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January 29,1990______ University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 89 No.
C hinese students react to deportation possibility
Students disappointed bv Senate decision
By Doug Isakson
Staff Reporter
About 100 University of Nebraska-Lin
coln Chinese students and family mem
bers celebrated the Chinese New Year
on Saturday at the Culture Center -- but for
some students, the festivities were marked by
disappointment.
The U.S. Senate’s failure Thursday to over
ride President Bush’s veto means that Chinese
students will jiot be allowed to stay in the
United Slates after their visas expire.
Ding Liu, a graduate student in physics and
the chairman of the UNL Chinese Student and
Scholars Association, said Bush’s veto is bad
news for the 140 Chinese students currently on
the UNL campus.
“I’m deeply disappointed by it,” Ding said.
“And most of the students are deeply disap
pointed, especially those who are holding J-l
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visas,” which most Chinese students are is
sued.
Students with J-l visas, Ding said, could be
forced to return to China as soon as they are
finished with their programs at UNL. The stu
dents would be required to remain in China for
at least two years, Ding said, and probably
would have no chance to leave the country
again. Ding, who has a J-1 visa, said his gradu
ate program will end in August
Most Chinese students think Bush’s prom
ise to protect the rights of Chinese students
with his own China policy is better than noth
ing, Ding said. But he also said students have
very little faith in the promise that no student
will be forced to return to China as long as Bush
is president.
“Bush gave an order to protect Chinese
students,” Ding said.
Most Chinese students don’t feel secure
because President Bush was forced to make the
promise to protect Chinese students, Ding said.
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He said he thinks the president could change
his mind at any time.
“Bush stands on the side of the Beijing
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Bush stands on the side of
the Beijing government,
not with the Chinese stu
dents.
Ding
Chinese Student and Scholars Asso
ciation chairman
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government, not with the Chinese students,”
Ding sai'd.
Several students agreed with Ding, but re
fused to give their names because they fear the
Chinese government will punish them if they
are forced to return to China.
“ I’m an exception, ’ ’ Ding said .“I’ve spoke
out a lot of limes about it, so it doesn’t bother
me.”
Ding said the Chinese government is not as
powerful as it appears. The government was
bluffing, he said, when it threatened to cut off
diplomatic relations with the United States if
the bill preventing the deportation of Chinese
students became law.
Even if Congress had overridden the veto,
Ding said, any reaction from the Chinese gov
ernment would have been only temporary and
on a limited scale.
“It’s very important not to yield to the
Chinese government now,” Ding said. “They
are not as strong as they look because they are
facing pressure from the Chinese people. It’s
very likely something might happen -- some
thing like a revolt - and the people won’t be
surprised.”
Local anti-abortion walk ‘largest ever’
By Cindy Wostrel
Staff Reporter
Anti-abortion demonstrators
lined seven blocks in down
town Lincoln Saturday in
what organizers called ‘ ‘by far the
largest” Lincoln anti-abortion walk
in 15 years.
Shirley Lang, an organizer of
the annual walk and master of cere
monies, said more supporters par
ticipated Satur day titan in any other
year. The demonstrators marched
from the State Capitol to the Fed
eral Building at 15th and O streets
and the Nebraska Union in 40
degree weather.
Speakers at “Nebraska—Stand
Up, Be Counted and Walk for Life
‘90" said they were optimistic about
changing current abortion statutes
and about the number of anti-abor
tion supporters across Nebraska and
the United States.. 4
Keynote speaker Rev. Ronald
Ross of the American Life League,
who has been traveling the country
speaking at anti-abortion rallies,
said the number of supporters
marching this year nationwide has
doubled since last year.
Ross s'tid that during this year
about 250,000 people have marched
in Washington, D.C., and 28,000
have marched in Montgomery, Ala.
Organizer s of the event said that
13,000 to 16,000 people demon
strated in Lincoln Saturday. Ac
cording to the Sunday World-Her
ald. police officials estimated that
about 3,000 marchers were at the
Capitol where the rally began.
“People of Nebraska,” Ross said
to the screaming and clapping
audience, “you should truly be
elated within your souls today.
“I want you to realise the battle
.. .has been long and hard. But be
not discouraged. You can fight the
battle that Joshua fought at Jer
icho.”
Ross told the crowd they should
make no apologies for opposing
abortion.
Ross said he disagrees with those
who say the anti-abortion move
ment is racist and discriminating
against low-income minorities.
Ross, who is black, said he has
been told that he “should be speak
ing for abortion because it helps
your people. I don’t need help like
that.
“Killing off our young does
nothing for our future.”
!n the Pro-Choice movement,
he said, “hate runs so deep that
they would kill because of color.”
In the anti-abortion movement, he
said, “love runs so deep that we
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Seven-year-old Kassia Anderson of Gothenburg perches
on Dale Anderson, also of Gothenburg, for a better view
during Saturdays anti-abortion rally at the Capitol.
will save in spite of color.”
At the walk from the Capitol,
anti-abortion supporters carried
signs saying “Abortion - Some
one is Making a Killing” and
‘ ‘Former Fetus for Life, * *
Marchers wore green and black
armbanus, symbolizing hope and
mourning, Lang said.
In an opening prayer, the Rev.
Alfred Peuinger of Lincoln said,
“We pray too for all of those who
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belleck to stay open
all year; students
to pay additional fee
By Emily Rosenbaum
Senior Reporter
Sellcck Residence Hall students
wanting to stay on campus
during breaks will have the
opportunity to do so starting this fall.
Sellcck will be open year-round to
residents for an additional S90 per
academic year, according to Doug
Zatechka, university housing direc
tor.
Although the cafeteria will be closed
during breaks, the kitchen will be
available for students to cook and the
snack bar will remain open, he said.
Currently, students wanting to stay
in Sellcck during breaks arc billed
daily for their stay, he said. This has
often led to problems in determining
how long students actually stayed, he
said.
Students must lei the housing of
fice know how many days they will
be staying in the dormitory during
breaks. After breaks arc over, stu
dents often will tell the office they
actually stayed a' shorter amount of
time and will want a refund, he said.
The current plan also is more
expensive than the new plan, costing
a student about $230 for a 30-day
Christmas break.
Zatechka said the housing office
and the Residence Hall Association
both conducted surveys to get stu
dents ’ reactions to the proposal.
Students were overwhelmingly in
favor of the idea to keep the residence
hall open all year and they also indi
cated they would not want the cafete
ria to stay open, he said.
Scllcck is the best choice for year
round housing because of the large
number of handicapped, graduate and
international residents who live there,
Zatechka said. These students arc the
most likely to want to stay on campus
during breaks, he said.
“1 expect to see an influx of inter
national and graduate students in
Scllcck as a result of this,” he said.
Undergraduate residents also said
they favored the change because they
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Court ruling on open files
won't affect UNL policy
By Chris Carroll
Staff Reporter
Che U.S. Supreme Court ruling
forcing universities to open
faculty review files will have a
minimal impact on the way the Uni
versity of Nebraska-Lincoln processes
tenure cases, according to some offi
cials.
Information regarding job, research
and tenure evaluations at UNL have
been open to faculty for some time,
said James McShane, UNL Faculty
Senate president
The court ruled earlier this month
on a case filed in 1986 by Rosalie
Tung, a faculty member denied ten
ure at the University of Pennsylvania.
Tung alleged sexual discrimination
resulted in her being denied tenure.
National attention focused on the
attempt to withold Tung’s tenure
review information from the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commis
sion, which is investigating herclaim.
Because of the ruling, the univer
sity now must hand ovei the tenure
information. The ruling knocks down
longstanding tradition at many uni
versities, where tenure reviews have
been held in strict confidentiality.
Desmond Wheeler, former mem
ber of the UNL Faculty Senate Griev
ance Committee, said faculty mem
bers may tone down criticisms in their
reviews as a result of the decision.
But because few grievances end
up in litigation, Wheeler said, he
believes the court ruling will have
little impact.
Tenure review committees vote
on whether professors should receive
tenure, based on professors’ perform
ance in leaching, research and public
service, McShanc said. „
Those not granted tenure within a
specific time period arc asked to leave
a university.
Faculty members generally are
granted tenure during their sixth year
at UNL or arc given one year notice,
McShanc said.
Bradley Munn, UNL Affirmative
Action compliance officer, said fac
ulty members denied tenure often find
it difficult to leave a university and
find career advancement at another
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