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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 04 No. 143
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Tho KU Board cfGesssta' decision to crests a
regtei College cfVetexinsxy l!edicine et UNL
tppssra to go egdnst other university objectives
to reduce spsRCisg, Gov. Eob Kerrey arid Wee
diy.
Kerrey diseased the veterinary school,' the
rural school cojisolidstion bill and the bask tax
bills tt his weekly press conference tt the stsfce '
Capitol .
The regents voted 6-2 Ssturdsy to create a $15
million to $20 million vet school at UHL About"
h:if of the mousey for the project would come
Iron state tax dollars and private contributions.
Kerrcy bid the decision did not support the
belief that UNL's f.rar.eisl situation is unsteady
We've got to get to fee point where we realize
we cannot be all things to all people," Kerrey
At soma point, the university could be expect
ed to "mske seine tocsh dedsiens" about the
elisaiREticn cf whole cclle2J3 & prcgrs,
- Kerrey ssi- Yet,, the rccnts are locking at
- Kerrey said & report frca the task force on
Mfjier education said the cost of professional
schools is rising, making it even less practical
for the university to begin a vet school.
The prefect still Would have to pass another
. regents' vote and be approved by the Legislature
before it was put into effect.
The present plan would enter UNL in a joint
' program with Kansas State or Mississippi State -universities,
both of which have veterinary pro
grams. Students would take the first part of their
training at the other institution, then return to
UNL for clinical training.
In other business, Kerrey restated his position
on- LB662, which would eliminate Class I (ele
mentary school) districts and consolidate them
with a high school district.
Kerrey said he is more concerned with quality
of education than tax equity that could come
from such a consolidation. He said he still plans
to visit some Class I schools, including a possi-.
ble trip to some in the Sandhills todsy, to help
determine his position.
"There is a wide range of schools and wide
range of educational quality," Kerrey said.
The tax issue is valid, but it changes from'
district to district, Kerrey said.
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" i The defeat of Gen. George Custer and his 214
'troops in 1876 in Montana's Little Big Horn Val
ley has inspired more than 900 books and they
J all may have to be rewritten.
.' 'Recent findings from archaeological studies
directed by the Lincoln-based Midwestern
.. ' Archaeological Center may change the story that
H put Custer in the history books, said Doug Scott,
the center's coordinator for archaeological re-.,
."search.-
- -"Custer was in the wrong place at the wrong
time," Scott said. Scott says Custer's troops were
outnumbered by Sioux and Cheyenne warriors by
-a ratio of more than 7-to-I. Host of the warriors
had firearms, the new findings show.
' : A fire burned off about one square mils of the
Custer's Battlefield National Monument in May
1ES3, uncovering many of the new artifacts.
"It was an act of God, if you will, that led to
the discoveries," Scott said.
The research center was given $15,000 from
the Custer's Battlefield Historical and Museum
Association along with private donations to fund
the on-location research. All of the artifacts dis
covered are being brought back to Lincoln where
they are analyzed by UNL archaeology students
and staff and the center's researchers..
' The research has shown that the Sioux and
Cheyenne Indians, which Custer and Ms troops
were supposed to bring back to a Black Hills,
S.D. reservation, had 23 types of firearms based
on bullets and cartridges found on the battlefield.
"These Indians used firearms and the natural
terrain to their advantage," Scott said. "Custer
was just very unfortunate to have stumbled onto
something that he was not able to handle."
Because of the huge amount of firearms found at
the battle site, Scott estimates that about 4,500
Indians fought in the battle. This figure is higher
than historically estimated.
The data from the new research was drawn on
a map, showing "hard evidence" that supports
the new theory that Custer's troops were defi
nitely outnumbered, Scott said. Most historians
have assumed that only about one-half of the
Indians' defense was with guns, he said. It's
assumed that the best had bows and arrows.
"History of the event was speculation. Nobody
knew for sure what happened in that one-hour
massacre," he said.
After news of the massacre reached the peo
ple, they wondered how "heathen savages" could
have defeated Custer's "superior" forces, Scott
said. ' -
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about their fathers, the researchers
said.
A iador focus of the survey was the
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a recent survey impact cf marital fcsppissss on parent-
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Althoirsh 55 percent cf the students
said they sre very attached to their
bonds. The cusllty effsther-chiid
ties, for example, was fo?nd to vary
according to il Lr.tj' prcr.irns cf
their p:rc;.ts' r.:r.;'D.
Only 12 pcrcr.t cf etuicr.ts v.ho
thought th:L- pr-'.3 cre ur.h;;pi!y
Kirri:d rc;-:r.:i :!r:-g '.:.cti;n f:r
their f;tl ers. TLls rcci U 12 :crr:::t
tr.crj ttults ho telle. :d their
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reported for the parent who didn't have
child custody. The level cf affection for-
the non-custodial psrsst depended on
the amount of divorce-relsted conflict
among the parents arid the frequency
of visitations.
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The lowest parental ratings went
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other hsnd, seemed to be gescrslly
well-received. Children of divorced
to their stepfsth ers than to the natural,
These and other survey results are
bet"! rt'llrsd h the Ilrrch l:r.:2 cf
tha Jaurr.;d cf Fwr.ily Ireix
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rations would tiurt
Consumers would be hurt if state
lawmakers repeal Initiative 300 and
atisns are allowed to take
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ever Nebraska fcms, sdd a Nebraska
Farmers' Union cfScial Tuesday at
UNL ,
Neil Oxton, president cf the union,
spoke to Farm Action Concerns
Tomorrow's Society in support cf
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C-:-.:::, r:e;:.tV f:rm:d to provide
students iJ faculty members with
lrJlerr..atisn cn current fnrt issues.
71 3 d:rTr in ccrperate control
cf!."-l::..'.ri fjT.3 is Ce.t "ecrpcra
tierjh"V3 rceulcni "no concern
for people," Oxton said.
If Nebraska had passed Initiative
SOD in the 1970s instead cf the
1980s, the state wouldn't have faced
"roaring" land devaluations, he said.'
Oxton predicted continued f-m
land devaluations until land prices
equsl those from 18&8 to 18 m
Oxton said he disagrees '
opponents cf the initiative, saying
those people would keep using "sly
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"cause they "don't havo the eourig3
to take it to the people."
Oxtca said he and ether ssppes
ters garnered the ,003 signatures
needed to put the issue on the bal
let instead cf introducing it as a till
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