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INDEX
News Digest.2
Editorial.4
Sports.5
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Classifieds.7
January 23, 1990 _ University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 89 No,89
Abortion notification makes little progress
oy victoria Ayotte
Senior Reporter
Nebraska legislators waged “holy
war” Monday but made little
headway on a bill that would
require parental notification for mi
nors before an abortion is performed.
Sen. Bernice
Labedz of
Omaha used the
term to describe
first-round de
bate on the bill
and its amend
ments during the
three-hour _
morning session. | u |
Sen. David Bemard-Stevens of
North Platte threw a wrench into the
works when he substituted a lengthy
amendment for one he had previously
introduced and then attempted to divide
the new amendment into 19 different
amendments.
The new amendment included
provisions changing the wording of
the bill to allow notification to any
adult family member, not just the
parents, and a provision that requires
counseling on the options available to
a pregnant woman.
Bemard-Stevens said he wan ted to
divide the amendment because sena
tors should be given the chance to
vote on each provision separately.
During debate on Bemard-Stevens’
amendment, Sen. Loran Schmit of
Bellwootf^aid that he will motion to
suspend debate and consideration of
further motions after consideration of
Bemard-Stevens’ amendment.
Senators did not finish debating
Bcmard-Stevens’ amendment before
adjournment, so Schmit’s motion did
not come up.
Senators voted down several other
amendments, including one to shorten
the waiting period to 24 hours be
tween notification and performing the
abortion.
The bill, introduced last year,
specifies in its current form that writ
ten notification be given by the phy
sician in person or through registered
or certified mail at least 48 hours
before the abortion.
A judgecould exempt minors from
the parental notification rule if he or
she found the female mature enough
to give informed consent or if the
abortion without parental notification
would be in her best interest.
To perform an abortion in viola
tion of the rules would be a misde
meanor and grounds for a lawsuit, the
bill states.
Sen. Brad Ashford of Omaha said
the Legislature should emphasize that
the purpose of the bill is to help the
pregnant minor, not to punish her for
being pregnant.
On the other hand, Sen. Arlene
Nelson of Grand Island said she feels
legislators are “out here to chastise
that young girl.”
Legislators, she said, arc creating
a class system with this bill in which
richer girls could get abortions and
poorer girls would be faced with the
“destructive effects of notification.”
Those who could afford it, she said,
could leave Nebraska to have abor
tions performed.
Senators spent most of the morn
ing arguing over the proposed divi
sion of one amendment by Bernard
Stevens to 19 amendments.
But Sen. Elroy Hefner of Coleridge
called the division a “filibuster
method.”
“You’re as sly as a fox,” said
Hefner referring to Bemard-Stevens’
attempt to divide his amendment
without letting senators see the sub
stitute amendment
“If we’re going to allow this, we
won’t get anything done in this ses
sion,” Hefner said.
Although Sen. Scou Moore of
Seward said he thought the division
proposal was “crossing the line on
what’s reasonable,” he supported
See CONSENT on 3
UPC budget
requests fill
CFA agenda
By Roger Price
Staff Reporter
Budget requests for performing arts and
the Committee Offering Lesbian and
Gay Events will be the most controver
sial items discussed tonight at the Committee
for Fees Allocation meeting, said Chairman
Todd Kramer.
The committee, which is partly responsible
for deciding how to allocate student fees, will
begin discussing the University Program Coun
cil’s 1990-91 budget request.
Today, Kramer said, the committee will
begin discussions on the UPC budget at 6:30
p.m. in the Nebraska Union. Items the commit
tee doesn’t cover tonight will be discussed
Thursday, he said.
The Kimball-Lied Performing Arts Com
mittee has requested $100,000 for the 1990-91
school year, representing a $25,000, or 33.3
percent, increase in its budget. KLPAC re
ceived $75,000 for the 1989-90 school year.
According to an informational packet given
to CFA members, the Kimball-Lied Perform
ing Arts Committee’s purpose “is to expose a
wider segment of the student body to profes
sional performing arts. Through education,
entertainment and awareness, KLPAC strives
to instill a continuing appreciation for the arts
at the University of Nebraska.”
Julie Sherbcck, executive board coordina
tor for UPC, said KLPAC’s budget increase is
necessary to ensure half-price tickets to most
events and reduced price tickets to major even is
for UNL students.
The money for Kimball-Lied helps subsi
dize shows at both the Lied Center for the
Performing Arts and at Kimball Recital Hall,
Sherbeck said.
The budget request for KLPAC is based on
the number of student tickets sold to shows at
Kimball and three times that amount, based on
its seating capacity, for the Lied Center, Sher
beck said.
The Committee Offering Lesbian and Gay
Events requested $1,577.35 for the 1990-91
school year, down from the $ 1,691 it requested
in 1989.
COLAGE’s request was denied last year by
the Association of Students of the University of
Nebraska. That decision was upheld by Janies
Griesen, vice-chancellor for student affairs.
Originally, COLAGE’s 1989 request was
denied by CFA’s UPC subcommittee, but $746
of the original request was reinstated by the*
whole committee.
Because COLAGE was forced to operate
without UPC funds this year, Sherbeck said, it
had to seek cosponsorships for all the events it
offered.
If COLAGE gets money this year, Sherbeck
said, it will continue to offer much of the same
programming it has offered in the past, but will
be able to do so without seeking cosponsorship.
Sherbeck said it was difficult for COLAGE
to find cosponsors for events dealing with
See UPC on 3
Thomas Sherbeck, a junior animal science major, and Rex Prior, a junior
majoring in agricultural economics, spend 20 hours a week tending the
cows, pigs and sheep used in laboratory classes at the Animal Science
Complex.
‘Good deal means cheap rent
for six East Campus residents
By Julie Dauel
Staff Reporter
Clmost every day at 6 a.m., three Uni
versity of Nebraska-Lincoln students
lake “advantage of a good deal” by
putting on their work clothes and doing
chores.
For Rex Prior, Thomas Sherbeck and Jeff
Henn, the “good deal” means cheap rent
and an alternative to residence hall or apart
ment living.
The three are part of a group of six
students who live in the Animal Science
Complex on East Campus.
One condition for living in the building,
Prior said, is that everyone has to work in
one of the areas that makes up the Animal
Science Department
The four men and two women who live
there each pay $60 a month to live in the
three dorm-like rooms, said Prior, a junior
agricultural economics major from Impe
rial.
Prior said he and his roommate, Sher
beck, a junior animal science major, work
20 hours a week in the teaching area taking
care of pigs, cows, horses and sheep used in
laboratory classes.
Shcrbeck said that some of the animals
they work with are about 20 yards from their
rooms.
“ See ANIMAL SCIENCE on 3
Special task force
will try to ensure
‘Safe Ride’for UNL
By David Burchell
Staff Reporter
A task force is being developed to work
out details of a “Safe-Ride” program
designed to keep University of Nebraska
Lincoln students from driving dnmk.
Bryan Hill, president of the Association of
Students of the University of Nebraska, said
the program would provide free rides from off
campus sites for students who have had too
much to drink.
The task force, which Hill is putting to
gether, probably will include health center and
residence hall staff members, as well as repre
sentatives from student organizations and the
city police, he said.
The task force, Hill said, will determine
such things as pickup points and the hours and
days the program will run.
Hill said UNL’s policy not to allow alcohol
on campus has encouraged students to go off
campus to drink, creating a need for the pro
gram.
Other universities with dry campuses use
similar programs, Hill said.
“There arc several campuses in the Mid
west and the Big Eight that have a Safe Ride
son of program,” he said.
UNL’s program would be modeled after one
at Florida State University, Hill said.
Nebraska's program may become a chapter
of the National Designated Driver Program, an
organization which originated at FSU.
But Hill said programs at other universities
would serve only as a starting place for one at
UNL.
“Each campus is different, and you’ve got
to adapt the model to your campus,’’ Hill said.
Transportation provided in the FSU pro
gram consists of vans staffed by two people,
one to drive and the other to keep records of
things like where students live and what condi
tion they are in when picked up.
Employees in the FSU program arc paid and
have had training in defensive driving and first
aid. Cellular telephones are used to dispatch
drivers and to call for help if necessary.
According to Hill, the task force will have
its first meeting in February. When the task
force has formulated the proposal, Hill said, he
plans to submit it to James Gricsen, vice chan
cellor for student affairs.
Hill said he hopes the university will help
sponsor the program. Other potential sponsors
are bars, liquor distributors and distillers, he
said.
Providing rides to intoxicated students. Hill
said, must be accompanied by increased edu
cation. He said one component of the proposal
will be an effort to inform students about the
dangers of alcohol abuse.
Hill said he is hoping to get the program
started by the fall semester. Initially, he wants
approval and money for the program on a one
year trial basis.
The proposed budget would be between
$5,000 and $ 10,000 a year to operate Safe Ride
three nights a week, Hill said.