Chambers will continue boycott
CHAMBERS from page 1
to use their judgment and not advance
every bill that comes before them.
Advancing too many bills can re
sult in “trash legislation,” he said, and
his absence in committee will only add
to that. But too much time would be
wasted arguing bills twice — on the
committee and the floor*.
Chambers said he has’ifeverbgfore
been absent from committee hearings
for this reason.
“Before what I call the ‘fallingout,’
I was more faithful in my attendance
than anybody,” he said. “Now that I’m
not coming, the bills move a lot faster.
(Testifiers) don’t have to answer my
questions.”
It is Omaha Sen. Kermit Brashear’s
first year as chairman of the Judiciary
Committee. He said that as the mem
bership of the committee has changed,
a
Now that Ym not
coming, the hills
move a lot faster.”
Sen. Ernie Chambers
Omaha
bills that Chambers opposes are ad
vancing.
“There’s a different orientation to
the philosophy of the people in
volved,” Brashear said. 4fWe’re sim
ply trying ... to handle the workload.
“I think people thoughfit was about
time the Judiciary Committee be run
as efficiently as its workload requires.”
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Sen. John Hilgert of Omaha, a com
mittee member, said because it was
Brashear’s first year as chairman of the
committee, Brashear was still learning
how to run it.
The committee was moving a lot
of bills forward, Hilgert said, which
could be attributed to a different style
of leadership.
' <_ ‘^Bverjt.chairman’s different,”
Hilgert said.
Brashear said Chambers told him
the boycott was not the result of any
thing Brashearhad done.
Although he’s absent from the
committee, Chambers said he will
eventually speajc out against the bills.
“Since I am opposed to them and
will have to fight against them, I will
do it only once and that will be on the
floor of the Legislature,” Chambers
said. 1
Food outlet plans
take top priority
at board meeting
By Sarah Baker
Staff Reporter
Tentative plans for the construction
of a food outlet in the new parking
garage being built near Memorial Sta
dium was the focus of Tuesday’s
Union Board meeting.
The board is considering plans for
a new outlet similar to the Nebraska
Union Bakery. The project would be
funded by capital from the beverage
alliance with either the Coca-Cola or
Pepsi companies when the final com
pany is chosen.
Director of Nebraska Unions Daryl
Swanson said the Board expected the
construction of such an outlet to cost
roughly $90,000. The estimate is based
on the cost of the osfiafcishment of the
existing bakery. ^ggj
“The size of the new area is abpjit
1,000 square feet,” Swanson said.
“The facility would most likely be a
replica of the bakery that is in the city
union right now.”
The board wants the funds to come
from the only new spurce of income
— the beverage alliance contract.
“The request for the money is a part
of the proposal and as of now is under
consideration,” Swanson said.
decision on the issue
of tobacco products being sold on cam
pus was also discussed. Swanson said
the issue was tabled for now.
‘T am still considering the recom
mendations of both the Union Board
and Chancellor James Moeser.”
The board had previously voted to
keep selling the products, but Moeser
asked the board to reconsider.
said that in makinggthe
was considering aj&pw
"Tederal la; [uiring tobacco venoers
to ask for' from any customer who
looks under 27 years old.
Another factor is the union’s reno
vation plans, he said.
“With the movement of the infor
mation desk, we lose the dispensers
and storage facilities that we need
to sell cigarettes at the desk,”
Swanson said. “This affects the fi
nal decision, as does the new fed
eral law.”
Tenure
SENATE from page 1
“The university needs to send
out the message of its commitment
to rigorousness,” Ford said. “We
need to ensure that our trigger
mechanism is effective.”
The senate also approved a pro
posal that took: into consideration
the recommendations of the Aca
demic Rights and Responsibility
Committee. The ARRC reviewed
the first document and listed 10 ar
eas that needed to be addressed in
the next version of a post-tenure
policy.
Many senate members thought
those issues were important in con
sidering the proposal. The senate
voted to sEhd the revised proposal
taMoeser for further consideration
and revision.
The senate also passed a reso
lution cdtifcerning the university’s
commitment to condemning racism
on campur. The passed document
calls GfM|g| Lincoln and university
communities to “take care not to
^perpetuate the degrading and hu
miliating effects of the history of
racism intentionally or unintention
ally through racist symbols or
prejudiced behavior.”
Academic Senate President Pe
ter Bleed s|id that he was proud of
the senate for its reaction to the
resolution.
“The resolution was an obvious
step for the faculty to take at this
point,” Bleed said. “The senate had
a good discussion about the issue
and pemblrs seemed to be united
infavorif it.*^
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Williams can work at Athletic Department
By Matthew Waite
Senior Reporter
A former Husker sentenced to jail
will serve some of that time in famil
iar territory.
Tyrone Williams, now a defensive
back with the Green Bay Packers, has
been allowed to serve some of his six
month jail term working for the Ne
braska Athletic Department.
Lancaster County District Court
Judge Bernard McGinn approved a
work release order Friday allowing
Williams to work with the football pro
gram, which he was a part of when it
won the 1994 and 1995 national cham
pionships.
Williams reported to Lancaster
County jail Feb. 24, less than a month
after he played in the Super Bowl. He
pleaded no contest to unlawful dis
charge of a firearm and misdemeanor
assault charges Sept. 10, 1996 for a
January 1994 incident in which he shot
at an occupied car.
Besides the jail time, McGinn also
sentenced Williams to three years of
probation, 400 hours of community
service and $1,300 in restitution.
With good behavior, Williams
could be released by July 1 after 126
days in jail. Packer training camp be
gins in mid-July.
Wiliams, who started work Mon
day, is supervised by Boyd Epley,
Nebraska’s director of athletic perfor
mance.
Epley said Williams starts the day
at 7:30 a.m., helping with a morning
workout session for football players.
Later in the morning, he will super
vise training in the weight room and
help serve players’ meals.
Williams has requested to have
his hours at the athletic department
extended from his current 4Vi hours
to IVi hours. Epley said the request
was awaiting approval, but he ex
pected to hear from the judge as
early as today.
“There’s plenty of work to do
here,” he said.
Other then the shooting, Williams
has been a model athlete for the Husker
program, Epley said.
“A lot of athletes look up to him.
We’re happy to have him involved in
the program,” Epley said.
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