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Bill stalled
for parental
notification
By Lisa Donovan
Senior Reporter
Action on a parental notification
bill was stalled Monday with the
proposal of amendments from three
slate senators who historically have
blocked bills to_
limit abortion. ^4*
Sen. Bernice
Labedz of
Omaha said she
thought one
senator’s MfiSnSnSfPl
amendment was
a technique to
slow the passage of her bill calling for
minor women to notify their parents
before obtaining an abortion. The bill
is in the second round of debate.
Labedz said Sen. David Bemard
Stcvens of North Platte was trying to
stall the bill’s passage by tacking on a
proposal to the legislation that would
require more money.
Under the provisions of the bill, a
woman may seek a judicial bypass if
she does not wish to tell her parents or
guardian before the abortion. Ber
nard-Stcvcns proposed that the slate
pay for the legal counsel — costs
incurred under the judicial bypass
system.
Labedz argued this would create
an appropriations bill and might cause
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Streetcar on the move
Rick Goetz and Lori Bush, graduate assistants in the scene shop at Temple Building, pack scenery from “A Streetcar Named
Desire,” which will be performed in Tokyo for two weeks this summer.
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ASUN to ponder racial issue
By Adeana Leftin
Staff Reporter
The Association of Students of the
University of Nebraska will con
sider legislation Wednesday to im
prove representation for racial minority
students that some minority students say
they don’t want.
Former ASUN Sen. Frank Forman said
the bylaw some senators are proposing to
create a racial affairs subcommittee “isn’t
what the racial minority community wants."
He said that as a senator, he continually
told ASUN that minorities want a standing
committee.
“It was like talking to a wall," he said.
ASUN passed a standing committee in
March, but it was vetoed by former ASUN
President Phil Gosch.
For the past year, ASUN has been work
ing on establishing representation for sev
eral minority groups.
Subcommittees for international students,
students with disabilities and gay/lesbian/
bisexual students have been formed.
A subcommittee for racial affairs also
would be under the standing Campus Life
Committee.
Racial minority students have been push
ing for a standing committee, saying that a
subcommittee would reduce the importance
of the issues being addressed.
Former College of Arts and Sciences
Sen. Angela Green said the subcommittee
suggestion was almost “institutionalized
racism.”
She said it would be as if ASUN was
telling minority students to be satisfied with
what they were given.
“My parents didn’t raise me to be satis
fied with just what I’m given,” Green said.
The standing committee is workable, she
said, but ASUN doesn’t want to make it
work.
A subcommittee would go against the
winning UNITY party’s campaign promise,
Green said. Throughout the ASUN cam
paign, she said, the UNITY party said it
would be active in getting representation for
minorities.
“They know exactly what we want,”
Green said. “It’s just a matter of them doing
what they said they’d do.”
ASUN President Andy Massey said the
UNITY party would not be going back on its
campaign promises by supporting the sub
committee proposal.
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UNL student mounts errort
to combat subscription cuts
By Bill Stratbucker
Staff Reporter _
One University of Nebraska-Lincoln
student is mounting an effort to save
UNL journal subscriptions that are slated
to fall victim to the budget axe next year.
Cathy Whitncy-Vuchetich, a UNL senior
education major, took her first step by organiz
ing a meeting recently with concerned students
and the dean of libraries to discuss the potential
cuts.
“If 1 had known these cuts were taking
place, I would have done something about it
long ago she said.
Kent He ndrickson, dean of libraries at UNL,
said he “deeply appreciates whatCathy is doing
about it”
But, he said, he docs not foresee the Ne
braska Legislature giving the libraries any more
money next year to account for spiraling sub
scription costs.
“If we don’t get any increase to account for
inflation, v/e have no recourse,” he said. “We
will be faced with massive cuts.’’
Hendrickson estimated the cuts at $400,000
for next year, with more cuts in the years to
follow.
Whitncy-Vuchetich said, “This time, the
(Nebraska) Legislature is cutting into my edu
cation."
She said that without the proper journals,
she cannot be trained appropriately. Another
access to journals, borrowing them from other
libraries, takes “not six days or six weeks, but
six months sometimes,” she said.
Andy Massey, Association of Students of
the University of Nebraska president, said he
also is concerned about the cuts.
Massey, who attended the meeting, said this
might be a “bleak year.”
rThcy’rc gelling cuts and they have to cut
somewhere,” he said.
Massey said that at the meeting, Hendrickson
told students they could hold fund-raisers and
talk to state senators about the situation.
Whitney-Vuchctich said her next step will
be to inform all campus organizations of the
potential cuts.
Hendrickson said he will meet with other
Big Eight library deans to discuss solutions to
the problem.
“We arc not alone on this,” he said.
The University of Virginia, he said, just cut
its subscriptions by $250,000.
Sharing journals between other schools may
be necessary, he said.
Official says big t irms out, small in
By Dionne Searcey
Staff Reporter
UNL graduates may be forced
to think small this year, ac
cording to Larry Roulh, direc
tor of the Career Planning and Place
ment Center.
Routh said big companies are of
fering fewer job opportunities this
year because of the economic reces
sion, but smaller companies still are
interviewing.
The job market is especially bleak
in companies that manufacture cars
and major household appliances be
cause of a decrease in purchases of
expensive items, he said
The recession hurts graduates look
ing for jobs nationwide, Roulh said.
At the University of Nebraska-Lin
coln, about 40 large companies cut
interviews at Career Planning and
Placement this year.
“It makes sense. If General Motors
or Ford is not selling cars, it’s hard to
hire 10,000 new college graduates,”
he said.
Roulh said companies cut back
interviews in the mid-1970s and 1980s
during recessions, but large compa
nies returned to UNL after those
economic hard times.
He said he expects companies to
renew hiring procedures several
months after inis year’s recession ends.
“It’s tough on this year’s class.
Students need to be prepared to work
harder and look longer,” Roulh said.
But internships still are popular.
He said that even the big companies
that cut back on hiring full-time posi
tions arc looking for interns.
And internships can turn into full
time jobs, he said.
“Companies want to find talented
students and hire them later,*' Routh
said.
Students shouldn ’ t gel too discour
aged because opportunities are out
there, he said.
“We’re in danger of overempha
sizing the (bleak) job market and
undcremphasizing what enthusiasm
is. Go with enthusiasm and strength.
Don’t just go with supply and de
mand.
Students should be prepared to work
harder in more competitive fields,
Routh said.
Fortunately, smaller companies
have continued to interview students,
he said. Nebraska companies such as
the Omaha Public Power District are
hiring students at “constant rates,” he
said.
And, Routh said, “people are still
eating," so the agribusiness field re
tained a good job market.
He said the medical field also is
popular because the population is
growing older, increasing the need
for medical care.
Employees in fields such as teach
ing arc reaching the retirement age
and will need to be replaced soon,
too, he said.
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Derek Brown leads rushing at
the annual Red-White game.
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The Escape Cbb eagerly tafcs
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Opinion 4
Sports 6
A&E 8
Classifieds 9