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% Q BOWLERS! /\ Join the Fun \J Join a League I F AGIIE STARTING DATE &TIME HUSKER DOUBLES MONDAY, JAN. 27,7:00 P.M. BIG 8 DOUBLES TUESDAY, JAN. 21,7:00 PJVI. I NITE OWLS WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22,8:00 PJt PIN POUNDERS THURSDAY, JAN. 30,6:00 P^L THURSDAY TRIOS THURSDAY, JAN. 23,8:0<! P.M. Each league consists of 6 teams, 4 persons per team (doubles leagues: 2 per team; trios league: 3 per team). • ;\ . r:-' Teams and/or individuals must preregister at the East Union . Lanes N' Games. Students, Faculty, Staff and Friends eligible For more information, Contact: Ray 472-9627 or Lanes hT Games 472 Everybody has a chance to win regardless of abilities. Lots of fun and prizes??? AT THE.... SCORING IS AUTOMATIC WITH OUR BRUNSWICK AUTOMATIC SCORERS!! ■ i ' ^ . - ' ■ Execs push attendance, senate approves bills By Kasey Kerber Staff Reporter The Association of the Students of ing of the year also was its shortest of die 1996-1997 academic year — only 11 minutes long. With ASUhl President Eric Marintzer absent from the meeting, First Vice President Jason Bynum pre sided over die short meeting. Bynum read a note left by Marintzer stressing better attendance by AS UN senators. Bynum also stressed the point, saying that several senators were “borderline” with the amount of ab sences they had accumulated froth the nrst semester. ’*We have a lot of graduate students, andthat’s part of the problem,” Bynum said. “You can’t really blame them. We’ll work it out.” AS UN also passed two bills unani mously. . ‘ Government Bill No. 9 passed the 1996-1997 Electoral Commission’s rules for the upcoming ASUN elec tions. Senate Bill No. 14 recognized the studentjprganizations of Phi Eta Sigpt$, Alies (sic) Against Heterosexism & Homophobia and the Agronomy Graduate Student Association. y- <• Assart •-i - _ ' • : ' ^ A group of transients drinking underneath an overpass erupted into a fight Monday night, and one man ended up with his pants stolen and bums on his legs. Walter Babcock, 42, called po lice around 10 p.m. to report that he had been assaulted by two men . underneath the Sun Valley Boule vard overpass over west © Stfeetf He had his wallet, identification and a pair of pants stolen. When officers arrived, they no L'/- • • ' Vi-".- ■■ ticed Babcock—who was wearing a different pair of burned pants — also had bums on his legs. He was then t|ken to the St. Elizabeth Hospital’s bum unit. Police records said Babcock re ported he was thrown into the fire, but Capt. Doug Srb said officers were not sure his statement was valid because Babcock had been drinking. “There was a fire, and he got burned,” Srb said. Police were working on suspects and leads. "Sno\f|«i^^»rce P1 “1“ t^eancel news cor_ By The Associated Press Nebraska’s up-and-down winter weather turned side-to-side on Wednesday, as wind gusts of up to 50 mph whipped snow across the state and created near blizzard conditions. It was the second major arctic blast to cross the state in two weeks. Winds gusted to 49 mph at Alliance Wednesday afternoon and wind chills reached as low as 15 below zero in Omaha. They were expected to drop further during the night. The conditions forced Lt Gov. Kim BO^iil^eiMce! a fSj^hroughparts of thee&ilShehad planned news con ferences in Beatrice, Fremont, Norfolk and Sioux City, Iowa, following Gov. Ben Nelson’s State of the State address to the Legislature. Nelson’s flights were not grounded. A planned trip west from Lincoln to Grand Island, Kearney, North Platte and Scottsbluff went according to schedule. In fact, the sun was shining on Gor don in the northwestern part of the state. Sure, it was 28 degrees, but wind gusts of up to 46 mph made it feel like the mercury had drained from the ther mometers there. The National Weather Service also suggested motorists stay off Nebraska’s roads. Visibility was low and light cars or trucks could end up blown into ditches. A 79-year-old St. Edward man was killed in a two-vehicle accident that may have been caused by high winds in Boone County. Deane Verhaege was killed when his car collided nearly head-on with a pickup truck on Ne braska Highway 39 early Monday. The National Weather Service is sued a blizzard/winter storm warning Wednesday afternoon for northeastern Nebraska. Dangerous wind chills were expected to continue into Thursday morning in the north central and east ern parts of the state. A winter storm warning for blow ing snow and dangerous wind chills was issued for the north central and southeast parts of the state. Tempera tures were expected to drop to near zero by Thursday morning with wind chills between 35 and 45 below zero. ! I j.,., " , .. ^n. w..„. I , H ui ■■ I ■ ■ I II uimimni—p—i; ,■ -.•-- «**»*! ■ • - ■ W—BM
