Kerrey: Let conscience rule decision-making
By Shawn Hubbell
Staff Reporter
People could avoid many nega
tive consequences if they wouldn’t
rush into decisions, former Gov. Bob
Kerrey told a group of about 50
University of Ncbraska-Lincoln
honor students Wednesday.
Kerrey, a candidate for the U.S.
Senate, said many of these conse
quences could be avoided if people
engaged their consciences when
making decisions.
‘Very often your conscience will
guide you in the right direction,”
Kerrey said.
The nation already has seen some
of these negative consequences,
Kerrey said. For example, he said,
some of the chemicals developed in
the 1950s and 1960s have led to
chemical dependency today.
But Kerrey said he doesn’t blame
technology for today’s problems.
“I don’t think we need to distrust
technology,” he said. “I’m just sug
gesting we shouldn’t endow it with
qualities it doesn’t have.”
Sometimes, Kerrey said, people
assume that because something is
faster and newer, it’s better. Moral
judgment needs to be brought into
technology, he said.
“I’m not a moralist,” he said. “I
believe in an absolute truth — a right
and a wrong.”
Technology plays an important
part in Nebraska’s agricultural econ
omy, he said.
Nebraska needs to invest in agri
cultural technology at the university,
he said, especially in production re
search, alternative crops and new
uses for existing crops.
He said the government must
become involved in the family farm
to help farmers earn a return on their
production.
Kerrey said U.S. agricultural pol
icy failed in 1981 because the gov
ernment was not involved.
Kerrey also advocated state
government’s involvement in select
ing the University of Nebraska Board
of Regents.
Regents should be appointed by
the governor instead of being elected.
With elected regents, the governor is
still blamed and is responsible for
higher education anyway, Kerrey
said. Appointed regents would give
the governor some accountability, he
said.
The university should be more
selective in determining which areas
to strive for excellence in.
“We may have to select out some
things and say we can’t be excellent
in them, or say we can but don’t have
the resources,” he said.
LB 1185 to help
alleviate shortage
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Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha
testified in favor of the bill. She is the
chairwoman of the Department of
Community Health, Psychiatric
Mental Health and Gerontology
Nursing.
“We sec the bill as a very positive
step,” Bowers said.
She also supported forgiving the
loans instead of deferring payment.
“Cash flow for doctors is different
from the salary situation of nurses,”
she said.
Jon Obcrg, president of the Asso
ciation of Independent Colleges and
Universities of Nebraska said vacan
cies exist in state nursing programs
because of a lack of financial aid.
‘We see the bill as
a very positive
step.’
—Bowers
Obcrg said he isn’t sure there will
be enough people to receive the loans
and suggested a loan forgiveness
program.
“We think a better approach is
outright grants to students,” he said.
Nelson said the program would
cost $35,(XX) to administer and would
probably loan $ 150,(XX) the first year.
Because it is a loan and not a grant
program, it would eventually be self
supporting, she said.
LB 1185 was not advanced out of
committee Thursday.
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of all men with the disease do not
notice symptoms, those who do com
plain of painful urination and a dis
charge from the penis.
Women often mistake their symp
toms for a simple hormonal imbal
ance, he said.
Chlamydia can be treated with
antibiotics, Brady said, but hysterec
tomies may be necessary for women
in extreme cases.
Chlamydia eventually can cause
sterility in w omen or men if left un
treated, Brady said.
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Tons of paper recycled every year
By Trevor McArthur
Staff Reporter
Each year between 120,000 and
140,000 pounds of paper are col
lected from the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln for recycling.
Each week someone from Citi
zens for Environmental Improve
ments, a local group concerned with
environmental affairs and recy
cling, comes to empty the 81 barrels
in buildings on the East and City
campuses. Nearly 3,000 pounds of
scrap computer printouts, newspa
pers and other types of paper is
collected for reuse.
Marlene Beyke, Director of
Development for ASUN, says the
recycling effort began four years
ago when CEI asked for help in
getting one started on campus. The
Campus Life Committee of ASUN
helped CEI contact department di
rectors across the campus to set up
collection barrels in buildings.
Each barrel can hold about 70
pounds of paper but only about 38
full barrels are taken away each
week.
The recycled paper docs not
make much money for anyone.
According to Scott Jurgen, Shop
Manager for CEI, his organization
only makesaboutS50doliarsa week
from all the paper they collect, in
cluding that paper that comes from
UNL. Neither ASUN or UNL re
ceive any money for the paper they
donate.
So far, only paper is being col
lected for recycling. Jurgen says he
would like to collect aluminum, but
says there are problems such as
getting an on-campus collection
site.
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