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April 6,1990 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 89 No. ,t£8,
New education proposal disappoints regents
By i nomas douse overall governing board and institu
Staff Reporter_tional boards.
Some members of the NU Board Regents Chairman Don Blank of
of Regents said Thursday they McCook said he is disappointed about
were disappointed by the Ne- the change to LB 1141 because it came
braska Legislature's changes in pro- on day 58 of the 60-day legislative
posals to restructure governance of session.
higher education. “If this was introduced early, then
The Legislature on Wednesday there could have been public hearings
amended LB1141, which provided and debates,’’Blank said,
for implementation of the original re- Regent Margaret Robinson of
structuring plan, into a proposed con- Norfolk also said she was disappointed
stitutional amendment. The bill now the amendment came at this time,
proposes giving governing power to “This (the amendment) is some
the Coordinating Commission for Post- thing that needs a lot of considera
sccondary Education. tion,” she said.
The Legislature advanced that bill Regent Kermit Hansen said the
to a final round of debate along with amendment to LB 1141 isa good idea.
LR239CA,which proposes replacing But he said he was concerned because
the current board of regents and State there was no opportunity for public
College Board of Trustees with an hearings.
‘ ‘In the last days, there is an under
standable rush,” Hansen said. “I wish
it wasn’t rushed quite as much.”
Blank said in a news release that
many aspects of the new proposal are
not available yet
‘‘It appears that the resolution is
quite general about what is meant by
coordination, which is to be spelled
out by the Legislature next year after
the resolution has appeared on the
ballot,” Blank said.
‘‘I think a coordinating commis
sion is what’s needed, but we have no
idea what it is,” Blank said.
Dptailssuchas the budgeting proc
ess, governance and other provisions
concerning the new coordinating
commission have not been spelled
out, Blank said.
“The Legislature’s desire to ap
point a coordinating commission, in
itself, does not provide much guid
ance,” he said. “Twenty-three states
have coordinating commissions, and
no two are alike in their duties, re
sponsibilities and functions,” Blank
said.
But Regent John Payne of Kear
ney said he approves of the proposal.
“It would be my opinion (that) the
coordinating committee would be
better - notan ideal alternative - but
better than the proposed LR239CA,”
Payne said.
Blank said in the news release that
community colleges have been left
out of LB 1141 as amended.
“These and other important as
pects of the new resolution should be
reviewed and openly discussed be
fore - not after - the Legislature
takes a vote,” Blank said.
Regent Rosemary Skrupa of Omaha
said she is concerned that LB 1141
wouldn’t provide for coordination of
the three elements in the Nebraska’s
higher education system — the state
colleges, the university and the com
munity colleges.
“If we are going to coordinate
higher education, let’s coordinate the
whole higher education system,”
Skrupa said.
She said 29 percent of Nebraska
students in post-secondary education
attend community colleges. It seems
“ridiculous” not to include those
schools in coordination of higher
education, she said.
“Almost a third (of post-secon
dary students) are without any com
prehensive planning,” Skrupa said.
Multi-cultural exposure
sought through course
By Sara Bauder
and Jennifer O’Cilka
Staff Reporters
Requiring a cultural diversity
course at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln is not only
a good idea, but a necessity, said
Jimmi Smith, director of multi-cul
tural affairs.
Smith said Thursday such a course
is needed because administrators have
not yet hired enough minorities in
faculty positions.
If minority faculty members were
hired in all departments, Smith said,
students could be exposed to differ
ent cultures through courses already
taught.
“It would have been a much more
natural transition if we would have
hired professors of color,” he said.
Smith said minority professors
would expose white students to an
other world perspective, “a second
opinion” and “a little spice of life,”
things the students haven’t seen at
home.
Phil Gosch, president-elect of the
Association of Students of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, said his admini
stration plans to work on the issue of
cultural diversity.
Gosch said he will establish an
ASUN committee on cultural diver
sity at the beginning of the 1990-91
school year. Once the committee is
established, Gosch said it probably
will consider a proposal to create a
multi-cultural class that would be
required for all freshmen.
The proposal was part of the
TODAY party platform during ASUN
elections in March. TODAY presi
dential candidate Deb Fiddelkc and
first vice-presidential candidate Brad
Vasa were defeated in the election,
but second vice-presidential candi
date Yolanda Scott was elected.
Gosch, who ran for the VISION
party, said he will consider TODAY ’ s
proposal.
Ellen Baird, associate vice chan
cellor for academic affairs, said that
for the course to become a require
ment, it first would have to be be
offered by a department and then be
passed by the university curriculum
committee.
Gosch said the curriculum is set up
See DIVERSITY on 3
Senators use delay tactics
as retaliation for filibuster
By Victoria Ayotte
Senior Reporter
Sen. Bernice Labcdz of Omaha
on Thursday sought retribu
tion against Sen. Ernie Cham
bers of Omaha for his successful fili
buster of abortion ■
bills.
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defeat of a bill to l^J
require informed 1^
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forming an abor
tion.
Labedz moved Thursday to amend
a biil in the final round of debate and
insert the provisions of her bill to
require parental notification for mi
nors seeking an abortion.
Labedz succeeded in that motion
with justenough votes, 25, but sought
to withdraw the amendment when it
was brought up for a vote.
Senators were ready to vote on the
amendment, so it could not be with
drawn, but ft failed 13-14.
“We had a victory anyway,”
Labedz said, referring to the success
ful motion to return the bill to select
file.
Some senators were concerned that
the original bill, which would pro
vide lax incentives for investment in
North Omaha, could not be passed
because bills advanced to final read
ing cannot be considered on final
reading the same day.
But Sen. Jerome Warner of Wav
erly said the bill could be passed
See REVENGE on 3
Joseph’s sentence includes fine, probation
From Staff Reports
Robert “Mickey” Joseph, a
quarterback on the Nebraska
football team, was sentenced
in Lancaster County Court last week
to six months probation, a $200 fine
and a 60-day suspension of his driver’s
license.
Joseph pled guilty Jan. 18, 1990,
lo charges ol driving while under me
influence of alcohol. Judge Richard
H. Williams granted attorney Hal W.
Anderson ’ s request for a pre-sentence
investigation.
Joseph was stopped Sept. 10,1989,
for exceeding the speed limit. When
tested, Joseph’s blood alcohol level
was found to be in excess of the legal
limit of .1 percent.
Butch Ireland/Daily Nebraskan
Pro-choice marchers walk toward the State Capitol on Thursday afternoon. About 50
people participated in the walk that started at Broyhill Fountain.
Speakers declare victory for movement
Pro-choice supporters lead march
By Jannette Bush
Staff Reporter
Pro-choice speakers urged
supporters Thursday to
continue informing the
public and government bodies about
the importance of choice in the
abortion issue.
Chris Funk, executive director
of Lincoln Planned Parenthood, and
> Elaine Waggoner, Nebraska presi
dent of Voters for Choice, addressed
a crowd of about 50 on the Union
Plaza as part of National Student
Action Day. '
Funk said the successful filibus
ter, which defeated the bill requir
ing informed consent and a 24
hour wailing period before an
abortion, is a victory for the Pro
Choice movement.
But “what happened (Wednes
day) night may not happen next
year,” she said.
Waggoner said the Legislature’s
action on the bill was the begin
ning, but “it certainly was not the
end.”
Funk said lime for debate could
be limited during the 1990-91 leg
islative session, making filibuster
methods difficult. She said that is
why it is important for pro-choice
supporters to organize at Planned
Parenthood or other pro-choice
organizations.
4 ‘Commit this issue to your heart
as well as your guts,” Funk said.
“It’s easy to rest on cliches.”
Many people say “I’m pro
choice, but I don’t like it when
women use abortion as a means of
birth control,” she said.
“That is mythology presented
by pro-life people,” Funk said.
Waggoner said the fight for
choice has been a long struggle.
She said she thought pro-choice
advocates were finished after the
Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe vs. Wade
decision, which made abortions
legal.
Waggoner said activists must
work with democratic and republi
can pro-choice supporters to align
the two parties.
“It is an issue of concern to
everyone,” she said.
Once the speakers finished, the
pro-choice supporters huddled
together, gathered signs and
marched to the State Capitol chant
ing things like, “Keep your laws
off women’s bodies,” “Hear our
voice, we’re pro-choice,” and
“Keep abortion safe and legal.”
During the march, Tom Kiefer,
a UNL senior philosophy major,
said people don’t realize the Pro
Life movement is “repressive” and
“oppressive.”
“I’m glad Nebraska hasn’t
denied the will of the majority,”
he said.
Tammy Thomell, environmental
fund-raiser for the Hudson Bay Co.,
said the rally was good, but more
people should have been involved
because numbers influence legis
lators.
But Thomell said the rally did
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