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Vol. 89 No. S*S
WSenators voice doubt that bill will reach second-round debate
I Abortion bil! still entangled in filibuster
Eicioria Ayotte
• Reporter
ensions rose in the Nebraska
Legislature on Tuesday as the
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• day, as he and Sen. Ernie Chambers
of Omaha made a series of motions to
delay the bill, all of which were voted
down.
During the three-hour debate about
whether Bemard-Stevens could di
vide his amendment into seven amend
ments, several senators said they
doubted if the bill would ever come
up for a vote.
“You failed to even mention what
the bill is all about,” sponsor Sen.
Bernice Labedz of Omaha said about
the debate. “It’s about the rights of
the unborn child.
“I’ll drop dead at this microphone
before I let you get away with what
you’re trying to get away with to
day,” she said to Bemard-Stevens
about his delaying tactics.
Bemard-Stevens said Tuesday he
wants to introduce 25 amendments to
his original amendment, because his
plan to divide the amendment into
seven was voted down.
Senators supporting the bill said
they are afraid that Speaker of the
Legislature Bill Barrett of Lexington
will not keep the issue on the agenda.
Barrett said after Tuesday’s ses
sion that the issue wiM be on the
agenda today, but is unsure if it will
come up again.
Chambers called Legislature Presi
dent and Lt. Gov. William Nichol’s
refusal to allow Bemard-Stevens to
divide his amendment “juvenile and
silly.”
The motion to overrule failed, but
Bernard-Stevens moved for a recon
sideration.
“Once a right is denied, a dam is
burst,” he said, warning senators that
their willingness to deny him the right
to divide would come back to haunt
them. “You’re a little scary today.”
Labedz responded that she’s the
one concerned about rights — those of
the unborn.
“I’m asking you, who has prin
ciples on this floor, Sen. Bernard
Stevens?”
Chambers said he feels the “sys
tem is in tatters” because the previ
ously recognized right to divide
amendments was taken away in Ber
nard-Stevens’ case.
Sen. Elroy Hefner of Coleridge
moved to end debate on the reconsid
eration, whifch the chair granted.
But Chambers moved to overrule
the chair on ending debate, saying
senators had not adequately discussed
the reconsideration.
Landis responded that there hadn ’t
been enough debate because senators
have spoken on the wrong issues.
Landis quoted figures from Min
nesota, where a parental notification
law recently was passed. Most mi
nors in Minnesota said they would
have notified their parents without
the law, and half of those who wouldn’t
said they would seek an illegal abor
tion.
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Massengale denies request
Bylaws provide vehicle for change
By Emily Rosenbaum
Senior Reporter
!A proposal to increase the number of stu
dents on the Parking Advisory Com
mittee has been denied by University of
Ncbraska-Lincoln Chancellor Martin Massen
gale.
“This was an excellent chance for admini
[ stration to show concern for parking prob
, lems,” said Brian Hill, president of the Asso
ciation of Students of the University of Ne
* braska, who made the proposal last semester.
“My big concern is that I think the administra
tion should be more responsive to student needs.”
But Massengale, in a letter to Hill, said he
denied Hill’s request because the committee’s
bylaws provide the means to try and change the
group’s membership from within the commit
tee.
Hill sent a letter to Massengale, James Grie
sen, vice chancellor for student affairs, and
John Goebel, vice chancellor for business and
finance, Nov. 27, asking for increased student
membership.
In the letter, he said students account for 70
percent of the university’s parking revenue, but
represent only 40 percent of committee mem
bers.
The committee consists of four students,
three members of the Faculty Senate and three
university employees. Thus, the committee’s
voting membership consists of six university
employees and four students, Hill wrote in his
letter.
Hill proposed to give sftidcnts about 53
percent of the representation, by having seven
students and six university employees on the
committee.
He wrote that, “this proffosal would . . .
make a significant difference in the effort to
have a parking advisory committee which is
representative of users of university parking.”
Massengale replied to Hill’s proposal in a
letter which stated that committee bylaws
“provide a vehicle to accommodate the change
you propose. Such action seems to be more
appropriate than unilateral action on my part.”
He added that, “lam very reluctant to make
a change in the Parking Advisory Committee
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Bash Riprocks loses license
| By Jennifer Dods
Staff Reporter
Bash Riprocks, 238 N. 12th St., will open
its doors Feb. 1 after serving a 10-day
suspension of its liquor license.
According to Forrest Chapman, director of
the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission, the
bar was penalized in December for serving a
minor earlier in the fall. The bar was given the
choice of the suspension or a $1,000 fine.
Owner David Summers chose to give up his
license, Chapman said. This was Bash Rip
rocks’ second offense for allowing minors to
drink, he said.
Slate Liquor Enforcement Coordinator Bill
Saxton said Lincoln police officers found the
minor while on a spot-check for minors in
possession of alcohol at local bars.
Courts usually double punishments for al
lowing minors in bars after each offense, Saxton
said. That means if Summers were fined again,
his punishment could be $2,000, he said.
But if a retail liquor store or bar is fined too
often, the liquor'control commission can de
cide to revoke the owner’s license.
Summers could not be reached for comment
Tuesday.
William Lauer/Daily
Betty Cunningham navigates a large puddle at 14th and R streets, while
Betty Wurster watches. Temperatures in the 50s Tuesday melted most of
the weekend’s snow causing treacherous footing on sidewalks and
streets.
UPC City explains increased budget requests
By Roger Price
Staff Reporter
TThe University Program Coun
cil requested $213,930 in stu
dent fees for 1990-91, a 21
percent increase over last years’ allo
cation.
UPC
members
began ex
plaining
their re
quest
Tuesday to
the Com
mittee for
Fees Allo
cation.
The request would cost each UNL
student who pays fund A fees $4.58 a
semester.
Last year, CFA allocated UPC
$177,524, representing $3.80 per
student per semester.
The request made by the Kimball
Lied Performing Arts Committee, part
of UPC, accounted for most of the
increase.
KLPAC has requested $100,000
for the 1990-91 school year, but Heidi
Putensen said the money will not
actually be applied to the Lied Center
budget until the 1991-92 school year.
This delay coincides with the Lied
Center’s operating budget which takes
into account the advance booking of
shows, she said.
Putensen said the $ 100,0(X) figure,
$25,000 more than in 1989-90, was
arrived at by Lied Center officials as
the subsidy necessary to maintain half
price student tickets.
Funding for the Lied Center must
be preserved because the cultural events
held at the center are an asset to the
whole university, Putensen said.
“It will help us be known for
something other than football,” she
said.
The Committee Offering Lesbian
And Gay Events requested $1577.35
from CFA.
Jennie Johnson, president of UPC
City, said COLAGE needs the fund
ing to ensure that it can continue to
offer programs.
Currently, Johnson said, COLAGE
must rely on other organizations both
inside and outside of UPC to cospon
sor their events.
Johnson said that because each
committee within UPC builds their
budget from zero, based on the pro
grams they want to offer in the up
coming year, COLAGE cannot con
tinue to rely on other committees to
cosponsor its events.
In the request, the Funds Alloca
lion Committee requested $5,000,
$3,500 more than it received last year.
Tom Macy, FAC chairman, said
the large increase is due in part to an
increased awareness of FAC among
student organizations.
Macy said that during the 1988-89
school year, the committee began a
publicity campaign that resulted in an
increase in requests for money during
the 1989-90 school year.
The increase in requests caused
FAC to allocate all of its funds by
mid-October, Macy said. But because
some student organizations who had
received allocations cancelled their
programs, he said, the committee has
about $950 left to reallocate.
Macy said the committee has over
$3,000 in requests from two other
student organizations.
Because FAC was able to allocate
more than the $3,500 it had in its
budget this year, Macy said, he thinks
$5,000 is necessary for the 1990-91
year.
In speaking about other organiza
tions requesting money, Macy, who
is also the first vice-president of UPC
City, said the $6,205.60 request for
funding from the Concerts and Cof
feehouses Committee will include two
major concert presentations.
Macy said at least one of the con
certs will feature a group at least as
nationally recognized as the Pixies,
which the committee brought to Lin
coln this year.
Todd Kramer, chairman of CFA,
said the committee will hear the budget
requests from UPC Hast and the UPC
American Minorities Council at 7 p.m.
Thursday.
Kramer said the committee will
vote on UPC’s requests on the follow
ing Tuesday.
