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Quake Continued from Page 1 he had friends living and attending school there. As of Tuesday night, he said he had not been able to get through because of damaged phone lines. “It’s terrible,” he said. “A lot of people have died.” Hayashizaki said he was worried about his friends and would keep trying to get through. Chiho Inamasu, who is from To kyo, said she had not tried to call her family yet. She said she was sure they were safe, but would be calling late Tuesday or tonight. Inamasu said she also had friends in Kobe but had not been able to contact them. Miki Takahashi, whose family lives in Tokyo where the quake was barely felt, said she had not contacted her family yet and was not worried that her family might have been hurt in the quake. But when the first news came, she said she was scared. “I saw the pictures of crashed build ings and I thought it was Tokyo,” she said. When Takahashi and Inamasu learned that the quake had hit Kobe, they said they were relieved. “But at the same time I thought that next it would be Tokyo and my family will die,” Takahashi said. Both Takahashi and Inamasu said they were worried because a large earthquake hit the capitol city about every 70 years. Takahashi said that fact brought one thing to mind. “I thought, ‘I have to get back to Japan.’” The Associated Press contribated to this report NETV Continued from Page 1 NET is caught in a Catch-22. If the cuts are made, Hull said, the network would have to turn to private individuals and foundations for sup port. However, he said, without prime-time programs, it would be difficult to attract private donors. “This is the most serious situation the Corporation for Public Broad casting has ever faced,” Hull said. NET, a non-profit organization, relies on government funding instead of commercials, Hull said, and its minimal corporate sponsorships are diminishing. “People should support PBS be cause in this republic there should be one television and radio service for the American people that is not driven by profit,” he said. Non-commercial, non-profit pro gramming allows creators to take an idea that has merit and bring it to the audience, Hull said. “I’d like to quote JFK, who said we’re not going to be remembered in 1,000 years for the wars we fought or the battles we won,” Hull said. “It’s what we did for the human spirit. “If they take away this funding and spend it on defense, then we’ve all been betrayed.” Hull said the issue involved more ideology than money. The new Re publicans in Congress want to cut funding for CPB, the National En dowment for the Arts and the Na tional Endowment for the Humani ties — all of which are viewed as liberal organizations, Hull said. “If they cut funding here, they can go to the American people and say, ‘We’ve downsized the government,’” Hull said. “They’ve cut all these or ganizations that have been seen as providing a liberal bias and can sat isfy their constituents this way.” Hull said he was in favor of neces sary cuts, but that they should be across-the-board and not targeted at a few agencies. All hope is not lost, however. If the federal government cuts funding, Hull said, the network could turn to the state. U.S. Reps. Bill Barrett and Doug Bereuter and U.S. Sens. Bob Kerrey and James Exon traditionally have been supportive of NET, Hull said. Support at the state level, he said, has a lot to do with being tied to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “We’re tempered by this great lib eral arts institution,” he said. “We’re very fortunate to be tied to UNL.” Clinic Continued from Page 1 “We are concerned with its effect on the neighborhood,” Dominic Pynes said. “This is not a business we need in Lincoln.” Mary Kay Pynes said that since they distributed the letter, they had received responses in support. “People are concerned with vio lence both in the clinic and outside of it, such as protests,” she said. Dominic Pynes said neighbors were concerned about their children playing near the site. About 25 chil dren live on the street near that loca tion, he said. That area also has a golf course, basketball courts and a Dairy Queen that children and their families use often, he said. Mary Kay Pynes said they would continue to oppose the new site, and would start a petition to stop the abortion clinic from being built. Pam Tabor, president of Lincoln Right to Life, said the creation of an abortion clinic would have no place in Lincoln. “Lincoln is a family town, and many people don’t want it,” Tabor said. “I don’t think women in Lincoln would use it.” Tabor said she did not oppose the addition of a second Planned Parent hood site, only the abortion service. To show its opposition to the site, Tabor said Lincoln Right to Life sent a letter in December to contractors. The purpose of the letter was to in form the contractor that Planned Par enthood would have an abortion clinic at the sight. Tabor said that although Lincoln Right to Life had no immediate plans, it would do more in the future to show its opposition. Peers now will decide studentoarkingaooeals By Brian Sharp Senior Reporter and Chad Lorenz Staff Reporter Students will be treated more fairly when appealing parking citations starting Thursday, a UNL parking administrator said Tuesday. Tad McDowell, manager of park ■ mg services, said " the current ap < peals board would split into ■ separate student and faculty ap peals boards. The nine-member student board was appointed by the student government, he said. Two faculty groups will head up a separate faculty appeals board, along 'with an at-large faculty representa tive, he said. “It will do away with the fairness issues and should make students happy,” McDowell said. Andrew Loudon, student govern ment president, said a number of complaints had been voiced against the old appeals board. A unanimous vote is needed to grant an appeal, he said, and such votes were often blocked by faculty. But an all-student board doesn’t mean all appeals will be granted, he said. “We would never in our wildest dreams lobby for something like this,” Loudon said. “I never thought the administration would be this kind.” Paul Carlson, interim vice chan cellor for business and finance, said the appeals committee change was a natural solution. The parking appeals committee answers to Carlson, and McDowell said his office would also monitor appeals. Both faculty and students were on past appeals boards, Carlson said, but V_^ JL JL getting enough faculty to sit through two and three-hour hearings was dif ficult. . With most appeals coming from students, he said, the committee fig ured splitting the responsibility would be more time efficient. At the student training session Tuesday, McDowell said he had doubts at first whether an all-student board could work. Vi Schroeder, acting assistant vice chancellor for business and affairs, was at the parking advisory commit tee meeting. She said the change was temporary and experimental. If it works well, the process would be formalized, she said. “By jumping into it and allowing it, we can see how well it works,” Schroeder said. The change was approached dif ferently, she said, because it would be enacted so quickly. She said it was different from most university ac tions that were researched and con sidered for so long. “We might get into trouble for it, but it’s a novel idea,” she said. A member from parking services will continue to serve as an adviser to the boards, but will not be a voting member. At its meeting, the Parking Advi sory Committee approved plans to pave at least one gravel lot this sum mer. The lot on Vine Street between 18th and 19th streets will be paved in May. The committee had discussed pav ing other gravel lots at 10th and V streets and 21 st and Vine streets. The university couldn’t improve those lots because they are city property. The committee also discussed fees for motorcycle parking. 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