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0, I Michelle Paulman/Daily Nebraskan Shooting some hoops Blaine Blad, head of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln agricultural meteorology department, warms up for a basketball game Thursday in the Activities Building on East Campus. HORIZN announces candidacy By Michael Hannon Staff Reporter Pledging to make accomplishments rather than talk about them, the HORIZN party announced Thursday its entrance to the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska cam paign race. College of Arts and Sci ences senatorial candidate Colin Theis said in the Nebraska Union that HORIZN is running 12 senatorial candidates but does not have any candidates for executive office. The party’s platform calls for ra cial minority recruitment and involve ment in campus organizations, an end to sexism on campus, a more equi table campus alcohol policy and a non-politicized, positive AS UN sen ate campaign. Theis said HORIZN has worked with student minority leaders and Reshell Ray, the Campus Activities and Programs coordinator for Ethnic Minority Programs and Services, in formulating its minority program. In the area of women’s rights, HORIZN is formulating its policy that will be in a report to be released Tuesday. HORIZN will state its formal pro posals for alcohol policy March 8. Theis said 52 percent of the student body is of legal drinking age, and it is ridiculous not to let those students drink. POLICE REPORT Beginning midnight Wednes day, Feb. 27 9:35 a.m. — Hood ornament taken, loop east of Memorial Stadium, $25. 1:24 p.m. — Car windshield broken, between Q and R streets on 18th Street, $140. 8:07 p.m. — Bicycle taken, Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, 1548 SSL, When: Tucs., March 5 Where: City Union Time: 3:30-5:00 The 1),vision of General Studies, .13 Administration 472-3605 • •••••••••••••••a* ; * Sandy * : Creek I Saturday, March 2 : ★ 31 ★ : Starlite : Ballroom l 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. I 3 1/2 miles west of • ^ Wahoo, Nebraska ^ •••••«•••••••••••• Bill allowing Sunday liquor passes > By Lisa Donovan Senior Reporter Lawmakers gave a thumbs-up Thursday to a bill allowing liquors to be added to the list of beers and wines that may be sold by retail establishments on Sundays in Nebraska. LB354, intro duced by state Sen. Tim Hall of Omaha, was passed by the Nebraska Legislature 26-11 and sent to the governor’s desk for final approval. llie Legislature also passed an amendment offered by Hall that places an emergency clause on the bill, making it effective as soon as the governor signs the legislation. Under the provisions of the bill, local governments would have the power to allow the retail sale of liquor or liquor by the glass from noon on Sundays until 1 a.m. Mondays. Current liquor laws allow only beer and wine to be sold from noon to 6 p.m. on Sundays. Sen. La Von Crosby of Lincoln said she opposed adding liquor to the list of alcohol that may be sold on Sun days before 6 p.m. Crosby said that with a growing alcohol awareness and tougher laws on drunken driving, such legislation encourages alcohol abuse. “It seems to me we keep offering incentives” to drink and abuse alco hol. she said. Hall said he thought the rest of the citizens and businesses should be afforded the same right as the Vetcr I---■— - ans of Foreign Wars and American Legion clubs, which are exempt from current law. All types of alcohol may be sold and purchased there on Sun days. Hal! said neither he nor the bill advocates drunken driving. “There is no love in my heart for drunk drivers,” he said. Hall said he appreciated Crosby’s comments but the bill did not extend the hours alcohol may be consumed or purchased. It just allows all types of alcohol to be sold during those hours, he said. ' ■ ■ ■ ■ " l Iraqi seat attracts applications from Model U.N. participants From Staff Reports The most sought-after seat in this year’s Nebraska Model United Na tions was Iraq, the event’s secretary general said. Stephanie Neill said the war in the Persian Gulf made Middle East coun tries, especially Iraq, the delegate seats that received the most applications this year. The NMUN conference began Wednesday and ends Saturday at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. NMUN Undersecretary-General Denise Scholl said getting people interested in international issues at a young age is the idea behind the 24 th annual conference, which is an exact model of the United Nations. This year, about 250 delegates represent about 50 countries, Scholl said. Delegates apply for countries and are assigned based on experience in NMUN, speaking experience and interest. Neill said some of the delegates are natives of, or have lived in, the countries they represent, including two men from Saudi Arabia. Delegates meet in four commit tees of the General Assembly — Political and Security; Social, Hu manitarian and Cultural; Special Political; and Legal. Other delegates will meet in a special commission on human rights, the Security Council and the Economic and Social Coun cil. Each committee deals with spe cific topics for the first day and a half. Committee resolutions arc debated in the General Assembly for the last half of the conference. Scholl said delegates participate in NMUN year after year because there is no maximum age limit. Par ticipants must be no younger than high school age. Reaction Continued from Page 1 it ahead of time.” Coope said she had thought America’s superior technology would keep the war short and casu alties low, but Ambrosius agreed with Forsythe. “I think most people feared casu alties would be high. Actually, they have been very heavy really on the Iraqi side,” Ambrosius said. “It would appear militarily the war is over. Politically, we don’t know what results will be.” Forsythe said the allied coali tion probably will keep a military force in the region for a while, followed by some sort of Arab military force. Coope said she thought the l[nited Slates would invest in the reconstruction of Iraq, but Forsythe said that is unlikely. “I don’t expect to see U.S. and Western economic aid to Iraq as long as (Iraqi President) Saddam (Hussein) remains in power,” For sythe said. “I expect to see contin ued economic sanctions to try to force the removal of Saddam Hussein and to provide some sort of leverage for the remaining po litical and economic issues.” Forsythe said that although he thought the United States wanted Saddam out of power, America probably would not use force to achieve the objective. “I don’t think we have any plans to go into Baghdad overtly. If one of his military colleagues wanted to hand him over, I’m sure we’d lake him and create a U.N. tribunal for war crimes,” Forsythe said. Coope also thought a trial could be in store for Saddam. “It wouldn’t surprise me if we gave him the same treatment as (former Panamanian leader Man uel) Noriega and actually put him on trial. Maybe that is what we do now with people who we used to support until they did something we didn’t like,” she said. Senators advance education compact From Staff Reports The Nebraska Legislature advanced to the final round of debate Thursday a bill that would establish Nebraska as the sixth state to enter the Mid western Higher Education Compact. LB209, sponsored by Sen. Ron Withem of Papillion, was passed 27 0. If the governor signs the bill, Nebraska will work with the five slates already in the compact to coordinate and strengthen postsccondary educa tion services and reduce costs of higher education. Withem said earlier in the session that the compact could help in such areas as reducing or waiving non resident tuition. The five stales currently in the compact arc Ohio, Kansas, Michi gan, Minnesota and Missouri. Senators also advanced LB209A, which would appropriate funds to aid in carrying out the provisions of LB209. The state would pay $58,(XX) an nually for membership in the com pact.
