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Bottoms up! The below zero temperatures failed to stop these ducks from diving for lunch.
Lincoln will experience partial eclipse
For the inhabitants of the earth, the solar eclipse is a
unique spectacle.
"To see the earth darken at midday, creates an aware
ness of the sun beyond any other," said Jack Dunn,
director of the UNL planetarium.
Feb. 26th, the shadow of the moon will fall on the
surface of the Earth, creating an eclipse.
"The shadow of the moon is only 232,000 miles long,
compared to the Earth's shadow of 859,000 miles in
length," Dunn said.
Since the Earth and moon are both moving, the
shadow follows a path on the Earth. Only within this path
can a total eclipse be seen.
"The earliest records of eclipses come from China. The
Chinese believed that the sun was being swallowed by a
giant dragon," said Dunn, then the people threw fireworks
into the street hoping to scare the dragon enough to spit
up the sun.
"Conditions in this area will let us see a partial eclipse
of 84 to 90 percent obstruction," said Dunn.
There are ways to view the eclipsed sun safely.
"Pinhole projection is a safe, practical way to watch
the partial eclipse. Sky and Telescope magazine suggests
that a small hole in a window shade may project the image
into a darkened room," Dunn said, adding that one should
never look directly at the sun.
Professor favors
U.S. -China relations
By Cindy Coglianese
After supporting Taiwan with military and economic
aid since 1949. breaking relations with Taiwan was the
only alternative left to the United States, according to a
UNL political science professor.
Peter Cheng was bom in Chiayi, Taiwan in 1930, the
year that Taiwan became a Japanese colony. He lived in
Taiwan until he was 28 and had completed his bachelor's
degree at Taiwan National.
Now a U.S. citizen, Cheng said he is for the normaliza
tion of relations between the United States and the
People's Republic of China.
"It is inevitable that the United States would
establish relations with Peking," Cheng said. He is pleased
with President Carter's insistence that the Taiwan issue be
settled peacefully, he added.
"The United States has been looking after Taiwan in
terests since 1949 both economically and militarily. The
United States doesn't owe anything to Taiwan," he said.
The open relations between the United States and
China was in the best interest of both countries, he said.
The United States can offset trade deficits by trading with
China, while Russian communist progression in Africa and
Asia can be counter-balanced.
Also, negotiation provides China with security against
Russia, he said.
The Taiwan government will face a restructuring in
"days to come."
Communist propaganda may weaken the Nationalist
Chinese anti-communist resistance and promote faster
unification, Cheng said. Another possibility would be a
"no talk -no unification" stand between mainland China
and Taiwan. Cheng predicted this could last for several
years.
The alternative Cheng said he preferred, would set the
government in Taiwan in accordance with the majority in
Taiwan.
The fourth possibility, he said, would be unification
with mainland China with autonomous rule in Taiwan.
Though Taiwan calls itself the "free China", Cheng said
the country currently rules as a police state.
"They (Taiwan) have a fear that the communists will
try to take over either by submissive methods or military
action," he said.
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Bo sure to como to tho Heart Association's Disco in the Grand Ballroom thia Saturday night.