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U.S. to get new look next century
WASHINGTON—Hispanicswill
eclipse blacks as the nation’s largest
minority group in the year 2010, the
government said Tuesday in a report
that predicts a considerably different
America by the mid-21st century.
By 2050, the U.S. population will
be almost evenly divided between
minorities and non-Hispanic whites,
the Census Bureau said.
The bureau’s new projections also
forecast faster general population
growth than previously expected, es
timating that the U.S. population will
reach 392 million by 2050. That’s 52
percent more than the 258.7 million
Americans today.
It’salsoup9million from a projec
tion issued just last year.
The projection was changed to
account for the return of many mili
tary people from abroad, updated birth
and death statistics, and information
showing how new immigration rules
have a fleeted the population, said
Jennifer Day, a Census Bureau de
mographer and author of the report.
Minorities will increase their share
of the population, the report said as
the growth will affect America’s non
Hispanic whites, the group that has
dominated the nation’spolitics,econ
omy and culture throughout most of
its history.
Their share of the population will
drop from 76 percent now to 68 per
cent in 2010 and 53 percent in 2050.
Their number will increase from 188.6
million to 205.8 million.
The explosion in the Hispanic
American population is projected to
center around a baby boom. Births
accounted for about two-thirds of the
projected Hispanic increase; immi
gration accounts for the rest.
Black births are expected to in
crease steadily by 60 percent between
now and 2050, and Asian births are
I ikely to triple. American Indian births
will increase by half.
The rapid increase in Hispanic!
U.S. population boom
The nation’s population is growing faster than expected, and is projected
to grow to 392 million by the middle of the next century.
The racial/ethnic distribution of the nation s population is expected to
continue to change, with Hispanics projected to surpass Blacks as the
nation's largest minority by the year 2010.
Percent of population by race
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
compared to other minority groups
will bring changes to America from
the classroom to the Congress.
“The mushrooming numbers
should translate into a much more
AP
vigorous political clout, with more
Hispanic members of Congress,” said
Rep. Jose Serrano, a New York Dem
ocrat and leader of the Congressional
Hispanic Caucus. _
Senator disputes charges
AUSTIN, Texas — Sen. Kay
Bailey Hutchison, indicted on
charges of misusing her office dur
ing her 2 1/2 years as state treasur
er, called the allegations “sleazy
politics” aimed at erasing GOP
gains in Texas.
Mrs. Hutchison, whose landslide
victory in June made her the first
woman senator from Texas and a
rising star in the Republican Party,
was accused along with two former
aides of using state employees and
state equipment for personal and
political reasons and destroying
records as part of a coverup.
The grand jury did not specify
whether she used her Treasury of
fice to further her Senate bid and
didn ’t elaborate on the alleged abus
es.
But former aides have charged
that she made a habit of sending
staffers on personal and political
errands, including helping her find
and fix up her home. e
Mrs. Hutchison has maintained
the investigation was spurred by
Democrats angry over losing a Sen
ate seat that had been theirs since
Reconstruction. District Attorney
Ronnie Earle, who led the investi
gation, is a Democrat.
“I think the citizens ofTexas sec
through this,” she said. “They see
that this is sleazy politics ”
Mrs. Hutchison, SO, and two
former treasury aides were charged
with official misconduct and tam
pering with records and evidence.
The charges against Mrs. Hutchison
carry more than 60 years in prison
and $40,000 in fines.
She is the 10th U.S. senator ever
to be indicted in office. Nothing in
the Senate rules automatically bars
her from remaining in office while
she fights the charges, although the
party could strip her of committee
assignments.
Nebraskan senators split on abortion vote
OMAHA—Nebraska’s two Dem
ocratic senators were on opposite sides
of a 59-40 Senate vote Tuesday that
keeps restrictions on federal funding
for abortions for the poor.
U.S. Sen. Jim Exon was one of 21
Democrats who joined 38 Republi
cans in voting against lifting the 17
year-old ban on federally financed
abortions. U.S. Sen. Bob fcerrey was
one of 34 Democrats who voted to lift
the ban; six Republicans joined them.
Senators voted instead to slightly
liberalize current restrictions. Medic
aid can now be used to pay only for
abortions for women whose lives are
in jeopardy; under the bill,funds would
also be provided when pregnancies
result from rape or incest.
A spokeswoman for Nebraska
Right to Life applauded the Senate
vote but said the fight against abortion
funding is not over.
“Basically, what we look to know
is trying to exclude abortion coverage
in the national health care reform.”
said Julie Schmit-Albin of Nebraska
Right to Life. “It is our concern that
what the Clinton administration was
not able to achieve on this vote, they
will try to do on the national health
care reform.”
If abortion is a covered procedure
under a universal health care benefits
package, it would mean taxpayers
would be forced to support abortion
through their health care premiums,
she said.
Benes urges more research on green space
By Becky Beefier
SMT Reporter
ASUN President Keith Benes ve
toed the student government resol u
tionprotestingaproposed green space,
despite his own opposition to the idea.
Boies said be vetoed the resolu
tion because it addressed only the
issue of displaced parking and failed
to address cost and safety coocerns.
The resolution was written in re
sponse to University of Nebraska
LmcolnChancdkx Graham Spanier’s
proposal to replace the parking lot
north of Nebraska Union with a flat,
grassy area.
Benes said the resolution was
passed with a false sense of urgency
and without examining the issue close
ly enough.
“We have time to look into this a
lot deeper,” he said.
Benes said he would support future
legislation opposing a green space if
senators still were opposed to it after
further examination.
Benes said the Association of Stu
dents of the University of Nebraska
would take steps to study the possible
impact of the proposed green space.
Benes said be planned to introduce a
bill to create a committee to research
the green space proposal.
At an open forum Wednesday at
noon in Nebraska Union, students can
express their opinions on the issue to
administrators.
At Wednesday night's ASUN
meeting, John Benson, director of
Institutional Research and Planning,
will give a presentation on long-term
campus plans and will hold a ques
tion-and-answer session for interest
ed students.
Gambling
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“We do get students who plav,
but it seems there isn’t a big prob
lem with them because it’s mostly
on weekends," Hangman said.
UNL students who play keno
normally are sensible with their
gambling practices, she said.
“College kids don’t really con
stitute what you’d call our big spend
ers here," she said. "Usually, it’s a
dollar here, a dollar there — just
out to have a good time."
A volunteer with Gamblers
Anonymous, who spoke on condi
tion of anonymity, said students
attended GA meetings occasional
ly
“We get some college-age stu
dents in once in a while,” he said.
“We never get a great number of
them.”
The rarity of getting students
into help organizations stems from
the problem itself, he said.
“For a person to get help, they
have to admit they’ve got a prob
lem and that they need help,” he
said. “That takes time — some
times a long time. Later in life they
realize there are problems there.
Triplets
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rcer plans.
Mixing and matching is a way of
life for the brothers—(me that gener
ates a lot of reaction, Mike Adolphus
said.
“The way we dress and the way we
arc works as a great conversation
starter,” he said. “We’ve met a lot of
people — a lot of good friends this
way.”
Cal ifornians weren ’ t as responsive
to the triplets dressing practices as
the UNL community has been, they
said.
“Back in I^A., a lot of people were
mad that we got a lot of attention,”
Mike Adolphus said. “We haven’t
gotten any of that kind of stuff here.”
UNL’s response, from both stu
dents and professors, has been one of
curiosity, they said.
“We’ve gotten a lot of questions,
like if we called each other the night
before to see what each other was
wearing,” Jeff Adolphus said with a
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Most people know we re just out
to have fun, like anybody else,” he
said. “If they don’t, they’re probably
just jealous. And we’re not going to
step down to that level and get into it
with them.”
Clothes shopping for three can be
an interesting and time-consuming
experience.
“Man, sometimes we spend two
hours in a store,” Mark Adolphus
said. “But the salespeople love us.”
“Yeah, we’ve even gotten dis
counts in the past," Jeff Adolphus
said, laughing.
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The brothers know full well, how
cver, that clothes don * t make the men.
And turning a few heads hasn’t made
them lose theirs. They’re keeping
themselves focused.
Besides taking 12 hours of the
same classes a piece, the three busi
ness majors work at the University
Bookstore and for the university main
tenance department.
And the brothers say one thing is
for certain: They all hope to stay
close, wherever they may be, whatev
er they may wear.
“We want to stick together, as long
as it works out,” Mark Adolphus said
“All for one, one for all,” Jeff
Adolphus said.
Mark Adolphus agreed, grabbing a
cassette tape oy Blind Nubian and
inserting it into his stereo.
Thetape’sfirstsong,“AllForOne,'
blasted out, filling the Schramm Res
idence Hall room with deep bass and
funky lyrics about unity.
“You might say it’s kind of a theme
song for us,” Mark Adolphus said
over the music. “That’s how we feel
about each other.”
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