Bars
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Richard Lutz, executive vice presi
dent of the Nebraska Restaurant As
sociation, said several Nebraska bars
had been losing business because of
the 1 a.m. closing time.
“Bar owners say that customers
have told them that they go over to
Iowa... or some other state where the
closing time is later,” Lutz said.
However, according to Jody Luth,
an owner of Iguana’s at 14th and O
streets, the problem of customers in
Lincoln traveling to surrounding states
is not that prevalent.
“I think Omaha has a bigger prob
lem since it’s closer to the Iowa bor
der,” Luth said.
Robert Jcrgcnscn, general man
ager of P.O. Pears, 322 S. 9th St.,
agreed with Luth.
“Lincoln ’ s not close enough to an y
borders for customers to want to travel
out-of-state for an extra hour ofdrink
ing,” Jergensen said.
Both Lulh and Jergensen agreed
that LB287 was a good idea.
“It offers Nebraska bars a chance
to make more money,” Jergensen said.
The bill also found support among
students.
“I think it’s a great idea,” said
Renee Arcnds, a UNL senior sociol
ogy major.
“People arc eithpr going to be re
sponsible or irresponsible, no matter
what time the bars close,” Arends
said, “but at least the people who are
responsible and take precautions can
enjoy themselves for another hour.”
Leslie Dayd, a UNL senior busi- 1
ness administration/ accounting ma
jor, said, “It would give people, who
normally don’t get to the bars until
around 11 or 11:30 (p.m.), an extra
hour for their bodies to disperse the
alcohol.”
Limits
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“The voters have already made
(us) accountable by the fact they can
vote us out of office.”
Regent Margaret Robinson of Nor
folk said she wouldn’t mind the four
year term.
“I don’t think it’s that significant.
I really don’t,” she said. “Af ter all, the
prcsidcntof the United Slates isclcctcd
for four-year terms too.”
Regent Don Blank of McCook said
he was pleased with the system now.
“I don’t think it’s that big of a deal.
I personally like six years. It docs take
a litile lime 10 gel lo know trie umver- -
sily and gel acclimated with the uni
versity system.”
Regent Robert Allen of Hastings j
agreed.
“I think it would be belter to leave
(terms) at six years,” he said. “It gets
it out of the sequence with other elec
tions — there is a benefit there.”
Allen said if the board had to ‘
change, he would like to sec the board
appointed by the governor or Legisla
ture.
“That would be something to con
sider now that the elections are get
ting so expensive,” he said. “It elimi
nates some of the people who would
get involved.”
Regents
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The regents must lobby the Ne
braska Legislature’s Appropriations
Committee in 1993, as it docs every
year.
The board also must prepare to
select the new president of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, he said. NU Presi
dent Martin Masscngalc announced
that he would not seek renewal of his
contract, which expires Jan. 1,1994.
Determining tougher admissions
standards will also be on the board’s
agenda.
Rosemary Skrupa said changing
admissions standards would have a
significant effect on students just be
ginning high school.
“It affects every high school stu- .
dent who wants to be admitted to the |
university,” she said. *
Other topics to be discussed at f
Saturday’s meeting include the addi- -
lion of a Masters of Arts in Art History
at the University of Nebraska-Lin- a
coin and the poor building maintc- ®
nance at all four universities — UNL, ^
the University of Nebraska at Omaha,
the University of Nebraska at Kearney *
and the University Medical Center. ^
UNL may become smoke free
Passive smoke
is health risk,
manager says
By Corey Russman
Staff Reporter
The University of Nebraska-Lin
:oln may sec a change in its smoking
policy, an official said Monday.
Del Weed, manager of environ
mental health and safety at UNL, said
i ban on smoking in all UNL build
ings could be in the future.
Smoking is becoming “more than
ust a nuisance,” Weed said. “It’s a
leallh factor.”
A report on the effects of passive
imoking released by the Environmen
3l\ Protection Agency has reinforced
he ideathatachangcinUNL’ssmok
ng policy is needed, Weed said.
UNL’s policy limits smoking to
Jcsignatcd areas, said Doug Zaiechka,
issistant vice chancellor for student
tffairs and director of housing. The
policy allows smoking in closed of
fices as long as the office has an air
filtration device, he said.
Weed said about five buildings on
UNL’s campuses were smoke free,
including the health center, Business
Services and the Sheldon Memorial
Art Gallery.
The smoking policy has been in
effect for three years, but it isn’t
enough, Zatechka said. Although he
is a smoker, Zatcchka< said he be
lieved smokers were stepping on non
smoker’s rights.
“It’s no longer the right of smokers
to smoke,” he said.
The EPA reported that exposure to
secondhand smoke was responsible
for about 3,000 lung cancer deaths
each year. The report also said to
bacco smoking resulted in about
434,000 deaths per year.
Studies performed by the EPA
ranked indoor air pollution among the
top five environmental risks to public
health, the report said. However,
Sandra Eberle, special assistant to the
director of the indoor air division,
said the EPA had made no plans to
lobby for anti-smoking legislation on
the federal level.
Changes in UNL’s smoking policy
may be made within the next few
months, Zatechka said, with more
changes in store for next fall.
Weed said students and employees
were an important factor in influenc
ing policy changes and should ex
press their concerns. Any final deci
sion will be made by the chancellor
after he consults with other adminis
trators.
Banning cigarettes, alcohol and
other drugs in certain areas and build
ings could be part of the new policy,
Zatechka said.
Residence halls also may sec some
changes in their smoking policies,
Zatechka said. Currently, residence
halls do not mix smokers with non
smokers when making room arrange
ments, he said.
Residence halls are looking to
ward creating substance- free floors or
halls, in which smoking would be
banned entirely, he said.
Zatechka said he thought eventu
ally smoking in all UNL buildings
would be banned. But he said some
campus buildings, such as the Union,
might have problems banning smok
ing entirely.
-POLICE REPORT
Beginning midnight Wednesday
8:12 a.m. — Bike stolen, Harper
Schramm-Smith, $200.
10:29 a.m.—Book stolen, Temple
Building, S40.
11:16 a.m. — Non-injury acci
dent, East Campus Loop, $700.
11:35 a.m. — Backpack stolen,
Nebraska Union, S47.
2:52 p.m. — Car collided with
sign, 17ih between Q and R streets,
S200.
2:55 p.m.—Purse stolen, Andrews
Hall, $43.
9:28 p.m. — Alcohol-related ill
ness, Nebraska Union, transported
to Lincoln General Hospital.
JNL professor to have 2 books published
rom Staff Reports _
Two new books by Paul Johnsgard,
biology professor at the University
f Ncbraska-Lincoln, will be added to
is long list of publications this spring.
Johnsgard has published 30 books
n his 30 years at UNL, not including
is two latest ornithological books.
Johnsgard is the most-published au
thor in UNL’s history and has pub
lished more non-fiction books than
any other Nebraskan.
The books arc entitled “Ducks in
the Wild: Conserving Waterfowl and
their Habitats” and “Cormorants,
Darters, and Pelicans of the World.”
Budget
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something needs to be done,” he
said. “I wonder whether the gover
nor lacks the political courage
needed to get that money to the
university.”
Because of the relatively small
increased funding for NU under
Nelson’s plan, increases in NU
employees’ salaries would be mini
mal.
Nelson’s plan also would ap
propriate about $400,000 during
the biennium for the Medical
Center’s Rural Health Opportu
nity Program, which would pay
tuition costs for rural students to
complete medical school, provided
they return to their community to
practice._
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