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spirrs- AAJ- MON AT Four in a row A Perfect ‘Portrait’ January 20,1997 The Nebraska basketball team continued its four Nicole Kidman turns in a magnificent performance game win streak by beating Big 12 Conference as Isabel Archer, a woman facing oppression in foe Missouri 76-53 Saturday night. PAGE 7 the film “The Portrait of a Lady. PAGE 9 Partly sunny, « VOL. 96 COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901 NO. WS2 i. Man suffers brutal attack onSati day From Staff Reports A 28-year-old Hispanic male was found beaten and stabbed at 2:52 a.m. Saturday in the alley between 20th and 21st streets and Holdrege to Dudley streets. Lincoln Police Capt. K. Koluch said the vic tim was “extremely intoxicated” when police found him. The victim said he had been attacked by five Hispanic males. Lacerations, cuts, abrasions and bruises were found on the victim’s face, head and body, Koluch said. The victim was taken to Lincoln General Hospital and admitted for surgery, she said. No wounds were life-threatening and no ar rests have been made regarding the incident, she said. The victim, who wore a brown coat and blue pants, was reportedly knocking on doors in the " area prior to being found in the alley by police, Koluch said. Regents argue Nelson’s plan for NU budget By Erin Gibson Senior Reporter The NU Board of Regents clashed Satur day over whether to accept or fight Gov. Ben Nelson’s recommendation to fund half the Uni versity of Nebraska’s requested $18 million budget increase for the upcoming fiscal years. Regent Drew Miller of Papillion said the Board of Regents would be wise to accept the governor’s recommendations. But NU President Dennis Smith said he would still seek full fund ing from the Legislature. * “We will be asking the committee to totally fund our request,” Smith said. “We will con tinue to pursue that possibility.” The university’s request is for an increase of $18,392,801, for a total 1997-98 budget of $350,745,958. The governor recommended a $9,188,998 increase, for a budget of $341,542,155. Nelson’s recommendation includes only par tial funding of proposed spending increases on health insurance, faculty and staff salaries and several university initiatives. The governor rec ommended no increase on initiatives including the NU computing infrastructure. Miller said the board should approach the Legislature with Nelson’s recommendations. “It sends a message to Nebraskans that, ‘Hey, we’re willing to live with some cutbacks,”’ Miller said. Please see REGENTS on 3 . ' III—^——I———— ■ Lane Hickenbottom/DN DUY BUI, 11, carries a banner that reads, “Join Hands, Be Friends” Friday afternoon in a parade commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.* birthday. The parade started In the Lincoln Children* Museum at 121 S. 13th St. and went through the downtown skywalk. Children celebrate a King Museum liquors civil rights leader's Uf^Bo^k By Alexis Thomas Staff Reporter They marched. They screamed. They car ried a banner and rallied around their cause Friday — all before nap time. About 40 children gathered at the Lin coln Children’s Museum, 121 S. 13th St., Friday afternoon to celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., which is today. Because public schools in Lincoln were closed Friday to observe King’s birthday, mu seum administrators used the opportunity to let children come and celebrate the holiday and learn about the man through various ac tivities. Parents and museum administrators said it was important for children to learn the his tory and impact of King’s words of friend ship and acceptance. “The message is that we can all be friends, that we can all work together,” said Carrie Nunez, floor supervisor for the museum. “It’s important for kids to over look color and sex and continue doing that when they’re adults.” Christophine Sterling, a Lincoln grand mother who attended the event with her two preschool grandchildren, said children should learn King’s message when they are young. “You need to know where you come from, so you can know where you’re going,” Sterling said. “They need to know what hap pened before and that all of us belong to the human race.” The museum chose the theme of friend ship and celebrated by making a banner, danc ing, singing and joining hands on a parade through businesses and the downtown sky walks. Dancers from the Malone Center, from 6 to 11 years old, provided entertainment with a message as they chanted and stomped to the words, “dedicate your mind, dedicate your soul.” But more than having fun, the children learned a valuable lesson. “I learned about what he did. He’s a good character. He’s one of my heroes,” said Phung Nguyen, a fifth-grader from Elliott Elemen tary School. “He had a dream that his four children could hold hands with white chil dren.” Another fifth-grader from Elliott, Duy Bui, moved to the United States about a year and-a-half ago from Vietnam. He said King’s words of acceptance were important to him because it was hard for him to make friends after he first moved to Lincoln. “It was hard for me to speak English, but now I know,” Bui said. “(King’s) a good man. He loved children, and he helped everyone befriends.” More people than the children said the holiday was important. Michael Cates, pro gram coordinator for the Malone Center, said black leaders like King should be taught about and remembered more than once a year. “I think it should be done every day, more often than just on his birthday,” Cates said. “Kids need to know about his role in seeing that racism is deleted.” * * Lane Hickenbottom/DN SAMANTHA SMITH and other members of the Malone Dance Squad perform at the Lincoln Children's Museum Friday afternoon. Dancers' ages ranged from 6 to 11 years old. - —^——-——.--— -: Read the Daily Nebraskan on the World Wide Web at http:/ / www.unl.edu /DailyNeb