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_ports- AAI- MON 1AST Bouncing back It’s a hit April 14,1997 The Nebraska tennis team bounced back from a “Grosse Pointe Blank” follows in the brief tradi- --- tough 6-3 loss Saturday to beat Missouri 9-0 tion of “Pulp Fiction”-inspired films, but man Sunday. NU is for the season. PAGE 7 ages to work entirely on its own. PAGE 9 Sunny and - Ne_ VOL. 96 _COVERING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINCE 1901NO. 137 IINL may create new department Geosciences program would combine faculty from geology and geography. By Erin Gibson Senior Reporter A University of Nebraska-Lincoln committee is considering a proposal to form a new department of geosciences, although graduate enrollments in geo science programs plummeted nation wide from fall 1985 to fall 1991. The National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Studies reported in fall 1991 that enrollments in the graduate geoscience field had dropped by about 26 percent in six years. The UNL proposal, prepared by Brian Foster, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, would rename the geology department “geosciences” and would double the number of budgeted faculty from 11 to a minimum of 22. Four faculty members in climatol ogy would move from the geography department to geosciences. Geo sciences also would share up to 12 fac ulty members with the NU Institute for Agriculture and Natural Resources through joint appointment. The proposal does not include plans to replace the four faculty members who would be moved from the geog raphy department. The geography de partment would remain separate from geosciences. The new geosciences department would include the meteorology-clima Please see GEOSCIENCE on 6 Jay Calderon/DN FORMER HUSKER football player Pat fyrance speaks at the Student-Athlete Academic Awards Banquet Sunday night. Senators all agree to bill’s advancement Late-term abortion ban debated By Erin Schulte Senior Reporter Senators unanimously advanced a bill Friday that would outlaw partial birth abortions in Nebraska. LB23 allows the procedure if the life of the mother is at stake. The bill, introduced by Sen. David Maurstad of Beatrice, moved to second-round de bate by a 30-0 vote with little dispute and no protests. In a partial-birth abortion, the doc tor dilates the woman’s cervix and de livers the legs and arms of the living baby. A hole is then poked in the head to suction out the brain because the skull is too large to fit through the cer BBhH vix. The abortions are usually per formed in the second trimester. “Partial-birth abortion means a per son delivers a living, unborn child before killing die unborn child,” Maurstad said. All senators who spoke on the bill agreed it was a bad procedure. Sen. Cap Dierks of Ewing said he thought the procedure was unnecessary even if the life of the mother was endangered. “It’s extremely difficult to understand why anyone would have this happen... since the child is almost delivered when it’s killed,” Dierks said. “I’m aghast that this thing takes place in our nation, which is supposed to protect all people.” Athletes honored for academics Tbp honorees say earning As is more important than winning games. By Jim Goodwin Staff Reporter Academics was the name of the game Sunday night for University of Nebraska-Lincoln athletes at the seventh annual Student-Athlete Academic Awards Banquet. The ceremony at East Campus Union recognized students whose athletic feats were surpassed only by their success in the classroom. Kerry McDermott, Nebraska’s men’s tennis coach, said during the banquet that athletics was the least important quotient in the educa tional equation. Academics should be a student’s main priority, he said. “(Academics) is why we’re here,” McDermott said. “If we have great teams and win championships, we’ve really failed if we don’t stress the reason we’re here at the univer sity.” McDermott said he wasn’t dis appointed by the academic perfor mance of the men’s tennis team. Members received the Herman Award for having a combined grade point average of 3.281, the highest of all men’s athletic teams. The women’s cross-country team earned the complimentary award for its combined grade point average of 3.602. The captains of the men’s and women’s gymnastics teams made a clean sweep of the top individual honors. Ted Harris, a junior in business administration, and Shelly Bartlett, a senior in secondary education, re ceived the male and female student athlete of the year awards. Harris, who holds the UNL record in still rings, has a grade point average of 3.91. Bartlett, with a grade point average of 3.845, was also recognized for holding the UNL record in the all-around com petition. The remaining 185 students re ceiving medallions for their aca i . Please see AWARDS on 6 Speaker motivates Xicano youth to succeed in life By Lindsay Young Staff Reporter As part of her plan to inspire the youth of America, Lt. Col. Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch showed more than 30 Xicano students how to be successful and remain successful Saturday. High school students came from across Ne braska to attend the first Youth Leadership Ex travaganza sponsored by the Mexican Ameri can Student Association Saturday at the Ne braska Union. Kickbusch is the highest ranking Latina of ficer in the U.S. Army. Her speech focused on creating a plan that would lead to success. “In order to get there you must have a vi sion. You must visualize in your mind where you’re going,” said Kickbusch, a Texas resident. Kickbusch told students they had powerful minds and needed to use them. She said confi dence is one of the keys to success. As the students stood up and prepared for what came next, Kickbusch requested they kiss themselves. Laughter spread throughout the room as students complied with her request. “Kiss yourself. It’s a wonderful feeling,” she said. She said loving yourself was the first step in self-esteem and should be practiced regularly. “I want to look like Cindy Crawford but I don’t need to. I feel just as good as she does,” Kickbusch said. Kickbusch said the Latino culture had an extensive effect on the students and their self confidence. - i “We have been culturally raised to be last. It saddens me in my heart to see my young Latino leaders walk around like this,” she said, walking with her head down. . V I I_ « We have been culturally raised to be last.” Lt. Col. Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch U.S. Army official Kickbusch said she talked to a school of 700 students and only two knew where they were go ing in life. She said die school was 98 percent Latino. But, she said, she wanted the students to be confident in their abilities and to show others their strengths. “If you don’t toot, you don’t hoot,” she said. Such an attitude was very important in cor porate America today, she said. She wanted the students to focus on being creative, confident, resourceful and innovative. These qualities, she said, would help them to be successful in the corporate environment. Kickbusch turned down a promotion in the Army in February to motivate youth through speaking engagements across the country. She said the apparent loss of desire and passion among young people to succeed has driven her to do her small part in saving the youth of America. “I want to help get them back on track,” Kickbusch said. 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