by wayward officials.

The judiciary. it said. car»
ried out a campaign of "vigor-
ous measures" in 2004 to
make sure police and prison
authorities were punished for
any illegal detentions. tor
ture. disruption of elections
or negligence that caused loss
of life or property:

"In total. 1.595 govern-
ment functionaries suspected
of criminal activities were in‘
vestigated and prosecuted.
thus efiectively bringing un-
der control olTenses of in-
fringement on rights." the re-
port said.

Human-rights organiza-
tions and foreign govern
ments repeatedly have depict»
ed rights violations in China
as a reflection of government
policy. The court system and
police. they have noted. re-
main under control of the
government and Communist
qu'ty. depriving citizens of ie
course to an independent au
thority in case of official
abuse.

Kadeer had been sen-
tenced to an eiglitvyear prison
term under legislation tnak
ing it illegal to reveal “state
information" to toreigners. lll
cluding that contained in clip»
pings from censored newspa
pers that she sent to her hus-
band in the l'nited States.

Her supporters said that.
in fact. she was prosecuted for
speaking out against govern-
ment actions that favor Chi-
na's ethnic H