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Chanty event a fantasy’ for chocolate lovers joyjmz-eman Staff writer It was a dream come true for chocolate lovers. Chocolate handcuffs, choco late police badges, chocolate beer mugs and even chocolate dog bones were available at the 14™ Annual Ghocolate Lover’s Fantasy at the Holiday Inn, Ninth and P streets. More than 600 people attended, said Shannon Drake, planning committee member. The committee of the Chocolate Lover’s Fantasy began preparations in October and comprised members represent ing the Cancer Resource Center and the Historic Haymarket District, said Drake. The event raised about $12,500, which will be split between the Cancer Resource Center for counseling for cancer victims and the Historic Haymarket District for contin ued revitalization and beautifica non, uraice saia. The committee asked about 25 chefs to come up with choco late creations, Drake said Each chef was asked to bring 600 to 800 bite-size samples of their chocolate, Drake said. Tom Duden of the Lincoln Police Union said this was the fourth year the union has partici pated in the event. “It shows we’re active in the community and support activi ties within the community,” Duden said The Lincoln Police Union prepared chocolate handcuffs, badges and radios and were given the award of Most Creative Use of Chocolate, Drake said. Jeannie Mutum, a kitchen worker at Old Chicago, was one of the three workers who helped prepare the restaurant’s samples. Mutum and others helped construct a five-gallon beer mug with the Old Chicago logo on front, made entirely of chocolate, she said. uia unicago was named Most Unique Table, Drake said. “It was really tun decorating everything,” Mutum said Jack Saltzman of Cedars Youth Services was another celebrity chef participating. Cedars Youth Services is an organization that takes in about 10,000 homeless or abandoned children yearly, Saltzman said Members of the organization brought cookies for the event made by the chef at Cedars, Saltzman said These cookies are the same ones served to the children every day, Saltzman said. “We want everyone to know how well the children are treated at Cedars,” Saltzman said. Guests had the opportunity to bid on items in both silent and live auctions, Drake said. Some items donated by local business es were Lincoln Stars hockey tickets, a puppy, a keg of Crane River beer, flowers and gift cer tificates. Sharon Kolbet/DN ETHAN CARPENTER gazes upon chocolate-dipped marshmallows, bananas and strawberries at the fondue table hosted by Sullivan’s Catering. Fondue was just one of the treats at the 14th annual Chocolate Lover’s Fantasy held Sunday night at the Holiday Inn, Ninth and P streets. Discussion to inform about partner benefits ■ Forum to give students chance to voice opinions about implementation of domestic partners benefits. By Kimberly Sweet Staff writer A group of students, faculty and staff members are taking a step toward encouraging university offi cials to consider the implementation of domestic partner benefits. After months of work research ing domestic partner benefits - which would give gay partners the same benefits as married couples - a student government advisory council is ready to test the waters for student support. The Sexual Orientation Advisory Council, a subcommittee associated with the Association ©f Students of the University of Nebraska, will hold a public forum Tuesday night to answer questions and provide infor mation concerning the implementa tion of domestic partner benefits. The forum is the precursor to a ^..• - vote in ASUN that supports extend ing benefits to the faculty and staff of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The forum is an opportunity for students, faculty, staff and others interested to learn about the implica tions of implementing domestic part ner benefits at the University of Nebraska, said Natalie Hoover, the ASUN liaison to the advisory coun cil. “We want to inform students as to what domestic partner benefits are, educate them about the process and why they are important,” Hoover said. Hoover said the group decided to look into the logistics of implement ing domestic partner benefits because of their importance to many faculty, staff and students on campus. After looking at UNL’s policy on unlawful discrimination, Hoover said, the group feels the university’s policy on domestic partner benefits violates the policy. The university’s policy on nondiscrimination states that support services and conditions of employ ment will be made without discrimi nation on the basis of marital status or sexual orientation. - I ' . Together, We're Making Lives Better 621 Rose Street, Lincoln www.mdsharns.com/rcrt/recruithtm ■ i n. wmmmmmmrnmmm I * •• The advisory council believes the policy and practice is in direct conflict (with UNL’s nondiscrimination clause). People do not receive equal pay and do not receive equal benefits’’ Natalie Hoover ASUN liaison to the advisory council Hoover said the council is not liv ing up to the parameters set in the first part of the nondiscrimination clause, she said. “The advisory council believes the policy and practice is in direct conflict,” Hoover said “People do not receive equal pay and do not receive equal benefits.” The advisory council isn’t the first group to bring up concerns about what it sees as a policy gap. The Academic Senate has looked into implementing the benefits, and has passed a resolution on it twice - in 1996 and 1998 - said Gail Latta, president of UNL’s Academic Senate. But the resolution that will be before the student senate will be unique in that it asks ASUN to work with other campuses to get support for implementing the benefits, Latta said. If support for implementing the i benefits exists on all campuses, it will be impossible for the NU Board of Regents to ignore it, Latta said. “The most effective thing ASUN would do is work with other campus es to get support,” she said. “Other campuses have not been as support ive, and that has been a stumbling block.” Latta said getting the administra tion to address the lack of domestic benefits has been a problem. But Hoover said she thinks it is realistic that a resolution passed by ASUN could spark discussion among the regents. “It’s still a very sensitive and con troversial issue in society,” she said. “But it is obvious discrimination, and the way to amend it is to implement domestic partner benefits.” Everyone is invited to the discus sion Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Nebraska Union. 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I m really interested in the ice skating rink,” said Eryn Vaughn, a freshman Spanish and communica tions major and a Smith Residence Hall RHA representative. Vaughn said ice-skating and broomball are popular activities for students, but it’s difficult to find times to go to the Ice Box because of Lincoln Stars hockey practices. The proposal would put new facilities where the softball field, parking lot, Reunion building and Harper-Schramm-Smith tennis courts are along 14th Street. The new softball fields would be put somewhere between City and East campuses, but officials haven’t found a definite location. The indoor tennis courts would be built directly south of Smith Hall. This ultimately will block the first four floors of Smith, Campbell said. The tennis courts could easily be moved farther east so they’re not blocking the residence halls, he said. The added facilities would take • away 530 parking stalls, Campbell said. But Campbell said that because of campus construction projects, a parking garage that will hold 1,200 spots is slated for 17th and R streets. Other garages are planned, as well. If the proposal to build more recreation facilities is approved by the university, then construction would begin in about five years. The first to be built would be the ice-skat ing rink and the basketball courts. There are also plans for an East Campus recreation center in the next six to 10 years. “Student fees would more than likely have to increase, but there is no cost estimate at this time,” Campbell said. women love Trevor Johnson on www.dailyneb.com