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ROTC policy
Senate resolution protests ban on homosexuals
By Dionne Searcey
Staff Reporter
If ROTC doesn’t lift its ban on
homosexuals by 1993, ROTC pro
grams at the University of Nebraska
Lincoln may lose course credit, the
Academic Senate voted Tuesday.
The resolution states that if the
discriminatory policy is not revoked
by Jan. 1,1993, the senate will urge
the chancellor to “renegotiate tne
contracts of the three branches of
ROTC at UNL in order to eliminate
credit for all ROTC courses.’’ Stu
dents enrolled as of Jan. 1, 1993,
would not be affected.
In passing the resolution, the sen
ate joined other universities nation
wide in protesting the Department of
Defense policy barring homosexuals
from ROTC programs.
The resolution is intended to comply
with the non-discrimination policy of
the University of Nebraska, which
states that ail students, regardless of
sexual orientation, must be allowed
to participate in university programs.
Herb Howe, associate to the chan
cellor, said the resolution is intended
to urge national officials to revoke
the discriminatory policy.
“It sends a clear signal to the
Department of Defense that our campus
is not necessarily hostile to ROTC.
We’re just asking that one policy be
changed,” he said.
But Leo Chouinard, associate
professor of mathematics and statis
tics, said the resolution would penal
ize university ROTC programs for
decisions made by national leaders.
“For us to challenge it (national
policy) is a mistake . To say if it
isn’t changed, we’re going to run off
and hide is a mistake.”
But James McShane, Academic
Senate president, said the policy simply
urges the chancellor to renegotiate,
“not run off and hide.”
Chouinard also said he thought the
policy was an attempt to “phase out
ROTC” at UNL.
James Hejduk, associate professor
of music, said, “Given an ROTC which
isn’t perfect but present... I would
take the imperfect one,”
But George Tuck, senate presi
dent-elect, said, “It’s not an anti-mili
tary resolution. It is an anti-discrimi
nating resolution.”
The senate also passed a resolu
tion concerning the Crime Aware
ness and Campus Security Act.
The resolution orders the UNL
chancellor to prepare a report that
would show the steps UNL must take
to comply with the act.
The act would require universities
to report the number of crimes yearly
and prepare crime statistics starting
Sept. 1.
The senate passed another resolu
tion supporting efforts to raise UNL’s
minority enrollment to a level that
would reflect the demographics of
minorities in the state.
Abortion notification bill
moves closer to reality
By Lisa Donovan
Senior Reporter
Nebraska legislators Tuesday
moved one step closer to
adopting a bill this year that
would require women 18 years and
younger to notify a parent or guard
ian before obtaining an abortion.
In fewer than two days of de
bate, LB425, sponsored by Sen.
Bernice Labedz of Omaha, was
advanced to the second round of
debate by a 30-13 vote. A similar
bill was introduced and occupied
seven days of debate in 1989. Last
year, senators debated that bill for
four days, much of the time used
up by Filibustering.
The bill calls for a pregnant
minor woman to inform a parent or
guardian of her intention to receive
an abortion. Forty-eight hours fol
lowing the notification, the woman
may receive the operation.
Some senators said they were
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relieved that legislation of good
public policy overcame debate on
personal religious, philosophical and
moral concerns.
Sen. EmieChambers ofOmaha,
who has opposed the parental noti
fication bills set before the Legis
lature, said he was sorry to see the
bill move forward, but that he
appreciated the discussion preced
ing LB425’s advancement.
“I’m glad we didn’t have the
kind of debate we’ve had in the
past,” he said.
Labedz, a strong opponent of
abortion, told Chambers she was
pleasantly surprised by the relative
ease with which debate continued.
“I, too, appreciate, Sen. Cham
bers, that this was in no way like
1989 or 1990,” she said.
Still, the more than seven hours
of debate on the legislative floor
gave senators about a dozen amend
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Fountain Fix-up
Marvin Potter, of the Facilities Management Department, helps repair Broyhill Fountain on Tuesday
weather damaae and the fountain’s spray are corrected, tne fountain should be ready to be turned on today if
weather oermits, said Don Havlovic of the UNL Maintenance Management Division, who is helping with repairs.fhe
fountain was built in honor of Lynn Diann Broyhill, class of 1967, who died in a car accident. “We want to keep it wel
for her,” Havlovic said.
GSL program
reorganized
to stop defaults
By Adeana Leftin
Staff Reporter _
Federal plans lo reorganize the guaran
teed student loan program arc unfair to
many students and to schools like UNL
that have low default rates, a UNL administra
tor said Tuesday.
John Beacon, director of scholarships and
financial aid, said responsible student loan
recipients will be punished because of others’
defaults.
The reorganization will implement more
stringent monitoring and higher eligibility stan
dards to combat record-high national loan default
rales.
Beacon said loan defaults are not a problem
at traditional, public, four-year institutions,but
are at a number of small, “fly-by-night” trade
schools.
Many studcnLs at the smaller trade schools
drop out and don’t feel obligated to pay off
their loans, Beacon said.
He said one regulation already in place to
prevent loan losses is withholding aid checks
from first-time borrowers for 30 days, the time
period in which most students drop out.
Beacon said many regulations exist for schools
with 30 percent default rates, but schools with
much lower rates still will be hurt by the new
plan.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has a
default rate of 3 percent, he said.
“We are going to pay the penally,” Beacon
said. “They’re cracking down on everyone.”
According to a news release from the De
partment of Education, loan defaults of SI51
million in 1981 grew to $2.7 billion in 1991.
A recent review of the guaranteed student
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Kerrey: Beadle needs pledge, not funds!
By Jeremy Fitzpatrick
Staff Reporter _
U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey’s asser
tion that the Legislature doesn’t
have to dole out funds this year
for UNL’s Beadle Center to ensure a
$17 million federal grant, triggered
mixed reactions from university offi
cials Tuesday.
UNL Interim Vice Chancellor for
Research Bill Splinter said he was not
completely sure what Kerrey’s com
ments meant for the proposed George
W. Beadle Center for Genetics and
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Biomaterials Research, but that “one
way or another, the university has to
come up with the $6 million.”
Six million dollars is the amount
that must be raised to match the $ 17.7
million grant from the U.S. Depart
ments of Agriculture and Energy.
Kerrey reportedly said the state does
not have to appropriate the money,
but needs to make a commitment to
the project this year.
“I’m not sure what kind of com -
mitments would have to be on the
table to satisfy the government,”
Splinter said.
Regents Chairman Don Blank said
Kerrey was “not raising new issues.”
“We’ve known for quite a while
that what we needed (now) was a
commitment from the slate and not
dollars.” Blank said.
Kerrey, D-Neb.,also was reported
as saying Monday that he thought
plans for the Beadle Center might
have to be redesigned to protect its
federal funding. The current cost for
the project is $32 million.
Splinter and Blank agreed that the
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Gorbachev proposes nationwide ban on strikes, rallies and demon
strations to avert a “national catastrophe." Page 2.
Student representation in Nebraska Coordination Commission
unlikely, says ASUN president. Page 6.
Huskers score last-inmng run to defeat Wayne State. Page 7.
INDEX
Wire 2
Opinion 4
Sports 7
A&E 9
Classifieds 10
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