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Committee kills institute bill Issue to go before Board of Regents Saturday By Ted Taylor Senior Reporter A legislative bill that would have bound the NU Board of Regents into creating an institute of science _ and technology Legislature £U“T,! 96 I |g| tec Tuesday af I! ternoon. After more I than three hours | of testimony, the ! Education Com mittee of the Ne braska Legisla i« ture voted 3-U not to advance Omaha Sen. Chris Abboud’s LB 1169. The bill would have not only provided for the institute at the Uni versity of Nebraska at Omaha, but for a separate vice-chancellor posi tion as well. The regents are still set, how ever, to decide on a measure that would create the Omaha Institute of Information Science, Technology and Engineering at their monthly meeting this Saturday. The proposal also would estab lish the UNO College of Informa tion Science and Technology and would look at enhancing the cur rent engineering programs offered at both UNO and the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln. James Mil liken, corporation sec retary for the regents, said that Tuesday’s legislative action would in no way affect how the regents voted Saturday. “Abboud’s bill, while it had the same name, created a different kind of institute and radically changed the administration structure of the university,” he said. “His bill would have transferred administration of the engineering college here at UNL to a new vice chancellor at UNO,” he said. “The institute that is being pro posed to the Board of Regents doesn’t change the administration structure.” Milliken, who testified on be half of UNL, said he was pleased that the bill was not advanced. “This gives the board the best opportunity to now move forward with the institute being proposed to them Saturday.” Regents Chairwoman Nancy O’Brien ofWaterloosaid she never felt it was the Legislature’s place to find a solution to the engineering problem. “I always felt it was up to the administration, the regents and the business community,” she said. “One of the important aspects of the proposed institute is that it was developed jointly by UNL and UNO,” she said. “I respect the pro cess.” During testimony supporting the bill, Abboud told the committee that the lack of engineering pro grams in Omaha affected the eco nomic vitality of the city. “It has raised concerns from my constituents and Omaha busi nesses,” he said. Omaha Mayor Hal Daub encour aged the committee to advance the bill, saying the bill would serve the needs of all Nebraskans. Daub said the bill was “a step in the right direction for technology education in our state.” Council passes ordinance to ban full-nudity businesses By Chad Lorenz Senior Reporter Businesses wanting to feature be low-the-waist nudity will have to go outside of Lincoln to do it. The Lincoln City Council voted 6 1 Tuesday night to pass an ordinance banning full nudity for business ser vices or commercial establishments. Cindy Johnson, council chair woman, said the ordinance would protect taxpayers’ investments in downtown property and residential areas. Johnson and Mayor Mike Johanns drafted the ordinance. Lincoln’s liquor laws currently pro hibit full nudity anywhere alcohol is served. Strip bars in Lincoln are lim ited to topless dancing. Keeping the neighborhoods and downtown area free from blight is a struggle, she said. Allowing establishments like Shak ers, a full-nudity “juice bar” near Waverly, could bring disturbances to the Lincoln area and lower property values, Johnson said. Other cities that allow nude danc ing and strip juice bars have suffered from those problems, she said. Johnson said she understood some people thought they should have the right to frequent such establishments if they choose. “Taxpayers also have the right to have their investments protected,” Johnson said. Coleen Seng, counci lwoman for the northeast district, said the ordinance would prevent Lincoln from develop ing a bad ipiagc. “I think it puts a different flavoring on the downtown area,” she said. Linda Wilson, councilwoman for the southwest district, said the ordi nance would keep violence and distur bances that plague Shakers from tak ing their toll on Lincoln. Wilson said she feared that busi nesses failing to get legal liquor li cences may start similar juice bars in Lincoln. “(Those are) some problems we don’t need to add,” she said. “We’ve got enough problems as it is.” Ken Haar, who cast the lone vote against the ordinance, said full-nudity businesses don’t bring such troubles. “The places that exist outside the city aren’t a problem,” he said. Haar said Lincoln didn’t need the ordinance because no such establish ments have sprung up in Lincoln. Before the vote, Haar raised ques tions about distinguishing full-nudity establishments from nude artistic per formances. Lincoln City Attorney Bill Austin said the court would have to decide between the two. “That’s going to be a difficult catl,” Austin said. “That’s getting very close to the First Amendment protecting ex pressive activity.” A U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the case of Barnes v. Glen’s Theater gave government the right to regulate pub lic nudity, he said. That supreme court decision could support the ordinance where city liquor laws couldn’t, Aus tin said. Austin said he would be careful in prosecuting cases in which nudity was used for true artistic expression. Jerry Shoecraft, councilman at large, voted in favor of the ordinance but said he didn’t think it was neces sary, because potential nude businesses weren’t coming to Lincoln. Shoecraft said banning nudity was a matter of political correctness and community interest. “When it comes down to it, it’s something we don’t want in our com munity.” Buchanan Continued from Page 1 American people,” Clinton said in a victory statement, offering his view of the Republican race. New Hampshire’s results were likely to winnow the GOP field, though none of the strugglingcandidates would immediately admit as much. Forbes, particularly, had reason to be disap pointed. He had been tied for the New Hampshire lead a month ago, but his effort to promote a flat income tax wilted as moderate voters chose be tween Dole and Alexander. Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar was fifth at 5 percent, and Alan Keyes had 3 percent. Illinois businessmen Morry Taylor and California Rep. Robert Doman finished with only token sup port. “We have made history again to night,” Buchanan said in celebration. He delivered a scathing populist cri tique of the GOP establishment and big corporations and cast his showing as “a victory for the good men and women of Middle America.” Alexander and Dole supported the NAFTA and GATT free-trade agree ments as critical to boosting American exports in a global economy ; Buchanan blames the deals for sending Ameri can manufacturing jobs overseas, and stagnating wages at home. Buchanan is also far more outspo ken than either Dole or Alexander on social issues. He pledges to be the “most pro-life president in history” and vows that no avowed homosexu als will serve in a Buchanan adminis tration. Clinging to hopes for a late-night comeback, Dole did not concede. But he was resigned to placing second in New Hampshire, again. “Now I know why they call this the Granite State,” Dole said. “Because it’s so hard to crack.” LONDON $259 PARIS $295 MADRID $309 FBBNHFURT $295 tares are pm uncoin each oiaq oases on a hi purchase. Fares do not include federal taxes and passenger facilities charges, uihich can total beluieen $19.95 and $31.95. depend ing on tin destination, nor do theq include departure charges paid ifirecthj to to foreign governments, uihich can total be tween $3.68 and $66.60. hit I Student ID maq be required. Fares are soject to change. 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