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January 23,1989 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 88 No. 84
Lincoln residents demonstrate for peace
By Jana Pedersen
Staff Reporter
Calling for a change in U.S. in
volvement in Central America,
about 40 Lincoln residents
demonstrated for peace Friday at the
Federal Building.
The local display at 15lh and O
streets, sponsored by Nebraskans for
Peace, Youth for Global Awareness
and Early Warning, was part of a
nationwide demonstration in con
junction with President George
Bush’s inauguration. The national
demonstration was organized by the
committee in Solidarity with the
People of El Salvador.
Janet Denison, chairperson of the
Central American Response Team of
Nebraskans for Peace, said the dem
onstration was timed to bring Bush’s
attention to problems in Central
America.
we warn to give a message 10
people on Bush’s inauguration day
that we want a new policy in Central
America,” Denison said.
‘‘Instead of confrontation, we
want negotiation,” she said.
To promote that message, demon
strators held signs and handed out
pamphlets condemning U.S. support
of right-wing ‘‘death squads” in El
Salvador.
At one point, a mock ‘‘death
squad” kidnapped two of the pro
testors, demonstrating that such a
protest would not be allowed in El
Salvador.
The protest will be continued to
day with a nationwide call-in to the
White House. Demonstrators handed
out pamphlets with the White House
phone number and instructions to call
today to protest United States’ in
volvement in El Salvador.
El Salvador was picked as the
focus of the demonstration because
of national sponsor interest and the
lack of media coverage about the
country, Denison said.
Nell Eckersley, a freshman social
science education major and member
of Early Warning, said that not
enough attention is given to El Salva
dor.
“El Salvador has been ignored by
the media... .It’s almost worse than
the rest of Central America because
there’s no communism. We aren’t
sure what we’re doing there,” she
said.
American money that currently
supports “death squads” in El Salva
dor should be used to support non
violent activity and purchase necessi
ties such as food, Eckersley said.
The changing administration may
enact a new Central American policy,
but Denison said she doesn’t foresee
any big changes.
“Bush talks about a kinder, gen
tler nation. A foreign policy based on
peace and justice would certainly be a
step in the right direction,’’ she said.
David Fahlaaorv'Dally Nebraskan
Members of Nebraskans for Peace, Youth for Global Awareness and Early Warning protested
United States involvement in Central America Friday afternoon in front of the Federal Building
at 15th and 0 streets.
Zatechka says no condom machines in halls
By Brandon Loomis
Senior Reporter
though some of the University
if Nebraska-Lincoln’s peer in
titutions recently have in
stalled condom dispensers in their
residence halls, Director of Housing
Doug Zatechka said he has no plans
to extend that convenience to UNL
students.
Zatechka said students should
continue to get condoms at the Uni
versity Health Center, where doctors
can give them guidance on matters of
both physical and mental health.
“I don’t know how a vending
machine in a bathroom in a dormitory
hall can give that advice,” he said.
Last tail, the University of Wis
consin-Madison allowed the student
governments of each residence hall to
vote on whether to sell condoms in
their food and beverage vending
machines.
Paul Evans, assistant director of
student affairs at the university, said
each of the 14 halls voted in favor of
installing the condoms.
UWM is one of UNL’s peer insti
tutions, based on size, faculty salaries
and similarities in mission.
Evans said the university sends
brochures on AIDS education to each
hall resident, and the condoms are
packaged with detailed instructions.
“We’re making every effort to
inform the students, so I don’t feel it’s
necessary for them to talk to a doc
tor,” he said.
But Zatechka said the advice
given in brochures could not be as
personalized or useful as advice from
a doctor.
‘‘They’re going to be very ge
neric, generalized pamphlets,” he
said.
Many young students who arc
sexually active understand the health
risks, but don’t take into mind emo
tional factors, Zatechka said.
‘ ‘They have no idea of the psycho
logical implications of their ac
tions,” he said. ‘‘Some of those
emotions are outstanding, but some
can be destructive.”
Condoms should not be so con
veniently located that students will
use them without first getting edu
cated, Zatechka said.
George Droll, director of resi
dence services at the University of
Iowa in Iowa City, said he sees put
ting condoms in residence hall vend
ing machines as an extension of the
university’s sex education efforts.
UI put condoms in residence hall
vending areas over Christmas vaca
tion.
The presence of condoms in resi
dence halls should make students
more aware of health risks, and more
likely to practice safe sex, Droll said.
The university also installed racks of
educational pamphlets on the wall
next to the machines.
“The idea is not to sell products,
but to educate students,” he said.
Evans said the University of Wis
consin-Madison holds annual ‘‘Con
dom Olympics,” and students play
games like volleyball with inflated
condoms. The purpose, he said, is
simply to put the idea of safe sex in
every student’s head.
The universities of Colorado and
Missouri arc the only Big Eight con
ference schools thatcurrently distrib
ute condoms in residence halls.
Don Graham, associate director of
residential life at the University of
Missouri-Columbia, said the univer
sity installed machines in response to
student pressure. But only two ma
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Economy gets boost
Research shows state growth
By Jerry Guenther
Staff Reporter
Nebraska’s economy, boosted
by federal subsidies for
farmers, grew at an esti
mated 2.5 percent during 1988,
according to the latest monthly
report by the Bureau of Business
Research at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln.
John Austin, statistical coordi
nator for the bureau, said this is the
sixth consecutive year that both
state and national economies have
expanded. He said the national
economy grew at just under 4 per
cent.
Gross national product and
gross state product figures meas
ure the value of all the goods and
services produced in an economy
during a given lime period.
One benefit to Nebraska’s
economy last year was an increase
in motor vehicle sales, Austin
said.
Austin said that based on 1988
estimates, motor vehicle sales
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were up about 18.5 percent from
1987.
The jump in motor vehicle
sales probably can be attributed to
larger-lhan-usual federal subsidy
payments to farmers during the
first and second quarters last year,
Austin said. These may have
caused many farmers to purchase
newer pickups and cars.
Nebraska farmers also weath
ered the drought better than many
other Midwest farmers, Austin
said.
“In the central part of the state
and out west, rainfall was average
to even above average in some
cases,” Austin said. “It also came
at the right times.”
Crop outputs for the state as a
whole during 1988 arc estimated <
to be only slightly below 1987
levels, he said.
Lower crop yields in other
slates, which were in part respon
sible for driving up prices, helped
to make Nebraska’s farm income
“fr ‘ high,” he said.
y guess is that, perversely
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enough, we actually benefited
from the drought,” Austin said.
In Nebraska, Austin said, the
agricultural sector is a much big
ger part of the economy than it is
nationally.
The farming sector made up
about 8.6 percent of the state’s
total economy from 1969-87,
while it is usually 1 to 2 percent of
the national economy, he said.
But Nebraska’s economy is
even more at the mercy of agricul
ture because of the purchasing
power of farmers.
Farmers impact other sectors
when they buy grain, fertilizer,
machinery and goods from local
merchants, he said.
‘‘The farmers total impact on
„ihe slate is very much understated
by farm income,” Austin said.
Forecasting the Nebraska econ
omy can be difficult because the
farm sector often is dependent on
uncontrollable factors such as the
weather and grain export levels, he
said.__
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