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mz □ . i—i ' i nu takes on Comics and Condonu I 27/22 Winter storm watch lor today. SE winds 10 to 20. 60% chance of snow _ mixed with freezing rain. rroiessors: ground war improbable Bombings should bring compliance By Chuck Green Senior Reporter Despite continuing military ac tion by the United Stales and its allies against Iraq, at least two UNL professors doubt the chances of a second full-scale Persian Gulf war. However, both agree the conflict probably will intensify before it ends. Bill Avery, professor of political science at the University of Ncbraska Lincoln, said he believed the air and missile strikes against Iraq would in crease, but that renewed ground war fare was unlikely. “Right now, the air strikes are prob ably enough,” Avery said. “Only mini mal force is needed to make (Iraqi President Saddam) Hussein comply with the United Nations resolutions.” Less than two years after the U.S. • led Persian Gulf war against Iraq, U.S. forces renewed attacks on the Arab country Jan. 13, in what Presi dent Bush called “proportionate” rocket attacks on air-defense com plexes and missiles in the no-fly zone of southern Iraq. The attacks were in retaliation for continuous Iraqi violations of U.N. resolutions that ended hostilities in the 1991 Persian Gulf war. On Sunday night, U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles struck what American officials said was a nuclear weapons facility near Baghdad, and U.S., Brit ish and French planes bombed air defense targets in northern and south ern Iraq on Monday. Iraqi officials said two civilians were killed in Baghdad’s al-Rashid Hotel in Sunday’s attack, and 21 people were killed in Monday’s raids. The Associated Press reported Tuesday that civilian casualties suf fered by Iraq in the last week have brought concern from other Arab countries and from Russia. Raphael Zariski, professor of po litical scicnceat UNL, said he thought the world’s support or opposition to Allied action against Iraq would de pend on the newly appointed Clinton administration’s stance on the issue. “I can see some serious problems arising if we continue to take action against Iraq, but let the Serbs do what- 1 ever they want in Bosnia,” Zariski said. “It would cast serious doubt on 1 our world leadership.” See REACTION on 3 1 ■v Michelle Paulman/DN 5° uScot?1 Moncrjef, producers of College Today magazine, woftoon the Midwest distribution list in Hienardson s home. The two will begin distributing the magazine Regionally in September. UNL students expand local magazine College Today goes regional By Angie Brunkow Staff Reporter he “fun and games” of produc ing a magazine is about to be come bigger than ever for twe UNL students, who will begin distrib uting their Lincoln-based magazine iround the Midwest. Robert Richardson, a senior broad casting and English major at the Uni versity of Ncbraska-Lincoln, said the nagazine would be distributed at najor college campuses in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri and Minnesota when it comes out next September. Richardson said he and co-pro duccr Scott Moncrief, a psychology graduate student, first produced the semester-old magazine, College To day — Fun and Games in Lincoln, to appeal to all local college students, not just those at UNL. No other Lin coln publication filled that role, he said. The first three issues of College Today, which contained restaurant and bar reviews, political commen tary and columns, was distributed at UNL, SoutheastCommunity College, Union College and Nebraska Wesleyan University. — 44 It will be more of a challenge, but we understand those challenges. — Richardson senior broadcasting and English major — -f* - Richardson said with the support of advertisers and the magazine’s lo cal success and the producers’ under standing production process, the time was ripe for a move to a larger market. The magazine’s two secured ad vertisers were willing to go along with the rate increases needed to fi nance the larger project, he said. College Today’s circulation will jump from its local circulation of 20,000 copies to 400,000 copies for the regional effort. “It will be more of a challenge, but we understand those challenges,” Richardson said. Moncrief said the publication would have to have a wider scope to appeal to all college students. That means publishing writers from all areas, rather than only writers with lies to Lincoln, as in previous issues, he said. Richardson said he intended to deal with the problems of pulling out a regional magazine as they come up. “It’s kind of like starting over,” he See COLLEGE on 6 Chambers again pushes bill for paying players Senator battling to grant stipends to football team By Jeff Zeleny Senior Reporter ___ Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha would like lo see University of Ncbraska-Lincoln football players paid, and again introduced a legislative bill to approve it. LB4S6, introduced T uesday, would give football players a stipend for their performances and services to the university. Chambers has been introducing similar legislation since 1980 to no avail, but he said the issue needed lo be kept public. “It spoke of compensation (last time),” he said. “It changes the termi nology: This time it says in the final section that the athletes shall be granted a stipend. “I’m trying to get away from terms for people to hide behind the is sue.” The bill passed under Gov. Kay Orr’s administra i lion, but she later vetoed it after be Chambers ing pressured by Tom Osborne, Chambers said. “I was oflcndcd that the governor paid more attention to the coach than a senator,” he said. The bill is written differently this year, Chambers said, and focuses on the problems footbal I players encoun J ter. “Many players arc recruited from -44 Many players are recruited from impoverished families. NCAA rules prohibit reasonable finan cial assistance. -Chambers state senator -99 - impoverished families. NCAA rules prohibit reasonable financial assis tance,” Chambers wrote in the bill. ‘‘A fair rale of financial assistance would give players a choice when offered illicit inducements or assis tance.” If the bill passes, it wouldn’t take effect until four other Big Eight states passed similar legislation. In the past year, similar bills were introduced in Colorado and Iowa, Chambers said. Many more coaches favor the plan now than when he began bringing up the issue. Chambers said. Chambers said he planned to dis cuss the proposal with UNL Athletic Director Bill Byrne. “He is progressive enough and re alistic enough to realize that (football players) need some type of assistance,” Chambers said. The senator said he also would speak with Chancellor Graham Spanier aboul the proposal. Former UNL Chancellor, now NU President, Marlin Masscngaic supported the plan, Chambers said. Spanier said that he was not famil iar with the proposed legislation, but planned to look into the proposal. Byrne could not be reached for comment Tuesday. Chambers said football players were entitled to some revenue pro duced through football games. “Players give so much of their lime and risk injury,” he said. “W ilh every body else benefiting, the players arc entitled to something. “Because a sound academic pro gram for football players may be dif ficult due to demands of the sport,” the bill stales, “football players are entitled to some tangible returns for strenuous work and revenue they gen erate.”