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i ^ Dailv •* f I- " 38® || jS§ fj| , Mostly cloudy and a 40 per wOBk, 8 m M cent chance of showers today I m 1 ij|k m J0** J&SSta with the hiSh 55-60- Tonight, ^ISk I I® 111 Wr^k g^i® iTl H 4r gBr^ft " ^gy* mostly cloudy with the low 30 iHwaiieJP jjj IB S ip 1® 35 and a 60 percent chance of ^■18 ® S jP |£ JjFa| mmk,. mwk £ m showers. Mostly cloudy Satur «A« ^8 ^rnijjL - _$L_ jL-Jr _M.. ^Ili %k rifl ,R, m*« day with the high around 50. ' ' ——.II — —,, I j *« I Spring Breakdown Fort Lauderdale, S. Padre, Daytona, & Winter Park: 21 Cancun: 18 on cruise ships Mexico; Mexico does not have a J Ft. Lauderdale South Padre Island Flight from Omaha to Harlington, Tex.- $393 midweek, $443 weekend. (2 weeks advance notice). From Kansas City-$182 midweek, $202 weekend. (3 weeks advance notice). *Motel rooms are more than $70 per night, s*- Cancun Out of Kansas City packages: 3 night double downtown-$269, 3 night double on the beach is $339. 1 week double downtown-$359. Flight from Lincoln-$271 midweek, $308 weekends. Minimum motel-over $70 a night; damage deposit required. Daytona Beach Flight from Lincoln-$271 midweek, $319 weekends (2 week advance notice). Source: Good Lite, Tour & Travel. John anice/Deliv Nebraakan Spring Break Students seek fun, sun, snow, low air fares By Trish Spencer Staff Reporter About every four years, spring break ers set out in search of new destina tions, and this year it’s Mexico or bust, according to Lincoln travel agents. South Padre Island, Texas, has been the Spring Break hot spot for about 10 years, Laurie Clark of Younkers Travel Agency said, but this year students in search of warm beaches are headed for Cancun, Mexico. Many of the flights to Cancun were booked before Christmas because of the low-priced flights students were able to obtain out of Kansas City, Mo., Leslie Randecker of Younkers Travel Agency said. The beach at Cancun is one of its main attractions, she said. In addition, students like the low prices they find in Mexico and enjoy being in a foreign country without traveling far from the United States. Low prices also attract many students to skiing resorts in Colorado. Barb Ludwig of Lincoln Tour and Travel said Winter Park, Colo., is a popular Spring Break destination because students can take Amtrak directly there from Lincoln. Florida and Texas still receive the main onslaught of spring breakers each year, but some students find it hard to vacation in Florida because regulations do not allow anyone under age 21, or 25 in some cases, to rent a hotel room, Clark said. Sgt. Bill Tillard of the Daytona Beach Police Department said the age restrictions were implemented to curb the problems caused by alcohol. Only .5 percent of Daytona spring break ers actually arc arrested, with most of the arrests for public consumption of alcohol, disorderly conduct resulting from alcohol and other liquor law violations, Tillard said. The event, which Tillard compared to “hosting Super Bowls for eight weeks,” takes a special task force to keep things See SPRING BREAK on 3 Cigarette tax funds battle I lighting up | By Dionne Searcey I Staff Reporter Tough competition for cigarette tax reve nues that NU is relying on for capital construction is putting a damper on prospects for building the George W. Beadle Center for Genetics and Biomaterials Research. The Nebraska Legislature’s Appropriations Committee will hear testimony today on about five bills vying for Nebraska cigarette tax reve nues. The University of Nebraska is requesting $6 million from the stale to provide matching funds for construction of the Beadle Center. The 56 million is needed to match $17.7 mil lion in federal funds. Gov. Ben Nelson said NU might have to use money within its own budget to finance the 56 million in matching funds for construction of the Beadle Center, billed as a facility to give Nebraska foremost biotechnology research capabilities. NU Regent Don Blank of McCook said Nelson was simply stating an “absolute worst case scenario” and did not propose that the university use money from its own budget. Blank said Nelson intends to “keep his op tions open” when deciding budgetary issues. Nelson has suggested that the cigarette tax funds be used for Drison construction Marion O’Leary, director of the Center for Biological Chemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said the university could ! not finance the $6 million for a utilities exten sion and a greenhouse for the center out of its own budget, because money in the budget is committed to departments, programs and people at NU. O’Leary said that if NU does not receive the matching funds from the state, construction plans might be delayed. He said U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture federal funds must be used this year or could be lost. “If we did not get the $6 million, we’ll be in jeopardy,” O’Leary said. Irv Omtvcdt, vice chancellor for the Insti tute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, agreed, saying, “You can’t go back and ask for additional USDA funding if the state can’t satisfy what you’ve already got.” The project’s total estimated cost is S37 million. Omtvedt said questions have been raised about moving the center from its planned loca tion at 19th and Vine streets to East Campus to reduce costs. But the building’s architects have not given “serious consideration” to an alterna tive locations, and therefore, do not know if this would reduce construction costs, he said. Former student jailed, harassed volleyball player By Tabitha Hiner Senior Reporter Lancaster County District Court judge sent a former University of Nebraska-Lin coln student to the Lancaster County Jail on Thursday for harassing a Nebraska volleyball player. Judge Jeffre Cheuvront found that David Brinegar violated an injunc tion order forbidding him from hav ing contact with Janet Kruse. Brinegar will be detained until Sept 21 or earlier if he agrees to comply with a restraining order that was placed on him Feb. 20 and modified Feb. 26, according to the confinement order. While he is imprisoned, Brinegar only can make phone calls to his attorney, the District Court clerk, his family and people who signify in writing they want to receive calls from him, the order states. The phone calls are to be dialed by jail personnel, according to the order. See COURT on 3 Is Saddam gay ? Page 4 Husker men’s sprints coach says running outdoors should make a difference in meet at Louisiana State. Page 6. Gymnast defies odds against recovery. Page 7. Honky-tonk piano man en chants crowd. Page 8. Copoelia’ brings love and doll to life. Page 9. INDEX Wire 2 Opinion 4 Sports 6 A&E 8 Classifieds # 10 ‘Right direction, ’ Papik says Report’s in; NCAA making changes By Michael Hannon Staff Reporter Although the recommendations in the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics’ report are basically sound, the NCAA already is working to achieve many of them, according to some University of Nebraska offi cials. “In general, I support it (the re port),” said A1 Fapik, Nebraska assis tant athletic director for administra tive services and NCAA compliance coordinator. “I think it is in the right direction, but it is the direction in which collegiate athletics has been going in the past three years.” The commission report, which was released Tuesday, suggested that college administrators have independ ent control of athletic departments and their finances. Commission members also charged that collegiate athletics have become ruled by television network contracts and private fund raising. Academic standards were suggested by the commission, including requir ing student athletes to be scheduled to graduate within five years. James O’Hanlon, University of Nebraska-Lincoln representative to the NCAA, said, “You have to be careful not to put requirements on student athletes that other students don’t have to meet.” Current measures to enforce aca demic standards for student athletes are performing satisfactorily, O’Hanlon said, adding he had not read the report yet. Papik said graduation rates and academic profiles of student athletes at UNL are the same as those for the general student population. He said UNL’s record is satisfac tory. Other issues of concern now are being worked out, he said. The commission suggested that institutions be subjected to outside audits to ensure compliance with the recommendations. O’Hanlon said he agrees with the commission’s recommendations for independent audits of athletic depart ments but added that the policy re sembles a program recently started by the NCAA. The NCAA is beginning a pro gram for the certification of athletic departments, O’Hanlon said, and UNL is among the institutions that have volunteered for it. Papik said the commission spent $2 million and 18 months to come up with suggestions that already are being discussed. “I wasn’t surprised by anything I heard,” Papik said. But the report “will be an additional force that will put more pressure on college presi dents to become involved.” Papik said he supports the com mission’s call for academic standards, fiscal integrity and certification and that athletic departments complete self-studies to indicate they are finan cially responsible. NU Athletic Director Bob Deva ney said he did not think the stale of v college athletics is as bad as the re port indicated.