Bill for abortion notification re-introduced
By Lisa Donovan
Senior Reporter
State Sen. Bernice Labedz re-in
troduced legislation on Friday that
would require
women age 18
and younger to
notify a parent
or guardian be
fore obtaining an
abortion.
The Omaha
senator said that
LB425 is basi
cally the same bill that was intro
duced Iasi session, but was halted by
filibustering tactics.
Under the provisions of the bill, a
physician or agent performing an
abortion would have to notify the
parent or guardian of a minor woman
before an abortion could be performed.
The bill also states that if the woman
chose not to notify a parent or guard
ian, she could ask for a judicial by
pass in district or county court.
The judge would have to deter
mine whether the young woman would
be capable of informed consent, Labcdz
said.
If it were determined that the young
woman was mature enough to make
the decision to have an abortion, the
judge would dec ide if an abortion was
in the young woman’s best interests,
she said.
The Legislature amended its per
manent rules this year to include a
procedure to end debate that allows
senators to vote to end discussion on
a bill with a cloture motion after eight
hours of debate A cloture motion
only can be proposed by the sponsor
of a bill and must receive a two-thirds
vote, or 33 senators approval, to pass.
Now that a time limit has been set
on filibustering, Labedz said, it will
be easier to push the bill through this
session.
Labedz said that there shouldn’t
be any problem closing debate be
cause the bill has 30 sponsors and
several other senators have expressed
support for it.
Labedz said that Sens. Ernie Cham
bers of Omaha and David Bcmard
Stevens of North Platte, who pro
vided the most opposition to the bill,
have said that they will not use fili
bustering tactics.
Another Dig neip, J^aoeaz said, is
that Gov. Ben Nelson has pledged
that “he would not veto pro-life or
pro-choice bills, so hopefully we’ll
get it pushed through.”
It’s been a long battle, Labedz
said, and if the bill is not passed
during this 90-day session, it will be
held over for consideration next year.
Sen. LaVon Crosby of Lincoln
introduced another abortion-related
bill on Friday that would call for a
study to obtain statistics on who is
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By Alan Phelps
Staff Reporter
Fear of terrorist attacks arising from
the Persian Gulf war led the U.S.
government to order 17 scientists,
including two UNL faculty members,
to leave research in Morocco and
return home.
David Keith, a member of the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Department of Entomology, said the
U.S. government first contacted the
Morocco project members on Jan. 7.
“Then on the 11th we were told it
(leaving) was mandatory,” Keith, team
leader of the Mid-America Interna
tional Agricultural Consortium, a
multi-university research team in
Morocco, said.
By Jan. 15, six members of the
team had arrived in Lincoln, where
they were housed temporarily and
continue their research at UNL, Keith
said.
He said another UNL faculty
member ordered to return to the United
States was Larry Bitney, an agricul
tural economics professor who was
on sabbatical with the group in Mo
rocco. UNL faculty member Rick
Cartier, part of the technical staff in
Morocco, remains overseas.'
“Rick was classified as ‘essential
personnel.’ Moroccan authorities have
assured us they will take care of him,”
Keith said.
The project on which he and his
team are working concerns dry-land
farming research, he said.
Keith said the consortium scien
tists have been working closely with
scientists from the Moroccan depart
mentof agriculture since 1978tohelp
build and equip a research facility,
which eventually will be staffed by
Recall prompted by fear of terrorism
U.S. orders scientists return
50 Moroccan scientists.
“We have two-and-a-half years left
on the current phase of the project,”
Keith said. “We’re anxious to get
back and finish up.”
Keith said the scientists hope to be
able to return to Morocco in about a
month.
“We wouldn’t have left if we
weren’t ordered out. It was a big
surprise to us,” he said. “It’s impor
tant to emphasize there were no prob
lems. Everyone was really sad to sec
us leave and we were sad to leave.”
Keith said that now that the team
members are back in Nebraska they
see the magnitude of events in the
Middle East and appreciate the pre
cautions the U.S. government has taken
on their behalf.
“The impact of these events is
hard for anyone to assess. We’ll just
have to wait and see, I guess,” he said.
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Beginning midnight Thursday,
Jan. 17
10:57 a.m. — Camcorder stolen,
Lee & Helene Sapp Recreation
Facility, SI,600.
12:29 pan. — Follow-up, burglary.
2:11 p.m. — Man taken to detoxi
fication, north side of Watson build
ing.
2:20 p.m. — Stereo equipment
stolen, Delta Tau Delta fratemitv,
715 N. 16lh St., $350.
2:38 p.m. — Planter damaged,
Memorial Stadium, S50.
7:04 p.m. — Hit-and-run accident,
Burr Residence Hall parking lot,
S400.
Beginning midnight Friday,
Jan.18
12:13 a.m. — Man trespassed,
Pound Residence Hall.
8:13 a.m. — Man assaulted by
another man, Theta Xi fraternity,
1535 R St.
11:15 a.m. — Car ransacked, 18th
and R streets.
11:27 a.m. — Video cassette re
corder stolen, Andrews Hall.
12:01 p.m. — Someone being fol
lowed, Love Library.
2:46 p.m. — Two-vehicle, non
injury accident, parking lot west of
Selleck Residence Hall, S30.
10:48 p.m. — Obscene phone calls,
Abel Residence Hall.
Beginning midnight Saturday,
Jan. 19
12:50 a.m. — Hood ornament sto
len, parking lot north of Abel Resi
dence Hall, S48.
8:12 a.m. — Window screens
damaged, attempted burglary,
Military and Naval Science Build
ing, $20.
10:22 a.m. — Hit-and-run auto
accident, Harper/Schramm/Smith
complex parking lot, $350.
11:30 a.m. — Two-vehicle, non
injury accident, Bob Devaney Sports
Center parking lot, S50-S100.
2:05 p.m. — Fuse box handle bro
ken, Selleck Residence Hall, $30.
8:04 p.m. — Trash can fire, Abel
Residence Hall.
11:12 p.m. — No valid auto regis
tration, 16th and Court streets.
Year-round
hall policy
successful
By Trish Spencer
Staff Reporter
Student response to the year-round
housing policy implemented in Sellcck
Residence Hal! last year was so strong
that additional living space is being
sought, the university housing direc
tor said.
Doug Zatechka said utility expenses
and security problems make finding
another hall difficult.
Feddc Residence Hall on East
Campus is one option being consid
ered, he said.
Zatechka said 450 students stayed
in Sellcck during the first five-week
summer session last year, and 375
lived there during the second five
week session.
Sclleck currently houses students
from 37 countries and 31 stales, Sclleck
Residence Hall Director Tracy Wise
man said, with about 420 total stu
dents in the complex.
The 12*month housing program
mainly attracts international students
and students from other stales, she
said.
“We didn’t expect it to be as popu
lar as it has been,” Wiseman said.
Zatechka said there has been a
waiting list for Sellcck Hall since the
year-round policy began.
Various housing contracts are
available for students wanting to stay
in Sellcck during the summer. The
different combinations make it pos
sible for students to come and go
during the four main sessions, Zat
echka said.
Sellcck is the only residence hall
open for the summer sessions.
This summer, an additional $20
will be added to the contracts of Sclleck
residents for food service, Zatechka
said.
For students who pay an additional
S90 on their regular housing con
tracts, Sefieck remains open every
day from August to May, including
vacations when the residence halls
are regularly closed, Zatechka said.