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President’s address draws mixed reviews
Professor sees
Bush’s program
as short-term fix
By Jeremy Fitzpatrick
Senior Reporter
President Bush’s plan to move
the United States out of the
recession, outlined in his State
of the Union address Tuesday, drew
mixed reviews from two UNL profes
sors.
Roger Rieflcr, an economics pro
fessor at the University of Nebraska
Lincoln, said he thought Bush’s speech
would be rightly criticized for focus
ing on short-term cures for the econ
omy.
“To that extent, I think it was a
politically motivated presentation,”
he said.
Riefler gave the address a “B” on
potential short-term impact, and said
it earned a “D-” for its potential long
term impact.
Bush’s plan, if passed, would help
stimulate the economy out of reces
sion, Riefler said. However, he said,
he thought the recovery would hap
pen naturally, whether Bush acted or
not.
For a significant improvement in
the economy, he said, long-term goals,
such as education and improving the
quality of the work force, must be
addressed.
In his speech, Bush revived a Per
sian Gulf War promise by declaring
that the problems of the recession
“will not stand.” He outlined an eco
nomic plan based on short-term lax
breaks to lift the United States out of
its economic doldrums.
ThecruxofBush’splanisachange
in the federal tax withholding tables.
The change will allow taxpayers to
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Defense spending
Cut defense spending by $50 billion
over this and next five years.
Tsxst
- Adjust income-tax withholding tables
to boost Americans' take home pay.
chtfdren^now ?2,300a child,
Cut capitol gains tax, or tax on profits from
sale of stock, reed estate and other assets.
home buyers a tax credit of up to
$5,000 for homes purchased this year.
- Alow first-time home buyers to withdraw
up to $10,000 from IRAs without penalty.
Provide tax credits and vouchers to help low
and middle-income families buy healti insurance,
^u^t^ maximum of $3,750 a family
Griesen says
‘brain drain’
must be halted
Vice chancellor calls for
higher standards, tactics
Editor’s note: In his budget reduction
speech Jan. 16, Chancellor Graham
Spanier announced four .programs to
improve UNL and increase the univer
sity’s impact on the state and the world.
This series will examine each of the four
initiatives.
By Sean Green
Senior Reporter
UNL has announced plans to reverse
the current “brain drain” in Nebraska
by attracting more top students to the
university, the vice chancellor for student
affairs said.
To bring more high-achieving students
to the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln, the
- administration will have to raise admission
standards and improve recruiting tactics,
James Griesen said.
In his Jan. 16 speech, UNL Chancellor
Graham Spanier appointed Griesen to be in
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Drug, alcohol
tests negative
for Baldwin
From the Associated Press
Tests showed no sign of drugs or alcohol
in the blood or urine of a University of
Ncbraska-Lincoln student charged in the
beating of a Lincoln woman Jan. 18, Lancastci
County Attorney Gary Lacey said.
“That means we have to look to another
cause” for behavior that led to Andrew Scott
Baldwin’s arrest, Lacey said.
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James Kendrick, a UNL professor of agricultural economics, teaches real-world, up-to-date and instantaneous
economics via satellite.
Tune in
Professor’s televised class keeps up with the times
By Lori Huff
Staff Reporter
UNL professor James Kendrick said he
didn’t feel the need to change his
style, since his style kept up with
technology.
Kendrick,an agricul
tural economics profes
sor, recently began teach
ing a televised agricul
tural marketing class at
the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln.
Kendrick spoke highly of the course, but
said he did not prefer it over the other
courses he taught.
“Each one is quite different than the
others,” he said. “They’re each weird. And
I enjoy the students in each one of them.”
Because much of what Kendrick teaches
is based on current news events, informa
tion relayed in his classes changes from day
to day.
In his Agricultural Economics 411 class,
Kendrick said, he has high expectations of
his students. He forces students to keep
abreast of world events by requiring them to
read three or four newspapers and encourag
ing them to make use of other resources, he
said.
“My purpose is to get students knowl
edgeable and to make students aware we’re
working in a global market,” he said.
Among the resources available to his
students is a computer network that enables
them to examine agricultural news from
around the world at the touch of a button.
The information received and analyzed from
'this network becomes the basis for class
room discussion, he said.
Kendrick said his job was complicated
because he was responsible for staying in
formed about all of the news.
“I go crazy just trying to keep up,” Ken
drick said. “I have to depend on my TAs a
lot. The TAs arc what makes this thing run.
They’re the geniuses.
“I’m just the front person.”
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‘Living will’ bill debate begins i
By Cindy Kimbrough
Senior Reporter
The Nebraska Legislature be
gan debate Wednesday on the
first of two bills that would
recognize Nebras- -
kans’ right to di
rect their own
medical treat
ment.
Sen. David
Landis of Lincoln
introduced an
amendment to LB671, which recog
nized a “durable power of attorney”
in directing medical treatment and a
“living wifi” if a person became ter
minally ill or reached a persistently
vegetative state.
A living will gives the attending
physician specific instructions on what
medical treatment will be allowed or
acceptable.
A durable power of attorney, in
stead of instructing the physician, gives
a third person the power to make the
decisions of what direction treatment
should follow.
The amendment, which passed
Wednesday, removed the “durable
power of attorney” from Landis’ origi
nal bill, introduced last session.
Last session, Sen. John Lindsay of
Omaha introduced LB696, a bill that
gave legal recognition to directing
medical treatment through “durable
power of attorney.”
Landis said he introduced his
amendment to pul the decision on a
durable power of attorney solely on
LB696, offering Nebraskans a choice
of what type of control they would
have over medical treatment.
In addition, Landis added on pro
visions he called “clean-up amend
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Russia no longer aiming
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Columnist denounces Ameri
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Underground Lincoln. Page 5
j Basketball player Michael
I Hughs wants to be thought of as
ja nice guy. Page 13
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Opinion 4
Diversions 5
Sports 13
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