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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1995)
'v v. > s. i i v ! v j ! : • L, !\ i i lx .->! ' \ v >*- \j f i5 K .•’> «■ \ t \ . j () ; ' \ \ ___James Mehsling/DN Ll tm/ Sen. Simpson to speak on decreasing subsidies By fonya uross Staff Reporter U.S. Sen. Alan K. Simpson will speak at UNL today about cutting subsidies for entitlement programs. Simpson is the featured speaker for the 17th annual Faulkner Lecture Scries. Fie will speak in the Centen nial Ballroom at the Nebraska Union at 2:30 pan. Robert Sittig. professor of politi cal science at UNL. said Simpson probably would speak about federal subsidy program.', such as Medicare and social security. Simpson, along with Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey, has been trying to decrease funding for entitlement pro grams, he said. "The federal cuts have stemmed from the programs that have become too expensive to administer,” Sittig said. He said Simpson would attempt to convince the audience that subsidy programs need to be decreased. Simpson is well-known for his involvement with other government programs. He was co-sponsor of the Clean Air Act and helped enact leg islation providing for permanent dis posal of nuclear waste. Simpson remains on the forefront ofenvironmcntal issues. Heisamem ber of the Judiciary Committee and Finance Committee and chairman of the Special Aging Committee. The series is named after the late E..1. Faulkner, who was executive officer for Woodmen Accident and Life for 44 years. The lecture is free and open to the public. The naked truth on first juice bar By Jeff Zeleny Semo" Wepcrte' An icc-eok! glass (if orange •. ,. c . ' ; with a tot more than \awn •: ' iywc cm , \\ nuo cast < >mers sio Sf.;>(■ ih : nks ie -era; go fruit juice w i dark, '\crow earn near Lincoln, green and blue sooTgw- •••'dec: <■;; w,wy totally mule bodies ami shine or me gi anting faces of men. W hen Shakers Nebraska's firs; bare-.il! juice bar — opened west of Waver!y two months ago, eager customers flocked to an attraction that is a rarity in the Midwest but commonplace on the coasts. Several county officials, while stressing they have nothing against the alcohol-free Shakers, hope the appeal eventually fades awav. "There are people who aren’t too 'boded with it being here," said Lancaster Lowry Sheriff Terry Wagner. "They say 'Let it die on its own :f that's what's going to happen."" On an ordinary w eekday y is.it shortly after midnight, about i5 young gym sat around the . catwalk and sipped rvrr on, -orm mm.mum. Mo-r brisked ’ the pricey -wd.. d m. sud juice after payng a S' _-o\C" cn.aige. fancy. IM^yyoud icdecs sywmm me p'ramed juice b.r. Dwwem vform u-r abom a tmec song so: anc .utcir.ute. Oll-d ry ii.m-. r vt by the bar and Imcr to Mooiads ", i; : -we d • i:.. drw" and hip hop sm a mm e:: .-. regulate,; mrougi muun - n oh secpi’y a>;a'ion oecu;s. ny -an .. -a w non J mission ..a sriMXue ■ >1 • • ocr mit. H-Avever. bey arise S < :\,.-s . n .* ... to sel, ay oho:. ai;thor:t > uy .piiu. ■' tile:' civorcement of oosccc.uy syuo'c-.. "Ty problem here w r 'here ;s na, go,ermmem eontro:. We v.vc aoou: n. much control m er bus -as the cm "e" si ore, A agner said. "When you remm c m, iiqao: I icons tnreat, the enance or regulation is yere dittn c c I y Desp te public concern, the Lancaster Mounts Sheriff s Department has responded to See SHAKERS on 6 Town forum may join groups by lea layior Staft Reporter UNL student organizations and administrators may soon meet to discuss campus issues in a town meeting forum. The meeting will be sponsored by The Rev. Larry Doerr of Cor nerstone and Peg Blake, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs. “Larry and I have been discuss ing this idea for the past two or three years," Blake said. “But we never got around to doing any thing about it until last spring." Doerr and Blake sent 25 letters to various student groups and fac ulty offices asking them to take part in an initial planning meeting scheduled for Oct. 25. Eleven have responded. Blake said she felt the students needed something like this. "A university is a place where people have the opportunity to ex plore issues and have dialogue on a variety of subjects," she said. Members of the Association of Students of the University of Ne braska. the Residence Hall Asso ciation and the Office of Student Involvement have expressed in terest m the meeting. A SUN President Shawntcll Hurtgcn said she thought this would be a one-of-a-kind opportunity for student groups. "1 don't know of anything that mvolvesal! groups." she said. "This w ill invite anyone to be a part of a campus discussion." Hurtgcn also said the meeting would benefit smaller student groups as well as the student gov ernment. “We will be able to listen to the opinions of students and maybe make some changes." she said, I "and it would especially help build the smal ler groups by helping them branch out" Jeremy Vetter, a junior history and philosophy major and chair man of RHA's student action team, said a town meeting would be bet ter than current discussion oppor tunities available to students. "Tins will give us an organized chance to rationally discuss issues going on around campus." Doerr said he saw tins as a dial- 1 lenge to UNL students. "If a campus can’t create a model forum +br discussion, how can we expect the public to?" Both Doerr and Blake said they hoped to hold the first town meet ing before the end of the semester. "Titis shouldn’t be all that hard to set up," Blake said.