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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 82 No. 23
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Demonstrators demand
justice for Palestinians
Photo by Michiela Thuman
Lebanese student Saad El-Tabash marches with the Lebanese flag in Wednesday's
demonstration condemning last week's massacre of Palestinian civilians in refugee
camps in west Beirut.
Return to Beirut is opposed
David . Forsy the, a professor of political
science at UNL, said Wednesday that he
opposes the return of U.S. Marines to
Beirut, Lebanon.
Forsythe said he thinks that the role the
Marines would play in Beirut has not been
well-defined yet and that their lives may be
endangered.
He said he favors the idea of using
United Nations peacekeeping forces rather
than U.S. Marines.
As for the massacre of thousands of
Palestinian refugees last week, the pro
fessor said he thinks it was the work of
a right-wing Lebanese terrorist group and
that Israel had some knowledge of the
incident.
Forsythe said he does not think Israeli
troops will leave Beirut soon. Israeli Prime
Minister Menachem Begin is trying to put
right-wing Lebanese officials in power to
be favorable to Israeli policy, he said.
He also said he does not think Begin will
step down if Israel's left-wing Labor
Party calls for his removal. Begin has too
much at stake trying to. direct Lebanese
affairs, Forsythe said.
By Michiela Thuman
The flags of Lebanon and Palestine
waved side by side as about 50 people -Palestinian,
Lebanese, Syrian and Iraqi
Arabs and Iranians, Americans and others
gathered outside the Nebraska Union Wed
nesday afternoon, with common demands.
Amid shouts of "Long Live the Pales
tinian Revolution," "Long Live the Pales
tine Liberation Organization," "Israel Out
of Lebanon Now," and "Long Live the
Lebanese People," the demonstrators
joined in a two-hour rally against the
recent massacre of reportedly more than
1 ,500 Palestinian civilians in their refugee
camp homes in west Beirut.
Noting the deaths of countless Palestin
ian and Lebanese civilians since the Israeli
invasion of Lebanon in June, a participant
in the demonstration, which was sponsored
by the Organization of Arab Students in
Lincoln, outlined one goal of the demon
stration. We demand "immediate and
unconditional withdrawal of Israeli forces
from all occupied territories," including
Lebanon and "Israeli-occupied Palestine,"
said speaker Krishna Madan of Lincoln.
"Israel can take everything from the
Palestinians but justice. The Palestinians
v have justice on their side," he said.
Amid occasional shouts of "Go home"
from the. .circulating crowd, thedenion
strators held a one-minute vigil for the
Palestinian and Lebanese dead. Many
sang the Palestinian national anthem before
a series of speeches were presented by
various organization spokespersons.
President of the Organization of Arab
Students in Lincoln, Haytham Zaitr,
presented the second demand.
"The Organization of Arab Students
condemns Israel's barbaric acts against our
Lebanese and Palestinian people. We plead
with all progressive and democratic forces
to press Reagan to halt military aid to
Israel."
"The Lebanese, the Palestinians and
other Arabs ask the people of the United
States: 'What have we done to America
so that you would go out of your way to
kill our people and displace innocent
human beings?' " an Organization of Arab
Students' pamphlet said.
Kevin Porch, a representative of the
Young Socialist Alliance in Lincoln, said,
"Reagan isn't terrified by what has
happened to the Palestinian people - he
aided it. . .The source of the power rs in
America." The Israeli government is an
agent of U.S. policy against the people of
Lebanon and Palestinians, he said.
The demonstrators also demanded
recognition of the PLO as the sole
representative of the Palestinian people,
the- Arab organization pamphlet said.
"Let the Zionists know, we will stand
shoulder-to-shoulder with the heroic
people of Palestine," said Mansoor Parsaye,
a representative of the Iranian Students'
Association of Lincoln.
Quiet came when Lebanese UNL stu
dent Nabil Khachab stepped up to the
microphone to elaborate on the fourth
demand, an end to Israel's alleged "war
of genocide in Lebanon," on behalf of
UNL's Lebanese students.
"I am sorry for the fact that it took
such a massacre to arouse your curiosity,"
he said to the crowd. "We want all foreign
armies out of Lebanon, out of every inch
of our land. . .We want the Lebanese army
to control the country. . .We want one
Lebanon. We want the chance to prove
ourselves, so we say to you, Mr. Begin,
'Lift your bloody hands off Lebanon.'
Let our country survive and it will rise
again."
The demonstration also was supported
by the Moslem Iranian Students' Soc
iety - Lincoln chapter, the Progressive
Student Union, the General Union of
Palestinian Students, the Latin American
Solidarity Committee and the Organization
of Arab Students - Omaha.
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ASUN
By Eric Peterson
The ASUN Senate passed a resolution introduced by
Sen. Kristine Mullen which opposes changes in federal
protection of handicapped education at a meeting Wed
nesday night.
Annie Mumgaard, a UNL student who spoke for the
resolution, said the Lincoln City Council and Mayor
Helen Boosalis have supported similar action. The Rea
gan administration is seeking to deregulate some sec
tions of the Rehabilitation Act, which requires educa
tional institutions which have received federal funding
to provide Ma free appropriate education" for all child
ren and adult students with disabilities.
Under current law, all schools which have any handi
capped students must maintain the least restrictive school
environment, update and evaluate each individual's pro
gress every year, and grant due process hearings to people
who don't feel they've had adequate treatment under
the law. ii
Mumgaard stressed that mainstreaming with others
is essential to handicapped person's life, Mainstreaming
involves integrating handicapped students into regular
classrooms. The administrations proposal would make
this impossible in many cases, with negligent state govern
ments tailing to take up the abandoned authority.
Responding to a Daily Nebraskan editorial critical
of the handling of a dispute between the UNL Student
Court and ASUN Electoral Commissioner Jennifer Fager,
ASUN President Dan Wcdckind taid, MYou can only
beat a dead horse so long.
ASUN adviser Dolores Simpson-Kirkland explained
the Mentor program at UNL to the senate. "It provides
a chance for students to get to know faculty and uni
versity staff members,' she said. Simpson-Kirkland said
the Mentor program was begun four years ago to help
students fit into UNL in a more personal way.
Students In the program match up with faculty or
staff people to talk about personal problems, career
plans, or share aesthetic and multi-cultural experiences,
hange in hand
Simpson-Kirkland added. Interested students may con-
taci ner ior more information.
Sen. Kathy Roth announced new appointments Wed
nesday night. Deb Blair, Reg Kuhn, J. L. Spray, Mary
Marcy, and Mike O'Neal will be on the Judicial Board,
and T. J. Kinnick, Phil Ginsburg, Carolyn Coffey and Lee
Ann Kullenburg will be alternate board members. John
Fordham, Stacey Svoboda, Jan Schelkopf and Ron Rose
will be members of the Appeals Board. Mike Klein and
Kelly Ethridge will be on the Constitutions committee.
David Spencer will be the senate appointee to the elec
toral commission. The UNL student court, ASUN presi
dent and faculty also appoint electoral commission mem
bers. All the appointments were approved by the senate.
Dave Dittmar, student health insurance representative
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tion
from the University Health Center, explained to the se
nate why the university has changed student health
policies from last year. Dittmar said the Keystone In
surance company offers wider coverage for only a lit
tle more money than does Mutual of Omaha, last year's
insurer. Dittmar said a lot of students find they need a
health insurance policy for themselves when they come
to college.
"A lot of students are coming off their parents' cover
age, it's a new experience, and it's good to have a group
policy there," he noted. If a UNL student is a policy
member, all care at the health center is free; if the stu
dent goes somewhere else for health care, 80 percent of
costs up to $2,500 are covered after a $50 deductible,
and all costs are covered between $2,500 and $25,000.
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Stall Photo by Craig Andrawn
Sophomore mechanical engineering student Tom Whitney dozes on the grass near the College of Business Admini
stration. Wednesday's sparkling weather should continue through Friday, according to the National Weather
Service.
