The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, February 28, 1996, Page 2, Image 2
Speaker to address sexual, racial issues at program tonight Steps will be taken to help di ffuse a bomb in the East Union tonight. Phoebe Eng, a media devel oper from New York City and author of “Not About Face,” a book dealing with racial and sexual discrimination, will speak in the Great Plains Room at 8 p.m. Her lecture is called “The Diversity Time Bomb.” Eng has lectured at universi ties and conferences across the nation, trying to increase public awareness of issues involving sexual and racial identity. A lecture and slide show is planned, followed by a ques tion-and-answer session. The lecture, presented by the Uni versity Program Council, should last about two hours. Admission to the lecture is $1 for University of Nebraska Lincoln students and $3 for non students. — Joshua Gillin “LONDON $259 PARIS $295 MADRID $309 FRRNHFURT $295 MILAN $329 Fares are from Lincoln each wag based on a HI purchase. Fares do not include federal taxes and passenger facilities charges, which can total between S15.S5 and $31.95. depend ing on the destination, nor do theg include departure charges paid directtg to ta foreign governments, which can total be tween $3.00 and $50.08. Int I Student 10 maq be required. Fares are suject to change. Restrictions appig. 1 Travel CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange On the Web: http://www.cjee.org/cts/ctshame.lilin Clinton criticized for Cuban policies By Barry Schweid The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Congress moved Tuesday toward a showdown with President Clinton on punishing Cuba for shooting down two Ameri can civilian aircraft. The president’s critics complained his rhetoric was harsher than the sanctions he imposed on Fidel Castro. House and Senate negotiators were looking for a common approach to separate legislation passed by the two chambers last fall to heighten eco nomic pressure on Cuba. With senti ment running strongly against the Cu ban leader, a tough measure was likely to emerge. With a full trade embargo already in place, a White House official said Clinton wants to avoid imposing “too much misery” on Cuban citizens. But with the Florida primary two weeks away, Sen. Bob Dole of Kan sas, who wants Clinton ’sjob next Janu ary, said, “It’s a shame that President Clinton’s weak actions did not match his tough rhetoric.” Dole urged Clinton to give his full endorsement to legislation tightening the embargo on Cuba and said the president should have reversed his easing of some sanctions last fall. “Four U.S. citizens have been mur dered,” Dole said. “It’s time to honor their memory with real action against Fidel Castro’s tyranny.” For months, Dole said, the Clinton administration ignored a travel ban and even allowed Castro to come to a United Nations meeting in New York last year. Last fall, the administration made it easier for scholars and family mem bers to visit Cuba. That allowed up to 140,000 people to travel to Cuba last year from Miami. Under new rules approved Monday, they must again travel through third coun tries, which makes travel more expen sive and difficult. The result will be to reduce revenue going to Cuba. Clinton halted direct charter air flights between the United States and Cuba, restricted travel by Cuban dip lomats in the United States and in creased the number of frequencies used in broadcasts by U.S.-operated Radio Marti into Cuba. “Certainly, those are good, but they are not far enough,” Rep. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., said. Among measures that should be taken, Menendez told reporters, are revoking visas of Cuban diplomats in Washington, suspending talks with Cuba on immigration and seeking U.N. sanctions despite general international opposition. On Tuesday, administration offi cials met with congressional staffers on sanctions legislation containing tough and legally questionable provi sions to penalize foreign countries doing business with Cuba as well as the lawsuit provision. Clinton has not said whether he would sign the legislation sponsored by Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C.,and Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., if it includes those provisions. “I can’t imagine the president veto ing this bill,” House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., said. In fact, he urged Clinton to help pass the bill and even to consider other, stronger measures against Castro. ASUN to discuss Union By Kasey Kerber. Staff Reporter Designs for the Nebraska Union expansion again will be the main topic at tonight’s ASUN meeting in the East -Union. Daryl Swanson, director of Ne ll 5%II|\l braskaUnions,and w w Kim Todd, campus landscape architect, will present the three sketches that have been dis I played in the Ne ' braska Union. 1-1 The sketches present a design that Swanson said he believed was close to what students wanted. “We’re at the pivotal part of this process,” he said. “There is still dis cussion about details, but so far there seems to be a general acceptance of the design.” Swanson said he hoped to gather more input from the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska before sending the designs and ideas for changes back to Boston for a final drawing. He said so far he had received input on the makeup of the water feature, the acceptance of a stage, additional seat ing and the second floor’s 20-foot ex tension over the first floor to create a balcony and shade for students below. Swanson said the designs recently had been presented to the Design Re view Board, which is appointed by the NU Board of Regents. “They suggested bay windows and jutting out the north side entrance a little more to relieve the congestion of student traffic and create a better lobby,” he said. Swanson said he expected the final design to be complete by March 23. In other business, ASUN will vote on whether to approve the Committee for Fees Allocation’s recommenda tions for the University Health Center, Nebraska Unions and the Office of Campus Recreation. DN’s new editor chosen By Ted Taylor _ Senior Reporter Two friends and col leagues were the candidates for the 1996-97 Daily Nebraskan editor-in-chief. But only one walked away with thejob. After a short discussion, the Uni versity of Nebraska-Lincoln Publi cations Board selected senior news editorial major Doug Kouma to manage the overall production of the 16,000-circulation daily news paper. Kouma, Daily Nebraskan man aging editor this semester, was se lected over junior news-editorial major Matthew Waite, a Daily Ne braskan associate news editor. Both candidates spoke to the committee before being asked four core questions by the board. “We are producing a good news paper right now,” Kouma said in his presentation, “but there are many opportunities for improvement.” A 1995 summer internship at The Boston Globe, Kouma said, was a wake-up call to the need for diversity in the newsroom. “A tier seeing what a diverse staff can bring to the newsroom, im proving diversity will be one of my top priorities. “Not just cultural diversity,” he said, “but a diversity of opinions and ideas as well.” Kouma said he also wanted to see staff members communicating with more people on campus and in the community. “I want to do a better job of finding stories rather than simply reporting the stories that come to us,” he said. Kouma also stressed expanding the Daily Nebraskan online. He will take over for current editor J. Christopher Hain. Forbes Continued from Page 1 dacy. Dole carried North and South Da kota handily, and brushed aside his Sun Belt disappointment. “We’re back in the winning col umn,” the Senate majority leader said. “It feels good.” “This is not a game,” Dole said. “We’re not electing a talk show host. We’re electing the president of the United States.” Buchanan left Arizona early to fo cus down the road as well, staging an evening rally in Georgia, one of nine states with primaries next Tuesday. “I’m simply the political instrument of a great movement in America,” Buchanan said. In addition tohis Arizona loss,there j was more sobering news for Buchanan ! in Tuesday’s voter surveys. Asked whether Buchanan was too ex treme, half the voters in all three states answered yes and slightly fewer said no. Also, while Buchanan has tried to turn foreign trade into a top campaign issue, half the voters in Arizona and South Dakota and less in North Da kota said the free trade agreements created jobs. A majority of voters in Arizona cited taxes as their top concern, and flat-tax advocate Forbes, who spent more than $4 million on TV ads in Arizona alone, won much of their sup port. In the Dakotas the deficit mattered most, followed by taxes and jobs. Rates Continued from Page 1 rate as they did when they started liv ing in the residence halls, he said, provided they lived in the halls this year. “We want to reward students who have been loyal customers,” he said. The money from the increased rates will pay for residence hall food, utili ties and employees’ salaries, Zatechka said. Enhancements such as renovated elevators, more computer rooms, new dishwashers and computer wiring in every room also will be funded by the increase, he said. Editor J. 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