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WEATHER INDEX Election Day will be cloudy and cold with a 70 News Digest.2 percent chance of, yes, snow, north winds 10-20 Editorial.4 miles per hour, and a high near 30 Tonight, Sports.5 decreasing cloudiness and still cold, low near 20 Arts & Entertainment.6 Wednesday, mostly sunny, high in the mid 30s classifieds.7 November 6, 1990 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 90 No. 50 Education bill working well, professors say By Sara Bauder Schott Senior Reporter Property taxes have been lowered and state aid has increased in 75 percent of the state’s school districts as a result of LB 1059, two University of Ncbraska-Lincoln professors said. Nebraska voters will decide today whether LB 1059 should be repealed. The bill shifts the support of elementary and secondary educa tion from property taxes to sales tax and in come lax. Roy Frederick, a professor of agricultural economics, said LB 1059 has produced more similarity among property tax rates across the state. The bill was supposed to make it possible for 45 percent of the expenditures for education to come from the stale government, Frederick said. In 1990-91, the slate provided 40 percent of the money, Frederick said. Before the bill, about 24 percent of the money for education came from the stale, he said. Bruce Johnson, a professor of agricultural economics, said that 10 percent of the state’s districts have experienced higher property taxes without increases in state aid. But, Johnson said, those districts had "ideal” tax situations, with a valuable base to tax. The districts were “undertaxed” compared to other districts in the state, he said. The idea behind LB 1059 was to provide tax relief to people with the biggest burden, Johnson said. The districts that didn ’ t have a high rale of taxation have had to raise property taxes to come in line with the rest of the state, he said. The rest of the state’s districts, 15 percent, saw some properly tax increases but were saved from higher increases by the state aid provided under LB 1059. Individual and corporate income taxes in creased by 17.5 percent and sales tax increased 1 cent per dollar under the bill, he said. Lincoln Public Schools has benefited from the bill, Johnson said. Lincoln is a growing district, he said, and its schools needed more money. The bill made it possible to get the money needed without raising property taxes as much as would have been necessary without the bill, Johnson said. Butch Ireland/Daily Nebraskan Freedom of choice Election worker Evert Gardiner loads a stack of portable voting booths onto a dolly at theelection office warehouse Monday afternoon. Officials from across Lancaster County picked up the supplies for today’s election from the warehouse at 201 F St. Chairman: Sports management major a fad By Tab it ha Hi net Staff Reporter While the number of universities of fering sports management programs has increased, such a program proba bly will not be created at UNL, the physical education chairman said. Charles Ansorgc said that he considers the sports management degree a passing fad and does not think it is a program consistent with the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation’s goals. A sports management program prepares sports administrators with classes dealing with adver tising, communication, marketing, scheduling and travel consulting. Tim Gleason, assistant executive director of the National Association of Collegiate Direc tors of Athletics, a non-profit professional organization based in Cleveland, said more and more universities arc implementing sports management programs. “There is a huge trend for these degrees,” he said. “In 1977, there were only a handful of programs offering the degree, and now there are at least 100.” Ansorge said the reason the University of Nebraska-Lincoln probably will not have such a program is because the physical education department’s focus is on healthy lifestyles, not a big range of activities. “Back in the late ’70s, we had a very large activity program where activities such as sky diving and judo were offered,” Ansorge said. But such activities along with faculty were cut back when the mission statement for healthy lifestyles was developed in 1978. Ansorge said only about 10 people in the past couple of years had contacted him about a sports management emphasis. UNL had an undergraduate program that centered on administration about five years ago, but Ansorge said that there was too much difficulty in getting students enrolled in busi ness classes. The business classes needed for sports administration students were filled with business majors, he said. Ansorge said that he was not opposed to such a program now, but in order for it to become a reality, somebody in administration or the Teachers Co liege would have to promote and provide resources for it. “If somebody would be willing to come along and say, ‘Here’s a couple of more faculty lines,’ that would be great, but I don’t see that as happening,” Ansorge said. UNL’s current programs are sound and ef fective, he said. “We’re trying to make sure that young people today arc trained to have better health,” he said. “We want them to be able to understand eating and how to reduce stress in their lives.” Ansorge said that if students want a sports management program, they could go to a school that provides for one. “In the future, more and more universities will have specialized programs, and if students want one of those programs, they will have the opportunity to go to one of those universities.” Police officer: Unreported rapes go unaided Speaker: Date rape is serious the parties, alcohol and numbers ol the opposite sex, she said. “At UNL, people arc passing out at parlies . . . and people arc raping them . . . talk about not being able to say no,” Reiners said. She said there are three steps to the date rape scenario. The first is intimate contact — kissing, danc ing and touching. The second is isolation of the man and woman. And the third is the abuse of alco hol, “One-hundred percent of date rapes on this campus arc results of alcohol,” Reiners said. She suggested steps to take in avoiding dale rape. “Slick with the guys you know,” Reiners said. “You’ve gotta trust your instincts." Secondly, she said, “Stop at the buzz.” Lastly, be assertive and clear, Reiners said,“If you feel you’re in a bad situation — get the hell out!” By Adeana Leftin Staff Reporter Dale rape is just as serious and as much a crime as rape by a stranger, and UNL stu dents need to be prepared, a speaker said Monday. “Whether you believe it or not, it happens on this campus,” said Tina Reiners of Atlanta, a manag ing consultant and victim of date rape who lectures at universities. Reiners spoke at a Rape Educa tional Awareness on Campus Train ing (R.E.A.C.T.) conference in the Nebraska Union to more than 1.000 students. “Rape occurs when cither one of the partners doesn’t give con sent. It’s got to be mutual consent,” she said. “If both partners say ‘yes’ — go for it.” Reiners said new students are the most vulnerable to date rape. They often are overwhelmed by all By Adeana Leftin Statl Reporter No news isn't necessarily good news when it comes to rape, a UNL official said. Lt. Ken Caublc of the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln Police Depart ment said he only can do something about the cases he knows about. Cauble said that when “a guy just jumps outolabush,"the woman isn’t as likely to feel guilty about the inci dent and she will report it. But, he said, in the case of date or acquaintance rape, the victims often don’t report it. It becomes a “social matter” for them, Cauble said. When alcohol is involved, many times the victim feels partially to blame, Caublc said. This is a feeling authori ties are trying to change through education. He said a case of date rape had been reported this year at the Univer sity of Ncbraska-Lincoln, but the victim declined to press charges. The victim didn’t want to go through a trial or to have her parents find out, Cauble said. The incident took place at a party, ami alcohol was involved, Caublc said. In February 1989, Caublc said, another ease of date rape was re-, ported and charges were pressed. The rape took place at Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, 1425 R St., and alcohol was involved. Caublc said the last reported rape by a stranger was six years ago. The rape occurred in Nebraska Hall, which is open 24 hours a day. The perpetra tor was apprehended and charged with the crime. Caublc said he fell pretty sure there had been no eases since then. “These (rapes by strangers) arc usually the ones we hear about,” lie said. James Griesen, vice chancellor for student affairs, said the university currently provides information about rape and security to “anyone who asks for it.” However, with the passing of the Crime Awareness and Campus Secu rity Act, UNL will be required to file a report of annualcampus crime with the Department of Education. Caublc said that since the reported rape by a stranger, measures had been taken to provide better security in Nebraska Hall and at UNL in general. In addition to better lighting in UNL. parking lots, more security guards and UNL police check lots, buildings and residence halls, he said. Doug Zatcchka, director of hous ing, said UNL has a ‘very, very good" security record. Student security guards provide the main source for security in the residence halls by locking doors and then checking students’ keys to ver ify that they live in the hall before they are admitted al ter hours, he said. The guards also make rounds on the floors. Zatcchka said he tries to advise students early in their college career of common-sense security measures such as locking room doors and not walking alone at night. “One person alone at night may be vulnerable, but two people is a virtual army,” he said. Zatcchka said the housing depart ment will continue to improve secu rity. Peepholes, which will be in place in 1 1/2 to two years, are beiqjg in stalled in all doors of residence hall rooms, he said.