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WEATHER I INDEX Today, mostly sunny and warmer, southwest „ wind 10-20 miles per hour, high in the mid to News Digest.2 upper 70s. Tonight, mostly dear and not as cool, |:dl ° , .£ low around 50. Friday, mostly sunny and warmer, Diversions.5 high in the low to mid 80s ^P0”8• ...] ^ October 4, 1990 University of Nebraska-LincolnVol. 90 No. 28 CU students attack Coors track record By Adeana Leftin Staff Reporter The University of Nebraska-Lin coln isn’t the only school hear ing opposition to a deal be tween Coors and its athletic depart ment. At the University of Colorado, the debate focuses not on placement of the school’s logo on cans of beer, but on the sponsor’s environmental rec ord. Under an agreement with the Uni versity of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletic Department, the Adolph Coors Co. will use the Herbie Husker logo on 500,000 Coors cans. The university will receive $5,000 from Coors. A CU student group’s outcry is in response to the Colorado Board of Regents accepting a $5 million dona tion from the Adolph Coors Founda tion — a separate entity from the company — to build a football prac tice facility on campus. The CU re gents approved renaming the CU Events Center the Coors Events Cen ter in response to the donation. “The student government has elected to boycott Coors and have the name removed from the building based on Coors history,’’ said Eric Kessler, a CU student and member of the Student Environmental Center’s board. The environmental center has compiled a fact sheet on the environ mental record of the Coors Co., Kessler said. The fact sheet alleges that the company has been accused of open ing a ceramics plant in Brazil that takes advantage of the paper industry and exploits the rain forest. The fact sheet titled “Coors vs. the Earth” also alleges that the Coors Co. has donated money to what it calls “anti-Earth” organizations and has lobbied heavily against legisla tion on recycling. The environmental center also alleged that the Coors Co. would not disclose the contents of an estimated 20 million gallons of toxic liquid waste in a Colorado landfill. The fact sheet also says the Coors Co. is under investigation by the Colorado state attorney for suspicion that plant officials concealed leaking pipes that contaminated some under ground serines. Joe Fuentes, program manager of Adolph Coors Co. subsidiary Coors Brewing Co., would not comment on the fact sheet. But he said the allegations were made against the Coors Co., not the foundation. The donation to CU was made by the foundation. The two are separate entities and the foundation doesn’t receive money from the company, he said. Larry Bulling, executive director of Colorado Citizen Action, said large emitters of toxic chemicals with 10 or more employees, or using or manu facturing one of 322 chemicals arc required to report toxic releases to the the Environmental Protection Agency. Those reports are given to the EPA by the companies, Bulling said. According to the EPA reports from 1988, the Coors Co. ranked fourth in Colorado for release of toxic chemi cals, emitting 891,996 pounds. It ranked second in ihc state in air pollu tion, releasing 734,081 pounds. The report also said the Coors brewery in Golden, Colo., released high amounts of chemicals suspected of causing birth defects. Fuentes would not comment on the EPA report. Students arc calling for a referen See COORS on 2 TT . . Shaun Sartin'Daily Nebraskan Unified celebration Students dance at a party to celebrate German reunification Wednesday night at Chesterfield’s. Reunification officially began at midnight Thursday. ASUN delays bylaws change By Jennifer O’Cilka Senior Reporter About 20 people were on hand Wednesday night to voice their opinions on a proposed stu dent government committee dealing with cultural affairs. The Association of Students of the University of Nebraska tabled for two weeks adding the sixth standing committee to its bylaws. Other per manent ASUN committees include the Committee for Fees Allocation, the Academic Committee, and Spe cial Topics. The proposed bylaws change would create a committee consisting of minority studcnts-at-largeand ASUN senators to discuss campus racial is sues. ASUN President Phil Gosch said the table came because senators need to be more educated about the issue. “This committee, this giving at tention to those very emotional and very disturbing concerns, is very complicated,” Gosch said. ‘‘I don’t think we understand these issues as well as we should. “I hope no one questions our re solve to see this project through,” he said. In a memo to ASUN senators, Arts and Sciences Sen. Chris Potter sug gested amending the bylaws change to include gay and lesbian, and handi capped students to the committee. Potter’s amendments were not pro posed at the meeting. Blanca Ramirez, president of the Mcxican-American Student Associa tion, said she feels that adding other groups to a committee dealing with cultural affairs would bring too many issues into the scope of the commit tee. Denise Campbell, a junior English major, said the focus of the proposed group is racism, and the group could not succeed by tackling more issues. “I am definitely in support of separate committees (for gay, lesbian and handicapped students),” Campbell said. “I think they have legitimate needs too. But, we’re dealing with two different concepts.” Lynn Kister, a junior women’s studies major, said she supports Pot ter’s ideas. Kister called that action a ‘‘catch-all way” of bringing out many concerns. Nell Eckcrsley, a junior Spanish major, said many groups should be on the committee because they could leant from each other. ‘‘I understand the different fears that overshadow this ... but that’s what this committee is for, to get rid of those fears,” she said. In other action, senators defeated a resolution supporting Spencer resi dent Lowell Fisher in his hunger stnkc against the Boyd County nuc lear waste site. Fisher wants Gov. Kay On to withdraw Boyd County as the host site or to call for a public vote on the issue. Council says Coors deal sends conflicting message By David Dalton Staff Reporter University of Nebraska-Lin coln students get a conflict ing message from the Her bie Huskcr logo appearing on Coors beer cans, said directors of the Al coholism and Drug Abuse Council of Nebraska. UNL’s policies and programs clearly discourage alcohol abuse, said Executive Director Bob Schnx’ der, but “pairing the university symbol with a beer can, in my opinion, encourages student drink ing.” “Everyone is cither part of the problem or part of the solution, and this situation contributes to the problem rather than the solution,” he said. Pat Ramsey, executive director for the Panhandle Substance Abuse Council, said ‘‘with the concern for alcohol abuse on campus, it seems the university is giving out a double message.” Ramsey said that it is of particu lar concern because high-risk drink ing already is widespread on uni versity campuses. ‘ ‘College students are just pruned for abuse,” she said. Abbie Berry, executive director of the Council on Alcoholism in Omaha, said it was inappropriate for the university to link itself with See COUNCIL on 2 Bill could lead to misleading comparisons, official says By Dionne Searcey Staff Reporter A bill to require a breakdown in graduation rates of athletes by sex, sport, ethnic origin and major, while needed, could give a misleading impression, an official said. Al Papik, assistant athletic direc tor for academic services at UNL, said universities should disclose in formation about their athletic depart ments. “There’s some merit in getting information to prospective students, parents and students’ respective high schools,” as required in the Student Athlete Right-to-Know Act, he said. The bill, currently being debated in a congressional conlerence com mittee, would require universities to disclose the graduation rate of de gree-seeking, full-time students. The reports would state the graduation rate in separate programs and fields of study as well as licensures, certifi cations and employment of gradu ates. However, the figures could be misleading if not compared to all students at the same university, Papik said. The bill would have “some merit when (the policy) compares your athletes to the rest of the students in your institution. Data could be mis See ATHLETES on 2
