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Shuttle ends snag-free trip C,ArE,l„ArN A VC.K/vL,ria. t,Ar J —Endeavour sai led through a clear sky and landed at Kennedy Space "" Center on Sunday with seven astro nauts and their animal brood, end ing the first shuttle flight devoted to Japanese research. “Congratulations on a highly successful and historic mission,” Mission Control’s Ken Rcightler told the astronauts once they were back on Earth. The five-man, two-woman crew made history simply because of who they arc: the first married couple in space, first black woman in space and first Japanese to fly on a U.S. spaceship. They achieved another space first during the eight-day labora lory rescarcn mission wnn me icr tilization and hatching of frog eggs. The resulting tadpoles are the first creatures, other than insects, to be conceived and developed in weight lessness. “This one will go down as an outstanding mission: pcrfcctliftoff, perfect landing and all of the sci ence working,” NASA scientist Thora Halstead said after watching Endeavour come home. NASA’s newest shuttle landed on the concrete runway at Kennedy at 8:53 a.m. EDT. Endeavour logged 3.3 million miles during its journey, which began Sept. 12, and circled Earth 127 limes. It was NASA’s 50lh shuttle (light but only the second flight of Endeavour. ■BB DEC Your on is Due I 1992 Appl 1107 Administration I I Student Health and Accident Insurance *A11 enrollees must be signed up by this date or wait until 2nd semester (1/14/93) The insurance works in conjuction with your Health Center fees, so it is important to make sure you have paid your UHC fees as well. Please Contact the UHC Business Office at 472-7435 for free infor mation or specific insurance benefit information. 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Contact Lieutenant Osmundsen at 472-2475 or stop by the M&N Building French vote lukewarm ‘oui’ on Maastricht referendum PARIS (AP)—French voters Sun day narrowly approved a treaty aimed at turning Western Europe into a po litical and economic superpower, but the close vote tempered the elation of its supporters. The outcome of the bitterly con tested referendum failed to dispel fears of further chaos on international fi nancial markets. It also reflected deep political divisions in France, where unpopular President Francois Mitterrand had staked his prestige on approval. The treaty is designed to unite the 12-nation European Community in economic, foreign and defense poli cies and a single currency by 1999. The debate over the treaty’s provi sions causad French voters to worry whether they would loste their cher ished sovereignty and threw Euro pean financial markets into turmoil last week. Fears that Germany would domi nate the new EC were also a factor in French uneasiness about the treaty. With all votes counted — except from twoovcrscas territories—treaty supporters led 50.95 percent to 49.05 percent, or 13,081,935 votes to 12,596,124. Professionals and big-city residents - it We have just lived through one of the most important days in the history of our country. - Mitterrand French president -—ft - generally said “yes,” while farmers and laborers leaned toward “no.” Capitals and financial markets had anxiously watched the referendum, whose impact would likely be felt when trading floors reopen Monday. The referendum on the Maastricht treaty, drafted in December in the Dutch town by that name, was widely viewed as having more international ramifications than any election in French history, although it did not threaten the EC itself. The EC continues to function and will eliminate barriers to trade and movement of people among the 12 nations Jan. 1. M iltcrrand, who learned earlier this month he has prostate cancer, said in a nationally broadcast address, “We have just lived through one of the most important days in the history of our country.” He thanked treaty backers, saying they had put France’s future ahead of partisan interests. Conservative lead ers who, like the Socialist president, had campaigned for the treaty said the result should not be viewed as a man date for Mitterrand. “1 breathed a sign of relief,” Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato said in an interview on Italian television. “If the French electorate hadn’t voted yes, then four decades of work prob ably would have fallen to pieces with irreparable damage.” German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said that while the approval margin was narrow, “the French referendum will give new impetus to the Euro pean unification process.” His foreign minister, Klaus Kinkel, welcomed the news as “a very deci sive step forward for Europe.” He said national identities will need to be taken into account, but that the treaty should not be rewritten. “It’s a victory for Europe,” said Education and Culture Minister Jack Lang. “It’s a pseudo-success—a medio cre yes,” said far-right leader Jean Marie Lc Pen, who opposed the treaty. Recycling advisory board approved By Kathryn Borman Stiff .Reporter The Chancellor’s Committee for Campus Recycling and Waste Man agement will have some help clean ing up the University of Nebraska Lincoln. During its Friday meeting, the com mittee unanimously approved the for mation of an advisory committee to work with the new recycling coordi nator. ? Mcmbcrsoflhechanccllor’scom mittec proposed that members of the new committee represent different areas and entities at UNL, including students and faculty from the envi ronmental studies and environmental planning majors. Bud Dascnbrock, director of land scape services and chairman of the committee, also suggested represen tation from groups that arc the great est producers of waste on campus, as well as those that arc most involved in implementing recycling policies, such as the business and finance office. Student involvement also is a pri ority. In other business, the committee approved making the proposed recy cling coordinator’s job full lime, re ducing the likelihood of thccoordina lor working jointly with other city or state offices. The coordinator would report to Jack Goebel, vice chancellor of business and finance, who UNL Chancel lor Graham Span icr has askGd to formulate the campuswidc recy cling program. Committee members also sug gested a wide range of priorities for the new program, including avoiding and reducing waste, education and the purchase of recyclable products. A model for the campuswidc recy cling program was proposed by com mittee member Peter Spalding, an associate professor of dentistry, who also serves on the recycling advisory committee at the University of Ne braska Medical Center. UN MC’s program involves an op erations committee made up of three to five members, including the recy cling coordinator, and a larger advi sory committee that works with the operations committee to generate and evaluate ideas, Spalding said. Based on the UNMC program, Spalding suggested a number of ac tivities that could be started immedi ately by UNL: purchasing more re cycled products, using a foam densifier to condense and recycle plastic foam products, recycling aluminum cans and educating students and faculty. Safety Continued from Page 1 Raising awareness means educat ing both men and women, she said, by encouraging women not to hesitate to report a sexual assault, even if the assailant is a date or a boyfriend, and making sure men know exactly what constitutes sexual assault. “Sometimes (male attackers) don * t think they’ve done anything wrong,” Yardley said. Police want to ensure that if vic tims do not want to report the crime, both they and their assailants know they can get counseling through the university. “One of the reasons!this is a prior ity) is it is so devastating,” Yardley said. “A lot of limes it ruins their college career. Offenders may face jail lime and be thrown out of college. Victims have their trust in people destroyed.” The mostcommon campus crimes, however, are against property, not people, Yardlcy said. These often arc petty thefts from cars, residence hall rooms or of bicycles. From Aug. 24 to Sept 14 this year, police received reports of 30 thefts from buildings, 16 thefts from cars and one stolen vehicle. To help combat such crimes, infor mation tables will be set up at Broyhil I Plaza from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today. Students can buy bicycle licenses and high-quality bike locks at the tables. “The problem now is people arc buying $500 bicycles and getting $5 lo S10 chains which can easily be cut,” Yardlcy said. Bicycle licenses, which cost SI, allow recovered bi cycles to be returned to their former owner and arc required by city ordi nance. Safely Week also includes a scries of panel discussions every day from Tuesday through Friday. The discus sions will be from 11 a.m.to 1 p.m.in the Nebraska Union, and local safely experts will preside over them. Dis cussion topics include sexual assault, personal safely and alcohol The final panel session will be an open platform for students’ safely concerns. The week’s events afco will in clude campus safety tours starting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the union. I i Ty-gCTST..-*-*...>'*■. _. .^-7 , * * * * \ r ’ i