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Russian flu found at UNL
Two cases of Russian flu at UNL
have been confirmed by the Nebraska
Center for Disease Control.
One male and one female student
were diagnosed at the University Health
Center as having the AU.S.S.R. strain
of the flu. Dr. Garland Bare, chief of
staff at the University Health Center,
said these are the first confirmed cases
he knew of in Nebraska.
The nurses in Infectious Control at
Bryan Memorial and Lincoln General
Hospitals said no cases have been con
firmed by them, but they were testing
for it.
Bare said the health center saw the
students Feb. 9 and Feb. 13, but be
cause it takes two weeks to obtain virus
studies results, the flu has just been con
firmed as Russian .
The Russian flu struck during what
Bare called the second peak of flu this
winter. The first peak vas Jan. 20, and
all cases were confirmed as ATexas, he
said.
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Photo by Ted Kirk
With a profile that is quickly becoming as famous as Abraham Lincoln's,
head basketball coach Joe Cipriano gazes blankly at the court during last
night's Big Eight playoff game. Cipriano's gaze changed to a smile as the
Huskers scored a 71 -63 victory. For more on the game see page 10.
Masked Iranian students
to demonstrate Thursday
By Mary Fastenau
Ripples of the political discontent in
Iran may be seen at UNL in a demonstra
tion by Iranian students March 2.
According to one UNL Iranian student,
wo refused to be identified, the demonstra
tion will begin at 11 a.m. in front of the
Nebraska Union. He said the students will
walk on campus carrying signs and then go
downtown where they will demonstrate for
about two hours.
The student said he expects at least 50
participants. The demonstrators will wear
masks for security reasons, the student ex
plained. Political discontent in Iran has been
building since November 1977 when the
shah, Mohammed Ruza Pahlavi, announced
his plans to visit the United States, the stu
dent said.
Discontent grew when President Carter
visited Iran New Year's Day and the shah
lined the streets of Tehran, capital of Iran,
with armed police, the student explained.
He said Carter did not see the "ordinary
people" of the country but saw people
who "were paid to say, 'Welcome Carter'."
The shooting of about 500 people in
Tehran and about 200 people in Qum, ano
ther city in Iran, peaked the discontent,
the student explained.
in Qum, the student said, the govern
ment refused to give the bodies of the dead
to the families. There were over 500 people
injured who were taken to other cities to
be treated, he "said.
He said the media in Iran is controlled
by the government which unsuccessfully
tried to keep the shootings quiet. After the
uprising in Qum, he said, the business dis
tricts in five cities went on strike to protest
the shootings. Some "progressive" clergy
went on a week-long strike and colleges
and universities were shut down to protest
the "cold-blooded" slaughter."
He said he has contacted his family
since the shootings, but since the govern
ment monitors phone calls they do not talk
about politics.
By the way his family talks, he said he
can tell they do not feel safe. They also do
not want him or his brother who is also a
UNL student, to be active in the protest,
he added.
He said phone calls usually are full of
comments such as, "Be a good boy."
j The student said few American students
ask what is happening in Iran. He said he
would be "really happy" to explain the sit
uation, but no one asks him.
"Most of the people do not care," he
said. "Why should they care about my
country?"
Most people know Iran is buying wea
pons, the student said, but they do not
know the shall is using "weapons and guns
as playthings" he added.
"All they know is what they watch on
'60 Minutes'," he said.
The student said the Iranian Students
Association of the United States sent a
pamphlet to all Iranian student organiza
tions. All organizations are to demonstrate
March 2, he explained.
March 2 is the anniversary of one-party
rule in Iran, he said. There were two politi
cal parties in the government until the shall
decided it would work better with one. the
student said.
To establish one party, the shah said
God had come to him in a dream and said
it would be more beneficial for the people
if there was only one party, the student
said.
He said the shah mixes politics and reli
gion when he wants to change something in
the government, claiming his decision is
based on dreams from God.
Parking coordinator resigns
John Duve, UNL parking coordinator,
has submitted his resignation, effective
June 30, to University Police Chief Gail
Gade.
Both Gade and Duve refused to reveal
or comment on the contents of the resig
nation, submitted about a week ago.
"That information is personal," sak
Duve. "I don't know that my personal
employment is of interest to anyone but
myself."
Gade said he would not comment on
the resignation because he has not "made
any official move to accept it."
'This is still up in the air," he said.
"Both John (Duve) and I feel that this is
not something to be made an issue of.
People in other departments resign all the
time."
Duve has worked with the University
Police since September 1971. He has been
parking coordinator for about four years,
Gade said.
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Photo by Mark Billingsley
John Duve, University Police parking
coordinator
inside
Legislature comm ittee cuts NU budget Wednesday
NU will not receive money from the
state for construction, major renovations
or a new computer center, according to
Nebraska Legislature Appropriations Com
mittee Chairman, Jerome Warner.
"We're out of money," was Warner's ex
planation. NU Administration Vice President Wil
liam Erskine said the university asked the
Appropriations Committee for funds to
purchase and remodel the Lincoln Elks
Lodge for a central computer center for a
fraction of the cost of constructing a new
building.
Erskine said if the Legislature does not
appcopriate money to buy and renovate
the Elks Lodge, the proposed new comput
er centeT will have to wait. There is not
sufficient money generated w;tl,in the uni
versity to fund the project, Erskine said.
The committee's total recommended
budget for the three c&npuses is $107.8
million. The figure is $6.4 million less than
the university requested - but $127,952
more than Governor J. James Exon recom
mended. Included in the proposed SI 07. 8 million
budget is $250,000 which the committee is
considering giving to the NU Board of Re
gents to do with as they wish.
The proposal also includes a 6.5 percent
salary increase for NU faculty and staff.
The university administration requested a
9 percent increase for faculty and 7 per
cent increase for other staff members.
The legislative committee has not yet
decided how much will be allotted to each
campus.
The NU budget proposal includes:
-$1,861,996 for increased costs at the
NU Medical Center;
-$198,884 for the libraries;
-$409,133 for the Institute for Agricul
ture and Natural Resources; and
$189,108 for maintenance of new
buildings.
Warner said the Committee could
change the proposal before the budget is
sent to the floor of the Legislature.
To speak or not to speak: NUP1RG
director and ASUN first vice presi
dent disagree about NUPIRG pre
sentation at tonight's ASUN meet
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Pete Mason page 8
Sports columnists speak eloquently
even with feet in their mouths:
McCarthy and Kay answer an irate
letter from a high school student
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