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“We have the capability to make
surgical strikes and attack targets with
less chance of danger to civilians and
communities,” Jacobson said.
“We can conduct war against war
fighting capability, not against a
community.”
Citizens have argued whether to
use a large number of less sophisti
cated weapons or fewer high technol
ogy weapons, Jacobson said.
“It comes down to whether you
can put a dollar value on lives,” he
said, because high technology weap
ons reduce the loss of life.
Commander Michael Dunn, ex
ecutive officer of Navy ROTC, agreed
that high technology has helped re
duce the loss of lives in the Persian
Gulf war.
TTie officials referred to three high
technology weapons systems that have
been effective in the war with Iraq.
• The Patriot (MIM-104) Tactical
Air Defense System. It is a long
range, high-speed guided weapon
system used to shoot down enemy
missiles.
“It’s not cheap. It costs a lot of
money for one shot,” Dunn said. “But
think of what it’s done on the battle
field.”
Jacobsen said the Patriot system
has “proven to be a fantastic system”
in the war with Iraq.
• The M1A1. It-is a battle tank
with special ballistic protection. It
mounts a 120mm main gun and three
other armament systems with shoot
on-the-move capabilities. It has nu
clear, biological and chemical de
fense systems.
Jacobson called the M1A1 “the
best tank in the world” with the most
sophisticated munitions and laser
guided anti-tank weapons.
Jacobsen said American tanks are
more accurate than any in the past
because of “smart” technology.
“Smart technology” allows the user
to make accurate surgical strikes, he
said.
He said it’s important for a tank to
be able to identify its target, fire and
destroy the enemy quickly from a
great distance.
“Technology has given us the
capabilities to do that,” he said.
Using smart bombs to stop the oil
spill from an oil facility in Kuwait
was another example of the benefits
of high technology, Jacobson said.
“It proves what you can do with
accurate weapons. The capabilities
are limited only to what’s in the mind
of the user,” he said.
• The A-l 0 Thunderbolt II. It is a
subsonic, conventionally armed, close
air support aircraft. The pilot of the
craft is protected by titanium armor
plates.
The aircraft is capable of long
endurance in the target area because
it can be refueled during flight. It can
carry non-nuclear bombs, cluster
bombs and laser-guided missiles. It is
equipped with a GAU-8A Avenger
30mm cannon that gives the craft
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High-tech war -
Here are some of the high-tech
weapons being used in the Gulf war.
Attacking
M1A1 Abrams
tank
Iraqi T-55 tank dug
in behind berm
Patriot Tactical
Air Defense
System
Sources: Associated Press, Jane's
Defense Weekly.
A10 Thunderbolt II
Heavily armed tank- killer
AP
anti-tank ability.
Advanced weapons such as attack
helicopters and A-10 aircraft give
soldiers the ability to lock onto tar
gets and achieve a first-round hit.
Jacobson said first-round hits are
important.
“That’s what’s going to save
American lives,” he said.
Regents tackle student issues,
questions during Friday lunch
By Adeana Leftin
Staff Reporter
UNL students had the opportunity
to witness the transformation of Dr.
Jekyll into Mr. Hyde at a lunch on
Friday.
“This gives (the NU Regents) the
opportunity to show students that we’re
| not ogres they we arc,” said regent;
Chairman Don Blank of McCook.
Regent Nancy O’Brien of Omaha
agreed, saying she was glad to have
the opportunity to meet with students.
“(A regent) can’t be a stranger,’
she said.
Shawn Burnham, chairwoman ol
the Government Liaison Committee
which sponsored the event, said il
was a chance to remind the regents ol
what their job was.
Questions from the more than 5(
students who attended the lunch rangee
from concerns about the budget anc
the Coordinating Commission foi
I Postsecondary Education to interest
in how the search for the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln’s chancellor
would be run.
Blank said Gov. Ben Nelson’s frugal
budget proposal would be a challenge
for the board.
“(The board) is going to have to do
some financial gymnastics to main
tain educational excellence,” Blank
> said.
Regent Margaret Robinson of
Norfolk encouraged students with
concerns about the budget to write
their state senators.
Blank also answered questions
about the chancellor search, being
conducted by University of Nebraska
President Martin Massengale.
“Serving on the presidential search,
I’m happy (the board doesn’t) have to
serve on another search,” Blank said,
i Although the board won’t be con
i ducting the search, he said, the
I members do think consideration should
• be given to a woman chancellor.
Blank said Massengale also was
working on the problem of minority
faculty recruitment.
Because Lincoln doesn’t offer a
strong “cultural family,” Blank said,
the university often has difficulty
keeping the minority faculty mem
bers it does hire.
The new, strengthened coordinat
ing commission was discussed by
Regent Charles Wilson of Lincoln,
who used toserveon the commission.
He said the commission proposed
by the Legislature contains “relatively
mild coordinating efforts compared
to other states.”
Coordinating commissions in other
states are governing, Wilson said, not
just advisory. /
But he said the commission’s power
to prevent duplication of programs
was “pretty strong stuff.”
Blank said that as the commission
goes through the Legislature, the
regents will watch carefully to ensure
that the commission docs not become
another layer of bureaucracy.
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Fear 01 liability prompts closing
of handicapped elevator at Lied
1/ Matt Seaman
Staff Reporter
The handicapped elevator at the
Lied Center for Performing Arts has
been shut down after it was deemed
unsafe by University of Nebraska
Lincoln inspectors.
D.B. “Woody” Varner, former
interim director of the Lied Center,
said UNL inspectors judged the ele
vator unsafe because it was too small
to hold both a wheelchair and an
attendant.
He said the elevator was meant to
be larger but was scaled down in size
because of budget cuts.
The elevator had passed the safety
codes set for theater facilities, he said,
but UNL inspectors decided to shut it
down because they feared liability.
Cheryl Clark, Lied Center market
ing director, said handicapped pa
irons are entering through the Johnny
Carson theater while the problem is
being resolved.
Clark said she has heard no com
plaints and thinks the temporary solu
tion works well since the Johnny Carson
entrance is accessible to cars.
The Lied Center staff “knows a
problem exists and is working with
the architects,” she said.
Bob Carpenter, a campus architect
work ing on the problem, said, “ 1 don ’ t
think it’s a major problem right now
because the staff has an adequate way
to correct it, but we’ re working on it.”
Carpenter said the university has
three options to choose from to fix the
elevator. Two of the options would
expand the elevator to varying de
grees and one would replace the ele
vator, he said.
The cost would range from $5,(MX)
to S5(),(XX), he said.
Regents approve arts college
From Staff Reports
The NU Board of Regents on Sat
urday approved the establishment of
' a College of Fine and Performing
Arts at the University of Nebraska
Lincoln.
The proposal to establish the col
lege will be presented to the Ne
braska Legislature. The college’s
creation previously was included in a
' bill, but the legislation was withdrawn.
UNL Student Regent Phil Gosch
said creation of the college would not
require any extra funding except for
administrative costs. Current arts
programs are in the College of Arts
and Sciences.
Regent Don Blank of McCook said
separating the arts program from the
rest of the College of Arts and Sci
ences w ould give it a distinct identity.
This individuality would attract
gifts and grants, he said.