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Weather: Mostly sunny and mild today. Winds westerly 5-15 mph with a high of 55. Cloudy and cold tonight. Low of 29. Cloudy on Friday with a high of 55. Boehmer and Zoo doing what they do best Diversions, page 7 Iowa State quarterback beating 'bad attitude' rap Sports, page 13 November 7, 1985 By Todd von Kampen and Deb Hooker Staff Reporters Gov. Bob Kerrey said Wednesday he did not believe that a 3 percent cut in state support would permanently dam age NU as university officials have claimed. By pushing for a 2 percent cut now, he said, supporters of the university may find less sympathy from state government later. "In myjudgment, they foolishly came down here to argue for an additional 1 percent," he said. "And we'll see what , .fl y-j; , fjsl -rr 1 Del Ridder of Lincoln was one of about 50 people who demonstrated against abortion in front of the Nebraska Union Wednesday morning. Roe vs. Wade lawyer at union Pro-life fflr By Linda Hartmann Staff Reporter About 50 people with anti-abortion signs stood for two hours outside the Nebraska Union Wednesday to protest a speech by Sarah Wedding ton. Members of the Lincoln Right to Life, Newman Center, Christian Ac tion Council and Seward Pro-Life Council gathered for the protest. Weddington spoke to about 700 the Texas Office of State-Federal Relations. In 1973 she argued and won the landmark U.S. Supreme Court Roe vs. Wade, which legalized abortion. Weddington spokes to about 700 people at the YWCA Tribute to YY x Daily jj m NU damage cl price they'll pay when an income tax increase is considered." Kerrey, speaking at his weekly press conference, said he did not threaten to cut state support for higher education beyond the amount approved by the Legislature when he talked with sena tors Tuesday. Kerrey said Neligh Sen. John DeCamp was mistaken when he said Kerrey would use his line-item veto authority to restore nearly $2 million in budget cuts for NU and the four state colleges. DeCamp and three other senators met with Kerrey Tuesday morning as the Legislature considered amend st " .'.' ftc" ill ' v" 'ouHs' protest speaker Women luncheon, honoring women who have worked to improve the community. She said attitudes about women in our society are changing because of women's contributions to society. When she was in the Texas Legis lature, Weddington said, she helped pass bills that promoted women's equality. As a lawyer for the U.S. Agriculture Department, Wedding ton said, she couldn't find more than a handful of women business leaders, labor leaders and college presidents to serve on task forces. "Women have always been lead ers. We just haven't always given them those titles," Weddington said. Leadership is a combination of hard work and "who you know," she said. University of Nebraska-Lincoln ments to the main budget bill that reduced the 3 percent cut in state sup port Kerrey sought to 2 percent. Sena tors approved the amendments on 28 12 and 28-16 votes. He said he would not comment on whether specific agencies had been trimmed enough until the Legislature approved the final budget bill and sent it to his desk. In Legislative action, Sen. Rex Hab erman of Imperial proposed an amend ment to the budget reduction bill to repeal the $5 million the Legislature appropriated last year to the Lied Cen ter for Performing Arts. He said he sees no need for the Lied ,i David CreamerDaily Nebraskan Satisfaction from leadership comes from accomplishing things for the good of other people, she said. "I want to be part of the process of pushing back the walls of cages around women," Weddington said. "I believe some leaders are born women." Ron Zelt, president of the Pro Life council, said his group pro tested Weddington's appearance at the luncheon because of her posi tion on abortion and the pro-abortion position the YWCA took by having her speak. "YWCA presents itself as a fam ily, Christian-oriented organization," Zelt said. "We think this is mislead ing and deceptive of their image." aims esassera Center. "The old center (Kimball Recital Hall) has only been filled once in the last five years," Haberman said. AP reported that senators rejected, 22-16, an amendment protecting the UNL Institute of Agriculture and Natu ral Resources from sharp budget cuts. The original amendment called on the NU Board of Regents to treat the institute equally with other NU cam puses when making budget cuts. The amendment stemmed from concerns that NU officials might disband the School of Technical Agriculture at Curtis. At the press conference, Kerrey said New sorghum cerea developed By Kim Schwartze Staff Reporter A sorghum cereal developed at UNL could be on breakfast tables soon in China. - - - UNL food science and technology professor Chuck Walker and UNL grad uate Shin Lu, originally from Taiwan, spent two years developing a grain sorghum cereal nicknamed "Captain Mile" "It was a joint idea Shin Lu wrote me from Taiwan with the idea of devel oping a convenience instant breakfast food made from rice," Walker said. "We don't work with rice here but I sug gested that maybe sorghum could be used." Sorghum is the second largest crop in Nebraska, used mainly for lives tock feed. Walker proposed the idea to the Nebraska Grain Sorghum Development, Utilization and Marketing Board. The Check-off Board, which funds the re search and marketing of sorghum, agreed to fund the three-year project. The Check-off Board is supported by DN regional of Collegiate By Janis Lovitt Staff Reporter The Daily Nebraskan was named one of four Midwestern winners of a regional Pacemaker Award, presented to col lege newspapers by the Associated Col legiate Press for the 1984-85 academic year. The Pacemaker Award is presented annually to five-star, All-American col lege newspapers, said Paul Buys, con test director. There are five regions across the United States. Nationwide about 2,SO0 newspapers competed for the award. The Daily Nebraskan, The Daily Kansan from the University of Kansas, the Kansas State Collegian and MATC Times at Milwaukee Area Technical College were chosen from a group of 12 newspapers in the Midwest Region. There are 10 states in the Midwest div ision. Buys said he considers these four newspapers "the best of the best." The Midwest winners competed with Vol. 85 No. 53 3: he was willing to consider an income tax increase, but only if senators passed such a bill through all three readings. Although the original income tax bill, LB10, was ruled outside the call by Nebraska Attorney General Robert Spire, Kerrey said, Spire told him he could expand the call to include LB10 until the last day of the session. However, a few hours later, Kerrey changed his mind and decided to include consideration of an income tax increase in the special session's agenda. Later that afternoon, the Legislature gave first-round approval to a retroac tive, one percentage point increase in the state's income tax rate. at TOIL sorghum farmers. "The purpose of the project is to develop a convenience, Western-type breakfast cereal and send the technol ogy to China. U.S.-grown hybrid sorghums are bred from three principle types of sorghum: white, yellow and bronze. Walker and Lu work with white and yellow sorgh ums, which are the most acceptable to humans, Walker said. The dark, reddish color of bronze sorghum is associated with tannin a bitter tasting chemical compound in the bran layer surrounding the endo sperm. Sorghum is a major crop in Nor theastern China, grown for human con sumption and eaten in interior China as a breakfast gruel. The Chinese have tolerated sorghum's bitter taste. Lu's process removes the bitter tasting outer part of the bran by sand ing off the outer surface. The sorghum theii is ground into pellets and flaked ana toasted to make cereal. Please see CEREAL on 6 winner Press award 16 other regional Pacemaker winners in the national competition. Six news papers won National Pacemaker Awards, including the Daily Kansan and the MATC Times. "The Daily Nebraskan was in a tough v region," Buys said. "They should be proud of this accomplishment." Sixty-two schools were chosen to compete in the finals of the regional division. Those 62 newspapers were selected by the Associated Collegiate Press with the assistance of the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers Association. The four finalists in each region were judged by John Cranfill, assistant managing editor of the Dallas Morning News. Buys said the finalists were judged in the areas of writing, editing, photo graphy, art and graphics. "We were looking for newspapers that showed innovations and superior ity to other college newspapers," he said. ted ........ pj. . M