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CORRECTION: In a measles story (ON, May 3), the 4th case was a woman who works In the Telecommunications Center in Nebraska Had. Also, the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra (ON, May 3) will perform tonight at 7 p m. WEATHER: INDEX Thursday, lingering showers in morning, partly cioudywithhighs65-70,NWwinds15-25mph. „_ , Thursday night, partly cloudy, lows in mid 40s. p^Hai'09*1.a Friday, nigns In 60s. Extended fc*ecast, Diversions.5 mainly dry Saturday and Sunday with highs in sport* ........! .'.'.‘.Vi3 60s, warming to 70s Monday. Classifieds.15 Vol. 88 No. 152 |_ F - ^ y" ■ ^. D«vW Frana7^a1lyTIebrBsk«in Members of Early Warning! feign death as the victims of a nuclear holocaust during testing of civil defense sirens Wednesday morning In front of Broyhilf Fountain. I Students ‘die’ to raise awareness I By Roger Price Suff Reporter - A s civil defense sirens blared LjL Wednesday, about 10 stu ^ dents screamed “There it is, Aaahhhhh,,.!” and fell to the ground - “dead,” A couple of minutes taler, Joe Bowman, facilitator for >Stf$jr Wanting!, said “OK” and the stu dents rose from their death beds I and resumed their game of hacky sack near BroyhtU Fountain. The “die-in” was an attempt to raise awareness about the threat of nuclear war, said Bowman, a jun ior anthropology major. Bowman said the “die-in” was an “empowering thing.’* “It makes you feel good,” he said. Before their “deaths” mem bers of Early Warning! distributed fact sheets about civil defense which included a list of actions to take in the event of nuclear attack and a locator map for the faitout shelters m Lincoln. Bowman said this event was staged because most people aren’t well informed about civil defense. Carl Klamer, a sophomore po litical science major, said he has been participating in “die-ins” for about four years and said he thinks "they are an effective means of getting our message across.” Klamer said he and other members of Early Warning! have held ‘ ‘die-ins’ ’ at the state capitol, NBC building and the Federal Building in Lincoln, and the White House and U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. “I think most people don’t even think a6out nuclear war; this shocks people into thinking,” Klamer said. Klamer estimated that less than 100 people saw the actual “die in,” but “they’re going to talk about it to others,” he said. About 20 people watched the entire “die-in.” Health Center diagnoses two more measles cases By Amie DeFrain Staff Reporter_ University Health Center offi cials diagnosed two more University of Nebraska-Lin coln students with rubeola measles Wednesday, and another student is suspected of having the disease. Dr. Ralph Ewert, chief of staff at the University Health Center, said the students, two males and a female, apparently contracted the measles from the first reported victim. All frtiir ctnrlAntc Ha caiH IKsa on ihi seventh and ninth floors of Abel Hall. Ewert said the student who is sus pected of having measles has yet to be officially diagnosed because his rash may only be a side effect of his vacci nation. The victim will have to stay in his room until the rash disappears. About one out of every five people who are vaccinated will get a rash or slight fever that lasts from a few days to two weeks, Ewert said. The three students, Ewert said, are considered contagious since last Wednesday. They attended the following classes Monday, Wednesday and Friday this week and last week: • Geography 150, 1:30 p.m. to 2:20 p.m. in 22 Avery Hall. • Classics iou, iz:jup.m. to t:zu p.m. in 104 Love Library. • English 205, 8:30 a.m. to 9:20 a.m. in 121 Andrews Hall. • Modem Language 100, 2:30 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. in 104 Love Li brary. • Bio Psychology 101, 7:30 a.m. to 8:20 a.m. in 124 Henzlik Hall. They attended the following Tues day and Thursday classes this week and last: • History 120, 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. in 212 Avery. • Geography 120, 2 p.rn. to 3:15 p.m. in 110 Hamilton Hall. • Physics 211,12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. in 211 Brace. • English 102, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in 33 Andrews. • History 100,9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. in B-5 Military and Naval Sci ence. Monday through Friday, a victim attended Math 107H, 10:30 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. in 208 Oldfather Hall. Tuesday, a victim attended Bio Sci ence 101L, 2:30 p.m. to 5:20 p.m. in 121 Manter Hall. Wednesday a vic tim attended Physics 211, 8:30 a.m. to 9:20 a.m. in 113N Brace. Ewert said those students living on the two residence hall floors and those in the victims’ classes should get immunized at the health center as soon as possible. People who were immunized be fore 1969 or immunized before 15 months of age should be re-immu nized. People bom before 1957 are considered to have natural immunity because measles epidemics were common before that year. Until the state health department decides not to provide free vaccina tions, Ewert said, the health center will continue to provide free shots on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Roughly 5,000 students still need to be immunized, he said. The num ber of faculty and staff members, who aiso arc ocing proviaea irce snois, is considerably less because many do not fit the guidelines, he said. The total cost of the entire immu nization drive, Ewert said, hasn’t been figured. However, at $11 a shot times the 7,500 people processed so far, he said, the cost can be estimated in the tens of thousands. “That’s a sizeable bill,” he said. “We (the center) just keep our fin gers crossed and just hope that those people that have been exposed, have been immunized.” (Legislature reverses decision; funds UNL aquaculturalist |#y Jerry Guenther iuff Reporter ▲ fter voting Tuesday not to /% provide $50,000 in funding ^ ^ few an aquacultural specialist it the University of Nebraska-Lin oln, the Nebraska Legislature idopted such a measure Wednesday noming. Approval of the amendment came ifter Sen. David Bemard-Stevens of forth Platte moved for a reconsiders ton of the measure during discussion m LB813. LB813 is the state operations and tate appropriations bill that provides unding for many of the operations at Bemard-Stevens, co-sponsor of he amendment, said there are numer als individuals in western and central Nebraska who are interested in the aquacullural industry. Those people need a specialist, Bcmard-Stevens said, who can assist them with the oxygenation, disease control and marketing needed for raising fish. Aquaculture is a “budding new industry" that could have a large economic return for the state, he said. Sen. Rod Johnson of Sutton said an aquacullural expert would help Nebraska develop a product that is in demand, such as catfish. The No. 1 cash crop in Louisiana is catfish, he said. Sen. Rex Haberman of Imperial said aquaculture could help people in Western Nebraska as well the state by providing new jobs. Haberman said he thinks $50,000 is a reasonable amount to invest for a venture capital project “Who knows?’1 Haberman said. Senators debate increasing tuition at KSC By Jerry Guenther Staff Reporter An amendment designed to raise the tuition rate at Kearney State College to equal the tuition rate at the Univer sity of Nebraska at Omaha by 1990-91 drew serious discussion before it was withdrawn Wednes day. Kearney State would become part of the University of Nebraska system under a provision of LB247, a bill that is in final read ing in the Legislature. The amendment, sponsored by Sen. Scott Moore of Stromsburg, would have decreased state fund ing for Kearney State and likely would have forced Kearney State to raise tuition to make up for the lost revenue. Currently tuition at Kearney State is $36.50 per credit hour for resident undergraduates. UNO’s tuition is $45.25 per resident undergraduate credit hour. Moore said he offered the amendment to prompt discussion by senators on the Kearney State See AMEND on 3 “Some of these fish might be sold in Omaha sometime.” Sen. Scott Moore of Stromsburg said he thinks aquaculture would be a worthwhile industry for the Legisla ture to fund, “but the fact of the matter is you can’t afford to do every thing you want to do.’* ‘‘It’s as simple as that,” Moore said. Sen. Jerome Warner of Waverly also spoke out against funding the aquacullural specialist. Warner said the Games and Parks Commission already has 12 manage ment biologist specialists located throughout the state who could assist those involved in the aquacultural industry. Many of the specialists have ex pertise in the growing and cultivating of fish, Warner said, and it would be See LEGtSLATUREon 3 ■Debate to continue on bill requiring parental notification Iky Natalie Weinstein tiff Reporter PI late senators continued heated debate Wednesday afternoon on a bill that would equire minors who want to have an ibortion to first notify both their par ols. Senators took no action on the bill md are scheduled to continue first ound debate this afternoon. Sen. Bemice Labcdz of Omaha, he bill’s primary sponsor, said the >ill will - among other things - pro ect “the minor from her own impru lent decision” and preserve “the integrity of the family unit.” Sen. Arlene Nelson of Grand Is land said she thinks it will destroy as many families as it will help. ‘ This is a bill to harass those at the most traumatic time of their lives,” she said. Thirty senators have co-sponsored the bill. This is five more than is needed to eventually turn the bill into law. Under the bill, the minor female can bypass parental notification by going before a judge or by telling the physician that she has been physi cally abused, sexually abused or neglected. The physician then must inform “proper authorities” of the abuse or neglect, according to the bill. Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha said LB769 “will create untold mis ery.” Chambers proposed an amend ment that would remove the section of the bill requiring that the physician inform authorities of abuse or ne glect. His amendment was rejected 15-26. Chambers said victims of abuse who escape to shelters are kept there in secrecy to protect them. The same philosophy should apply to minors, he said. Knowing that authorities will be contacted will cause even more stress for the young females who must deal with their pregnancy, he said. Labcdz said she wants physicians to be forced to inform authorities of abuse or neglect so the problem will end. Sen. John Lindsay of Omaha said that without the section requiring notification of authorities, every female could lie in order to get around parental notification. Sen. Brad Ashford of Omaha said that in Minnesota where a similar law has been passed, a survey showed that about 75 percent of minors who were 15 or younger did inform their par ents. It is the other 20 to 25 percent of young females who come from “ex tremely dysfunctional families” and are least able to deal with their fami lies who are hurt by the legislation, he said. At the end of the day, Labedz moved to suspend the rules so sena tors could vote on the bill without further debate or amendments. Her motion failed 28-16. Thirty votes are needed to suspend the rules.
