ASUN wants union store
included in student fees
Whether or not a union-owned con
venience store could reduce student
fees is the main topic lor tonight’s
meeting of the Association of Students
of the University of Nebraska.
With the planned expansion of the
Nebraska Union, a convenience store
will be owned and operated^by the
union, not a national chain.
And A SUN President Shawntell
Hurtgen said she hoped the new con
venience store would be placed in the
student fees budget.
Then, if the store generates profits,
student fees for the Nebraska Union
might be reduced.
“This is something that is a few
years into the future,” Hurtgen said.
“But I think it’s important to set the
precedent on this now before it be
comes a moot issue.”
The convenience store would not
open for at least two semesters, as
construction on the union extends into
1997.
“There’s potential even at this early
stage to generate support from stu
dents, or if they find it disagreeable, to
voice their feelings against it,” Hurtgen
said.
She said that at this point, ASUN
would make only a recommendation
for the store to be placed under the
student fees. The final decision would
be almost a year away.
— Kasey Kerber
Nelson backs tax bill
Gov. Ben Nelson has given his
endorsement to a property tax bill
advanced by the Revenue Commit
tee of the Nebraska Legislature.
Nelson told the media during a
teleconference Tuesday that he had
reviewed LB 1114 and would sup
port the bill, which would limit the
property tax rates that could be lev
ied by local governments.
The bill contained some of the
ideas he introduced earlier this ses
sion, Nelson said. The bill still
would cut local spending, avoid a
tax shift and involve local control.
Nelson said he would be work
ing with Revenue Committee Chair
man Jerome Warner of Waverly to
see that those three key points ofthe
bill were enacted.
He said he also would work at
reviving some of his other property
tax relief proposals, including a pro
vision that would outlaw
underfunded mandates.
At any rate, Nelson said, some
thing needs to be done this session.
“Hopefully the balance of the
Legislature will find that, although
they may not agree with every as
pect — it does the job,” he said.
It is important that the Legisla
ture did something with the bill this
session to keep citizens from hav
ing to choose from one of three
property tax petitions that will be
on the November ballot, Nelson
said, none of which he supports.
Debate on LB 1114 should be
gin next week.
— Ted Taylor
Dole
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Looking ahead, Dole said he had
thought only “in a loose way” about
picking a running mate.
But in an intriguingcomment, Dole
brushed aside Colin Powell’s state
ments that he would not be interested,
predicting the retired general “would
suit up again” if asked to serve.
House Speaker Newt Gingrich was
at Dole’s side under a victory rally
banner that said “Changing America
Together.”
“Gel Bill Clinton out of the way and
we will get the job done,” Dole said.
On past primary nights, Dole has
said little about rivals except to urge
them to quit. He said anew he hoped
Forbes and Buchanan wouldn’t help
Clinton by being spoilers.
But he also offered an olive branch:
■ “We’ve listened and we’ve heard
strong messages,” echoing Forbes’
theme of economic growth and
Buchanan’s emphasis on middle-class
economic anxiety.”
Indeed, Forbes’ dismal night —
third-place or worse everywhere but
Florida—had him talking of quitting.
The millionaire publisher said he
needed “a win or something akin to a
win” in next week’s Midwest prima
ries to slay in for California’s March
26 contest.
Reporters caught up with Buchanan
as he tried to enter his Ohio hotel
through a kitchen entrance. Taking
note of Forbes’ comments, Buchanan
said: “It is a two-man race after next
week. Buchanan and Dole all the way
to San Diego.”
There was also some sobering news
Tuesday for Dole. Three new national
surveys showed Clinton with double
digit leads in head-to-head matchups.
They also showed Dole would suffer i f
Ross Perot mounted another indepen
dent candidacy.
“Once we get a nominee and he is
out there focusing on Bill Clinton in
stead of getting beat up in primaries
every day then we will turn this
around,” Dole said.
In the week ahead, Dole said, he
would focus squarely on the Demo
cratic incumbent — “Veto Bill” —
and his rejection of GOP plans to bal
ance the budget, cut taxes for families
and investors, and reform welfare.
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Speed
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bers questioned contained these pen
alties for motorists exceeding the
posted speed limit by:
• Six to 10 mph, $50 on the inter
state and $15 on the state’s two-lane
roads.
• 11 -16 mph—$ 100 on interstates,
$30 on highways.
• 16-20 mph—$200 on interstates,
$50 on highways.
•21 mph and up — $250 on
interstates and $ 100 on the highways.
Chambers asked the Legislature
how that separation of penalties made
sense.
“You put the harshest penalties
where the roads are the safest,” he
said.
“Why stay on the Interstate and
drive 200 mph and get a ticket for
$250, when you can drive 200 on the
state highways and only be ticketed
$1007” Chambers said.
“All the work we’ve done so far on
901 would be in vain if the bill passes
without this amendment,” he said.
Sen. Dave Maurstad of Beatrice
introduced an amendment to Cham
bers’ amendment that increased the
cost of speeding tickets more than two
fold while maintaining a single sched
ule of fines.
Maurstad’s amendment, which was
adopted 25-3, raised the penalty for
motorists exceeding the speed 1 imit by
11-15 mph from $30 to $75; 16-20
mph from $50 to $125; and 21 mph
and up from $100 to $200.
Those fines doubled the penalties
proposed in the Chambers amendment.
Transportation Committee Chair
man Sen. Doug Kristensen of Minden
said ifmotorists wanted todrive faster,
they should have to pay the price.
Kristensen, who supported the
Maurstad amendment, said people
shouldn’t be driving 90 mph anyway.
“But if they do, they’re going to
have to face the punishment for that.”
The bill awaits debate in select file,
where more amendments could be
adopted.
Amend
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only a slight variation of that.”
But Transportation Committee
Chairman DougKristensenofMinden
said that the rural highways were just
too dangerous for the kind of speed
Wickersham’s amendment proposed.
“The two-lane highways arc inher
ently dangerous,” he said.
The motion to reconsider the
amendment failed by a 24-16 vote.
But lawmakers later adopted a simi
lar amendment from Indianola Sen.
Owen Elmer that would give the De
partment of Roads the power to raise
the speed limit to 65 when traffic pat
terns and highway design conditions
apply.
Elmer said conditions on many of
the two-lane highways could handle
the higher speeds and that the Depart
ment of Roads would make adequate
assessments of any roads before rais
ing the limit.
— Ted Taylor
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GayLesBiTrans Student Asso
ciation, formerly known as the
Gay/Lcsbian Student Associa
tion.
The Rev. Martin Williams of
Harvest Tabernacle Church in
Omaha, replied that discrimina
tion against homosexuals was
not comparable to discrimina
tion against blacks or other eth
nic minorities. Skin color is not
a choice, he said, but homosexu
ality is.
I ne keynote speaker — tne
Rev. Kevin Hutchinson of Trin
ity Interdenominational Church
in Omaha — said he was at one
time involved in homosexual
relationships, but going against
God’s natural laws had not ful
filled him.
Since then, he has married,
and he said homosexuality was
not genetically predisposed. God
made man and woman to go to
gether, he said, and society
should not try to deviate from
that.
“I don’t believe we’re in a
place to change His rules,”
Hutchinson said.
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