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What better way to get everything you need—all in one trip. So hurry in for further details about Apple Pays Half, going on nght now through March 31st. Because extra help from us can help you get a lot of extras. _S J!$& I The Computer Shop I University Bookstore, Lower Level - Nebraska Union § 472-5785, Hours: 8 am-5 pm I HpmdmmmmhmtuUltwmm* mt, na t. mmM infci Own *«n, *-«**» M »m »*IKt to iomfkmu v* In 1*m ~<d ^ GmJtkrm mMltMi m jnr •mtlunmi Afpt, ' |3 w*» C!<m *n* Campm /» *pfc *.<#»* *•» *»*»■■. la*™*" *,1 Aif*Comr** h* Authoris'd Draltr jg Legislation would let restaurants and bars buy hard liquor off-sale By Jerry Guenther Staff Reporter After lengthy debate Friday, the Nebraska Legislature advanced a bill that was amended to allow bars and restaurants buy hard alcohol from other liquor establishments. LB 154, which redefines provi sions for the sale of wine to allow wine-only liquor licenses, was amended to included LB704 by Sen. Tim Hall of Omaha. Senators drafted LB704 to allow retailers in the state to purchase hard liquor from other retailers if they run out of alcohol before they can pur chase it from a distributor. Sen. Rod Johnson of Sutton said he was against adding Hall’s amend ment because such legislation would bypass the current three-tier system of alcohol distribution. Alcohol cur rently is passed from brewers to dis iributors to retailers in the state. Johnson said the current three-tier system is working well and the amendment would possibly be 4‘opening the door’ ’ to future legisla tion that could abolish the current system. ‘We’re putting into statute something which is already practiced.’ —Hall Hall said many bars already buy alcohol from non-distributors when they are out of a particular brand and are in an emergency situation. “We’re putting into statute some thing which is already practiced,’’ Hall said. Sen. Jacklyn Smith of Hastings amended Hall’s amendment to in clude a $300 annual limit on liquor purchases from non-distributors. Smith said the $300 ceiling is ade quate to serve the needs of liquor establishments. Smith’s amendment passed 27-1. After Smith’s amendment passed, Sen. Jerome Warner of Waverly pro posed to expand the hard liquor amendment to include wine. But Smith, Johnson and others said they opposed the amendment because they didn’t want to expand Hall’s amendment. Warner’s amendment failed 11 16. Hall said he added LB704 as an amendment to LB 154 because he didn’t think LB704 would come be fore the Legislature before the ses sion ends this year. . ‘ ^ - . ■ Discovered twisted root joist in Coliseum produces no threat By David G. Young Staff Reporter A twisted roof joist discovered Friday at the Coliseum will pose no threat to the building’s structure, said Rich McDermott, director of the Physical Plant. The irregularity was discovered Friday during a structural evaluation being under taken by Olsson Associates, a Lincoln archi tecture and engineering company. “It looks like the problem seems to have been there forever,” said Roger Severin, an Olsson Associates engineer. Severin said the problem involved one of the old trusses that supports the ceiling of the Coliseum, which was constructed in 1926. McDermott said the roof joist, which is a beam connecting the truss to the ceiling, “doesn’t look like what you’d expect to see.” Bob Carpenter, planning and design archi tect at the Physical Plant, viewed the roof joist with Severin Friday afternoon. “It’s just kind of twisted slightly,” said Carpenter. “It looks like it’s been under stress.” Carpenter said the irregular joist is one of “hundreds” supporting the roof of the struc ture. Olsson Associates’ evaluation of the struc ture is being executed in conjunction with the remodeling of the Coliseum for the next phase of the campus recreation center. The evalu ation should be finished by the end of this week, McDermott said. '‘Anytime you go into an old building, you’re going to take a look at tilings,’ ’ he said. “Looking at the structure, there is certainly no danger.” McDermott said consultants will give the final word on the soundness of the structure when the evaluation is completed. Though the structural evaluation will con tinue, the roof joist problem is not a major concern, McDermott said. “There is no indication that anything will be found wrong at this point,’’ he said. NU backs aid change bill AID from Page 1 The student with the lowest income should get aid first, she said, not the student who has a decent income but chooses to attend an expensive school. Jon Oberg, president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Nebraska, said public schools don’t neces sarily have the neediest students, because tuition at public schools is lower. “No, we (private schools) have the neediest students,” Oberg said. He said the bill eliminates the definition of need as being based on the difference between costand income, which is the same definition the federal government uses when determining need. “The current system sets up student aid based on student need,” Oberg said. LB468 would give virtually a free ride to students going to low-cost schools, while putting a “squeeze” on independent schools, he said. “The state would help most the student who didn’t help himself through outside work,” he said. Donald Lienemann of Papillion testified against LB468, saying financial aid of any kind to students provokes laziness. He said students should work their way through college as he did in the 1940s. “You should put your shoulder to the wheel and push rather than having the state give it out,” he said. The slate should not give handouts, Lienemann said. “Do you want to strengthen the future citizens of this stale, or do you want to weaken them?” $.50 OFF Any pizza 475-6363 NAME_ ADDRESS_ DATE_ EXPIRES 3-31-89 $i!bo"OFF ' Any Pizza Ordered 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 475-6363 Name_ ADDRESS_ DATE_ EXPIRES 3-31-89 I Meeting April 15 J ALUMNI from Page 5__ could find out which companies are against discrimination. UNL needs an alumni association for gays so it can catch up with other universities in the tolerance of homo sexuality, he said. Gay alumni groups are recognized as student groups at Ohio University and Bowdoin College in Maine, as well as other universities, Bell said. Bell cited Delta Lambda Phi, a | national gay fraternity organization, ' and Lambda Delta Lambda, a lesbian | sorority at UCLA as signs of the gay I community's progress. Bell said the possibility that I ASUN won’t recognize the group , doesn’t worry him. “We aren’t asking for money,’’ | he said. ‘ ‘ And there are constitutional | cases which protect the recognition I of student groups on campus. The alumni association’s first I meeting will be April 15, he said.