friday, march 10, 1978
daily nebraskan
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African societies RaPe statute advanced by Legislature
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on tour itinerary
In-depth culturaHours of
several African nations will
highlight the summer study
program offered by the Am
erican Forum for Interna
tional Study.
The three-week program,
titled "Comparative African
Societies," will tour Senegal,
Nigeria, Tanzania and Egypt
with an optional week in
Cairo, Rome, Athens, Israel
or Amsterdam.
"Our goal is to take peo
ple to these countries and
introduce them to the lead
ing theater people, the lead
ers in the synagogue and
the leaders in art, culture,
political science and educa
tion," said Jaynell Farmer,
associate forum director.
The three sessions are
scheduled for July 6 to 28,
July 13 to Aug. 4 and July
27 to Aug. 18. Travelers will
attend a day and a half or
ientation program at Colum
bia University in New York
before leaving for Senegal.
The sessions cost $2,440,
covering transportation,
lodging and field expenses.
"We offer either gradu
ate or undergraduate credit
of three hours from Adelphi
University in New York.
These can be transferred to
the college the student at
tends," Farmer said.
"The American Forum
for International Study is a
non-profit organization that
was set up 11 years ago by
a tew educators in this
country who decided that a
need had to be met about
educating Americans about
African culture and
society," Farmer explained.
Since then, more than
1 ,600 Americans have
Mini line
to be added
to city route
A proposal that would
add a new Mini Line and
increase areas served by Lin
coln Transportation System
will be submitted to the
Lincoln City Council within
10 days, according to Tom
Butcher, director of trans
portation in Lincoln.
The Mini Line service
would be affected most by
the proposal, Butcher said.
Three Mini Lines stop at
points in the downtown
area every eight minutes
under the current schedule.
If the proposal is approved,
two buses would stop every
10 minutes and a new route
would be added. Butcher
said.
The new route would run
west from the Federal
Building at 100 Centennial
Mall North to the main
Post Office at 700 R St.,
and back.
The proposal, if ap
proved also would provide
service to the Briarhurst and
Briarcliff areas south of
Nebraska 2 on 40th St.
and the Skyline area on
OKI Cheney Road, according
to James Donaghy, general
manager ol ITS.
Three express routes to
downtown would be added.
The Colonial Hills area, the
area on 70th Street between
Holdregc and Fremont
streets and Colfax St. north
of Cornhuskcr Highway
would also be served h the
express lines. Donaghy said.
The City Council has
recommended service to
three areas, honaghy added
visited foreign countries
through the program.
"We hope to someday
extend this to the point
that we cannot only cover
Africa but the entire Third
World in general," she said.
Brochures and applica
tions can be obtained by
writing The American
Forum for International
Study, 1001 Leader Build
ing, Cleveland, Ohio 441 14.
A bill revising the current sexual assault laws was
given first-round approval by the Nebraska Legislature
Thursday.
LB701, introduced by the Judiciary Committee,
would establish a third-degree sexual assault charge in
addition to first- and second-degree charges.
Third-degree sexual assault would be a misdemeanor
punishable by a maximum of one year in prison andor
$1,000. A sexual offender would be charged with third
degree sexual assault if the victim was not seriously
injured.
Sen. Herb Duis of Gothenburg attempted to amend
the bill to require stiffer penalties for those convicted
of first-degree sexual assault.
The Duis amendment would set the penalty for first
degree rape at a minimum of 25 years with no parole.
Opponents of the amendment said its adoption would
effectively eliminate the crime of first-degree sexual
assault. Sen. Wally Barnett of Lincoln and Ernest Cham
bers of Omaha argued that prosecutors would charge rape
suspects with second-degree sexual assault rather than
send a man to jail for 25 years.
Barnett said members of the Rape Crisis Center of
Lincoln and other women's groups testified in committee
that the current rape laws are working well and that
there would be fewer convictions with a 25-year manda
tory sentence.
The Duis proposal also is contained in LB555, which is
on general file, and may be debated by the Legislature
later in the session.
Duis introduced several rape bills this session as a
result of the rape-murders of two Lexington women in
the past year.
The amendment was defeated 16-26.
Of
Normally this time of year, we hold our annual Spring
Sale. For any number of reasons, this year isn't quite
normal (It was 19 below that day). By sheer coinci
dence, this is the 90th Anniversary of the Blizzard of
'88. Since we missed celebrating the previous 89, we
thought, why not the 90th? Therefore, starting to
morrow at 8 a.m., it's our BLIZZARD OF BARGAINS.
Books.
Of course.
38 to $2.98
From "El Cheapo" to "Big Spender" with 4
categories in between for those of you who
are really looking for the bargains. And
they're there, but you may be looking for a
while after all, how fast can you go through
30,000 books?
18 BOOKS FOR 88 cents '
Take your pick. These dregs from our depths
would make a nifty bonfire, but we just
don't have the heart to burn them. At less
than a nickle each, maybe you'll find them
too good to pass up. We certainly hope so.
HALF PRICE BOOKS
Here we have a collection that defies des
criptiontruly a melange. Everything and
not excluding wall and desk calendars,
slightly damaged books, and turkeys that
have overstayed their welcome. They were
never really welcome, but stayed anyway.
Take one home .... please.
AS MARKED BOOKS
What else can you say about these? We're
just trying to get as much out of these little
gems as we can. If you think it's a bargain,
it's vours.
Blizzardwear. Odds 'n Ends.
UMBRELLAS. $2.88
Why anyone would want to use an umbrella
in a blizzard is beyond us. But, if you want
to, we won't question your sanity. Well just
wrap it up and smile. Glad that it's going out
of the door.
JACKETS JACKETS
For only $3.88 you can walk away with
'The Frost Bite Special". A nice nylon shell
jacket with no pockets. We refuse to believe
that these won't sell. Prove us right. For
much, much more, you can get a White Stag
ski jacket for half of the original price.
SWEATSHIRTS
SHORT SLEEVED. $2.25.
Keep at least your torso warm if not your
arms. As Henry Ford would have said, "You
have your choice of colors, so long as it's
Navy Blue."
Blizzardbook.
SNOW SPECIALS
While diggkig out, we unearthed copies of
(can't you just guess) "In All It's Fury: The
Story of the Blizzard of '88". It's just snow
packed with personal records of the BIG
ONE back in '88. Truly a momento for the
snow -era zed.
CHEAP CHEAP AND CHEAPER.
This category includes just a little bit of
everything that didn't fit elsewhere or is just
"indescribable". Such things as tennis
rackets, sculpture, calculators, slide rules,
necklaces, earrings, robes. Playboy mugs and
steins, tank tops, art supplies, engineering
and graphics supplies and more, more, more.
An endless selection that we want to put an
end to.
Flurries.
$3.00
What could be more appropriate than
Flurries? Even though they're brown (not
white) and cardboard (not snow). But they
move all the same. A fascinating toy design
ed by R. Marxhausen.
Snow Sticks.
REAL CHEAP
Other people may call these little wonders
slide rules, but we tried calling them that
(because that's exactly what they are) and
no one wanted them. If you're one of those
rare people who wants a true piece of
nostalgia (a potential antique, maybe?) or
you just want to learn a lost art, try our slide
rules er, snow sticks.
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Our normal BLIZZARD SALE (nee Spring Sale) rules are in
effect : no mail or phone orders (You've got to see most of this to
believe it.) And of course, all sales are FINAL You really don't
think that we're foolish enough to take anything back once it gets
out of the door, do you?
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