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Forum Continued from Page 1 she said, cannot be made accessible for the visually impaired. Hoisington asked task force mem bers if they had contacted other uni versities to find out how they made services available for disabled stu dents. Daniels said that they had and found that most universities were about at the same point as UNL. Because the ADA is so new, she «»iH iinivprsitip*; arp “aninp ihrnueh a process where we don’t know whal to do next.” Hoisington said that if administra tors listened to suggestions, such fo rums could be useful. “I’d like to see more of them,” she said. “But there has to be follow through.” A second public forum will be today from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the East Campus Union ’ s Great Plains Center. Anyone who wants to comment on services for the disabled at UNL but cannot come to the forum can call the affirmative action office or write Daniels at 127 Administration Build inp I-POLICE REPORT-1 Beginning midnight Wednesday 9:43 a.m. — Person trespassing Ruth Staples Building. 10:31 a.m. — Two-vehicle acci dent, Nebraska ETV parking lot 1800 N. 33rd St., SI,000. 10:36 a.m. — Wallet stolen, C.Y Thompson Library, S30. 1:13 p.m. — Jacket stolen, park ing lot north of Administration Building, $300. 6:01 p.m. — Arson, Cathcr Resi dence Hall, $50. 6:09 p.m. — Golf clubs stolen last Sunday, East Campus Recreation Field, $70. 8:44 p.m. — Wallet stolen, Plant Science Building, S35. With great joy, The Palestinian Students Organization at UNL would like to congratulate all Palestinians, and our friends around the world for the safe return of the leader of the Palestinian people, and the president of the state of Palestine. _Chairman Yasser Arafat We take this opportunity to participate in the celebration with our brothers and sisters in occupied Palestine, looking forward to the day when we are a nation free on its own soil, safe in its own home, and liberated from the chains of occupation.__ - s \ %\ I ^ . V . . / /, /, / vug* mgr & '/ v" *• APRIL 12 x \ > Noon Post G Nickel Style Show. Come see the new spring * 3:00 pm LudU & Pig RodSt! 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Faye Moulton, employee rela tions coordinator in the Depart ment of Human Resources, said the Mentoring Project was created especially to help women and minorities. The program, she said, was de signed so each faculty member who signed up would be matched up with a mentor to learn about his or her profession. “Mentoring is a good way to learn about a field and advance in it,” she said. “It creates a trusting relationship where interaction and learning can take place.” Moulton said the program was started two or three years ago by the Chancellor’s Commission on the Status of Women. That pro gram eventually died, but the ueparimeni oi numau i\.cj>uuicc» decided to start it again. The main difference between the two programs, she said, was that the Department of Human Resources made the new program available to all faculty members, not just women. “Our job at the Department of Human Resources is to provide personal and professional opportu nities to all faculty,” she said. “This program is one way to do this.” Moulton said the program would first match women and minorities with mentors if more faculty members desiring mentors than mentor volunteers came forward. She said the program had re ceived a favorable response, al though it was too early to give exact figures. Announcements went out to the faculty last week, and Moulton said she had received a “fair number” of responses from faculty. Admin istrators also have shown interest in being mentors. Moulton said she was unsure how many of the respondents were women and minorities. The program, she said, had little structure and would only include two or three meetings for the entire VUVII J VU1 . The group would be brought to gether to hear speakers on men toring and to evaluate the progress each set of partners was making, Moulton said. “We would find out what changes would be necessary and see if the two partners were clicking,” she said. The Department of Human Re sources, she said, also would send out periodic mailings about men toring to the partners. The decision of how often the partners would meet would be up to the individuals, she said. “I would imagine some would decide just to have lunch two or three times a week,” she said. “Others would want to function inside the office or attend staff meetings with each other.” Moulton said the program was designed to last about one year, but she would not be surprised if some partners continued their interac tion longer. “Some of the things the mentors are talking about may be personal development, rather than profes sional development,” she said. “In some instances I could see the inter action lasting longer than a year.” Cigarette Continued from Page 1 be unavailable to the university in the future.__ Lee Rupp, vice president for uni versity relations, said he was con cerned because increased taxes on cigarettes could limit an already de clining source of income. Cigarette taxes were declining about 3 or 4 percent a year, and could decline even more if cigarette taxes were raised, he said. If the tax is passed, Rupp said, Nebraska would have one of the high est cigarette taxes in the United States. Moul said that was a misconcep tion, because many states were con sidering equal or higher increases. Rupp previously had said that there was no danger to current bonds and construction programs, Moul said. Only potential plans may be at risk, he said. These plans are uncertain with or without the proposed clean environment act, he said. Tory Kort, Ecology Now project coordinator, said that in any situation such as this, university officials would be concerned with what effect it would have on the university. ' + Not enough research has been done on what could happen, he said, and whether Nebraskans want to support a tax increase or not. All that is known about the pro posal, Kort said, is that it will not hurt any current capital construction proj ects. James Zank, an office manager at the Environmental Resource Center and a petitioner for the environmental committee, said he did not see a prob lem with the increased tax for the university. Zank said he thought the tax would have little or no effect on funding NU’s capital construction. “Their fears are pretty much ground less,” he said. Bryan Mikkclscn, another petitioner for the committee, said the provision also had a sunset clause, allowing it to end in the year 2000. The program will be discontinued if the university is worrying about future projects, he said. Another clear benefit, Moul said, was that many NU students would stop smoking because of the higher cost of cigarettes. “All major scientific studies show that nicotine is addictive and smok ing is bad for your health,” he said. “Cigarettes should not be cheap, because they are poison to the human body. “Supporting the proposed act will start to bring solutions to Nebraska’s environmental problems, while pro viding millions of dollars for cancer research to the university and helping NU students stop smoking, thus liv ing longer,” he said. lax Continued from Page 1 will not decrease a great deal. When considering whether to implement such a tax, Anderson said, several factors need to be kept in mind. i A 1989 study headed by William Manning, a professor at the Univer sity of Michigan with the Rand Cor poration in Santa Monica, Calif., found that if cigarette taxes were measured on whether they made up for health or environmental problems associated with smoking, the current level of federal and state excise taxes on ciga rettes was adequate. But if cigarette taxes are to be examined according to the possible revenue they create, more money can be made off cigarettes. The reason goes back to the unre sponsiveness, or inelasticity to a change in price, he said. Smokers still will buy cigarettes if they arc addicted to them. The issue then is fairness, he said. If the tax will support programs that will benefit the general population, is il fair lo impose a lax on just smok ers? “The cigarette tax is an easy tar get,” he said. “In fact, all sin taxes are easy targets.” But in proposing cigarette lax in creases, Nebraska is not alone, he said. A number of other states have proposed increasing cigarette and liquor taxes to pay for improving the environment and health care, Ander son said. The percentage of a tax on the items, relative lo the actual price, has shrunk over lime because of infla tion. One way that states could avoid frequently changing their rate of excise taxation would be to set aside a per centage of the wholesale price of cigarettes for taxes, he said. Although the 25-cent tax would be a substantial increase, Anderson said, it still would be low compared to how other industrial countries tax such items. In some countries, the tax can be up to 50 percent of the actual price of a pack of cigarettes, he said. • But there are other ways to look at the benefits of increasing a tax. Some people might want the tax to alter people’s behavior, he said. If people are looking to change behavior or to help smokers stop smoking, the choice to raise the tax, and therefore the price, is not the best way to go. This is because buyers of ciga rettes are so unresponsive to a price change, he said. But some studies, including Man ning’s, indicate thatsome groups may be more responsive to a change in price. For example, he said, the studies show teenagers are more responsive. The higher prices discourage them from buying cigarettes. Anderson said university officials were being pul in a difficult position on the tax increase because of the positive and negative effects it could have. Because the university relies on the taxes for funding capital con struction, it is natural for officials to be reluctant to support an increase, he said. “But it could cut both ways,” he said. Call your local Ryder dealer. , We’ll help make sure you hold on to some of your most precious memories. I $25 Off on a One Way Rental Take this coupon to your authorized Ryder dealer. It entitles you to a $25.00 discount on a one-way rental or a $10.00 discount on a local rental. ! Discounts valid April I, 1992 through May 1993. Offer not valid with any other offer, f rebate or dicount program. Proof of rental required. RYDER. Moving Services Regents Continued from Page 1 Board members probably will delay voting on the new peer group until administrators and regents can dis cuss the recommendation, Rowson said. Regents also will hear a report on the reorganization of the master’s of architecture degree at UNL. The regents’ agenda staled that the proposal would separate the master of architecture degree program from the University of Nebraska Graduate College to designate it as a first-pro fessional degree of the College of Architecture. Rowson said the regents also would vote on the approval of an increase in tuition rates for high school indc pendent study courses ottered by tnc Division of Continuing Studies. The rate would increase by $3. UNL offers one of the largest high school independent study programs in the United States, he said. Regents also will vote on the ap proval of the joint administration of the doctor of education in educational administration by UNL and the Uni versity of Nebraska at Omaha. The doctorate would be given by UNL’s Department of Educational Administration and the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Department of Administration and Supervision. Construction approvals also arc on the regents’ agenda, Rowson said. NU regents will vote on the ap proval of a $805,250 bid to replace the artificial turf at Memorial Sta dium.